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Chaos at Bulawayo council meeting over traditional attire dispute
Tensions flared and order broke down at Bulawayo City Council's 3,394th full council meeting on Wednesday after councillors clashed over a controversial dress code dispute, prompting one senior counci...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 14:27hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
VID bans revealing clothing at its depots
The Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) has implemented an immediate ban on visitors dressed in revealing clothing, such as shorts, sleeveless tops, and miniskirts, at all of its depots across the c...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 07:57hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
Otis Fraser to headline Bulawayo's Old School gig
Following the successful hosting of the Private School music event over the weekend, Bulawayo is poised for another exciting night of nostalgia with the upcoming Old School Gig at The Place next Frida...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 13:25hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Military wedding sets Bulawayo alight
The sight of Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) personnel marching through the streets of Bulawayo yesterday stirred memories of the Covid-19 era when their presence dominated the city's landscape. However,...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:18hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Africa is full of contradictions; Qwabe twins are still VIRGINS at 26 years!
Seeing their photo on Bulawayo24 today, I wonder what is cultural, and traditional about these twins? This photo shoot looks like big German barbies on sale. There is nothing that tells me that these ...Published: 21 Sep 2024 at 11:01hrs | 2972 | by Nomazulu Thata
Professor Stephen Rupange, Zimbabweans do not deserve insults. Stop it!
The least that the so-called learned people should do is to insult Zimbabweans for politics that has failed. The professor to tell us that Zimbabweans are cowards and selfish. This is below the pale: ...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 16:39hrs | 1111 | by Nomazulu Thata
Vapostori garments steal the show at cricket match
The Mbare Musika market in Harare was unusually vibrant as the Zimbabwe national cricket team, the Chevrons, faced India at the Harare Sports Club. The city became a sea of white garments, as supporte...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 07:00hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Polytechnic bans 'revealing' clothes by students, visitors
Authorities at the Bulawayo Polytechnic have banned wearing "revealing" and "see-through" clothing and other forms of dress codes viewed as indecent at the tertiary institution.In a notice to ...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 18:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Charamba justifies Emmerson Junior's presence at meeting with Belarus chefs
DEPUTY Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet Office, George Charamba, has justified the presence of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Emmerson Jr, at a high-level State House me...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:01hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Judge tosses CCC MPs' yellow neckties challenge against speaker
HIGH Court judge, David Mangota has dismissed a challenge by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmakers who had sued the Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda for throwing them out of the august hou...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Polytechnic bans short skirts, cleavage in new dress code
The Bulawayo Polytechnic has published a controversial new dress code which appears to target female students wearing skimpy or revealing clothing.Students will be barred from lecture rooms fo...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 20:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Wanqoba' an absorbing burst of oomph
Gospel music singer Janet Manyowa combined some of the local and regional greatest gospel musicians for one of her most scintillating concerts at the ZITF Hall 3 in Bulawayo over the weekend, where sh...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt distances self from yellow colour dress code ban
The government has recently dismissed rumours that it has banned yellow colours at schools.The alleged ban was because the government v...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 06:05hrs | 19 | by Stephen Jakes
Dilemma for youthful Chief Nkalakatha
"When you are young no one trusts your judgements even when your decision could be the best. The elders would be saying 'singeke salalela umfana omncane kanti vele wazini?' (We can't listen to a young...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mwaruwari to launch a massive football project in the City
One of Bulawayo's finest export and former Warriors striker and captain Benjani Mwaruwari is Friday set to launch a massive project that has a potential of changing the Bulawayo football landscape....Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 23:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo teachers to boycott classes
BULAWAYO teachers have written to the Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) notifying the union about their resolution to stop reporting for work until all their grievances are addressed.As on...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 19:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimta members threaten industrial action
ZIMBABWE Teachers Association (Zimta) members in Bulawayo have urged its leadership to call for strike action over poor salaries.In a position paper dated October 14, 2021, addressed to the Zi...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Child prostitution rampant in Zimbabwe slums
DONNING mini-skirts, popular for being the dress code for the oldest profession, girls as young as 12, file past the railway tracks towards Harare-Chinhoyi Highway, where one after the other, they are...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Is Dr Masimba Mavaza a bag of contradictions?
