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Attack on CIO boss leaves behind emotion of bitterness
THE brutal attack on Zimbabwe's state security service, Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) co-deputy Director-General Gatsha Mazithulela in late August has left him and his colleagues enveloped i...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 21:24hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fears revolt over elections
THE Zimbabwean government is running a security operation, mainly in Harare, around the clock to prevent gatherings as it is fears an uprising and post-election violence over disputed poll results, in...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park's scandalous boundaries favour Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF is likely to unfairly win the Cowdray Park parliamentary seat in Bulawayo province due to the opaque geographical nature of the constituency mapped by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) i...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo armed robber wounded in shootout
AN armed robbery suspect is nursing gunshot wounds after he was shot in the leg by police in Bulawayo on Friday last week.In a statement, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Pa...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park population bigger than Gwanda, Hwange
WHILE it is a common joke in Bulawayo that Cowdray Park exists as a separate entity from the rest of Bulawayo, this may in the near future become a reality as police stations, malls, hospitals, clinic...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bogus cop arrested for fleecing shop owners and artisanal miners
A 25-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly posing as a police officer and demanding bribes from unlicenced business operators and artisanal miners at Selous, Mashonaland West province.Z...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Passengers lose cash, cellphones to robbers
A gang of four armed robbers in a red Honda Fit registration number AFD8585 offered lifts in Harare and attacked their passengers in two incidents and stole cash, cellphones and valuables.Poli...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO training centre gutted in suspected arson attack
ZIMBABWE'S state security agency Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)'s training centre in Harare's Msasa suburb along St Patrick's Road across Chiremba Road from Hatfield has been burnt down by fi...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man shot dead after break-in at CIO deputy chief's Harare home
A man was shot dead during a break-in at the Harare home of Central Intelligence Organisation deputy director Gatsha Mazithulela, ZimLive can reveal.The incident took place at around 2AM on Th...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Flats to reduce Bulawayo housing backlog
GROWING up in a residential flat as opposed to a stand-alone housing unit has largely been confined to a few western suburbs in Bulawayo.Several rented apartments owned by the local authority ...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillor fumes over Mwonzora links
A BULAWAYO councillor, who two weeks ago attended a caucus meeting of Citizens' Coalition for Change despite her being a member of the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T has taken a swipe at her colleagues ac...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths get egg incubator
YOUTHS in the Zanu-PF Lookout Masuku District in Bulawayo have received a donation of an egg incubator that hatches 2 000 chicks every 21 days.Nigel Shamu, the Zanu-PF Lookout Masuku district ...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:13hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council sued over air pollution
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has taken Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to court for failing to properly manage its sanitary landfill site popularly known as Ngozi Mine in Richmond suburb resu...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Old shop licence fees cost BCC $29 million
THE Bulawayo City Council lost $29 million revenue due to charging old fees on shop licences.The council also overshot its 2021 budget by $71,5 million on town planning, environment management...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho kombi operators ditch route over state of road
KOMBI operators who ply the Bulawayo-Nyamandlovu-Tsholotsho route have abandoned it due to the poor state of the road and are now using the Bulawayo-Solusi Road Most roads in the country are in a bad ...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Over 7 000 stands for Bulawayo
THE Bulawayo City Council is set to avail more than 7 000 stands as the local authority steps up efforts to ease accommodation woes in the city.This comes at a time the local authority is work...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CIO operative points gun at his superior
A BULAWAYO-based member of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) has been arrested for allegedly pointing an AK47 assault rifle at his boss and threatening to shoot him following an argument ove...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa apologises to residents
ZESA has apologised to residents of suburbs that have spent a week without power after it failed to meet a Saturday deadline to restore power following a major fault at Glenville Substation in Richmon...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:54hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo suburbs blackout likely to stretch until weekend
Suburbs in Bulawayo that have not had electricity since Monday following a major fault at Richmond Substation are likely to be in darkness until the weekend.Some of the suburbs which have been...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
R10m reward after Zimbabwe tycoon Simon Rudland shooting
Gold Leaf Tobacco Corporation has posted an R10m reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those behind the shooting of its co-owner Simon Rudland.Rudland was shot outs...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 14:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwe tycoon left for dead in SA
