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Harare reverses parking fees hike
With most motorists boycotting street parking in Harare city centre yesterday morning and shopkeepers counting severe losses, Harare City Council reversed the US$1 an hour new parking charges and reve...Published: 13 hrs ago | 870 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo pushes for out of court settlement
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is reportedly pushing for an out-of-court settlement with residents who dragged it to court demanding answers to the diarrhoea, typhoid and dysentery outbreak in the city....Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:24hrs | 1214 | by Staff reporter
Residents sue BCC over typhoid, Harare laboratory roped in
BULAWAYO residents have approached the High Court seeking an order directing council to release the laboratory samples of tap water and other vital information relating to the diarrhoea outbreak in Lu...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
What's in a name and history?
SOMEWHERE in Buhera East, near Dorowa Mine before you cross Save River into Ziyambi Purchase Area, there is a school named after King Mzilikazi kaMatshobana. I would give everything to know if posteri...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:29hrs | 248 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Technical glitch adds to Bulawayo water woes
BULAWAYO City Council has shut down water pumps supplying water from Ncema Dam to the Tuli Reservoir due to a technical fault, forcing prolonged water supply interruption in the city. The problem come...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:37hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Police stations get POS machines
Almost all police stations now have functioning "swipe" machines for payment of admission of guilt fines, removing the need for cash payments and associated potential corruption. Unlike previo...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:07hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Zupco crews on go-slow
DRIVERS of Mutare-based conventional buses operating under the Zupco franchise have gone on a go-slow to force government to review their daily commission, leaving thousands of commuters stranded....Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1649 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo Council guilty of Luveve water crisis'
Since the outbreak of the waterborne disease in Luveve Old and New that has so far claimed 12 lives, while over a thousand have been hospitalized, Bulawayo City Council management have been busy with ...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1167 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
ZAPU President Isaac Mabuka speaks
Q1: Thank you Mr. Mabuka for your time. Please introduce yourself to the people. Who is Mabuka?A: I am Isaac Mabuka. I was born in 1953 on 26 April in Gwanda South. I did my primary education ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 13:15hrs | 3155 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Luveve deaths caused by water shedding
GOVERNMENT has attributed Bulawayo's diarrhoea outbreak in Luveve and surrounding suburbs that has killed nine people to water shedding and vandalism of pipes, and released an additional $7.4 million ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:09hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
'MDC Alliance regrets Luveve deaths'
THE MDC Alliance has apologised to Bulawayo families that lost their loved ones to a diarrhoea outbreak that has infected over 1 000 residents to date. Nine people have died from gastrointestinal infe...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 08:04hrs | 998 | by Staff reporter
Kombis use fake Zupco stickers
SOME commuter omnibuses have been operating using fake Zupco stickers to illegally transport passengers in the Midlands province but law enforcement agents have curtailed the challenge. Only Z...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1426 | by Staff reporter
13 more Mpilo Central Hospital nurses test positive
HEALTH workers, especially nurses, are at a high risk of contracting Covid-19. Minister of State for Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Judith Ncube has suggested that this is due to some members of the publ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance blames govt for Bulawayo water crisis
THE opposition MDC Alliance yesterday blamed government for the deteriorating water situation in Bulawayo, saying the Zanu-PF administration refused to grant the local authority permission to construc...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:10hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Covid-19 death toll rises
A 79-year-old woman from Bulawayo succumbed to Covid-19 on Saturday bringing Zimbabwe's cumulative deaths to six. Bulawayo also recorded two new Covid-19 cases which brings the city's total re...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
Dr. Edison Zvobgo abolished lobola Mr Ziyambi: it has become commodified livestock with variable price tag!