It is not easy to describe Dr. Masimba Mavaza with a single sentence. He is not complex; he makes it abundantly clear where his political allegiance lies. It is easy to throw him in a Zanu PF bag and ...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 17:48hrs | 4 | by Nomazulu Thata
Angela Merkel and Liz Cheney are conservatives, but their political values and principles are worth of gold!
We are also called anarchists; our socialistic values about removing a capitalist world to an order that puts emphasis on humanity and not profit. Activists defy status core, demand a remake of our tu...Published: 13 May 2021 at 22:03hrs | 17 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mangwana fumes as Zanu-PF youth leader shows up 'inappropriately dressed' to meet Mnangagwa
INFORMATION Ministry secretary Nick Mangwana has warned people coming to State House to meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa to be respectful and sharply dressed.His counsel follows a recent phot...Published: 10 May 2021 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
For an African man, sex is power to shut up a woman's mouth
An activist is a person who campaigns for social change. Someone who's actively involved in a protest or a political or social cause can be called an activist. Forms of activism range from mandate bui...Published: 02 May 2021 at 07:30hrs | 7 | by Nomazulu Thata
Man beaten after catching his wife cheating
A Harare man got the shock of his life when he was beaten after catching his wife in the arms of another man.Joseph Mugara caught his wife Brenda Mutasa, 29, in the arms of an alleged boyfrien...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 18:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's national dress fabric triggers debate
THE country's national dress fabric meant to promote and preserve national identity launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the State House at the weekend has been met with mixed reactions....Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
We need a functional economy: Open ZISCO, CSC, NRZ, CCZ first !!!
Few days ago, I read a statement about the First lady Amai Auxilia Mnangagwa coming up with an initiative " National Dress Code", which she is going to confer or launch, for some of words, it is word ...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 12:46hrs | 3 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mnangagwa promotes 24 ZDF members to Colonel
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promoted 24 members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces to the rank of Colonel.The 24 members of the Zimbabwe Defence Force (ZDF) including three females were promo...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 18:23hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Mgodoyi' is Jonathan Moyo's predicate he used to express disgust!
It is one of Professor Moyo's terms to express anything disgusting him.Umgodoyi is an overly thin malnourished dog whose mouth unendingly oozies slummy saliva, a sign of obvious illness relate...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
The pig in Mthuli Ncube's bacon
I had occasion in my last visit to my discerning barber to try and explain the latest glowing World Bank reviews of the sterling performance of finance minister Mthuli Ncube and the minister's impecca...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:22hrs | 2 | by Zifiso Masiye
Zimbabwean attitude, self hate
Is it not a shame that over the years, a lot of us have been taught by the West to define everything from democracy to good governance and accountability in the eyes of foreigners as if we are still a...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Isdore Guvamombe
From KoBulawayo to Bulawayo @ 125
No sooner had Dr Leander Starr Jameson sauntered into the Maxim Hotel located just west of the Market Square did he pronounce Bulawayo a town. That happened on June 1, 1894, making Bulawayo 125 years ...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:30hrs | 3 | by Pathisa Nyathi
How tourism led Dubai from poverty to riches
Dubai was once one of the world's best-kept travel secrets, but today, it is the travel hotspot on everyone's lips. In the past, Dubai was one of the poorest cities in the world. Since its tourism boo...Published: 14 May 2019 at 17:47hrs | 26 | by Staff Writer
MDC provincial caucuses buries politics of nominations
Political waves are key in any given political situation. Never underestimate the power of voters. People are already making key decisions. Never relax and I have outshined my opponent, this varies fr...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:44hrs | 3 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Roy Turner, an avid ZSE investor dies
Roy Turner, an avid investor on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has died, FinX reports. He was 86. Turner held a sizeable portfolio on the ZSE and was on many Top 20 shareholder ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:39hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe buys London wigs for judges
THE Judiciary Service Commission has placed orders for 64 wigs made of horsehair from the exclusive and expensive Stanley Ley Legal Outfitters in England, the Zimbabwe Independent has learnt.T...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:10hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
The Heroine of Matabeleland is fallen! Matabeleland has heroes and heroines too!
