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Parliament face to face with Bulawayo water woes
Bulawayo's escalating water shortages took center stage yesterday as parliamentarians engaged directly with the dire situation affecting the city. With the water supply dam levels in continuous declin...Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 11:34hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
3 family members buried together
In a heart-wrenching scene at Umvutsha Cemetery in Bulawayo yesterday, a family of three - Lorenzo Palu (36), his wife Forgive (31), and their three-year-old son Lwandile - were laid to rest side by s...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:01hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Kombi driver beats girlfriend to death
The tragic incident involves Auther Tshuma, a KOMBI driver from Plumtree, who has been arrested for allegedly beating his 20-year-old girlfriend, Kwanele Ngwenya, to death. The incident occurr...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 14:56hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Kombi driver kills girlfriend
Failure to control his temper has landed a Plumtree-based Kombi driver in trouble after he assaulted his girlfriend to death during a domestic dispute.Author Tshuma (24) was asked to plead to ...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 20:07hrs | 63 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
Debt collector kills man who failed to pay
POLICE in Matabeleland North Province are hunting for a suspect who allegedly stabbed a village mate to death on Friday.Kwanele Moyo (36) accosted Casper Dube Moyo at Sembeule Business Centre,...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 18:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trio appears in court for alleged robbery of $1200 from woman
Three individuals, Cosmas Mpofu (36), Zibusiso Mpofu (26), and Fisani Mpofu (26), were brought before the Nkayi Magistrates Court on Tuesday morning in connection with the alleged robbery of $1200 fro...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 20:29hrs | | by Peter Matuka
Kasukuwere challenges Mnangagwa secrecy bid
Ex-minister Saviour Kasukuwere, barred from running for president, says the Mutapa Sovereign Wealth Fund and a decree by President Mnangagwa exempting nearly 2 dozen companies from public procurement ...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Polad to stay in place
THE Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), a grouping of all presidential candidates who participated in the 2023 elections is set to return, President Mnangagwa has said.POLAD was first establish...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:49hrs | 3 | 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 | 8 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Charumbira sex attack saga deepens
The sexual assault case against Chiefs Council president Chief Fortune Charumbira has taken a new twist with claims that a deep-seated family feud and a protracted chieftainship wrangle could be...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidate gifts uniforms to disadvantaged girls
Zanu-PF Ward 2 candidate Bonginkosi Moyo has donated school uniforms worth over US$600 to more than 50 disadvantaged girls from Trenance Primary School in Bulawayo.Handing over the donation at...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC urges members to join CIO, army
A SENIOR official in the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has urged party youths in Matebeleland to join intelligence and security services to save themselves from possible post-ele...Published: 17 May 2023 at 21:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Polad gobbles millions in taxpayers' money
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's creation, the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), hangs in the balance after gobbling millions of dollars in taxpayers' money as Zimbabwe hurtles towards make-or-break ge...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lion spotted in Kwekwe suburbs
PANIC has gripped residents in Mbizo and Msasa Suburbs in Kwekwe after a lion was reportedly spotted in the area.According to a message doing rounds on social media platforms, the lion is susp...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 18:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
This & that with Mal'phosa: The endangered species
I have a feeling the Ndebele language is endangered - and we, the custodians of the language by right of being senior citizens - are not helping the situation in any way. How would you feel if you wer...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 11:04hrs | 1 | by Clerk Ndlovu
Nothing new about CCC's same old characters
When CCC won in the majority of constituencies in by-elections held in March, its leaders ran with a line that they had done well, yet they were a new party on the scene.Yet the claim that CCC...Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Lovemore Chikova
'Bulawayo's informal sector overregulated'
EXPENSIVE trading licences and too many regulations are forcing informal sector traders to resort to operating illegally, a study by the Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association (BVTA) has revealed....Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents finger ZETDC employees in cables theft
RESIDENTS of Queens Park East in Bulawayo have accused Zimbabwe Electricity, Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) employees of colluding with thieves in the theft of electricity copper cables...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Bosso 90 squad on right track'
BOSSO 90 coach Melusi ‘Mabaleka' Sibanda believes his teenage charges are on the right track and will soon surprise seasoned campaigners in the Zifa Southern Region Division One League.Siban...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:47hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Boost for Bulawayo water supplies
BULAWAYO City Council will tomorrow sign a major deal with a Dutch company, Vitens Evides International (VEI) to implement key water projects that will ease the city's water woes.Recently, the...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama as funeral is temporarily stopped
THERE was drama in Bulawayo's Gwabalanda suburb when the burial of a 12-year-old girl was temporarily halted on Thursday after the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) said the burial could not go ahead wi...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bomb explodes on Tsholotsho family
A MOTHER and her two children aged three and 12 from Tsholotsho district in Matabeleland North province were seriously injured after an explosion from a suspected bomb one of the the minors had picked...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF demands names of striking teachers
Zanu-PF activists in Umguza district, Matabeleland North province, have reportedly ordered school development committees (SDCs) to hand over names of striking teachers to the constituency offices....Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
57 contest 28 seats
A TOTAL of 157 National Assembly candidates will contest 28 vacant seats in next month's by-elections where 16 political parties will battle it out for Parliament.The forthcoming elections wil...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family dumps coffin at alleged killer's home
