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Traveler hangs himself at JM Nkomo International Airport
A man hanged himself at the Joshua Mqabuko International Airport on Thursday after checking into a flight to Johannesburg, sources said.Details of the incident were sketchy, but a passenger wh...Published: 14 Jun 2024 at 13:28hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
NUST directed to complete JM Nkomo Ekusileni Hospital
THE National University of Science and Technology (NUST) has been urged to expedite the completion of the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Ekusileni Medical Centre so that it can serve the institution and surroun...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:31hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mining detector theft suspect trial deferred
A 26-YEAR-OLD man from Cowdray Park in Bulawayo has been arraigned before the courts after he was found in possession of a stolen mining detector.Brian Gumbo was not asked to plead when he app...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 09:08hrs | 13 | by Stephen Jakes
Man steals US$2,500 mine detector
A 26-YEAR-OLD man from Cowdray Park in Bulawayo has been arraigned before the courts for allegedly being found in possession of a stolen mining detector.Brian Gumbo was not asked to plead when...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 15:59hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Fastjet adds new flight between Bulawayo, Jo'burg
Fastjet Zimbabwe (Fastjet) has increased the frequency of its flights from the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo to OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, b...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
New radar system for Gabriel Mugabe Airport
A new state-of-the-art radio navigation system capable of communicating with at least 200 airplanes at a time has been installed at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport as part of the US$153 mi...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe airports underutilised
THE country's airports are reportedly running at an average capacity utilisation of 27%, according to the Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ).ACZ chief executive officer Tawanda Gusha told News...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ethiopian Airlines set to fly into Bulawayo
Ethiopian Airlines is set to fly into Bulawayo for the first time, starting on October 30.The four times weekly service, via Victoria Falls, will bring convenience to Zimbabweans in the diaspo...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 20:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Robert Gabriel Mugabe airport works Phase II commence
The US$153 million expansion of the terminal at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport is at an advanced stage, with the construction almost complete and just awaiting final touch ups being condu...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:32hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo Airport saga: Govt in U-turn
GOVERNMENT yesterday apologised for suddenly removing the shield emblem at Bulawayo's Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport.It also said it was re-designing the emblem and would soon erec...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Government apologies for the Removal JM Nkomo Airport signage
The government has apologised for the hasty removal of the Joshua M Nkomo international airport signage saying the previous signage was of low quality while the current was only temporary.In a...Published: 12 May 2022 at 14:45hrs | 1 | by Desmond Nleya
Harare regrets the hasty removal of the shield signage at Joshua Nkomo airport
GOVERNMENT will prioritise stakeholder engagement in designing permanent signage for the country's airports as it embarks on the exercise to meet International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) stand...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe airports pose aviation disaster
ZIMBABWE'S airports pose an aviation disaster as they are still operating with an antiquated radar system several months after the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport raised the urgent need...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 07:24hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's State of the Nation address
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa delivered a State of the Nation Address and officially opened the Fourth Session of the Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe yesterday. He tackled a wide r...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Investors urged to work with new airports company
TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona has implored players in the tourism, hospitality, and construction sectors to consider working together with the newly-created Airports C...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Parliament warns of aviation disaster in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S airports could cause an aviation disaster due to poor weather-detecting instruments, outdated radar, few emergency vehicles, inadequate fire-fighting capacity and deplorable runways....Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe airports need refurbishment'
THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Transport and Infrastructure Development has revealed that the country's airports needed urgent refurbishment as they are in a bad state.Zimbabwe has e...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga assesses main airports
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Care Minister, has declared the country's three main airports ready to start operating, marking a significant step in reopening the ec...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga assesses main airports
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Care Minister, has declared the country's three main airports ready to start operating, marking a significant step in reopening the ec...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
$13 million upgrade for Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Airport
THE construction of a new air traffic control tower and a fire station at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo will commence soon at a cost of $13 million. Civil Aviation...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Power cut claims at JM Nkomo airport dismissed
The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) has dismissed claims that a fastjet aircraft failed to land at Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo on Wednesday evening due ...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Revamp for JM Nkomo Airport
GOVERNMENT is working on the second phase of refurbishment of the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo which will see the erection of a control tower, among other facilities. ...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 22:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi clears air on Nuanetsi Ranch ownership
President Mnangagwa has appointed a board of trustees for the Development Trust of Zimbabwe (DTZ) and board of directors for Nuanetsi Ranch Limited. The board of trustees for DTZ are former Mu...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reportert
Mnangagwa fears Matabeleland restoration: no one will baby sit him in Matabeleland
"If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand". These words of wisdom are attributed to Jesus Christ himself.Zimbabwe is one such Kingdom trying to find balance on shaky t...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 08:02hrs | 3 | by Israel Dube
List of Zimbabwe police officers being transferred
FROM COMPOL [HRA] TO ALL STNS CLASS ‘A’ RDO TM 375/18 DD 11/10/18'IMMEDIATE'SUBJECT: TRANSFERS: OFFICERS AND...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 20:02hrs | 25 | by Compol HRA
Joshua Nkomo's daughter commends govt funding of foundation
