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Prophet demands US$6K from stranger's dead dad's 'spiritual debt'
A self-styled prophet who claimed divine powers to extort money from a woman over a fabricated debt allegedly owed by her deceased father has been convicted and sentenced to community service in a cas...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 16:09hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
BCC defends midnight vehicle impoundment operations amid backlash
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is standing firm on its decision to tow away illegally parked vehicles, despite public criticism. Last week, the council impounded 36 vehicles during midnight operation...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:43hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents face damage as heavy rains bring flooding
The onset of the rainy season has caused widespread damage in Bulawayo, with homes, vehicles, and properties affected by flash floods following three days of heavy downpours. The rains have overwhelme...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:27hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo impounds cars parked overnight in undesignated areas
In a night operation targeting undesignated parking, Bulawayo City Council (BCC) impounded vehicles left overnight in various western suburbs, including Emganwini, Nketa, and Nkulumane. The impounded ...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 16:09hrs | 1706 | by Staff reporter
Sihlangu Dlodlo burial set for Saturday
The burial of Highlanders Football Club's chief executive officer, Sihlangu Dlodlo, will take place this Saturday at Bulawayo's revered Lady Stanley Cemetery. Dlodlo's sudden death has shocked the loc...Published: 31 Oct 2024 at 06:51hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
Sihlangu Dlodlo predicted his death?
The tragic passing of Sihlangu Dlodlo, the late CEO of Highlanders Football Club, has taken a chilling turn as it has emerged that he seemingly predicted his own demise in a haunting Facebook post jus...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:38hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Nkulumane, Nketa and Emganwini will go without water from 2 - 4 February
The suburbs of Nkulumane, Nketa and Emganwini in Bulawayo will go without water due to planned maintenance work on the 675m pipe line from Criterion Reservoir to Magwegwe Reservoir at United Refinerie...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 18:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Water supply disruption hits 30 Bulawayo suburbs
About 30 western suburbs in Buwalayo will be without water for an indefinite period due to ongoing repairs on the 675mm PVC pipe water mains that connect Criterion and Magwegwe Reservoir.The s...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:32hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Water supply interruption to areas feeding from Magwegwe Reservoir
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has said there will be interruptions in water supply to areas feeding from Criterion and Magwegwe Reservoir due to pipe damages.The repairs to the damaged pipes...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:36hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Shaka iLembe roadshow for Bulawayo
Following the successful launch of Shaka iLembe in Johannesburg and Harare on Tuesday, the fun is coming to Bulawayo today before the drama series premieres on Sunday. The drama is premiering ...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 07:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Man dies at girlfriend's house
A BULAWAYO man reportedly suffocated at his girlfriend's home in Nketa 6 suburb after a fire engulfed the house on Tuesday night amid suspicions of foul play.Trust Mandeya was found dead in th...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Missing man found
A Bulawayo man, Mr Richard Siyeleba Mnkandla (69) from Nketa 6 suburb who went missing last week on Monday at around 3PM has been found.He was found at Joel Business Centre in Zhombe in Kwekwe...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 17:50hrs | 12 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cheating wife sex tape leaked
INFIDELITY is heart wrenching and being cheated on by someone you love can be devastating.And for a married Bulawayo woman Shylet Cassandra Ncube, it has come to pass that "lies kill a relatio...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:12hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma wife terrorises hubby
WHEN it comes to abuse in a relationship, we typically imagine the survivor as being female.But that is not always the case. Mzingaye Ncube from Nketa 6 suburb in Bulawayo is one of a growing ...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:30hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Get rick quick muthi goes wrong, wife and daughter dead
A man from Bulawayo's Mahatshula South suburb lost his wife and daughter within six days after a get-rich quick muthi that he had acquired from a powerful inyanga in Mozambique turned on him and his f...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:45hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Prophet saves man from randy gay tokoloshe
A Bulawayo man from Nketa 7 suburb has been dreading going to bed for the past three years as a gay tokoloshe with an insatiable appetite for sex visits and rapes him throughout the night.Acco...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:09hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Manduna Christmas Soccer tourney sponsor share prize money among teams
The sponsor of the Manduna Nketa social soccer Christmas tournament that was meant to pit eight male and two female soccer teams on Sunday had to share the total prize money among all the teams due to...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 11:56hrs | 24 | by Stephen Jakes
Shortage of staff slows Bulawayo mass vaccination
A SHORTAGE of health workers is dampening the mass vaccination drive in Bulawayo as centres are being overwhelmed resulting in some residents being turned away. Under the mass vaccination exer...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Flash floods hit Bulawayo suburbs
FLASH floods yesterday hit parts of Bulawayo resulting in several houses and some roads being waterlogged following a heavy downpour that pounded the entire city for hours. The floods hit part...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tension over Nketa boreholes
TENSION is rising in Nketa 8 after a decision was made to lock the local community boreholes for most of the day resulting in residents struggling to access water.A committee responsible for m...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC activists, family members brutalised in midnight raids
Fears are mounting over the safety of opposition activists, following abductions of members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in a night raid allegedly by armed gunmen in Bulawayo last week....Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jilted man threatens to cast spell on ex-lover
A Bulawayo woman is living in fear of her ex-lover who threatened to cast a spell which he said would cause maggots to continuously drip from her privates.The chilling threat led the scared wo...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 11:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Khuphe 'defrauds' agriculture college
A former Esigodini Agriculture College accounting assistant has been arrested for allegedly embezzling the institution's funds during his term of office.Honest Khuphe (32) of Nketa 6 suburb in...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Two stabbed, axed in gold rush
