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Outcry over new Zinara vehicle exemption rules
There is growing outrage among Zimbabwean vehicle owners following the introduction of a new, cumbersome vehicle licence exemption policy by the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara)....Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:42hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Water barons exploit Bulawayo's deepening water crisis
Unscrupulous individuals in Bulawayo are taking advantage of the city's worsening water crisis by selling scarce water at high prices and charging extra fees for delivery to desperate residents unable...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:03hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Senior citizen rapes Grade 2 kid
A 72-year-old Bindura man who allegedly raped a grade two pupil has been denied bail.Lazarus Chiku of Chiweshe village was advised to apply for bail at the High Court by magistrate Amos Mbobo....Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:24hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Senior citizen rapes minor (9) over match sticks
In a shocking incident a 72-year-old Bindura man is in soup after he allegedly raped a grade two girl who was looking for matches sticks at his house.Lazarus Chiku of Chiweshe village, Bindura...Published: 20 May 2025 at 19:01hrs | 530 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
BCC reduces parking exemption hours for senior citizens
The City of Bulawayo has announced a reduction in monthly parking exemption hours for senior citizens, citing financial losses exceeding US$119,000 from the initiative last year. As a result, the exem...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 09:23hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
The Unholy Pursuit of Power: A Rebuttal to the Proposal for Extending President Mnangagwa's Term
An article by Tinotenda recently espoused the notion that the proposal for extending President Mnangagwa's term is centered around ensuring continuity and stability in Zimbabwe's economic recovery and...Published: 15 Feb 2025 at 22:45hrs | 433 | by Etiwel Mutero
Senior citizen robbed
A senior citizen was allegedly robbed of his ZAR1500 by three suspects who assaulted him while he waited for transport in Plumtree.The injured Tadius Ndlovu (79) had to be rescued by Davison D...Published: 21 Jan 2025 at 20:22hrs | 1639 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Honda Fit gangs stage flash protest at City Hall
A convoy of seven Honda Fit vehicles disrupted normalcy outside City Hall this afternoon as unidentified youths staged a flash demonstration to denounce alleged corruption by city councillors and the ...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 19:09hrs | 1815 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo parking firm boss rolls into City Hall in US$400k Rolls Royce
Lizwe Mabuza, the chairman of Tendy Tree Investments (TTI), the company managing Bulawayo's paid parking, arrived at City Hall in a US$400,000 Rolls Royce Cullinan last week, prompting a wave of publi...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 13:16hrs | 1818 | by Staff reporter
Gweru makes it expensive to die
Residents of Gweru are expressing their outrage over the Gweru City Council's (GCC) proposed 2025 budget, which includes significant increases in cemetery fees, some rising by more than 100 percent. T...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:47hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Justice Sello Nare buried at Lady Stanley Cemetery
The burial of Retired Justice Sello Nare was today buried at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo, a resting place reserved for distinguished senior citizens and individuals who made significant contribu...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 16:10hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa laments suffering of pensioners
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has lamented the deteriorating living conditions of Zimbabwe's senior citizens, attributing their plight to persistent misgovernance. I...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:56hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Senior citizen bashes daughter-in-law
There was drama at Nyagupe village, Mudzi when a 75-year-old woman bashed her 50-year-old daughter-in-law while coming from a river.The 75-year-old mother-in-law (Elizabeth Mudzagada) was drag...Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 16:07hrs | 525 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Parking exemptions for war vets
War veterans and senior citizens aged 70 years and above in Harare will now be exempt from paying parking fees, as announced by City Parking. This initiative aims to ease the financial burden ...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 06:37hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean nurse aid robs Ireland pensioners
"LOCK them up for a long time because they are evil," were the words of one of six vulnerable pensioners preyed on by their former carer for Euro 34 000 in violent burglaries in Athlone, Co. Westmeath...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:13hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
Senior citizen defrauds pension office
In Plumtree, a 63-year-old woman named Tshiyiwe Ndlovu has been convicted of defrauding the pension office of over US$2,000. She pleaded guilty before magistrate Jo...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:33hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Senior citizen defrauds pensions office
