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Toponymic identity in Bulawayo and the need to recognise Black women
Histories of many states and nations in the world are generally histories of men and in some cases a few outstanding women, seemingly those whose absence in the historical narrative may discredit hist...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 14:42hrs | 2 | by Staff
Ingwebu franchises its beer outlets
INGWEBU Breweries plans to franchise all its beer retailing outlets and focus on manufacturing and distribution of traditional beer, a development which could increase the company's revenue by at leas...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mpilo, Ingutsheni relegate nurses training to Zanu-PF'
Zapu spokesperson Iphithule Thembani Maphosa has accused Mpilo Central Hospital and Ingutsheni Hospital of allegedly relegating the recruitment of nurses training to only Zanu PF linked students....Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 07:44hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa aligned youth 'thoroughly' beaten by members of the public
Perennially troublesome Bulawayo ZANU PF youth league Magura Charumbira has been "thoroughly" beaten up by members of the public in Bulawayo allegedly for forcing vendors in the city to express loyalt...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 21:21hrs | | by staff reporter
Mpopoma man accused of stealing $316 worth property
A 27-year-old Mpopoma man has been dragged to court for unlawfully entering and stealing property worth $316 from a 35-year-old man in Nketa suburb on October 28.Doubt Gasa was found in posses...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 07:05hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo fines 289 vendors
POLICE in Bulawayo have fined 289 illegal vendors in a blitz aimed at bringing sanity to the city.BCC senior public relations officer, Mrs Nesisa Mpofu, said an operation against illegal vendi...Published: 04 Nov 2017 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Things you didn't know about Zimbabwe
1. The first black university graduate in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) was Tennyson Hlabangana from Hope Fountain.2. The first black Masters degree graduate was Peter Sivalo Mahlangu from Nkayi, author...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 20:36hrs | 5 | by Extracted from George M Mkhwanazi's Wall.
BCC evicts Mzilikazi/ Makokoba compounds occupants
Bulawayo City Council is reported to have recently evicted 100 of families occupying a compound close to Madlodlo beer Garden in Makokoba and Mzilikazi.The council recently served ...Published: 18 Dec 2016 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Former cop axes friend over elderly small house
A suspected former police officer in Makokoba township in Bulawayo ran amok and axed his friend on the head over an elderly small house.The grisly incident happened last Tuesday outside Vulind...Published: 04 Dec 2016 at 09:03hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe our heritage 'uMphakathi umasongwa'
uMphakathi uMasongwausongwe yiBotswana entshonalanga.uSongwe yiMozambique eMpumalanga.uSongwe yiZambia eNyakatho.Wasongwa yiSouth Africa eNingizimu.Mphakathi Masongwa!!!!!A...Published: 25 Oct 2016 at 09:35hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Highlanders Football Club @ 90: The Ndebele royal connection
THIS year Highlanders Football Club, formerly Lions Club and later Matabeleland Football Club, turns 90 years old. The club was established in 1926 by Ndebele royal sons.It is envisaged that t...Published: 06 Apr 2016 at 06:40hrs | | by Pathisa Nyathi
Woman who 'hired thugs to kill ex-lover' stabbed to death
A BULAWAYO man stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death with a knife after accusing her of hiring thugs to kill him following a dispute, a High Court judge has heard. Bulawayo High Court judge Justi...Published: 15 Feb 2016 at 05:39hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
'WE' Khumalos are sorry for the genocide presided by our forefathers
Our fore-father and one of the most illustrious leaders to ever evolve in Africa Mzilikazi created the problems for us from onset. I always wish if he had been loyal to king Shaka we could be a better...Published: 02 Dec 2015 at 16:00hrs | 5 | by Bhekifa Mtungwa Khumalo
Co-habiting man denied a burial order, stuck with lover's body
FOR three years, a Bulawayo man co-habited with his lover and the people she said were her relatives turned out to be mere friends following her death, putting on hold her burial for the past 10 days....Published: 08 Oct 2015 at 06:54hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Man in trouble for $5 and cellphone robbery
