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Bulawayo water shedding increased
The City of Bulawayo has announced an increase in its water-shedding schedule from 120 hours to 132 hours as the city's water situation continues to deteriorate. This decision follows the recent decom...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 10:04hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
BCC grappling with fire at Richmond Landfill Site for 4 days now
The City of Bulawayo is actively working to extinguish a fire that erupted last Sunday at the Richmond Landfill Site, attributed to spontaneous combustion. The incident has raised alarm among resident...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:56hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water crisis deepens
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC), which decommissioned Umzingwane Dam last November, is now facing an even graver water crisis as the city prepares to decommission another supply dam, Upper Ncema, toda...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:47hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Lock brothers notch biggest career win
Benjamin and Courtney Lock, Zimbabwean tennis siblings, celebrated a significant victory at the 2024 Internationaux de Tennis de Blois in France over the weekend, clinching their first ATP Challenger ...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 06:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Matanga bemoans ZRP uniform, plans overhaul
The Zimbabwe Republic Police boss, Commissioner General Godwin Matanga has expressed discomfort with officers' STU caps, describing them (the STU cap) as the Achilles heel on the force's intention to ...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 17:33hrs | 36 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Makokoba tenants resist eviction
TENANTS at a Makokoba house whose owner died are reportedly refusing to vacate as Bulawayo City Council (BCC) moves to repossess the property.This is revealed in the latest council minutes in ...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 21:05hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
BCC to open revenue hall at ZITF
THE Bulawayo City Council has announced plans to open a new banking hall at its offices at the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre as a way of decongesting the revenue hall in the city centre....Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 16:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
More land for Bulawayo housing
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) said it is committed to availing more land for servicing into residential stands building on the success of the Public Private Partnerships model to reduce the housing ...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube backs budding artistes, describes arts sector as potential employer if capacitated
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Sibonokuhle Sitsha is a young aspiring musician looking to make her name in the industry.But for all intents and purposes, this could very well be a dream that may not be attain...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vacancies for 3000 school heads and deputies
THE Government is set to recruit 2 988 headmasters and deputies to fill primary and secondary school vacancies in a massive recruitment drive set to improve pass rates and maintenance of infrastructur...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:55hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
116-year old Inyathi Mission still exudes medieval charm
WITH walls of red-coloured rustic clay face bricks, the medieval 116-year-old Inyathi Mission, the country’s oldest Christian mission station and first to offer education to blacks in Zimbabwe still...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
116-year Inyathi Mission still looks charming
WITH walls of red-coloured rustic clay face bricks, the medieval 116-year-old Inyathi Mission, the country's oldest Christian mission station and first to offer education to blacks in Zimbabwe still l...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 18 | by Staff Reporter
Headmaster kills self
The Headmaster of Tennyson Hlabangana High school in Bulawayo reportedly committed suicide after saying that he had "failed the school system and the school system had failed him".The late Mr ...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Face to face with brown envelop journalism
WHIle working on a story about how tobacco farmers are getting a raw deal from tobacco contracting companies, I did not anticipate that my investigation would dramatically bring me face to face with c...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe's ex-teacher (99) dies
A TEACHER to former President Robert Mugabe, Kennedy Manyika has died.Manyika, who, after Zimbabwe's independence served as a diplomat, is also the father of opposition leader, Noah Manyika....Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 19:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco company fails to pay transporters
A COLD war is looming between some tobacco transporters and Voedsel Tobacco International over non-payment for services rendered.Disgruntled transporters say they have not been paid for servic...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs 3 000 more schools, says Mathema
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema says 3 000 more schools are needed in the country to fully accommodate learners.Mathema made the remarks last Thursday at the United Congr...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
No date yet for schools reopening
NO date has been set for opening of schools and once it has been set, the President will announce it to the public, a Cabinet Minister has said.Speaking yesterday after the launch of the Visio...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 13:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Schools urged to commercialise, contribute to GDP
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema has urged schools to commercialise their projects so that they can contribute to the country's gross domestic product (GDP).Mathema made t...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders more than a football entity
HIGHLANDERS FC is more than a football entity. It is life and everything to some and leaving Bosso in 1976 would have seen club legend Douglas Mloyi disowned by his own family. The decision no...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso legends speak out on 1976 player defection
THE strength of Highlanders FC has always been its members and sympathisers in the last 95 years. True to what today's fans say: "Ubuhle lamandla eBosso kukubalandeli bayo" the club weathered a fierce...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Lovemore Dube
'They called me a dissident,' says Thambolenyoka
Tennyson Ndlovu is quite an enigma. Having joined the liberation struggle at 21, he quickly became a highly-respected instructor for the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA), only to be demobil...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:45hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Thambolenyoka was hurt to leave military life
WE continue our interview with Tennyson Mlobi Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu who during the post-independence conflict operated as a dissident and was known as Thambolenyoka. However, during the war of liberati...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Thambolenyoka speaks about war experiences
THE mere mention of the name, Thambolenyoka, who operated as a dissident in the districts of Matabeleland South in the 80s during the post-independence disturbances used to send shivers down the spine...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:07hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter
