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'Zimbabwe is the most beautiful place,' says Grand Tour team
The Grand Tour team, including renowned host Jeremy Clarkson, has praised Zimbabwe as "arguably the most beautiful place we have ever been to." Clarkson and his team recently explored various parts of...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 09:04hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo runs dry as council repairs infrastructure
The Bulawayo City Council has temporarily disconnected water supply to several suburbs for maintenance work at the Tuli, 6J, and Rifle Range reservoirs. This maintenance began yesterday and is expecte...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 08:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lungisani 'Twominutes' Ncube invests US$350 000 in developing Gwanda North
Nestled amidst the enchanting vistas of Gwanda District in Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe, Lungisani Twominutes Ncube emerges as a luminary figure, embodying the essence of community stewardshi...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:34hrs | 63 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nust lecturer collapses, dies
RENOWNED researcher and National University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturer, Professor George Shava has died. He was 59. Prof Shava succumbed to heart disease on Saturday at ...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:54hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
High Court quashes former Air Zimbabwe bosses' convictions
THE High Court has upheld an appeal by former Air Zimbabwe bosses Peter Chikumba and Grace Pfumbidzai who were challenging their conviction for swindling the airline of $10 million.Chikumba, A...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:50hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hardliners shut the door on Chamisa
Zanu-PF says opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa must humble himself and congratulate President Emmerson Mnangagwa on his re-election in the August disputed elections ...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 20:55hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bromley to face electricity blackout.
NORTHERN Bromley suburbs to experience a daylong electricity cut tomorrow, 30 September from 6am to 6pm due to maintenance activities.In a statement, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and ...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 11:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Edd Branson's Brokerage strengthens Fencorp Global's #ChooseTanzania Initiative
In the fulfillment of his pivotal role as Africa Tourism Promotion Ambassador, Ambassador Edd Branson has masterfully orchestrated a groundbreaking accord between Fencorp Global and key luminaries wit...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 14:09hrs | 5 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Zimbabwean man who used false documents for job as child psychologist is jailed in Ireland
A man who used false documents to secure employment as a child psychologist and “live a fake life” has been jailed for four years.Nikiwe Dube (41) with an address at Colpe Drive, Deepforde...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 13:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe detractors target Chinese investors
AHEAD of this year's elections, the country's detractors are now targeting the biggest investors in Zimbabwe, the Chinese, with a view to causing friction between the two countries and forcing the mul...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa named among only 17 black billionaires in the world
ACCORDING to Forbes, there are currently 2,640 billionaires in the world. They are collectively worth $12.2 trillion. The United States is the number one home of billionaires with 735 of them, followe...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Robbers steal guns in Zimbabwe
UNKNOWN suspects broke into a farmhouse in Kezi and stole guns, ammunition, cash and property.Police have launched a manhunt for the suspects who stole a 303 rifle, two shotgun rifles, an air ...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 17:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Anything called the Zimbabwean GEIST?
Zimbabwe's GEIST?NATIONS have what Antonio Gramsci terms "particularity of their mind", GEIST in German language, or ESPRIT in French.Here in Africa, thinkers called the same variously...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:32hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
UK based Zimbabwe businessman in Ghana lithium refinery venture
United Kingdom based Zimbabwe businessman Douglas Chikohora, 63, and his Cluff Africa Associates Mining Limited (CAA) are set to team up with a European firm in setting up a lithium refinery in Ghana....Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 21:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
KeYona TV starts fully fledged programming
KeYona TV yesterday started broadcasting live fully fledged programming with soapies such as Umntakabhudi and a morning show called New Dawn.KeYona TV which was officially launched in December...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Eastern Suburbs to go without water
The Bulawayo City Council will cut water supplies for suburbs supplied by the Tuli reservoir to fix a burst pipe that connects Ncema and Fernhill Pump Stations until further notice.In a statem...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fresh water woes for Bulawayo suburbs
The Bulawayo City Council said yesterday that suburbs supplied by the Tuli reservoir will be without water until it repairs a burst pipe connecting Ncema and Fernhill Pump Stations.In a statem...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Women bashed over cheating allegations
A man teamed up with his friend and confronted his girlfriend at Bulawayo's Buena Vista suburb before assaulting her and her friend for cheating.A source said a man named Fa and his friend (na...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brand Zimbabwe campaign launched
THE Brand Zimbabwe campaign, designed to enhance the country's domestic and international appeal to investors and tourists was launched in Harare yesterday backed by a wide cross section of many busin...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Council names streets after departed eminent leaders
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has named some streets in the city's new suburbs for easy identification of properties.The street names were given in line with the council resolution of 1990....Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Creative sector mourns Chigubu
The creative sector has joined the family of the late Zimbabwean comedian, Clive Chigubu to organise his burial.Chigubu died yesterday morning at his home in Barbourfields suburb in Bulawayo a...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe to become energy self-sufficient
GOVERNMENT is implementing a raft of measures to ensure the country becomes energy self-sufficient to support growing demand from consumers and the expanding manufacturing and agriculture sector, Pres...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pipe leak leaves parts of Bulawayo dry
SOME areas of Bulawayo are likely to go for over two weeks without water after a pipeline to the booster pump that supplies water to some suburbs developed a leak since March 1."The City of Bu...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC introduces 48-hour water shedding
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has introduced a 48-hour water shedding programme that is affecting many suburbs as it undertakes repairs at Ncema Water Treatment Works.The water shedding programm...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pump breakdown leaves Bulawayo dry
THE breakdown of water pumps which supply the Tuli 6J and Rifle Range reservoirs has left parts of Bulawayo and the outlying areas dry since Saturday.This was revealed by town clerk Christophe...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba appointed war vets political commissar
