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Zimbabwe to launch 3 more satellites
THE Government is gearing up to expand Zimbabwe's space programme, with plans in motion to launch into orbit three additional satellites that are designed to enhance the country's earth observation ca...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo CBD faces electricity cut
Scheduled maintenance activities will result in a planned electricity outage in Bulawayo's city center today from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM. The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZE...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 22:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe satellite launch 'defies all the odds'
Zimbabwe sent its first satellite into orbit on Monday, part of the Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Project-5 (BIRDS-5) sponsored by Japan.The small satellite, which Zimbabwe hopes will help i...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's historic satellite launch today
Zimbabwe will today join the league of nations that have launched satellites into space when it sends its first satellite, ZimSat-1, into orbit after developing it through the BIRDS project.Th...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Date set for Zimbabwe satellite launch
Zimbabwe's first satellite, ZimSat-1, will be launched into space on November 6 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, United States, the National Aeronautics and Space ...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to launch satellite next month
Zimbabwe is set to launch its first satellite into orbit next month in a major milestone expected to enhance mineral exploration, monitoring of environmental hazards and droughts, mapping human settle...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:05hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders win ZNCC award
HIGHLANDERS were honoured with a Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) Matabeleland Chapter Lifetime Achievement award presented to board member Methuseli Mafu at a Bulawayo hotel on Friday...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Low sales for school uniform despite the opening of schools
SCHOOL uniform and stationery retailers say business has been low despite the opening of schools this week when compared to previous years.The opening of schools is normally characterised by b...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Normalcy returns at Beitbridge border
The private company managing the new Beitbridge border post terminal has largely cleared the chaos that characterised the early days of the post's opening last month and wants to increase efficiency o...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Main Characteristics of The Smallest СubeSat Cameras
CubeSat cameras are an essential part of small-sized satellites today. Let's discuss some of their characteristics. We delve right into details to help you understand...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 10:40hrs | 19 | by Staff Writer
Doctors predict mass deaths
MEDICAL doctors have warned of a looming surge in COVID-19-related deaths in the coming days, saying the figures were likely to double this week as positive cases continue to rise against a drop in th...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Benefits and drawbacks of casino No-Deposit bonus
Online casino sites are increasing day by day and spreading their arms all over the world. There are many top online casinos that allow their play...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 12:28hrs | 5 | by Staff Writer
City fathers or city dealers at council chambers?
THERE is a wide and telling difference, just like the North and South Poles, in stature and charisma, between city councillors of old and the current generation of men and women in the council chamber...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:06hrs | 7 | by Limukani Ncube
ZESA wokers to go on strike
Workers at the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority have given notice of intention to embark on collective job action.In a statement to Zimbabwe Energy Industry Employers the workers said, "B...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 13:29hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo denies recieving $400 000 from Gono
Professor Jonathan Moyo has denied allegations that he was paid $400 000 by former Reserve Bank Govenor Dr Gideon Gono to draft a ZANU PF manifesto in 2008 bloody run off elections that claimed lives ...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 13:53hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cobra causes stir in Nkulumane suburb
A THREE-METRE-LONG cobra caused a stir in Nkulumane 12 suburb in Bulawayo after it slithered into houses near a bushy area on the outskirts of the residential area.Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife ...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Privatisation deadline for parastatals
