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Bulawayo is not a shanty town
BULAWAYO is not a shanty town where trade shambles are wont to be germane.No, the City of Kings and Queens, alias royal palace of international trade fairs, should not be turned into an eyesor...Published: 7 hrs ago | 87 | by Stephen Mpofu
Mukwasha Chiwenga in Math-South improvements. Is development holistic?
Whatever development VP Chiwenga is bringing in Matabeleland South, that should never be interpreted as "Mukwasha inzunza". School children especially benefit from good and safe schools, health care f...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 12:27hrs | 2079 | by Nomazulu Thata
Niger: Calls for mass recruitment of volunteers to counter Nigerian military invasion
Nigeriens are preparing for a possible invasion by countries in the region, three weeks after mutinous soldiers ousted the nation's democratically elected president.Residents in the capital, N...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:59hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 13 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
In a normal country, both ZANU PF and CCC/MDC would be history!
It is bewildering listening to ZANU PF mouthpieces condemning the opposition (CCC and MDC) for running down once plush urban areas into disgusting shanty towns - thereafter, suggesting that residents ...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 19:12hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Will it take one or two more generations for Zimbabwe to finally be free?
The past few days have been quite encouraging for me – and, they have ignited in me a flicker of hope for the country that I love so much…Zimbabwe....Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 07:32hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe @42 where exactly did we go wrong?
It really pains me when I look at what my country has become today four decades into independence. We have regressed so much.I couldn't think that one day I would board a plane to a war torn c...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 12:40hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
South Africans says all Zimbabweans must leave the country
ANGRY South Africans say they want all Zimbabweans, documented or otherwise, to leave the country as soon as possible or face more xenophobic violence.This follows the callous murder of Zimbab...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt 'frees' Caledonia from Harare
GOVERNMENT has separated the sprawling suburb of Caledonia from Harare and announced that the underdeveloped settlement will now be under Mashonaland East Province.This was revealed last week ...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to resettle wetlands inhabitants
The Government will soon begin scouting for alternative land for people settled on wetlands and other undesignated areas to prevent possible disasters, especially in the wake of floods that affected C...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Afro-Sino economic relations in the 21st Century: Mixed Reactions and Misinterpretations
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National U...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:21hrs | 19 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Killing of foreigners in South Africa is an evil act [Xenophobia]
When Mandela became the first black South African President, after a protracted struggle with the Apartheid government, many people thought that a new dawn of peace in Africa has been born. In...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 13:10hrs | | by Njabulo
Killing of foreigners in South Africa is an evil act
When Mandela became the first black South African President, after a protracted struggle with the Apartheid government ,many people thought that a new dawn of peace in Africa has been born...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Njabulo
Rural teachers thrown to the deep end
With learners at heart, pregnant with a passion of serving the nation and refining young brains into doctors, engineers, lawyers and accountants among other professions, *Mrs Bongiwe Nyoni welcomed he...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
From KoBulawayo to Bulawayo @ 125
No sooner had Dr Leander Starr Jameson sauntered into the Maxim Hotel located just west of the Market Square did he pronounce Bulawayo a town. That happened on June 1, 1894, making Bulawayo 125 years ...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Killing of foreigners in South Africa is an evil act [Xenophobia]
When Mandela became the first black South African President, after a protracted struggle with the Apartheid government, many people thought that a new dawn of peace in Africa has been born...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 09:37hrs | | by Njabulo
Zanu-PF aim to break the urban jinx
Zanu-PF is aiming to break the jinx and reclaim support in urban constituencies as it sells President Mnangagwa's transformational vision of growth and industrialisation, Politburo member Chris Mutsva...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kariba tourists decline spurs Senate debate
Senators have called on central government to expeditiously provide financial resources for construction of a new airport in Kariba and upgrade its tourist facilities to international standards....Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 17:15hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Hwange prostitute haven shut down
Police in Hwange have shut down a popular hub of commercial sex work and crime in the coal mining town much to the delight of residents who have welcomed the move as they had on numerous occasions com...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 13:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF pledges to clamp down on land barons
The ZANU-PF Government says it will put an end to irregular allocations of land and development of shanty towns if re-elected in the forthcoming 2018 harmonised elections.In its 2018 election ...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil servants to get salary hike
CIVIL servants will have their salaries and working conditions improved,while their salaries and bonuses will be paid in full and consistently, among a cocktail of measures to be put in place to ensur...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa never temper with capital punishment, we need it only for paed0philes!
