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'King Mambo' annoints his chiefs
Mike Moyo who identifies as the King Mambo of the historical Rozvi Empire (Dzimbahwe), anointed new chiefs on the 10th of August 2024.King Mambo also referred to as Ilitshe Aligiqiki was insta...Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 12:52hrs | 1088 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo rarely buys mayoral cars
Bulawayo Mayor, Councillor David Coltart's recent statement about rejecting the procurement of a mayoral vehicle has been revealed as a non-issue, as it turns out that the local authority last purchas...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 09:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayor to purchase car for US$9 000
BULAWAYO Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni will buy his mayoral vehicle at a discounted price of about US$9 000 after the Government gave local authorities the greenlight to dispose of vehicles to all ou...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Government okays disposal of mayoral vehicles
THE Government has given the greenlight to local authorities, that can afford, to have their outgoing mayors and chairpersons buy vehicles that have been allocated to them.A few months ago, Bu...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 08:53hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
King Mambo weds in South Africa
KING Mambo yesterday tied the knot with a South African, Queen Zandile Mhlambi, at a colourful ceremony held in the neighbouring country.In 2020, King Mambo married his then second wife, Queen...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayor prepares for life outside council
BULAWAYO mayor councillor Solomon Nguni is preparing for life outside council as he has already requested to purchase the mayoral pool vehicle at a give-away price of US$16 494 as his exit package....Published: 10 May 2023 at 05:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to fire Kambarami?
THE MDC Alliance has summoned Bulawayo councillors to its headquarters in Harare where party president Mr Nelson Chamisa is expected to deal with the chaos and alleged corruption dogging the local aut...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
We are all thieves, Zivhu admits
Chivi South Member of Parliament (MP) Killer Zivhu has all but admitted that he and other well-connected ruling party politicians as well as government officials are corrupt and would not miss a good ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 10:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami suspends Bulawayo Town Clerk, trying to capture City council
Acting Bulawayo mayor Tinashe Kambarami has reportedly suspended the city's Town Clerk Christopher Dube on allegations of misappropriating council funds.In a letter dated July 11, 2019, Cllr K...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 17:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC ordered to stop mining activities
THE Government has ordered Bulawayo City Council to immediately cease mining activities at its Aisleby and Good Hope Farms as individuals and companies carrying out mining activities at the two farms ...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents complain over MDC mayoral perks
BULAWAYO Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) has questioned the city council's decision to award former mayor Martin Moyo a mayoral car as part of his exit package.BPRA yesterday said the...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Free' car for outgoing MDC Alliance mayor
THE Bulawayo City Council recently mooted plans to have former mayor, Alderman Martin Moyo awarded one of the mayoral cars for free or a paltry $3 000, as part of his exit package, it has emerged....Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 12:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Restoration guns for Bulawayo 'foreign' mayor
A POLITICAL pressure group, 1893 Mthwakazi Restoration Movement Trust, has approached the High Court seeking an order nullifying the election of Bulawayo deputy mayor Councillor Tinashe Kambarami as w...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lawyers speak on Bulawayo Deputy Mayor conviction
NEWLY-elected Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Councillor, Tinashe Kambarami, who was two months ago convicted of theft, can only be fired through a court order, legal experts have said. Mr Kambarami was...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Bulawayo deputy Mayor a convicted thief
NEWLY-elected Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami is a convicted thief who was fined by a court for stealing an electrical extension cord, it has emerged. According to court records, Kamba...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo ratepayers table demands
BULAWAYO residents have listed a cocktail of demands they want the incoming councillors to address, chief among them uprooting debilitating corruption and addressing double allocation of stands....Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Newly elected MDC Alliance councillor faces civil imprisonment
NEWLY elected MDC Alliance councillor for Ward Three and aspiring Bulawayo deputy mayor Mr Tinashe Kambarami has been issued with summons for civil imprisonment over a debt of nearly $40 000 in unpaid...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 08:54hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Search for Bulawayo mayor intensifies
As the search for a new mayor for Bulawayo intensifies, stakeholders in the second largest city have shared their expectations on the qualities they are looking into.Since year 2000, the city ...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Resident petitions council over 24-hour clinics
A BULAWAYO-BASED activist who has been lobbying council to open its clinics 24 hours a day has written to the local authority, requesting a meeting with management and incoming councillors as part of ...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Govt interference bled Bulawayo council'
Government interferences in the running of local authorities have cost the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) millions in potential investment. NewsDay (ND) business reporter, Mthandazo Nyoni this week met o...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tribal tensions rise as Chamisa picks new Bulawayo mayor
TRIBAL tensions have erupted in the MDC Alliance amid reports that the coalition leader Mr Nelson Chamisa wants to impose candidates to be appointed as Bulawayo Mayor and Deputy Mayor.Bulawayo...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 13:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tribal 'war' stalks MDC Alliance
TRIBAL tensions have erupted in the MDC Alliance amid reports that the coalition leader Mr Nelson Chamisa wants to impose candidates to be appointed as Bulawayo Mayor and Deputy Mayor.Bulawayo...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to have a new mayor
BULAWAYO will have a new mayor after Alderman Martin Moyo lost the local authority elections last week.Ald Moyo was forced to contest as an independent for Ward Three after he failed to secure...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
50kg spoons, forks in sewer system
BULAWAYO mayor Martin Moyo has challenged the city's residents to safeguard infrastructure and help in its maintenance after 50kg of spoons and forks as well as a dog's remains, were retrieved from th...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
AAG urges probe of Bulawayo mayor, town clerk
THE Affirmative Action Group (AAG) Bulawayo chapter has approached council's audit and general purpose committee demanding that town clerk Christopher Dube and mayor Martin Moyo be investigated for co...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brahma Kumaris spiritual leader in week-long Zimbabwe visit
