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Zesa switches off 17 Bulawayo Suburbs
A TOTAL of 17 Suburbs in Bulawayo will be without electricity for about 7hours between 9am to 4.30pm due to maintenance work.In a statement on X, The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Dist...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 12:43hrs | 1286 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council stops water supply to western suburbs
The Bulawayo City Council has suspended water supply to Western Suburbs supplied by the Magwegwe Reservoir and other areas until Sunday due to scheduled maintenance.The affected areas include ...Published: 01 Aug 2024 at 16:54hrs | 960 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park and town zones most burst pipes
Bulawayo City Council identified Cowdray Park and Town zones as the areas with the most burst water pipes in November 2023.This is contained in the Water branch report attached in the latest F...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 16:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Water supply disruption hits 30 Bulawayo suburbs
About 30 western suburbs in Buwalayo will be without water for an indefinite period due to ongoing repairs on the 675mm PVC pipe water mains that connect Criterion and Magwegwe Reservoir.The s...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Water supply interruption to areas feeding from Magwegwe Reservoir
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has said there will be interruptions in water supply to areas feeding from Criterion and Magwegwe Reservoir due to pipe damages.The repairs to the damaged pipes...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Man kills brother over US$20
A 19-YEAR-OLD man from Mabutweni bludgeoned his elder brother to death after accusing him of spending his share US$20 that came from rentals of their home.Bulawayo police spokesperson Assistan...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:35hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Western suburbs in power blackout
Today, Thursday, residents in the western suburbs of Bulawayo will experience a power outage from 9:30 am until approximately 3 pm. This outage is necessary for scheduled maintenance.The affec...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 15:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man runs away with condom on after foiled rape attempt
A MAN from Mabutweni suburb in Bulawayo ran away with a condom still 'stuck' on his manhood after he was busted trying to rape a nine-year-old girl who was also his church mate in a bushy area....Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC transfers 2 000 houses to sitting tenants
The Bulawayo City Council has transferred close to 2 000 houses to sitting tenants under home ownership scheme following years of haggling over the issue.The 1 978 houses are in Iminyela, Mabu...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pupil commit suicide over food
TWO pupils committed suicide in a space of seven days - one taking his life over the Continuous Assessment Learning Activity (Cala) lessons and the other after she was reprimanded over food.Ac...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC unveils US$158m budget
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday unveiled its US$157,99 million revenue budget and is proposing to set aside US$106 million to fund key infrastructural development projects that include construct...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Traffic nightmare as kombi crews create 6th Avenue rank
DRIVING on Bulawayo's streets has become nightmarish as rowdy kombi crews violate road rules causing congestion.Roads such as 6th Avenue Extension and Herbert Chitepo streets from 5th Avenue t...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
48-hour water cuts in Bulawayo after mainline pipe burst
A MAJOR water pipeline burst in Esigodini has forced Bulawayo City Council to announce an emergency week-long 48-hour water shedding regime starting today, affecting all suburbs and surrounding areas ...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prepaid Zesa for all next year
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has procured 100 000 prepaid meters as it targets to complete the placement of all its customers under this system by June next y...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Blood-thirsty robbers rampage in Bulawayo
THREE blood-thirsty thieves went on a rampage in Bulawayo axing two people in a space of two days while also attacking anyone they met with a knobkerrie and knives, among other dangerous weapons....Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF elections kick off in Bulawayo
ZANU-PF provincial elections in Bulawayo kicked off smoothly on Tuesday despite delays in the distribution of ballot papers to some polling stations in the metropolitan province.The ruling par...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 18:58hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water crisis forces pupils to cut short lessons
BULAWAYO's water crisis has worsened forcing some schools to dismiss learners early as part of contingency measures in light of a looming health disaster. There are also reports that public schools in...Published: 19 Nov 2021 at 06:23hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
City Council struggles to pump water to Bulawayo residents
BULAWAYO residents are set to endure a three-day weekly water shedding exercise as the local authority struggles to pump water to the city due to alleged power outages. On the other hand, Zimb...Published: 18 Nov 2021 at 07:35hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
48-hour water shedding for Bulawayo
THE Bulawayo City Council has introduced a two-day water shedding schedule for the entire city as power cuts continue to affect its water works.In a statement, the city's Town Clerk, Mr Christ...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
BCC projects $24,7bn budget for 2022
BULAWAYO City Council has proposed a $24,7 billion budget for 2022, which will hike tariffs by over 216%.This was revealed by BCC financial director Kempton Ndimande yesterday while presenting...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC hires private firms to clear sewage pipes
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has engaged private companies to help clear sewage lines as the city battles to contain an increase in sewage pipe bursts owing to ageing infrastructure.Sewage has ...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shortage of staff slows Bulawayo mass vaccination
A SHORTAGE of health workers is dampening the mass vaccination drive in Bulawayo as centres are being overwhelmed resulting in some residents being turned away. Under the mass vaccination exer...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police launch crime curbing initiatives
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a number of crime-curbing initiatives that have started to bear fruit, with community engagement strategies paying off.After a rise in criminal activities in t...Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suspected panners axe eight, kill one in Mabutweni
TWO men, suspected to be gold panners, ran amok axing eight people and killing one in the streets of Bulawayo's Mabutweni high density suburb, in a gruesome orgy of violence over US$2. Shepard...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:41hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Police bust number plates gang
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two men who were allegedly part of a gang that stole number plates from cars around the city and affixed them onto their Honda Fit before committing crimes. Bu...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman begs court to 'force' husband to indulge in sex with her
