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Only 12 registered nightclubs in Bulawayo
THERE are only 12 licensed and registered nightclubs in Bulawayo while the rest are said to be operating illegally.According to official records from the Ministry of Local Government and Publi...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Contractors abandon Zimbabwe road projects over payment delays
SOME construction companies have been forced to abandon road rehabilitation work in Bulawayo over payment delays.This is revealed in the latest council minutes under the Emergency Roads Rehabi...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 19:30hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Three caught with 50 kgs of dagga at roadblock
Kadoma police arrested a bus crew Mtunzi Shupikai, Makanda Givemore and Tendai Nyabute for stashing bags of dagga (mbanje) in the bus on Monday.The bus was caught by the police who were on patrol ...Published: 18 Jan 2023 at 20:51hrs | 1 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
BCC starts repairing Luveve Road
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has started rehabilitating some sections of Luveve Road that are now impassable due to potholes that have been worsened by the rains.The local authourity needs US$9...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 07:35hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
BCC embarks on Luveve road rehab
The flow of traffic along Luveve road in Bulawayo will be disrupted for the next three months as the local authority embarks on major rehabilitation works.The rehabilitation works will target ...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 15:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bev to put newly renovated Waverley Hotel on fire
RAUNCHY dancer, Bev Sibanda returns to the city of Kings and Queens this Friday for another performance during the opening ceremony of the newly renovated Waverley Hotel.Waverley Hotel has bee...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
$800 million boost as BCC resumes suspended road works
Bulawayo City Council is resuming road rehabilitation works which were suspended at the beginning of the year, after Government allocated the city nearly $800 million towards road maintenance....Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 robbers up for kidnapping
TWO suspected armed robbers were arrested in Kadoma on New Year's Eve, a few minutes after they had kidnapped a 27-year-old man at Waverly Bus Stop and robbed him of US$82 cash while another man was a...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Police roadblock saves kidnapping victim
WHILE some motorists view police roadblocks as an annoyance, one man has a blockade to thank after police manning a roadblock in Kadoma rescued him from a kidnapping.The incident took place on...Published: 02 Jan 2022 at 09:08hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Truckers face Beitbridge chaos
When it was controversially awarded a US$240 million contract to upgrade the Beitbridge border post in 2018, the Zimborders Consortium said it would provide "world class border facilities that optimis...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 19:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo roads benefit from Mnangagwa programme
THERE is significant progress on some of Bulawayo's major feeder roads, which are being rehabilitated under the ongoing Government-funded US$400 million Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Byo makes emergency roads rehabilitation inroads
Roadworks in Bulawayo under the Government-funded US$400 million Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) recently launched by President Mnangagwa, have gathered pace with significant progres...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 09:41hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
$2bn for roads rehabilitation
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has disbursed more than $2 billion to road authorities for the national emergency road rehabilitation programme.The disbursements were made b...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Killer potholes in Bulawayo
MOTORISTS in Bulawayo have called for urgent action on pothole-riddled roads that continue to cause fatal accidents in the city. Motorists approaching potholes are sometimes forced to swerve i...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 06:32hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo identifies roads for Govt funded repairs
A total of 43 roads in Bulawayo have been identified to be rehabilitated under the Government's Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) at a cost of $872 million.Early this month, Pres...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
CORONA VIRUS !! Perilous Times have come
The whole world has been turned upside down by an unseen enemy called COVID 19. As if it is to insult the intelligence of the world the virus was coronated and it is called CORONA virus which means cr...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 12:55hrs | 3 | by Bybit Mavaza
Substandard vehicles, goods flood Zimbabwe
