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Gweru city council plumbers die in manhole
Two Gweru City Council plumbers tragically lost their lives this afternoon while working in a manhole in the Athlone suburb. The victims, a man and a woman, were attending to a severe sewer blockage w...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 06:54hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Woman threatens BCC with court action
A Bulawayo resident, Audrey Dlodlo, is contemplating legal action against the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to force the removal of a problematic sewer line from her yard. The sewer line has caused freq...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 07:13hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
BCC moves to fix persistent sewer issues
Ward 22 Councillor Mmeli Moyo disclosed that the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is currently in the process of hiring personnel specifically to tackle sewer issues in the city's hotspot areas. The ongoin...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 07:55hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree gives residents water meter ultimatum
PLUMTREE Town Council has given pre-paid water users in the border town three weeks to revert to post-paid meters after some residents went for three years without paying for water.A number of...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firms brandish US$ salaries in crisis-hit Zimbabwe
CHINA's 80 biggest firms with a footprint in Zimbabwe said at the weekend that they were ready to pay United States dollar-indexed salaries for skilled workers and professionals.This emerged d...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lupane Govt complex complete
The new Elitsheni Government Complex in Lupane, capital of Matabeleland North province, is complete and Government departments have been allocated offices to pave way for relocation of civil servants ...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Councils dig in as residents cry foul
NAOMI Chimbganda is still agonising over last month's council bill, which puts her debt at a staggering $1,8 million.The widow now has sleepless nights over how she will settle it, considering...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man up for assaulting, stealing from Plumber employee
A Man from Luveve 5 in Bulawayo has appeared in court facing two counts of theft and attempted murder on his plumber employee.The man had accused his employee of failing to finish a roofing te...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 22:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
BCC moves to curb water pipe bursts
BULAWAYO City Council's engineering department says it has started installing pressure-reducing valves (PRVs) to address pipe burst challenges."We are planning to introduce more of these smart...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:33hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Sewage oozes out of taps, residents abandon houses
A HEALTH hazard is looming in Bulawayo's Lobengula West suburb as sewage is oozing out of some houses' taps and toilets, with the local authority allegedly taking over a month to address the situation...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dead body found in sewer manhole
POLICE in Bulawayo have appealed to members of the public to identify the body of a woman who was found dumped inside a sewer manhole at an open space between Pumula East and Pumula South last W...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC defends high water bills
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has defended the astronomical water bills sent to ratepayers saying they were a true reflection of the high water usage which had gone beyond the stipulated daily consumpti...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
It's a do or die for the Zimbabwe Warriors
Watching the Africa Cup of Nations draw in Cameroon on Tuesday was so fantastic.There were exciting moments reliving the once finest African football giants like Ghananian Asamoha Gyan the Baf...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 14:41hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Hansole to empower ICT youths
We all live in a community were we have plumbers, welders, tailors, carpenter, builders, etc. As part of our commitment to increase web presence we are offering FREE web development train a tr...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:16hrs | 3 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Pumula residents still without running water
PUMULA South residents in Bulawayo have petitioned the local authority over lack of running water in the area despite the recent easing of the water-shedding regime.Last year, council was forc...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water rationing to go
THE Bulawayo City Council will for the first time since January last year put aside its crippling water rationing scheme after its dams received enough water and pumping capacity to sustain the city u...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kambuzuma residents swimming in sewerage
AT a community meeting facilitated by Combined Harare Residents Association in (CHRA) Kambuzuma last week, it emerged that res-idents are living with raw sewage due to the failure by the City of Harar...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Where wildlife produces medical doctors
In Africa, some communities still don't have a single person who has graduated as a medical doctor. The reasons are many. It could be a lack of funds for brilliant children to further their ed...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 07:32hrs | 9 | by Emmanuel Koro
