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Funding Shortages leave 'Mthuli' road unmarked
The road in Cowdray Park, constructed by Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister Mthuli Ncube ahead of the 2023 elections, remains devoid of essential safety features due to a ...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 08:14hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Rugeje caught up in bar CIO hunt for rights activist
Days before a summit of regional leaders, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's shock troops armed with AK47s stormed a bar where a retired top general and Zanu-PF politburo member was drinking on Wednesday,...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 08:00hrs | 3473 | by Staff reportrer
Kombi driver wanted for hit and run accident
Police in Harare have launched a manhunt for a kombi driver who allegedly hit a man in the city centre and took him to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals where he died upon admission but failed to report...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 14:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo on high alert for cholera
WHILE Bulawayo has not recorded any cholera cases in the past four months, local health officials are on alert, urging residents to practise good hygiene and desist from shaking hands at public gather...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
One Bulawayo Movement urges citizens to put Bulawayo first and vote wisely
Chairman Sindiso Mazibisa of One Bulawayo Movement, a revolutionary social movement committed to the progress and upliftment of the people of Bulawayo and its surrounding provinces of Matabeleland...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 15:58hrs | 7 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Bulawayo runs dry, amid cholera fears
THE Bulawayo City Council has prolonged the disruption of water supplies to most city suburbs due to an electrical fault that happened at the Criterion water works.In a statement the City Coun...Published: 29 May 2023 at 19:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
New milestones in road rehab
REHABILITATION of the Harare-Chirundu highway will begin in May, while over 39 000 kilometres of road network have been spruced up under the Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP 2), as Gov...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 08:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Navigating Masiyephambili Drive in Bulawayo
Masiyephambili Drive is a major road that connects various suburbs in Zimbabwe's second-largest city, Bulawayo. The road spans 17 kilometres, and it is an important route for both businesses and resid...Published: 17 Apr 2023 at 09:13hrs | 7 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
The Nkulumane Complex: A sleeping giant
The Nkulumane Mall is named after Nkulumane who was King Mzilikazi's son. Nkulumane was born in Mhlahlandlela, near modern-day Pretoria in South Africa. Nkulumane was named after Kuruman, where Dr. Ro...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 10:18hrs | 199 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
1 dead, 4 injured after driver fails to give way
A 60-YEAR-OLD man from Nkulumane suburb died on the spot while four others were injured in a car accident that occurred at the robot intersection at Masiyephambili and Nketa drives on Sunday last week...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 11:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to get speed limit cameras
BULAWAYO could be the first city in the country to have speed limit cameras installed and traffic lights reconfigured to enforce speed limit between intersections.The developments is part of a...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rains expose Bulawayo council's shoddy job
SEVERAL roads in Bulawayo are riddled with potholes making them a death trap following the onset of the rainy season, a development that has exposed the city council for doing a shoddy job in terms of...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stray donkeys terrorise Bulawayo's Lobengula residents
Residents of Bulawayo's Lobengula high density suburb have raised concern over an increase in donkeys reared in the area which have become a menace, destroying gardens and fields.The donkeys a...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 20:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
In defense of the Bulawayo parking system
Greetings to all the citizens of the Great City of Bulawayo: The City of Kings and Queens.We note with deep and grave concern as the Concerned Citizens of Bulawayo that there has arisen in our...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:38hrs | 10 | by Qaphelani Sikhangele Sibanda
Vusa Mkhaya releases lockdown production
EVERYBODY hates the dark. So does the ancestor of Bulawayo's music sector, Vusa Mkhaya who has released his fourth studio album titled Khanyisa.His latest offering consists of a dozen songs wh...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man killed with hammer in cigarette fight
A dispute over a cigarette ended in murder after a Filabusi man struck another with a hammer on the head.Police on their twitter page confirmed the incident which occurred at Sidzibe Business ...Published: 01 May 2022 at 14:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hit and run driver kills 30-year-old Bulawayo man
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has reported that it is investigating a suspected hit and run road traffic accident in which the body of a 30-year-old man was found lying in the middle of the road near S...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:17hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police arrest suspected car jacker
POLICE have arrested a suspect who is part of a three man gang which stole a vehicle at an intersection in Bulawayo.Police on their twitter page said Cain Nkala (30) and his two accomplices wh...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi, truck collision, 1 dead, 24 injured
A four-year-old child was killed in a three-vehicle collision which left 24 others injured near the Nkulumane Complex in Bulawayo on Tuesday morning, police said.The vehicles collided at the t...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 06:58hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Govt splashes $30 billion on Harare-Beitbridge road
THE Government has spent more than $30 billion on funding the reconstruction of over 260km of the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway, while an additional $1,3 billion has been directed towards the reh...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Vusa Mkhaya drops video for Lalela
VUSUMUZI Mkhaya Ndlovu popularly known as Vusa Mkhaya has released visuals for his song Lalela.The Masiyephambili hitmaker shot the video at Ubuntu Crawl in Soweto, South Africa.The so...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors slam 'shoddy' government road repairs in city
Bulawayo councillors on Wednesday slammed a government-led road rehabilitation exercise, questioning the workmanship which they said was shoddy.Speaking during a full council meeting, the coun...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 11:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Emergency roads rehab starts ko Bulawayo
THE first phase of roadworks in Bulawayo under the Government-funded US$400 million Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) recently launched by President Mnangagwa, has started. Bulawa...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls songstress, collabos Vusa Mkhaya
VICTORIA Falls-based Afro-fusion songstress, Cingi (born Cinginkosi Ncube) is preparing to release a single titled Ngikhuseliwe which features veteran imbube singer, Vusa Mkhaya. This is the s...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt floats Gwayi-Shangani tender