SMUGGLED inferior goods, including second hand clothes and imported used defective vehicles, have flooded Zimbabwe to the detriment of the local industry, according to a recent report by AuditorGenera...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe now dumping ground for used knickers'
ZIMBABWEAN companies are losing millions of dollars due to unfair competition from both imported and smuggled inferior products, a report by the Auditor General Mildred Chiri has said.The repo...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 18:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sandra Ndebele fraudster's property auctioned
'GOD fights my battles' are the words that dancer-cum-singer Sandra 'Sandy' Ndebele-Sibindi said after the Sheriff of the High Court last week auctioned property belonging to a woman who defrauded her...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rowdy Zanu-PF youths disrupt Parly hearing, threaten violence
A PARLIAMENTARY portfolio committee meeting was aborted in Kadoma at the weekend after rowdy Zanu-PF youths heckled legislators and participants, threatening to unleash violence.The Youth, Spo...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
The dynamics of smuggling in Zimbabwe
Catch me if you can, is a phrase that may describe the goings on at Zimbabwe's ports of entry as the Treasury continues to lose millions of dollars in revenue due to smuggling and other criminal activ...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 16:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe blanket firms face extinction
ZIMBABWE'S sole blanket manufacturer, Waverley, is facing an uncertain future due to illegal Chinese imports, the government has said.Waverly, which stands at the heart of the ruins of scores ...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 15:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police impound Biti's vehicle
MDC Alliance co-principal, Tendai Biti has petitioned the High Court seeking an order for the release of his Toyota Landcruiser from Southerton Police Station, claiming the vehicle was impounded by un...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Presidential hopefuls express satisfaction over voting process
Contenders in the Presidential race yesterday voted in various constituencies, with most of them "hopeful" of springing surprises to unseat President Mnangagwa of Zanu-PF. Most of t...Published: 31 Jul 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Smuggled blankets suffocate Waverly
ZIMBABWE's remaining blanket manufacturer, Waverly Blankets, faces collapse as its operations are being suffocated by an influx of smuggled blankets allegedly from China. It is understood that once th...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Battle for political supremacy in Kadoma
An interesting battle for supremacy has emerged between Kadoma's political heavyweights, with incumbent legislator Fani Phanuel Phiri (Zanu-PF) facing MDC Alliance candidate and current mayor Clr Much...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Call to complete markings along Harare-Bulawayo Highway
KADOMA residents have called on Government and the contractor who upgraded the Harare-Bulawayo Highway to put road carriage markings such as zebra crossings on portions of the highway within the city ...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Women 'savagely' raped and beaten to death
TWO women were allegedly raped and brutally killed while two men were robbed and killed in separate incidents in Bulawayo between last Tuesday and Friday.Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 08:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man fined over false car theft report
A BULAWAYO resident has been fined $400 and slapped with a suspended six-month jail term for filing a false car theft report and claiming $8 730 compensation from the vehicle insurer, Old Mutual....Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
$400 fine for $9 000 fraud
A 23-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo has been fined $400 for defrauding Old Mutual Insurance Company of nearly $9 000 after misrepresenting that a vehicle he bought and insured under the company had been s...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Gangster's body found two days after stabbing alert
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a suspected thief from Bulawayo whose body was discovered in a bushy area two days after he had been allegedly stabbed.A passerby found the body of Dumisani Nyat...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Toilets row follows Egodini closure
VENDORS and transport operators in Bulawayo have complained of lack of ablution facilities at new vending sites and termini following the closure of Egodini Bus Terminus.In interviews yesterda...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
NRZ asset register in shambles
THE rundown National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is sitting on countrywide real estate estimated to be worth more than $150 million, with the potential to raise at least $5 million in rentals monthly....Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 10:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Maridadi deserves the title
