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Construction of Bulawayo mayor's house goes to tender
THE Bulawayo City Council will soon invite tenders for the construction of the mayoral mansion after the completion of the drawing of the bill of quantities.According to the latest council rep...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:26hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
MRP gears up for Umkhombandlela rally
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) is set to host its highly anticipated Umkhombandlela Rally on December 21, 2023, at Stanley Hall in Makokoba, Bulawayo. The event comes at a crucial time for the par...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 10:44hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Bulawayo Day must be celebrated'
Bulawayo Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Judith Ncube has said Bulawayo Day must be celebrated as it recognises the city's heritage and cultural diversity which should be used to promote so...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Several activities lined up for Bulawayo Day
A number of events have been planned in the city as Bulawayo commemorates the day it became a town in 1894 on June 1, to allow residents to engage and participate meaningfully in the city's cultural l...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Allocate more funds for Nkayi projects'
GOVERNMENT has been urged to increase funding in the 2023 budget to ensure speedy completion of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road and Ziminya Dam projects, which would enhance economic activity and create more ...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The changing landscape of Makokoba suburb
MAKOKOBA, the oldest township and the first black African suburb in the City of Queens and Kings was named after the actions of one Mr Fallon, the native commissioner at the time, who used to walk aro...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police block Zapu 60th anniversary celebrations in Kezi
POLICE last week blocked Zapu's 60th anniversary celebrations that were set to take place at the home of the late Father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo in Kezi, Matabeleland South province.Nkomo led PF...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Police block Gukurahundi memorial
ARMED police in Bulawayo yesterday besieged Stanley Hall in Makokoba and stopped a Gukurahundi memorial event from taking place.Police cordoned off the venue as early as 8:30am where the event...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC writes to Mnangagwa's govt over street name changes
THE Bulawayo City Council is waiting for Government approval on their own individual street name changes after the High Court ruled that they cannot adhere to the names that were effected through a St...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ibumba festival roars to life
THE virtual Ibumba International Festival kicked off yesterday with a number of artistes set to perform at the fete organised by Siyaya Arts, a Bulawayo-based arts and entertainment company.On...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cont plots Amakhosi 'exit' from Makokoba
SINCE its earliest days at Stanley Hall and Stanley Square, before it moved to 15506 Masotsha Ndlovu Avenue, Lady Stanley Street, Bulawayo, right at the edge of Bulawayo's oldest township, Amakhosi Cu...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:28hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Presidential hopefuls express satisfaction over voting process
Contenders in the Presidential race yesterday voted in various constituencies, with most of them "hopeful" of springing surprises to unseat President Mnangagwa of Zanu-PF. Most of t...Published: 31 Jul 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa clueless on Matabeleland
Mthwakazi Republic Party has said the tribal monster that feeds the political appetite of the Harare parties is finally exposing it's expiring phase in Matabeleland after what it claimed was total cea...Published: 27 May 2018 at 11:59hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Police block MLF meeting
POLICE in Bulawayo on Friday blocked Mthwakazi Liberation Front from conducting a prayer meeting for Gukurahundi victims, which was aimed at breaking the silence on the atrocities by giving people the...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Joshua Nkomo was spotted
NOW aged 90, Abraham "BroNnkie" Dumezweni Nkiwane still has that fire in his belly that saw him fighting for the independence of two African states, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Nkiwane was also the first man...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 09:02hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
MRP inaugural rally successful
Mthwakazi Republic Party has claimed that its rally in Bulawayo on Saturday was successful and the party will proceed to other areas in the country to campaign ahead of the 2018 elections."Sta...Published: 31 Dec 2017 at 08:25hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Police clears Mthwakazi party rallies
Police have cleared numerous Mthwakazi Republic Party rallies`, which started from December 27 and will end on December 30 in various places.Party officials said it is a hive of activities for...Published: 28 Dec 2017 at 07:22hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZPRA veterans once again sold a dummy!!!
