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Bulawayo residents call for mosquito control
As the rainy season brings increased mosquito activity to the city, residents are urging the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to prioritize mosquito control efforts. The rising number of mosquitoes, compou...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 15:43hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Disturbing suicide trend in Entumbane raises alarm among residents
A series of tragic suicides in the Entumbane suburb of Bulawayo has sparked concern and a call for action from local residents, who are grappling with the disturbing sight of several men ending their ...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:23hrs | 1031 | by Staff reporter
Ngozi Mine dumpsite fires choke Cowdray Park
Residents of Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo are grappling with thick smoke and health concerns as fires burn at the nearby Richmond landfill, commonly referred to as Ngozi Mine. For the past five day...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:31hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
BCC grappling with fire at Richmond Landfill Site for 4 days now
The City of Bulawayo is actively working to extinguish a fire that erupted last Sunday at the Richmond Landfill Site, attributed to spontaneous combustion. The incident has raised alarm among resident...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:56hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
2 notorious robbers shot dead in Bulawayo
Two suspected robbers, Aleck Moyo (37) and Bongani Tshuma (41), were killed in a shootout with police in Bulawayo on Sunday. The incident occurred after detectives from CID Homicide received i...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 10:29hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Nkulumane market set to open
Bulawayo's Nkulumane market is scheduled to open by the end of the month, with vendors already being allocated spaces. The project, nearing completion, is a collaboration between the...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 11:02hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo runs dry as council repairs infrastructure
The Bulawayo City Council has temporarily disconnected water supply to several suburbs for maintenance work at the Tuli, 6J, and Rifle Range reservoirs. This maintenance began yesterday and is expecte...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers on the prowl
POLICE have launched a manhunt for two suspected armed robbers believed to be part of a gang that has unleashed a reign of terror in Bulawayo by raiding homes and businesses in the city centre....Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo set for major transformation
BULAWAYO is experiencing a renaissance as investor interest is surging, reindustrialisation efforts taking root and multi-million dollar projects underway, signalling a promising future for the city....Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 09:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
More boys dropping out of school in Matebeleland South
MORE boys in Matebeleland South are dropping out of school compared to girls at both primary and lower secondary school levels, a Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) report has revealed....Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:49hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo city centre dumpsite worsens chaos, decay
AN illegal dumpsite, which resembles Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s Richmond Landfill site, commonly known as Ngozi Mine has emerged, a stone's throw away from a busy road that connects the city centre...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
More water woes for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents should brace themselves for more water woes after the local authority announced a disruption in supply across the city due to maintenance works at Ncema Works and Pump Station....Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
BCC addresses housing backlog
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is moving towards reducing the city's housing backlog through public-private partnerships (PPPs), among other interventions.Bulawayo's housing backlog stands at ove...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 10:08hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
NGOZI MINE HEALTH DISASTER: Councilor Ntando Ndlovu steps in
In a proactive move to address the longstanding environmental and health concerns of his constituents, newly elected Ward 28 Councillor Ntando Ndlovu has taken decisive steps to mitigate the impac...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 09:11hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Malinga to be buried on Saturday
The tentative date for the burial of national hero Joshua Malinga has been set for Saturday at the National Heroes Acre in Harare, according to his family. Malinga, aged 79, passed away from p...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malinga declared national hero
SPECIAL Advisor to the President, Zanu-PF Politburo member and former Executive Mayor of Bulawayo, Joshua Teke Malinga, who died on Friday, has been declared a national hero.He was 79....Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Joshua Malinga dies
SPECIAL advisor to the President, former Mayor of the City of Bulawayo and Zanu-PF Politburo member Joshua Teke Malinga has died.He was 79.His son Mr Mpehlabayo Joshua Malinga confirme...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Armed robber' acquitted
A BULAWAYO man who was accused of ganging up with four accomplices and robbing a local motorist of his car and over US$20 000, was yesterday acquitted.Bhekimpilo Mabuza Ncube (38) pleaded not ...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park's scandalous boundaries favour Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF is likely to unfairly win the Cowdray Park parliamentary seat in Bulawayo province due to the opaque geographical nature of the constituency mapped by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) i...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK flags Zimbabwe over soaring corruption
LORD Robin Goldsmith, the United Kingdom's minister for Overseas Territories, Commonwealth, Energy, Climate and Environment at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has told the British Pa...Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UK will not give any special treatment to Mnangagwa's ambassador-at-large
THE United Kingdom will not give any special treatment to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ambassador-at-large, Uebert Angel, who is embroiled in a money laundering and gold smuggling scandal, a ministe...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean glitterati and Nigerian husband wanted for drug trafficking
THEIR marriage ceremony at The Nest, an upmarket and exclusive venue in Harare, was dubbed wedding-of-the-year in Zimbabwe last year.It was attended by the who-is-who in the local social scene...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 15:25hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Unfriendly UK says ready to observe Zimbabwe polls
THE United Kingdom (UK) and its allies have said they are ready to monitor and observe Zimbabwe's polls expected to be held in August if they are invited.President Emmerson Mnangagwa has since...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Massive turnout in Zanu-PF primaries
VOTERS yesterday turned out in huge numbers, as Zanu-PF held its primary elections in eight provinces across the country, prompting the party leadership to extend voting to today in some areas....Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 10:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries bring new vibe
