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Zimbabwe's second-largest city at risk of running dry by year-end
The taps in Zimbabwe's second-biggest city may run dry by the end of this year.Already, residents of Bulawayo have had to cope without piped water for at least five-and-a-half days a week and ...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:55hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe eyes US$272 billion global cannabis market
Zimbabwe's favorable climate for cultivating high-quality medicinal and recreational cannabis, combined with appropriate regulations and robust marketing strategies, holds significant economic potenti...Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 07:49hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo runs dry as council repairs infrastructure
The Bulawayo City Council has temporarily disconnected water supply to several suburbs for maintenance work at the Tuli, 6J, and Rifle Range reservoirs. This maintenance began yesterday and is expecte...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
More water woes for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents should brace themselves for more water woes after the local authority announced a disruption in supply across the city due to maintenance works at Ncema Works and Pump Station....Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
New city takes shape in Umguza Rural District
A NEW city named Kings City with state-of-the-art facilities including shopping malls and gated townhouses is taking shape on the outskirts of Bulawayo in Umguza Rural District.The development...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:29hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Qoki women acquire coach
THE entrepreneurship drive of Qoki Zindlovukazi women continues to scale dizzy heights after they bought a luxury coach which is set to ply the Bulawayo-Harare route.The group comprising 30 wo...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 08:08hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter
Mphoko family feud plays out on social media
THE family of former Vice-President Mr Phelekezela Mphoko has been thrown in turmoil following claims by his son, Siqokoqela, that Mrs Laurinda Mphoko is not his biological mother. The issue h...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mpopoma's famous personalities
BULAWAYO city, just like other towns and cities in Zimbabwe, had residential areas allocated according to race before Independence. Europeans, Africans, referred to at that time as "natives," Indians ...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Eastern Suburbs to go without water
The Bulawayo City Council will cut water supplies for suburbs supplied by the Tuli reservoir to fix a burst pipe that connects Ncema and Fernhill Pump Stations until further notice.In a statem...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fresh water woes for Bulawayo suburbs
The Bulawayo City Council said yesterday that suburbs supplied by the Tuli reservoir will be without water until it repairs a burst pipe connecting Ncema and Fernhill Pump Stations.In a statem...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland Chiefs make tough demands
TRADITIONAL chiefs in Matabeleland and the Midlands early this week tabled before President Emmerson Mnangagwa a number of tough demands on top of a public apology that need to be fulfilled in order t...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police name 11 suspects wanted for How Mine robbery, reward offered
Police on Wednesday released names of 11 people they say are wanted over the October 4 gun robbery of a cash-in-transit van carrying gold from How Mine to Fidelity Printers in Bulawayo.Nationa...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US$5 000 bounty for How mine robbers
POLICE are offering a reward of US$5 000 to anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of 11 suspects in connection with a case of armed robbery at How mine.On Oct 4, the suspects att...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police arrest 3 suspects in probe into How Mine gold robbery
Police on Wednesday made a breakthrough in their investigation into Tuesday's gun attack on a security convoy from How Mine during which 11.9kg of gold worth US$650,000 was taken.Three men sus...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 21:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
200 000 graves cemetery for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is set to have a 200 000-capacity cemetery which is expected to address the burial space shortage which has been haunting the city in recent years.The project is being implemented as ...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Qoki Zindlovukazi constructs 200 townhouses
QOKI Zindlovukazi is building more than 200 townhouses in Bulawayo that will accommodate its founders, who are diaspora-based Zimbabwean women, once they retire from their jobs overseas.The co...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC engages 2 companies to offer vacuum tanker services
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has contracted two companies - Nestanet (Pvt) Limited and Salt-Away (Pvt) Limited - to offer vacuum tanker services in various parts of the city.This was revealed b...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Pipe leak leaves parts of Bulawayo dry
SOME areas of Bulawayo are likely to go for over two weeks without water after a pipeline to the booster pump that supplies water to some suburbs developed a leak since March 1."The City of Bu...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC introduces 48-hour water shedding
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has introduced a 48-hour water shedding programme that is affecting many suburbs as it undertakes repairs at Ncema Water Treatment Works.The water shedding programm...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pump breakdown leaves Bulawayo dry
THE breakdown of water pumps which supply the Tuli 6J and Rifle Range reservoirs has left parts of Bulawayo and the outlying areas dry since Saturday.This was revealed by town clerk Christophe...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZETDC to switch off Bulawayo, Mat North and South for 7 hours
RESIDENTS in some parts of Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and South provinces will this Friday go seven hours without electricity as the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
4-day water cuts for Bulawayo
A number of low-density suburbs in Bulawayo will go for four days without water supplies, with the local authority reporting that it will be carrying out routine checks on the pipeline supplying the s...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:02hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
BCC decommissions Athlone cemetery
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has decommissioned Athlone cemetery after it ran out of burial space.Town clerk Christopher Dube confirmed the development in a notice to residents yesterday, addin...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
48-hour water shedding for Bulawayo
THE Bulawayo City Council has introduced a two-day water shedding schedule for the entire city as power cuts continue to affect its water works.In a statement, the city's Town Clerk, Mr Christ...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt serial real estate fraudster
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for a bogus real estate agent who allegedly fleeced members of the public, including the late businessman Ernest Tekere of Home Guard Security Services of ab...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo sets date to re-introduce full water shedding
