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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 | 6 | 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 | 9 | 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 | 10 | by Staff reporter
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 | 8 | 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 | 11 | 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 | 5 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2 | 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 | 3 | 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 | | 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 | 1 | 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 | 21 | 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
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 | 1199 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
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 | 14654 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | | by Zifiso Masiye
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 | 1 | 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 | 2 | 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 | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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 | 319 | by Charles Moyo
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 | | 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
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 | 1688 | 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 | 1 | 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 | 43707 | 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
Zanu-PF's pathetic friends & scapegoats
A good number of pupils who were in primary school at independence in 1980 are now grandparents. This is not an exaggeration. Such a simple perception of the passage of time demonstrates that some of ...Published: 28 Oct 2013 at 04:50hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Zimbabwe: The power of the informal economy
We need to harness the creativity in this market and facilitate its further development as opposed to mentally labeling it the" informal" marketSometime last year, I wrote on new persp...Published: 21 Mar 2013 at 04:30hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Zimbabwe's education system needs revision
The falling standards in our education in Zimbabwe should be cause for national anxiety.The huge gains made in the formative years of our independence in this sector are now being eroded. This...Published: 13 Feb 2013 at 14:39hrs | | by John Gambanga
NUST taps runs dry
National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo has run dry after a main water pipe burst forcing the institution to send workers back home.Spokesperson Felix Moyo said the main fee...Published: 18 Jul 2012 at 07:29hrs | | by Alois Sibanda
State drop fraud charges against MDC-T MP
Bulawayo Member of Parliament for Pumula, Albert Mhlanga who was arrested for allegedly abusing Constituency Development Fund (CDF) is now a free man.The state on Thursday withdrew the charges...Published: 15 Mar 2012 at 11:11hrs | | by Alois Sibanda
Four MPs on the run
FOUR legislators wanted by the Anti-Corruption Commission on allegations of abusing the Community Development Fund have allegedly gone into hiding. Officials from the Anti-Corruption Commissio...Published: 05 Mar 2012 at 21:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T legislator arrested for abusing CDF
MDC-T legislator for Pumula, Albert Mhlanga was on Thursday arrested on allegations of abusing the Constituency Development Fund.Under the fund, each constituency got US$50 000 for developmen...Published: 01 Mar 2012 at 23:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
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