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Prophet 'Bomber’ Ngwenya says he is not a witch
IN every decade rock and roll, things change with time and start to get very serious and every once in a while it kind of needs a kick in the pants in order to fully prosper.That is in simplic...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:23hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Man 'beats up' wife to death over infidelity
A BULAWAYO man has been arrested for allegedly fatally assaulting his wife with an electric cable and a log accusing her of having an extra-marital affair. Mike Nyoni (24) of Pumula South subu...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:36hrs | 3502 | by Staff reporter
Card cloning gang hits PPC Zimbabwe
FOUR men ganged up and defrauded Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) Zimbabwe of more than US$26 500 after cloning the company's ATM card and using it to conduct illegal Point of Sale (POS) transactions at...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:11hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Homicide conviction for Joshua Nkomo guard killer
AN unlicensed truck driver who ran over a security guard employed by the family of the late Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo as he attempted to flee after he was caught poaching sand at the family ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 1682 | by Staff reporter
15 years jail for pupil rape teacher
A TEACHER at Premier High School in Bulawayo has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping a 12-year-old pupil that he was coaching English extra lessons. Shadreck Kantsholo (47) from Pu...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1419 | by Staff reporter
MPs challenged over Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project
Legislators from across the political divide, who hail from Matabeleland have been urged to unite in rejecting the 2020 budget if it does not address the need to implement the long mooted project to p...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:45hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Serial car battery thief break into cops' vehicles
A SERIAL car battery thief, who was doing community service for theft at Pumula Police Station in Bulawayo, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after he broke into cops' vehicles and stole more ...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:06hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo needs more schools
BULAWAYO requires 25 new primary schools to ease overcrowding at existing ones that have resorted to "hot sitting" as they cannot cope with the increasing number of pupils. In an interview on ...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:06hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Businessman threatens kombi driver over girlfriend
BULAWAYO businessman, Elvis Basira, has been reported to the police for allegedly threatening to shoot kombi driver Edgar Gumbo for dating his ex-girlfriend.Bulawayo police spokesperson Chief ...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:46hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents to get nutrition boost
People in Bulawayo's townships in Zimbabwe primarily survive on maize.Even so, the year 2019 has hit them particularly hard, with the drought drying up the supply of grain to the city....Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:53hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Ex-soldier in court for 'stealing' $18 536 meat
A FORMER soldier from Bulawayo allegedly broke into a butchery twice and stole meat worth $18 536. Tafadzwa Mahlahla (35) from Pumula East suburb, who was based at Imbizo Barracks in Bulawayo ...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:03hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Woman slaps driver with $520k lawsuit for fuel queue accident
A BULAWAYO woman who sustained injuries after her car was hit by another vehicle while in a fuel queue is suing the driver of the offending car for $520 000 in damages. Ms Heather Hikwa of Pum...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:02hrs | 761 | by Staff reporter
BCC extends water shedding period to 72-hours
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has expanded its weekly water shedding programme from 48 to 72 hours as water levels continue to decline in the city's supply dams. Addressing the media yesterd...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 07:49hrs | 955 | by Staff Reporter
Erect bus stop shelters for Zupco buses
THE timely coming on board of the Zupco buses to service town routes that have all along belonged to private owned commuter omnibuses or kombis has brought smiles to the majority of citizens who...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:45hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Harvest House loses $200 000 to Harare fraudster
A MAN from Harare has appeared in court for allegedly defrauding Harvest House International Church of $200 000 after falsely claiming that he could supply bricks for the construction of a church audi...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:14hrs | 5655 | by Staff reporter
Dumb thief returns to victims' house wearing stolen loot
A CHEEKY, if not dumb thief from Bulawayo was arrested after he went to one of his victims' house two days after robbing him, wearing clothes he had stolen from the home. Noel Tshuma (20) from...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:03hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Woman escapes jail after bashing hubby over beer
