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Bulawayo divided over controversial Glassblock dam deal
Bulawayo councillors are at odds over the proposed Glassblock Dam project, with debates centering on cost, water security, and reliance on a single supply source. The dam, planned on the Mzingwane Riv...Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 08:54hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
South Africa water experts clear Limpopo River water of contamination
Water experts from Vhembe District Municipality have confirmed that the Limpopo River, which forms the natural border between South Africa and Zimbabwe, is free from contamination following recent lab...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:12hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe investigates contamination of Limpopo river water
The Civil Protection Committee in Beitbridge is conducting thorough investigations following reports of water contamination in the Limpopo River caused by an unknown substance....Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 21:48hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo faces water crisis as ageing infrastructure fails
The City of Bulawayo is grappling with yet another serious water supply challenge due to its ageing and deteriorating water infrastructure, affecting both residential and industrial areas.Town...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 05:46hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Coltart frustrated by Glassblock Dam delays
Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart has expressed mounting frustration over the bureaucratic hurdles that are stalling the long-awaited Glassblock Dam project, a critical initiative aimed at ensuring a stabl...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 08:27hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge grapples with rising suicide cases
Residents of Beitbridge have voiced alarm over a recent spike in suicide cases, with three females, including a 14-year-old girl, taking their lives in just three weeks. The deaths, which appear to be...Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 06:32hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland dams spill
Several dams in Matebeleland South province, including Zhovhe Dam, Silalabuhwa Dam, and Tuli Makwe, have started spilling, providing much-needed relief to farmers who had endured a challenging year du...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 06:36hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter
Know your history:- Filabusi Memorial and the Edkins Store killings
Why Visit?: - This historic site remembers one of the earliest European murders of the Matabele Rebellion or First Umvukela of 1896. There seems no doubt that the initial killings occurred on ...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 15:48hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Bopoma dam Project moves upstream to protect sacred ponds
The construction of Glassblock Bopoma Dam in Matabeleland South must be preceded by traditional rituals to appease the ancestors, according to local traditional leaders. Initially, the dam's planned l...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:45hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to cut water supplies to just 36 hours per week for residents
The City of Bulawayo is set to introduce a more drastic water conservation regime which will see water coming out of the taps for just 36 hours in a week, or one-and-a-half days.The second cit...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 17:04hrs | 2224 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water crisis deepens
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC), which decommissioned Umzingwane Dam last November, is now facing an even graver water crisis as the city prepares to decommission another supply dam, Upper Ncema, toda...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:47hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Parliament face to face with Bulawayo water woes
Bulawayo's escalating water shortages took center stage yesterday as parliamentarians engaged directly with the dire situation affecting the city. With the water supply dam levels in continuous declin...Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 11:34hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Glassblock Dam construction report by the end of April- Coltart
BULAWAYO Mayor Senator David Coltart, during a recent councillors' meeting, said there is progress in the construction of the Glassblock Dam.He announced that the Government had agreed to ente...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 06:01hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's worst water crisis in decade
BULAWAYO could face its worst water crisis in the past 10 years, with statistics at hand showing that its supply dams are in the red, a few weeks before the official ending of the rainy season in Zimb...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Coltart hails Bulawayo water crisis 'consensus' meeting
Bulawayo mayor David Coltart said there was now a "broad consensus" to solve the city's perennial water problems after a meeting with water minister Anxious Masuka on Wednesday.Coltart has bee...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 18:45hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents to get water 'as and when it's available'
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has been forced to suspend its 120-hour water shedding schedule indefinitely as the water situation worsens leaving supply dependent on availability until their system ...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's supply dams now 'terribly' low
Bulawayo Mayor, Councillor David Coltart says the city's supply dams are now "terribly" low due to low inflows, a situation that is causing a major water crisis compounded by rising temperatures....Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 20:46hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to sell 15 million cubic litres of water to SA
GOVERNMENT announced last Friday that it is stepping up efforts to supply water to the northern parts of South Africa and will initially dispatch about 15 million cubic litres every month despite admi...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:56hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide brigade was deployed on this day 41 years ago
Today in history: On this day 41 years ago and three years after Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)'s Fifth Brigade was deployed in Matabeleland North on 2...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:40hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Insiza cattle succumbing to cyanide
SOME villagers in Gcabayi, Insiza district of Matebeleland South province, are losing livestock after drinking water contaminated with cyanide disposed of along the Umzingwane River by artisanal miner...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:37hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Border modernisation spillover excites Beitbridge
THE Zimborders Consortium that is modernising the Beitbridge Border Post at a cost of US$300 million is also constructing key infrastructure in the border town in line with its transformation into a m...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
20-hour daily water shedding in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO has introduced a 20-hour daily water shedding exercise for some western suburbs and is expected to decommission Umzingwane Dam this month, necessitating reintroduction of citywide water ratio...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane Dam chokes
TWO unregistered dams built in the Umzingwane Dam catchment area and gold panning activities along Umzingwane River have contributed to the Bulawayo supply dam not impounding adequate water since the ...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Two shot dead answering call of nature
Two men were shot dead while relieving themselves in separate incidents in Gweru and Kadoma, while a body of another man was found with gunshot wounds along the Limpopo River in Beitbridge....Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:18hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Man shot dead...thrown inside Limpopo river
The ZRP has reported that it is investigating circumstances surrounding a murder case which occurred in Beitbridge where a body of a male adult was found at the confluence of Limpopo River and Mzingwa...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 14:46hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Esigodini villagers exposed to disused pits
ESIGODINI villagers in Umzingwane district, Matabeleland South province, have expressed concern over numerous disused pits left by gold panners, especially along Umzingwane River, which they say pose ...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:21hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
People of Godlwayo retain identity and pride
Maduna Mafu, the chief of Godlwayo, led the armed struggle of 1896 in the eastern Ndebele State, together with other leaders such as Mahlahleni Mafu, Siminzela Mathema and Fezela Khumalo.Godlw...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:05hrs | 106 | by Phathisani Nyathi
Duo swept away in bid to get R800 reward
THE police Sub Aqua Unit has called off a search for two men who were swept away in a flooded Umzingwane River in an attempt to save a drowning cow for an R800 reward on Saturday.The police wi...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 18:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Duo swept away in bid to get R800 reward
A search party for two men believed to have drowned in the Makhakavhule area of Beitbridge when their inflatable boat capsized in uMzingwane River early yesterday continued late into the night....Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Woman killed in $500 000 robbery
A Masvingo woman was killed while her husband, a businessman, is battling for life in hospital after they were thrown into a 20-metre deep disused mine shaft by four armed robbers who had kidnapped th...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Border jumper drowns in Limpopo River
Police here have recovered the body of a suspected border jumper who drowned in the Limpopo River while illegally crossing between South Africa and Zimbabwe. The body was found in an advanced ...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zhovhe dam overflows
The Civil Protection Unit (CPU) in Beitbridge has warned communities living downstream of Zhove dam along the 63km Umzingwane River of possible flooding after authorities decided to open the dam's flo...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 17:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'They called me a dissident,' says Thambolenyoka
Tennyson Ndlovu is quite an enigma. Having joined the liberation struggle at 21, he quickly became a highly-respected instructor for the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA), only to be demobil...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:45hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo city fathers reject bid to desilt Umzingwane Dam?
