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Zimbabwe needs a peaceful, credible, free and fair election
ELECTIONS in our country have tended to be hotly-contested over the past 23 years. Ordinarily, they must be a contest of ideas, but in a number of cases, the contestation has degenerated...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Fake promises might cost Zanu-PF'
THE Council for Churches in Africa (CCA) says fake promises by the Zanu-PF-led government to allocate them land for places of worship may cost the party in the upcoming elections.The CCA, whic...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC holds 'go home to vote' rally in SA
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) South Africa (SA) branch on Monday conducted a "go home to vote" campaign march and rally in the neighbouring country as part of its voter mobilisati...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans are a very funny lot
IT came as a major relief that the United States embassy in Harare clarified the validity of its many bank notes which have been so overused that they have turned so dirty and torn to the extent that ...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets people wearing yellow clothes
POLITICAL observers have noted intolerant behaviour towards anyone donning yellow clothes associated with opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) theme colour.In its latest long-term el...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chaos as schools reopen
CHAOS characterised yesterday's schools reopening as dozens of teachers failed to travel to their workstations citing incapacitation.Teachers' unions attributed the chaos to poor planning by g...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldiers terrorise Sigola villagers
VILLAGERS in Sigola area, Esigodini in Matabeleland South province are living in fear after soldiers last week allegedly visited their homes asking for information about their stands, and collecting t...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus and the mystery of infection
He waited by the bus-stop, all day, shaking his car keys rather impatiently, pacing up and down as each bus arrived, as each bus left. Only a dishevelled tramp sat by the benches, mumbling incoherentl...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:45hrs | 1 | by Zifiso Masiye
What's Mnangagwa and Auxillia up to?
QUITE a morsel of things doesn't add about the trip that Sheik Fayez Muhamad Salem Sultan Al Qassimi has just made to Zimbabwe, outside the winding name. The sheik arrived in Zimbabwe last Sun...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
ZINASU leader to spend weekend in jail
A student leader arrested on Thursday following protests outside a car rental company on September 8 is spending the weekend in prison after his bail hearing was postponed to Monday.Harare mag...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 17:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe troops and police deployed in force
Troops and police deployed in force in Zimbabwe's second city of Bulawayo on Monday in a bid to deter a planned opposition march, three days after brutally dispersing a banned protest in the capital H...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 14:07hrs | 2 | by AFP
MDC Bulawayo vows to hold protests on Monday
THE MDC Bulawayo province has vowed to forge ahead with its planned protests on Monday.The opposition party failed to overturn a police ban on its Harare protests at the High Court on Friday....Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Riot police drive through Bulawayo CBD this AM with loud-hailer
Residents in Bulawayo woke up to witness a rare awareness campaign by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP).The ZRP is on a mission to raise awareness on the dangers of participating in Nelson Ch...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 09:31hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Mnangagwa signs new law to ban strikes
LABOUR minister Sekai Nzenza has told Senate that the Tripartite Negotiating Forum Bill, which she says will be signed into law tomorrow by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, will outlaw stayaways or strik...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Let's remember the orphans this winter
Very soon it will be winter, a relief from the scotching heat but a winter with its own attendant vagaries. Many from vulnerable communities will not escape the biting cold and the subsequent colds an...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 19:20hrs | 1 | by Tondo Murisa
Zimbabwean engineer in revolutionary e-hailing cab App
EVERY great idea starts as a dream and as Gloria Steinem, an American journalist and social political activist - reckoned 'Dreaming after all is a form of planning'. But what separates an achiever fro...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:43hrs | 2 | by STaff reporter
MDC Alliance candidates fight it out in court
MDC-Alliance aspiring legislator for Goromonzi West Luke Tamborinyoka, who is facing charges of defacing his rival's posters, has accused the complainant of having an agenda against him because he was...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tamborinyoka challenges expelled MDC Alliance candidate in court
MDC Alliance Goromonzi West parliamentary candidate Luke Tamborinyoka, who is accused of defacing campaign posters of fellow party member, yesterday said the allegations were fabricated by his rival w...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'More purges costly for Zanu-PF'
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party cannot afford to expel more of its members ahead of the crucial 2018 elections, as this will lead to a costly implosion, analysts have said.This c...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 13:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda water crisis update
Following the continuous erratic provision of water to the residents and numerous outcries from within the residents, the Gwanda Residents Association inevitably intensified its efforts to try a...Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 16:09hrs | | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo
Human Rights Activist Tiringindi appear in court over Shutdown protest
A Masvingo Human rights activist Prosper Tiringindi (28) who was arrested on July 6 over the Shutdown Zimbabwe protest on Friday appeared in court facing charges of disorderly behaviour at a public pl...Published: 24 Jul 2016 at 20:04hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Masvingo vendors driven off the streets
Vendors in Masvingo's central business district where this Monday morning driven off the streets and to the designated site at Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle Market.The market is popularly known as Chi...Published: 20 Jul 2015 at 16:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police embarks on stop & search operations
POLICE in Bulawayo say they will arrest members of the public who are found with weapons following an increase in robbery and murder cases in the city.Yesterday, police conducted campaigns al...Published: 23 May 2015 at 10:38hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
MDC-T President Tsvangirai speaks
The MDC-T in South Africa has embarked on an extensive "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year "wishes program. The provincial Organizing secretary Mr. Trust Ndlovu has launched this program in...Published: 01 Dec 2014 at 13:52hrs | 1 | by Dr. Wangu Mazodze - MDC T South Africa Spokesperson
'No water supply since Wednesday'
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: 09 Nov 2014 at 22:26hrs | | by Concernede Citizen
Gwanda gets pre-paid electricity meters
ZESA Holdings has begun installing pre-paid electricity meters in Spitzkop high-density suburb in Gwanda in a project set to take two weeks.The power utility announced its programme through a ...Published: 05 Aug 2014 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Stop abusing our fire tender,' Residents tell council
Residents of the mining town of Gwanda have called on the Municipality of Gwanda to stop abusing the council's sole fire tender.Speaking on a street survey on disaster preparedness of the ...Published: 04 Jun 2014 at 17:35hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Two border jumpers stranded on Limpopo River
Two border jumpers were on New Year's Eve left stranded when they were marooned on an island near Dulibadzimu Gorge while attempting to illegally cross into South Africa through the Limpopo River....Published: 01 Jan 2014 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Cash strapped council in massive water disconnections
THE CASH-STRAPPED Gwanda municipality has started disconnecting water supplies at hundreds of households in a bid to recover $600 000 it is owed by residents.Previous attempts to plead with re...Published: 09 Dec 2013 at 01:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda Municipality financial woes far from over
The Municipality of Gwanda's financial woes look far from being over with reports that insurance company Old Mutual recently confiscated some council office equipment due to unpaid debts.R...Published: 07 Nov 2013 at 14:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Council accused of tribalism
A clampdown on open-air churches by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has been temporarily stopped after some of the churches accused the local authority of tribalism.Open-air churches √¢‚Ã...Published: 18 Nov 2012 at 22:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SA police kill 18 miners
SOUTH African riot police opened fire on striking miners armed with machetes and sticks at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine on Thursday, killing several men in the deadliest episode of a week of un...Published: 17 Aug 2012 at 05:29hrs | | by Reuters
Tunisia ministers resign from ruling party
TUNIS - Ministers in Tunisia's interim government have resigned from the ruling party as street protesters renewed demands for an end to its influence after the overthrow of President Zine al-Abedine ...Published: 20 Jan 2011 at 14:57hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
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