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Rugby returns to Bulawayo
Rugby made a glorious return to the iconic Hartsfield Grounds in Bulawayo on Saturday, marking a revival of the city's rich rugby heritage with Zimbabwe A's emphatic 80-6 victory over a Bulawayo Selec...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 07:52hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Court dismisses CCC's appeal on Bulawayo Provincial Council matter
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal made by the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) challenging a previous judgement of the Electoral Court that declared the opposition party had failed to file ...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 20:02hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Polygamous man bashes wife over sex
A 33 YEAR-OLD polygamous man from Kensington village on the outskirts of Bulawayo allegedly bashed one of his wives for denying him conjugal rights.Innocent Ncube appeared before Bulawayo magi...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 12:01hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe education system fast deteriorating
GERMAN Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission in Zimbabwe Michael Ott has said the quality of Zimbabwe's education system is fast deteriorating."I have been here for a year in the country, unfo...Published: 28 Oct 2023 at 15:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF takes early poll lead
RESULTS of this year's harmonised elections started trickling in yesterday with Zanu-PF taking an early lead in National Assembly polls.The results that were announced by the Zimbabwe Electora...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:26hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere takes poll fight to Sadc
EXILED former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere says he has appealed to the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to rescue his presidential bid after he was disqualified by the High and Sup...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 07:02hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Modi's MP candidacy challenged
In a case that could come as a test to the court's impartiality, a Bulawayo voter has filed a High Court challenge against deputy industry minister Rajesh Kumar Modi's candidacy, claiming the Zanu-PF ...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 20:54hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Ostallos Siziva was with Chamisa in Harare as Bulawayo Nomination Court closed at 4PM on 21 June
The eloquent and bold mendacious claim by CCC and its loquacious mouthpieces that all 12 of its parliamentary candidates whose nomination was nullified by the High Court in Bulawayo on Thursday s...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 18:56hrs | 11 | by Jonathan Moyo
Chamisa suffers double blow
A BULAWAYO High Court judge yesterday barred 12 parliamentary candidates from the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) from standing in next month's election, handing three Zanu-PF cand...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wins 3 Parly seats unopposed after High Court ruling
THE High Court yesterday nullified the National Assembly candidature of 18 members of various political parties who filed their nomination papers outside the timeframes when the Nomination Court sat l...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP candidates' legal woes mount
A new court application has been filed at the Bulawayo High Court to prevent the 12 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) parliamentary candidates from running in the August 23, 2023 elections.T...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 19:46hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Late candidates: High Court to rule on preliminary points
HIGH Court judge Justice Bongani Ndlovu will today make a ruling on the preliminary points raised during arguments in an application in which 12 registered voters in Bulawayo are challenging the Zimba...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High Court set to rule on Zimbabwe polls nomination case
HIGH Court judge Justice Bongani Ndlovu will today make a ruling on the preliminary points raised during arguments in an application in which 12 registered voters in Bulawayo are challenging the Zimba...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zapu frets over move to disqualify its candidates
Former Zapu secretary-general Strike Mnkandla says a court challenge against his candidacy and other opposition candidates was a deliberate Zanu-PF strategy to eliminate challengers in the August 23 e...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 08:25hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
High Court reserves judgement in CCC provincial council list case
The Bulawayo High Court has reserved judgment in the matter in which members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) are challenging their omission from the provincial council list. T...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 17:31hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
ZEC opposes CCC court challenge
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) filed opposing papers in the matter in which 10 disgruntled Citizens for Coalition Change (CCC) members are challenging the electoral body's decision to refuse ...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Court challenge against most likely intended to eliminate serious competition'
An independent candidate, cited as one of the respondents in a case where twelve registered voters in Bulawayo seeking the nullification of the candidature of those they alleged registered after the c...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 14:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC candidate challenge date set
THE hearing of the matter involving the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and some registered voters in Bulawayo challenging the electoral body's decision to accept nomination papers of members of v...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo voters sue Zec over late candidates?