I remember very vividly early this year, our party's National Spokesperson Cde Mbonisi Gumbo in his response to the derogatory message by one of the ZPRA war veterans against my party, who claimed tha...Published: 28 Dec 2017 at 07:17hrs | | by Ackim Mhlanga (MRP Secretary General)
Another Gukurahundi memorial on cards
BULAWAYO-based pressure group, Ibhetshu Likazulu, said it has organised a memorial service for Gukurahundi victims at Stanley Hall on Unity Day, as part of efforts to lobby government to bring about r...Published: 20 Dec 2017 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
All roads lead to Stanley Hall as MRP holds its first rally in Byo
Mthwakazi Republic Party is set to hold its maiden Rally at the famous Stanley Hall in the City of kings and Queens (Bulawayo ) on the 29th of December 2017. The rally will start from 9 AM to 4PM....Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 15:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Stanley Raphael Tshuma sells Mthwakazi people a dummy and continue to lie
Mthwakazi Republic Party political adviser Dumezweni Dlodlo has described the self imposed Ndebele King Stanley Khumalo as a liar in claiming that his coronation event was cleared by the police before...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Mobile registration programme for Birth Certificates and National Identity Cards - BULAWAYO
Mobile Registration Programme (2017) for Birth Certificates and National Identity Cards - BULAWAYOWard 1Milton Junior Primary School 04/09/2017 - 04/09/2017Eveline High School 05/09/20...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 13:20hrs | 2 | by online
Politicians in Matabeleland must stop their Harare supremacy thinking - MRP
Mthwakazi Republic Party spokesperson Mbonisi Gumbo has warned politicians from different political parties who are based in Matabeleland to stop their mentality that Harea is supreme to the local peo...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 08:12hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Ex-Zipra combatants hold own Heroes Day commemorations
EX-Zipra combatants yesterday teamed up with Ibhetshu LikaZulu activists and held their own Heroes Day commemorations at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo in honour of the many unsung liberation war h...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 06:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland should be wary of political clowns
AS the clock slowly ticks towards elections next year, the Matabeleland region needs to be wary of political clowns who sprout ahead of polls to cause commotion only to disappear after the plebiscite....Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
'Joshua Nkomo wanted blacks to own land'
THOUSANDS of people yesterday converged on St Joseph Village in Kezi under Chief Bidi to celebrate the birthday of the late Vice-President and Father Zimbabwe Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo who was born on 7...Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 10:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Turning around the economy through national monuments
Efforts by the Zimbabwe National Museums and Monuments (ZNMM) to refurbish the Kopje hill must be highly praised. The Kopje monument has been lying idle for almost two years after the MDC-T led Harare...Published: 15 May 2017 at 13:19hrs | | by Chido Chikuni
Stanley Square, Stanley Hall declared national monuments
GOVERNMENT has declared Stanley Square and Stanley Hall in Bulawayo's oldest suburb, Makokoba, national monuments through a statutory instrument issued by the Rural Development, Promotion and Preserva...Published: 06 May 2017 at 12:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ibhetshu likaZulu to hold a commemoration of Gukurahndi on December 22
A Bulawayo based pressure group has said it will be celebrating the unity day at the Stanley Square in Bulawayo on December 22 amid indications the police have since banned the vent.In a lette...Published: 14 Dec 2016 at 15:57hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Police ban Gukurahundi commemorations
BULAWAYO pressure group, Ibhetshu LikaZulu, has been barred from conducting Gukurahundi commemorations at Stanley Hall in Makokoba on Unity Day, December 22, with the police saying the venue was a...Published: 14 Dec 2016 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Weekend entertainment diary Bulawayo, Harare
Bulawayo diary NUST National University of Science and Technology student representative council in partnership with WerasEntertainmen...Published: 04 Nov 2016 at 09:40hrs | 17 | by Thobekile Zhou
Tajamuka barricades Bulawayo roads
A GROUP of Tajamuka/Sesijikile activists held a mini-protest in Bulawayo on Thursday afternoon, using boulders to barricade the main road leading into the city centre along Stanley Square in Makok...Published: 17 Sep 2016 at 12:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tajamuka fools police
Members of radical pressure group Tajamuka /Sesjikile caught police by surprise when they blocked roads and staged a demonstration against president Robert Mugabe near Stanley square in Bulawayo. ...Published: 16 Sep 2016 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo: His life, legacy
