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Heavy rains bring widespread flooding in Bulawayo
Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in Bulawayo, affecting homes and roads across the city. Suburbs such as Entumbane and Old Lobengula have borne the brunt of the downpour, with residents and...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 06:36hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
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 | 185 | by Staff reporter
BCC orders pruning of 'suicide trees'
The City of Bulawayo has resolved to prune trees associated with suicide cases to deter climbing and make them less accessible to individuals contemplating taking their lives. This decision follows a ...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:50hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
2 friends commit suicide over wives' infidelity
The Bulawayo community is reeling from the heartbreaking suicides of two close friends, Khumbulani Dube and Nqobizitha Sibanda, whose untimely deaths have shone a light on the emotional struggles many...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:09hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Man dies by suicide after catching wife pants down
A man from Old Lobengula in Bulawayo tragically took his own life on Tuesday morning after reportedly finding his wife in a compromising situation with another man upon returning home from work....Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:05hrs | 1954 | 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 | 201 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo landlords renting out verandas and toilets raises concerns
In Old Lobengula, Bulawayo, reports indicate that some property owners are resorting to renting out their verandas and toilets to desperate individuals seeking housing, raising concerns about the pote...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 09:23hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo theft gang terrorises Gweru motorists
FIVE suspects, all from Bulawayo, have been arrested following a spate of thefts from motor vehicles that occurred in Gweru.According to Midlands provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Emma...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 12:02hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Names of fans suspected to be behind BF violence
The police have disclosed the identities of 19 individuals who have been apprehended in connection with the public unrest that occurred at Barbourfields Stadium during a league match between the home ...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 19:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police warn against recording videos of drunks
POLICE have warned members of the public against recording videos of people who are in a state of vulnerability, saying it is a criminal offence and those caught doing so will be liable to arrest....Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:21hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans react with shock over exchange rate, price madness
CONSUMERS have reacted with shock to the extortionate and unrealistic exchange rates being applied in the pricing of basic goods in local currency by some unscrupulous retail players in Bulawayo and o...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BCC unveils US$158m budget
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday unveiled its US$157,99 million revenue budget and is proposing to set aside US$106 million to fund key infrastructural development projects that include construct...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Siqokoqela Mphoko granted $50 000 bail
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko's son Siqokoqela, who is facing charges of allegedly raping his 12-year-old niece as well as escaping from lawful custody, has been released on $50 000 bail by...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Notorious machete gang caged
POLICE in Bulawayo have tracked down and arrested three armed robbery suspects who have been terrorising residents and have been linked to the robbery and murder of a Lobengula West businessman early ...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Terror gang remanded in custody
TWO members of a four-man Bulawayo armed gang that terrorised Pelandaba and Gwabalanda residents last month have been remanded in custody to June 27 for commencement of trial.Kelvin Njabulo Du...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police capture 8 machete gangsters
BULAWAYO police have arrested eight members of a 13-member machete gang that has been terrorising residents and committing robberies in the city.Confirming the arrest yesterday, Bulawayo polic...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
US$100k property recovered as cops raid Bulawayo machete gang
BULAWAYO residents say they are now afraid to sleep at night because of machete-brandishing robbers who have injured and killed people in the city.Last week, Langelihle Dube (53) from Bulawayo...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Soldier, police officer arrested after police shootout with 'armed robbers'
A soldier and a police officer are among four suspects arrested after a police shootout with suspected armed robbers in Harare on Wednesday.A fifth suspect was killed in the incident near Show...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 18:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF elections kick off in Bulawayo
ZANU-PF provincial elections in Bulawayo kicked off smoothly on Tuesday despite delays in the distribution of ballot papers to some polling stations in the metropolitan province.The ruling par...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 18:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Jilted man torments ex-lover
A Bulawayo woman regrets the day she fell in love with her ex-boyfriend because he now destroys her property in a bid to revenge for being dumped.Wellington Mpofu from Old Lobengula suburb is ...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man forces wife into sex while kids watch
In a shocking incident, a man from Bulawayo is reportedly forcing his wife to indulge in sex with him while their children are watching.Grata Shiri from Mpopoma suburb is now tired of being se...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:03hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Sewage horror in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents have called on Bulawayo City Council to urgently attend to burst sewers which have become a health time bomb in the city.In Mzilikazi and Makokoba suburbs, there are areas w...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:15hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Sex-for-healing scandal
BUSTED!A self-professed prophet in Bulawayo is enmeshed in a "sex-for-healing" scandal following sensational revelations by one of his clients' husband that he extorted for sex from his wife i...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Suspected stock thieves freed
A BULAWAYO magistrates court has granted bail to three men, who were arrested after they were found in possession of 285 kilogrammes of beef from five cows they allegedly stole at Methodist village in...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
2-week blackout for Hillside suburb
RESIDENTS of Hillside suburb in Bulawayo have gone for almost two weeks without electricity after thieves once again stole nearly 1km of copper cables along Percy Avenue in the suburb. The inc...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma fails to resurrect dead boy
A traditional healer from Pelandaba suburb in Bulawayo tried without success to resurrect the lifeless body of a boy who drowned in a pool last week.B-Metro caught up with Sithembinkosi Mafika...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 08:23hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Brave youth disarms ex-cop robber
A 22-YEAR-OLD Lobengula West man in Bulawayo on Tuesday disarmed an ex-police sergeant using a golf club during a robbery attempt prompting members of the community to bash the suspect.The you...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Attempted murder in fight over man
A WOMAN from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly stabbing and cutting off a rival's finger in a fight over a man. Beauty Siziba (23) from Old Lobengula suburb stabbed Ms Loreen Moyo (30) ...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldiers turn rogue and join protestors?
