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Woman stones son to death after failing to get job as a maid
An 18-year-old woman from Mkwanise has been arrested for the brutal murder of her 2-year-old son, an act reportedly committed after she failed to secure employment as a maid in Chiredzi.The tr...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:46hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo deputy mayor granted bail on corruption charges
The Bulawayo High Court has granted bail to Deputy Mayor Edwin Ndlovu and Councillor Mpumelelo Moyo, who face allegations of soliciting a US$20,000 bribe over a land allocation deal. The two were each...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 18:33hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Chinese company to set up cement factory in Bulawayo
The Bulawayo City Council has granted approval to Chinese company Labenmon Private Limited to establish a cement grinding facility at Umvumila Industrial Park, located near the United College of Educa...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 17:36hrs | 981 | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 50 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
New housing, industrial stands for Bulawayo
THE Bulawayo City Council has announced plans to avail 557 medium-density residential stands and 250 industrial stands in Umvumila to potentially address housing backlog and boost the city's economy....Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:21hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
BCC unveils US$158m budget
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday unveiled its US$157,99 million revenue budget and is proposing to set aside US$106 million to fund key infrastructural development projects that include construct...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo reindustrialisation ongoing
The Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) has licensed three companies under the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) initiative in Bulawayo but there are growing concerns implementation is movin...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo needs new economic soul, says ZITF chair
ZIMBABWE International Trade Fair (ZITF) board chairperson Busisa Moyo has urged Bulawayo entrepreneurs and policymakers to use this year's ZITF edition to discuss problems affecting industries and pr...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Education Ministry summons Eveline High school head
PLAGUED with neglect when its primary use as a sporting facility was temporarily abandoned due to Covid-19 induced lockdowns, driving schools in Bulawayo have lately turned Eveline High School sports ...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC smart city project on
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) will this year expedite the implementation of its smart city programme which it hopes to complete by 2024.This strategy, which was boosted by the visit of BCC o...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 19:40hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo seeks to redevelop industrial areas
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has embarked on a door-to-door traffic survey to review its local development plan for industrial areas in the city as part of its expansion drive.This was revealed...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
BCC plans smart city houses
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is pursuing smart city housing opportunities that include development of low-cost accommodation for low-income earners and renewal of old suburbs.The local auth...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo prioritises schools in master plan
BULAWAYO needs an additional 52 pre-schools and more learning institutions to meet the growing population. In the Bulawayo City Council's (BCC) 2021-2033 Masterplan proposal, the city fathers ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
BCC plans smart city housing programme
BULAWAYO City Council says it is pursuing an ambitious plan to develop low-cost houses for low-income earners through a smart city housing programme.The city's economic development officer Kho...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:22hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
BCC runs out of industrial land
BULAWAYO City Council says it has run out of land for industrial expansion and has opened negotiations with property developer, Old Mutual, for a land swap deal.According to council's latest m...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Feasibility studies for Umvumila on cards
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has started engaging potential consultants to undertake feasibility studies for Umvumila area as part of progress towards implementation of the Special Economic Zones in th...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 17:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayor speaks on his two days of horror
Bulawayo City Council was recently rocked by unrest after a coterie of councillors led by deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami tried to oust town clerk Christopher Dube.Kambarami last month took adv...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
University of Zimbabwe challenges govt to support post-harvest programmes
THE University of Zimbabwe's Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering has urged government to support its ongoing Nutritional Post-Harvest estimation (Nutri-P-Loss) programmes, which ar...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
A new economy beckons for Bulawayo
THE year 2018 was very eventful for the economy of the City of Kings as it works towards fulfilling its vision to be 'a leader in local governance excellence' with a vibrant economy by year 2024. ...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 10:55hrs | | by Kholisani Moyo