WHAT do you do when you're married and your partner doesn't want to indulge in sex anymore?Such is the dilemma being faced by a 50-year-old woman from Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North province...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 09:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC tables 144-hour water shedding plan
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) yesterday released a 144-hour weekly water shedding programme which will see most suburbs receiving water twice a week. The industry, city centre and mining are...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 denial rife in Bulawayo
FEAR of losing loved ones is the only force that could motivate Bulawayo residents to change their behaviour and follow Covid-19 prevention measures. Over 27 000 people have contracted Covid-1...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
48-hour water cuts are back in Bulawayo
Reporters THE Bulawayo City Council has with immediate effect re-introduced a 48-hour water shedding schedule in all suburbs amid revelations the city is among areas that will be hit by severe water s...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Prioritise students from Matebeleland region'
BULAWAYO residents yesterday strongly rejected proposals in the Education Amendment Bill to allow pregnant pupils to continue with their studies as well as the abolishment of corporal punishment. ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
No to sanitising culture of violence
Possibly, the most well-known theory in this genre of work, Wolfgang and Ferracuti's Subculture of Violence attempted to outline a methodological framework for the empirical examination of violent sub...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:05hrs | | by Limukani Ncube
Soldiers storm Bulawayo suburb and torture all males
Members of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces and the Zimbabwe Republic Police on Tuesday evening stormed the Bulawayo suburb of Mabuthweni where they went door to door terrorizing all males that stay there....Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 12:34hrs | 7 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Married man killed during bush romp with neighbour
A WOMAN from Bulawayo rushed in panic to alert her boyfriend's wife after unknown assailants attacked and killed her lover while the two were indulging sex in a bush. The duo was allegedly att...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
$9 000 & R50 000 theft gang in court
THREE men from Bulawayo have been arrested for allegedly breaking into a businessman's car and stealing 20 cellphones, $9 000, R50 000 and $1 500 worth of airtime.Leonard Sibanda (38) of Nketa...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe allies' trial date set
THE trial of six of Thokozani Khupe's supporters accused of burning a bus used to transport her rivals to a rally held in Bulawayo two months ago, will kick off tomorrow.The activists face all...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rumour row sees woman stabbed
A WOMAN from Bulawayo is battling for life in hospital after she was allegedly stabbed by her boyfriend's friend after a misunderstanding over rumour-mongering.Knowledge Sibanda (21) of Mabutw...Published: 22 May 2018 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council dodges faeces protest
THE Bulawayo City Council yesterday averted a "faeces protest" by angry residents in Entumbane suburb who say they have been living with raw sewage flowing through their homes for almost two weeks....Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T 'supporters' in court for setting bus ablaze
SIX suspected MDC-T supporters from Bulawayo have been arrested for allegedly setting alight a bus hired by MDC Alliance supporters from Gweru at White City Stadium on Saturday, destroying property wo...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC addresses sewer challenges
OVERCROWDING in Bulawayo's western suburbs is overwhelming the sewer systems in place leading to perennial sewer bursts, a development that has seen council embarking on four projects to rectify the p...Published: 10 Mar 2018 at 09:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man pees over barber's tools
USING urine as juju or just bullying?One barber in Bulawayo's Emabutweni suburb is in a dilemma following bad habits of a welder who urinates at his workplace and at times on his tools....Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Putting God first pays for Pelandaba-Mpopoma
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's now famous catchphrase – the voice of the people is the voice of God – is what drives Pelandaba-Mpopoma legislator, Joseph Tshuma, so he said during an interview....Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Form 3 pupil rapes niece (9)
A Form Three pupil from Entumbane High School in Bulawayo has appeared in court after he allegedly raped his nine-year-old niece.The accused allegedly raped his niece several times while they ...Published: 26 Dec 2017 at 23:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Murder at murder victim's funeral
A 27-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo's Mabutweni suburb was allegedly killed during a funeral wake of another man who was allegedly murdered in the same suburb last week.Thulani Ntini was allegedly...Published: 20 Nov 2017 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance slams 'aliens' discrimination
THE MDC Alliance has expressed concern over the sidelining of the so-called aliens in the biometric voter registration (BVR) exercise, describing the move as a violation of their right to vote....Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop 'pulls' handbrake of speeding car, causing pile up
EIGHT people were seriously injured after a police officer allegedly pulled the handbrake of a speeding pirate taxi causing a pile up involving three vehicles in Bulawayo yesterday. Witnesses ...Published: 11 Nov 2017 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Former Tsvangirai ally to contest on PDP ticket
FORMER Mpopoma-Pelandaba MDC-T legislator, Bekithemba Nyathi, has been elected as People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the same constituency in preparation for the 2018 elections.Nyat...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Three families claim body of murdered teen
THREE families from Bulawayo are claiming the body of a teenage girl who was allegedly murdered before being dumped in Iminyela suburb.The teen's body was heavily decomposed, rendering positiv...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Paralysed bus crash victim seeks help
FOURTEEN years after she was paralysed following a road traffic accident, a 62 year old Bulawayo woman is appealing for assistance.Ms Margaret Moyo was injured while on her way to her rural ho...Published: 04 Apr 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diasporans donate to horror crash family
A GROUP of Zimbabwean women based in the United Kingdom has donated $400 to the Sibanda family which lost some of its members in an accident that occurred near the National University of Science a...Published: 17 Mar 2017 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Horror crash death toll rises to 15
ONE more person has died following last week's horrific accident that occurred near the National University of Science and Technology, bringing the death toll to 15.Enert Sibanda who had b...Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
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