AN illegal gold panner from Plumtree ganged up with his accomplices and allegedly axed their two rivals before stabbing them with a knife following a dispute over gold nuggets. This emerged wh...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 22:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Protests leave businesses wallowing
NOT even his military training and war experience could help David Moyo protect his shop from "looters" during recent skirmishes.Moyo, a 58 year-old ex-combatant, tried without success to defe...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Concern over using of children during riots
CHILDREN are considered as the voiceless and innocent and are often susceptible to various forms of abuse by social misfits and political vultures who use them in skirmishes for their selfish gain and...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:55hrs | 2 | by Peter Matika
Only 12 months in jail for Bulawayo looters
THREE Bulawayo men who were part of a gang of hooligans that looted and burnt shops during last week's violent protests, were yesterday sentenced to a combined seven years in jail. Liberty Moy...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
6 kombi drivers remanded for 'fatal assault'
SIX kombi drivers who allegedly ganged up and fatally assaulted a protester who was among violent protesters who had barricaded a road, appeared in court yesterday. Mthulisi Sikwabayila (24) o...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Modi sets up makeshift shops in suburbs
ZANU-PF Bulawayo South legislator Raj Modi has set up makeshift shops in the western suburbs to service residents following the opposition instigated looting and destruction of shops last week. ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 23:01hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Looting soldier shot during protests
A looting soldier was allegedly shot by a businessman while leading residents to loot at Ashes Supermarket in Bulawayo.An eye witness who spoke to Bulawayo24.com said, "One protester who...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 15:58hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Schoolboy was murdered
A SCHOOLBOY from Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo who was certified by a post-mortem last month to have died due to excessive alcohol consumption was actually killed, a second post-mortem has revealed. ...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Form 3 pupil dies in Bulawayo gang violence
A FORM Three pupil at Founders High School in Bulawayo died during suspected teenage gang violence after an alcohol binge and his assailants dumped his body in a bushy area near Nketa High School in N...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 04:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief Gampu's 4×4 car not stolen
CHIEF Gampu's 25-year-old son allegedly crashed his official vehicle during a joyride and lied that it had been stolen. The unregistered Government official double cab Isuzu worth $50 000 had ...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chief Gampu's vehicle stolen
CHIEF Gampu (54) of Tsholotsho allegedly had his motor vehicle stolen on Wednesday night in Bulawayo's Nketa 6 suburb.According to a police internal memorandum, the traditional leader - born A...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Councillor in 'employment scam'
Bulawayo Ward 24 Councillor Arnold Batirai continues to clash with residents in his ward with latest accusations being his alleged employment of members of his 30 July campaign team to the ward's comm...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outcry over Mthuli Ncube's new tax regime
CAPTAINS of industry and ordinary consumers yesterday implored Government to reconsider its new tax regime saying it will increase the cost of production and add more burden to citizens. Annou...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Money changers die in horror crash
TWO brothers from Bulawayo's Nketa 6 suburb who were popular illegal money changers (osiphatheleni) and taxi operators died yesterday after being involved in a head-on road accident near Gweru. ...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Cheated' Bulawayo councillor bares soul
…As Saga Around The Election of Cllr Batsirai Deepens BULAWAYO - Losing Council candidate who is also a former city father, Gideon Mangena, says he is...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 16:17hrs | | by Divine Dube
12 years jail for church burglar
A MAN who stole cash and property worth over $5 000 mostly from churches in Bulawayo has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison.Innocent Ncube (37) from Umguza district went on a house-br...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Bulawayo to hold peace meetings
ZANU-PF Bulawayo province is set to hold healing and reconciliation meetings in the province to be addressed by senior party members tomorrow.The meetings are aimed at promoting unity ahead of...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman dumps baby outside brother's house
AFTER nine months of caring, eating and living for two, not to mention the labour pains that followed, a Bulawayo woman dumped her five-month-old baby outside her brother's house and disappeared for d...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Baby dumper found in bar
A 21-YEAR-OLD woman from Bulawayo has been sentenced to an effective 30 months in prison for dumping her five-month-old baby outside her brother's house before disappearing for four days, only to be a...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Burglar raids four churches
A MAN who stole cash and property worth over $5 000 mostly from churches in Bulawayo has appeared in court.Innocent Ncube (37) from Umguza district allegedly broke into locked premises and veh...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Haulage truck runs over 'dead man' on highway
A PLUMTREE man is suspected to have been murdered and his body thrown in the path of a haulage truck in Marula on Friday.The deceased has been identified as Nkosilathi Mafu (30) of HA 87 NRZ i...Published: 30 May 2018 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jail for fatal hit & run
A BULAWAYO commuter omnibus driver plying the Plumtree–Bulawayo route who killed a villager in a hit-and-run accident was yesterday sentenced to an effective six months in prison.Thabani Cli...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo flash floods leave trail of destruction
FLASH floods left scores of Bulawayo residents counting their losses, with the city's Fire Brigade saying it was overwhelmed by distress calls following heavy rains that pounded the city on Sunday....Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Karikoga Kaseke ordered to pay $225 for child's upkeep
ZIMBABWE Tourism Authority (ZTA) boss Mr Karikoga Kaseke has been ordered to pay $225 by a Bulawayo court for the upkeep of his nine-year-old son whom he sired with a Bulawayo woman.The ruling...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mechanic 'stole' car for joyride, crashes 1 dies, car burns
THE owner of a vehicle that crashed into a tree and caught fire, killing the driver while injuring two men in Bulawayo's Nketa 6 suburb on Wednesday night, has said his mechanic 'stole' his car for a ...Published: 28 Oct 2017 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Driver killed, 2 injured in 'drink & drive' accident
A BULAWAYO man died on the spot while two others were injured when the car they were travelling in crashed into a pole before hitting a tree and catching fire on Wednesday night.The incident o...Published: 27 Oct 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
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