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Bulawayo council flats 'a time bomb'
City officials in Bulawayo have expressed deep concern over the worsening service delivery and living conditions at Sidojiwe Flats, a colonial-era housing complex in the Belmont Industrial area that w...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:00hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
70% of Bulawayo water contaminated
A recent quality monitoring exercise conducted by the Bulawayo City Council has revealed alarming levels of water contamination in the city, with seven out of 10 water samples showing unsatisfactory r...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:18hrs | 1448 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police seek public's help after 2 human legs found in Pumula South
Police in Bulawayo have made a public appeal for information after partial human remains were discovered in Pumula South.Two human legs were found sticking out of a bag in the undergrowth near...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 15:20hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Modi donates US$120 000 computer bus
JUBILATION punctuated by singing and ululations was the order of the day on Sunday as scores of residents in Sizinda under Bulawayo South constituency received a US$120 000 mobile computer bus donated...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Health time bomb at Sidojiwe flats
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it is concerned about the ballooning population at Sidojiwe flats meant to accommodate 82 bachelors, but now houses more than 500 families.The town planning de...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC unveils US$158m budget
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday unveiled its US$157,99 million revenue budget and is proposing to set aside US$106 million to fund key infrastructural development projects that include construct...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Doctors team up to provide free health services
LOCAL Doctors are complementing the government's drive to enhance access to health care, with a free medical outreach programme targeting vulnerable communities in Bulawayo.91-year old Gogo Es...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 14:59hrs | 6 | by ZBC
Ndebele Mayor is dismally failing Bulawayo: Why is the Bulawayo Residence Association mum about BCC discrepancies?
Without the former deputy mayor of Bulawayo Tinashe Karambani, the senior executives in the City Council are failing to eradicate corruption in the city. The BCC is once again in the headlines today f...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 19:35hrs | 5 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bulawayo mayor condemns Sidojiwe Flats
BULAWAYO'S overcrowded Sidojiwe Flats in Belmont have been condemned as unsafe for human habitation.Mayor Solomon Mguni called for immediate decongestion of the overcrowded flats during a meet...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:20hrs | 3 | by Staff writer
Lover bedding his father-in-law, man tells court
A Bulawayo man who was facing charges of assaulting his ex-lover stunned a court when he defended himself saying he committed the crime after he suspected her of having a sexual relationship with his ...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 19:35hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo South candidates storm out of residents meeting
THERE was drama at Barham Green Hall in Bulawayo South constituency when residents took parliamentary candidates to task over their frivolous promises, resulting in some of them storming out of the me...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC Alliance stutters in Bulawayo South
INCUMBENT Bulawayo South MDC legislator Eddie Cross' decision to step aside ahead of the July 30 harmonised elections has opened avenues for Zanu-PF and new entrants in the constituency if events on t...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 15:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko disowned
AS the adage does, when the times are dark, friends are few and former Vice-President Phelekezela is finding out this the hard way.Zanu-PF's aspiring parliamentary candidate for Bulawayo South...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Metropolitan Province Phase 2 - Voter Registration Centres
Constituency Ward Registration CentreBulawayo South 6 Barham Green - HallBulawayo South 6 Barham Green - Primary SchoolBulawayo South 6 Founders - High SchoolBulawayo South 6 Green...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Phase 2 Bulawayo - ZEC Voter Registration Centres
Dates 29 Oct - 13 Nov 2017 Bulawayo Remember you can register at any registration centre near you and th...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 13:17hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Court official 'demands $500 to kill rape case'
A BULAWAYO Tredgold Court official has been implicated in a matter in which a minor rape victim is being pressured to withdraw a case against an uncle who allegedly abused her.The minor (15) w...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
16-year-old drops sexual abuse charges against stepdad
A 16-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo girl was on Tuesday allowed to drop sexual abuse charges against her step- father (43) after saying he is the family's breadwinner.The girl from Sidojiwe Flats who canno...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gate crasher stabs man at party
A 24-YEAR–OLD man from Bulawayo was hospitalised after a gate-crasher at a birthday party stabbed him with a kitchen knife.Mr Phathisani Ndlovu was admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital followi...Published: 11 Jul 2017 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sidojiwe residents: A neglected community
"As you can see for yourself, almost every girl between the ages of 13 and 18 is pregnant or has a baby. It is because these children have nothing else to do with their time. There are no family plann...Published: 15 May 2017 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jilted hubby bashes former wife forces her to come back to him
A jilted man reportedly stormed his former wife’s home where he dragged her into her bed room and assaulted her demanding that she must come back to him.Cosmas UMzimkh...Published: 19 Dec 2016 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Girl (15) 'raped' in exchange for edible soil
A man from Sidojiwe Flats in Bulawayo has been dragged to court to answer a charge of raping a neighbour's daughter in exchange for edible soil that the girl wanted from him.Nhlanhla Moyo (30)...Published: 09 Nov 2016 at 10:15hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
300 000 Zimbabweans to get houses countrywide
GOVERNMENT will this year avail serviced stands, construct new flats and renovate old flats and housing units in Bulawayo to meet modern standards under the "Own Your Own Home" housing scheme which wi...Published: 03 Jan 2016 at 10:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fake 'cops'get eight months suspended sentence for $1 extortion
TWO men who masqueraded as police officers and demanded $40 from a Pumula East vendor, who they threatened to arrest if she did not pay them, but later extorted only $1, have been sentenced to the...Published: 08 Apr 2015 at 15:40hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Man sentenced to 12 months for $1 robbery
A Bulawayo man from Sidojiwe Flats has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for robbing a man of $1. Its is reported that on December 22, at around 4PM, Stanley Hlabangani was walking fr...Published: 04 Jan 2015 at 22:50hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
BCC avails stands for Sidojiwe Flats residents
The Bulawayo City Council has identified land in Cowdray Park to address squalid living conditions in Sidojiwe Flats and other similar areas within the city.According to the latest counc...Published: 07 May 2014 at 13:39hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Find your nearest polling station in Bulawayo
PROVISIONAL POLLING STATIONS USED DURING 2013 CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM Bulawayo Provinc...Published: 16 Mar 2013 at 06:29hrs | 3 | by Moyo Roy
BCC and city firms fined for crimes leading to pollution of Umguza River
THE Bulawayo City Council has been fined $5 000, while a number of companies have been fined up to $1 000 for environmental crimes that result in the pollution of Umguza River.The Environmenta...Published: 06 Apr 2012 at 16:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
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