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Bulawayo sewer ponds condemned
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has reported a worsening sewage crisis, with all sewage ponds in the city having collapsed, resulting in a surge in pipe bursts."We have got a major problem with se...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 06:39hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Woman robbed litre of used cooking oil
A 20-year-old man from Maphisa, Matebeleland South was sentenced to three years behind bars for robbing Veldah Yolanda Ndlovu (24) of her ZAR375, cellphone and a plastic bag containing one litre of us...Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 14:05hrs | 1218 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Suicide following domestic dispute over infidelity
Police in Bulawayo are investigating a tragic case of suicide following the death of 49-year-old Kholisani Ncube of Lobengula West, who took his own life by ingesting pesticide after a domestic disput...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:31hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Why Zimbabweans keep watching their money go up in smoke
It was 10 p.m. when a frantic pounding on Modester Nyangoni's door dragged her out of a deep sleep.That hot October day, she had been on her feet manning her stall at the largest market in Zim...Published: 25 Dec 2024 at 08:24hrs | 3075 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU declares 2024 'annus horribilis' for workers, govt showdown looms
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has sharply criticized the government for what it describes as an "annus horribilis" for workers, outlining a series of grievances that have left the labor...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:54hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
New cooking tools reduce wastage while improving taste
Are you aware of some staggering statistics concerning our food supply? According to the Shoprite 2024 survey, South African Food Security Index is at its lowest point in more than a decade. ...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 00:49hrs | 148 | by Emmanuel Koro
National Sports Stadium Revamp Gains Momentum with Bucket Seats Installation
The installation of bucket seats at the National Sports Stadium (NSS) is well underway, signaling a critical step towards rehabilitating Zimbabwe's largest sporting venue. Once characterized by grey c...Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 10:30hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube willing to review tax proposals
The Zimbabwean Treasury may revise certain tax measures outlined in the 2025 National Budget following concerns raised by business leaders, economists, and other stakeholders. Finance, Economic Develo...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 06:30hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Chinese man on the run over rhino horns
A Chinese man, Lin Wang, is on the run after a clearing agent, Cuthbert Maoko, was arrested for attempting to facilitate the smuggling of five rhinoceros horns hidden in an owl-shaped plastic sculptur...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 07:07hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe achieves milestone in training surgeons
Zimbabwe's health sector, long plagued by resource shortages and brain drain, has marked a significant achievement with a rise in the number of orthopaedic and paediatric surgeons, largely attributed ...Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 06:53hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
CSOs voice strong opposition to the Zimbabwe tax
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have voiced strong opposition to the Zimbabwean government's 2025 national budget, criticizing new taxes as oppressive and harmful to citizens already struggling wit...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 08:54hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube squeezes taxpayers
Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister, Mthuli Ncube, yesterday unveiled a set of new taxes aimed at bolstering government revenue in the 2025 national budget. The tax measure...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:16hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs strongly reject 'betting, pizza budget'
Opposition legislators have strongly rejected Finance, Economic Development, and Investment Promotion Minister Mthuli Ncube's 2025 national budget, criticizing it for failing to address the country's ...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:13hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Inmate escapes from Zimbabwe prison farm
A 26-year-old inmate, Evidence Litwayi, has escaped from Kingstone Prison Farm in Bindura, sparking a manhunt by authorities.Litwayi, from Manondo Village in Mt Darwin, was serving a 20-month ...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 06:39hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo man disarms armed robber during load shedding
A dramatic scene unfolded in Entumbane, Bulawayo, on Sunday night when a local resident disarmed a suspected armed robber who had fired a shot but missed his target while attempting to break into a ho...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 17:43hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
3 arrested for stealing 5,000litres of diesel from Feruka pipeline
Three suspects, Liberty Munyaradzi (34), Clementine Sikoti (39), and Itai Ndlovu (43), appeared before Harare Magistrate Apollonia Marutya yesterday, facing charges of stealing 5,000 litres of diesel ...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:15hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe man arrested with rhino horn parts at Harare airport
