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Pumula South residents endure 17-year water crisis
More than 1,200 households in Bulawayo's Pumula South suburb have been living without a reliable water supply for the past 17 years, primarily due to the Bulawayo City Council's failure to connect a v...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:12hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe launches major telehealth initiative
Under the Second Republic, Zimbabwe has made significant strides in upgrading public health facilities to ensure that every citizen can access adequate medical treatment as a practical right. As part ...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:23hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers pounce on Kwekwe service station
Five armed robbers struck a service station in Kwekwe early Sunday morning, making off with US$799 in cash and various groceries.Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko, Midlands provincial police spokesper...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:49hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
'ZiG acceptance rate reaches 91%'
Zimbabwe's local currency, ZiG, has seen a significant boost in public confidence, with acceptance rates soaring to 91% from 61% since its launch in April 2024, according to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe G...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:12hrs | 1786 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water crisis worsens as boreholes break down
The Bulawayo City Council has reported the breakdown of 76 boreholes in the city, forcing residents to search for alternative water sources. The city is currently implementing a water-shedding program...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 10:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Reserves backing Zimbabwe's ZiG shoot to US$370 million
Prices of goods and services in Zimbabwe are expected to remain stable, thanks to increased cash and mineral reserves backing the new currency, Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG). These reserves have risen from US$2...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:34hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
Pumula residents, Chinese miner clash over noise
RESIDENTS of Bulawayo's Pumula North suburb are up in arms against a Chinese quarry mining company for noise pollution as well as destroying road infrastructure in the suburb.Some commuter omn...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's 120-hour water shedding to continue
BULAWAYO residents will continue receiving water for only two days per week, as water levels continue to dwindle at major supply dams due to drought, with the possibility of further tightening of the ...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Africa's biggest challenge is getting an honest workforce
I used to criticise African companies like Dangote Group who hire so many Indians while there are many unemployed Africans, but now I understand their painful decision.The biggest challenge in...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 20:14hrs | 1 | by Karim KONE
Bulawayo City Council moots 5 days water shedding schedule?
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is planning to introduce a new water-shedding schedule, which will see residents going for 120 hours without water with Government yesterday assuring residents that it ...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Sekusile terminus, a disaster waiting to happen'
Residents of Ward 23 have expressed serious concerns about the Sekusile Bus Terminus and Shopping Centre in Nkulumane, describing it as a potential disaster waiting to happen due to uncollected waste ...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 17:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal shortage hits Zimbabwe?
ILLICIT deals involving some unscrupulous suppliers and traders have been blamed for creating artificial shortages of mealie-meal in formal shops while the commodity is being diverted to the streets a...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA opposition adds voice to ZEP saga
SOUTH Africa's opposition African People First (APF) party has backed calls to renew Zimbabwe exemption permits in that country who hail from Matabeleland citing historical ties.APF said this ...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Water crisis overwhelms BCC
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says a deadly mix of challenges such as system failures among others were crippling its capacity to quench the thirst of residents who are going for several days without wa...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water woes set to worsen
THE water situation in Bulawayo is set to worsen as two of the city's six supply dams are set to be decommissioned soon.Already, the city's residents spend most of their time fetching water fr...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's thriving car breaking industry
When you think of industries that offer opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship, the car breaking industry is probably not the first one that comes to mind.However, in Bulawayo, Zimb...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimra to intensify revenue collection
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is intensifying domestic resource mobilisation to guarantee the availability of adequate financial resources required to fund critical Government programmes....Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimra rolls out self-service kiosks
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has started rolling out self service facilities (Kiosk) for clients in a move to enhance efficiency in tax remittance as well as improve collections, especially ...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet unveils international airtime transfer service
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has launched an international airtime transfer service that allows Zimbabweans living in South Africa to buy airtime for their family and friends back home.The innovat...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 21:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jesse Halfway Hotel: The fall of a luxurious stopover
A pungent smell of urine engulfs the environs around Jesse Halfway Hotel, located right in the middle of Bulawayo and Beitbridge, in the West Nicholson area, at an equi-distance of 160 kilometres....Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenger queries court's delay of explosive lawsuit
Zanu-PF youth league member Sybeth Musengezi has expressed displeasure over the High Court's delay in hearing a case in which he is challenging the legitimacy of Emmerson Mnangagwa as the ruling party...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenger court documents 'disappear'
A Zanu-PF youth challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy, Sybeth Musengezi claims that files relating to the matter have gone missing at the High Court.In a letter addressed to hi...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo faces 72 hours of water shedding
BULAWAYO residents could soon be faced with a 72-hour water shedding regime as the water situation in the city continues to deteriorate, with vandalism of both electricity instalments and pipes on ser...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government connects 400 schools to the internet
