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Mzinyathini gardens housing project halted
Hundreds of home-seekers involved in the multi-million-dollar Mzinyathini Gardens housing project are facing uncertainty after the Umguza Rural District Council (RDC) ordered an immediate halt to all ...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:33hrs | 1040 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor jailed for contempt of court
Bulawayo Ward One Councillor, Josiah Mutangi, has been sentenced to 30 days in prison after repeatedly defying court orders to vacate a farmhouse at Imbesu Farm, located 25 kilometres outside the city...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 16:10hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Proliferation of firewood using food cookers worry Tree Ambassador
National Tree Ambassador Never Bonde has expressed concern over the increasing number of small scale food outlets that are using firewood indicatin...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 05:22hrs | 159 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF councillor refuses to vacate lodgings
Bulawayo Ward One Councillor Josiah Mutangi is facing possible imprisonment after being accused of defying multiple court orders to vacate a farmhouse he has been occupying illegally since July 2022. ...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 08:52hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's Mzinyathini gardens housing project faces delays
The ambitious Kensington gated community estate in Bulawayo, known as Mzinyathini Gardens, is facing significant delays due to challenges in obtaining a crucial development permit from the Umguza Rura...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:56hrs | 3011 | by Staff reporter
Dr Nkululeko Sibanda's assets to be forfeited
The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) has filed a High Court application to seize properties worth millions of dollars from the estate of the late businessman Dr. Nkululeko Sibanda, ac...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:03hrs | 3321 | by Staff reporter
Ntabazinduna poised to become a smart city
The Umguza Rural District Council (RDC) is transforming the Ntabazinduna area into a smart city, with the industrial corridor along the Ntabazinduna Road turn-off from the Bulawayo-Harare Road already...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 07:30hrs | 1106 | by Staff reporter
New city takes shape in Umguza Rural District
A NEW city named Kings City with state-of-the-art facilities including shopping malls and gated townhouses is taking shape on the outskirts of Bulawayo in Umguza Rural District.The development...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:29hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Contractors resume Nkayi road rehabilitation
Contractors responsible for the rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road and the road leading to the Khami Prison Complex on the outskirts of the city have deployed their teams on-site to resume work...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:37hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mbundane suburb neglected
Residents of Mbundane suburb in Bulawayo are still experiencing a rural lifestyle more than 18 years after the suburb was founded.Mbundane area is located in Lower Rangemore and falls under Um...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 10:02hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking today's Nomination court
NOMINATION Courts sit countrywide today for all candidates aspiring to contest in harmonised elections set for August 23, paving the way for serious political campaigning.Candidates vying for ...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:17hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Villagers pool resources to repair roads neglected by govt
FED up with government inaction, the tenacious villagers of Hope Fountain in Umguza, Matabeleland North province, have joined hands to repair their heavily damaged roads.The roads in Hope Foun...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Residents go eight years without tap water
RESIDENTS in Mbundane suburb in Bulawayo have not been able to access clean tap water for the past eight years, forcing them to rely on unsafe sources.Mbundane is located in Lower Rangemore an...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 11:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Umguza to get town status
GOVERNMENT has urged all rural district councils to work towards graduating to municipalities amid indications that some of them will be awarded town status soon, with Umguza getting the status by end...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
10,000 stands for new suburb in Umguza
A major new suburb with 10 000 houses and flats is being developed in Umguza on the outskirts of Bulawayo where low-density and high-rise buildings will be constructed by developer Radar Properties in...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:08hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Zinara blasts councils over shoddy jobs
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has condemned local authorities over poor quality workmanship on some road rehabilitation projects across the country, and red-flagged overcommitting...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says everyone has a duty to clean Zimbabwe
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday said it was every citizen's duty to clean up Zimbabwe and called for a high stakeholder engagement and creation of public private partnerships (PPP) for b...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
5000 stands, more wards for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is set to get a 5 000 suburb constructed on its outskirts, with the location expected to be incorporated into the city once the delimitation exercise is completed.The Bulawayo City Co...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to incorporate neighbouring areas
THE Bulawayo City Council is set to take advantage of the ongoing delimitation exercise to finalise boundary changes that will see the city incorporating areas that fall under Umguza Rural District Co...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council farm invaded
A NUMBER of settlers have invaded the Bulawayo City Council-owned Dunstal Farm, joining several others who illegally set up base on the property in 2019.Three years ago, an estimated 50 settle...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
57 contest 28 seats
A TOTAL of 157 National Assembly candidates will contest 28 vacant seats in next month's by-elections where 16 political parties will battle it out for Parliament.The forthcoming elections wil...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to hold massive rally in Harare
It's all systems go as Zanu-PF readies for a massive rally in Harare to be headlined by President Mnangagwa this weekend as he launches the ruling party's campaign for the March 26 by-elections....Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF takes early lead in by-elections
Zanu-PF has already pocketed Ward 14 of Umguza Rural District Council in Matabeleland North after opposition parties failed to nominate candidates to contest in the forthcoming by-elections set for Ma...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC finally adopts Master Plan
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has adopted the Bulawayo Master Plan 2019-34, which is expected to assist in refurbishing old infrastructure.The master plan was adopted after BCC conducted consult...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to expand city centre, avail 7000 housing stands
BULAWAYO is set to expand its Central Business District (CBD) which will see it stretch up to Masotsha Ndlovu Avenue and also avail additional housing stands around the city as it seeks to expand beyo...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:55hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Furore over Umguza suburbs
The Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) says allowing Umguza Rural District Council to create suburbs in areas earmarked for the city's extension will stifle its growth.BPRA chai...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:54hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Apostolic Faith Church fights over Ntabazinduna temple land
THE Apostolic Faith Church of Portland Oregon is locked in a protracted land wrangle with a Ntabazinduna villager whom it accuses of illegally setting up a homestead on its land acquired through the l...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joy as Umguza Councillors return back to work
A certain section of Umguza Rural District council residents has expressed joy after Umguza Rural District councilors were reinstated by the High court after being suspended for defying a ministerial ...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 13:51hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
July Moyo lifts suspension of Umguza councillors
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo has reversed the suspension of four Umguza Rural District Council (RDC) councillors after they took him to court.The ministry suspended David Moyo, Ernest S...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Umguza CEO, councillors suspended
THE Government has once again suspended Umguza Rural District Council (RDC) chief executive officer, Mr Collen Moyo and five councillors including its chairperson, Councillor Alexandra Gasela....Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Umguza villagers cry foul over dam
UMGUZA villagers are up in arms with authorities whom they accuse of failing to rebuild Mabhada Dam, 10 years after its wall collapsed.The collapse of the dam left thousands of people in three...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Health disaster looms in Mbundane
RESIDENTS of Mbundane high-density suburb just outside Bulawayo have gone for 15 years without tap water, forcing some to resort to shallow and unsafe sources as well as to the use of Blair toilets, a...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho kombi operators ditch route over state of road
KOMBI operators who ply the Bulawayo-Nyamandlovu-Tsholotsho route have abandoned it due to the poor state of the road and are now using the Bulawayo-Solusi Road Most roads in the country are in a bad ...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube starts mapping of country's district GDP
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube says he is in the process of mapping the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per district and the exercise is expected to be complet...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Diasporans, locals mobilise to save Esigodini District Hospital
THERE might be light at the end of a dark tunnel for Esigodini District Hospital, as the health institution is set for a much-needed facelift after people based outside the country from Umzingwane, wo...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:04hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Ndiweni seeks international protection for Ntabazinduna Mountain
DEPOSED Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni says efforts are being made to declare the sacred Ntabazinduna mountain a World Heritage Site.The mountain is at the centre of a wrang...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 20:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UK firm to invest in Bulawayo renewable energy
BULAWAYO has lined up a number of renewable energy development projects worth millions of United States dollars, which are set to transform the city's economy and impact positively on the country's re...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Zinwa won't hand over dams to Bulawayo'
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) says it is legally impossible to give Bulawayo the responsibility to build its own dams to solve the perennial water shortages.Zinwa made the rema...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court blocks eviction of Heany Junction Farm settlers
MORE than 100 families occupying Heany Junction Farm in Umguza district, Matabeleland North got a reprieve after the High Court temporarily blocked the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) from evicting them ...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:54hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Tension over Nketa boreholes
TENSION is rising in Nketa 8 after a decision was made to lock the local community boreholes for most of the day resulting in residents struggling to access water.A committee responsible for m...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council buys farms to set up new suburbs
THE Bulawayo City Council is in the process of buying farms on the outskirts of the city to expand the boundaries and meet the accommodation needs of the growing population.The move, Sunday Ne...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:22hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Residents turn to sewer water
A HEALTH disaster looms in Umguza district after Mbundane residents, banned from fetching water from boreholes in Nketa 8, have resorted to sewer dams as Bulawayo's water crisis gets worse.Mbu...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fraudsters impersonate Mohadi's son
TWO men from Bulawayo have been arrested for allegedly using Vice President Kembo Mohadi's name to swindle a Chinese mining firm of more than US$110 000.The duo, Mthunzi Mabhena (36) and Bless...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff Reprter
Zanu-PF youth leader denied bail
BULAWAYO Zanu-PF youth leader Blessed Mushandu, accused of swindling a Chinese businessman with interests in mining of over US$100 000 using Vice President Kembo Mohadi's name, has been denied bail....Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 18:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohadi sucked into fraud case
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has been sucked into a fraud case involving Bulawayo Zanu-PF youth leader Blessed Mushandu, who is accused of swindling a Chinese businessman with interests in mining of ov...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 19:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Former Umguza councillor on the run
A warrant of arrest has been issued against a former Umguza Rural District councillor - Moses Siphuma (67), who was arrested last week on allegations of illegally selling stands.The warrant wa...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Court orders 'resettled' people to vacate farm
THE High Court has ordered a group of people allegedly resettled at Storny Croft farm in Umguza district to vacate the property. The ruling by Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Private developers cost council millions
PRIVATE land developers in the city have cost the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) over $8,5 million in unfinished projects which has seen the local authority now engaging property owners to fund the compl...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Burombo Flats unfit for human habitation
THE Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr Obadiah Moyo, has condemned the Burombo flats in Bulawayo's Nguboyenja suburb as unfit for human habitation and a health time bomb. Dr Moyo implored c...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council, Chitungwiza, Epworth and Ruwa Town Boards to be mainstreamed
Local Government Minister July Moyo has admitted that Harare has four local authorities and an effort was being made to mainstream them."There is the Harare City Council, Chitungwiza Municipal...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 09:10hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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