A 34-year-old Chitungwiza man, Cuthbert Maoko, was arrested at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport for attempting to smuggle five rhino horn pieces out of the country. The incident occurre...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:16hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
Cheap shoe imports choke local leather sector
Local leather manufacturers are facing significant challenges as they are forced to scale down their shoe production due to the influx of cheap imports, which are undermining the viability of domestic...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:10hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 3,201 at NUST
President Emmerson Mnangagwa presided over the graduation of 3,201 students at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) yesterday. The ceremony, held at the Zimbabwe International Exhi...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 14:22hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean cow horn artist aims to tap into Chinese market at CIIE
Cow horns are often regarded as waste material at slaughterhouses, a Zimbabwean craftsman, however, has struck gold in them.Joseph Chifamba, a businessman who makes jewelry and other products ...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:51hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
Reasons why South Africans treat the 13 digit ID number like a qualification
South Africa's green ID book has been used as the country's main identity document for 44 years, during which time it has only received a handful of minor security upgrades. Blacks only started using ...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 14:20hrs | 1628 | by Staff reporter
Linking Scientific Solutions With Socio-economic Needs Leads To Successful Environmental Conservation
Johannesburg - The world, including South Africa's Gauteng Province which includes the City of Johannesburg, is increasingly acknowledging that scientific solutions to environmental challenges can onl...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 21:27hrs | 128 | by Emmanuel Koro
10-year-old girl commits suicide in Bulawayo
Bulawayo police have launched an investigation into the heartbreaking death of 10-year-old Nomvelo Phumuzile Mqhele, who reportedly took her own life by hanging at her home in Pumula South. The incide...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 15:18hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's CVR expands plastic driver's license rollout
The Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) has issued nearly 250,000 plastic driver's licenses since their introduction in June of last year, marking a significant step in modernizing Zimbabwe's licensing sys...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 09:57hrs | 39783 | by Staff reporter
Used pads cause major sewer blockages in Bulawayo
Bulawayo residents are frequently frustrated by burst sewer pipes, often blaming the local authority for failing to maintain infrastructure. However, a recent revelation from the city's environmental ...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 15:53hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Ngozi Mine dumpsite fires choke Cowdray Park
Residents of Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo are grappling with thick smoke and health concerns as fires burn at the nearby Richmond landfill, commonly referred to as Ngozi Mine. For the past five day...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:31hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for possession of dagga
A 26-year-old man from Mbezi, Beitbridge, has appeared in court for unlawful possession of dangerous drugs.Melusi Ngwenya (26) of Mbedzi in Beitbridge appeared before the Beitbridge Magistrate...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 10:53hrs | 199 | by Stephen Jakes
Used clothes take Zimbabwe by storm
Kimberley Dube takes great care with her appearance. She always looks sharp and fashionable in smart-looking jeans, t-shirts, sweatpants, tops, and designer sneakers."I love jeans - can't get ...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 11:24hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
Rampant deforestation blamed for climate change
The Africa Carbon Forum (formerly the Africa Voluntary Carbon Credits Market Forum, or AVCCMF) has blamed the rampant cutting down of trees and irresponsi...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:09hrs | 105 | by Stephen Jakes
Swift action by Bulawayo Fire Brigade saves trucks and buildings
The Bulawayo Fire Brigade responded promptly to a massive fire that broke out at Cotton Printers in the Belmont industrial area yesterday afternoon, managing to save three trucks and nearby buildings ...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:30hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
ZSE outshines VFEX in wealth creation
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has emerged as the preferred investment destination for those seeking wealth creation, surpassing the foreign currency-denominated Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 13:37hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
Africa is full of contradictions; Qwabe twins are still VIRGINS at 26 years!
Seeing their photo on Bulawayo24 today, I wonder what is cultural, and traditional about these twins? This photo shoot looks like big German barbies on sale. There is nothing that tells me that these ...Published: 21 Sep 2024 at 11:01hrs | 2926 | by Nomazulu Thata
Is Justice Chinamora's comeback a bad omen for Zimbabwean justice?