Third letter to Women of Zimbabwe: International Day of Women 2018Paed0philes who abuse babies, toddlers, little girls and boys should never be spared from hanging. We ask the government to up...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 18:53hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Sex workers finaly accept plastic money, hike fares
Sex workers in Mazowe mine (Jumbo) hiked their prices from $2 to $3 after miners got their remuneration yesterday.Sources who spoke to Bulawayo24.com revealed that legions of sex workers who a...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 21:15hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Regionalism will save marginalised citizens - MLF
Mthwakazi Liberation Front International Relations officer Chrispen Nyoni has said regionalism is the only solution to the problem of marginalisation, which has characterised many parts of Zimbabwe si...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 09:32hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zapu fights for locals to get stands
ZAPU has joined villagers at Cabatsha settlement on the outskirts of Bulawayo in challenging Local Government minister, Saviour Kasukuwere's move to allocate residential stands at the Mvutsha Farm...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 05:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'We should be enlightened enough to see past clans, tribes' - Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda
For some days now, I have observed from the side lines as events unfolded online that seemed to confirm my worst fears and worsen every time I logged on. I am currently on a fact-finding mission to as...Published: 16 Dec 2016 at 12:52hrs | 2 | by Ezra Tshisa Sibanda
Man organises a hit on his friend in SA?
Dear EditorI have a story that is newsworthy.Briefly, the facts are:A Zimbabwean was involved in a road traffic accident in 2012 in South Africa.He called for compensat...Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by legallabourcentre
Zimbabweans in South Africa beg for next meal
JOHANNESBURG - Having fled economic turmoil in Zimbabwe in 2008, Merlyn Ndou sought refuge in neighbouring South Africa; anticipating a change of fortunes, but the place of gold or Egoli, as South...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Book Review: 'No More Plastic Balls and Other Stories'
The last analysis of the anthology 'No More Plastic Balls and Other Stories' was almost a success to the purpoted audience who received the piece with great enthusiasm.It is a rare thing that ...Published: 26 Jun 2016 at 20:12hrs | 83 | by Wilson Chipangura
Xenophobic attacks in Lusaka
LUSAKA - Attacks on foreign owned shops in Lusaka, the Zambian capital, have spread to other parts of the city with more shops attacked, local media reported late on Monday.The attacks started...Published: 19 Apr 2016 at 23:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe sex workers shun condoms
As the sun sets, the streets of Epworth, on the outskirts of Harare, roar into life with multitudes of people wandering up and down the narrow dusty road that leads to PaBooster-arguably the nucleus o...Published: 18 Dec 2015 at 09:01hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Please stop disconnecting water in all cities of Zimbabwe! Water is a human right. Period!
Please dear citizens, pass this message to all city councils in Zimbabwe. A country that has 90% unemployment, where do they get money to pay water rates from? Has it ever dawned on the whole Mayor of...Published: 17 Nov 2015 at 13:28hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Open letter to EFF and its commander in chief Comrade Julius Malema
Dear Malema and EFFDaughters and Sons of African soil, comrades in the struggle for Economic Freedom, representatives of the poor, the unemployed, miners, garden boys and domestic worker...Published: 29 Oct 2015 at 06:09hrs | 3 | by Innocent Ndibali
Economic meltdown - Mugabe has lost every skirmish
The economic meltdown is the one adversary that has got the better of President Mugabe. Whilst he has managed to bribe and cheat the likes of Morgan Tsvangirai and all his learned MDC friends like law...Published: 25 Jun 2015 at 15:04hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Clearing Vendors off Harare Streets long over due
A walk along almost all streets of Harare in the central business district (CBD) is characterised by scores of vendors scattered all over the place lined up and clogging all the pavements and side...Published: 04 Jun 2015 at 15:26hrs | | by Suitable Kajau
Mugabe and the Crocodile
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe marked his birthday this year with an extravagant party, but how many more such celebrations can there be? In recent months there have been signs of major upheaval i...Published: 24 May 2015 at 14:26hrs | | by Stephen Sackur BBC
Xenophobia in South Africa escalates at diplomatic levels
Why should he apologize for telling the truth? Du Preez was spot on, what gave him criticism is his Afrikaner background. If it was a black he would not have had such a backlash and ignorant...Published: 30 Apr 2015 at 05:47hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
What went wrong with SA independence to turn their anger and hate on foreigners?
