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Chamisa allies go for the kill
Former MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora is under the cosh within the country's main opposition, with the party revealing yesterday that it would initiate disciplinary proceedings against him tha...Published: 10 hrs ago | 6666 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mwonzora supporters clash at party HQ
At least four people were seriously injured at Morgan Tsvangirai House, the MDC-Alliance headquarters in Harare, in ugly intra-party violence pitting supporters aligned to leader Mr Nelson Chamisa and...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:50hrs | 5658 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt accused of tribalism over nurses saga
The government has been accused of perpetuating tribalism through the recruitment of student nurses from outside Matabeleland for training at major hospitals in the region.Bulawayo residents h...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:48hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
War vets bread initiative ridiculed
A project by Bulawayo-based war veterans to produce "affordable" bread using Dutch ovens has been described as a waste of time since it has no capacity to meet the city's demand for the commodity....Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:44hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes roads scandal
THE Harare City Council has suspended director of works, Engineer Isaiah Chawatama and finance manager, Mr Godfrey Kusangaya — at a time when the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is invest...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:29hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Hundreds of Zimbabweans found in hijacked Hillbrow building
Over 300 undocumented foreign nationals have been in a Hillbrow building, and three suspects have been arrested for hijacking the 21-storey building.The undocumented nationals, from Malawi and...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 14:08hrs | 5066 | by Staff reporter
'MPs should monitor govt in issuing of identity documents'
Legislators were yesterday urged to monitor the government in issuing birth certificates, identity documents and other particulars to prevent statelessness.The call was made yesterday by senat...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:10hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Another Bulawayo water supply dam to be 'decommissioned'
BULAWAYO dam water levels have dropped to below 37 percent with council saying one dam may be decommissioned by early 2020 if the situation does not improve. Council has so far decommissioned ...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:07hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records spike in diarrhoea cases
BULAWAYO councillors have expressed concern over a spike in diarrhoea cases in the city amid revelations by the health department that the source of the disease remains unknown.A recent report...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 06:02hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court relief for cash-strapped ZIFA
A MESSY five-year battle - which sucked in three ZIFA presidents, rumbled in the courts, dragged a leading bank into the drama, resulted in a luxury bus donated by SAFA being attached and had a hand i...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:02hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
'Armed robber' shot in Beitbridge
A SUSPECTED armed robber is battling for life at Beitbridge District Hospital after he was shot and seriously injured by cops while trying to attack them using a knife during a raid at a shebeen in th...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 04:56hrs | 1486 | by Staff reporter
How Masisi outsmarted the Khamas
Mokgweetsi Masisi's decisive victory in the recent Botswana elections over a coalition backed by his former boss, Ian Khama, is the culmination of an astonishing 10-year political career. Morp...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 04:55hrs | 1175 | by Barry Morton
Zanu-PF MPs pays for driving lessons for 100 prostitutes, homeless people
A Member of Parliament is sponsoring driving lessons for a hundred prostitutes and homeless people.Killer Zivhu, the Chivi South Zanu-PF legislator, says training the two groups in a skill tha...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 12:37hrs | 10777 | by ZimLive
Bulawayo supply dams run dry
Bulawayo City supply dams are running dry, and if the rains do not fall in the next few weeks, the water situation in the city will become dire, mayor Solomon Mguni has warned.Mguni advised re...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:52hrs | 1181 | by Staff reporter
Lupane council to sue defaulters
LUPANE'S Kusile Rural District Council (RDC) has threatened court action against government ministries, businesses and ordinary residents over outstanding debts running into millions of dollars....Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:50hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pledges to end machete wars
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pledged to descend heavily on perpetrators of machete violence, reiterating that deterrent sentences must be imposed on those found in possession of the weapons....Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:46hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Is Chamisa a dictator in the making?
Dictators are not born but created by 'we the people' due to political, economic, and social conditions obtaining in a country. In dire economic and political situations, 'we the people' are desperate...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 22:09hrs | 2559 | by Lovemore Sibanda Ph.D.
Mnangagwa to commission new Zupco buses in Bulawayo on Friday
BULAWAYO is set to have 76 more Zupco buses to ease transport problems in the province, with President Mnangagwa expected to commission them on Friday. Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Minister Jud...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:36hrs | 975 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora targeted by MDC's paramilitary group the Vanguard
MDC-Alliance deputy secretary for external relations Mr Douglas Mwonzora has slammed divisions in the opposition outfit, saying they were counterproductive. Mr Mwonzora, who is being targeted ...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:30hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
War veterans to bake 'affordable' bread
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has announced plans to embark on an ambitious project to produce "affordable" bread for Bulawayo residents who cannot afford the comm...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:51hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Zupco increases Bulawayo fleet
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has increased its fleet of kombis in Bulawayo from 46 to 80 and expanded its services to cater for residents living in the eastern suburbs. Last m...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:46hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa intervenes in Harare water crisis
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government have committed to helping the country's capital Harare with funding to decisively deal with its water woes.Mnangagwa told journalists after a fa...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:41hrs | 284 | by newzimbabwe
A view from ko Bulawayo with Discent Bajila
When modernization and digitization deepen marginalization On the day I finished my Advanced Level examinations at Luveve High School in Bulawayo mid November 2006, my loving sister had alread...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 13:02hrs | 2811 | by Discent Collins Bajila
Chamisa allies in fresh push to expel Mwonzora from MDC
AS DIVISIONS continue to ravage the MDC over how to tackle President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF, as well as its simmering leadership tussles, former party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says h...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 12:04hrs | 5382 | by Staff reporter
Prominent gold dealer guns down gold panner
A prominent gold dealer in Bindura, Kudzanai Kangara, recently shot dead a gold panner at his offices in the same town following an altercation in the trading of the gold.Unconfirmed reports a...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 06:41hrs | 3354 | by Staff reporter