A WOMAN from Bulawayo escaped jail for bashing her husband with an iron rod in a fight over five litres of alcohol that she had consumed. Rosemary Ndlovu (20) from Pumula suburb struck Mr Bukh...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:04hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Woman bashes hubby with iron rod over beer
A WOMAN from Bulawayo escaped jail for bashing her husband with an iron rod in a fight over five litres of alcohol that she had consumed.Rosemary Ndlovu (20) from Pumula suburb struck Mr Bukho...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 15:24hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Law firm in stands scam
A BULAWAYO law firm, Vuyile Jamela Mpofu and Associates and a local resident have been dragged to court for their alleged involvement in a residential stands scam.The law firm's two lawyers Vu...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:02hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Man steals drunk friend's car
A MAN from Bulawayo has been sentenced to six years in prison for stealing his drunk friend's car and selling his belongings without his consent. Ntandoyenkosi Moyo (28) of Pumula South suburb...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:49hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Top Bulawayo lawyer up for fraud
A PROMINENT Bulawayo lawyer allegedly ganged up with an alleged bogus estate agent and defrauded four home seekers of more than R200 000 in botched residential stand deals. Vuyile Jamela Mpofu...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:49hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo snubs Zec's voter registration exercise
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has lamented at the poor turnout in its voter registration exercise in Bulawayo, and warned that the city risked losing some constituencies in the next delimita...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:51hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
2 women jailed for stealing cellphones during burial
TWO women from Bulawayo have been sentenced to nine months in prison for stealing cellphones during a burial at Luveve cemetery. Nolwazi Dube (18) and Minenhle Mare (25) from Pumula suburb sto...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:28hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
MDC Bulawayo province to be dissolved?
MDC Matabeleland North provincial executive has petitioned the party's national executive to dissolve the Bulawayo structures, on allegations it was fraught with factionalism, mostly influenced by tri...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 20:31hrs | 1590 | by Staff reporter
BCC fails to implement masterplan projects
BULAWAYO suffered major development setbacks between 2000 and 2015 due to unforeseen economic decline resulting in the municipal failing to implement proposed projects under its masterplan. Th...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:59hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC pacifies aggrieved Ndebele members in Bulawayo
MDC Bulawayo provincial spokesperson Swithern Chirowodza at the weekend said his party's Bulawayo province has integrated all Ndebele members that felt sidelined in a move aimed at uniting the party, ...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 10:49hrs | 5399 | by Staff reporter
24 suburbs on 48hr water shutdown
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) yesterday effected a 48-hour water shutdown affecting 24 suburbs mostly in the western areas to stabilise water supply at one of its reservoirs that has fallen to critical ...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 05:52hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Minister blasts Bulawayo civil servants
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs Minister of State, Judith Ncube, yesterday took a swipe at slothful public officers and blamed such attitudes for frustrating service delivery and development in the city. ...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:05hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Police looking for 2 missing women
Police in Bulawayo are appealing for information that may assist in the location of two women from Pumula North suburb aged 34 and 22 who were last seen in August this year. Ms Grace Ndl...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Serial thief steals from police station
A SERIAL car battery thief, who was doing community service for theft at Pumula Police Station in Bulawayo, allegedly broke into cops' vehicles and stole more batteries. Godknows Moyo (24) fro...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
ZACC arrests trade unionist
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday arrested former National Employment Council for Engineering Council secretary-general Pumulani Musagwiza on fraud charges after he grabbed the ...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 06:29hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
The recruits who challenged the Zipra leadership
SEVENTY-THREE-year-old Tapson Ncube passes for just another villager in the Inyankuni area in Umzingwane District, but when one goes down memory lane, the man whose pseudo name was Makhula Thebe durin...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:25hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
BCC cuts water supplies in western suburbs
THE Bulawayo City Council will today cut water supply to 18 western suburbs that feed off the Magwegwe Resevoir for 48 hours until Sunday morning before the normal two day rotational water shedding sc...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:17hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