THE Government has floated a tender for the construction of the 260km Gwayi-Shangani Dam-Bulawayo pipeline, which marks the implementation of the Second Phase of the National Matabeleland Zambezi Wate...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC gets over $15m for road maintenance
GOVERNMENT, through the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara), recently disbursed over $15 million to the Bulawayo City Council for routine road maintenance works that includes pothole patchi...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
75% of Bulawayo roads in bad state
AT least 75 percent of Bulawayo's road network has outlived its lifespan, with council revealing that the funds they received from the Zimbabwe National Road Authority (Zinara) was a mere drop in the ...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vusa Mkhaya opens up on life outside the studio
AUSTRIA-BASED Zimbabwean imbube crooner Vusa Mkhaya has been in the showbiz industry for several years as a member of Insingizi.This is the group that put him on the showbiz map since the rele...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean artistes invade Swazi's online radio chats
RENOWNED Zimbabwean musicians Vusa Mkhaya and Sani Makhalima have made it to the Hala Africa Top 20 music show hosted on a Swaziland's online radio station, Hala Radio.The two-hour music chart...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police descend on illegal transport operators
POLICE in Bulawayo have impounded more than 80 vehicles for illegally transporting people in violation of lockdown regulations. The mushikashika vehicles as they are known, have topped the lis...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Injiva runs over juvenile
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating a case of a fatal road accident involving a Zimbabwean motorist based in South Africa who ran over a minor along Masiyephambili Road last Tuesday.Bulawayo ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
State of Bulawayo roads worry human rights group, BCC petitioned
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has expressed concern over the state of roads in Bulawayo which are littered with potholes.This has prompted the civic society group to petit...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:50hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo moots road network expansion
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it will expand its road network as the current system has been overwhelmed by the increase in both vehicular and human population.The city's master plan consul...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 14:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZUPCO withdraws buses from suburbs citing poor roads
PUBLIC transporter, the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) has withdrawn its services in some suburbs in Bulawayo citing poor roads.The current rains, economic challenges and poor manag...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lack of funds forces BCC to suspend rehabilitation of Masiyephambili Road
THE Bulawayo City Council has postponed the rehabilitation of Masiyephambili Road to next year claiming that the $11 million allocated by the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) was inadeq...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 23:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean boy comes tops in international contest
NINE_YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean boy Jayden Wang, based in Bulawayo has come out tops in an international competition known as the IXL Study in the Sun.The contest, which ran for three months from Jun...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
An open letter from a concerned Bulawayo motorist
My job forces me to frequently drive along Masiyephambili Drive, past Nkulumane. Complex. I'm particularly concerned about the level of corruption & greed perpetrated by the police manning the roa...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | | by Concerned Bulawayo motorist
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 | | by Staff reporter
7 armed robbers hit money changer's home
A SEVEN-men gang of suspected armed robbers allegedly raided an illegal money changer at his home in Bulawayo before torturing him into revealing where he had hidden cash. The suspects alleged...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Quality of life for the people of Bulawayo must improve
In 1894, the City of Bulawayo was born. A few men and women with a vision to see a great Metropolitan City gathered at Maxim Hotel, declaring the little settlement that it was then, a town. 12...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:10hrs | | by Christopher Dube
Armed robber serving 25 years in court for four murders
AN alleged serial killer dubbed the "Underwear Robber" for stealing his victims' clothes and forcing them to walk naked, appeared in court yesterday for allegedly killing four people and robbing them ...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 22:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldiers takeover roadblocks, beat up kombi drivers
Members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces on Wednesday took over the roadblocks in Bulawayo to command drivers of commuter omnibuses to charge the stipulated $1 dollar fare from the western locations to ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 08:55hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zupco partners private players on urban routes
STATE-OWNED bus operator, Zupco has partnered with private public transport operators in a mass transportation exercise to ease urban transport woes, which spiked last week following a massive hike of...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:23hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe protests turn violent, 'overwhelm police'
The usually quiet Zimbabwean city of Bulawayo was turned into a mixture of teargas, black smoke from burning tyres and chanting of struggle songs on Monday as residents joined in protests over the lat...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 22:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fastjet cancels flights to Zimbabwe citing unrest
LOW-COST African airline Fastjet cancelled its remaining flights to and from Zimbabwe on Monday due to political unrest, it said in a statement on Twitter.The airline – which flies from Hara...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 21:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo congratulates Mnangagwa
The Chairperson of the City of Bulawayo Commission, V Mehta and Commissioners Thandiwe Mlobane and Provincial Administrator, Khonzani Ncube, Town Clerk, Mr C Dube and Heads of Council departments and ...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 11:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo scientist in Nobel Laureate Meeting
A BULAWAYO-born scientist based in South Africa recently participated in the 68th Nobel Laureate Meeting which was held in Lindau, Germany.The meeting, which is held every year, allows some of...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pirate taxi driver 'follows, rapes 19-year-old passenger'
A PIRATING Honda Fit driver allegedly raped a 19-year-old woman in Bulawayo after he had dropped her off and later followed her, police confirmed.The suspect is still at large.The inci...Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Usiphatheleni spared jail for false robbery report
A BULAWAYO illegal money changer who owed her colleagues more than $30 000 and falsely reported to the police that she had been robbed at gun point to cover up for her failure to meet the debt repayme...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Illegal forex dealer arrested for making false robbery report
AN illegal money changer from Bulawayo who allegedly owed three people more than $30 000 and R10 000 falsely reported to the police that she had been robbed at gun point by three unknown assailants....Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
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