THE leader of a worldwide spiritual movement Brahma Kumaris, Mr Bharat Bhushan is in Zimbabwe for a week-long conference starting today that will touch on issues affecting humanity.Brahma Kuma...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gives priority to road projects
The new political dispensation led by President Mnangagwa's appetite for action and less talk, has seen road projects that have been in the pipeline for over 30 years finally taking off. Durin...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's call, Bulawayo residents threaten rates boycott
THE Bulawayo City Council has rapped Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga for urging residents to boycott paying rates at a time government departments and parastatals were owing a combined $7 million ...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:30hrs | 4 | by Staff rpeorter
Khothama vendors turn alley into Poop Avenue
RESIDENTS at the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) owned flats Parkhurst and Lyndhurst are accusing Khothama informal traders of pooing and urinating at the alleys of their flats.The flats are locat...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa summons rebel party members
ADVOCATE Nelson Chamisa led MDC-T has summoned 40 defiant members standing as independent candidates in the coming elections to a meeting.The meeting, insiders said, is meant to convince the i...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Big cheer for residents ahead of crucial polls
Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo has given residents a big cheer ahead of the impending national elections by stopping the city fathers from disconnecting water supplies to defaulting consumers.Moyo...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 16:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Garage owner cries foul over errant kombi crews
THE proprietor of Bulawayo's West End Service Station, Ticharwa Tsodzo, has accused Bulawayo City Council (BCC) of driving him out of business by refusing to evict commuter omnibus crews operating clo...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'smuggles' mayor back into election race
CONFUSION is reigning in MDC-T's Bulawayo East constituency after the winning candidate was allegedly booted out ahead of the Nomination Court sitting today to accommodate mayor Martin Moyo, who lost ...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mtshabezi water supply dam 99% full
ONE of Bulawayo’s water supply dams, Mtshabezi is still 99% full, Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zimwa) said via Twitter today."Dams supplying @CityofBulawayo Mtshabezi is 99% full, Mzin...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 12:19hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Bulawayo residents want 24-hour clinics
BULAWAYO residents have petitioned the city council to open municipality clinics 24 hours every day.At the moment council clinics operate from 7:30AM to 4PM between Monday to Friday with only ...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt scuttles $68m Bulawayo investment
GOVERNMENT'S red tape has cost the City of Bulawayo (BCC) an investment worth US$68 million after policy changes scuttled the implementation of a fuel-from-waste project by a United Kingdom-based comp...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 10:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Egodini Mall construction suspended
CONSTRUCTION of the long-awaited Egodini mall has stalled amid claims the contractor has suspended development until after elections and that they are facing funding challenges.Bulawayo mayor ...Published: 31 May 2018 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gift Banda accused of playing kingmaker
BULAWAYO Deputy Mayor, Councillor Gift Banda, has been accused of trying to play 'kingmaker' in the MDC-T primary elections in the city.Clr Banda is accused of using his position as the party'...Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kambarami beat Bulawayo Mayor in MDC-T primaries
MDC-T primary elections brewed a shocker in Bulawayo yesterday after the city's Mayor, Councillor Martin Moyo lost to little known Mr Tinashe Kambarami to represent the party in Ward 3.Clr Moy...Published: 20 May 2018 at 09:57hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Mayor to seek re-election
BULAWAYO Mayor Alderman Martin Moyo says he will seek a second term in office although he faces stiff competition from aspiring candidates from his party, MDC-T.In an interview after his valed...Published: 18 May 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mayor blames national policies for bad term in office
THE past five years have not been easy for the Bulawayo City Council due to great strain and a lot of tests that negatively affected the local authority's ability to provide efficient services, Bulawa...Published: 17 May 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents protest over clinics
BULAWAYO residents on Wednesday afternoon picketed outside Bulawayo City Council (BCC) in a move meant to push for 24-hour council clinics.The residents, led by activist, Khumbulani Maphosa, a...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
No imposition of candidates in Magwegwe constituency
Movement for Democratic Change-T Harvest House 44 Nelson Mandela Street Harare Zimbabwe 15 April 2018 The President -Nelson Chamisa The Vice President - Elias...Published: 01 May 2018 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Magwegwe residents
Mnangagwa declares war on economic saboteurs
President Mnangagwa has declared war on economic saboteurs, lethargic public officers and arms of State, warning individuals and entities that continue to impede Government efforts to grow the economy...Published: 28 Apr 2018 at 14:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'ZITF not a platform for merrymaking'
BULAWAYO mayor Martin Moyo has called on business executives to stop viewing the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) as a platform for merrymaking, but a unique gathering to seal sustainable busi...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 08:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo courts Special Economic Zone investors (SEZ)
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has invited potential investors to seize business opportunities in the country's second largest city, which has been designated a Special Economic Zone.Speaking...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo residents to have 40 months of uninterrupted water supply
BULAWAYO City Council's supply dams are now at 79,65% full, which translates to about 40 months uninterrupted water supply, barring any changes in the size of the city's population and other factors....Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BCC in contempt of court quandary
THE Bulawayo City Council's recent decision to award a parking management system tender to two Harare-based companies could backfire after a company that was originally awarded the tender filed a cont...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Live stream wakes up mute Bulawayo councillors
THERE was some comic relief last Wednesday afternoon in the Bulawayo City Council chambers as councillors scrambled to be seen contributing during a full council meeting that was being live streamed o...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Bulawayo candidates list out
MORE than 180 individuals from the Advocate Nelson Chamisa-led MDC-T faction in Bulawayo have submitted their names for consideration to represent the party whose ego has been seriously dented by a sp...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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