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Friend mistaken for robber gets beaten to death
A BULAWAYO man has been arrested for allegedly beating up his friend to death in a bushy area near the Plumtree Border Post in the middle of the night after suspecting that he was a robber. Th...Published: 22 hrs ago | 2005 | by Staff reporter
Egodini Phase 1 to be complete in 2nd quarter
THE first phase of the multi-million dollar Egodini project is expected to be completed by the beginning of the second quarter, Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni has said.In 2016, South African civ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1924 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo needs US$700 million to fix roads
Bulawayo needs US$700 million to fix its road network which is currently in a poor state, Mayor Solomon Mguni has said. "Ladies and gentlemen, the city has a total road network of 2 389KM with...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 20:52hrs | 1624 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo Mayor urges people to register to vote
Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni has challenge people in Bulawayo and Matabeleland to register to vote in a bid to avoid reduction of constituencies during th...Published: 30 Dec 2019 at 18:42hrs | 3499 | by Stephen Jakes
Granny dies in fire
A GRANNY (84) from Bulawayo's Emganwini suburb was burnt to death after the room she was sleeping in caught fire when a lit candle allegedly fell on her bed during Zesa load shedding on Sunday. ...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 06:04hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Christmas Lights go on today
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) will switch on the Christmas Lights at the Amphitheatre tonight. The event which marks the start of the Christmas festivities, will be presided over by the Mayor, Clr S...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:26hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda woman crushes new born baby with stone
The Zimbabwe Republic have revealed that they have arrested a 23 year old woman who for concealing the birth of her baby after giving birth and killing it. The police revealed that members of ...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 08:48hrs | 3580 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo gains flights momentum
BULAWAYO is strategically positioned to attract more international flights, which is good for luring increased investment into the city and the surrounding regions. Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Intern...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 06:54hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
fastjet launches Bulawayo-Joburg flight
LOW-COST airline, Fastjet, yesterday officially launched its Bulawayo-Johannesburg flight, which is expected to increase capacity utilisation of the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport and enha...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:12hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: A bus with 51 passengers overturns in Harare
Reports from Harare indicate that a speeding bus overturned at Corner Robert Mugabe and Chiremba Road in Harare this morning killing two people on the spot. ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 06:52hrs | 8891 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo boy dies after drinking undiluted klipdrift
A Bulawayo boy has died after stealing and drinking undiluted alcohol recently the police have said.According to the police the 13-year-old male minor died in Bulawayo on 1 December after cons...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 07:27hrs | 3398 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo councillors angry at slow pace of Egodini
Bulawayo Councillors are angry at the slow pace in which Egodini Mall project is taking shape, saying the first phase should have been ready for commissioning this November.However from the lo...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 20:01hrs | 4740 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents bitter over selective renaming of roads
BULAWAYO residents and opposition political parties have criticised government's move to rename several roads in the city, leaving out some of the city's luminaries.Government on Thursday anno...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 17:24hrs | 2213 | by Staff reporter
Controversy over gukurahundi architect's Bulawayo street name
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni says the local authority was not consulted on the renaming of the city's streets while the opposition MDC denounced the move as gross arrogance by central government....Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:38hrs | 1765 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland Zambezi water project remains a mirage
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni was in the news recently calling for action to bring the Zambezi River water to Bulawayo. The city of kings, if I may join those who want us to remember the city's history...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:36hrs | 227 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Bulawayo Mayor challenges men to rise during book launch
The Challenge of fatherlessness has been discussed, perhaps half-heartedly on different fora. In most cases, it is a by-the-way matter, in the midst of "more critical" subjects. It sometimes surfaces ...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 15:30hrs | 774 | by Enos Denhere
Egodini project misses target
