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Drunk Harare man stabs landlord
A 29-year-old man from Harare, Learnmore Mutukwa, appeared in court facing attempted murder charges following an incident where he allegedly stabbed his landlord. The case was heard by Magistrate Mare...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 14:14hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Chinese' shops flood Bulawayo CBD
A bustling shop along Fife Street, between Eighth and Ninth Avenue, known informally as a "Chinese shop," has become a go-to destination for Bulawayo residents in search of affordable goods. From kitc...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 08:18hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Is your Zimbabwe property safe from property hijackers
This is a follow up article of title deeds fraud which I wrote in January 2022 that went viral. There is now a new fraud trend called Property Hijacking happening in South Africa. Property hijacking i...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 22:32hrs | 764 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zanu-PF youth make outrageous demands
THE Zanu-PF youth league wants teachers and nurses to undergo indoctrination at the Chitepo School of Ideology in one of the outrageous demands made to President Emmerson Mnangagwa this week.T...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:53hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Zambia to criminalise the use of US$ in local economy
Zambia's central bank published plans to criminalize the use of foreign currency in the local economy amid the biggest rally in the kwacha in four months.The southern African nation has faced ...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 08:46hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Zimra workers declare incapacitation
Workers at the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) have declared themselves incapacitated, citing their inability to afford basic necessities such as shelter, transport, food, and school fees due to lo...Published: 21 May 2024 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobia brewing in KwaZulu-Natal as foreigners given May 20 deadline
The town of Ulundi in northern KwaZulu-Natal is on edge following a directive from an anonymous business forum demanding all foreign spaza shop owners cease trading by Sunday, May 19.The omino...Published: 17 May 2024 at 19:56hrs | 18 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa keeping Zim dollar to oppress Zimbabweans!
Why is the Zimbabwe government so adamant in holding on to a useless currency?On what logic would anyone believe that it is a good idea to continue using money that loses its value nearly on a...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 23:33hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bulawayo landlords renting out verandas and toilets raises concerns
In Old Lobengula, Bulawayo, reports indicate that some property owners are resorting to renting out their verandas and toilets to desperate individuals seeking housing, raising concerns about the pote...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 09:23hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
Gweru City Council struggles to pay December salaries
THE cash-strapped Gweru City Council (GCC) is struggling to pay its workers their December salaries including bonuses.The failure by the local authority to pay its 1 200 employees has had a ne...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Only 30% of Bulawayo residents own houses
THE majority of Bulawayo residents live in rented houses amid revelations that only 30 percent are homeowners as the city council is struggling to clear the housing backlog of about 120 000 units....Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions have cost Zimbabwe US$150 billion
In the past 22 years, Zimbabwe has incurred a loss of over US$150 billion in potential revenue, opportunities, donor support, and loans due to the illegal sanctions imposed by the United States of Ame...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa kicked out
The opposition party CCC, led by Mr. Nelson Chamisa, has been forced to vacate a rented property in Belvedere, Harare, due to their failure to pay rent, according to The Herald.Mr. Chamisa, wh...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hundreds of white farmers return to Zimbabwe in boost for agriculture
Family after family fled along this dirt road towards Harare as they were evicted from their farms by Zimbabwean war veterans.The road through the country's prime, red-soiled land was a front ...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Ben Farmer
Landlord vs lodger: The battle continues
"LANDLORD fatally stabbed by lodger over rent!" screamed a newspaper headline.In 2021, Prayer Banda (22) of Mbizo 18 in Kwekwe, was fatally stabbed by his lodger Victor Moyo (24), following a ...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:19hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean multimillionaire changing lives in the UK
AS the elections in Zimbabwe approach, I am speaking with one of the millions from that country in greener pastures far from home.Despite the enduring difficulties of her homeland, Guernsey-ba...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF pledges to rid cities of opposition mess
The Government has finished a geo-technical survey for a number of irregular urban dwellings which sprouted under the watch of inept opposition led local authorities and will soon move workmen on the ...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Give you vote to those who deserve it' argue ZCBC. Can't give what was never ever yours!