GOVERNMENT has connected 400 schools to the internet in all the country's 10 provinces as part of an ongoing programme to accelerate the implementation of the national e-learning strategy.The ...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo tightens water rationing
BULAWAYO residents will now go for two days a week without water supplies after the local authority from yesterday effected a 48-hour water shedding schedule. The local authority has further p...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Relief for refugees, asylum seekers
THOUSANDS of migrants including refugees and asylum seekers have found relief in the Restoring Family Links programme that is being implemented by the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS).Restori...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Russia's rouble comes roaring back
The rouble has surged all the way back to where it was before Russia invaded Ukraine, closing at 79,7 in Moscow on Wednesday.In the days after the Ukraine war began, the rouble's collapse was ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Homesick refugees reconnect with home
For Raphael Musasa, how he left his home in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s South Kivu province following attacks on the city of Bukavu by the CPCA-A64 militia remains a mystery.He de...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gweru gets automated water kiosk
GWERU City Council, with the assistance of a German non-governmental organisation (NGO), Welthungerhilfe has established its first automated water kiosk which uses a tap-card system to draw water from...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools e-learning facilities equipped
PRIMARY and Secondary schools in the Midlands Province have been equipped with computer laboratories, which are set to enhance the e-learning policy spearheaded by Government in line with the National...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pensioners get compensation for lost savings
GOVERNMENT has started paying pensioners a maximum of US$100 in compensation for losses suffered after the country adopted the multi-currency system in 2009.A commission of inquiry was once se...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Beitbridge lacks disaster preparedness strategy'
BEITBRIDGE residents have rapped their municipality for lack of disaster preparedness following a series of fire incidents that the local authority failed to deal with.Their anger was triggere...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:47hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC targets 500 000 Bulawayo voters
THE MDC Alliance Bulawayo province has intensified its voter registration campaign by providing transport to prospective registrants to travel to the main provincial registration offices in Belmont ah...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
New Beitbridge freight terminal opens next month
THE newly-upgraded commercial terminal, built under the US$300 million Beitbridge Border Post modernisation project is set to open to commercial traffic on October 6. SADC's busiest inland por...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
667 more Zupco buses coming
Zupco is buying 667 buses from China by year end, with delivery of the first batch of 100 buses expected soon. Further, through its intercity digital payment platform in partnership with Vaya, every i...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water points record spike in violence
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has decried the sharp increase in cases of violence at water points in Bulawayo.This was revealed yesterday following a survey conducted last...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo faces water crisis
PERENNIAL water challenges in Bulawayo have not only left residents with no access to the precious liquid but have subjected them to violence, including rape. Women and girls were the most aff...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru dams at full capacity
THE water levels at Gweru City Council's four supply dams are at full capacity following heavy rains that pounded most parts of the midlands province in the last few weeks.In a statement yeste...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 20:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru dam levels increase
THE water levels at Gweru City Council supply dams Gwenoro and Whitewaters have significantly increased following good rains.This has seen taps that have been dry for several weeks now being o...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
JSC pushes for digital delivery of justice
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is pushing for an electronic justice delivery system which will improve efficiency and help litigants access their files in a timely manner.In its strateg...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 16:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mukuru loses US$35K to robbers
FIVE armed robbers ambushed and attacked a cash-in-transit vehicle carrying at least US$35 000 meant for a Mukuru outlet in Chivi on Monday in a daring heist that has left the police astonished....Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Breakdown at Bulawayo waterworks
A PUMP breakdown at the Bulawayo waterworks has seen the city's water pumping capacity dropping by over 100 megalitres (ML), piling more woes on residents.The Bulawayo water shortage has force...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop, Zanu-PF youths in nocturnal shop raids
A JUNIOR officer stationed at Karoi urban dog section allegedly teamed up with Zanu-PF youths early this week to conduct night raids on shops in the farming town, demanding trading licences and bribes...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Water crisis puts residents' health at risk in Bulawayo
"YOU'LL get water when it's available," Bulawayo City Council officials loosely told residents recently after struggling to stick to the six-day water shedding schedule put in place to manage the dwin...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 23:59hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Cop, four others in court for robbery
A suspected police officer and his four accomplices who masqueraded as passengers and a taxi driver, have been arraigned on allegations of robbing six unsuspecting passengers and an airtime vendor in ...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mai Tombi's bananas are now 50 cents each
Aaah! I am tempted to believe magic is for real, abracadabra. How can 2 lts cooking oil price climb down from 21 rtgs to 16 rtgs in one week at TM Chadcombe? Even anointing oil cannot match that...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:27hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa
11 buses for Dabengwa memorial service
BULAWAYO residents have been urged to give national hero Dr Dumiso Dabengwa a befitting send-off by turning up in their numbers for a memorial service to be held in his honour at White City Stadium to...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Demand for Zupco up
Demand for Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) buses has spiked and the public transport operator is set to take delivery of 300 more coaches in a major leap for the country's mass transpo...Published: 22 May 2019 at 23:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
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