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BCC losing revenue from dilapidated properties
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is losing potential revenue from leasing out its buildings as tenants have deserted dilapidated properties.This was revealed in the latest council minutes in which ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 155 | by Staff reporter
Man hangs self over stolen property
A MAN from Nkulumane suburb who had an argument with his mother over property that he had stolen decided to hang himself in his bedroom.A family member who spoke on condition of anonymity said...Published: 17 hrs ago | 156 | by Staff reporter
Police speak on RoilBAAs stoppage
POLICE yesterday said they were forced to walk on stage and stop proceedings during the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards (RoilBAAs) last Saturday after organisers failed to stick to agreed timelines for the ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:35hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa police's conduct in RoilBAA awards laced with tribal bigotry
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni has said the police's conduct in storming the stage disrupting the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards (Roil-BAA) ceremony over the weekend at the Bulawayo Large City Hall was disap...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 07:02hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors in deadlock over posts
BULAWAYO councillors reportedly reached a deadlock over the position on chairperson of the Finance and Development Standing Committee, with a run-off now expected to be held in the next couple of week...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:41hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
BCC investigates United Refineries water cuts
THE Bulawayo City Council has ordered an investigation into circumstances that led to one of the city's largest companies, United Refineries Limited (URL) suspending operations due to water challenges...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 06:17hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus worsens plight of city's informal traders
FOR six years, Reuben Dube earned his keep selling secondhand shirts, trousers and shoes in this city's central business district.Then came the coronavirus crisis, which shut down Zimbabwe - a...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:21hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Govt probes land deals in Bulawayo
THE Government probe team that was recently in Bulawayo, was among other things, tasked with investigating whether Bulawayo City Council officials or councillors were taking bribes in the sale of coun...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:12hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Cal Vin receives hero's send-off
Thousands of people from all walks of life convened at the Bulawayo Amphitheatre yesterday to say their final goodbyes to the country's rap king, Mgcini "Cal Vin" Nhliziyo. It was more like a ...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:40hrs | 1217 | by Staff reporter
Zacc uncovers rot in BCC land allocation and sales
MORE arrests over corruption are imminent at Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and other local authorities following a series of investigations on land allocation and sales by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption C...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:21hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Bus and three cars pile up in Beitbridge
A 42-year-old Beitbridge man was killed, while three others were seriously injured in a road accident involving three light vehicles and a Zupco bus on Sunday evening. The incident occurred at...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1035 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council blasts residents...calls them agitated and uncooperative
Bulawayo City Council has accused the City's residents of being agitated and uncooperative with an appetite of taking the Council to court every time there is a dispute. In its 2020-2024 strat...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 09:04hrs | 2610 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Khupe tightens Chamisa screws
THOKOZANI Khupe and her MDC-T have escalated their siege on Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance with an ultimatum for the rival party to vacate the MDC Bulawayo offices before Monday.The MDC-T holds...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:30hrs | 5781 | by Staff reporter
Zapu elective congress set for April 2021
ZAPU will now hold its elective congress in April next year to choose a new leader for the opposition party.After an extra ordinary meeting Saturday, the National People's Council (NPC) decide...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 18:22hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Zacc prepares to arrest BCC officials
GOVERNMENT has unearthed a massive scam under which MDC-Alliance-led councils are allegedly fundraising for their party through illegal sale of State land to the detriment of service delivery. ...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:42hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents protest over water
SOME Bulawayo residents on Saturday staged a protest in Mpopoma high-density suburb after failing to access water from a council-owned youth centre.Bulawayo is facing its worst water crisis in...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:49hrs | 1464 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's intellectual prostitutes and the national question
My Ghanaian broth er, Dr George Ayiteyi, was the first to connect fraudulent claims to the title of professor to Professor Jonathan Moyo as the quintessential intellectual prostitute. I scolded Ayitey...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:41hrs | 845 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Bulawayo residents hail Zacc probe
BULAWAYO residents have hailed the move by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate reports of alleged land scams involving city fathers, saying this would help bring sanity at th...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:03hrs | 3171 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T clears air on recalled councillors
THE MDC-T has vowed to monitor operations of their candidates who were deployed to local authorities in the country, vowing to recall those who are involved in corrupt activities.This comes af...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:33hrs | 2101 | by Staff reporter
Zacc quiz mayor, BCC bosses - Town Clerk refuses to comment
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has quizzed Bulawayo City Council managers and the Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni as it probes alleged corruption in the sale of stands as well as in pro...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:16hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents demand the ouster of MDC Councillor Mcdonald Chunga
Bulawayo residents are baying for the blood of Ward 14 Councilor Mcdonald Chunga who is being accused of deserting the ward and relocated to South Africa where he has been residing for the past eight ...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 11:10hrs | 5421 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo Mayor alleges Zacc witch-hunt
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) recently offered mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni a piece of land where he intended to build six town houses for an unjustifiable amount of US$2 500. According to cou...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
Zacc swoops on Bulawayo City Council
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has descended on Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to investigate alleged corruption in the municipality. A team of ZACC investigators are said to have...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:45hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Another Council Boss reported to ZACC for coruption
Residents in Mazowe under the Mazowe Agenda for Development and Empowerment (MADE) banner have resolved to stage a protest to voice their displeasure against the rural district council chairman ...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 09:16hrs | 2439 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Vic Falls councillors punished for pushing for mayor Dlamini ouster
VICTORIA FALLS Ward 1 and 6 councillors Marguerite Varley and Ephias Mambume who have been recalled by the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe could have been punished for launching a spirited push for the r...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1268 | by Staff reporter
'Economic meltdown stalls housing, roads projects'