The beautiful ones were born, but not acknowledged; these are women from Zapu - Matabeleland: Soneni Ngweny-Matiwaza is a nations' heroine: who cares today!The lyric from Bob Dylan goes like t...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 18:56hrs | 23 | by Nomazulu Thata
Violence is 'not the way', says Mugabe
Song and dance bellowed from the Blue Roof mansion in the usually quiet upmarket Borrowdale suburb, as hundreds of invited guests on Saturday attended the birthday party for former Zimbabwean presiden...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 15:06hrs | 1 | by STaff reporter
Mugabe blasts Mnangagwa for killing only 17 people in Harare
Song and dance bellowed from the Blue Roof mansion in the usually quiet upmarket Borrowdale suburb, as hundreds of invited guests on Saturday attended the birthday party for former Zimbabwean presiden...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by TimesLive
Zimbabweans march to ANC headquaters over Mnangagwa
A South Africa umbrella body of Zimbabwe Civic Society organizations has called upon all Zimbabweans to participate in a march to African National Congress Headquarters Luthuli House.The aim o...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 17:10hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Barred bearded top school student sues
A St John's College student who practises Islam and was barred from attending lessons after refusing to shave his beard has taken the school's authorities to court arguing that the officials' decision...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupil barred from school over beard
St John'S College has been accused of discriminating against students on racial and religious grounds after a Muslim pupil was barred from attending lessons for refusing to shave his beard. Th...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grand National Unity?
"The turbulence in India this time hasn't come from foreign invasion or conquest; it has been generated from within. India cannot respond in her old way, by a further retreat into archaism. Her borrow...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:38hrs | 2 | by Igomombe
'Mnangagwa scarf' causes storm in Parly
ZANU-PF Kuwadzana Member of Parliament Betty Kaseke caused a stir in the National Assembly on Wednesday after she entered the august House while putting on a scarf with colours associated with the Zim...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 15:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Live stream wakes up mute Bulawayo councillors
THERE was some comic relief last Wednesday afternoon in the Bulawayo City Council chambers as councillors scrambled to be seen contributing during a full council meeting that was being live streamed o...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife defends revealing outfits
Vice President Constantino Guveya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga's wife Marry does not care if you think the sleeveless army green outfit and very high heel gold stiletto platforms she wore to the Zanu-P...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 18:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kariba Mayor's Cheer Fund still alive
The Cheer Fund is one Kariba Municipality's social responsibility arm that has survived the tough and rough of the economy retaining a long legacy of colourful fundraising activities held late last ye...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 18:41hrs | 1 | by Patsaka Trust Correspondent
Possibly a corrective and certainly not blame: Mthwakazi party should do more!
As a teacher: my second profession I always look at Zimbabwe politics through the prism of pedagogy or an educationist. I cannot help it; it comes automatically when one has taught in schools and coll...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 18:04hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zim hip hop awards - I am Hip hop!
The awards will take place on the 9th of December in Bulawayo for the first time in 7 years under the theme 'I AM HIP HOP', which is a push for artists to embra...Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 10:45hrs | 16 | by Agencies
Jah Prayzah reminds us of Gukurahundi
UJah Prayzah ngumhlabeleli olekhono sibili kodwa ngidinwa yindlela agqoka ngayo. Imvunulo yakhe kwesinye isikhathi isuka ifane xhathu lendlela iFifth Brigade (eyayiqeqetshwe eNorth korea yasibulala ab...Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 14:11hrs | 1 | by Petros J Dube
Tsvangirai faces another Baba Jukwa fiasco
Every human being is bound for mistakes but the truth should be told as it is, Morgan Tsvangirai is falling in the same traps if he is not very careful. There is too much noise on the ground about the...Published: 31 May 2017 at 11:00hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
The African Apostolic Church (AAC) and the Modern World
Modernisation and religion were meant to exist on separate planets but were forced to operate simultaneously within the same spheres. This has however, distorted the scriptures and authenticity of the...Published: 04 May 2017 at 17:07hrs | 12 | by Peason Zvenyika
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