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Bulawayo supply dams still in distress
BULAWAYO City Council has revealed that water levels in its supply dams remain very low despite the heavy downpours experienced across the country since last week, an indication that the water crisis ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 508 | by Staff reporter
Prince Dube out for two months
WARRIORS and Tanzanian side Azam FC striker Prince Dube expects to be sidelined for up to two months ahead of surgery in South Africa having suffered a hand injury.Dube fractured his left hand...Published: 10 hrs ago | 297 | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira finally confirms that 5th Brigade targeted Ndebeles only
"We have heard lies being thrown around in the media. They are saying we have been captured to white-wash the gukurahundi reburial. Well let me make it clear that is not the case. Only Chiefs from Mat...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 10:18hrs | 5434 | by Israel Dube
SARS seizes US$40 million gold coins from Frank Buyanga
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) seized gold coins weighing over 565 kilogrammes, personal jewellery, watches and cellphones during a raid at the home of the girlfriend of a Sandton-based busi...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 08:45hrs | 11092 | by Staff reporter
Justify firing workers: High Court rules
Employers terminating a permanent employee's contract can only do so under one of four circumstances set out in the Labour Amendment Act, the High Court has ruled, rejecting an argument put forward by...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:51hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
Bosso to train in Dembare colours
HIGHLANDERS on Friday officially launched their new kit to be used in the period 2020/21, which is being supplied by On the Ball Looks on a three year arrangement.Bosso and OTB Looks have ente...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 19:46hrs | 3059 | by Staff reporter
BCC demands top-ups for purchased stands
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is considering having residents who benefitted from pre-sale stands pay more money to the local authority for them to be able to get key services such as water, sewer a...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 19:32hrs | 1357 | by Staff reporter
Red Cross elects new board
THE Zimbabwe red Cross Society (ZrCS) has elected a new board led by Edson Mlambo.Mlambo retained his position as national president after beating Lovemore Dube in an election that was held ye...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:08hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
'Health budget big, but inadequate'
ZIMBABWE'S health budget allocation has been dismissed as grossly inadequate to tackle the myriad of challenges besetting the sector.Finance minister Mthuli Ncube allocated the health sector $...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:21hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Bosso launch kit, declare war on counterfeiters
HIGHLANDERS have declared war on counterfeit replica jerseys, saying they will take legal action to confiscate and burn all imitations, as they seek to maximise on club merchandise sales. Boss...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:10hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe eyes 7% growth in year 2021
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube stuck to his 7,4% gross domestic product (GDP) growth target when he presented the 2021 National Budget yesterday, tipping most of the growth to be driven by strong recov...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:13hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Prince Dube in injury setback
IN-FORM Zimbabwe international forward, Prince Dube, is likely to be out of action for a number of weeks. He suffered a left arm fracture in a league match between his club Azam and Young Africans in ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 06:59hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Shot women complain against police conduct
TWO women from Hwange in Matabeleland North have petitioned the Zimbabwe Republic Police to carry out investigations into incidents in which they were allegedly shot by law enforcement officers during...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:27hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
Govt blasted for abandoning trapped miners in Matebeleland
GOVERNMENT has been rapped for its failure to retrieve six bodies of miners trapped in a shaft at Matshetshe Mine in Esigodini since November 10.Today marks day 17 after the miners got trapped...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:26hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Munyaradzi Diya set for Bosso return
GANGLY Dynamos goalkeeper Munyaradzi Diya, who will soon be out of contract, has decided to retrace his footsteps back to the City of Kings to reunite with Bulawayo giants Highlanders, a team he left ...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:15hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Air Force of Zimbabwe mourns crash victims
An Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) aircraft, SF 260 Genet trainer, crashed near Dabuka Railway Siding in Gweru around 2pm on Tuesday killing instructor Squadron Leader Mkhululi Dube (37) and trainee pilot...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:07hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt unwilling to rescue 10 trapped Esigodini miners on tribal grounds?
