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Re-opening of vandalised shops restores 300 jobs
A TOTAL of 300 jobs have been restored in Bulawayo following the re-opening of seven out of 14 retail shops that were vandalised and looted by protesters in January 2019.These have been renova...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:40hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
BCC to parcel out 3 000 stands yearly
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it will unveil 3 000 stands annually to reduce the housing waiting list which now stands at 130 000.On Friday, BCC commissioned 114 stands in Emganwini high-de...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:22hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF commissar dies
ZANU-PF Bulawayo provincial commissar Ruth Shelton (pictured) who died on Wednesday at Mpilo Central Hospital has been described as a grounded politician who was an inspiration to many.Shelton...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 1560 | by Staff reporter
CCC targets Bulawayo City Council's business operations
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has grown its cattle herd to 526, and several goats, while it also has 2,5 hectares of sorghum as it embarks on farming ventures to get more revenue.This was reveal...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 3493 | by Staff reporter
Man pretends to be census enumerator, busted with married woman
THEY say desperate times call for desperate measures.It couldn't be truer for a man from St Peter's area near Old Pumula suburb in Bulawayo who pretended to be a census enumerator after he was...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:31hrs | 1788 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents call for traffic circles
BULAWAYO residents have proposed the construction of traffic circles (roundabouts) along the city and main roads to curb fatal accidents at intersections following a horrific accident that killed six ...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:03hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Suicide death spikes in Bulawayo
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has urged the public to seek councelling following a spate of suicide cases in Bulawayo this month. ...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 15:36hrs | 1700 | by Stephen Jakes
PHOTOS: Horrific accident kills 6 in Bulawayo
About 6 people are reported to have died in a horrific accident involving a commuter omnibus carrying passengers and a haulage truck at the Nkulumane Shopping Complex traffic lights ...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 07:28hrs | 4235 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Elvis Nyathi's remains arrive in Zimbabwe for burial
THE remains of Zimbabwean man Elvis Nyathi, who was violently murdered in anti-immigrant attacks in South Africa, arrived in the country this morning.Nyathi (43) will be laid to rest in Bulawa...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:30hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's 36-year-old farming project crippled by water shortages
IT is now 36 years since the farming project was formed at the Luveve Gam Plantation and still there is no water infrastructure to irrigate the crop...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 14:03hrs | 292 | by Stephen Jakes
ED to host children's party at Bulawayo State house
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will this year host the children's party at the Bulawayo state house for the first time in history the event has been held at...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 06:54hrs | 398 | by Stephen Jakes
Impressive start for CCC but lots of work ahead
ONE of the major takeaways of the 26 March by-elections is that although the Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) performed remarkably well for a newly formed party, it still has a ...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:26hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Huge turnout for births registration
THE mobile registration exercise aimed at issuing more than two million birth and death certificates as well as national identity documents started countrywide yesterday with a huge turnout as people ...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:59hrs | 152 | 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 | 1759 | by Staff reporter
The 2022 national census and the politics of delimitation ahead of 2023 general elections
In Zimbabwe, population and household census is a constitutionally mandated procedure that is significant for several reasons. At its most basic level, a fair census is needed simply to determine how ...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 09:09hrs | 503 | by Farai Chirimumimba
Zanu-PF targets to feed 5 000 Bulawayo households
The Zanu-PF leadership in Bulawayo has pledged to continue with its food distribution programme in the city despite its drubbing by the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party which won a...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:26hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Independence Flame to traverse Bulawayo suburbs for Uhuru Day
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will host this year's Children's Party, for the first time since 1980, at State House in Bulawayo ahead of the 42nd Anniversary Independence Day celebrations, which will also be he...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:16hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
Obert Dube grooms up-and-coming poet
AN old adage says "A candle loses nothing by lighting another".This could be the inspiration for Victoria Falls-based praise poet Obert Dube who has identified a promising 18-year-old poetess ...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:40hrs | 70 | by Staff reporter
'We are now Zimbabwe's third largest party,' says Zapu
ZAPU says it is now the third largest opposition party in the country after garnering more votes than the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC Alliance in constituencies and council wards which the party conteste...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 20:21hrs | 2475 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC claims to have unearthed voters roll and ballot papers anomalies
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) claims it has unearthed serious anomalies on the Pumula voters roll and irregularities on the Nkulumane ballot papers which are going to be used in the Saturday by-...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1550 | by Staff reporter
CSOs mobilise residents to go and vote
Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) has embarked on an awareness campaign to encourage residents to vote at Nkulumane and Pumula in the Marck 26 by-election.BPRA chairperson, Amb...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 09:00hrs | 762 | by Stephen Jakes
Chiwenga optimistic of Zanu-PF clean sweep in Bulawayo by-elections
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has expressed optimism that Zanu-PF Bulawayo province will reclaim all the seats in the upcoming March 26 by-elections.Officially launching a partnership pr...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:36hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council farm invaded
A NUMBER of settlers have invaded the Bulawayo City Council-owned Dunstal Farm, joining several others who illegally set up base on the property in 2019.Three years ago, an estimated 50 settle...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:33hrs | 1473 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo serial rapist arrested after raping 16 women
A man suspected to be the serial rapist that sexually assaulted 16 women in Bulawayo's western suburbs has been arrested.Acting Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Nom...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:42hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
No bail for corruption accused border officials
EIGHTEEN security officials drawn from members of the national security cluster were yesterday denied bail by a Beitbridge Magistrate after they were arrested for taking a R2 000 bribe from a cross-bo...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:45hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
