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Nkulumane's community engagement hub set for launch
The Nkulumane Renaissance Hub, a new platform designed to enhance engagement between elected officials and the community, is set for an official launch this Saturday at Munyoro Shopping Centre in Nkul...Published: 22 May 2025 at 09:38hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Police appeal for help in finding man missing since 1994
Police in Bulawayo are appealing to the public for assistance in locating a local man who has been missing for more than three decades.Michael Mabhena, a 62-year-old resident of Nkulumane subu...Published: 20 May 2025 at 09:52hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dismiss fong kong claims on Nkulumane bed bugs infestation
The City of Bulawayo has strongly refuted claims circulating on social media alleging a bedbug infestation in the Nkulumane suburb and surrounding areas. In an official statement, city authorities des...Published: 08 May 2025 at 20:03hrs | 1198 | by Staff reporter
Festive season rush hits Bulawayo's bus termini
Major bus termini in Bulawayo were teeming with activity yesterday as scores of travellers jostled to secure seats on long-distance buses to their rural homes ahead of the Christmas holiday.Th...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:39hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital Employee sentenced for stealing phones from vulnerable patients
A 34-year-old employee at Mpilo Central Hospital has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after being found guilty of stealing mobile phones from patients while they were in a vulnerable state. The c...Published: 17 Nov 2024 at 16:22hrs | 1712 | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: Nkulumane MP pushes for statues of King Lobengula, Queen Lozikeyi to be erected in parliament building
Nkulumane Member of Parliament Honourable Desire Moyo has made a passionate call for the erection of statues to honor King Lobengula and Queen Lozikeyi Dlodlo from the Ndebele Kingdom in Parliament. H...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 16:17hrs | 882 | by Staff Reporter
Man kills mum with pot
A man believed to be mentally challenged has been accused of violently attacking and killing his mother in Nkulumane suburb, Bulawayo, earlier this week. The victim, 54-year-old Prisca Hombarume, was ...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:05hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Police officer bashed over infidelity claims
A police officer from Bulawayo Central Police Station, Constable Thembekile Ndebele, was assaulted by her husband, George Muchineripi, following accusations of infidelity. The incident occurre...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 08:15hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
CCC councillor arrested for illegal protest
Councillor Mmeli Moyo, also known as Bruce, from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in Bulawayo Ward 22, has been arrested for allegedly leading an illegal protest in the Nkulumane suburb. ...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 12:27hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Nkulumane boy dies in house fire
An eight-year-old boy, Blessing Muzenda, a Grade Three student at Mgoqo Primary School in Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb, tragically died on Monday night after a house fire. The incident occurred around ...Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 07:09hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'I want to know who killed me'
I want to know who killed me!The words from the soft-spoken tall dark man sent shivers down the spine of a security guard at Zimpapers Bulawayo Branch last Friday.He looked normal but ...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:53hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Man found dead after allegedly attempting to burn ex-lover's home in Bulawayo
A 43-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb allegedly committed suicide after trying to burn his ex-lover's home.Thabo Dube was found dead in a bushy area in Upper Rangemore.Bul...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man torches girlfriend's home, commits suicide
A 43-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb committed suicide after he tried to burn his ex-lover's home following a misunderstanding.Thabo Dube was found dead in a bushy area in Upper ...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Cop sent robbers to raid best friend
THE person you trust might be the one who could betray you and leave you with scars of betrayal and heartbreak.This is what businessman Never Sarukore who was recently robbed at gunpoint by a ...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 09:45hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland farmers welcome cloud seeding, heavy rains loom
FARMERS have welcomed the Government's cloud-seeding programme to induce more rains saying the intervention is critical as they are desperate to boost production amid an El Nino season that is charact...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:33hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Nkulumane husband killer arrested
A WOMAN from Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo, who allegedly stabbed her husband last month following a domestic feud, has been arrested.Trish Ndlovu (23) who was on the run after committing the c...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 22:54hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Woman accused of husband's murder surrenders to police
A 23-year-old woman, Trish Ndlovu, from Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo, who was on the run after allegedly murdering her husband, has surrendered to the police.Bulawayo police spokesperson, Assi...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 10:27hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma robs woman during cleansing
IN a distressing incident, a woman from Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo, lost her money and valuables to a self-proclaimed sangoma and his wife during a cleansing ceremony.Lubelihle Makwati met t...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Car jackers' turn tables on ‘robbed' taxi driver in court
IN a shocking turn of events, one of the three suspects on trial for allegedly stealing a Honda Fit claimed that the taxi driver's accusations that they robbed him of the vehicle were false because th...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo man burns house to ashes
AN 87-year-old Bulawayo man is on the run after burning his niece's house in Nkulumane suburb recently.Joshua Dube, who has been residing at the same house for 15 years set the house on fire a...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 09:05hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwean man comes back from the brink after open heart surgery in India
WHEN Mr Wilberforce Matashu (46) of Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo arrived in India early this year for open heart surgery, which saw him implanted with artificial heart valves to assist the aorta, he h...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police officer in Nedbank robbery arrested
A female police officer has been apprehended in connection with the recent break-in at a Nedbank branch in Bulawayo, during which thieves made off with over US$270,000 and R2 million.According...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 06:18hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Ostallos Siziva taken to court for abusing a CCC 'sellout'
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy spokesperson and Pelandaba-Tshabalala MP Gift Ostallos Siziva, along with other party members, appeared before a Bulawayo magistrate and were also released o...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 17:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF busses thousand to Cowdry park rally
UNPRECEDENTED scenes were witnessed yesterday as thousands of people from all walks of life swarmed an open space near Mkhithika Primary School in Cowdray Park suburb, Bulawayo where President Mnangag...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Commuters complain over exorbitant fares