Bulawayo councillors frets over recurrent sewer pipe bursts
BULAWAYO councillors have appealed for central government intervention into the recurrent sewer pipe bursts which have been blamed on lack of adequate water to flush the sludge.Debating the is...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Everyone knew the village girl Harugovanwe
In the village everybody new the girl Harugovanwe, her name implying (death cannot be shared) on account of being the only surviving child of her parents after five siblings had passed on. ...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 12:39hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
Zimbabwe has an artisan shortage, here is how to fix it
ACCORDING to Zimstat, Zimbabwe had 93 714 university students as at August 2017, but only 25 952 polytechnic students. Harare, Zimbabwe's capital city, has six universities, but only one polytechnic....Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Retrace your roots and be Africans
Most of our 'rich' cultural practices and traits have fallen victim to westernisation and modernisation. Parents and community elders have lost voice and can only watch in disbelief and dismay...Published: 19 May 2019 at 17:29hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa
Zinbabwe National Army announces recruitment dates
The Zimbabwe National Army has announced that it will be recruiting General Duty soldiers and Specialist personnel from the 1st to the 20th of April.In an advertisement ...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 11:20hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
AIR FORCE OF ZIMBABWE Recruitment
HOW ABOUT A CHALLENGING CAREER IN THE SERVICE OF YOUR COUNTRY? The Air Force of Zimbabwe is looking for suitably qualified persons who are Zimbabwean citizens and physically fit to join the Fo...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 22:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
What leaders? No more than tortoises sitting atop lamp posts
I decided in the new year to return Kuumba, my beautiful pet tortoise, to his wild, natural habitat of Matojeni.Besides my amazing wife, few sights and few life experiences have left a greater...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 10:54hrs | 1 | by Zifiso Masiye
Man loses rural home to ex
A Harare man says he has lost access his rural home in Murewa to his ex-wife after he found out her "adulterous affair".David Chikaunga is at odds with his ex-wife, Memory Shunje, whom he alle...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 18:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Moyo is Mnangagwa's new acid test
Back in the days, every old, frail and ugly country woman was believed to be a witch. It didn't matter if, indeed, she was. Her looks and age naturally turned her into that ogre that drank our blood a...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 10:02hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Make kombi travel a pleasure
Travelling on kombis can be a nightmare or utter intrigue depending on the day, crew or particular trip. Some of the conductor and driver teams can be quite good and polite guys who even greet and cha...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 21:22hrs | | by Tondo Murisa.
'Govt interference bled Bulawayo council'
Government interferences in the running of local authorities have cost the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) millions in potential investment. NewsDay (ND) business reporter, Mthandazo Nyoni this week met o...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF manifesto sounds just like juvenile delusions
So, after much anticipation, the Zanu-PF election manifesto is finally out. After reading the document, one is left with one big question: why was the nation made to wait so long for it, seeing the sh...Published: 12 May 2018 at 15:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africa and the Start-Up economy
Disrupt Africa, an entrepreneurship portal, has just released a new study that shows that the number of African tech startups that succeeded in raising funding...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 17:38hrs | 3 | by Agencies
Why were our grandparents more educated than today's PhDs?
Have we ever wondered why our grandparents - and their ancestors - never had the diseases we die from today, or why there was zero unemployment and yet our PhDs are strewn all over without anything to...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 07:22hrs | 33 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
350 hours for abortion maid
A housemaid in Willowvale who dumped a foetus in a flash toilet after drinking a concoction to terminate the pregnancy has been ordered to perform 350 hours of community service. Cecelia Teya,...Published: 06 Jun 2017 at 10:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
24 years in jail for taxi hijack pair
TWO serial carjackers from Bulawayo who ganged up with three others still at large and hijacked a taxi which they later dumped in a bush were yesterday each sentenced to 12 years in jail.F...Published: 07 Feb 2017 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Serial car thief, hijacker' remanded in custody
AN alleged serial car thief from Filabusi has appeared in court for hijacking a taxi which he later burnt in a bid to conceal fingerprints evidence.Farai Mlauzi (32) pleaded not guilty to ...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Driver flees undressed from armed robbers
A MAN from Bulawayo lost his Honda Fit vehicle to a gang of four men and a woman who seized it at knife point before tying him up and dumping him in Ntabazinduna.Mr Anesu Chipande (25), a ...Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans Unite!