BULAWAYO city fathers have rejected an application by a local company to desilt Umzingwane Dam with a view to increasing its water storage capacity and ease water shortages in the city, a council repo...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:07hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
BCC blocks gold mining at Umzingwane dam
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has turned down a request by a company which wanted to mine gold at the decommissioned Umzingwane Dam and surrounding areas. Umzingwane Dam is one of the city's three s...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Fraudsters impersonate Mohadi's son
TWO men from Bulawayo have been arrested for allegedly using Vice President Kembo Mohadi's name to swindle a Chinese mining firm of more than US$110 000.The duo, Mthunzi Mabhena (36) and Bless...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 08:31hrs | 1 | by Staff Reprter
Shaft collapse kills gold panner
AN illegal gold panner died after a shaft he was working in collapsed along Umzingwane River in West Nicholson. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Philisani Nde...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Names and naming: Naming as a form of documentation
NOT so long ago we visited Beitbridge District to capture the voices of the youth. We visited Beitbridge East and the area provided me with an opportunity to reflect on naming, the subject that I am d...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 08:12hrs | 16 | by Phathisa Nyathi
New Beitbridge hotel set to boost tourism
A NEWLY built hotel in Beitbridge worth thousands of dollars is set to boost tourism and economic development in the border town as well as create 50 new jobs.The 30-roomed Zhove Leisure Park ...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge $60m pipeline construction talk re-emerges
PLANS are afoot for the construction of a $60 million pipeline from Zhovhe Dam that will bring water to 30 000 people and green a large section of Beitbridge district.Or it could just be anoth...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Air Force of Zimbabwe airlifts nearly 1 000 to safety
THE Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) has airlifted nearly 1000 flood victims to safety countrywide following incessant rains that have destroyed homes and infrastructure. AFZ public relations officer Fligh...Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: uMzingwane River in Zezani today
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number....Published: 27 Feb 2017 at 18:09hrs | 3 | by Zenzane Resident
WATCH: UMzingwane River at Rogers Bridge after Dineo
West Nicholson - UMzingwane River at Rogers Bridgehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGO8UcNjlaI...Published: 18 Feb 2017 at 19:22hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Cyclone Dineo hits Mozambique, Zimbabwe on high alert
Zimbabwe has activated its disaster management teams as Cyclone Dineo intensifies and is expected to bring heavy rainfall to Matabeleland South, Masvingo and Manicaland provinces over the weekend....Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 12:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone to hit Matabeleland South, Masvingo and Manicaland provinces
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned that a tropical cyclone might hit the country on Thursday with Matabeleland South, Masvingo and Manicaland provinces expected to be the hard...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 05:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
5 people swept away by floods
FIVE people are missing after they were swept away by floods in two separate incidents in Matabeleland South province last week.The Civil Protection Unit said it was worrying that people seem ...Published: 08 Feb 2017 at 05:45hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Gold panner drowns in shaft
A GOLD panner died while five of his colleagues escaped death by a whisker after a mining shaft they were working in was flooded by water in Colleen Bawn.Matabeleland South police spokespe...Published: 04 Feb 2017 at 11:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS - Mzingwane river nearly overflowing
[20:52, 1/31/2017] +263 77 *** ****: Wanted to update you on the current situation of water levels in the uMzingwane river in Zezani Beitbridge...Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 21:08hrs | 15 | by Concerned Citizen
Rapist stuff sand into 'raped' granny's privates
A 27-YEAR-OLD Gwanda man allegedly raped an 81-year-old woman at knife-point and shoved sand into her private parts after the sexual assault, a magistrate has heard. Mlolozi Nkala of Chelesa village G...Published: 18 Sep 2015 at 06:22hrs | | by Marvelous Moyo
Chinese miners leave trail of destruction in Mat South
ALTHOUGH the Environment, Water and Climate ministry has ordered the cessation of alluvial mining operations by Chinese companies in Matabeleland South following massive land degradation along major r...Published: 15 Dec 2013 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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