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How Bulawayo's townships reflect city's rich Ndebele heritage
IN 1894, Bulawayo had just one African township. Today, the city boasts close to twenty townships in the western suburbs. Bulawayo's first African township was Makokoba, also known as the "Location" o...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:39hrs | 416 | by Fredrick Qaphelani Mabikwa
ZIFA, PSL shed crocodile tears
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) and the Premier Soccer League (PSL) have expressed their heartfelt condolences to Highlanders Football Club following the sudden passing of the club's chief ex...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 11:33hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
Bosso CEO dies
Highlanders Football Club CEO Sihlangu Dlodlo was found dead at his home in Nketa 9, Bulawayo, on Monday evening, leaving the football community in shock. His death was confirmed by close friend Allan...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:34hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya does not have O-levels?
A potentially massive scandal is brewing in Zimbabwean football, as Prophet Walter Magaya and Gift Banda, a former Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) vice president, stand accused of attempting to m...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 16:11hrs | 5517 | by Staff reporter
Bosso fans kick off boycott event
Highlanders FC fans are gathering at the club's house for a planned "boycott" event aimed at raising funds for their team, which has been hit with a hefty US$6,000 fine by the Premier Soccer League (P...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 14:12hrs | 1527 | by Staff reporter
Bosso mourn Tshinga Dube
Highlanders Football Club has joined the nation in mourning the loss of liberation struggle hero and esteemed club benefactor, Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube, who passed away on Thursday evening at Bula...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 14:10hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Bosso fans unite over boycott
Highlanders Football Club supporters have come together in support of a proposed boycott of their remaining Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) matches, starting with Sunday's fixture against ZPC...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 16:09hrs | 2476 | by Staff reporter
Football laws reinvented to decide outcomes of Bosso matches
In a heartfelt message to supporters, Highlanders FC Executive Chairman Col Mhlophe (Rtd) has acknowledged the challenging times the club is currently facing, describing the situation as "untenable." ...Published: 28 Sep 2024 at 12:33hrs | 1500 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife attends Amhlophe High's 40th anniversary
Amhlophe High School marked a momentous occasion today as it held its annual speech and prize-giving ceremony, coinciding with the celebration of its 40th anniversary. The event, graced by Colonel Min...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 15:23hrs | 6742 | by Staff reporter
Cracks in Bosso camp
ALL is not well at Bulawayo football giants, Highlanders with an audio going viral in which secretary-general Morgen "Gazza" Dube is overheard painting a picture of a divided house.Dube is acc...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 12:21hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
ZANC, LEAD congratulates Mnangagwa on SADC Chairmanship
OPPOSITION parties have started congratulating President Mnangagwa following his assumption of SADC Chairmanship at the ongoing 44th SADC Heads of State and Government Summit.Zimbabwe is hosti...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 20:45hrs | 371 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
Bosso team bus breaks down en route to Chegutu
The Highlanders team bus reportedly broke down while en route to their Week 23 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match against Chegutu Pirates at Baobab Stadium, scheduled for this afternoon. ...Published: 04 Aug 2024 at 15:18hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo runs dry as council repairs infrastructure
The Bulawayo City Council has temporarily disconnected water supply to several suburbs for maintenance work at the Tuli, 6J, and Rifle Range reservoirs. This maintenance began yesterday and is expecte...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sakunda challenge Bosso, Dembare
SAKUNDA Holdings has challenged Dynamos and Highlanders to win titles after the energy giant yesterday presented the two teams with their 2024 season kit.The country's two most supported clubs...Published: 12 Apr 2024 at 09:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso rekindle love with Adidas
Bulawayo giants Highlanders and Harare fallen giants have rekindled their relationship with global sportswear supplier Adidas.The two teams last wore Adidas stripes in 2014 before experi...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 18:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Highlanders secure partnership with Pedzai 'Scot' Sakupwanya
HIGHLANDERS have partnered Better Brands ahead of the start of the new season, in a move that is set to ease the club's financial burden.Better Brands is owned by businessman and Mabvuku-Tafar...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man steals 42 beasts
Police in Matabeleland North Province have launched a manhunt for Tatenda Chimombe who is on the run after allegedly stealing 42 beasts valued at US...Published: 23 Feb 2024 at 20:20hrs | 8 | by Peter Matuka
Bulawayo set for major transformation
BULAWAYO is experiencing a renaissance as investor interest is surging, reindustrialisation efforts taking root and multi-million dollar projects underway, signalling a promising future for the city....Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 09:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Johnfat Sibanda pummels Tavengwa Zidya
NOW you see it, now you don't . . .Then you feel it!That could be a way to describe how local businessman Tavengwa Zidya, popularly known as Mafridge, was punched by - of all people - ...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
AMhlophe!