A 63-YEAR-OLD Plumtree who defrauded the pensions office over US$2000 was convicted on Tuesday at Plumtree magistrates courts.Tshiyiwe Ndlovu pleaded guilty to the charge before magistrate Jos...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 20:09hrs | 80 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo senior citizens get free parking
BULAWAYO senior citizens have started to enjoy vehicle parking charges exemption where they are entitled to 25 hours of free parking in the central business district.Tendy Three Investments (T...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
His haircuts are turning heads
Toddlers, juveniles, teens, adults and octogenarians, they all flock to Alexio's Barbershop. Sometimes we even see stampedes during school recess as each learner hurries to be in front of the queue to...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 13:17hrs | 136 | by Tondo Chinehasha
No parking fees for those over 70 years old
BULAWAYO residents who are 70 years old and above will now be exempted from paying parking fees in the city as part of the local authority's endeavour to honour them for their contribution to the grow...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Maintaining graves is not Bulawayo City Council's job
THE Bulawayo City Council has urged residents with relatives buried at different cemeteries in the city to constantly check and maintain the graves as it is not the duty of the local authority to do t...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:36hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Graves cave in at Luveve Cemetery
AN elderly woman, accompanied by two young adults walks briskly into a section of Luveve Cemetery in Bulawayo, a little bit on the edge and sombre.They continuously scan across the hundreds of...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:56hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Manhize folk fret over graveyards
VillAgERs in Manhize have asked the Mvumabased Dinson iron and steel Company (Disco) to allow them access to graveyards on land taken over by the Chinese mining company so that they conduct traditiona...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:40hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Elderly man kicks out abusive son
A SENIOR citizen based in Harare was early this week granted a protection order against his abusive son.Lazarus Chitsuro on Wednesday told magistrate Sharon Mashavi that his life has been hell...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zambian's Hichilema strips ex-President Lungu of retirement benefits
Zambia's government has withdrawn retirement benefits and privileges from former President Edgar Lungu following his decision to return to active politics.Lungu lost the presidency to Hakainde...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 20:17hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF should decisively deal with bad apples
The Zanu-PF leadership has taken steps to curb the abuse of power and privileges by some of its members. During the party's recent annual conference in Gweru, Zanu-PF Chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kash...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senior citizen commits suicide over funeral policy debt
A 65-YEAR-OLD Guruve man committed suicide after feeling let down by a funeral policy.Habback Chipuriro committed suicide by poisoning recently.Sources familiar with the incident told ...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 13:12hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
SABC show goes to Zimbabwe
Humour, friendship and a bit of "organised chaos" are the ingredients that have kept Umhlobo Wenene FM's iBreakfast Eyondlayo Ekuseni (BEE) going and made it Mzansi's second biggest radio show on SABC...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 22:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Senior citizen stabs wife for prioritizing voting
A 74-YEAR-OLD man is in trouble after he violated his wife's right to vote by stabbing her with a kitchen knife for voting while leaving house hold chores...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 16:54hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZRP dispels polling station death report
Police have dispelled as false, a report circulating on social media and quoted by some media outlets claiming that a 68-year-year old man yesterday died at a polling station at Warren Park High Schoo...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Youth vote vital for victory'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF parliamentary and council candidates will romp to victory riding on the back of a strong youth vote, the ruling party's Bulawayo provincial chairman Jabulani Siband...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:34hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza residents resort to bucket toilet system
The bulk of Chitungwiza residents have been forced to resort to the bucket toilet system as council struggles to bring a permanent solution to sewage and water reticulaion problems affecting most part...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UB40 and Ali Campbell jets into Zimbabwe today
ENGLISH reggae and pop outfit UB40 featuring Ali Campbell is expected in the country today ahead of its much-awaited Harare concert.The show, set for tomorrow at Old Hararians Sports Club, kic...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Senior citizen uses cannabis for medicinal purposes
