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Busi Ncube brings back Ilanga
BUSI Ncube must be a staunch Highlanders FC fan! This was evidenced by the black and white pants she wore at the Ilanga Tribute Concert held at The Place in Bulawayo on Sunday.At 60, one proba...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Even Lord Malvern failed to deliver water to Bulawayo
IN the old days, there was a special group of people called the Pharisees that did not particularly impress Jesus Christ.They were known for obsessively exhorting followers to be unstinting st...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:42hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazarus
July Moyo steps in to resolve BCC, ZPC rift
GOVERNMENT has stepped in to resolve the dispute between the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and power utility Zesa Holdings over the ownership of the coal-fired Bulawayo Power Station.The BCC has...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
'KoNtuthu Ziyathunqa' - Only two towers will fall, ZESA says
THE iconic cooling towers at the Bulawayo Power Station have over the years become the hallmark of the city that even visitors marvel at. It is from these gigantic Zesa towers that endlessly b...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 09:37hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Byo residents up in arms with Zesa
BULAWAYO residents are preparing for a bruising fight with ZESA Holdings over its plans to demolish the city's two iconic cooling towers at the council-owned thermal power station.Bulawayo's n...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo power station saga rages
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has insisted that it plans to go ahead with the demolition of two cooling towers at the Bulawayo Power Station in spite of strong resistance from the c...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Legalisation of shebeens: Who benefits the most?
FOR years in the post-colonial era, politicians and a range of civic/residents' associations in the city have campaigned for the legalisation of shebeens.In particular, shebeens have been defe...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 05:46hrs | | by Langalakhe Mabena/Nkosilodumo Ndebele
'Zimbabwe industry must start functioning'
VETERAN nationalist Angeline Masuku has bounced back into Government having been appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs in Bulawayo taking over from ...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo kwaito star drops club banger
MULTI-TALENTED Bulawayo kwaito star Proficience Cadder aka Kadder has dropped a sizzling single track titled "Yes I am". The single - a tribal house genre - is a collaboration with another kwa...Published: 16 May 2016 at 21:48hrs | | by Arts Correspondent
Zanu-PF's Tshuma steps up campaign for Mpopoma - Pelandaba constituency
Zanu-PF member and businessman Joseph Tshuma has stepped up his campaign for the 10 June by-elections in Mpopoma-Pelandaba constituency saying that he was ready to serve the people.Tshuma who ...Published: 31 May 2015 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mayor's message as the City of Kings (Bulawayo) celebrates 120yrs
Bayethe Bulawayo! TODAY is a memorable day to the City of Bulawayo as we celebrate 120 years of existence as a modern settlement.I am proud to be the mayor as the city achieves this hi...Published: 01 Jun 2014 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
'Bulawayo now city of destitutes,' says Moyo
Bulawayo, which used to be Zimbabwe's industrial hub just a decade ago, is now a "city of destitute," the city's mayor Thaba Moyo said."Currently there has been a rapid increase in the number...Published: 25 Jan 2013 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
To win back Bulawayo, Zanu-PF must deliver
For the next seven days, Bulawayo will temporarily transform from a decaying metropolis to Zimbabwe's most important city.Among all the towns and cities in this country that are crying out for...Published: 04 Dec 2011 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Editorial Comment
Bulawayo set to start generating electricity in February
THE Bulawayo Thermal Power Station will start generating power in February, a development set to bring excitement to the city, popularly known as Kontuthu ziyathunqa because of the smoke emitted by t...Published: 29 Jan 2011 at 17:11hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
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