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Water leak exacerbates Bulawayo's crisis
Bulawayo residents are enduring a challenging 170-hour water-shedding schedule as drought conditions worsened by El Niño continue to strain the city's water resources. With dam levels dwindling, resi...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:49hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi also aimed at killing ideas in Matebeleland
This month marks 40 years since the tragic death of ZAPU stalwart Jini Ntutha, who was shot and killed by government forces near his Nyamandlovu home during the Gukurahundi era in 1984. Ntutha, who wa...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 07:02hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
BCC in ambitious 2034 housing plan
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has revealed an ambitious plan to construct 500,000 housing units by 2034 as part of a broader 15-year master plan aimed at addressing the city's severe housing backlog...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 06:26hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
BCC starts feasibility study for Matopos, Umganin aquifers
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has initiated a feasibility study aimed at identifying potential aquifers in the Matopos and Umganin areas, marking a significant step toward addressing the city's ongo...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:54hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Delay on Lake Gwayi-Tshangani project
The construction of large water booster pump stations at Lake Gwayi-Tshangani in Matabeleland North has revitalized efforts to provide a permanent solution to Bulawayo's long-standing water crisis. Th...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 08:54hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water crisis deepens
Bulawayo residents are grappling with a severe water crisis as the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) announced the extension of the water-shedding schedule from 120 hours to 130 hours per week, effective to...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:42hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo donates $250,000 to John Nkomo Trust, gifts Jabulani a bakkie
Wicknell Chivayo, a businessman closely associated with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has made headlines with his recent philanthropic efforts, donating US$250,000 to the late Vice President John Land...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 08:37hrs | 1806 | 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 | 2210 | by Staff reporter
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 | 202 | 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 | 170 | 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 | 770 | by Staff reporter
17-year-old arrested in 800kg copper theft
Two suspects from Bulawayo, including a 17-year-old teenager, appeared in court yesterday facing charges of stealing 759.5 kg of copper cables valued at US$15,190.Ishmael Mpala (27) of Emakhan...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 20:18hrs | 746 | by Sankara Bizela
Farmers demand no amnesty for cattle rustlers
Farmers in Matabeleland have called for cattle rustlers to be excluded from the Presidential amnesty and denied bail, as livestock theft devastates their communities.The call was made during a...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 12:05hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's muppets refuse to declare Bulawayo a water disaster area
The Emmerson Mnangagwa led Zanu-PF government has refused to declare Bulawayo a water disaster area, attributing the city's water crisis to mismanagement by local authorities rather than a national em...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 15:17hrs | 853 | by Staff reporter
New route permit restrictions shock kombi operators
The Zimbabwean government's recent decision to reduce the operating radius for kombis from 120km to 60km has surprised and concerned public transport operators, particularly those serving rural r...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 07:12hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo explores suburban aquifers to beat water shortages
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is exploring the possibility of tapping into aquifers in Nkulumane, Nketa, and Hope Fountain to address severe water shortages caused by drought. The city has ...Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 16:08hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Mom kills baby son for wailing non-stop
A 20-year-old woman who was irritated by her 18-month-old son's continuous wailing took the unorthodox solution of strangling him to death in order to silence him.According to the police, the ...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 13:05hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
BCC loses 50% of water
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is facing significant challenges in accounting for almost 50% of the water it pumps from supply dams to consumers. This issue is primarily due to dilapidated infrastruc...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:36hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt under pressure over water crisis
Residents of Bulawayo are urgently calling on the government to acknowledge its failure in addressing severe water shortages by declaring the city a water crisis area, allowing for swift interventions...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:22hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to decommission its second supply dam
THE Bulawayo City Council will this month decommission its second supply dam as the water situation in the city continues to deteriorate due to the El Nino-induced dry spell which resulted in below-av...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:05hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Imbiber found dead in a pool of blood
Police in Nyamandlovu are investigating a murder case where an imbiber was found dead in a pool of blood in his bedroom hut yesterday.According to the police the now deceased Bhekilizwe Nkomaz...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 23:11hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Obert Mpofu hits out at incompetent leaders, corrupt police officers
ZANU-PF secretary-general Dr Obert Mpofu came out guns blazing against unscrupulous law enforcement officers in Nyamandlovu, Matebeleland North Province yesterday, as he addressed concerns by villager...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt intervenes in Bulawayo water crisis
GOVERNMENT has pledged to assist Bulawayo City Council (BCC) ease the city's unrelenting acute water shortages.Late last month, government gave BCC ZWL$7 billion to push such water projects as...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:16hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents have been urged to exercise extreme caution and adhere to strict hygiene standards following reports of a diarrhoea outbreak linked to water shortages, with Cowdray Park suburb bein...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Stranger' at Mpilo hospital, can't speak any Zimbabwean language
MPILO Central Hospital is appealing for information that could lead to the identification of an unknown man who was admitted to the institution two months ago and does not understand or speak any of t...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
United States sanctions on Zimbabwe: who is off the list, who is on?
