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Midlands hotel to face demolition
Gweru city council acting Town Clerk, Vakai Chikwekwe warned that the local authority will not hesitate to demolish buildings with structural defects and Midlands hotel is one of the 60 buildings to f...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 08:41hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Decomposing body found in Gweru mayor's hotel parking lot
GWERU mayor Hamutendi Kombayi's Midlands Hotel was Monday temporarily shut by police after discovery of a decomposing body, belonging to a yet to be identified man in a disused car in its parking lot....Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 19:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Unknown secrets about Dabengwa
It was in 2007 when l had four consecutive dreams about the same thing: l was talking to Dr Joshua Nkomo& he instructed me to go to Silobela&meet an old man from the Moyo clan& to deliver ...Published: 26 May 2019 at 01:04hrs | 8 | by Benard Conrad Magugu
Zimbabwe: A land of squandered potential
I well remember sitting in the AFP bureau in Harare at dusk on November 21, 2017 and hearing the first whoop of delight in the street outside when Robert Mugabe was finally ousted, an extraordinary mo...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:56hrs | 9 | by Ben Shepherd
Mukanya returns to Gweru
Chimurenga music maestro Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo will perform a special make-up gig on Monday night at Gweru's Midlands Hotel as part of his Peace Tour and the musician still has fond memories of the...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 09:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance council's grand corruption, shady deals exposed
Corruption and bad governance are rife at Gweru City Council (GCC) and its management has no problem admitting that, albeit behind closed doors.This publication, working in collaboration with ...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 15:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru attacks 'old new dispensation'
People's Rainbow Coalition (PRC) President Joyce Mujuru last week said Robert Mugabe might have been toppled from power but the new administration remains his sparkling mirror image.Mujuru mad...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 11:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba rounds up the mentally challenged
There was drama in the Gweru central business district early this week when an Apostolic sect leader rounded up mentally challenged men on the streets.He forced them into an open truck then dr...Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drug-peddling cop loses appeal
POLICE doctor has lost an appeal at the High Court against conviction by a Police Tribunal for peddling dangerous drugs to addicts in Bulawayo and Gweru.Assistant Commissioner Dereck Matsika, ...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 09:19hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
The Messi and Ronaldo of Zimbabwean music
Jah Prayzah and Winky D have high profile gigs in Harare and Bulawayo respectively this weekend. Both will share the stage with South Africans: Jah Prayzah with Mafikizolo on Friday at the HIC...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 14:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mdhara Vachauya goes to Gweru
FRESH from his seventh album launch, contemporary musician Jah Prayzah heads to Gweru tomorrow for a show at the Midlands hotel.The artiste, who passed through the city when he was travelling ...Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 06:17hrs | 4 | by Sukoluhle Ndlovu
Tsvangirai, Mujuru now a thing?
Former vice-president Joice Mujuru yesterday joined hands with MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai in a demonstration against President Robert Mugabe's alleged misrule, which was attended by thousan...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 14:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police, MDC youths in violent attacks
The vindication of Prophets Emmanuel Makandiwa and Walter Magaya of the UFIC and PHD Ministries respectively, that 'there could be bloodshed if prayer is not made' might have started.The ...Published: 02 Oct 2014 at 14:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai on whirlwind tour, readies for explosive congress
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai is on a whirlwind tour of the Midlands and Matabeleland as he readies his party for a potentially explosive congress in October.Tsvangirai will be in Bulawayo to...Published: 19 Jul 2014 at 06:53hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai final push
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai is on a whirlwind tour of the Midlands and Matabeleland as he readies his party for a potentially explosive congress in October.Tsvangirai will be in Bulawayo t...Published: 18 Jul 2014 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T Youth Assembly statement on 2014 Day of the African Child Commemorations
The MDC-T Youth Assembly joins the rest of Africa in commemorating the 2014 Day of the African Child under its theme "Demanding Accessible, Affordable, Quality Education, Jobs and Equal opp...Published: 12 Jun 2014 at 10:56hrs | | by Clifford Hlatywayo, MDC-T Youth Assembly National Spokesperson
MDC-T fight over assets escalates
As the MDC-T fight over assets escalates, MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has directed all the party’s provincial assemblies to hide party assets in control of their faction, at the same time seeking...Published: 02 May 2014 at 10:28hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T Midlands executive pledges support to Tsvangirai
AS the drama in the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) over the control of the party continues to unfold, the party's Midlands South executive has pledged its support to party leader, Morgan Tsvan...Published: 30 Apr 2014 at 07:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mayor takes to Facebook to insult dead employee
GWERU mayor, Councillor Hamutendi Kombayi has hurled insults on his employee who allegedly committed suicide by leaping from a balcony at his three-storey hotel in Gweru's Central Business District....Published: 18 Jan 2014 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T Mayor's employee commits suicide over salary
A man employed at Gweru mayor Councillor Hamutendi Kombayi's mine yesterday jumped to his death from his master's two-storey hotel balcony in protest, allegedly over unpaid salaries. The empl...Published: 13 Jan 2014 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kombayi defies Tsvangirai, assumes mayoral duties
NEWLY-elected Gweru mayor Hamutendi Kombayi maintains it is business as usual at the city council saying he is ready to serve residents after he officially assumed duties.Kombayi, who officiat...Published: 25 Sep 2013 at 05:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai brings Gweru to a halt
Hordes of people today brought business in the city centre to a halt as they blocked the main street searching for a glimpse of MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, after news filtered around that he was...Published: 29 Aug 2013 at 23:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa joins TV entreprenueral reality show 'My Own Boss'
Businessman Philip Chiyangwa will be this year's head judge on ZBCTV entreprenueral reality show "My Own Boss". Chiyangwa will be tasked with leading the mentorship of the contestants. The...Published: 05 Jul 2013 at 05:07hrs | 8 | by Arts correspondent
Zimbabwean entrepreneurial T.V reality show audition dates set
Savannah Media Centre has licensed the format rights for popular local youth entrepreneurship reality show to Bho-Zim (Pvt) Ltd. My Own Boss 2013 will be produced by Bho-Zim (Pvt) Ltd and will be aire...Published: 02 Jul 2013 at 10:19hrs | 4 | by Arts reporter
Armed robbers cases on the increase
ROBBERS who steal vehicles and use them to commit armed robberies are on the prowl with five cases reported in Bulawayo and the Midlands in four days.The robbers got away with a combined total...Published: 04 Apr 2012 at 06:51hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Freddy Gwala set to perform in Gweru
South African musician Freddy Gwala is expected to perform at Midlands Hotel in Gweru on March 31 as part of a tour that will see him staging two shows in Harare.Gwala is expected in the coun...Published: 22 Mar 2012 at 12:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tongai Moyo's legacy lives on as son takes to stage
The late sungura maestro Tongai Moyo's legacy still lives on as witnessed on Friday when his son Peter proved that with time he can be counted among the best, Daily News reports....Published: 06 Nov 2011 at 13:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T elections update
Bulawayo and Mashonaland Central provinces failed to complete their elections due to police interference after they barred the elections to proceed.Before the elections were abandoned, Hon. Go...Published: 10 Apr 2011 at 13:56hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
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