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Zanu-PF councilor arrested over 'Mnangagwa must go' post
Zanu-PF Ward 24 Councillor Zivanai Zvada is currently in police custody after being arrested on April 1 for allegedly inciting public disorder by forwarding a politically charged message in a communit...Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 08:41hrs | 1239 | by Staff reporter
Council cries foul over 'hijacked' projects
BULAWAYO councillors have accused central government of hijacking the local authority's projects for political mileage.The city fathers were making reference to the ongoing refurbishment works...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Violent foreign vendors have invaded city of Bulawayo'
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has claimed that vendors operating along Fife Street are from outside the city amid escalating fights between the vendors and the municipality police.According to c...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to crackdown on Vendors4ED
BULAWAYO councillors have resolved to launch a crackdown on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's shadowy group operating illegally in the second-largest city under the moniker Vendors for ED.The gro...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 19:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Certain people who brought their culture to Bulawayo have turned our street into a Mbare'
Fifth Avenue in Bulawayo has become a hub of illegal activities and city fathers have vowed to continue with their operation to rid the area of illegal traders.This comes after clashes between...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 20:35hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Boy (13) fights crocodile
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy from Checheche bravely fought a giant crocodile with bare hands after it had attacked him while he was crossing Save River with his friends recently.Danmore Gwenzi escaped fr...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC to defy BCC
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors in Bulawayo have vowed to resist tariff hikes being proposed in the city council's 2023 budget.The five councillors from Wards 8, 20,21,24 and 2...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must stop abusing traditional leaders
WITH a few days to go before the by-elections, Heal Zimbabwe has witnessed an increase in cases of human rights violations.The traditional leadership institution continues to be at the centre ...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:49hrs | | by Heal Zimbabwe
BCC hit by exodus of health staff
THE Bulawayo City Council-run clinics have been hit hard by an exodus of health staff, a move which has severely affected the effective healthcare delivery at a time when the country is also still gra...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 18:01hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
BCC pampers Mayor with $25m Selbourne Park mansion
THE MDC-T dominated Bulawayo City Council has approved the construction of a $25 million luxurious mansion for the city's mayor Solomon Mguni at Selbourne Park, in a development whic...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
July Moyo halts BCC purges
THE minister of Local Government July Moyo has blocked Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Mguni's move to fire MDC Alliance ward 24 councillor, Arnold Batirai Dube.Mguni recently unsuccessfully tried to f...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami's presence causes fracas at BCC full council meeting
THERE was chaos at the Bulawayo City Council chambers on Wednesday afternoon after former deputy mayor, Tinashe Kambarami turned up for a full council meeting.The embattled former deputy mayor...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 18:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents enduring sleepless nights
The Covid-19 outbreak has piled more misery on Bulawayo residents, who are enduring sleepless nights due to the irritating mosquito menace caused by council's failure to disinfect breeding sites, citi...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mafume saved by the court
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume got a reprieve after the High Court granted him and other councillors from the People's Democratic Party (PDP) an order barring their recall that could have seen him leave of...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
July Moyo's recall letter causes confusion in Bulawayo council
THE MDC Alliance says recalled Bulawayo Ward 24 councillor, Arnold Batirai Dube will not vacate office until the Minister of Local Government July Moyo clarifies whom he wrote recalling him in his let...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 05:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
MDC activists, family members brutalised in midnight raids
Fears are mounting over the safety of opposition activists, following abductions of members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in a night raid allegedly by armed gunmen in Bulawayo last week....Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's supporters threaten 'bhora musango'
ZANU-PF supporters in parts of Masvingo province have threatened a protest vote in the 2023 election over the recently completed command livestock programme, which they claim was skewed in favour of p...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man 'axes' wife, hangs self
A SILOBELA man fatally struck his sleeping wife with an axe on the head before committing suicide after discovering she was taking contraceptive pills without his knowledge. Busani Mandava (35...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Councillor in 'employment scam'
Bulawayo Ward 24 Councillor Arnold Batirai continues to clash with residents in his ward with latest accusations being his alleged employment of members of his 30 July campaign team to the ward's comm...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Embattled councillor in forgery storm
CONTROVERSIAL councillor for Ward 24 in Bulawayo, Arnold Batirai has been accused of forging MDC Alliance's chief of staff, Mr Sesel Zvidzai's signature which saw him participating in the 30 July harm...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 19:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Controversial Bulawayo Councillor to be recalled?