In Zimbabwe, we have become accustomed to those embroiled in controversy and transgression in their professional conduct being somehow rewarded by the ruling establishment. However, the choice...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 20:54hrs | 1074 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Cop's wife issues death threats to husband's 'girlfriend'
Memory, the wife of a police officer based in Guruve, Charles "Tocky" Matiza, has allegedly threatened to kill her husband's girlfriend, giving her only six days to live.The threats were repor...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 08:12hrs | 1139 | by Simbarashe Sithole
CIA plot to kill Venezuela's Maduro foiled
Diosdado Cabello claims the arrested suspects, including a US serviceman, were planning to conduct acts of terrorismVenezuela's security service has thwarted a CIA-backed plot to assassinate P...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 20:34hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military clean-up Bulawayo
On Friday, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), the Zimbabwe Prisons Correctional Services (ZPCS), and the Hope for a Child in Christ (HOCIC) participated in the Natio...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 15:23hrs | 8844 | by Staff reporter
2 arrested for allegedly manufacturing fake money
Two men have been arrested for allegedly manufacturing counterfeit US dollar and rand currency from a house in Pretoria.Jude Yaya Oka and Evans Akor Tiku were arrested on Tuesday by the Pretor...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:42hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Ex-top cop dies of suspected overdose in sex enhancement concoction
A 57-year-old former police Superintendent died of suspected overdose in sex enhancement concoction on Monday just after finishing his second sexual encounter with his Chitungwiza girlfriend of nine y...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 07:38hrs | 1089 | by Staff reporter
Ex-top cop dies during a sexcapade at lover's house
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is investigating the death of a retired senior police officer, who reportedly passed away during an intimate encounter in Chitungwiza on Monday.According to ...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 15:06hrs | 1273 | by Staff reporter
Binga women arrested
Police in the Midlands province have arrested Rosemary Siangumbula (47) and Queen Sijima (39) from Siachengwa village, Gokwe North, for possessing large quantities of dagga. The arrests occurr...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 10:43hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
ZiG manipulators face stiff sentences
Cabinet considered the report on basic commodities prices and availability and issues constraining local industry as presented by the Honourable Vice President Gen (Rtd) Dr CGDN Chiwenga. On m...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 11:24hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
Harare woman chokes day-old baby to death
Nancy Chitsiga, a 23-year-old Harare woman, has been remanded in custody on charges of infanticide. She appeared before Harare magistrate Apollonia Marutya.The State alleges that on July 26, C...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 10:49hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Protesters across Kenya say 'Ruto must go!'
Kenyan riot police fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi on Tuesday and demonstrations erupted in other cities across the country demanding the resignation of President William Ruto, following a wee...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 12:04hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma in soup over fake money in Zimbabwe
Misheck Ncube, a Bulawayo traditional healer, faced court charges for possessing counterfeit USD and South African Rand notes at his Cowdray Park residence. Allegedly, Ncube deceived clients d...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 08:03hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
3 Zimbabweans jailed for smuggling explosives into South Africa
Three Zimbabwean men have been sentenced to a combined total of 51 years in prison for smuggling explosives worth thousands of rand into South Africa and violating the country's immigration laws....Published: 20 May 2024 at 07:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Reward for businessman's lost firearm
Police in Harare are offering a reward to anyone with information that might assist in the recovery of a businessman's firearm that was lost in Highlands sometime last month.The black pistol, ...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cigarettes worth R100 000 seized in border operation
SOUTH African border security officials on Monday destroyed a wooden raft used by criminals to smuggle goods between Zimbabwe and the neighbouring country. The team also recovered smuggled cig...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndebeles will never be good enough for the rabid tribalists
Being born into a Ndebele, Kalanga or Sotho family in Zimbabwe can be a bewildering, challenging and frustrating affair. If you were born in Bulilima, Matabeleland South, like Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 08:15hrs | 7 | by Tafiranyika @tafimhaka
30 guns, 1 700 rounds of ammunition in cross border bus
POLICE have recovered 30 pistols, 30 empty magazines and 1 700 rounds of ammunition which were smuggled from South Africa into Zimbabwe aboard a cross border bus.Douglas Emmanuel Jekanyika (43...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man bashes landlord over keys
A 53-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man assaulted his landlord during a dispute over access to the keys to the house.Pullen Moyo pleaded guilty when he appeared on Monday before Bulawayo magistrate, Makhel...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
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