LAST Friday's celebrations of the 17th anniversary of the death of Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo were one of the national occasions where many Zimbabweans looked at their country's past with deep admi...Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Police ban Communist Group meeting in Bulawayo
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in Bulawayo has banned a planned Communist Group and the Zimbabwe Communist League from holding a meeting at Stanley Hall on the grounds that is "not registered"....Published: 03 Nov 2015 at 13:49hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Tshinga Dube turn down MP allowance, car
MAKOKOBA legislator Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube has said his persistency in contesting for the constituency which he eventually won recently, was solely to improve the livelihoods of the people unli...Published: 19 Jul 2015 at 08:50hrs | | by Dumisani Nsingo
'Keep Zanu-PF out of Bulawayo,' says Dabengwa
Statement delivered y Dr. Dumiso Dabengwa, ZAPU President at official launch of by-election campaign, 9th May 2015 at Stanley Hall, Makhokhoba, Bulawayo....Published: 11 May 2015 at 17:17hrs | | by Dr. Dumiso Dabengwa, ZAPU President
Mugabe has score to settle with Mat'land - Zapu
On 9 May ZAPU painted the historic Stanley Hall of Makokoba in their campaign golden yellow. In scenes reminiscent of the volatile and vibrant 80s the venue erupted into song as the Party's candidates...Published: 11 May 2015 at 17:03hrs | 2 | by Zapu
'I've failed,' says Cont Mhlanga
CONTINUELOVING Mhlanga has come a long way. The playwright, affectionately known as Cont by his peers or Khulu by his students, has been in the arts industry for a while now.Mhlanga, who built...Published: 21 Feb 2015 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Bongani Ndlovu
Gukurahundi: Protocol of the forgotten
On January 27 2015, the world marked the International Holocaust Remembrance Day which coincides with the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.Auschwitz was a Nazi concentration cam...Published: 01 Feb 2015 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Dzikamai Bere
Gukurahundi commemoration group approaches court
BULAWAYO-BASED civic organisation Ibhetshu Likazulu has approached the courts to compel the police to allow the group to hold a commemoration for victims of the Gukurahundi genocide.Police on ...Published: 29 Jan 2015 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
10 Zim designers to feature in iFashion Fest 2014
To shut down 2014 Fashionably, Ibumba Festival in conjunction with Hunnar Management Agency will be hosting iFashion Fest 2014, a fashion show that will feature 10 Zimbabwe Designers & Street Bra...Published: 18 Dec 2014 at 15:10hrs | 1 | by Hunnar Management Agency
Ibumba roars into life with Tuku expected to headline the event
THE week-long Ibumba Festival comes to life in Bulawayo today with superstar Oliver Mtukudzi expected to headline the event. An opening ceremony for the festival, which ends on December 22, will be he...Published: 16 Dec 2014 at 08:27hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Mutizwa
Bulawayo Budget Consultation Programme - 2015
Bulawayo City Council will be conducting consultation meetings around the City on the dates and at the venues indicated below. 1 Mlandu Ncube Small City Hall 12.10.2014 1300-1600 ...Published: 08 Oct 2014 at 20:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
City of Bulawayo Budget Consultation Programme - 2015
1 Mlandu Ncube Small City Hall 9.8.2014 1300-16002 Sithabile Mataka Trenance Hall 8.8.2014 1400-17002 Sithabile Mataka Hughbeadle 2.8.2014 1400-17002 Sithabile Mataka B...Published: 30 Jul 2014 at 15:34hrs | | by M Nyoni, Town Clerk
Zanu-PF attacks MDC Renewal for singing Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrica
ZANU-PF politburo member Dr Sikhanyiso Ndlovu yesterday said the move by the MDC Renewal Team to denounce the national anthem at their weekend meeting in Bulawayo shows that they are immature politica...Published: 09 Jul 2014 at 07:47hrs | 3 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
'Compensate Gukurahundi victims'
The acting chairperson of the MDC renewal team, Samuel Sipepa Nkomo on Sunday said the issue of Gukurahundi will not be resolved unless there is a truth and reconciliation commission to handle it and ...Published: 07 Jul 2014 at 13:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'We knew we would lose the polls,' says MDC-T
The acting chairperson of the MDC renewal team, Samuel Sipepa Nkomo on Sunday said they knew their party would lose to Zanu-PF before contesting last year's general elections as its candidates were w...Published: 07 Jul 2014 at 12:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T factions fight over Bulawayo
THE MDC Renewal Team descends on Bulawayo tomorrow seeking to gain supporters in their former party MDC-T's stronghold whose structures have been rocked by turmoil resulting in the recent resignation ...Published: 05 Jul 2014 at 15:42hrs | 1 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
BCC consultation meetings schedule
BUDGET CONSULTATION MEETING - 2ND CONSULTATION PROGRAMME - 2014KINDLY NOTE: THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES ON VENUES AND TIMES PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISEDBulawayo City Council will be conducting co...Published: 25 Oct 2013 at 14:36hrs | | by BCC
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