A man from Makokoba is in trouble after he robbed a drinking mate $5 and a cellphone worth $20 at Madlodlo beer garden in Bulawayo.Cabangani Moyo (27) of Cowdrey Park was not asked to plea...Published: 24 Jul 2015 at 09:17hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Man in trouble for shoving hand in woman's private parts
A man from Makokoba in Bulawayo is in trouble after he met a female reveller at a bar and allegedly shoved his hand under her dress to feel her private parts.Khumbulani Sibanda (34) ...Published: 07 Jul 2015 at 17:12hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
The last vestiges of our cruel culture, IsiNdebele culture: Polygamy
Polygamy will be wiped off by growing globalization My mother was the fourth wife to my father, he had six wives in his homestead. She was no...Published: 04 Jun 2015 at 15:00hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata: taken from the eBook 'Sweetmother'
Police embarks on stop & search operations
POLICE in Bulawayo say they will arrest members of the public who are found with weapons following an increase in robbery and murder cases in the city.Yesterday, police conducted campaigns al...Published: 23 May 2015 at 10:38hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Girl (9) raped, left unconscious at cemetery
A nine-year-old girl from Makokoba was raped at a Bulawayo cemetery by a 63-year old Binga man before choking and leaving her unconscious.Elias Siampande is said to have met the girl an...Published: 29 Mar 2015 at 12:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Vagrant rapes Makokoba girl
A MAN of no fixed abode, but originally from Binga, allegedly lured a nine-year-old Makokoba girl to West Park Cemetery in Bulawayo, where he allegedly raped her once before choking and leaving her u...Published: 08 Jan 2015 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
WhatsApp update from king Lobengula's grandson
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number ...Published: 11 Apr 2014 at 07:31hrs | | by Ndabezulu Khumalo
Man fatally stabs prostitute for choosing another client
A JUDGE has ordered a psychiatric assessment for a man who stabbed a hooker - for choosing another man. Trymore Ndlovu, 26, of Makokoba suburb, made a bizarre cou...Published: 22 Feb 2014 at 18:25hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Does Mugabe speak Ndebele or not?
If there is anyone out there who knows for real and without any equivocation whether or not president Robert Mugabe speaks Ndebele, can that person kindly confirm this fact during Mugabe's lifetime s...Published: 04 Nov 2013 at 10:10hrs | 4 | by Colls Ndlovu
This and that with Mal'phosa - Rally at Madlodlo
The rally at Madlodlo was brief but very life changing - like that short moment esiguqweni, which is supposed to divert you life of misery, sin and want to joyful life-everlasting! This is where we cu...Published: 15 Jun 2013 at 15:23hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
This and that with Mal'phosa - Emadlodlo 22
The two race horses are still literally sweating it out 45 minutes later. Phela ingoma zabazawethu are close to a hundred kilometres long each. One of them has taken off his tattered and torn shirt,...Published: 09 Jun 2013 at 07:15hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
This and that with Mal'phosa - eMadlodlo
Just before the 1995 election we visited Madlodlo Beer Garden with Godlwayo. We knew Madlodlo before we had a chance to go to town. Ubhudi omdala used to come home and tell us about eMadlodlo 22! We...Published: 03 May 2013 at 22:33hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
Ingwebu franchise - Councillors on a collision course
BULAWAYO City Councillors and the Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking (BMCU) Ingwebu board are headed for a collision course after it emerged that councillors recently rejected a report on the ...Published: 12 Jan 2013 at 20:47hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Residents mob trio over donkey carcasses
THERE was drama in Bulawayo's Makokoba suburb on Monday when residents reportedly mobbed three men who were carrying carcasses of two donkeys in a pick-up truck.The three men, whose identities...Published: 01 Aug 2012 at 10:50hrs | | by Local reporter
Soul Brothers - A poem by Thembani Mthembo Dube
Soul Brothers Ziyaduma ...Published: 05 Feb 2012 at 05:53hrs | | by Thembani Mthembo Dube
What have our women turned into!!
They have evolved from the submissive, caring, obedient, thoughtful, and understanding person into something that would have Mzilikazi shudder in his grave. And here is the scary bit; the evolution...Published: 11 Jul 2011 at 15:25hrs | | by Madlezibabayo
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