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is facing a lawsuit from some registered voters in Bulawayo for allegedly accepting nomination papers and candidature of members of various political parties in...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:09hrs | 11 | by Staff rporter
ZEC faces lawsuit for accepting CCC nominations out of time
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is facing a lawsuit from some registered voters in Bulawayo for allegedly accepting nomination papers and candidature of members of various political parties, i...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:05hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
20 aspiring MPs fail to file nomination papers
At least 20 aspiring Members of Parliament (MPs) in Bulawayo failed to submit their nomination papers last week, as they could not raise the required US$ 1000 fees.Zimbabwe is holding harmonis...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 16:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Nomination court gaffe exposes Chamisa's strategy
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) almost had its parliamentary candidates and those on the party lists disqualified during Nomination Court as a result of its "strategic ambiguity" tactic not to...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 18:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Last minute rush to register to vote
MISS Buhlebenkosi Dube just turned 18 and if President Mnangagwa proclaimed the election date before her birthday, she would have had to wait for five years before she could vote for the first time....Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Plea for voter registration blitz extension
CIVIC Society organisations, political parties and the public in general have pleaded with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to extend its mobile voter registration blitz which ends today....Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZEC starts second voter registration blitz after training
The ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) in Bulawayo last week started a voter registration second blitz after conducting a staff training.Zec Bulawayo Provincial Elections Officer Innocent Ncu...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 22:45hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zec rolls out last phase of voter registration
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday started rolling out the second and last phase of the mobile biometric voter registration (BVR) countrywide ahead of the delimitation exercise in Augus...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Confusion, chaos mar by-elections
Acts of violence by suspected Zanu-PF supporters, alleged vote buying, bussing of voters, voters failing to find their names on the voters' roll and voter apathy yesterday marred Zimbabwe's first elec...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbery suspect denies 21 counts of robbery
An armed robbery suspect recently denied 21 counts of robbery when he appeared in court last week claiming the victims gave false evidence about him.Handsome Ncube who has been in custody sinc...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 10:02hrs | 8 | by Stephen Jakes
Zec registers 7 000 new Bulawayo voters
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) Bulawayo office yesterday revealed that it had registered about 7 000 new voter registrants since the mobile registration blitz was launched early last month....Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Churches urged to rally congregants to register to vote
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (ZEC) is engaging churches to encourage their congregants to register to vote as the turnout ever since the start of the mobile registration is still low.This was...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 12:42hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Blitz gets few Bulawayo voters
BULAWAYO recorded 6 000 new voters during the just ended first phase of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) mobile biometric voter registration blitz which ended on Monday.The mobile voter...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
0ver 5 000 people register to vote in Bulawayo, says Zec
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has revealed that over 5 000 people registered to vote in Bulawayo since the mobile voter registration blitz was launched early this month.Zec Bulawayo ...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Commission registers 8 media houses
THE Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) has registered eight more media houses that will produce publications at either national or community level thereby bringing to 170 the total number of regist...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:10hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
City will pay dearly for few voters
BULAWAYO'S loss of any constituency in the delimitation exercise will result in under-representation with devastating consequences on development and legislative priorities for the city, civic groups ...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zec voter registration machines up
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) in Bulawayo yesterday said its machines, which broke down early this week crippling the voter registration exercise, had been fixed.On Monday, MDC Alliance ...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:10hrs | 2 | by Chief Chiduku
Zec Bulawayo under fire over poor voter registration
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) officials in Bulawayo have come under fire for allegedly failing to escalate the voter registration exercise in the city.This was after reports emerged last...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance stronghold records zero new voter registrants
BULAWAYO has recorded zero new voter registrants since the commencement of the voter registration exercise, a trend reported to be also prevalent in other parts of the country, the Zimbabwe Electoral ...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zec pleads with citizens to register to vote
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has again appealed to the public to register to vote to avoid having their constituencies cut in the next delimitation exercise.This comes as Zimbabwe a...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 16:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Muthi ritual scare hits suburbs
FEAR gripped residents of Makokoba and Mzilikazi suburbs in Bulawayo after muthi (charms) suspected to have been used in performing a ritual was found tied to a tree near a bridge connecting the two s...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Voter registration apathy hits Bulawayo
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has bemoaned the low turnout at its ongoing mobile voter registration exercise in Bulawayo, warning that this would cost the city about three constituencies....Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The Bulawayo Tower block; a labour of love?
A running thread in generations of residents that have called Bulawayo home has been their deep veneration and steadfast belief in its status as an exceptional habitat. Exemplary epochs of thi...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 18:02hrs | 2 | by Innocent B. Ncube
85% voter turnout in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO province recorded 85 percent voter turnout in Monday's elections, the highest since the turn of the millennium, an official has said.Bulawayo Provincial Elections officer Mr Innocent ...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tension mounts as polls beckon
Political tension is rising in Zimbabwe as the country prepares to hold its national elections in two weeks' time - with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday accusing the election management bod...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 17:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police in postal vote storm
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) yesterday brew a shocker when it clandestinely conducted postal voting for officers in Bulawayo amid reports they were forced to cast ballots before their superiors,...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Staff rpeorter
CIO agent harasses EU poll observers
A MEMBER of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) based in Chiredzi caused a scene early this week after he harassed two members of the European Union (EU) pre-election observer team, demanding ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by TellZim
12 years jail for church burglar
A MAN who stole cash and property worth over $5 000 mostly from churches in Bulawayo has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison.Innocent Ncube (37) from Umguza district went on a house-br...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF takes early poll lead
Zanu-PF has taken an early lead in the 2018 harmonised elections after some of the party's candidates submitted nomination papers unopposed.Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Matabeleland South pro...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 10:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe factions resolve name and symbol impasse
THE MDC-T faction led by Mr Nelson Chamisa will field its candidates in the forthcoming elections under the MDC Alliance name while the rival faction led by Dr Thokozani Khupe will stick with MDC-T....Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec warns against prohibited symbols
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has warned that aspiring candidates for the harmonised elections who will use "banned symbols" as party emblems will be disqualified at the nomination court....Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec meets all aspiring Byo candidates
THE ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) on Tuesday held an induction workshop for all aspiring candidates from various political parties in Bulawayo to apprise them on the nomination court requirement...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
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