Simon Rudland, co-owner of the Gold Leaf Tobacco Corporation and a member of the Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA), was seriously injured in an apparent assassination attempt in Johann...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cigarette mafia boss shot in South Africa
Reports from South Africa indicate that cigarette mafia boss Simon Rudland survived an assassination attempt on Wednesday. Announcing the tragedy Norton member of Parliament Temba Mliswa said,...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 08:49hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Zimbabweans businessman critical following assassination attempt in Joburg
Simon Rudland, co-owner of Gold Leaf Tobacco Corporation and member of Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA), was seriously injured in an apparent assassination attempt in Johannesburg on ...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hlalani Kuhle project to be completed in 16 years
SERVICING of the Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle housing scheme in Cowdray Park is likely to remain a pipe-dream with revelations that a total of $49 million is required for the suburb to be fully promoted from...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man cautioned and discharged for threats of violence
A man from Norwood in Bulawayo escaped jail after the magistrate let him off with a warning after acquitting him of charges of threats of violence.Boyke Ngwenya (28) had been dragged before Bu...Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 09:04hrs | | 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
Man kills aunt (75) in witchcraft row
A GUTU man is on the run after he allegedly fatally struck his 75-year-old aunt with an axe following a dispute over witchcraft allegations, police have confirmed.James Takawira (30) of Ch...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police launch manhunt for gang-rape criminals
POLICE in Bulawayo are hunting three men who allegedly assaulted, kidnapped and gang-raped a woman who was with her boyfriend before escaping in their victims' vehicle, which they used to commit other...Published: 22 Dec 2015 at 09:52hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Man attempts suicide in court
A ROBBERY and rape suspect attempted to commit suicide in court yesterday after accusing the magistrate of being biased against him.Prince Banda, 24, of no fixed abode, went berserk during his...Published: 10 Jul 2015 at 08:40hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Zanu-PF invaders rearrested for invading 3 other farms
TWO Zanu-PF activists who have been charged with invading the Bulawayo City Council-owned Mazwi Game and Nature Reserve, were last week rearrested and spent the weekend in detention for invading three...Published: 16 Sep 2014 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police thwart Zanu-PF mob
POLICE have moved in to halt the ongoing invasion of farms on the outskirts of Bulawayo by a group of Zanu-PF activists.There were running battles yesterday when police descended on Norwoo...Published: 04 Sep 2014 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu accused of 'slapping, kicking' his baby mama
ZIMBABWE football legend Peter Ndlovu has been accused of attacking the mother of his children Lisa Rautheneimer.When she went to the nearest copshop, Ndlovu followed and told the cops a diffe...Published: 04 May 2014 at 10:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean debt collector killed in SA
Johannesburg - Fugitive Radovan Krejcir is likely to be charged with three murders - and the link between two of the killings is a stolen police assault rifle.Detectives have allegedly linked ...Published: 22 Apr 2014 at 18:45hrs | | by The Star
Former Generations actress bashes maid over phone call
Former Generations actress Sonia Sedibe was reportedly embroiled in domestic violence with her maid Noeleen Zhangara over a telephone call last week Saturday.Apparently the drama started whe...Published: 26 Jan 2014 at 16:13hrs | 15 | by Neo Media Guru blog
illegal settlers invade Norwood
AT least 30 "illegal" settlers have invaded Bulawayo's Norwood suburb where they are reportedly being allocated stands by one of the occupants upon payment of $250. The development has sparked...Published: 19 Oct 2013 at 03:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean heist witness murdered in SA
Two men about to provide crucial information about the cash heists in which the infamous "Captain KGB" has been implicated have been assassinated within days of each other.Zimbabwean Phuluma...Published: 03 Sep 2013 at 17:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Find your nearest polling station in Bulawayo
PROVISIONAL POLLING STATIONS USED DURING 2013 CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM Bulawayo Provinc...Published: 16 Mar 2013 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy
Over 11 000 hectares of land to be given to urban farmers
MORE than 11 000 hectares of land that is lying idle in Bulawayo and its surroundings will soon be parcelled out to residents for use in urban agriculture, a Cabinet Minister has said. ...Published: 22 Aug 2012 at 03:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
US church says no to black couple wedding
Washington - A Mississippi couple got the shock of their lives when the pastor at the church they attended told them the wedding they planned could not be held there because they are black, ABC telev...Published: 29 Jul 2012 at 12:04hrs | | by AFP
Powertel boosts internet presence in Bulawayo
INTERNET Service Provider PowerTel has increased its presence in Bulawayo, the second largest city after it commissioned three base stations in the city. PowerTel announced that it has switch...Published: 25 Jul 2012 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean, Most wanted bank robber shot dead in SA
One of South Africa's most wanted Zimbabwean criminals, Khumbulani Sibanda was shot dead in Norwood, Johannesburg on Sunday, Hawks spokesperson McIntosh Polela said.Sibanda, 37, was named as ...Published: 08 May 2011 at 21:33hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Tollgates rage in Bulawayo
THE construction of a tollgate about 15km along the Bulawayo-Harare highway has sparked outrage among motorists and peri-urban farmers who believe it is a fund-raising venture to milk them....Published: 15 Mar 2011 at 07:00hrs | | by Byo24News
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