There were times when the church, especially the Catholic Church, used to be the voice of the oppressed and downtrodden and spoke the truth to power. Alas, those days are long gone and the nations is ...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 09:03hrs | 7 | by Wilbert Mukori
Beitbridge staff village brings relief to border workers
The construction and completion of 220 houses for Government workers, as part of the US$300 million Beitbridge Border modernisation, has brought relief to most border agencies that had faced accommoda...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fake landladies in soup for fraud
Two women Matilda Mavhangira (33) and Linnet Manomano (30) were arrested on Friday for masquerading as landladies and duping a home seeker of his money.The duo allegedly lured Timothy Dukuni f...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 10:42hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
ZEC gets $74 billion for elections
The Government has set aside $76 billion for the 2023 harmonised elections to cover various activities, with $53 billion earmarked for the actual polling.Presenting the 2023 National Budget ye...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Driver's licence not official ID for voting
The Electoral Amendment Bill, which seeks to relax registration requirements for voters ahead of next year's harmonised elections and amend several provisions of the main Act to bring it to conformity...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe voter registration requirements relaxed
CABINET has received and approved the Electoral Amendment Bill 2022 which relaxes registration requirements for voters.In the Bill, as presented by Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Min...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Man is mine' fight erupts'
IN a typical "the man is mine" fight, two women from Bulawayo are allegedly involved in a nasty battle over the heart of a man they both claim is their husband. Elizabeth Dube (49) from Mzilikazi subu...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Maphisa in modern housing boom
MAPHISA Growth Point in Matobo District, Matabeleland South, is witnessing a serious housing boom, with modern homes that are coming up looking like those found in leafy suburbs in big cities....Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should prioritise returnees in land allocations
LAST week, I came across two seemingly unrelated media stories that forced me to consider the link between land governance in Zimbabwe and the migration crisis affecting Zimbabweans resident in neighb...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:29hrs | | by Admire Mjamaru
Mnangagwa threatens to seize more black-owned farms, offers them to diasporans
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has threatened to seize farms from locals he accused of underutilising them.He said the farms would be handed over to those living in the diaspora.He was b...Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Re-opening of vandalised shops restores 300 jobs
A TOTAL of 300 jobs have been restored in Bulawayo following the re-opening of seven out of 14 retail shops that were vandalised and looted by protesters in January 2019.These have been renova...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC identifies landlords as major defaulters
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has singled out landlords among major defaulters in paying water bills.The council accused the landlords of collecting rentals from tenants, but fail to pay bil...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC distances self from Pomona deal
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors have distanced themselves from the Pomona dumpsite waste management deal currently dogged by corruption allegations.Geogenix BV or Pomona Waste ...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Alarm over rise in brothels
Residents have called on the Municipality of Gwanda and police to act on illegal activities which have resulted in the increase in crime in the mining town.Residents said they were being terro...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt should act urgently on tertiary students accommodation
TERTIARY institutions should make sure they recruit students they can accommodate in their hostels so that everyone is equally and decently accommodated.Government should enter into partnershi...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:55hrs | | by Poor student
What's to celebrate; that independence replaced white oppressors with black ones?
On 18 April 2022 Zimbabweans should have been celebrating the country's 42 years of independence. For the overwhelming majority, there was really no cause to celebrate, and many did not bother. The pe...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 22:37hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Teachers to work 2 days a week
Zimbabwe National Teachers Union (ZINATU) says its members will only report for duty twice a week until the government addresses their grievances.In a letter addressed to the Ministry of Publi...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 18:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police raise concern over landlords rape cases
POLICE have raised concern over an increase of rape cases countrywide where women and girls are being sexually abused by known relatives, friends and landlords.Police also urged members of the...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
'$5,000 withdrawal limit not enough'
DEPOSITORS have said the $5 000 weekly withdrawal limit was not enough as the amount does not meet their cash needs such as daily transport cost for members and cash rentals being demanded by landlord...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo comedian bashed over 'dry joke'
Bulawayo comedian Zex Mdawini Sibanda was reportedly assaulted last week on a Zupco bus after he joked about lodgers in a manner which did not go down well with some of the passengers.Sibanda ...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Forex rentals at blackmarket rates illegal'
PROPERTY owners and managers demanding rentals in foreign currency, without giving tenants an option to pay the equivalent in local currency using the auction rate, risk being arrested as the fight ag...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council to descend on errant property owners
THE Bulawayo City Council has warned errant property owners that subdivide their buildings into smaller lettable units, charge rentals in foreign currency and yet do not pay what is due to the local a...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo can now freely rejoin the feeding trough
THE nation celebrates with Ignatius Chombo, who can now freely join the national feeding trough in peace.It was announced this week that all charges against the man had been dropped, seeing as...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:02hrs | 1 | by Muckracker
Forex black market chokes residents
Bulawayo residents have said parallel market rates are chocking them as they cannot afford to pay rentals or make ends meet.Parallel market rates have shot up to about $180 for US$1 in the str...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rates hike standoff turns political
ZIMBABWE's retail industry came out guns blazing this week, slamming local authorities for undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ‘Zimbabwe is Open for Business' campaign after extensive rate hi...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Landlord removes tenant's eye over US$3 rental arrears
Brian Karemba (40) says he will forever regret the day he rented a room at Gift Kazembe who turned villain and gouged out his eye over US$3 rent arrears.This comes as some landlords are also r...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans thrown into fresh misery
ZIMBABWE ANS were yesterday thrown into fresh misery after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube stuck to his anti-people policies announced in the 2021 National Budget last November, saying he would not revi...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Open letter UK PM Boris Johnson, MPs, Councillors, Religious leaders, any other community leaders
I write this with concern about the current deportations of the Zimbabwean immigrants:...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 17:26hrs | | by Chris Goshomi
Letter to Boris Johnson about the deportation of Zimbabwean immigrants
A letter to the Prime Minister (Boris Johnson), MPs, Councillors, Religious leaders, and any other community leaders who may have communities at heart.I wri...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 10:26hrs | | by Chris Goshomi
Bosso leadership in crisis meeting
THE cash crisis bedevilling Highlanders FC, which saw players embarking on industrial action twice in the past two months, led to a joint meeting by the club's executive committee and board on Saturda...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso negotiate with players' landlords
THE Highlanders executive committee says problems emanating from its failure to pay player salaries and outstanding signing-on fees are not peculiar to Bosso, as other sporting institutions also find ...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso players stage sit-in
HIGHLANDERS players stormed the club's Robert Mugabe Way offices yesterday morning and forced a meeting with club chairman Johnfat Sibanda over delayed June salaries and signing-on fees. Bosso players...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC threatens to repossess industrial, commercial stands
THE Bulawayo City Council will soon be moving in to repossess industrial and commercial stands from individuals and companies that have gone for years without paying their rates and rentals.Th...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
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