'Robber' tries to commit suicide at police station
A SUSPECTED armed robber who allegedly tried to escape through a window at Pumula Police Station in Bulawayo has told a court how he threw himself at the window to commit suicide. The suspect ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 07:14hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Shoplifter spared 3 months jail time
A BULAWAYO woman has been sentenced to three months in prison for stealing liquor worth RTGS $170 from Pick n Pay Supermarket. Judith Sibanda (47) of Old Pumula suburb stole a 750 millilitre b...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 06:14hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami & co threaten to report Council to ZACC
City of Bulawayo councillors have expressed concern over the lack of transparency in Council's handling of ward retention funds and threatened to invite the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) ...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 19:52hrs | 950 | by Staff reporter
Ndebeles are foreigners, refugees in Zimbabwe, says Mnangagwa ally
INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa was yesterday grilled in the National Assembly over utterances by her deputy, Energy Mutodi, that Ndebele people were foreigners and refugees in this country....Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:07hrs | 2667 | by Staff reporter
Former Bulawayo Deputy Mayor dies
Former Bulawayo Deputy Mayor, Alderman Elliot Madanke Dube, has died after a long illness.He was 79.Alderman Dube who was one of the longest serving members of the Council passed on Fr...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 18:22hrs | 1993 | by Staff reporter
Education permanent secretary Tabela's husband dies
VETERAN educationist and husband to Primary and Secondary Education permanent secretary Tumisang Tabela, Ketso Calvin, has died.He was 63.Tabela died in Zvishavane on his way home from...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1800 | by Staff reporter
Woman (24) found with smuggled 2kg drugs
A WOMAN from Bulawayo and her boyfriend have been arrested for possessing 2kg of crystal methamphetamine, a dangerous drug in the same class as cocaine, worth more than $120 000 which was smuggled fro...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 08:48hrs | 621 | by Staff Reporter
Four children go missing in Bulawayo
POLICE in Bulawayo are appealing for information that may lead to the whereabouts of four children who went missing last month in Old Pumula and Sauerstown suburbs. Bulawayo police spokesperso...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:44hrs | 5602 | by Staff Reporter
Gunman jailed
A Bulawayo man who was found in possession of an AK47 rifle has been slapped with 36 months' jail after it was proved that he was not authorised to keep the firearm.Ame Mpala (35) of Pumula Ea...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for torturing, robbing usiphatheleni
A MAN who was part of a seven-men gang that raided an illegal money changer at his Pumula home before torturing him into revealing where he had hidden cash has been sentenced to an effective 10 years ...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Cops save 'unlucky' thieves
TWO men suspected to be behind a spate of thefts from motor vehicles in Bulawayo were arrested after their getaway car collided with a haulage truck during a high speed chase through the city centre o...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:18hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Bed fight spills to court
They say sharing is caring but that's not the case for a Pumula South woman who decided to drag her brother to court following his habit of sleeping on her bed with his numerous girlfriends without he...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 09:43hrs | 894 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council to repossess stands
THE Bulawayo City Council has resolved to repossess 10 stands from individuals and companies while 15 home seekers who benefited from the Bulawayo City Council's Emhlangeni stands pre-sale scheme risk...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:23hrs | 2121 | by Staff reporter
Duo in court for stealing US$40,000
TWO Bulawayo men this week appeared before a Gweru magistrate on allegations of stealing US$40 455 which was under a Harare bound City Link luxury bus driver's seat.Joseph Tichafa Mahoto (38) ...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:49hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo men steal US$40 000 from City Link
TWO men from Bulawayo have been arrested for allegedly stealing more than US$40 000 which was under a Harare-bound City Link luxury bus driver's seat after the bus had stopped at a pick up and drop of...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
Police sniffer dogs track down 'rapist'
POLICE sniffer dogs led to the identification of a suspect who allegedly raped a woman in Bulawayo's Pumula South suburb before escaping from the crime scene. The incident occurred on Saturday...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
'Egodini mall to accommodate 1 000 vendors'
Once completed, the Egodini mall project is set to accommodate over 1 000 informal traders, a move that will ease decongestion in the central business district, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has not...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:48hrs | 3661 | by Staff reporter
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