Mthwakazi Democratic Alliance is concerned with the attitude of the ruling party concerning the trapped miners at Matshetshe mine at Esigodini, which is located under UMzingwane District in Matebelela...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 06:14hrs | 3215 | by Mandlenkosi Nkomo
Zimbabwe Airforce plane crashes
AN Air Force of Zimbabwe instructor and a female student pilot died when a training plane they were flying developed a technical fault and crashed at Dabuka in Somabula on the outskirts of Gweru yeste...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:42hrs | 3738 | by Staff reporter
Cops in US$6,000 bribery storm
Three police officers stationed at the Braeside Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Harare reportedly demanded US$6 000 from a suspect they had arrested for illegally possessing 3 000 bottles o...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:40hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
Council cremator stuck in SA
A US$100 000 cremator bought by Bulawayo City Council in Japan in 2017 is still stuck in South Africa after the local authority failed to pay R120 000 in taxes.The cremator was impounded while...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:50hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Media organisations cry foul over television licensing
LOCAL media organisations yesterday cried foul over the granting of television licenses to six entities linked to the ruling Zanu-PF party and government.The Broadcasting Association of Zimbab...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:22hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
'Cops' arrested over US$48 000 heist
A GANG of suspected robbers, who were pretending to be police officers, was recently busted after getting away with US$48 000 from a Harare man in a money exchange deal.Nokhuthula Sadomba and ...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:15hrs | 371 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Bulawayo schools miss out on rehab offer
BULAWAYO'S ward 25 recently missed out on an opportunity to have its schools refurbished by a well-wisher after the local authority failed to provide materials needed for the exercise, a council repor...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:23hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Cop sued by colleague's wife over affair
A Bulawayo-based police woman was sued by her alleged's lover's wife for allegedly boasting of having an adulterous relationship with her husband who is also a police officer.An angry Best Tsh...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:04hrs | 1231 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang robs rival miner of US$15 000
A GANG of 11 machete-wielding illegal gold panners allegedly invaded a gold mine in Zhombe in the Midlands and attacked a rival while he was prospecting for gold before robbing him of US$15 000 and ex...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
MRP Officials confront Magwegwe Police over misspelt station name
This morning, Mthwakazi Republic Party officials comprising mainly youths, descended on Magwegwe Police Station over a banner with a wrongly spelt name of one of the prominent Ndebele chiefs "Magwegwe...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 13:07hrs | 3547 | by MRP
Mverechena dumps Bosso, goes back to Harare
WITH six weeks left to his initial year-long contract and without kicking a ball for Highlanders, goalkeeper Chris Mverechena has packed his bags and quit the Bulawayo giants.The former Caps U...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:28hrs | 1278 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland boy controversially dropped from Under-17 squad
A Hwange boy, Claivert Tshuma has been controversially dropped from the Zimbabwe Under-17 national side that is in camp in preparation for the forthcoming Cosafa Championship slated for South Africa f...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 18:03hrs | 2971 | by Staff reporter
6 workers trapped in collapsed Esigodini mine
SIX mine workers are reportedly still trapped in a mine shaft which collapsed last Tuesday at Matshetshe Mine in Esigodini.Indications are that no efforts have been made so far to rescue them ...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:55hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
PDP to revisit Harare Mayor's recall
SELF-STYLED People's Democratic Party (PDP) official Benjamin Rukanda who could not be located when the High Court barred his attempt to recall Harare mayor Jacob Mafume and two councillors has now su...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 16:17hrs | 1659 | by Staff reporter
Julius Malema is of Jewish ancestry!
