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Urgent Funding Appeal for Bulawayo Boreholes Drilling Project
The 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM) hereby makes an urgent public funding appeal via Gofun...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 19:26hrs | 727 | by 1893 Bayethe Board of Directors
Residents boil sewer water to drink
CLOSE to 15 years since it was established, residents in Mbundane in Umguza District, adjacent to Mganwini (Bulawayo) still have no water connected to their households with residents forced to illegal...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T clears air on recalled councillors
THE MDC-T has vowed to monitor operations of their candidates who were deployed to local authorities in the country, vowing to recall those who are involved in corrupt activities.This comes af...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:33hrs | 2098 | by Staff reporter
Bonus, salary hike for civil servants
CIVIL servants are set for a happy end of year as the Government has assured them that they will receive their bonus while modalities are also being worked out to continue with foreign currency allowa...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:06hrs | 2183 | by Staff reporter
MRP petitions govt over police harassment
SECESSIONIST Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has petitioned government to register its displeasure over harassment and physical abuse of Bulawayo residents by State security agents, particularly at roa...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 502 | 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 | 1809 | by Staff Reporter
Bring back freedom trains, says Minister
CALLS for the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to resume passenger services continue to grow louder with Bulawayo Provincial Affairs minister Judith Ncube raising the issue with President Emmerson ...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:14hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
NRZ urged to reintroduce commuter trains
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has been called upon to re-introduce commuter trains to help ease transport challenges in Bulawayo, with commuters at times being forced to walk to and from tow...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 08:51hrs | 379 | by Staff Reporter
EMA sues BCC over raw sewage
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has taken the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to court for failing to upgrade its water treatment plants and sewer systems, which has resulted in raw sewage flowi...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:22hrs | 227 | by Satff reporter
BCC accused of misplaced priorities
BULAWAYO Progressive Residents Association (Bpra) has accused the city council of misplaced priorities - a development it says has exacerbated the current water crisis.The Bpra's concerns come...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 21:38hrs | 1479 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's crowded cities struggle to defend against Covid-19
LETWIN Moleni and her two children live with two other families in Chitungwiza, a dense dormitory town outside Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. They have no running water and share a bathroom.When ...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:51hrs | 1095 | by Staff reporter
Stunner takes dig at Zimbabwean rappers
It has taken a brush with death to reawaken rapper, Stunner's prowess on the mic as he, days after recovering from an undisclosed ailment, released a track in which he says the local hip hop industry ...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 08:28hrs | 865 | by Staff reporter
No budget for Khami sewage water purification, says BCC
BULAWAYO City Council has said its dry coffers cannot sustain a budget of US$28 million needed for Khami water purification, but insisted that the project remains oneof its options to improve the ...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 07:27hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents told they will get water when it's available
THE Bulawayo City Council will now supply water to most high-density suburbs as and when it is available, further compounding water woes for residents who are already getting the precious liquid an av...Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 08:15hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
'Unboiled borehole water not suitable for drinking'
Bulawayo residents should not drink borehole water without boiling it as it is susceptible to contamination from burst sewers and soil bacteria. Most Bulawayo residents now depend on borehole ...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 06:45hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Letter from Bulawayo in 2031
11 August 2031. Dear Mr Tanaka Chinembiri, Mayor of Guruhusva (Formerly Bulawayo). I am writing to you registering my concern over the way the town clerk Mr Nyasha Tinevhan...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 19:03hrs | 1106 | by Kudzai Mahere
MDC led Bulawayo Council in fire-fighting mode
THE Bulawayo City Council has adopted a draft communications policy as it seeks to improve its image after attracting the anger of ratepayers over alleged corruption involving city fathers and local g...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:50hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
Vandals worsen Bulawayo water woes
BULAWAYO'S water woes got worse on Friday after thieves vandalised Zesa powerlines at Inyankuni Dam Booster Station, cutting off supplies to the water pump.The city is currently on a six-day w...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:59hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Luveve residents hit back at BCC
RESIDENTs in Luveve, Bulawayo have castigated the city council for claiming that the typhoid and dysentery that recently hit the suburb has now being contained, with fewer cases being recorded in the ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:10hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders seek free use of BF
HIGHLANDERS could play their first two home league matches at Barbourfields Stadium for free when the season eventually starts if the Bulawayo City Council's finance and development sub-committee has ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:09hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Mguni dumps Chamisa...reports to Thokozani Khupe?