Government has given under-performing State-owned enterprises (SOEs) and parastatals it has earmarked for disposal - among them NetOne, TelOne and People's Own Savings Bank (POSB) - between six and ni...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi rams into refurbished Esats Shopping Complex
A COMMUTER omnibus rammed into the newly refurbished Esats Shopping Complex following a collision involving three vehicles at the corner of 10th Avenue and Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Street in Bulawayo....Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 01:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Esats invests $250,000 in new mini-shopping complex
ONE of Bulawayo's oldest clothing retailing shop, Esats, has invested about $250 000 in setting up its new mini-shopping complex that will accommodate at least seven other shops.Esats director...Published: 10 Sep 2017 at 09:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rhodes estate should compensate white framers, not Mugabe
Compensation to white farmers for Zimbabwean land should be based on proper historic analysis that gives due credit when necessary but also brings the United Kingdom to the table as a responsible part...Published: 25 Aug 2017 at 16:04hrs | 1 | by Ken Sibanda
Student kills self
A 14- year-old Chitungwiza boy died on Monday after he was admitted at Chitungwiza Central Hospital over attempted suicide following a confrontation with his mother.Steady Takunda Wazvaremaka ...Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 16:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Amakholwa agwazwa ekhuthuzwe imali lamafoni ecaweni
AMAKHOLWA esigabeni seBeitbridge alokhu eqhaqhazela kulandela ukuba amabandla ambalwa ehlaselwe yizigelekeqe ngengqamu kanye langemibhobho ngesikhathi esenkonzweni.Isiga lesi esihlasimulisa um...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 16:05hrs | | by Umlobi
Businessman, Mohammed Esat, sued over $84 000 debt
PROMINENT Bulawayo businessperson Ahmed Mohammed Esat has been dragged to court for failing to settle an $84 000 owed to counterpart, Michele Filanino.In an application filed at the Bulawayo H...Published: 29 May 2017 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Government very angry with MLO
We hear that the supremacist government of Zimbabwe together with the beneficiaries of its evil system are very, very angry with MLO for telling the truth as it is, and exposing them concerning th...Published: 05 Oct 2016 at 09:52hrs | | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwe's Lancaster House Accord needs amendment
I am writing this article in part to try and offer a viable solution for Zimbabwean democracy, and in part for regional peace in Southern Africa. The agreement which ushered in a democratic Zimb...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 13:58hrs | | by Ken Sibanda
Uchuku Olwenziwa ngoPasi Luzwisa Ubuhlungu Project #5
Ngangileminyaka engu 21 ngoMbimbitho ngonyaka ka 1983. Saqala sisizwa ngokubulawa kwabantu ngamasotsha eSt Luke's eLupane. Kungensuku ngaki yatheleka iGukurahundi esikolo sethu seJotsholo Secondary. K...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 21:07hrs | | by Veap Ndlovu
Imotsha ibaleka lesidumbu
BAKAMALANDELA ngangithi nxa ngisizwa abadala besithi kudala ilizwe lisakhile ngithi mhlawumbe bayaphosisa ngenxa yokusutha uMagwebu intombi emhlophe kanti cha inyathi ibuzwa kwabaphambili njalo am...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 16:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Open Letter - Who is a tribalist?
Dear editor. I agree with those who say there was a lot of social injustice in Rhodesia. They are correct. After independence there were a lot of positive changes on gender equal rights and on...Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 08:30hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
Ndolwane Super Sounds member causes stir on Facebook
CHARLES Ndebele of Ndolwane Super Sounds Amangwe Part 1 caused a war on Facebook at the weekend after posting a message accusing his former partner - Martin Sibanda of stealing their property and mone...Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Bongani Ndlovu
Security guard sjamboks 'caught-in-the-act rapist'
A SECURITY guard heroically rescued a Bulawayo woman from a man whom he caught allegedly raping her and trying to strangle her on Sunday at around 1AM.The woman (name withheld) nearly choked i...Published: 05 Jan 2016 at 06:08hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
MQABUKO!
MQABUKO Isilw'esabhonga kwethuk'ondlebe zikhanyilanga. Inyath'eyaphoqol'imigoq'eGonakudzingwa bathuthumel'abeRhodesia. Ingonyam'eyabhodla wethuk'uSmith. umban'owakhwaz'eLancaster omhlo...Published: 01 Jul 2015 at 12:09hrs | | by Lima
Bulawayo primary school embarks on an ambitious project
IN a first for Bulawayo, a primary school, Mawaba, located in the high-density suburb of Lobengula West has embarked on an ambitious project to construct a double-storey lecture theatre block and mult...Published: 21 Jun 2015 at 11:02hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube
Kungenxa kabani?