The United States on Monday sanctioned Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa, first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and other government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:39hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders probe into villagers' evictions
THE recent wanton evictions of resettled innocent villagers from their homes across the country was not sanctioned by authorities, suggesting that the genuine blitz against land barons has been hijack...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo water crisis to increase sewer pipe bursts'
CITY of Bulawayo director of engineering services, Eng Sikhumbuzo Ncube, has said the continuing water supply challenges facing the city could trigger a serious challenge of sewer pipe bursts as the s...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Naked 'wizard' caught in the act
IT was at the crack of dawn when the screaming villagers drew the attention of an elderly man to a homestead, a few metres away from his.Mackenzie, as he described himself in a video that has ...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 20:04hrs | 6 | 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 | 23 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water crisis worsens
BULAWAYO is sitting on a health time bomb as the city's water woes continue to mount with most suburbs going for weeks without running tap water, forcing residents to resort to unhygienic water source...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 03:06hrs | 2 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Love rat' bricked for proposing married women
A MAN accused of proposing love to several married women was left unconscious in a pool of blood after being allegedly struck several times in the head with a brick.When the near tragic incide...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:33hrs | 1 | 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 | 11 | by Staff reporter
Estate agent in trouble over fraud
A 47-year-old woman who deals in housing stands selling from Emakhandeni in Bulawayo has appeared in court facing a charge of fraud.Sithini Moyo was not asked to plead when she appeared before...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 14:56hrs | 24 | by Stephen Jakes
Man assaults nephew, locks him in freezer
A-28-YEAR-OLD Nyamandlovu man who allegedly assaulted his four-year-old nephew before locking him up in a freezer appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Maxwell Ncube facing assault charges.The a...Published: 17 Feb 2024 at 17:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
$7 billion water boost for Bulawayo
GOVERNMENT has given Bulawayo City Council (BCC) $7 billion, which will be channelled towards repairs and purchasing of essential materials in the water supply chain.The funds will boost infra...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Maid raped by employer's son
Police in Matabeleland North Province is hunting for a 20-yea- old man who allegedly raped a maid at his parents' homestead whilst cleaning the plat...Published: 27 Jan 2024 at 16:20hrs | 3 | by Peter Matuka/Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF's aspiring MP told to stop promising heaven on earth after failing for 44 years
Residents of the Pelandaba - Tshabalala Constituency have emphatically conveyed to Zanu-PF candidate Joseph Tshuma that making promises holds no sway with them, as they have grown weary of the party's...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:47hrs | 1 | 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 | 69 | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane Dam decommissioned
THE Bulawayo City Council has decommissioned Umzingwane Dam as its water levels are very low due to poor inflows during the last rainy season. The decommissioning process entails the closure o...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:50hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt prioritises boreholes after Gwayi-Shangani dame fake promises
GOVERNMENT has availed $7 billion and a borehole drilling rig for Bulawayo as part of short to medium-term interventions to address the city's water shortages while pushing the Lake Gwayi-Shangani pro...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:54hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart sees better days in 2024
Bulawayo mayor David Coltart says finding solutions to the city's multifaceted problems will not happen overnight as he laid out his council's priorities for 2024.Coltart, a former Education m...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 13:00hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Man attacks neighbour over sex jibe
A 58-YEAR-OLD man from Nyamandlovu in Matebeleland North province ran berserk and struck his neighbour with a metal rod several times on the head claiming he felt ashamed after his neighbour insulted ...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council moots 5 days water shedding schedule?
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is planning to introduce a new water-shedding schedule, which will see residents going for 120 hours without water with Government yesterday assuring residents that it ...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
BCC pins hope on tropical cyclones
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC), which is struggling to supply water to residents due to depleted water levels at its major supply dams, is now pinning its hope on the predicted tropical cyclones likely t...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo gets new deputy mayor
BULAWAYO councillors on Tuesday elected Ward 8 Councillor Edwin Ndlovu the city's new Deputy Mayor replacing Donaldson Mabutho who was among the 12 councillors that were called by the Citizens Coaliti...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
New city takes shape in Umguza Rural District
A NEW city named Kings City with state-of-the-art facilities including shopping malls and gated townhouses is taking shape on the outskirts of Bulawayo in Umguza Rural District.The development...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:29hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sets up committee for Bulawayo water
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has approved the appointment of a 20-member Bulawayo Water Technical Committee to oversee the rapid improvement of water and sanitation services in the city over a 100-day period....Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors sweat over water nightmare
The perpetual water challenges in Bulawayo have prompted the recently elected Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)-led council to request the central government to declare the city's water crisis an em...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
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