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Zimbabwean businessman takes over Botswana's Township Rollers
Zimbabwean businessman Tendani Sebata has been appointed as the new president of Botswana’s former Premier League champions, Township Rollers. Sebata, who is involved in transport (luxury coaches), ...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:00hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans enjoy border digitisation gains
The digitization of the Beitbridge port of entry through the Zimbabwe Electronic Single Window (ZESW) platform is significantly improving trade facilitation and clearance efficiency. Introduced in 202...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital infant deaths raise eyebrows
BULAWAYO'S largest referral health institution, Mpilo Central Hospital is in the eye of a storm after some women claimed they suspiciously lost their new-born babies at the health centre.Immed...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 20:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Leave potholes to council'
RESIDENTS should not take matters of service delivery like patching up potholes that have infested the city into their own hands as that is the "sole" duty of the local authority, latest council minut...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Con-woman apologises for soiling Trevor Dongo's name
A SUSPECTED con woman, who has been accused of using Trevor Dongo's name to dupe victims in beauty parlours, has apologised and promised to compensate them.Tadiwa Choto has been accused of tar...Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Double interment open for other relationships, says BCC
Siblings who wish to be buried in the same grave at cemeteries managed by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) are permitted, the latest council report has noted.Double interment is common with cou...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shopping mall craze grips Zimbabwe
THERE is no doubt that locals are innovative.However, novel ideas and trends often progressively lead to a bandwagon, where everyone wants to get in on the action.Once someone starts a...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
African sex workers face digital abuse as pandemic pushes them online
Kenyan sex worker Elizabeth Otieno shudders each time her cellphone buzzes with a new notification.The device may have become a lifeline in helping her move her work online during the COVID-19...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Funeral parlours mix up bodies families fear identifying relatives because of Covid-19
The third wave of coronavirus has been unforgiving. There has been an explosion in infections and deaths since mid-June.In the 54 days from June 19 — when fatalities rose to double digits â€...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Bishop L
Funeral parlours demand payment for Covid-19 tests
Some funeral parlours in Bulawayo are reportedly demanding payment to conduct Covid-19 tests on people who die at home.But health officials say that is not the mandate of the funeral service p...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 20:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scramble for burial space at Luveve Cemetery
There is scramble for burial space at Luveve Cemetery in Bulawayo after an excavator used to dig graves at Athlone Cemetery broke down last week.The machine replaced manual labour years ago to...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 19:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Family exhumes father after hospital morgue mix-up
A Mhangura family recently had to endure the pain of exhuming and re-burying the body of their father which had earlier been interred elsewhere, in a case of mistaken identity. The man had suc...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga aides test positive for Covid-19
Two members of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's delegation tested positive for Covid-19 at a luxury Chinese hotel - sparking a health emergency.Hundreds of hotel guests at the Legendale H...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 17:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe funeral parlours warn of mass graves
FUNERAL service providers have indicated that they are overwhelmed by COVID-19 deaths and warned that the country could be forced to bury deceased citizens in mass graves if the upward trend of new in...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:51hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
5 family members perish in SA horror crash
A FAMILY in Entumbane, Bulawayo is mourning the death of five of its members in a horrific accident which claimed six people on Saturday in Polokwane, South Africa. Of the six, four are siblings from ...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:12hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Be wary of fly-by-night parlours'
PEOPLE must be wary of fly-by night funeral parlours that survive on milking desperate clients in their time of need, Vineyard Funeral Assurance company chairperson Samson Mavende said yesterday....Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo runs out of mosquito control chemicals
INADEQUATE supply of chemicals has hampered Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s efforts to fight mosquitoes. The matter was discussed at the latest full council meeting, with the director of health ...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zupco monopoly: State capture or another Chimurenga?
BEGINNING January 21, 2019, the government of Zimbabwe has been making a series of declarations reinforcing the apparent principality of the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) in the provision ...Published: 11 May 2021 at 18:35hrs | | by Discent Collins Bajila
COVID-19 remodelled Nyaradzo Funeral Services' business
The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a new way of approaching issues among Zimbabweans who witnessed a huge number of fellow citizens succumbing to the pandemic after the second wave that hit the coun...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Funeral drama at cemetery
THERE was chaos at a Bulawayo cemetery yesterday when the family of a deceased injiva blocked undertakers from removing a coffin from a hearse in protest over the funeral parlour's refusal to allow th...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 05:46hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Council faces shortage of undertakers
A SHORTAGE of undertakers, some of whom have been stricken by Covid-19, has resulted in Harare City Council failing to provide graves to bereaved families at Warren Hills cemetery. The local a...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:34hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zimbabweans now opting for traditional remedies
AS Zimbabwe continues to record an increase in Covid-19 cases and deaths, many people, especially those in the country's informal sector, are contemplating downgrading on funeral and medical aid cover...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parlours downplay spiralling deaths
ZIMBABWE'S funeral assurance sector has allayed fears of possible collapse as the COVID-19 scourge intensifies and affects capacity to meet policyholder claims.Taka Svosve, the Zimbabwe Associ...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Demolitions for wetland settlers
PEOPLE that built houses and businesses on wetlands must expect demolitions after the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) ordered them to vacate the land before it institutes prosecutions or demolit...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe funeral parlours overwhelmed by COVID-19
AS AUTHORITIES continue to battle to contain the deadly coronavirus, amid alarming deaths and new infections in the country, Zimbabwe's stretched funeral parlours say they are now being overwhelmed by...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 13:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: Burial rites set to change