A Senior citizen who was arrested after being found in possession of two twists of cannabis told Mutoko magistrate yesterday that he was using it for medicinal purposes.Sukupenzi Elector was s...Published: 04 May 2023 at 10:16hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
DRAMA in court as senior citizen refuses to leave dock after conviction
There was drama at Concession magistrates courts yesterday after a senior citizen refused to leave the dock after being convicted of malicious damage to property.Robert Mucherure (71) roared t...Published: 03 May 2023 at 14:21hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Uproar over Mnangagwa's US$54m jet
ZIMBABWEANS have angrily reacted to reports that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has acquired a US$54 million presidential jet — a Dassault Falcon 7X , at a time the majority of the population is wallo...Published: 01 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outcry over rude Bulawayo council clinic staff
BULAWAYO residents have expressed concern over rising cases of ill-treatment of patients at council clinics by staff.The council owns several clinics that provide primary health care to the Bu...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt charms war collaborators ahead of 2023 general elections
GOVERNMENT has been frantically charming war veterans, ex-political prisoners, detainees, restrictees, non-combatant cadres and war collaborators by increasing pensions ahead of polls later this year,...Published: 18 Apr 2023 at 20:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Grand Palm Lodge owner dies, burial tomorrow
SENIOR citizen, seasoned businesswoman and Grand Palm Lodge proprietor Mrs Phyllis Pamie Majele-Sibanda who died last Saturday will be buried at Denver Farm on the outskirts of Bulawayo tomorrow....Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe desperately needs leadership renewal
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as you are quite aware, the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) symbolises the antiquity of State-owned public institutions. It is ground...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:43hrs | 15 | by Cyprian Ndawana
Chamisa's CCC worried over Job Sikhala's continued detention
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) national spokesperson Fadzai Mahere, Friday expressed discontent over the continued detention of the party's legislator Job Sikhala who has been in jail since June ...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 08:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Murehwa violence: One Arrested
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has confirmed arresting one of the perpetrators of the Murehwa violence that circulated on social media last week.Through a statement, the police said one Ne...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 17:26hrs | 27 | by Desmond Nleya
Zanu-PF thugs captured on video flogging Chamisa's elderly supporters
Zanu-PF thugs accosted villagers and flogged them ruthlessly with logs for convening a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) gathering in politically volatile Murehwa, a Zanu-PF stronghold in Mashonalan...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 13:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Headman, teacher up for stock theft
A headman in Mudzi, a teacher and their accomplice are in trouble after they allegedly hired a self proclaimed prophet to cleanse the home of a senior cit...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 22:37hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mr Mnangagwa, longevity is a treasure beyond measure
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, congratulations on your 80th birthday. Given that for many people, 40 years is a lifetime, you rank among the fortunate remnant who have live...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 2 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Chamisa political playbook worked elsewhere, can he win in Zimbabwe?
PRECIOUS Dinha elbows her way into a packed soccer stadium. Despite thunder clouds looming above, thousands of yellow-clad Zimbabweans are singing, dancing and thrusting their index fingers skyward....Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | 13 | by Evidence Chenjerai
This & that with Mal'phosa: The endangered species
I have a feeling the Ndebele language is endangered - and we, the custodians of the language by right of being senior citizens - are not helping the situation in any way. How would you feel if you wer...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 11:04hrs | 2 | by Clerk Ndlovu
Mohadi in no show
Zanu-PF vice-president Kembo Mohadi, who was supposed to be the guest speaker at Chinhoyi Agricultural Show, failed to turn up last Friday amid reports that Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) support...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi snubs agric show amid fears of CCC protest
FORMER State vice president, Kembo Mohadi Friday snubbed the 75th edition of Mashonaland West Agricultural Show 2022 after security details reportedly sniffed an alleged protest plot over his eligibil...Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 17:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over Bulawayo parking management
BULAWAYO business owners and residents have claimed that the new city parking management system run by South African company Tendy Three Investment (TTI) in the central business district (CBD) is adve...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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