It should never escape me to comment on what Justice Minister Ziyambi previously said about lobola in our diverse cultures. Talking about lobola nowadays, almost every society in Zimbabwe upholds trad...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 18:50hrs | 3415 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bulawayo residents sleep in water queues
Twice a week, Nothi Mlalazi joins a long line with dozens of other people - some of whom have slept there overnight - and stands for hours waiting for water in Zimbabwe's second-largest city.A...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:46hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo leadership must shape up or ship out
I was born at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo during the last decade of the infamous Ian Smith Rhodesian regime. In those days black people were banished to the townships. I am not a fan of the Smi...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:40hrs | 379 | by Kevin S Malunga
Diarrhoea-hit Bulawayo suburb to test for Covid-19
THE diarrhoea outbreak death toll in Bulawayo's Luveve suburb has increased to nine and the city's health services department has treated nearly 1 000 patients since it launched the door-to-door treat...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:12hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Covid-19 cases spike
THIRTY-TWO new Covid-19 cases have been reported in Bulawayo, bringing to 58 the number of cases in the city. The city which had 26 cases by Wednesday before the figure jumped to 58 on Thursda...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
BCC refills wells after diarrhoea outbreak
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is refilling all water wells dug by residents to augment supplies delivered by the local authority following the death of six residents from a diarrhoea outbreak in Luv...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Incredible potable water potential around Bulawayo
SO the City of Bulawayo is re-commissioning Khami Dam sewer treatment works as another source of potable for the city. Why not go further and include Aisleby Farm sewer treatment works into its water ...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:34hrs | 377 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
BCC defends water quality
TWELVE people were on Tuesday admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital suffering from diarrhoea as Bulawayo City Council (BCC) denied that the six children who died of diarrhoea in Luveve high-density subur...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:29hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Families sleep in water lines as drought grips Bulawayo
TWICE a week, Nothi Mlalazi joins a long line with dozens of other people - some of whom have slept there overnight - and stands for hours waiting for water in Zimbabwe's second-largest city.A...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:15hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Council launches door-to-door diarrhoea treatment
Bulawayo City Council's Health Services Department has embarked on a door to door campaign to identify diarrhoea patients following the death of five people in Luveve suburb. The door to door ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:43hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records 218 diarrhoea cases, 3 deaths
A TOTAL of 218 diarrhoea cases have been recorded in Bulawayo's water-hit Luveve high density suburb with five diarrhoea patients admitted at Mpilo hospital.Three children in the same high den...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:37hrs | 287 | by newzimbabwe
Lockdown enforcement tightened
The tightening of police roadblocks on highways leading into city and town centres yesterday was part of law enforcement measures to contain the spread of Covid-19, and not meant to frustrate essentia...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:33hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
Fake exemption letters scandal exposed
Fraudsters are enjoying brisk business producing fake exemption letters which they design for those who want to move around in violation of national lockdown rules. Cartels using letterheads o...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:33hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Arrogant negligence killing our people in MDC-A led Bulawayo Council
For the first time in so many years Bulawayo finds it's self being fed contaminated water by the city fathers, something we used to read about from other cities and have always commended the Bulawayo ...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 08:24hrs | 1529 | by Brian Ncube
Kariba water pumps saga takes new twist as supplier dodges questions
The resort town of Kariba is currently being likened to "The Fool" in Reggae great Bob Marley's hit single "Rat Race", who goes thirsty in the abundance of water. The song is a serious social commenta...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1304 | by Laiton Kandawire: Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio Environment and Tourism Correspondent
Police search for missing children
POLICE are searching for two children from Emganwini and Bellevue suburbs who went missing in March and last month. The first case involves Sithembinkosi Bhebhe, a 13-year-old pupil at Senzang...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:19hrs | 722 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over suspension of door-to-door roller meal sales
The door-to-door sale of subsidised roller meal in Mutare has been stalled, triggering an outcry from residents who say it is difficult to buy the basic commodities in supermarkets. For over a...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:10hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC threatens to disconnect Zisco