Controversial Ward 24 Councillor Arnold Batirai is under spotlight following allegations that he fraudulently acquired his council candidature for the respective ward before July harmonised elections....Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 09:23hrs | | by Sithabile Mafu
Mthwakazi leader hits back at 'childish' Chamisa
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) president Mqondisi Moyo has hit back at "clumsy and childish" MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, after the latter last week accused secessionist party activists of prot...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PDP defends 'stupid' councillor
THE People's Democratic Party (PDP) has reprimanded its councillor who attended the swearing in ceremony of Bulawayo councillors in a suspected drunken stupor and engaged in a brawl with Mthwakazi Rep...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC Alliance, MRP trade barbs over Bulawayo mayoral candidate
MDC Alliance Bulawayo youths are up in arms against their Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) counterparts whom they accused of interfering in the selection of the city's mayor.On Tuesday, the two ...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tribalist councillor unfazed
Bulawayo councillors' chief whip Silas Chigora has defended ward 24 councillor Arnold Batirai who was harassed by rowdy residents for using Shona while taking oath of office saying this was uncalled f...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 13:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Cheated' Bulawayo councillor bares soul
…As Saga Around The Election of Cllr Batsirai Deepens BULAWAYO - Losing Council candidate who is also a former city father, Gideon Mangena, says he is...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 16:17hrs | | by Divine Dube
Bulawayo Mayor: No place for clowns
BULAWAYO councillors are expected to vote for the city's mayor and deputy mayor today, following chaotic scenes that rocked their swearing in last Friday and deep- seated intra-MDC Alliance divisions ...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Shona MDC Alliance councillor faces recall
INCOMING Bulawayo ward 24 councillor, Arnold Batirai Dube, faces a recall after he allegedly caused chaos during the swearing-in of city fathers in council chambers yesterday.Dube, a member of...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drunk Chamisa councillor cause a stir in Bulawayo
THE swearing in ceremony of Bulawayo City Councillors yesterday degenerated into chaos with activists aligned to the Mthwakazi Republic Party baying for the blood of one of the MDC Alliance councillor...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open Letter to Bulawayo
Dear Bulawayo City Council, Bulawayo Residents, and MDC Alliance leadership in Bulawayo I propose that with immediate effect measures be taken to recall Bulawayo's Ward 24 Councillor Arnold Ba...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:43hrs | | by Ndaba Nhuku
Bulawayo councillor refuses to take oath in English, recites it in Shona
MDC Alliance official Descent Bajila has said he is disappointed with the conduct of some of the Bulawayo elected Councillors who openly disrespected the residents who elected them during their sweari...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 16:03hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Gold panning activities at Ncema dam irks councillor Mangena
Bulawayo ward 24 councillor Gideon Mangena has expressed concerns of the escalating gold panning activities at the Ncema dam in the outskirts of Bulawayo saying this would cause serious degradation an...Published: 07 May 2016 at 10:54hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Pregnant woman, child die in inferno
A pregnant woman and her four-year-old baby died yesterday afternoon in an inferno that also reduced 55 mud and pole houses to ashes at Lumanda Farm in the Mount Hampden area.The woman, Shupik...Published: 11 Oct 2015 at 16:11hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Women accuse local man of using bluetooth sex on them
Some women in Nkulumane 5 have accused a local man whom they did not mention by name of sexually abusing them at night using bluetooth sex, popularly known as Mubobobo.This emerged at a m...Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 15:41hrs | 7 | by Stevenson Jackson
Goblins terrorise families
THREE families from Nkulumane 5 high-density suburb in Bulawayo say they are living in fear of suspected goblins that constantly attack their homes, breaking window panes and roofing sheets.Ac...Published: 16 Jun 2015 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Goblins force councillor to call for residents meeting
Ward 24 councillor Gedion Mangena in Bulawayo's Nkulumane constituency has called a meeting with Nkulumane 5 residents to discuss goblins attacks after a number of residents approached him complai...Published: 13 Jun 2015 at 18:11hrs | 3 | by Stevenson Jackson
Anger over defilement of Inxwala site
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has come under fire for its continued sacrilege of the Inxwala festival site, amid calls that traditional leaders in the Matabeleland region should come together to add...Published: 03 May 2015 at 12:54hrs | | by staff reporter
Police place parts of Bulawayo under lockdown
POLICE have placed some parts of Bulawayo's high-density suburbs under lockdown with residents complaining of unwarranted harassment and beatings by members of the force.Bulawayo police last T...Published: 20 May 2014 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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