BULAWAYO City Council's housing and roads projects have stalled due to the crumbling economy in the country, mayor Solomon Mguni has said. In a special council report dated September 2, Mguni ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:24hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Residents demand Chamisa's Mayor, town clerk assets register
BULAWAYO residents have piled pressure on mayor Solomon Mguni and town clerk Christopher Dube demanding that they declare their assets following reports that they were recently clandestinely awarded c...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1609 | by Staff reporter
War vets reassure farmers over land
WAR veterans, who played a leading role in the Land Reform Programme at the turn of the millennium, have reassured farmers to prepare their land and disregard acts of mischief from the opposition whic...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Fury over Bulawayo town clerk's 24,407sqm land offer in plush suburb
Bulawayo residents have reacted with anger after town clerk Christopher Dube was offered a stand measuring 24,407 square meters as part of his new four-year contract with the local authority.T...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 18:27hrs | 3810 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fails to service 2 000 pre-sale stands
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is failing to service more than 2 000 pre-sale residential stands that were bought more than two years ago. The local authority in 2012 introduced a scheme to ...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:12hrs | 1822 | by Staff reporter
Elderly couple murdered in beautiful village home
A PROMINENT elderly couple from Mangwe District in Matabeleland South was gruesomely murdered by suspected robbers who raided their homestead on Tuesday night before burning their bodies in the house ...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:11hrs | 2419 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's promise a political gimmick'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit to Bulawayo last week and his promise to assist in resolving the water crisis in the city has been described by residents and human rights activists as a political...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 09:39hrs | 2471 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pledges IDs for Gukurahundi genocide victims
GOVERNMENT has committed itself to immediately roll out a process of issuing identity documents to victims of Gukurahundi who were rendered stateless by government-sanctioned mass killings.Pre...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:16hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa confirms Gukurahundi killings
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Saturday met a faction of civil society groups based in Matabeleland and pledged to expedite the issuance of death certificates on those killed by his government during th...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 15:49hrs | 1448 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa to solve Bulawayo water crisis
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has reaffirmed his administration's commitment to solve water problems bedeviling Bulawayo, further directing that a three-phased budget be immediately presented to his office for ...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 08:46hrs | 2123 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa govt to exhume, rebury Gukurahundi victims
THE Government will next month start exhuming and burying bodies of victims of the post-independence disturbances commonly referred to as Gukurahundi, among a host of initiatives meant to address the ...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1753 | by Staff Reporter
BCC accused of misplaced priorities
BULAWAYO Progressive Residents Association (Bpra) has accused the city council of misplaced priorities - a development it says has exacerbated the current water crisis.The Bpra's concerns come...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 21:38hrs | 1482 | by Staff reporter
Residents blast MDC city fathers over worsening water crisis
BULAWAYO'S water situation has reached alarming and desperate levels with residents accusing city fathers of poor planning and misplaced priorities following a shock move to suspend water supply for t...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:17hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance Bulawayo reacts angrily to councillors' recall
MDC Alliance Bulawayo province has reacted angrily to the recall of five of its councillors by MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe, describing the move as an attempt at stoking factionalism in the party....Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 21:37hrs | 1298 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's 'corrupt' Mayor gets land for $1,80 per month despite objections
THE Bulawayo City Council has rejected objections from residents over the allocation of a farming plot in Rangemore to its Mayor, Councillor Solomon Mguni noting that council had followed legal proced...Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 16:04hrs | 4082 | by Staff reporter
ZACC investigating Bulawayo City Council
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is currently investigating a number of local authorities on the country, ZACC spokesperson Commissioner John Makamure has said. In a telephonic i...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 08:28hrs | 920 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'ZACC must investigate Bulawayo Mayor' former South Africa Public Protector says
Former South African Public Protector Kevin Sifiso Malunga says the Zimabwe Anti-Corruption Commission must investigate reports of corruption allegedly being committed by the controversial Mayor of Bu...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 11:57hrs | 4944 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC led Bulawayo Council in fire-fighting mode
THE Bulawayo City Council has adopted a draft communications policy as it seeks to improve its image after attracting the anger of ratepayers over alleged corruption involving city fathers and local g...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:50hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Communist Party corners Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Mguni
Controversial Bulawayo Mayor His Worship Solomon Madlala Mguni has received a letter from Zimbabwe Communist party requesting him to publicly publish a paper trail relating to his 4 287 square metres ...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 08:16hrs | 2128 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC mayor in questionable land deal
MAYOR Solomon Mguni is in the news once again after being granted a development permit to construct six townhouses on a piece of land measuring 4 287 square metres.Two months ago, Mguni attrac...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 17:20hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Mguni gets another huge land from City Council
Bulawayo Mayor His Worship Solomon Mguni has acquired 4 287 square metres of land to construct six townhouses, online publication CITE has reported. According to the publication, the Mayor was...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 14:18hrs | 4988 | by Mandla Ndlovu
SA based couple donates PPEs to Ezra Tshisa Sibanda Initiative
The South Africa based couple has donated personal protective equipment to the Ezra Tshisa Sibanda Initiative meant for the health institutions in Bulawayo....Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 12:19hrs | 3973 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Mguni dumps Chamisa...reports to Thokozani Khupe?
Bulawayo Mayor His Worship Solomon Madlala Mguni has been reporting daily on the Luveve water disaster to an MDC-T Presidential Task Team set by MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe. Earlier this mont...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 20:31hrs | 6247 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo residents fume over steep council fines
RESIDENTS here have shot down proposals by the local authority to hike fines for alleged illegal vending and flouting other by-laws governing the operations of informal traders.The proposal by...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 17:09hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
New fines proposals unsettle Bulawayo vendors
BULAWAYO residents have reacted angrily to proposals by the local authority to hike fines for alleged illegal vending and flouting other bylaws governing the operations of informal traders.The...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 09:30hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
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