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution Company (ZETDC), has threatened to switch off defunct steel giant, Zisco, over a ZW$6,2 million debt accrued over a period of three months.In a letter to ...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 16:39hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo tap water unsafe after water cuts
DRINKING water that comes out from a tap in the first five minutes after a lengthy water cut is unsafe, scores of Bulawayo residents have found out after being admitted to hospital with diarrhoea. ...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:41hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
BCC struggles to collect refuse
BULAWAYO City Council has called on members of the public owning trucks to submit their details and help the local authority collect refuse in high density suburbs. Some parts of the city have...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Water shedding extended to CBD
THE Bulawayo City Council will extend water rationing to industrial areas and the Central Business District (CBD) as council continues to battle one of the worst water crises ever to be experienced in...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:21hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Buhera South to receive free face masks
ZANU PF House of Assembly member for Buhera South, Cde Joseph Chinotimba has embarked on a sewing programme that will see all his constituents receiving free face masks.Speaking to Harare Post...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 22:54hrs | 1033 | by John Sigauke
Ngodzo warns players on money games during national lockdown
ONE of the country's finest midfielders Johannes ‘Tshisa' Ngodzo has warned players that they risk a brutal end to their careers if they engage in playing money games during the Covid-19 induced nat...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:53hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
Worshippers defy ban on church gatherings
CHURCHES, mostly Apostolic sect groups continue to meet for church services in Bulawayo in violation of Covid-19 national lockdown regulations and police yesterday swooped on one of the religious sect...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans turn to alternative foods
BULAWAYO residents have resorted to finding alternative foods to boost their diets as prices of basic commodities continue to increase beyond their reach. Profiteering businesses are taking advantage ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:33hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 aid resurfaces on black market
While Government, corporates, organisations and individuals have opened their hearts and wallets, pooling resources to support those who are likely to be affected by the coronavirus pandemic, shameles...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:40hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: IMF hammers country already on its knees
Mercifully, Zimbabwe's infection and death rates from Covid-19 are so far very low but the economy, already labouring under the effects of drought, has been hit by the lockdowns. Worse, the IMF has de...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 696 | by Baffour Ankomah I New African Magazine
Banana skins characterise Zanu-PF
Energy Mutodi came and went. Just like many others political mavericks before him, they all thought they were invincible, drunk as a lord by the maddening power of high political office....Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:31hrs | 4163 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Police shoot 'naked' getaway driver dead
A man who was possibly being intimate with his girlfriend in a "suspiciously" parked car, was on Saturday night shot dead during a high-speed chase after failing to comply with orders to stop his vehi...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1818 | by Staff reporter
Lodges closure fuels bush, car sex
THE Covid-19 pandemic which has forced the temporary closure of lodges to stop the spread of the coronavirus has also pushed some randy lovebirds to brazenly use cars and bushy areas close to their su...Published: 23 May 2020 at 19:52hrs | 6579 | by Staff reporter
Duo in soup for housebreaking, theft
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two suspects for theft of property worth over $1,5 million.Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube yesterday said Cuthbert Mnyandi (18) and Gamuc...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:46hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Social distancing fails as queues grow
MEMBERS of the public are abusing the eased lockdown regulations as they are not taking heed of calls for social distancing, putting themselves and other people at risk of Covid-19 infections. It was ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:33hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Dumb criminals: US$20 000 watch sold for 30 bond
TWO youths from Bulawayo allegedly stole a US$20 000 wristwatch from a house in Montrose suburb and sold it for $30 (about US50 cents on the streets). The watch was part of the $1,5 million loot the d...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:25hrs | 1189 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge ups modernisation drive
Beitbridge Municipality has appointed Grosbrook Real Estate to prepare a valuation roll for properties within its jurisdiction as part of its transformation into a medium city. The town was up...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:24hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Army, police lock down Harare CBD
Police and soldiers yesterday locked down central Harare, ordering jaywalkers and those not formally employed to go back home.On Monday, following the easing of the lockdown restrictions by Pr...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 7279 | by Staff reporter
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