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Chinese mining investor Hualin Investments praised for developing Ward 17 in Pumula
In a remarkable display of corporate social responsibility, Hualin Investments is setting a new standard for community engagement and sustainable development in Ward 17. Working closely with the Ward ...Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 13:33hrs | 31 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Pumula residents, Chinese miner clash over noise
RESIDENTS of Bulawayo's Pumula North suburb are up in arms against a Chinese quarry mining company for noise pollution as well as destroying road infrastructure in the suburb.Some commuter omn...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man axes brother over wheelbarrow
A 39-year-old man from Methodist Village on the outskirts of Bulawayo axed his 22-year-old sibling to death for selling his wheelbarrow without his consent, police have confirmed.The incident ...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 112 gold panners in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC), in conjunction with the police, the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) and the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority have since January this year ar...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare, Bulawayo top sand poaching stats - EMA
HARARE and Bulawayo have been identified as the country's leading provinces with rampant illegal sand poaching with authorities calling for stiffer penalties that are deterrent in order to ward off po...Published: 07 Jun 2022 at 23:58hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Chinese quarry mine unsettles Bulawayo residents amid bribery claims
SITHANDEKILE Dube* is jolted by yet another heavy blast that just shook her house in Bulawayo's Pumula North high-density suburb.The blasts have become a common occurrence in the bustling neig...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:22hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
BCC threatens to repossess 88 commercial, industrial stands
BULAWAYO City Council has threatened to repossess 88 commercial and industrial stands after the owners failed to pay bills, or to develop them.In a notice yesterday, town clerk Christopher Dub...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pumula residents worry over Chinese mine blasts
BULAWAYO residents in Pumula North are living in fear due to heavy blasting works at a nearby Chinese quarry mine.A Chinese firm, Haulin Quarry Mining Company is conducting quarry mining on th...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
BCC rakes in $455k in fines
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it has raked in over $400 000 in fines levied for various environmental violations such as illegal sand extraction, gold panning, illegal grazing of domestic animals, ...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Cattle carcasses recovered in suburb
Three cows and an ox's carcasses were found in a gully in the bushy area of Methodist Village and Magwegwe suburb on Wednesday morning.The carcasses were discovered in a gully by Goodwell Mhlo...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Suspected stock thieves freed
A BULAWAYO magistrates court has granted bail to three men, who were arrested after they were found in possession of 285 kilogrammes of beef from five cows they allegedly stole at Methodist village in...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
11 buses for Dabengwa memorial service
BULAWAYO residents have been urged to give national hero Dr Dumiso Dabengwa a befitting send-off by turning up in their numbers for a memorial service to be held in his honour at White City Stadium to...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Patron killed over 20 cents
A MAN from Methodist village on the outskirts of Bulawayo, who was selling beer at his house, allegedly clobbered a customer to death with a knobkerrie following a misunderstanding over 20 cents. ...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mbalabala 'blackspot' crash kills 4
FOUR passengers aboard a South Africa-bound Toyota Quantum from Bulawayo died on the spot near Mbalabala along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway yesterday when the vehicle was side-swiped by an overtaki...Published: 17 Feb 2016 at 09:34hrs | 2 | by Richard Muponde
Bulawayo population figures contradict 2012 Zimstat census results
THE Bulawayo City Council has compiled its own population figures using data from its housing system, thereby contradicting the 2012 Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (Zimstat) census results which...Published: 06 Dec 2015 at 08:51hrs | 8 | by Vusumuzi Dube
Prophet in court over raping spree
A SELF-PROCLAIMED prophet from Bulawayo's Trenance suburb allegedly raped two women and four girls claiming he was cleansing them of evil spirits. Elphase Robert Ndlovu, 42, appeared before Western Co...Published: 24 May 2014 at 14:28hrs | 1 | by Plaxcedes Hove
UK-based charity comes to the aid of Robert Sinyoka
TOUCHED by the plight of residents of the peri-urban settlement of Robert Sinyoka who are reportedly surviving on wild fruits due to hunger stalking some parts of Bulawayo's sprouting dwellings, a Uni...Published: 08 Nov 2013 at 02:29hrs | 6 | by Staff Repoter
Man arrested for robbing woman of R2 at knife point
A 36-year-old man from Bulawayo's Old Pumula suburb has been arrested for robbing a woman of 2 Rand at knife point. The alleged incident occurred last weekend at a bushy spot between St Peters and Me...Published: 16 Jun 2012 at 14:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
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