"Njengoba umkhwenyana ezovela kusasa bekungaba njani ahle aziswe ukuthi uSiphiwe ulomntwana ngoba engazizwela akulanto ezakubanhle, ngithemba lisakhumbula okwenzakala koMlotshwa," kutsho uDlamini. ...Published: 04 Feb 2015 at 15:55hrs | | by Mbongeni Sibindi
Controversial MP sues bar assault patron
CONTROVERSIAL acting MDC-T Bulawayo provincial chairperson and MP for Bulawayo Central constituency, Ms Dorcas Sibanda is suing a patron who reportedly assaulted her in a nightclub.Sibanda wa...Published: 01 Jun 2014 at 07:57hrs | | by Thulani Ndlovu
Satanism scare at secondary school - WhatsApp update
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number. ...Published: 30 May 2014 at 18:15hrs | 7 | by Concerned Citizen
Chronicle exposes City brothel along Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Street
The state media reports that Marvel Court building is probably the dirtiest in the City of Kings and Queens, Bulawayo. Council condemned the dilapidated three-storey structure last year for ...Published: 08 Mar 2014 at 05:01hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Artificial hips craze hits Bulawayo
It has suddenly become "curvaceous women galore" on Bulawayo streets thanks to artificial hips and bums that are selling for as little as $17 a pair.Women interviewed yesterday said the mu...Published: 25 Feb 2014 at 21:20hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
MP evicted from office over unpaid rent
THE Member of the National Assembly for Bulawayo Central, Ms Dorcas Sibanda, has been evicted from her offices in Bulawayo over $1 427 in unpaid rentals.Ms Sibanda of MDC-T reportedly used th...Published: 17 Oct 2013 at 16:51hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Egyptian court bans Al-Jazeera TV affiliate
Cairo - An Egyptian court on Tuesday ordered Al-Jazeera's local affiliate and three other stations to stop broadcasting, part of an expanding government crackdown against media seen as supporting the ...Published: 04 Sep 2013 at 00:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
BCC 'debt collector' arrested
POLICE have arrested a man who was masquerading as a debt collector in a case likely to unearth a massive scam at the Bulawayo City Council as the man was allegedly working in cahoots with senior offi...Published: 27 Jul 2013 at 05:15hrs | | by Court Reporter
Alderman Parira Mika Mpofu dies
PEOPLE from all walks of life yesterday thronged the council chambers to bid farewell to Alderman Mika Parira Mpofu who died in Bulawayo on Wednesday.Ald Parira Mpofu (65), who succumbed to di...Published: 20 May 2013 at 03:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man fakes a divorce certificate, dragged to court
A 34-year-old Bulawayo man forged High Court documents and manufactured a divorce order in order to ditch his wife and marry a second one.Milton Mlauzi, of 7290/01 Pumula North on Tuesday appe...Published: 04 Apr 2013 at 04:24hrs | 1 | by Court Reporter
Serializing Nguni Novel Igazi Labafo: Chapter 3
ISAHLUKO 1 ISAHLUKO 2 IS...Published: 27 Mar 2013 at 07:13hrs | | by Titshabona Malaba Ncube
Ubugwelegwele bubhahile kuma Warriors, uRahman kakhulume iqiniso
UKUKHALA akusizi. Yikho esingakutsho ngemva kokuyangiswa esikwenziwe yiAngola mhlaka 15 kuMfumfu.A bantu bathi bafuna uRahman akhulume iqiniso lokuthi kwenzakalani ngalelolanga.Asilikh...Published: 08 Nov 2012 at 08:19hrs | | by Nkosinathi Sibanda
Iyasa off to Japan
Bulawayo and Zimbabwe's award winning dance act, IYASA's flirtation with Europe for the past decade has earned them a cutting edge, enabling them to open up new markets in Asia.The group emba...Published: 22 Jul 2011 at 06:41hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Miners seeking meeting with government to debated indigenisation
The Zimbabwe Chamber of Mines (ZCM) is seeking a meeting with government to discuss the effective implementation of the country's hotly debated indigenisation requirements.This comes after go...Published: 10 Jun 2011 at 06:31hrs | | by Jonathan Faurie
Asus AT5IONT-I (review)
Netbooks have lost their sheen recently thanks to the influx of affordable ultraportables and the advent of the iPad, but Intel's Atom processor still has its place. Take the Asus AT5IONT-I motherboar...Published: 25 Nov 2010 at 13:27hrs | | by PC Pro
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