Bulawayo Mayor His Worship Solomon Madlala Mguni has been reporting daily on the Luveve water disaster to an MDC-T Presidential Task Team set by MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe. Earlier this mont...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 20:31hrs | 6229 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Defiance in Covid-19 hotspot suburbs
RESIDENTS in Bulawayo's Covid-19 hotspot suburbs continue to flout lockdown regulations despite the threat posed by the global pandemic in their communities, as local transmissions constitute 90 perce...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 09:29hrs | 1218 | by Staff reporter
Luveve residents file High Court case against Bulawayo City Council
The Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) has filed a High Court case against the Solomon Madlala Mguni led Bulawayo City Council over the alleged contaminated municipality water tha...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 11:44hrs | 2892 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Council insists on sewage contaminated Khami water
As debate on the use of Khami Dam water to ease water shortages in Bulawayo continues, the local authority has insisted there is no need for panic as the water posed no health riskto residents contrar...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 09:25hrs | 1021 | by Staff reporter
Man escapes from quarantine, kills neighbour
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a man who escaped from a quarantine centre in Beitbridge and killed his neighbour in Luveve before disappearing from the area.Mandla Ndlovu (36) of Entumbane w...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 07:47hrs | 1776 | by Staff reporter
Luveve continues to groan unto Death, laments Zapu President
Zapu president Isaac Mabuka has said he finds it very disturbing that people of Luveve continue to die because of the waterborne disease in that suburb but the local authorities seem to be deliberatel...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 07:26hrs | 447 | by Stephen Jakes
BCC has no money to fix ageing water, sewer systems
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday said it did not have the funds to urgently address the issue of water contamination in Luveve and surrounding suburbs, which resulted in the loss of 13 lives and ...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 08:35hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Manhunt for 'killer' quarantine escapee
A ZIMBABWEAN man who is allegedly on the run after killing his landlord in neighbouring South Africa is said to have escaped from a quarantine centre in Beitbridge before killing a neighbour in Bulawa...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1444 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Nation's Address - MLF
Revolutionary greetings to you all, in all corners of earth. I hope you are doing well and are safe from the coronavirus.Fellow Mthwakazi citizens, this has been one challenging quarter of the...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 15:19hrs | 1946 | by MLF
PHOTO: Bulawayo Council water burn child's hands?