BULAWAYO councillors are unhappy with failure by the developer to complete the first phase of the Egodini project by this month-end and are now piling pressure to ensure that all works are completed w...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 09:20hrs | 2574 | by Staff Reporter
Kambarami replaced
BULAWAYO councillors seem to have thrown in the towel regarding the status of disposed deputy mayor, Mr Tinashe Kambarami after they appointed a caretaker councillor to take care of business in Ward T...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:24hrs | 1520 | by Staff reporter
MPs challenged over Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project
Legislators from across the political divide, who hail from Matabeleland have been urged to unite in rejecting the 2020 budget if it does not address the need to implement the long mooted project to p...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:45hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
Another Bulawayo water supply dam to be 'decommissioned'
BULAWAYO dam water levels have dropped to below 37 percent with council saying one dam may be decommissioned by early 2020 if the situation does not improve. Council has so far decommissioned ...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:07hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records spike in diarrhoea cases
BULAWAYO councillors have expressed concern over a spike in diarrhoea cases in the city amid revelations by the health department that the source of the disease remains unknown.A recent report...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 06:02hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo supply dams run dry
Bulawayo City supply dams are running dry, and if the rains do not fall in the next few weeks, the water situation in the city will become dire, mayor Solomon Mguni has warned.Mguni advised re...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:52hrs | 1217 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Mayor tell MPs to reject Mthuli Ncube's budget
The Bulawayo Mayor His Worship Solomon Madlala Mguni has called upon the Members of Parliament to reject the 2020 budget if it does not spell out how the more than 100 years old Zambezi-Water pr...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 17:49hrs | 4054 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo running dry
BULAWAYO will run out of water in seven months if it does not rain and residents fail to conserve available supplies, the Mayor, Councillor Solomon Mguni has said. Speaking during the 76th Ann...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:55hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
Woman slaps driver with $520k lawsuit for fuel queue accident
A BULAWAYO woman who sustained injuries after her car was hit by another vehicle while in a fuel queue is suing the driver of the offending car for $520 000 in damages. Ms Heather Hikwa of Pum...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:02hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter
Zapu to picket over Dabengwa status
ZAPU has resolved to besiege Bulawayo council offices to push city fathers to name one of the city's streets after their late leader and national hero Dumiso Dabengwa.Zapu in June wrote to the...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:24hrs | 2398 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's blue eyed boy in trouble again
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating suspended Bulawayo Deputy Mayor, Tinashe Kambarami and Ward 4 councillor, Silas Chigora for allegedly vandalising council property during violent protests which ro...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:23hrs | 2763 | by newzimbabwe
Botswana arrests 4 000 Zimbabweans border jumpers
POLICE in Botswana have since January this year arrested more than 4 000 Zimbabweans for attempting to illegally cross into the neighbouring country. The border jumpers, 2 479 men, 1 521 women and chi...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:14hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
BCC must heed to MRP's Nehanda statue call - MLF
As MLF, we would like to remind the Council of Bulawayo of the values that is says, it will always stand to reflect in its day to day operations in the City of the Kings. It is the Council itself whic...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 11:10hrs | 2503 | by MLF
BCC to intensify water rationing
BULAWAYO City Council has extended its water rationing period beyond the published schedule in some parts of the city due to reduced electricity supply to the pump stations.Town clerk Christop...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:58hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo extends water shedding to 3 days
Bulawayo has extended its water shedding regime to 72 hours per week from 48 hours after demand outpaced pumping capacity while water levels at its dams have severely reduced.The BCC says cons...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 07:08hrs | 1391 | by ZimLive
BCC extends water shedding period to 72-hours
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has expanded its weekly water shedding programme from 48 to 72 hours as water levels continue to decline in the city's supply dams. Addressing the media yesterd...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 07:49hrs | 1008 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo to experience 72 hours water shedding
The City of Bulawayo would like to advise residents, stakeholders and members of the public of the revision of the current 48 hour water shedding programme to 72 hour water shedding programme with imm...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 13:23hrs | 2928 | by BCC
AVM to assemble 300 Zupco buses