THE late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's daughter, Tandiwe Barbara Nkomo-Ebrahim, says government's decision to partner the Joshua Nkomo National Foundation brings more hope to the fulfilment of the lat...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo honour lights up Bulawayo
A MULTITUDE yesterday flooded the streets of Bulawayo, bringing much activity to the usually serene city, as residents joined an organised procession along historic sites in memory and honour of the l...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
NSSA sues Bulawayo firm for $122 500 rental arrears
THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has taken one of its Bulawayo tenants, Fair and Square Investments (Pvt) Limited, to court over rental arrears amounting to $122 514.In summons fi...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 07:19hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe to lose monopoly
GOVERNMENT has warned Air Zimbabwe saying in "no time" it would be allowing other airlines to start flying the Harare-Bulawayo route, in order to fully utilise the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International A...Published: 03 May 2018 at 07:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Only sewer upgrade at JMNkomo airport
GOVERNMENT yesterday officially commissioned a $1,2 million upgraded sewer system at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport on the outskirts of Bulawayo.The Civil Aviation Authority of...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 19:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 'Ndebele King' arrested at J.M Nkomo Airport
There are reports that the Ndebele King, Crown Prince Bhulelani Lobengula Khumalo was on Friday arrested at JM Nkomo Airport in the City of Kings....Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 18:26hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Only $23m allocated for Gwayi, Shangani Dam construction
THE Government has allocated $23,3 million towards the construction of Gwayi-Shangani dam in the 2018 national budget.The multi-million dollar project is earmarked to end Bulawayo's perennial ...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 04:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Western farmers Consortium promoting climate change mitigation programmes in Zimbabwe
Western Farmers' Consortium is embarked in serious objectives to promote climate change and migratory farming practices and environmental sustainable farming systems.The consortium has invited...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 11:04hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe airports underused
THE Zimbabwe National Tourism Master Plan (ZNTMP) has found that the three major airports in the country, in Harare, Bulawayo and Victoria Falls are underexploited by nearly 75% despite millions of do...Published: 17 Jul 2017 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru berates the military
Former Vice President and current NPP leader Dr. Joyce Mujuru has blown her head off and relentlessly tore into the military labeling them as "things not worth discussing" while at the same time glori...Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 10:59hrs | 2 | by Nadia Nare
MDC-T led BCC turns down Joshua Nkomo centenary request
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) recently turned down a request for a partnership to organise the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo centenary celebrations, which are underway at the late Father Zimbabwe's homestead in ...Published: 10 Jun 2017 at 17:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Highway sex and robbery
A MARRIED woman from Bulawayo who allegedly had sex with a man and later connived with her boyfriend to rob the man of two cellphones and $100 at "gun point" has been arrested.Siphumuzile Siba...Published: 23 May 2017 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
College expels hundreds of students
Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo College in Gwanda on Wednesday expelled more than 350 students from the department of teacher education who are in fees arrears. Only 16 paid up students remained....Published: 21 May 2017 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
JM Nkomo lecturer reportedly bolts away from a truck carrying stolen cattle at a roadblock
A lecturer at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo is reported to have bolted out of a truck carrying stolen cattle after it was stopped by the police at a roadblock in Gwanda.The lecturer Bernad Dube kno...Published: 28 Mar 2017 at 06:48hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
Gold Plane crash details emerge
A CENTRAL Air Traffic Services (CATS) aircraft that was transporting gold from Bulawayo to Harare on Tuesday crash-landed due to engine failure, the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) sai...Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mining pension fund sues Company over $18 300 debt
Mining Industry Pension Fund has sued a company called Eighty Eight Investment (Pvt) Limited over a debt of $18 388, 78.The Pension fund filed summons at the Bulawayo High Court on Novembe...Published: 01 Dec 2016 at 05:34hrs | 36 | by Stephen Jakes
Zapu to force Mugabe to return seized properties
Zapu has threatened to stage demonstrations to force President Robert Mugabe's government to return the party's properties, which were seized in the early 1980s. The opposition party's dep...Published: 16 Nov 2016 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zapu blames its financial woes on Mugabe
ZAPU has blamed its current financial woes on President Robert Mugabe and his government, which seized properties belonging to the then Joshua Nkomo-led opposition party in the 1980s.The n...Published: 12 Nov 2016 at 19:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zapu faces eviction over debt
A BULAWAYO company has filed summons at the High Court seeking the eviction of the Dumiso Dabengwa-led opposition, Zapu, from its property over $10 750 rental arrears.Main Investment and C...Published: 10 Nov 2016 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Where Is the Independence? - The Response.
Where is the independence? That is a profound question to ask Cde Farai Kuveya. In my own view though I don't think we really got our independence as a nation but it was a smoke screen halting of outr...Published: 15 Oct 2016 at 20:43hrs | 1 | by Mangosuthu MJ Mbele
PHOTOS - JM Nkomo Polytechnic 2016 graduation ceremony
Below are photos taken at the J M Nkomo Polytechnic in Gwanda yesterday, 1,377 students graduated. All photos were shared on Twitter by Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technolog...Published: 16 Sep 2016 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Jonathan Moyo's JM Nkomo Polytechnic Graduation Speech
ADDRESS BY THE GUEST OF HONOUR, THE MINISTER OF HIGHER AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ON "RE–ENGINEERING THE CURRICULUM FOR A SCIENCE AND...Published: 16 Sep 2016 at 08:44hrs | 12 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
Zanu-PF fires nine members
ZANU-PF has expelled nine members including the top four executive of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association who were facing various charges.The four are Messrs Victor Mate...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 06:45hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
Car crashes into Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo statue
A racing driver was lucky to escape unhurt after his vehicle veered off the road and rammed into the pedestal at Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo's statue along JM Nkomo Street and 8th Avenue on Sunday night....Published: 03 Dec 2015 at 10:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
J M Nkomo Airport set for facelift again
THE Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo needs a facelift as its appearance is not up to standard and is one of the facilities that the Government has put forward for possible Chines...Published: 25 Oct 2015 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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