Mthwakazi Republic Party spokesperson Mbonisi Gumbo has said MDC-T legislator James Maridadi deserves the title honourable after he made brilliant submissions in parliament over the Chinese investors ...Published: 21 Mar 2017 at 06:13hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chinese smuggling cash out of Zim- Maridadi
MDC-T legislator James Maridadi has taken government to task over the issue of allowing the Chinese business people to bring i their products for sale and later smuggling all the cash back to their co...Published: 20 Mar 2017 at 06:05hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MPs demands meeting with Mugabe
OPPOSITION MPs yesterday demanded an audience with President Robert Mugabe to discuss government decay, saying the Zanu-PF leader was being misled over the true state of the nation by his divided ...Published: 01 Feb 2017 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Duo steal cop's ID, use it to rob residents
TWO men from Cowdray Park and Luveve allegedly stole a police officer’s identity card and used it to rob unsuspecting residents.William Manda (36) of Cowdray Park and Tichaona Torinda (34) o...Published: 20 Oct 2015 at 07:07hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Aussie businessman spared Zimbabwe deportation
Australian-born Kwekwe businessman Lee Waverly John heaved a sigh of relief after the High Court struck out the Immigration Department's appeal to have him deported. The Immigration Department...Published: 21 Apr 2015 at 09:06hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro
Ndolwane super sounds robbed
MONEY is the root of all evil! This saying rings true to up-and-coming artiste Romeo Gasa who has allegedly gone into hiding after he allegedly dupe...Published: 06 Dec 2014 at 06:20hrs | | by Victoria Mushunje
Soldier bashes lover over child upkeep
AN attested Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) member has been fined for bashing his lover following a dispute over their child's upkeep.Kenneth Dube (32), a corporal in the ZNA, of 1512 Waverly, Ka...Published: 16 Oct 2014 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
University student invites two prostitutes to church for foursome, fails to pay them
A National University of Science and Technology (Nust) student was robbed of his $400 laptop by two sex workers he had invited to church for a foursome.Gumbodete Prosper Tendekai reportedly ...Published: 31 Jan 2014 at 01:45hrs | 1 | by Court Reporter
Armed robbers gunned down movie style
TWO armed robbers who were part of a six-man armed gang that had been terrorising and robbing people throughout the country were on Wednesday afternoon gunned down in Gweru movie style following a...Published: 10 Jan 2014 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Two rapist murderers sentenced to death
THE two men who waylaid a United Collegee of Education female student, assaulted and raped her until she lost consciousness before fatally stoning her male companion, were yesterday sentenced to deat...Published: 14 Dec 2013 at 02:50hrs | | by Staff
Duo up for student rape, murder
TWO men accosted a United College of Education female student, assaulted and raped her till she lost consciousness before allegedly stoning her male companion to death. The student, 29, whose...Published: 11 Dec 2013 at 03:38hrs | 2 | by Court Reporter
Zanu-PF named in poll ritual kidnap
Fani Phanuel Phiri, the Zanu-PF MP for Kadoma Central, has been fingered in a ritual kidnapping, with his alleged accomplices imprisoned.Phiri is alleged to have instructed Dominic Musapurwa,...Published: 02 Dec 2013 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bev drops her famed bottle dance promises new tactics
EROTIC dancer Beverly "Bev" Sibanda has called on fans to forget her famed bottle dance and expect new routines when she performs at Waverly Hotel in Bulawayo on Saturday. The self-proclaime...Published: 13 Nov 2013 at 09:27hrs | 3 | by Entertainment Reporter
Zanu-PF senior members nabbed for kidnapping two little girls
TWO aspiring Zanu PF candidates in the July 31 Kadoma council elections and three other party members who kidnapped two little girls with the intention of killing them for ritual purposes ahead of the...Published: 08 Nov 2013 at 04:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Waverly trial begins
THE trial of seven suspected robbers who stole US$412 798 meant for banking from Waverly Blankets has begun with the first State witness breaking down in tears while narrating how she was robbed. ...Published: 19 Oct 2013 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF aspriring candidates kidnap 2 girls for rituals
Two Zanu-PF aspiring council candidates who allegedly thought that the spilling of blood of two innocent girls would help them win in the harmonised elections are in trouble after being arrested by po...Published: 05 Oct 2013 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robber appears in court with bullet in his skull
ONE of the suspected armed robbers who raided Waverly Blankets in Harare in May this year and got away with $412 000 cash appeared in court yesterday with a bullet still lodged in his skull.Th...Published: 25 Sep 2013 at 16:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
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