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Death knell for Zimbabwe's departmental shops
The demand for partitioned lettable shops in Bulawayo's Central Business District (CBD) has reached unprecedented levels, with the Bulawayo City Council receiving a flood of applications for the conve...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 06:50hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel retailers urged to renew licences
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has issued a reminder to businesses selling fuel and liquid petroleum gas to ensure their licences are renewed on time, emphasizing that those with lice...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 06:29hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents petition Mnangagwa over police corruption
Bulawayo residents have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to intervene in the alleged corruption involving police officers at two local stations, Queens Park and Khumalo, where they claim police...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 16:03hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents acquire vehicle for neighbourhood watch patrol
Residents of Sunninghill suburb in Bulawayo have come together to add a fifth vehicle to their crime patrol fleet, in response to growing concerns over safety and security in the area. The collaborati...Published: 15 Nov 2024 at 08:36hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
BCC starts feasibility study for Matopos, Umganin aquifers
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has initiated a feasibility study aimed at identifying potential aquifers in the Matopos and Umganin areas, marking a significant step toward addressing the city's ongo...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:54hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo reaches full capacity for Starlink
The Bulawayo City Centre and its surrounding areas have hit full capacity for Starlink devices, following a similar situation in Harare just two weeks prior, according to an update on Starlink's offic...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 14:31hrs | 3669 | by Staff reporter
Used clothes take Zimbabwe by storm
Kimberley Dube takes great care with her appearance. She always looks sharp and fashionable in smart-looking jeans, t-shirts, sweatpants, tops, and designer sneakers."I love jeans - can't get ...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 11:24hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
Commission red flags new Harare buildings
The commission of inquiry investigating the operations of Harare City Council from 2017 to date has raised concerns over several buildings being constructed in the city, citing potential dangers to th...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 08:21hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo explores suburban aquifers to beat water shortages
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is exploring the possibility of tapping into aquifers in Nkulumane, Nketa, and Hope Fountain to address severe water shortages caused by drought. The city has ...Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 16:08hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe road works to continue post-Sadc Summit
The massive road rehabilitation programme in Harare ahead of the SADC Summit next month will continue after the event, with beautification works already underway along the completed 6km stretch of Bou...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 07:19hrs | 17 | by Staff reportyer
It's easier to topple your mentor than run a country, isn't it Mr. President?
So, this where it has all come to? Those of us in urban areas now live without water and electricity!We are no longer any different from our compatriots in rural Zimbabwe.I may...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:20hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimpapers set to announce editorial changes
THE country's oldest and biggest state-controlled media publishing house, Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Limited (Zimpapers), will on Monday announce new editorial changes following the recent appointment...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 19:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council not going back on decongesting CBD
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says there is no going back in decongesting the city centre and has directed informal traders and taxi operators to move to newly upgraded Egodini Terminus and other de...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC to reverse decision to close 5th Avenue market
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) will this week deliberate on a move that is likely to see the reversal of a resolution to shut down vending activities along 5th Avenue and opening the road to vehicula...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parents protest over US$ school fees in Zimbabwe
PARENTS and guardians with school-going children are up in arms with the government after it gazetted tuition fees in United States dollars ahead of the schools opening next week.Primary and S...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:29hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart sees better days in 2024
Bulawayo mayor David Coltart says finding solutions to the city's multifaceted problems will not happen overnight as he laid out his council's priorities for 2024.Coltart, a former Education m...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 13:00hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 2024 school fees gazetted
Tuition fees for Government schools for next year were gazetted yesterday by Primary and Secondary Education Minister Torerayi Moyo with those for primary schools ranging from US$5 a term for P3 rural...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 06:11hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean minister, police boss dragged to Court
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga have been dragged to the High Court by Harare residents whose houses were razed down on Monday by anti-riot police....Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mayor David Coltart Takes the Lead in Transforming Bulawayo with 'Big Spring Clean Up'
Bulawayo, October 2, 2023 - In a remarkable display of leadership and community engagement, Mayor David Coltart has taken the initiative to lead the charge in revitalizing the streets of Bulawayo thro...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 22:10hrs | 15 | by Moyo Roy
Zimbabwe CIO boss attacked by State Security Agents?
The Zimbabwean government is running a security operation, mainly in Harare, around the clock to prevent gatherings as it is fears an uprising and post-election violence over disputed poll results....Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:46hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fears revolt over elections
THE Zimbabwean government is running a security operation, mainly in Harare, around the clock to prevent gatherings as it is fears an uprising and post-election violence over disputed poll results, in...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will only develop once we've citizens who're truly eager for prosperity!
It is not necessary the unashamedly corrupt, incompetent and uncaring government that we have in power.Neither is it the grand looting of our vast national resources by the ruling elite - who ...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 16:34hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Senate and PR, the maxim gun firing at Bulawayo
The Senate, Youth and PR lists for the 2023 harmonised elections in Bulawayo Province, are the newest metaphorical maxim gun whose bullets are brutally firing at the tender heart of the City of Bulawa...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:03hrs | 19 | by Nhlanhla Moses Ncube (Secretary General)
Zanu-PF way beyond redemption
IT never ceases to baffle the mind what exactly the ruling Zanu-PF party intends to achieve by singing on rooftops about its supposed "achievements".Surely, after authoring the unimaginable mi...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:31hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZANU PF is way beyond redemption!