1 AM drama in Pumula East Citizens arrest cable theft cops
THREE officers based at Pumula Police Station in Bulawayo were on Sunday morning arrested for alleged theft of copper cables in Pumula East suburb.Residents arrested them at about 1AM. One of ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbery suspect denies 21 counts of robbery
An armed robbery suspect recently denied 21 counts of robbery when he appeared in court last week claiming the victims gave false evidence about him.Handsome Ncube who has been in custody sinc...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 10:02hrs | 1335 | by Stephen Jakes
Man stumbles on wife's indecent movie
A man from Bulawayo who stumbled on a sex movie of his wife in a sexual encounter with another man has been dragged to court after he beat her, threatened to kill her and set her parents' house on fir...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 19:45hrs | 2460 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga denounces campaign violence
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has denounced all forms of violence and urged Zimbabweans to desist from fighting each other ahead of the March 26 by-elections.Mr Nelson Chamisa, who leads...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Walter Mzembi sends message to General Chiwenga
Exiled former Minister of Tourism Walter Mzembi has sent a message to Vice President General Constantino Chiwenga urging him to practice the peace that he is preaching. Mzembi made the call to...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 12:55hrs | 9159 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa fires warning shots
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa pulled a bumper crowd at White City Stadium in Bulawayo yesterday as campaigns ahead of the March 26 by-elections hit the home stretch.Chamisa, whose Citizens ...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:32hrs | 2633 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa on party candidates
CITIZENS Coalition for Change interim leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa took an indirect swipe at his deputy Professor Welshman Ncube when he hinted that in any upcoming elections he will sideline party struc...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:27hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says he is a peace-loving man
UNDER fire Vice President Constantine Chiwenga Friday made a climb down on his highly inflammatory statements in which he likened opposition party, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to parasitical i...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:25hrs | 3556 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's CCC plotting stage-managed violence'
Zanu-PF has sensationally claimed that Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters were plotting to stage-manage violence while wearing Zanu-PF regalia at the opposition party's ca...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:23hrs | 868 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga berates opposition-led BCC
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday berated the opposition-led Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for allegedly running down the city through corruption and poor service delivery.Chiwenga m...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:22hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga slams Bulawayo City Council
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday castigated Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for awarding a tender for its new parking system to a foreign-owned company, Tendy Three International (TTI), inste...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:13hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga leads clean up exercise in Bulawayo
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga will today lead this month's provincial clean up exercise in Bulawayo as Government intensifies efforts to build sustainable environmental management and waste disp...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Panners in court for stabbing, robbing police officers
FOUR illegal gold panners have been dragged to the Bulawayo Magistrates Court facing allegations of robbing and stabbing two police officers in the city.Mbekezeli Brighton Sibanda (24), Michae...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:43hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Police raise concern over landlords rape cases
POLICE have raised concern over an increase of rape cases countrywide where women and girls are being sexually abused by known relatives, friends and landlords.Police also urged members of the...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Woman launches 'no voter slip, no sex' campaign
A BULAWAYO woman has launched a "no voter registration slip, no sex campaign" targeting women so that they encourage their spouses to register.Cora Ndebele (39) from Pumula South high-density ...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:33hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Top billing homes sprout in western suburbs
DRIVING through the high-density areas in Bulawayo one notices some stunning and magnificent houses that rival and even overshadow many in the low-density areas.Trendy neighbourhoods have spro...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:32hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
'Zec inconsistent on law application'
A REPORT by the Citizen in Action Southern Africa (CIASA) has shown that Zimbabweans are increasingly losing confidence in the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) over its management of electoral proc...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
'Girls abused, blinded by gifts'
MARRIED off at 15 years before eventually walking away, radio personality Ms Farai Magada has said many young girls are subjected to sexual abuse and suffer in silence just to be gifted with presents ...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Condom distribution blitz in Bulawayo suburbs
THE Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) is moving around Bulawayo suburbs distributing condoms, mostly to youths as part of its Sexual Health and Reproduction campaign.The week-l...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang invades mine, loots gold ore
A MACHETE gang has invaded Carry Mine complex in Hope Fountain outside Bulawayo and embarked on illegal mining activities.Mine owner Bekezela Moyo told NewsDay yesterday that the machete gang ...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Bulawayo confident of victory
Zanu-PF Bulawayo province has said it is confident of winning seats in the upcoming March 26 by-elections as it seeks to use the opportunity, once elected to improve the lives of citizens and continue...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:24hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Trial stopped as 'killer' accused turns hysterical
HIGH Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi was yesterday forced to adjourn a murder trial after the alleged murderer went "insane" and started tearing his prison garb, shouting and screaming....Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
By-elections candidates' names gazetted
GOVERNMENT has released the names of candidates that will participate in the National Assembly by-elections set for March.The candidates' names were published through a Government Gazette extr...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:10hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
Government to build flats in Cowdray Park
BARELY a month after availing land for over 500 stands, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has already identified more land that will see the development of flats in Cowdray Park and more residential sta...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:54hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
ERC questions reopening of nomination courts
INDEPENDENT electoral watchdog, Election Resource Centre, has questioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s recent move to reopen the nomination courts for six cons...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
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