SIXTY-one was the magic number that separated two of the closest candidates in the Highlanders executive chairmanship post with Kenneth Mhlophe bouncing back to reclaim the hottest seat in the county'...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 17:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mhlophe bounces back ab Bosso Chair
Mhlophe bounces back after three years in the wildernessKENNETH Mhlophe has been elected the new Highlanders Chairman.In the executive elections held at the club house on Sunday, 360 membe...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 18:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sibanda engages Bosso's Harare fans
HIGHLANDERS chairman Johnfat Sibanda believes he still has a lot to offer at the club and re-election in the upcoming elections will allow him to take the club to another level. Sibanda will g...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
9 to contest in Highlanders elections
NOMINATIONS for Highlanders elections closed yesterday with nine candidates having submitted papers for the 4 February elections.Those wishing to stand in the elections for the positions...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
More water woes for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents should brace themselves for more water woes after the local authority announced a disruption in supply across the city due to maintenance works at Ncema Works and Pump Station....Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bosso fans question wisdom of an 'absentee' chairman
DEBATE has been raging on social media about the wisdom of electing office bearers based out of the country as Highlanders Election Day draws closer.Highlanders paid-up members will on 4 Febru...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 09:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bosso clubhouse water disconnecetd
HIGHLANDERS Football Club owes the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) over US$8 900 in unpaid rates resulting in the water supply being disconnected at the Highlanders clubhouse, a money-earning joint that i...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 06:01hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Potholes re-emerge in wake of recent rains
HEAVY rains being recorded across the country have caused more extensive damage to some major roads in Bulawayo, which are now riddled with potholes making driving a nightmare in the city. Apa...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:30hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Umkhonto weSizwe fighter will never forget what a white man told him in Zimbabwe in 1980
I have no idea whether the white man I am writing about is still alive or not. He gave me an understanding of what actually happened to us Africans, and how sinister it was, when we were colonized. Hi...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:11hrs | 11 | by Thula Bopela
MRP gears up for Umkhombandlela rally
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) is set to host its highly anticipated Umkhombandlela Rally on December 21, 2023, at Stanley Hall in Makokoba, Bulawayo. The event comes at a crucial time for the par...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 10:44hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Hijacking scare for Zimbabwe striker in SA
ZIMBABWEAN striker Evans Rusike is reported to have been hijacked and kidnapped in Midrand, South Africa on Tuesday evening.Rusike is presently attached with Sekhukhune United in the neighbour...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbo set for big send off
WARRIORS and Highlanders legend Rahman Gumbo is expected to receive a big send off at his burial today at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo.Gumbo, who would have turned 60 today, died at a hos...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New 60-bed hospital takes shape in Bulawayo's Parklands
A BULAWAYO entrepreneur, Mr Victor Moyo is building a 60-bed hospital in Parklands suburb, a development that will complement Government efforts to improve access to healthcare services in the city....Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man assaulted for being a Good Samaritan
A man from Plumtree escaped death by a whisker after he was assaulted for trying to help an unknown victim who was bleeding outside a ba...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 21:39hrs | | by Desmond Nleya
Zimbabwe Defence Forces 'a vital cog in growth drive'
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces are a vital cog in the ongoing national socio-economic modernisation and development of the country and Government will continue to capacitate its service personnel through...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dismisses divisive elements
WITH eight days to go before the harmonised elections, President Mnangagwa has saluted Zimbabweans for maintaining peace, their resolve against baneful sanctions and their commitment to hard work....Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's brilliant performances attracts the attention of Jose Mourinho
HIGHLANDERS' brilliant start to the campaign under Portuguese coach Baltemar Brito has attracted the attention of legendary Chelsea and Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho.Bosso, whose un...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo pays tribute to Welshman Ncube
Former Zimbabwean Minister of Information and professor of politics, Jonathan Moyo, who is now a critic of the CCC and its leader Nelson Chamisa, has sent out a congratulations message to party for wi...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 08:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promises to revamp Barbourfields
THERE was sweet news for Bulawayo and its football lovers yesterday when President Mnangagwa announced that Government will refurbish Barbourfields Stadium.Speaking at the Cowdray Park Star Ra...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates Bosso
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has congratulated Bulawayo giants Highlanders FC on their 17-game unbeaten run in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League this season.Bosso are enjoying a good run ...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 18:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions US$300 million lithium project
THE adoption of a rapid results approach by the Second Republic was on display yesterday as President Mnangagwa commissioned a US$300 million-lithium plant that was constructed in a record nine months...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Villagers partner Government to rehabilitate neglected road
THE Godlwayo community in Insiza South, Matabeleland South Province has partnered with the Government in a bid to rehabilitate the West Nicholson-Mberengwa Road linking Matabeleland South and Midlands...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 05:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mpopoma's famous personalities
BULAWAYO city, just like other towns and cities in Zimbabwe, had residential areas allocated according to race before Independence. Europeans, Africans, referred to at that time as "natives," Indians ...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo cop killed by lightning
A police officer stationed at Cowdray park police base in Bulawayo was struck and killed by lightning on Tuesday.Peter Gwaza (42) and her girlfriend Priority Dube (30) were walking along a foo...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marist Brothers wins Old Mutual High School Quiz Competition
Marist Brothers High School reigned supreme at the Old Mutual High School Quiz competition, fending off stiff competition from Zengeza High 1 to land the top prize at a two day event held in Harare on...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 09:43hrs | 15 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Harare
Bulawayo serial robber, murderer arrested
BULAWAYO police have arrested a serial armed robber and murderer who committed crimes in the city during the period December 2021 to November 22, 2022 resulting in victims losing property worth US$59 ...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold buyer robbed of US$350 000
A REGISTERED gold buyer from Bulawayo lost US$350 000 in cash to two armed robbers who told him they were selling 50g of gold before pulling out a firearm and ransacking his house.National pol...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Murder, armed robbery suspect dies in police custody after wife meal'
A 44-year-old suspect linked to murder and several armed robbery incidents in Bulawayo died of suspected food poisoning while in police custody hours after his wife had reportedly brought him some foo...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC snatches 2 out of 3 seats from Zanu-PF
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has won two out of the three wards in Saturday by-elections held in Bulilima.Bulilima Rural District Council Wards 1, 14 and 16 fell vacant f...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 15:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vacancies for 3000 school heads and deputies
THE Government is set to recruit 2 988 headmasters and deputies to fill primary and secondary school vacancies in a massive recruitment drive set to improve pass rates and maintenance of infrastructur...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:55hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Boerboel dogs maul girl (6) to death
In another spine chilling incident, two vicious Boerboel dogs mauled a six-year-old girl to death on Wednesday at the family's rented home in Matsheumhlophe suburb. This is the second incident in Bula...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:02hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
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