24 year old installed as Chief Dakamela of Nkayi
TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD Mbusi Bekithemba Dakamela was on Friday installed as Chief Dakamela of Nkayi District in Matabeleland North Province at a colourful ceremony amid calls for chiefs to safeguard tra...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boarding schools increase fees to $1 000 per term
A NUMBER of boarding schools have tabled proposals to increase school fees and related levies to above $1 000 next term, creating fresh headaches for parents, some already struggling to pay amounts fo...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:40hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Bosso player on his war exploits in Gwanda
Joko Thodlana, whose pseudonym was Hughes Mhondoro had sets his sights into turning into a football star, playing for his dream team, Bulawayo giants, Highlanders Football Club.However, the ca...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman plays loud music to taunt hubby
HOW to deal with an annoying wife!This is a question which is apparently boggling the mind of a Bulawayo man following his revelations that his wife was relentlessly taunting him by loudly pla...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 12:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mpopoma High in Copa Coca-Cola Bulawayo clean sweep
MPOPOMA High School achieved a clean sweep at the Copa Coca-Cola football Bulawayo finals with their boys as well as girls teams being crowned provincial champions at Gifford last Friday, which earned...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:16hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Teacher sues Zimta for $5 million
A TEACHER who sustained fractured ribs which resulted in her retiring on medical grounds following an accident involving a Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association (Zimta) vehicle she was travelling in is sui...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 11:10hrs | | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Why I became a dissident
Independence in Zimbabwe was not a time for jubilation for most ex-combatants as some found homes they had left intact destroyed and families killed, leaving them with nowhere to go.For the ma...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 14:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Top performing schools named
A total of 57 pupils from more than 20 schools in the Matabeleland region contributed to the 773 pupils who managed to come out with 15 points and above in last year's Advanced Level November examinat...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 08:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
#TBT: Why I became a dissident - Thambolenyoka
This article was first publish by the Southern Eye on the 16th of September 2014. #TBTIndependence in Zimbabwe was not a time for jubilation for most e...Published: 04 Jan 2018 at 11:48hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's 15 year old author pens a book
Fifteen (15) year old boy, Tatenda Kosana of house number 3041 in Nketa 7 in Bulawayo has published his first motivational book titled "The Powerful Youth" while being a form four pupil at Tennyson Hl...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 17:21hrs | 1 | by Bakidzanani Dube
Government to takeover Hope Fountain Mission Farm
Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development Dr Obert Mpofu has said the government will acquire Hope Fountain Mission Farm and gazette it for resettlement, a declaration that was received wi...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 19:19hrs | 8 | by Bakidzanani Dube
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 | | by online
Man sets 'cheating' lover on fire
A Gold panner allegedly doused his girlfriend with paraffin before setting her alight in Fort Rixon after he found her in bed with another man. Tennyson Ncube of Melli Mine in Shangani alleged...Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mpilo maternity fundraising gala in UK
DATE: 29 JULY 2017 TIME: 18:30--23:00PM VENUE: 254 Wellingborough Rd, No...Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 08:15hrs | | by The Life Project
Thambolenyoka's changed life
THE Biblical story of Saul who persecuted Jesus's followers but later turned to be the Lord's ardent follower and apostle, assuming the name Paul, preaching the Gospel to many and saving souls, vividl...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 11:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards UK announces 2017 nominees
THE Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) nominee shortlist is out and, like the last six years, it keeps producing bright, brilliant and extraordinary Zimbabweans excelling in the UK.Organisers of ...Published: 17 Mar 2017 at 09:37hrs | 4 | by Agencies
Things you didn't know about Zimbabwe
1. The first black university graduate in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) was Tennyson Hlabangana from Hope Fountain.2. The first black Masters degree graduate was Peter Sivalo Mahlangu from Nkayi, author...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 20:36hrs | 5 | by Extracted from George M Mkhwanazi's Wall.
Harare companies dupe BCC
BULAWAYO City Council might have lost over $1 million through misappropriation of funds and irregularities in awarding tenders.The council has been accused of awarding tenders to non-traceable...Published: 23 Aug 2016 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Auxilia Katongomara
High Court reserves council salaries judgment
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Maxwell Takuva has reserved judgment in the case of 12 Bulawayo City Council bosses challenging the slashing of their salaries and allowances by the Government....Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 08:20hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
12 council bosses fight Govt over pay cuts
TWELVE Bulawayo City Council bosses have taken their employer and the Government to court challenging the slashing of their salaries and allowances.The reduction of the salaries and perks foll...Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Murder suspect claims torture
THE murder trial of a man who is accused of killing his business partner took a new twist last week after the High Court rejected a statement made to the police by the accused saying it was made under...Published: 29 Mar 2016 at 06:29hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro
Zim Achievers reveal headline sponsors as nominees are announced
LONDON - The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards campaign moved into the homestretch on Friday with the live announcement of the nominees and headline sponsors for the 6th Edition of the awards event.Ta...Published: 20 Mar 2016 at 09:20hrs | | by Tidi Kwidini
Teacher suspended for kissing form 1 pupil
A MARRIED teacher at Tennyson Hlabangana High School has been suspended after he was caught kissing a Form One pupil at the school.The accounts teacher, Gilbert Zuze, was suspended on Thursday...Published: 02 Dec 2015 at 07:30hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Students brew beer with cereals, schools enforces a ban
BOARDING schools in Matabeleland have reportedly banned pupils from bringing certain types of breakfast cereals after discovering that pupils use them to brew opaque beer.Schools o...Published: 08 Sep 2015 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK based midwife launches Mpilo Maternity Project
Samukeliso 'Sam' Tennyson Sibanda is a midwife, based in Northampton UK, who started the Mpilo Maternity Project as her very own personal project. Recently named the LIFE project, she and her esteemed...Published: 26 Aug 2015 at 17:18hrs | 2 | by Thebe, Linda
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