Since 1980, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his ZANU PF "B Team" have demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that they are grossly incompetent to deal with public affairs. History will ju...Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 23:08hrs | 8 | by Charles Moyo
Woman cheats with FIVE men
A CHITUNGWIZA Town Council investigations officer unceremoniously left her family after her illicit affairs with five men were discovered in her mobile phone by her husband.Fortunate Murom...Published: 10 Jan 2017 at 12:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth township project kicks off next week
THE construction of an exclusive Zanu PF youth township outside Bulawayo begins next week, Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, Saviour Kasukuwere.A ground br...Published: 17 Jun 2016 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
1ns and 2s with DJ-Sticha - Why musicians should never donate their talents
Namhlanje ngifun' ukuhlala phezu kwendaba ehlala ivikwa, am sure you've been served ngendaba ekaso at some point, "Ngicela uzoperfoma kushow kabani bani and showcase your talent ngeke sibhadale lento ...Published: 30 May 2016 at 07:22hrs | | by DJ-Sticha
Watch: News with Brett MuVet on 'bond paper money', Zvihuta and digging deeper
GOVERNMENTS BAN ON KEEPING QUAIL, INTRODUCTION OF NEW BOND PAPER MONEY AND THE ISSUE OF SOME PEOPLE DIGGING DEEPER. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...Published: 10 May 2016 at 06:17hrs | | by Brett MuVet
Nation Dube blocked from coaching over match fixing claims
Hwange FC and Warriors assistant coach, Nation Dube is reported to have been blocked from executing club duties over his link to the match fixing saga.Dube was suspended together with Zifa boa...Published: 14 Mar 2016 at 14:04hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Woman robbed of her indecent pictures
CLARA Basera (40) sent indecent pictures of herself to her husband, Wellington Mhiripiri (48) to keep their romance alive.They miss each other when Wellington is at work as a plumber in North ...Published: 24 Feb 2016 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Beware varsity degrees that will leave you jobless
Polokwane - Young people should stop pursuing university degrees that would result in them joining the list of unemployed graduates, Deputy Higher Education Minister Mduduzi Manana said on Tuesday....Published: 04 Feb 2016 at 05:23hrs | | by Agencies
Army not recruiting
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has dismissed rumours that it will embark on massive recruitment in various provinces starting in February this year.The ZDF said the falsehoods were publishe...Published: 22 Jan 2016 at 05:31hrs | | by Rutendo Rori
Air Force of Zimbabwe dismisses social media recruitment messages
THE Air Force of Zimbabwe has dismissed a recruitment message circulating on social media as a hoax, saying it does not have such plans at the moment. In a statement yesterday, Director Genera...Published: 19 Jan 2016 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Avenues Clinic returns to normal, following burst water pipe
Everything is back to normal at the Avenues Clinic in Harare, after a burst water pipe on Saturday afternoon on the third floor resulted in water gushing down the stairs during visiting hours....Published: 18 Sep 2015 at 16:25hrs | | by MHPR
List of companies that are currently offering apprenticeship
The Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Dr Gandawa yesterday released a list of Zimbabwean companies that currently offer apprenticeship.The companies recr...Published: 20 May 2015 at 20:35hrs | 42 | by Ndou Paul
Mugabe's CIO agents haunt Dzamara's colleagues
POLITICAL activists associated with missing journalist Itai Dzamara claim their lives are in danger with state security agents constantly on their trail.Four of the activists told a hastily ar...Published: 08 Apr 2015 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Prophet' says prayer for lazy women
A SELF-STYLED prophet taken to court over maintenance by an estranged lover brought proceedings to a momentary halt as he said a prayer for all women contemplating similar action to be cured of "lazi...Published: 01 Jul 2014 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
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