A photo by seasoned journalist Annahstacia Ndlovu showing a child with seemingly burnt hands has circulated widely on the internet.The child is said to have developed the condition after using...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1612 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Khupe wants Bulawayo councillors to report to her
MDC leader Thokozani Khupe is demanding daily reports from Bulawayo city fathers on the local authority's action plans towards addressing the typhoid, diarrhoea and dysentery outbreak that has claimed...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:48hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
ZACC to investigate BCC
THEZimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission said it would investigate the goings-on at the local authority after a lobby group, Chapter 2 Movement, said the council must be held accountable over the ...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:46hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
Interview with ZPRA Instructor Thoriso Moyo
This week on the Big Interview, we have Toriso Moyo, a freedom fighter and military instructor with the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), a Mgagao attack survivor, and one of the fir...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:20hrs | 2703 | by The Big Interview
Mnangagwa's govt to reallocate unused land
INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday said the government had adopted the Comprehensive National Agricultural Land Audit which will see 225 abandoned land units being reallocated, while 24 ...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:30hrs | 1644 | by Staff reporter
Council departments request for control of rodents, cockroaches, mosquitoes
Bulawayo City Council departments have requested an increase in the control measures put in place to prevent the sprouting of cockroaches, rodents, and mosquitoes in the city.This is revealed ...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 07:46hrs | 816 | by Stephen Jakes
BREAKING: Bulawayo Mayor instructed to report to Thokozani Khupe daily
MDC-T President Thokozani Khupe has constituted a Presidential Task Force to look at the death of about 13 people in Luveve in the past months and has instructed Bulawayo Mayor His Worship Solomon Mad...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 17:54hrs | 9095 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo Mayor reported to CID homicide and ZACC over Luveve deaths
A national pressure group Chapter 2 Movement has officially reported the Mayor of Bulawayo to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission and the CID Law and Order over the death of 13 people from Luveve ...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 15:40hrs | 3195 | by Mandla Ndlovu
New stadium for Bulawayo
THE Bulawayo City Council has identified a site where it intends to construct a new state of the art Stadium that conforms to Fifa and Caf standards.It has also emerged that installation of ne...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 20:53hrs | 7128 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo pushes for out of court settlement
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is reportedly pushing for an out-of-court settlement with residents who dragged it to court demanding answers to the diarrhoea, typhoid and dysentery outbreak in the city....Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:24hrs | 1571 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Luveve MP to pay clinic fees for victims of council water
Luveve Member of Parliament Stella Ndlovu has pledged to source funds to assist members of her constituency who have been hospitalized after seeking medical attention after allegedly consuming Council...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 10:41hrs | 1145 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Residents sue BCC over typhoid, Harare laboratory roped in
BULAWAYO residents have approached the High Court seeking an order directing council to release the laboratory samples of tap water and other vital information relating to the diarrhoea outbreak in Lu...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water safe, says council report
A Bulawayo City Council report on the alleged contaminated Luveve water has revealed that tap water samples collected in the area tested satisfactory while those done on water from an open source in t...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:01hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
What's in a name and history?
SOMEWHERE in Buhera East, near Dorowa Mine before you cross Save River into Ziyambi Purchase Area, there is a school named after King Mzilikazi kaMatshobana. I would give everything to know if posteri...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:29hrs | 261 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Bulawayo burial regulations to continue beyond lockdown
BURIAL regulations introduced by the Bulawayo City Council as part of the Covid-19 pandemic preventive measures are set to continue beyond the national lockdown.At the onset of the pandemic in...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:26hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Typhoid outbreak in Bulawayo
TESTS done at private laboratories to ascertain the cause of 12 deaths and illness to more than 1 500 residents of Luveve in Bulawayo have revealed that they suffered from typhoid and dysentery....Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:24hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Benjani donates to Highlanders players
FORMER Manchester City forward, Benjani Mwaruwari yesterday donated foodstuffs to Highlanders players, Zulu Chiefs social soccer club and Old Magwegwe community to cushion them against the effects of ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:22hrs | 3213 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Mayor blames residents for Luveve water death crisis
Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Madlala blamed Luveve residents for the Gastrointestinal Disease that has claimed 12 lives leaving thousands seeking medical attention. Speaking on camera, Mguni said th...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 16:47hrs | 2084 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Robbery syndicate hit Bulawayo
Parking in Bulawayo's city centre has turned into a nightmare for motorists who risk having their cars broken into or being robbed at gunpoint. A robbery syndicate is targeting unattended cars parked ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:55hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Luveve MP speaks on Luveve water killer disease
Luveve Member of Parliament Stella Ndlovu has for the first time spoken about the crisis that has killed people in her constituency. In an interview with CITE, Ndlovu said the City Council was...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 15:45hrs | 553 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Bulawayo Council guilty of Luveve water crisis'
Since the outbreak of the waterborne disease in Luveve Old and New that has so far claimed 12 lives, while over a thousand have been hospitalized, Bulawayo City Council management have been busy with ...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1205 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
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