"AMA, where am I ever going to see you? Is this how it's going to end?" cried a heartbroken 21-year-old Chido Sibare as the funeral hearse carrying her mother's body drove past.Her mother succ...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:32hrs | 1 | by Lorraine Muromo
Movement of corpses clarified
Bodies can be buried outside the city or town of death, and repatriation of Zimbabweans for burial will continue, but under strict health protocols, Government clarified yesterday. The new pro...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Repatriation of Zimbabweans for burial to continue
The repatriation of Zimbabweans for burial in the country will continue under strict and safe health protocols to avoid contamination and the risk of new Covid-19 infections, a senior Government offic...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Funeral parlours fight over Ginimbi body
THE late socialite and businessman Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure's body was taken to Doves Funerals parlour yesterday despite Nyaradzo Life Assurance being the first to manage it, an episode which set to...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:28hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bodies repatriation crisis
Zimbabweans dying in South Africa have been caught up in an industrial dispute that has already stopped the repatriation of Zimbabwean bodies.An average of 70 bodies are sent home by road each...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 22:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Power shortage hits mobile phone services
THE full scale of the effects of load shedding hit the country yesterday, after power cuts reportedly interrupted mobile services including EcoCash mobile platform disrupting individual and business f...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Coffin prices skyrocket
THE prices of coffins has gone up by more than 100 percent in recent months forcing dozens whose relatives are dying without funeral covers to turn to small entrepreneurs whose prices are still afford...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fixing Zimbabwe's broken reputation chain
The Economist Intelligence Unit's livability survey 2018, pitches Harare, in Zimbabwe, in the 10 least "livable" in the world out of the 140-city sample.Harare is ranked number 135, only eclip...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Lukau used us in elaborate dead man con, say funeral parlours
Three Johannesburg funeral parlours on Monday said they were victims of "misrepresentations" by people associated with the controversial self-styled prophet, Alph Lukau, leading to his sensational cla...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 19:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's in-laws bitter
Mr Fred Gasho is bitter that the family of the late national hero Oliver Mtukudzi did not alert him, as per traditional custom, of the demise of his son-in-law. Mr Gasho is the biological father of Da...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:43hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in make-up craze
Zimbabweans have always been obsessed with looking good and they believe an outfit is not complete without a professionally made-up face.While fashion trends have always been borrowed from oth...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 15:03hrs | 4 | by Cindy Munyavi
'Zimbabwe under-reported cholera deaths'
The recent cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe could have killed over 100 people amid fears an official government count did not capture a majority of the deaths in a bid to conceal negligence.Offici...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 14:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Killer cop granted bail'
THE family of a three-year-old boy from Bulawayo who was allegedly strangled by his police officer father is locked in a bitter wrangle with the cop who allegedly hid the body and tried to conduct a b...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
West Park cemetery decommissioned
Bulawayo City Council has said West Park Cemetery will be decommissioned at the end of March and that the few remaining graves would cater for children only.Latest full council minutes state that ...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family shocked to find body of relative rotting in Mortuary
The Sibindi family of Lion Hill Farm (along Patchway road) got the shock of their life when they found the body of their relative in a decomposing state at one of the funeral parlours in Kadoma....Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 16:10hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
$20k Norton Mortuary Commissioned
January 18, 2018 saw the commissioning of the new and upgraded Norton Hospital Mortuary after it had been abruptly shut down in 2011 due to bad state of the premise. In her opening and welcome...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 22:12hrs | 8 | by By Maxwell Teedzai/Local Government News
Bulawayo runs out of burial space, again
BULAWAYO councillors have reported that the city may face burial space challenges, as the West Park Cemetery which was extended last year to ease the burden on the overstretched Luveve Cemetery, has r...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Norton Town Mayor to Officially Open Mortuary
Katanga, Norton - Now that the mortuary has been refurbished and upgraded what is now simply left is to officially hand it over to the residents through the officially and constitutionally ascribed pr...Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 21:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Drug dealers turn to embalming powder
DRUG peddlers in the country have reportedly formed a syndicate with employees at local morgues in the illicit sale of embalming compound which in turn is used by addicts as an intoxicating substance,...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 13:24hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Private cemetery grave prices set
BULAWAYO's first private cemetery with a capacity of 50 000 graves has been opened in a move that is set to ease shortage of burial space in the city.Each grave costs $120 at the new facility,...Published: 28 Jun 2017 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe petitioned to ban King Lion buses
THE Zimbabwe Passengers' Association (ZPA) has petitioned President Robert Mugabe to cancel King Lion Bus Company's operating licence after one of the firm's buses veered off the road and killed 43 pe...Published: 14 Jun 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Funeral parlour touts in scramble for bodies
FUNERAL parlours are allegedly scrambling and touting for bodies at Mpilo Central Hospital, a development that has infuriated residents and hospital authorities.The Chronicle news crew yes...Published: 04 Apr 2017 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'300 Zimbabwean nationals die in SA monthly'
More than 300 bodies of Zimbabweans who die in South Africa are repatriated home every month, with the number of locals who died in that country having increased to nearly 4 000 for the whole of l...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
West Park cemetery to re-open in Bulawayo
West Park cemetery in Bulawayo is set to re-open as additional space which can accommodate close to 7000 casket graves has been curved out, Bulawayo24.com reveals.The cemetery closed after it ...Published: 06 Dec 2016 at 12:43hrs | | by Alice Dube
Broke medical aid society offers graves to offset debts
GALAXY Medical Aid Society, a company in liquidation, has offered graves at some cemeteries to its creditors in its battle to clear its debts with service providers.The firm was placed under p...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 07:18hrs | 7 | by Daniel Nemukuyu
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