Local bus manufacturing company AVM Africa, has been roped in to assemble 300 of the 500 buses that will be supplied from Belarus, while negotiations with Chinese investors to set up local assembly pl...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:37hrs | 566 | by Staff rpeorter
Bulawayo Mayor rebels against MDC
BULAWAYO Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni has thrown into the drain attempts by his party MDC-Alliance to reinstate embattled former Deputy Mayor Mr Tinashe Kambarami, in a latest twist that shows fissu...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 07:49hrs | 8322 | by Staff Reporter
BCC questions govt sincerity to capacitate council clinics
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has cast doubt on government's offer to capacitate local authority clinics that are overwhelmed by patients after doctors at State institutions downed tools last month....Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa MDC orders Bulawayo mayor to reinstate Kambarami
THE opposition MDC has ordered Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni to re-instate his expelled deputy Tinashe Kambarami, despite a High Court ruling that the latter's election was a nullity.Kambarami ...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:29hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Mayor refuses to re-instate Kambarami
Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Madlala Mguni has refused to bow down to pressure from the MDC Provincial structure which instructed him to re-instate under fire Councillor Tinashe Kambarami to the Deputy Mayo...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 05:10hrs | 4143 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Thulani Khumalo takes over as Rotaract club of NUST President
On the 12th of October, the Rotaract club of NUST held the 2019 induction dinner for the incoming president, Thulani Khumalo. The event was graced by the President of the Rotarary club of Bula...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:21hrs | 567 | by own correspondent
Government crafts Bulawayo industry development policy
THE Government will soon unveil an industry development strategy specifically designed to revive Bulawayo's status as the country's industrial hub, a Cabinet Minister has said.In an interview ...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:58hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF councillor takes aim at MDC city fathers
ZANU PF's sole councillor in Bulawayo, Kidwell Mujuru, has accused MDC councillors of ganging up against him to "unlawfully" remove him from council's Business and Investment Committee (BIC).I...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:45hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
BCC fails to implement masterplan projects
BULAWAYO suffered major development setbacks between 2000 and 2015 due to unforeseen economic decline resulting in the municipal failing to implement proposed projects under its masterplan. Th...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:59hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa approves new boards for agric parastatals
President Mnangagwa has approved the appointment of the Agricultural Marketing Authority, Tobacco Research Board (TRB), Agriculture Research Council (ARC), Agribank and Silo Food Industries boards. ...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:47hrs | 1718 | by Staff reporter
Clinic takes 66 years to complete
MORE than $500 000 has been raised for the construction of Ezimnyama community clinic, 66 years after the project was mooted, but could not be completed due to successive generational bickering among ...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 07:38hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Hlalani Mguni vows to uplift constituency
Mangwe's newly elected MP Hlalani Mguni has vowed to use her position to champion women empowerment and complete projects initiated by her late husband in the constituency.Mguni is the widow o...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:32hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Church elder jailed 4 years over R70 000 theft
A 27-YEAR-OLD United Apostolic Church deacon has been slapped with a four-year jail term for stealing R70 000 from a Zvishavane businessman's car last week.Strive Dube was sentenced on his own...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 08:01hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
13 Nust students granted bail
A Bulawayo magistrate has remanded 13 National University of Science and Technology charged with public violence after they staged a demonstration on Monday to 21 October on free bail. The stu...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 19:53hrs | 245 | by Staff Reporter
2 new MPs sworn-in
Two new members of the National Assembly were yesterday sworn in following their victories in by-elections held last month. The two are Zanu-PF's Hlalani Mguni, who won the Mangwe seat that fe...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 06:33hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Elderly woman in court for stealing house seller's property
AN elderly woman from Bulawayo duped her male customer after buying his house in 2013 and later on converted some car parts that had been left in the house for her personal gain.Sheila Mguni (...Published: 23 Sep 2019 at 08:33hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayp parking tender saga continues
A TENDER for the installation of parking management system in Bulawayo which has taken more than eight years to implement has stalled again after the city's councillors failed to agree on how best to ...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 09:29hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
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