THIS week's piece was supposed to scrutinise the symbiotic relationship between the Ndebele and Tonga tribes, which is believed to be backdated to more than 100 years ago.According to tradition, t...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:25hrs | 1342 | by Burzil Dube
Coronavirus worsens plight of city's informal traders
FOR six years, Reuben Dube earned his keep selling secondhand shirts, trousers and shoes in this city's central business district.Then came the coronavirus crisis, which shut down Zimbabwe - a...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:21hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP cum-lawyer wins USS$230,000 civil case
Diamond miner Marange Resources has to pay Harare lawyer and Mudzi South MP, Mr Jonathan Samukange , the equivalent at the official rate of US$230 000 for using his truck for 11 years without payment....Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:23hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
BCC rejects Mrs Mnangagwa donation request
BULAWAYO City Council has expressed reservations over expending resources to a project spearheaded by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa to transform a refugee centre at Chambuta in Chiredzi into a rehabil...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:48hrs | 7660 | by Staff reporter
Tribalism in national under-17 team selection
ONE of the country's most charismatic football characters and former Highlanders supremo, Ernest Maphepha Sibanda has called upon the national Under-17 coach Tafadzwa Mashiri to stop being used by foo...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 18:29hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Exclusion of Bulawayo boys in the Under-17 squad 'an insult'
FORMER national team and Highlanders captain Thulani Biya Ncube and Mkhokheli Dube have reacted with dismay and anger while questioning the criteria which career Under-17 boys coach Tafadzwa Mashiri u...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | 1469 | by Staff reporter
'Gold' Baron Dube jailed 10 years
POPULAR gold dealer, Baron Dube (44) of Habane Extension Township in Esigodini has been sentenced to an effective 10 years in prison for killing a member of a rival gang following a dispute at a mine....Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:45hrs | 1894 | by Staff reporter
Mystery as 3 children die near cemetery
THREE children from Bulawayo's Entumbane suburb died while in the back of a single cab Nissan SE pickup truck that was stuck in the mud near Luveve Cemetery as their parents battled to free the vehicl...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 05:33hrs | 2021 | by Staff reporter
Sanction Auxillia Mnangagwa and Freeze her foreign bank accounts
The first family must command respect, not demand it. This, they should do through leading by example. "Julius Caesar's wife must be above suspicion". The first lady should not be seen throwing her we...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 12:28hrs | 18472 | by Israel Dube
Bulawayo's waterworks buffer dries up
CITY of Bulawayo's Criterion Waterworks buffer is now left with 10 days supply, a situation which could worsen the water crisis in Bulawayo where some residential areas have gone for a month without s...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:45hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF calls for peaceful DCC campaigns
ZANU-PF Matabeleland North leadership has called for a peaceful campaign as the party prepares for the District Development Committee (DCC) elections. The ruling party disbanded the DCCs in 20...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 05:31hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's water works under scrutiny
THE Radiation Protection Authority of Zimbabwe (RPAZ) wants to investigate Bulawayo City Council's water and waste water purification facilities to establish if there is any contamination.Acco...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:32hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
Govt probes land deals in Bulawayo
THE Government probe team that was recently in Bulawayo, was among other things, tasked with investigating whether Bulawayo City Council officials or councillors were taking bribes in the sale of coun...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:12hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
No bonus for council workers
BULAWAYO City Council workers have reportedly declared incapacitation and are demanding that their salaries be improved as a matter of urgency outside the approval of the supplementary budget....Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:11hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa eases Bulawayo water crisis with 13,7 megalitres
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has started pumping water to Bulawayo from the Epping Forest project delivering 13,7 megalitres on Wednesday night in a major breakthrough towards easing ...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 07:22hrs | 2233 | by Staff reporter
Nurses summoned for disciplinary hearing
THE Health ministry yesterday started sending summons to several nurses in Bulawayo for disciplinary hearing on allegations of misconduct.This comes at a time nurses at public hospitals have t...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:32hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Police officers in court for robbing motorists
Central Bureau Four police officers, including a woman attached to the crime prevention unit, who allegedly assaulted and robbed a motorist of US$70 a few metres from a roadblock, have appeared before...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 09:27hrs | 3322 | by Staff reporter
BCC intervenes in United Refineries hitch
UNITED Refineries Limited (URL) is expected to resume operations at its factory on Monday following interventions by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to solve water supply challenges that forced the co...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:23hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
13 MDC Allaince supporters in court
THIRTEEN suspected MDC-Alliance activists, who allegedly ran amok, destroying windows and cutting padlocks with bolt cutters at Harvest House last week appeared in court yesterday charged with public ...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 18:20hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Filabusi man kills friend for drinking beer without permission
A FILABUSI man has been arrested after he allegedly fatally struck his neighbour with a brick on the head after accusing him of drinking his beer without permission. Melusi Ngwenya (32) of Lun...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 18:20hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
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