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Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road reconstruction begins
The Government has launched the long-anticipated reconstruction of the 435-kilometre Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road, a vital economic and tourism corridor, with expectations that the project will create...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 09:05hrs | 9921 | by Staff reporter
Bosso roadshows return
EXCITEMENT among Highlanders' supporters has returned following exciting displays by the team since Portuguese coach Baltemar Brito took over the reins as head coach last month.So excited are ...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC condemns police conduct over Zipra march
OPPOSITION Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) has condemned the police for temporarily blocking a Zipra War Veterans Association (ZWVA) march to the Joshua Nkomo statue on Saturday.The march, ...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 07:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police block Gukurahundi memorial
ARMED police in Bulawayo yesterday besieged Stanley Hall in Makokoba and stopped a Gukurahundi memorial event from taking place.Police cordoned off the venue as early as 8:30am where the event...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hanging Tree evokes Mnangagwa death escape
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday reflected on the brutality of the settler regime, which punished sons and daughters of the land seeking freedom with all forms of cruelty including hanging, a sentence he...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:08hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Govt spruces up Nkomo statue area
GOVERNMENT has replaced bollards surrounding the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo statue in Bulawayo that were knocked down by motorists, while a permanent solution in controlling traffic around the statue is bei...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:00hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo beats Harare in traffic cameras installation
RESIDENTS and motorists in Bulawayo have hailed Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for installing street cameras meant to discourage flouting of road rules and regulations. The local authority has al...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZTA to restore Bulawayo's tourism legacy
ZIMBABWE Tourism Authority (ZTA)'s chief executive Karikoga Kaseke yesterday said they were committed to restoring Bulawayo's tourism legacy.Addressing a media briefing, Kaseke said they were ...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Free wi-fi at Joshua Nkomo statue'
THE Natural History Museum in Bulawayo is set to provide free wi-fi services at the late Vice-President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo statue to enable visitors to access information about the late nationalist....Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff re\porter
'Dynamos goal against Bosso fake'
FLAMBOYANT Harare businessman and socialite Wicknell Chivayo has described Dynamos' 40th minute equalising "goal" against Highlanders in the Battle of Zimbabwe last Sunday as "fake" and also took a sw...Published: 20 May 2017 at 12:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Econet does not employ Ndebeles - Open Letter to Strive Masiyiwa
Dear Editor,Re: Econet does not employ Ndebeles - Open Letter to Strive Masiyiwa I write this open letter to Strive Masiyiwa out of patriotism and in loving memory of umdala wethu. Tho...Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 12:17hrs | 9 | by John Ncube
Bosso ke mang?
JUST when Dynamos thought they were on course to exert revenge on Highlanders, the Bulawayo giants pulled a stunner in the dying stages of yesterday's Castle Lager Premiership game at Barbourfields St...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 11:28hrs | | by Ricky Zililo
Accident at Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo statue
Another kombi accident has occurred at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Statue in Bulawayo this morning.Several people were injured.Numerous accidents have occurred at the site and motorists h...Published: 05 May 2016 at 09:48hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Crash drivers threaten Joshua Nkomo statue
THE Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Statue in Bulawayo is in danger of being knocked down by cars following a series of accidents at the site, a senior government official has said. On Friday, a high powered int...Published: 07 Dec 2015 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Pamela Shumba
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
Zanu-PF determined to regain control of Bulawayo
ZANU-PF is seemingly determined to regain control of Bulawayo, as illustrated by its participation in civil society meetings which it had previously shunned.Yesterday Za...Published: 16 Apr 2014 at 20:12hrs | 1 | by Lulu Brenda Harris
'Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo statue for Gwanda'
MDC MATABELELAND SOUTH chairperson Pilate Ndebele Wednesday said he was engaging Zanu PF and MDC-T MPs in the province to lobby for the erection of a statue of the late Vice-President Joshua Mqabuko N...Published: 16 Jan 2014 at 04:11hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo statue in fresh controversy
THE Zimbabwe Indigenous Languages Promotion Association (Zilpa) has charged that the exclusion of other languages on the inscription of the statue of the late 'Father Zimbabwe' was a violation of the ...Published: 08 Jan 2014 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe claims Joshua Nkomo refused presidency three times
89-year-old Zanu-PF leader, President Robert Mugabe on Sunday during the official unveiling of the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo statue and renaming of Main Street claimed that he once offered the late father ...Published: 22 Dec 2013 at 13:46hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo statue unveiling - Photos
Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo's colossal statue is set to be unveiled by President Mugabe in Bulawayo today. Here are a few photo taken before the big event courtesy of ...Published: 27 Dec 2013 at 05:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo statue gives Bulawayo pride
BULAWAYO and Matabeleland region at large take pride in the mounting of the late Vice-President Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo's statue in the city, the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs in Bulawayo...Published: 18 Dec 2013 at 04:18hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
All set for Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo statue unveiling
The Father Zimbabwe statue set to be unveiled in Bulawayo has been described as legacy preservation and an act of immortalising Zimbabwe's former Vice President's liberation ideology.Zanu PF P...Published: 17 Dec 2013 at 17:02hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
'Unity Accord paved way for social, political and economic development'
Youths in Matabeleland North Province have hailed late Vice President Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo and President Mugabe for the role they played in bringing about unity in the country.As the countr...Published: 17 Dec 2013 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Jabulani Sibanda accuses Simon Khaya Moyo of failing Mat
WAR veterans' chief Jabulani Sibanda on Saturday accused Senior minister of State Simon Khaya Moyo of failing to spearhead constructive development in the Matabeleland region.Speaking at the ...Published: 11 Nov 2013 at 03:28hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Family tours Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo statue site
THE FAMILY of the late Vice-President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo yesterday made an inspection loco of the site where the statue of Father Zimbabwe is envisaged to be mounted.The members, among them ...Published: 10 Nov 2013 at 02:52hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo statue to be mounted in two weeks'
STAKEHOLDERS yesterday met at the Bulawayo City Council offices to review progress in erecting the statue of the late Vice-President Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo. In an interview with the ...Published: 19 Oct 2013 at 03:57hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Work on Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo statue resumes
Dr Nkomo's statue was pulled down before its official unveiling following strong objections by the Nkomo family and the Bulawayo community who felt the statue did not capture the exact attributes of ...Published: 02 Aug 2011 at 05:25hrs | | by .
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