Chigumbura sued over $18,000 rentals
National team cricketer, Elton Chigumbura has been taken to the High Court by a local property firm, Best Results Management Enterprise (Pvt) Ltd, which is seeking an order to compel him to settle an ...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Presidential nomination court venue declared
The Presidential Nomination Court will sit on the 14th of June in Court A at the High Court of Zimbabwe Building in Harare at 10:00am, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has announced.Venues fo...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 11:56hrs | | by A Mhlongo
Man claims $300 000 from Zesa for son's electrocution
A SHAMVA commercial farmer, Alpha James has taken the Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution and Transmission Company (ZETDC) to court, demanding $300 000 compensation after his son was injured by live pow...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 08:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tax break for Bulawayo investors
THE Bulawayo City Council has resolved to exempt industries and investors operating under the recently approved Special Economic Zone (SEZs) from paying rates for up to five years to stimulate develop...Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mvuma horror crash driver locked up
THE driver of a South Africa-registered haulage truck, which last week sideswiped a Johannesburg-bound Proliner bus, killing 20 people on the spot and leaving 40 others injured near Mvuma along th...Published: 12 Apr 2017 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
New suburbs for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has identified land adjacent to Cowdray Park high-density suburb and Ngozi Mine for development into a residential area to reduce its housing waiting list.The p...Published: 22 Mar 2017 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Seven candidates to contest in Bikita West MDC-T primaries
BIKITA - Despite lack of meaningful electoral reforms, preparations for the 2018 harmonised elections is already gathering momentum in Bikita West, with seven candidates showing interest in representi...Published: 09 Mar 2017 at 05:30hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
4 Gokwe family members die in freak accident
THREE Gokwe South family members died in freak accident on Sunday afternoon, when a woman allegedly lost control of her car and rammed into a house killing her mother-in-law, her friend and seriou...Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
NERA: Much ado about nothing
There are a number of genuine challenges that Zimbabwe has to grapple with and this requires serious dedication of time and effort. However, sometimes fate intervenes amidst serious introspection in t...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 14:38hrs | | by Sambulo Vuma
Convicted trio: Truth shall set you free
The conviction pending sentence of Tungamirai Madzokere, Yvonne Musarurwa and Last Maengahama who are MDC-T activists accused of killing Inspector Petros Mutedza came as a relief to some and a shock t...Published: 07 Sep 2016 at 14:43hrs | | by Sambulo Vuma
The lawful offenders in opposition ranks
The opposition forces fronting the regime change agenda have never embraced the tenets of democracy, at the core of which is the need to uphold the constitution so as to facilitate the prevalence of l...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 11:03hrs | | by Sambulo Vuma
Of Nando's and strawberry desserts
Out there in the open is a cold, desolate and unforgiving environment, especially for lazy layabouts such as petty thieves and common criminals who shudder to contemplate where their next meal will co...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 09:53hrs | | by Sambulo Vuma
Victory in pyrrhic loss
I have been thinking, quite profoundly of late, that in life there may be some battles that one may gladly lose, not because of pyrrhic loss as there is victory but because there may be vindication in...Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 14:44hrs | | by Sambulo Vuma
Tsvangirai's final battle
To the spiritually inclined, no offence intended here, who always hunker for miracles even where common sense ought to prevail and will regress to their respective religions when faced with supposedly...Published: 27 Jul 2016 at 12:11hrs | | by Sambulo Vuma
Zimbabwe shall never close
Zimbabwe is open for business 24/7 and shall never shut down. No amount of propaganda, vilification and demonization can change that fact. Not even by the devil himself. We are a discerning lot. We un...Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 11:41hrs | | by Sambulo Vuma
Police officer points gun at nieghbours
A POLICE officer stationed at Mutare Rural is in trouble with the law after he pointed a gun at his neighbours threatening to shoot them.Felix Chemvumi (32) was not asked to plead when he appe...Published: 29 Jan 2016 at 19:57hrs | | by Tendai Gukutikwa
Bulawayo avails business stands
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has availed industrial and commercial stands for new business in different sectors of the economy in a bid to boost the city's economy. The council's acting eco...Published: 26 Mar 2015 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC vehicle used in an attempted robbery
A VEHICLE hired by the Zimbabwe Election Commission was stolen in Nyanga on Sunday night and was used in an attempted robbery, which was foiled after the passengers fought back resulting in it overtur...Published: 18 Jul 2013 at 18:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
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