ZIMBABWE National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWA) has appointed Joseph Chinotimba as the association's political commissar.The appointment comes after the war veterans launched a s...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 20:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
4-day water cuts for Bulawayo
A number of low-density suburbs in Bulawayo will go for four days without water supplies, with the local authority reporting that it will be carrying out routine checks on the pipeline supplying the s...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:02hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
48-hour water shedding for Bulawayo
THE Bulawayo City Council has introduced a two-day water shedding schedule for the entire city as power cuts continue to affect its water works.In a statement, the city's Town Clerk, Mr Christ...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:40hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Burial space stolen in Bulawayo
Bulawayo City Council is investigating possible theft of reserved burial space at Athlone Cemetery after the family of a 103-year-old man had to endure the horror of finding human remains in his and t...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo sets date to re-introduce full water shedding
BULAWAYO will revert to the dreaded city-wide water shedding schedule in February next year as two of its major supply dams are expected to be decommissioned by then if no major inflows are received i...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents face dry week
BULAWAYO City Council has shut down water supply to most parts of the city to pave way for the refurbishment of the cracked Ncema Clear Water Reservoir which feeds into the Tuli Reservoir.Coun...Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 17:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC struggles to provide water to residents
BULAWAYO residents are going for weeks without water supplies despite the local authority saying they have enough quantities in their supply dams to last until the next rainy season without the need f...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Affluent suburb residents not paying bills
BUSINESS and residents living in affluent suburbs like Burnside and Hillside are among those who have accumulated the highest unpaid bills to the Bulawayo City Council. The city is owed more t...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZOU e-learning portal experiences glitches
ZIMBABWE Open University (ZOU) students yesterday raised concern over the malfunctioning e-learning system at the institution ahead of end of semester examinations this month-end.ZOU acting sp...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC tables 144-hour water shedding plan
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) yesterday released a 144-hour weekly water shedding programme which will see most suburbs receiving water twice a week. The industry, city centre and mining are...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's spokesperson warns people from Nkukumane
Zimbabwe's government spokesman Nick Mangwana on Tuesday said the effects of Cyclone Chalane are expected to be experienced in Bulawayo from around 2200hrs tonight.Sais Mangwana, "EFFECTS of #...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 17:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
National Environment Cleaning Day gains momentum in Zimbabwe schools
Walking up and about Harare streets and beyond on every first Friday of the month has become a norm to see the young and old being actively involved in the National Clean-Up campaign. The first Friday...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 16:44hrs | | by Brian Maregedze
Umcimbi Wabantu brings Dr Malinga
SOUTH Africa's Dr Malinga will be one of the main acts at the Skyz Metro FM Umcimbi Wabantu concert taking place at the Large City Hall car park next month. The concert on August 31 will be pa...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
48-hour water cuts are back in Bulawayo
Reporters THE Bulawayo City Council has with immediate effect re-introduced a 48-hour water shedding schedule in all suburbs amid revelations the city is among areas that will be hit by severe water s...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vuzu parties trigger storm
TEACHERS' unions have added their voice to the proliferation of Vuzu parties in the second city, saying there is a real danger that the country may lose a whole generation to drug and alcohol abuse if...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
40 rowdy youths arrested after drinking spree in CBD
POLICE have arrested 40 rowdy youths who went on the rampage in Bulawayo's CBD following a drinking binge over the weekend.Scores of under-age children flocked to various drinking spots in the...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Slain MDC activist’s family living in fear
Family members of the late MDC activist, Blessing Toronga who was killed by suspected Zanu-PF militias during the January clampdown on protests against fuel price hikes, said they were being "terroris...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's ex-deputy minister's house auctioned off
Former Health and Child Care deputy minister Edwin Muguti is set to lose his house over rental arrears owed to Joyce Mako-Mashaninga.Last year, the court handed a default judgment after Muguti...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 13:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shongwe Lookout opens its doors, tourism boom is expected
Zimbabwe's tourism investment continues to grow despite trouble with the country's economy.The opening of a US$1.5 million lodge, Shongwe Lookout, in the heart of the country's tourism mecca ...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 21:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$1.5 million lodge opened in victoria Falls
A US$1.5 million lodge, Shongwe Lookout has been opened in the heart of the Zambezi Valley's star tourism attraction Victoria Falls.The 23-bedroom lodge, located in the suburbs, was funded by ...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 11:07hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
48-hour water cuts for Bulawayo suburbs
THE eastern suburbs of Bulawayo will this week experience 48-hour water cuts as the Bulawayo City Council repairs a supply pipe. In a statement on Monday, the Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, ...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 22:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nuclear loaded Pakistan 'shoots down two Indian jets'
Pakistan says it has shot down two Indian Air Force jets in a major escalation of the Kashmir conflict.An army spokesman said one plane had fallen inside Pakistani territory and a pilot had be...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 07:47hrs | | by BBC
Mugabe's minister to lose property
Former Health deputy minister Edwin Muguti has once again drawn the High Court whip as he is set to lose property in a case between him and African Century Limited.In a notice published yester...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 10:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Year's Eve street party for Bulawayo
Bulawayo will this year have a New Year's Eve party that will be in the form of a Shutdown Street Party. The street party that kicks off at 6PM will be held outside The Vista (along 8th avenue, betwee...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 20:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thomas Mapfumo's Bulawayo show turns political
CAUGHT by the revolutionary frenzy, Chimurenga music fans turned Thomas Mapfumo's Bulawayo show on Saturday show into a political demonstration as Mukanya belted out his politically charged tracks, wh...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
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