What went wrong with South African independence to turn their anger and hate on foreigners? Naomi Klein chronologies some facets of a stolen revolution: "Shock doctrin...Published: 18 Apr 2015 at 18:42hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
How white people created the conditions for anti-immigrant riots in South Africa
A recent spate of anti-immigrant violence in South African cities has been linked to comments made by Goodwill Zwelithini, king of the Zulu nation. At a rally in late Mar. 2015, the monarch reportedly...Published: 17 Apr 2015 at 20:30hrs | 2 | by Jake Flanagin @jakeflanagin
Jacob Zuma assures foreigners over xenophobia
President Jacob Zuma has assured foreigners including Zimbabweans living in South Africa that they are protected by a "friendly" legislative system which accommodates everyone.President Zuma's...Published: 06 Apr 2015 at 22:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean minister slams 'ignorant' Zulu king
Home affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi has condemned recent utterances by Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini calling for the deportation of foreigners from South Africa.Mohadi said King Zwelithini's re...Published: 30 Mar 2015 at 07:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman burnt alive in South Africa
A ZIMBABWEAN woman wrongly accused of killing a young boy has been lynched by an angry mob in a shanty town near the South African capital, Pretoria.The woman was burnt alive while another...Published: 18 Mar 2015 at 07:53hrs | | by AFP
Tsvangirai to launch massive demos against Mugabe
As Zimbabwe's economic meltdown gathers pace, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says the MDC will soon launch peaceful mass demonstrations to force President Robert Mugabe's government to act on the...Published: 07 Mar 2015 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
A second letter to all women in Zimbabwe in preparation for the grand boycott!
"Passive resistance" Dear Zimbabwe Women of all ethnic societies, As we slowly and surely approach the international women's day of the global v...Published: 14 Feb 2015 at 17:56hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
ANC talks left on land as unrest flares
SOUTH Africa's government has built close to four million houses for low-income families since the end of apartheid in 1994.Lizzie Mboweni is one of millions still waiting for one.Last...Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 17:15hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Don't blame squatters, says Tsvangirai
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says the government is clueless about solving Zimbabwe's housing crisis.Speaking in Epworth, a shanty suburb in Harare, yesterday - where government is demo...Published: 30 Jan 2015 at 17:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council act on kombis now!
The high level of anarchy and chaos caused by commuter omnibuses in Harare City the capital is regrettable. This sector contributes immensely in propping up the needs of society, but their existe...Published: 15 Jul 2014 at 09:13hrs | | by Suitable Kajau
Child prostitution hits Shangani
Indulging in activities involving sex at a tender age is a taboo especially in African countries.But with the advent of technology, a lot of teenagers are exposed to a lot of things and they t...Published: 14 Jun 2014 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Swagga T
Julius Malema carries Mugabe torch
TWENTY years ago, South Africa transitioned to a full, non-racial democracy and elected Nelson Mandela president. This week, its citizens went to the polls for the first vote of the post-Mandela era ...Published: 10 May 2014 at 06:36hrs | | by Robert Marquand
NoViolet Bulawayo wows US audience
BROOKLYN - Award winning author NoViolet Bulawayo last week took to the microphone, reading from her first novel, We Need New Names at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in the United States....Published: 25 Mar 2014 at 11:06hrs | 2 | by brooklyneagle.com
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