There are reports reaching us that some elements of the Zimbabwe National Army and the Zimbabwe Republic Police assigned to restore and order in high density suburbs of Harare and Bulawayo have gone r...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 19:39hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Whereabouts sought, a reward of $1,000 will be given
The Drivers whose particulars appear below are wanted by Biltrans Services for theft by conversion. A reward of $1000.00 will be given to the person providing information leading to the arrest...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 12:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nust student 'killer' arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a man suspected to have attacked and killed a National University of Science and Technology (Nust) student in the city last week. Sources yesterday said Munyar...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Magical flower torments family
A family from Old Lobengula has been tormented by a flower for almost six months as it reportedly made weird sounds during the night, forcing tenants to vacate the house.The flower, popularly ...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Monarch workers charged with theft of scrap aluminium
THREE workers at Monarch Steel Company in Bulawayo are in trouble after they allegedly stole scrap material worth $85 from their employer.Charles Gwetshwayo (39) of Mzilikazi in Bulawayo, Sini...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 Mthwakazi activists in court for assault
FIVE Mthwakazi Republic Party activists have appeared in court for allegedly assaulting two men after accusing them of squandering their money meant to buy residential stands.Thembani Moyo (28...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Wife beater' runs over spouse with car
A BULAWAYO man has been arrested for allegedly running over his wife with a car in Old Lobengula suburb after she reported him to the police for domestic violence.Mrs Sithulisiwe Moyo (36) all...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Man 'rapes' girl during bible lessons
A 60-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly raping his neighbour's 12-year-old daughter whom he was taking for Bible lessons in Njube suburb.The man, who cannot be named fo...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 11:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gift Banda appears in court for violence
TWELVE people, including Bulawayo deputy Mayor Gift Banda and another councillor, Mlandu Ncube appeared in court yesterday in connection with the violence that rocked the MDC-T Bulawayo province on Su...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man taunts granny (90) with witchcraft slur
TEARS have become daily bread for Mathando Sibanda (90) whenever her grandson shouts at her for allegedly bewitching his mother, her daughter.She now wants her grandson Danisa Nyathi (46) out ...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bus tyre kills mechanic
A-43-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo businessman died after a bus tyre he was fixing burst and sent him crashing onto a metal bar.Mr Khulumani Sibanda of Old Lobengula suburb sustained serious injuries to h...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slams BCC
ZANU-PF has lashed out at the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for demanding payment for the party to use White City Stadium on Saturday for the Youth Presidential Interface Rally.According to the ...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital's Welcash debt collecting company a thorn to the flesh in Matabeleleland
Presia Ngulube, Mthwakazi Republic Party Vice President has said Welcash debt collectors is causing unnecessary panic to our people, over Mpilo Hospital's debts."We have been receiving numerou...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 06:42hrs | 10 | by Stephen Jakes
Serial robber to languish in jail
A SERIAL robber from Bulawayo has been sentenced to nine and a half years in prison for stealing property worth more than $1 000 and stabbing a police officer who was arresting him.Master Ndlo...Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi President in door to door program
Mthwakazi Republic Party has claimed to be continuing to touch the lives of the people of Mthwakazi as the party President met the old lobengula residents today through their invitation to hear more a...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 18:52hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Small house crosses 'the' line, brags to lover's wife in texts
A CHEATING man was exposed by his daring lover when she took his phone while he dozed off and sent a string of offending messages to his wife saying she was having quality time with her husband at her...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kenny Ndlovu declared a liberation war hero
LIBERATION war hero Kenny Ndlovu, who spent more than 10 years as a political prisoner in Rhodesia, was laid to rest yesterday at the Provincial Heroes' Acre in Bulawayo.During the burial, a Z...Published: 21 Jun 2017 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Too much sex sends woman packing
TOO much of anything is boring.Now Angela Mpofu from Old Lobengula wants out of marriage because of her husband's super charged sex drive.She told a Bulawayo Civil Court magistrate She...Published: 19 May 2017 at 15:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-lover handcuffed during sex
A Bulawayo woman has claimed to be having a torrid time with her former husband who is said to be in habit of handcuffing her forcing her to have unprotected sex.Sithabile Dube sought a protec...Published: 07 Apr 2017 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Married man dies in the arms of his girlfriend
A LOVE affair has ended tragically for a married man who allegedly died in the arms of his girlfriend three days after they moved in together in Bulawayo's Old Lobengula suburb.Samson Ndeb...Published: 05 Apr 2017 at 06:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Resident defrauded $19 000 in fake housing stand deal
AN Old Lobengula resident has been defrauded a total of $19 000 in a fake housing stand deal.This was heard by a Bulawayo magistrate Tinashe Tashaya when Nomaqhawe Ncube (36) and her husband K...Published: 01 Apr 2017 at 06:56hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
SA man accused of trafficking 4 Zimbabwean illegal immigrants
The case in which a 25-year-old South African man is accused of trafficking four Zimbabwean illegal immigrants to the neighbouring country whom he later held hostage at his house in Polokwane city...Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 05:42hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
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