Zanu-PF will print 23 million ballot papers for the revolutionary party's primary elections as a huge turnout is expected in the polls that have also attracted a record number of aspiring candidates w...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Journalists target Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe
Uzumba is one of the most talked about constituencies in Zimbabwe's political history.Just like its neighbouring Maramba constituency, also known as Maramba-Pfungwe, Uzumba is popularly known ...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs to fine farmers for not dipping cattle
TRADITIONAL leaders have been urged to penalise farmers who are not bringing their cattle for dipping as this is hindering Government's efforts to fight the January disease.In a speech read on...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo runs out of refuse disposal space
BULAWAYO residents could be faced with a possible health hazard after it emerged that the city's only landfill site in Richmond suburb has run out of refuse disposal space.This comes at a time...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo serial robber, murderer arrested
BULAWAYO police have arrested a serial armed robber and murderer who committed crimes in the city during the period December 2021 to November 22, 2022 resulting in victims losing property worth US$59 ...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold buyer robbed of US$350 000
A REGISTERED gold buyer from Bulawayo lost US$350 000 in cash to two armed robbers who told him they were selling 50g of gold before pulling out a firearm and ransacking his house.National pol...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Murder, armed robbery suspect dies in police custody after wife meal'
A 44-year-old suspect linked to murder and several armed robbery incidents in Bulawayo died of suspected food poisoning while in police custody hours after his wife had reportedly brought him some foo...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arrives for Matabeleland South visit
MATABELELAND South will be under the spotlight as President Mnangagwa is today expected to commission the Blanket Mine Central Shaft in Gwanda District during his two-day visit to the province....Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa fault knocks suburbs off grid
SEVERAL western suburbs in Bulawayo have gone for four days without power supplies, which is suspected to be a result of a technical fault at sub-stations.Affected suburbs include Njube, Pumul...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'embarrassed' at Zanu-PF elective congress?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was reportedly "embarrassed" at last week's Zanu-PF elective congress after delegates from Mashonaland Central province protested over their provincial chairperson Kazembe...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwean who dressed Queen Elizabeth and Princess Diana
ALMOST half of Bulawayo has been plunged into darkness, with residential areas the most affected, after heavy rains that were accompanied by thunder and lightning damaged three substations.The...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 19:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
First British African Asian premier
Rishi Sunak will become the UK's first British Asian prime minister after his only remaining rival pulled out of the Tory leadership contest.Nearly 200 Conservative MPs publicly backed the for...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland Chiefs make tough demands
TRADITIONAL chiefs in Matabeleland and the Midlands early this week tabled before President Emmerson Mnangagwa a number of tough demands on top of a public apology that need to be fulfilled in order t...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's continued imprisonment riles colonial masters in UK
THE continued incarceration of opposition lawmakers Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, together with 14 Nyatsime residents for over 100 days, has cast Zimbabwe's deteriorating political situation under ...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pipe burst plunges Makokoba into water crisis
RESIDENTS in eight suburbs in Bulawayo have been plunged into a new water crisis following a pipe burst, which resulted in a big section of Masotsha Ndlovu Road near Amakhosi Cultural Centre caving in...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
48-hour water cuts in Bulawayo after mainline pipe burst
A MAJOR water pipeline burst in Esigodini has forced Bulawayo City Council to announce an emergency week-long 48-hour water shedding regime starting today, affecting all suburbs and surrounding areas ...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Major road rehab projects begin in Bulawayo
A massive rehabilitation of critical roads is set to begin in Bulawayo under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme Phase 2 (ERRP2), as the Government presses ahead with efforts to improve roads ...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe self-destruct against Namibia
Visiting Namibia hit back at their hosts Zimbabwe to square the five match T-20 cricket series following a six-wicket in at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo yesterday.It was quite some nerve wre...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC ropes in private players on roads
LACK of plant and equipment has forced the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to contract private companies to re-gravel city roads.The local authority has only one functional grader and was in sixes...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man killed in love triangle
A BULAWAYO man allegedly stabbed his girlfriend's ‘ex-lover' to death with an okapi knife after finding the two being intimate in the woman's shack at Ngozi Mine dumpsite near Richmond suburb....Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 08:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Waste pickers saving BCC'
A BULAWAYO-BASED human rights group has defended Ngozi Mine squatters saying the waste pickers were assisting Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to deal with waste management issues.This follows plan...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lack of machinery affects operations at Bulawayo landfill
LACK of machinery is reportedly crippling the Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s landfill management activities amid calls by the city fathers for the removal of the Ngozi Mine squatters as their lives are...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillor fumes over Mwonzora links
A BULAWAYO councillor, who two weeks ago attended a caucus meeting of Citizens' Coalition for Change despite her being a member of the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T has taken a swipe at her colleagues ac...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC engages 2 companies to offer vacuum tanker services
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has contracted two companies - Nestanet (Pvt) Limited and Salt-Away (Pvt) Limited - to offer vacuum tanker services in various parts of the city.This was revealed b...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Pipe leak leaves parts of Bulawayo dry
SOME areas of Bulawayo are likely to go for over two weeks without water after a pipeline to the booster pump that supplies water to some suburbs developed a leak since March 1."The City of Bu...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man found dead at London home
A 32-year-old Zimbabwean man was last Tuesday found dead at his Richmond home in a case of suspected suicide.Calvin Tapuwanashe Nyevera Munhuweyi had hardly settled in the United Kingdom, havi...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 18:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
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