BULAWAYO will revert to the dreaded city-wide water shedding schedule in February next year as two of its major supply dams are expected to be decommissioned by then if no major inflows are received i...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents face dry week
BULAWAYO City Council has shut down water supply to most parts of the city to pave way for the refurbishment of the cracked Ncema Clear Water Reservoir which feeds into the Tuli Reservoir.Coun...Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 17:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC struggles to provide water to residents
BULAWAYO residents are going for weeks without water supplies despite the local authority saying they have enough quantities in their supply dams to last until the next rainy season without the need f...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC tables 144-hour water shedding plan
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) yesterday released a 144-hour weekly water shedding programme which will see most suburbs receiving water twice a week. The industry, city centre and mining are...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Over $2 million stolen in Bulawayo robbery
Six armed robbers who attacked two security guards delivering Zupco's weekend cash collections to CBZ Eighth Avenue Branch in Bulawayo, got away with over $2,1 million, US$3 362 and R7 390, police hav...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko, ZACC strike deal
Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko could appear in court as early as Wednesday, his lawyer said, after talks with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC).Lawyer Zibusiso Ncube den...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 11:56hrs | | by ZimLive
Phelekezela Mphoko speaks on arrest saga
Former Vice President Report Phelekezela Mphoko has broken silence over the events that happened on Friday the 16th of August where some details form the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission attempted...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 17:49hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mphoko faces arrest
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko faces imminent arrest after resisting officers from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) who wanted to pick him up from his Bulawayo home over allega...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pastor dies after botched Prophet Magaya investments
A pastor from a Pentecostal Church in Bulawayo allegedly died of stress after he sold a family house and invested in stands and other business ventures that were promised by Prophetic Healing and Deli...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man tries to rape pregnant soldier
A 22-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo who allegedly broke into a pregnant soldier's house and attempted to rape her has been charged with unlawful entry. Bandlalwenkosi Ncube from Douglasdale pleade...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
48-hour water cuts are back in Bulawayo
Reporters THE Bulawayo City Council has with immediate effect re-introduced a 48-hour water shedding schedule in all suburbs amid revelations the city is among areas that will be hit by severe water s...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
48-hour water cuts for Bulawayo suburbs
THE eastern suburbs of Bulawayo will this week experience 48-hour water cuts as the Bulawayo City Council repairs a supply pipe. In a statement on Monday, the Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, ...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 22:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man axes rival, kidnaps ex-girlfriend
A MAN from Bulawayo allegedly axed another man he found talking to his ex-girlfriend before setting the man's shack on fire and kidnapping the woman and her younger sister. Nqobizitha Ndlovu w...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's son issued with a warrant of arrest?
Russell Goreraza has a warrant out for his arrest for failing to show up to the magistrate court in Randburg earlier last week where a summon was issued to him in May regarding his daughter's financia...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 14:13hrs | | by Anonymous
Zimbabwean woman assaulted by SA ex-minister Mduduzi Manana
Convicted woman beater Mduduzi Manana faces fresh allegations of assault, crimen injuria and intimidation after allegedly trying to push his domestic worker down the stairs of his double-storey Fourwa...Published: 07 May 2018 at 16:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
WARNING: 4 Boer goats stolen, Reward offered
4 Boer goat does stolen two nights ago from Douglasdale Boergoats in Douglasdale.Reward offered no questions asked.App Richard 0774444682...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Hookers assault Chinese client
SEX is never for free!A Chinese man based in Bulawayo learnt the hard way that sex is not for free when he was hospitalised following an attack by a prostitute who ganged up with her friends a...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Prostitute' accused of sleeping with son
A Bulawayo woman has approached the civil courts seeking a protection order against her lover who allegedly accuses her of prostitution and sleeping with her 20-year-old son.Lindiwe Sibanda cl...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 04:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya fires striking workers
PROPHETIC Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya has fired 90 workers who embarked on a strike at his Douglasdale housing project in Bulawayo last week and indicated that he i...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
HIV+ security guard caged 10 years
A security guard with Umguza Rural District Council has been jailed for an effective 10 years for exposing her lover to the deadly HIV Aids virus.Nevson Moyo aged 39 of Douglasdale twice h...Published: 07 Nov 2016 at 05:35hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Prostitute 'pickpockets' man's salary, loses phone to thieves
A BULAWAYO woman allegedly lost her cell phone to three men who pretended to be coming to her rescue as she screamed for help while a man tried to rape her.The trio, a court heard, grabbed the...Published: 08 Sep 2016 at 06:34hrs | | by Tanaka Mrewa
Extorters swarming Prophet Magaya
Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walter Magaya says he is always on the war-path with extorters who want to have part of his wealth.He told journalists after offic...Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 21:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko building multi-million giant mansion
The country's flashy vice president, Phelekezela Mphoko, is building a massive multi-million mansion for himself, at a time he has refused to vacate Rainbow Towers Hotel, in the capital amid growing o...Published: 22 Jul 2016 at 07:45hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
Stray dogs wary city councillors
Bulawayo City Councillor Thobani Ncube has expressed concerns over the increased number of stray in the city amid fears they were posing danger to the residents who might contract rabies if they happe...Published: 08 Mar 2016 at 05:54hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
NOTICE: Interruption of water supply
The City of Bulawayo would like to advise members of the public that there was an electrical fault at the Ncema Water Treatment station which has affected the pumping of treated water from Ncema to Tu...Published: 02 Mar 2016 at 14:47hrs | | by S Zhou
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