It never ceases to baffle the mind what exactly the ruling ZANU PF party intends to achieve by singing on rooftops over their supposed 'achievements'.Surely, after authoring the unimaginable m...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 17:45hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Ex-MP in court for rape
A former member of parliament for Kambuzuma, Tinashe Maduza, yesterday appeared in court for allegedly drugging, sexually assaulting and robbing one of his former employees and later for kidnapping hi...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 19:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Illegal vendors crowding the city's streets are not originally from Bulawayo
A Bulawayo City Council top official has claimed that illegal vendors crowding the city's streets, blocking pavements and other roads are not originally from the city.Town clerk Christopher Du...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 16:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
City of Bulawayo to get rid of all informal traders in the CBD
The City of Bulawayo has advised all stakeholders that it will be conducting an exercise to rid the City of all informal traders in the Central Business District (CBD) with effect from Wednesday, 11. ...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 16:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF aligned vendors in showdown with Bulawayo Council
A showdown between Bulawayo City Council and Zanu-PF aligned vendors is looming following the former‘s decision to get rid of all informal traders in the Central Business District (CBD)....Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 09:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants grovelling for housing stands isn't economic development but shameful retrogression
It was one of the most painful and heartrending sights! There are very few incidents that are so harrowing and sink the heart, as watching grown-ups - grovelling for things which, in a normal ...Published: 05 Jan 2023 at 13:22hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Does the current water shedding mean a broken system in the BCC?
This year so far has not only been struck by the long hours of load shedding but water is being cut constantly with people having to go at least 72 hours ...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 07:03hrs | | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Zimbabwe's security officers to attend Zanu-PF's ideology school
THE country's security officers have reportedly been commandeered to attend Zanu-PF's Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology.NewsDay understands that about two weeks ago, district police commandin...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare pegs 2023 rates in forex
Harare City Council yesterday announced its 2023 budget that has rates indexed in US dollars with a high-density suburban holder set to fork out a minimum of US$23,15 in rates and fees a month, althou...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Private operators import 150 buses
Private bus companies have imported 150 buses using the zero-duty concession set by Government to complement efforts in improving public transport system.Private operators expect to double the...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mixed reactions to police blitz
ABOUT 81 people had been arrested as of yesterday in the latest crackdown against unlicensed, uninsured and unregistered vehicles in Harare central business district.Police said criminals were...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA traffic signs to be adopted as SADC signs?
SADC has agreed on a common set of traffic signs and signals, so drivers in the region will be able to instantly recognise warning signs and the signs that order stopping, giving way, speed limits and...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe roadworks create 11 000 jobs
Fifty-five contractors and nearly 11 000 people have so far been hired countrywide to conduct works under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2), bringing joy to communities along the r...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police launch another blitz
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has launched another operation code-named ‘Respect Other Road Users', targeting motorists who continue violating the traffic rules and regulations countrywide.So...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police crackdown on pirate taxis nets 600
NEARLY 600 pirate taxis usually called mushikashika, unregistered cars, street kids controlling traffic and vendors operating at intersections were arrested in Harare yesterday on the first day of a m...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Exploring the rise of the online casino
The brick-and-mortar traditional casino dates to Italy in the early1600s. Evidence shows Venice's Ridotto was in full operation in 1638. Of course, gambling goes back much further to the Old Stone Age...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 12:56hrs | 10 | by Staff Writer
No matter what "development" ZANU PF brings but no vote from me as long as livelihoods not better than at 1980
I find it throughly infuriating, if not downright insulting, hearing some ruling ZANU PF leaders and supporters going to all lengths in their arrogant attempts at forcing their perception and version ...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 16:09hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Residents target dirty clinics, schools for cleaning
Luveve residents in Bulawayo have come together in a cleanup campaign targeting all local dirty schools and clinics in wards 15 and 16.The started at Mafakela Primary School situated in ward 1...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 12:45hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Figtree to be turned into a town
GOVERNMENT has set in motion the smart city concept that will see the development of Figtree as a tributary town to Bulawayo, as efforts to ease congestion in major cities gathers pace.Figtree...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Road rehab moves to high-density suburbs
The emergency road repairs and rehabilitation being undertaken by the Government are now moving into the suburban roads in high-density suburbs, which have been neglected for years by inept and corrup...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
What Zimbabwean leaders can learn from FW de Klerk's legacy
WHEN the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe met the last apartheid South African leader Frederik Willem de Klerk, who died of cancer-related complications at 85 this week, in Gaborone, Bot...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF members, Vapostori clash over vending bays
Zanu-PF members yesterday clashed with members of an apostolic sect after party members forcibly tried to grab vending bays from Joshua Nkomo street to Fife Street along 5th Avenue in Bulawayo....Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Harare hikes rates
Harare City Council has proposed rate hikes that will see an average high-density suburban householder paying $2 387 a month, up from the present $1 736, from January for basic services, while a low d...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
More Zupco buses coming in time for festive season
Another batch of 100 new buses is being offloaded in Durban and will soon arrive to boost the Zupco fleet in time for the festive season while the company works on its next step in rail services - the...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC needs to grow up if it wants to be electable
It is difficult to understand the MDC-A's continuous pressure to have the financial sanctions against Zimbabwe maintained, and what looks like a willingness to manufacture evidence of Government wrong...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The Entrepreneurs Betting on Maggots
Dressed in a blazer and tie, Josphat Nyika isn't an archetypal farmer. The deputy headmaster, fresh from teaching at the local primary school, dons a pair of plastic gloves and scoops up a swarm of cr...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 19:18hrs | 2 | by Vimbai Chinembiri
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