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Bulawayo water shedding increased
The City of Bulawayo has announced an increase in its water-shedding schedule from 120 hours to 132 hours as the city's water situation continues to deteriorate. This decision follows the recent decom...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 10:04hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
BCC grappling with fire at Richmond Landfill Site for 4 days now
The City of Bulawayo is actively working to extinguish a fire that erupted last Sunday at the Richmond Landfill Site, attributed to spontaneous combustion. The incident has raised alarm among resident...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:56hrs | 223 | 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 | 168 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF party's desperation forced relaunch of militia
Political analysts suggest that the relaunch of the Youth Service of Zimbabwe (YSZ), previously known as the National Youth Service (NYS), indicates the ruling Zanu-PF party's desperation to maintain ...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 12:40hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Lock brothers notch biggest career win
Benjamin and Courtney Lock, Zimbabwean tennis siblings, celebrated a significant victory at the 2024 Internationaux de Tennis de Blois in France over the weekend, clinching their first ATP Challenger ...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 06:41hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Green Bombers' join ZiG campaign
As the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe grapples with making the new currency work by using several measures including a crackdown on illegal money changers, government's quasi-military wing, the National You...Published: 25 May 2024 at 13:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa brings back 'Green Bombers'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially reinstated the National Youth Service (NYS) program yesterday, encouraging young people to embrace the controversial initiative, which he portrayed as a continu...Published: 25 May 2024 at 11:54hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Winning at Online Casinos: A Different Approach
The world of online gambling has made some significant strides in recent times as online casinos have revolutionized the gambling industry by providing players with a secure and convenient platform of...Published: 23 May 2024 at 19:41hrs | 40 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga's family donates US$20 000 towards school project
VICE President Dr Constantino Chiwenga's family has donated US$20 000 towards the development of the repurposed St Augustine Catholic College in Sunnyside, Bulawayo, which complements the Government's...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man bans wife from WhatsApp
A HARARE woman has sought a protection order against her husband of 25 years for domestic abuse which includes banning her from using social media for the past three years.Dennyse Banda told m...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks Russian expertise
ZIMBABWE'S ambition to power its economy and become a major manufacturing hub through a strategy that hinges on innovation, science and advanced technology received a significant boost after being giv...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe National Youth Service back in April
THE National Youth Service (NYS), which seeks to provide a platform to groom youths to uphold Zimbabwean values and identity, is set to resume in April this year, a Cabinet minister has said.A...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Matanga bemoans ZRP uniform, plans overhaul
The Zimbabwe Republic Police boss, Commissioner General Godwin Matanga has expressed discomfort with officers' STU caps, describing them (the STU cap) as the Achilles heel on the force's intention to ...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 17:33hrs | 26 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabweans assault SA truck driver for blocking their bus while fleeing police in SA
Three people, including a bus driver, have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a truck driver who tried to assist police giving chase to a bus overloaded with unruly passengers.The driver a...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:51hrs | 1 | 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
Child abduction-accused Zimbabwean women seek legal representation
THE case of two Zimbabwean women who were recently arrested in South Africa's Mpumalanga for allegedly abducting three children including a four-month-old infant in the Kriel area has been postponed t...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Border Gezi Militia training re-introduction on the cards
The government has disclosed plans to reinstate the controversial National Youth Service (NYS), commonly referred to as the Border Gezi Youth Militia training, which is often colloquially known as the...Published: 26 Dec 2023 at 09:13hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Makokoba tenants resist eviction
TENANTS at a Makokoba house whose owner died are reportedly refusing to vacate as Bulawayo City Council (BCC) moves to repossess the property.This is revealed in the latest council minutes in ...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 21:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF completes only 7% of 2018 promises - study
THE Zanu-PF-led government only managed to fulfil 16 of the 234 pledges in its 2018 election manifesto, which translates to just 7%, policy think-tank Sivio Institute has said.The figure indic...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:47hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
BCC to open revenue hall at ZITF
THE Bulawayo City Council has announced plans to open a new banking hall at its offices at the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre as a way of decongesting the revenue hall in the city centre....Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 16:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Could this be the next great African golfer? Meet Zuwa Luwo
In the world of golf, where seasoned professionals spend years honing their skills, one young prodigy has taken the sport by storm almost straight out the womb! Meet Zuwa Luwo, a 8-year-old golf sensa...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:06hrs | 10 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
ZNYSGA Distances Themselves From The Banket Utterances
The Zimbabwe National Youth Service Graduates Association have distanced themselves from the recent utterances by what they call 'splinter' group that represents National Youth Service members....Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 16:20hrs | | by Desire Tshuma
'Green Bombers' groupings haggle over who 'owns' Mnangagwa
TEMPERATURES are rising among former National Youth Service (NYS) graduates, derogatorily known as ‘Green Bombers', amid revelations two distinct groupings are tussling to claim rights to canvass su...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Green Bombers' threaten to beat up 'unpatriotic' CIO, police officers
FORMER National Youth Service (NYS) graduates, commonly known as ‘Green Bombers', have threatened to physically assault dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives and police officers...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
More land for Bulawayo housing
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) said it is committed to availing more land for servicing into residential stands building on the success of the Public Private Partnerships model to reduce the housing ...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo suburbs in power blackout