COMMUTERS in Bulawayo have expressed concern over the exorbitant fares charged by transport operators in order to force them to pay in foreign currency.The fares in local currency are ranging ...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:54hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Fight stopper's head axed three times
SIDALUBUHLE Moyo (31) from Nkulumane suburb had good intentions to break up a fight but it nearly turned fatal when he was axed thrice on the head and fell unconscious.A bystander who witnesse...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Bulawayo's suburbs pay homage to Ndebele Kingdom's legacy
A SCHOOL, in essence, is an institution that provides dedicated spaces and environments for the purpose of educating students. It is a place where knowledge is imparted and learning is facilitated. Th...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Man seeks US$24,000 for heart surgery
A 46-YEAR-OLD man from Nkulumane suburb whose main artery to the heart has a weakened wall and expands abnormally when the heart pumps blood, is seeking US$24 000 to replace the defective valve....Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Granny loses house to church
THE United Congregational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA)'s branch in Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb is at the centre of a fraud storm amid allegations that they duped one of their elderly congregants ...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:46hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Sex worker lies 'rape'
A SELF-PROCLAIMED sex worker Princess Nyathi (26) fumed after her client whom she claimed had paid little money for a short-time failed to stick to the terms of the contract. Princess alleged ...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
1 dead, 4 injured after driver fails to give way
A 60-YEAR-OLD man from Nkulumane suburb died on the spot while four others were injured in a car accident that occurred at the robot intersection at Masiyephambili and Nketa drives on Sunday last week...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 11:25hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
BCC officers, vendors hurt in dawn market raid
BULAWAYO City Council fired rubber bullets and used a fire engine to spray vendors with water after launching an operation to clear 5th Avenue of illegal activities in the early hours of yesterday, a ...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:03hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Man demands midnight open-air sex from ex-lover
EVER been in one of those relationships that you eternally regret and constantly wonder what manner of evil spirit possessed you to go out with a certain person?Sithobekile Sibanda from Nkulum...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 19:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nkulumane market takes shape
A MASSIVE market place in Bulawayo, which will help decongest the city centre and redefine fruit and vegetable trading is taking shape in Nkulumane suburb.The fruit and vegetable produce distr...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:30hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says everyone has a duty to clean Zimbabwe
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday said it was every citizen's duty to clean up Zimbabwe and called for a high stakeholder engagement and creation of public private partnerships (PPP) for b...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohadi says Bulawayo is Zimbabwe's cleanest city
FORMER Vice president Kembo Mohadi has described Bulawayo as a great and the country's cleanest city.Mohadi, who is Zanu-PF Vice President, made the remarks during a national clean-up campaign...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:35hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Drama as trainee doctor assaults rival lovers
A man from Bulawayo, who is also a trainee medical doctor at Mpilo Central Hospital, and suspected his pregnant girlfriend of cheating for some time had his suspicions confirmed in the most dramatic w...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Medical equipment gathers dust at UBH
WHILE patients countrywide are complaining that public health institutions are running without enough equipment and medication, some donated equipment at Bulawayo United Hospitals (UBH) has been gathe...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dam levels critically low
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has said water levels at its supply dams that are 52 percent full as well as a drastic drop in supplies from Epping Forest due to vandalism of infrastructure have worsened ...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 18:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Faulty Zesa meters headache for residents
SOME Bulawayo residents are living in houses without electricity due to defective prepaid electricity meters that Zesa installed at their homes.The power utility is failing to replace the faul...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:33hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Co-tenants in court over 'toilet sex'
A woman from Nkulumane suburb dragged her co-tenant to court after she accused her of being in the habit of having sex in the toilet with her husband.Farisai Ndoro is a bitter woman because he...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
4 SDA members die in accident
Four members of a Seventh Day Adventist Church music group died after a vehicle they were travelling on, veered off the road and overturned in Mawabeni along Gwanda road of Saturday.The 17-mem...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
4 armed robbers attack friend's wife
BULAWAYO police have arrested four pistol-wielding brothers who robbed their friend's wife of R15 000 after overhearing that she had won a sports bet.Lungisani Nyathi overheard his friend shar...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man killed in hit and run accident
POLICE have arrested a Bulawayo after he ran over and killed a pedestrian in a suspected hit and run case.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abedinico Ncube said Ngqabutho Brian...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man tied, dragged from back of car
IN a horrible act of cruelty, a Bulawayo man is lucky to be alive after a man who accused him of cloning his debit card and stealing his money hired two bouncers who allegedly used a rope and tied him...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ex-wife assaults man
A MAN from Nkulumane suburb applied for a peace order against his ex-wife who frequents his home and workplace to assault and insult him.Brian Matsikidzi is a troubled man because his ex-wife ...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Transport blues resurface
Police say the operation came after it was realised that many unregistered vehicles were being used as getaway cars in the commission of dangerous crimes, including armed robberies.As part of ...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Pupils shun teen vaccination programme
BULAWAYO health officials say some pupils are resisting to be vaccinated in the ongoing vaccination programme targeting teenagers aged 16 and 17, a challenge blamed on parents and guardians' vaccinati...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:29hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber arrested after flaunting cash on social media
A DECISION by a suspected armed robber to flaunt his ill-gotten wealth on social media backfired after he was arrested when his picture with wads of United States dollars attracted the attention of la...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:29hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Escape of 3 prisoners probed
THREE inmates that were serving a combined 30 years in prison escaped from police cells in Bulawayo after being brought in for indications to answer for other crimes.Pardon Makuni (19), Menard...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:53hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
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