Residents protest Zanu-PF's hijacking of food distribution
TSHABALALA residents on Thursday last week forced the abandonment of a maize distribution exercise as they protested the hijacking of the programme by Zanu-PF officials in the area, Southern Eye estab...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:57hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo running dry
BULAWAYO will run out of water in seven months if it does not rain and residents fail to conserve available supplies, the Mayor, Councillor Solomon Mguni has said. Speaking during the 76th Ann...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:55hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Residents and council workers clash over farming land
Hundreds of families in Glenview South are furious at some City of Harare workers for allegedly invading their small urban farming plots near Feroworks Paddocks.Senior citizens, 70-year-ol...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 16:51hrs | 1158 | 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 | 312 | by Staff reporter
Free food for 12 000 in Bulawayo
THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa) has approved a pension payout of more than 200 percent that will be paid this month but backdated to October, Sunday News has established.Accordin...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:39hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe starts billing in forex
NATIONAL airline, Air Zimbabwe has announced that it has started billing foreigners in foreign currency with immediate effect.However, locals, the company said, will continue to be billed in l...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:39hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults neighbour for talking to wife
A Bulawayo man shocked Mpopoma residents when he assaulted his neighbour after spotting him talking to his wife.It is understood that when Jomo Mnkandla saw Phethangani Nyoni exchanging words ...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 17:56hrs | 2697 | by Staff reporter
Ian Khama snubs Masisi inauguration
Botswana President Mnangagwa yesterday joined thousands of Batswana and fellow SADC leaders at the inauguration of Botswana's fifth democratic leader President Mokgweetsi Masisi at a lively ceremony h...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 06:56hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, Gen Sibanda in secret pact to hand Zimbabwe power to each other?
COLOGNE - Military czar Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga and Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander, General Philip Valerio Sibanda, reportedly made a secret pact to hand Zimbabwe pow...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 07:46hrs | 30442 | by Itai Mushekwe
Mohadi drags ex-business partners to court
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has taken his two former business partners at Malindi Storage and Logistics (Pvt) Ltd to the High Court demanding US$107 135 he claims was misappropriated by the pair....Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:36hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
Zera to regulate LPG prices
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) says modalities are being worked out to regulate LP gas prices to protect consumers from errant industry players. Despite rising demand on the b...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:26hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's blue eyed boy in trouble again
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating suspended Bulawayo Deputy Mayor, Tinashe Kambarami and Ward 4 councillor, Silas Chigora for allegedly vandalising council property during violent protests which ro...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:23hrs | 2749 | by newzimbabwe
The Competition and Tarrif Commission snubs Bulawayo residents.
The Competition and Tarriff Commission has failed to heed the call by Bulawayo businesses to decentralize it's operations through opening a local office to effectively assist companies in the se...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 17:28hrs | 2172 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Minister puts measures in place to speed up Beitbridge road project completion
TRANSPORT and Infrastructure Development Minister Engineer Joel Biggie Matiza says the Government has come up with a raft of measures to speed up the completion of a 6km road project under the Beitbri...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 06:14hrs | 1144 | by Staff reporter
Record-breaking temperatures for Chiredzi, West Nicholson
The scorching heat sweeping across the country since the last few days has resulted in areas like Chiredzi in Masvingo and West Nicholson in Matabeleland South recording extremely high temperatures th...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 05:49hrs | 1517 | by Staff reporter
BCC must heed to MRP's Nehanda statue call - MLF
As MLF, we would like to remind the Council of Bulawayo of the values that is says, it will always stand to reflect in its day to day operations in the City of the Kings. It is the Council itself whic...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 11:10hrs | 2410 | by MLF
BCC to intensify water rationing
BULAWAYO City Council has extended its water rationing period beyond the published schedule in some parts of the city due to reduced electricity supply to the pump stations.Town clerk Christop...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:58hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
800 Binga villagers get IDs
OVER 800 Binga residents who had no birth certificates and national identity cards were documented by the registry department on Friday last week.Hundreds of villagers thronged Tyunga and Luun...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:58hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Sasol' Zimbabwean linked CEO forced to quit
Sasol's joint CEOs, Zimbabwe-born Bongani Nqwababa and Stephen Cornell, have agreed to resign after an independent review into the company's disastrous US project.The Lake Charles Chemicals Pr...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 08:14hrs | 9318 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo extends water shedding to 3 days
Bulawayo has extended its water shedding regime to 72 hours per week from 48 hours after demand outpaced pumping capacity while water levels at its dams have severely reduced.The BCC says cons...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 07:08hrs | 1357 | by ZimLive
Zapu, MRP fight over Mpilo protests
SECESSIONIST Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) and the Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) have accused the opposition Zapu of hijacking and personalising protests over unfair recruitment o...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:48hrs | 1118 | by Staff reporter
Hippos kill border jumper
A SUSPECTED border jumper was fatally attacked by two hippopotamuses while trying to illegally cross into South Africa through an undesignated entry point along the Limpopo River. The incident...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1256 | by Staff reporter
Maphisa goes for two months without power
MAPHISA Growth Point in Matobo, Matabeleland South has gone for two months without electricity resulting in the area going without running water for the same period. The electricity outages have been ...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:44hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Residents tell council to scrap housing waiting list
Residents in Bulawayo have urged the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to scrap the housing waiting list system as a way of improving transparency and dealing with corruption in the allocation of residentia...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 12:32hrs | 2877 | by Staff reporter
Woman catches hubby butt-naked with prostitute
THERE was free-for-all drama in Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb recently after a wife busted her husband in the act with a prostitute in their matrimonial bedroom before the two cheaters got a sound beating...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:44hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
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