A FAMILY from Zhombe in Midlands province under Chief Ntabeni last week dumped the corpse of their relative at a house in Emganwini in Bulawayo where the alleged murderer stays.The family was ...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Daughter strikes mom with iron bar
POLICE in Mbare have arrested woman who allegedly struck her mother on the forehead with an iron bar, leaving her unconsious.The incident, which occurred last week, left the victim admitted at...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:11hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch another expo
Chancellor of all State universities, President Mnangagwa is expected to officially launch the Varsity Film Expo taking place at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) on Monday....Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
UN reviews Zimbabwe sanctions
THE impending visit by the United Nations Special Rapporteur to review the impact of the illegal and unilateral sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the Western world signals a new dawn in the relentless ...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet rapes, impregnates congregant
A SELF-STYLED Gweru prophet (34) has been arrested for allegedly raping and impregnating a female congregant (21) after saying he was conducting a cleansing ceremony as she was having menstrual pains....Published: 22 Sep 2021 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
No going back on CALA, govt tells teachers
GOVERNMENT has vowed to continue with the Continuous Assessment Learning Activity (CALA) in schools despite reservations by other stakeholders, describing critics of the programme as "non-progressive"...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 21:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Polad is here to stay'
GOVERNMENT will not succumb to pressure to disband the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) and it will continue in operation even after the 2023 general election, a senior official with the controversia...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa decries lack of development in Zimbabwe
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday took to Twitter to decry lack of development in Zimbabwe."Some turn a desert into a great country, but ours turn a great country into a desert. Zim...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Polad divided over election postponement
THE Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2018 yesterday exposed a serious rift in the group over whether the country should postpone the 2023 elections....Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Extended headlights mounted on vehicles illegal, says police
POLICE have warned that extended headlights mounted on vehicles that have been blamed for causing fatal accidents are illegal. Through Statutory Instrument 129 of 2015, Government banned the m...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets backing in anti-sanctions war
ZIMBABWE scored big in its quest to have the punitive and illegal economic sanctions imposed by the West two decades ago removed after the United States' House of Representatives Committee admitted th...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
9 Mthwakazi activists seek bail
MINE members of the secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) will appear in court today for bail application following their arrest last week after they protested outside Bulawayo Central Police St...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Polad salutes SB Moyo
POLITICAL parties yesterday expressed shock at the death of Dr Sibusiso Moyo, saying the nation had been robbed of a dedicated veteran of the liberation struggle, a decorated soldier and an accomplish...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pair steals US$2 300 from cars
TWO men from Bulawayo have appeared in court for allegedly stealing more than US$2 300 and other valuables from two motor vehicles in the Central Business District. Valet Nyoni (27) from Mzili...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Notorious car hijackers nabbed in Bulawayo
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Bulawayo Metropolitan Province have arrested five suspected members of a notorious car theft syndicate suspected to have been hijacking and breaking into parked moto...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 20:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cable thief electrocuted in Bulawayo
Residents of Burnside suburb in Bulawayo woke up to a strange sight overhead: a dead man suspended on ZESA electricity cables.The unidentified man is suspected to be a copper cables thief elec...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 16:58hrs | | by ZimLive Cite
Restrain your wife - Mnangagwa told
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been told to restrain his wife Auxillia following the leak of an audio clip where the First Lady is insulting a senior army official. Auxillia is heard in an 8...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 11:09hrs | | by Methusi Ncube
Patriotic Union of MaNdebeleland
While I was going through my archives I came across the Election Manifesto below. Quite interesting.PATRIOTIC UNION OF MANDEBELELAND (PUMA)ELECTION MANIFES...Published: 21 May 2019 at 12:35hrs | 12 | by PUMA
MDC final push Part 2 loading…, but it's a failure
Having suffered a humiliating electoral drubbing at the hands of President Emmerson Mnangagwa last year, the MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa has been crying day in day out using his infamous "I want my Jig...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 11:48hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
Botswana fuel deal awaits RBZ nod
BULAWAYO business people have engaged the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to secure a guarantee they will get foreign currency to pay for fuel supplies into the city by Botswana investors. Thro...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
What the Nation and world should know
When MDC-T Morgan Tsvangirai was ailing and walking and breathing his last, he made it clear that he wouldn't die as someone who failed the party on its succession debate. The fake news paddled by his...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 15:04hrs | | by Sidney Chisi
Chamisa hung out to dry as Presidential aspirants decline to support his challenge
MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has been left to fight a lone battle after a majority of presidential candidates that contested in this year's elections declined to file papers at the Constituti...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa election petition was late'
The MDC Alliance missed the deadline to serve its poll petition on President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Constitutional Court should thus dismiss it, Zanu-PF's lawyers have said.The rulin...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Political parties violate peace pledge'
LESS than two weeks before the crucial July 30 harmonised elections, the political atmosphere in the country has become toxic, with stakeholders employing dirty tricks against opponents in violation o...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
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