A POWER fault affecting the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) mainline distribution chain has resulted in several suburbs in Bulawayo going for at least a day without ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 11:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
7-hour power cut for Bulawayo's Eastern suburbs
ABOUT 13 Eastern suburbs in Bulawayo will be without electricity for about 7 hours on 20 April. According to a statement from the Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution Company (ZETDC), the schedul...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 16:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders face irreparable harm'
Advocate Thembeka Ngcukaitobi has argued that the holders of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit will suffer irreparable harm should the Department of Home Affairs terminate the programme.Ngcukait...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 19:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's cronyism web exposed
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's habit of allowing his son Emmerson Jr and business partners like Kudakwashe Tagwirei to join his official trips and events – including state visits – smacks of braze...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:18hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zesa fault knocks suburbs off grid
SEVERAL western suburbs in Bulawayo have gone for four days without power supplies, which is suspected to be a result of a technical fault at sub-stations.Affected suburbs include Njube, Pumul...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube backs budding artistes, describes arts sector as potential employer if capacitated
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Sibonokuhle Sitsha is a young aspiring musician looking to make her name in the industry.But for all intents and purposes, this could very well be a dream that may not be attain...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA based Zimbabwean filmmaker walks into a room with a different energy
The Cape Town-based filmmaker's refreshing combination of cool confidence and whimsy comes across even before we've sat for the interview."Hi, can we re-schedule?" a breathless voice says when...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwean who dressed Queen Elizabeth and Princess Diana
ALMOST half of Bulawayo has been plunged into darkness, with residential areas the most affected, after heavy rains that were accompanied by thunder and lightning damaged three substations.The...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 19:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
My accuser begged to join our farming project before cheating us: former ZNA captain
The former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Captain Solomon Ndlovu who had been jailed six years for theft of vehicle belonging to a businessman Osfael Mazibuko has said his accuser had begged to join the...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 14:52hrs | 11 | by Stephen Jakes
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 | 9 | by Staff reporter
Call for probe into past violence perpetrated by 'Green Bombers'
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Monitors (ZHRM) has called for an inquest into alleged violations perpetrated by members of the feared National Youth Service (NYS), commonly known as ‘Green Bombers'....Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rebrands Green Bombers; lessons to start at ECD level
MONTHS after re-introducing the much-feared national youth service (NYS), commonly referred to as green bombers, government is considering new plans to rebrand the brigade which include introduction o...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 21:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Youths shoot down national service
YOUTH organisations say they do not want to partake in the National Youth Service (NYS) programme which they say is associated with lawlessness and terror.The youths, who took part in the NYS ...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
48-hour water cuts in Bulawayo after mainline pipe burst
A MAJOR water pipeline burst in Esigodini has forced Bulawayo City Council to announce an emergency week-long 48-hour water shedding regime starting today, affecting all suburbs and surrounding areas ...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF goes hammer & tongs
Zanu-PF has reportedly roped in State security agents to recruit, train and conduct background checks on party members ahead of the 2023 general elections.This comes as the ruling party claime...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
116-year old Inyathi Mission still exudes medieval charm
WITH walls of red-coloured rustic clay face bricks, the medieval 116-year-old Inyathi Mission, the country’s oldest Christian mission station and first to offer education to blacks in Zimbabwe still...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
116-year Inyathi Mission still looks charming
WITH walls of red-coloured rustic clay face bricks, the medieval 116-year-old Inyathi Mission, the country's oldest Christian mission station and first to offer education to blacks in Zimbabwe still l...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 17 | by Staff Reporter
Headmaster kills self
The Headmaster of Tennyson Hlabangana High school in Bulawayo reportedly committed suicide after saying that he had "failed the school system and the school system had failed him".The late Mr ...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF moves to counter demos
THE Zanu-PF youth league has resolved to lobby the public service to only recruit party card-carrying members and graduates of the infamous Border Gezi programme as part of measures to counter demonst...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Top civil servants sent to Zanu-PF lessons
ZIMBABWE's top civil servants are undergoing indoctrination lessons under the ruling Zanu-PF's school of ideology amid claims that the training will be cascaded to the rank and file of the public serv...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:27hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans won't flee South Africa to return home
"WHEN you see a rat running into a fire, then you know that what it is running away from is hotter than the fire." - African proverb. Zimbabweans, who are in their millions in South Africa - som...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Packed programme as ZITF roars to life
THE 62nd edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) begins tomorrow with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta now unable to come for the official opening as earlier scheduled following the dea...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Youth bulge: A demographic dividend or bomb?
EIGHBOURING Zambia at one time an emblem of democracy in the southern African region, provides the best example of transitioning with changes in governance having taken place since the historic unseat...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Ashton Bumhira
When it gets cold outside Zanu-PF
Last week various social media platforms and some online publications were awash with the news of a meeting in South Africa between former Zanu-PF members namely G40 kingpin, Saviour Kasukuwere, expel...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:37hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Kasukuwere dares Mnangagwa
Exiled former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere last week declared himself a thorn in the flesh of Zanu-PF and dared President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government to arrest him.Kasukuwere ...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
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