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Spanish tourist trampled to death by an elephant in South Africa
Management at the Pilanesberg National Park has extended its condolences to the family of a Spanish tourist, after he was trampled to death by an elephant at the weekend.It is believed that th...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 15:49hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
Maintaining graves is not Bulawayo City Council's job
THE Bulawayo City Council has urged residents with relatives buried at different cemeteries in the city to constantly check and maintain the graves as it is not the duty of the local authority to do t...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Graves cave in at Luveve Cemetery
AN elderly woman, accompanied by two young adults walks briskly into a section of Luveve Cemetery in Bulawayo, a little bit on the edge and sombre.They continuously scan across the hundreds of...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:56hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Council urges cremation or rural home burials
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) which is fast running out of burial space is calling on residents to either cremate or bury their loved ones at their rural homes.The call also comes amid revel...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bullying leads to suicide
AGONY, grief, pain, anguish, sadness and anger aptly describe how the Saudan family in Bulawayo is feeling following the death of their 15-year-old son Jayden who committed suicide after complaining o...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo running out of burial space
IF you are in Bulawayo do you know where and how you want to be buried?Be warned that there is a looming problem in the country's second largest city over what to do with dead bodies, as it is...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Highlanders legends to visit graves of fallen colleagues
Highlanders football legends meet in Bulawayo this Saturday to honour and celebrate the lives of their departed former teammates.Douglas Mloyi, the chairman of the Highlanders Former Players A...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:29hrs | | by Staff rteporter
Bulawayo a pale shadow of its former self
IN the years gone by, Bulawayo, with its charming architecture in the form of Victorian-style buildings, stood tall across the country as a better-organised and cleanest city in southern Africa. ...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Buses turn Bulawayo's parks into ranks
BUSES plying intercity routes are degrading Bulawayo through picking up passengers at undesignated points, with Central and Centenary Parks along Leopold Takawira Avenue Extension losing their allure ...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Congregant steals pastor's bicycle
A 23-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo appeared in court for stealing a bicycle worth $20 800 from a pastor after an all-night prayer.The accused, Scotch Nyathi stole a bicycle from Jealous Mavhunga....Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF political commissar buried
THE Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial political commissar, Ruth Shelton, was laid to rest yesterday at West Park Cemetery with mourners describing her as an upcoming and fast-growing politician who had a pr...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rambo tombstone unveiled
THE corporate world has been urged to emulate Sakunda Holdings and sponsor other football clubs as well as different tier leagues to help create employment and a competitive environment.Energy...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rambo's tombstone unveiling tomorrow
A tombstone unveiling for the late national team and Highlanders legend Mercedes "Rambo" Sibanda will be held at West Park Cemetery in Bulawayo tomorrow.A granite tombstone, with a picture of ...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC, CAAZ object to cemetery near airport
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has turned down an application by a local private company to establish a cemetery adjacent to the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport.The snub came after...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scramble for burial space at Luveve Cemetery
There is scramble for burial space at Luveve Cemetery in Bulawayo after an excavator used to dig graves at Athlone Cemetery broke down last week.The machine replaced manual labour years ago to...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 19:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bodies from SA congest Bulawayo cemeteries
BODIES repatriated from South Africa are topping the list of burials at most Bulawayo cemeteries, with council expressing concern that residents were not adhering to the 30 stipulated numbers of peopl...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 10:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council takes over private cemetery
BULAWAYO City Council is set to take over the privately-owned Umvutcha Cemetery with an estimated 45 000-grave capacity to ease a shortage of burial space.The city has been battling burial spa...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
3 robbed at knife point during visit to cemetery
THREE Bulawayo residents were on Saturday robbed at knife point by two men and two women at West Park Cemetery.The robbers, who are still at large, went away with US$90, cellphones and a lapto...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:54hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Rains stall grave digging in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO City Council is facing imminent grave shortage as a result of incessant rains that have caused flooding at Luveve Cemetery, making the graveyard soggy and unfit for burials.This has f...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
2 children discover corpse in Emganwini
Police in Bulawayo are appealing to members of the public to come and identify the body of a male adult that was discovered on Wednesday last week in Emganwini residential area, near Mbokodo abattoir....Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents resist cemeteries solar projects
BULAWAYO residents are against the proposal by the city council to establish solar projects at city cemeteries as they feel the project will infringe on their traditional beliefs. In a m...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC to tap energy from graveyards
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) will soon be embarking on an ambitious project to turn its cemeteries into solar farms as the local authority pushes the concept of multi-use of land. According...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo cremation machine impounded by SA authorities
Tax authorities in South Africa have seized a crematorium machine from Japan headed for Bulawayo in a payment dispute, according to the city council. The machine is used in the disposal of a d...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 13:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-born Jazz legend awarded SA heroine status
Zimbabwe-born African jazz icon Dorothy Masuka was buried Sunday in Gauteng province's West Park Cemetery, South Africa after being awarded heroine status in the neighbouring country.Masuka su...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:23hrs | 5 | by newzimbabwe
Bulawayo's biggest cemetery decommissioned again
BULAWAYO's biggest cemetery, West Park, has once again been decommissioned as it has run out of burial space with burials now taking place at Athlone and Luveve cemeteries. West Park Cemetery ...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cremations 'threaten' Zimbabwe's ancestral spirits
Cremation is provoking a huge debate in Zimbabwe, bringing cultural and religious beliefs to the fore, journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe writes from Harare."For you were made from dust,...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 06:12hrs | | by Brian Hungwe
Khupe's brother laid to rest
MDC-T breakaway leader Thokozani Khupe's brother Christopher was buried in Bulawayo yesterday following his death early this week.MDC-T Vice president Obert Gutu said on Thursday, August...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 10:31hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Death after Wimbo's burial
A COUPLE from Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo died on the spot following a horrific car crash near Shangani while they were on their way from the burial of Johane Masowe eChishanu Vadzidzi VaJesu Church ...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police rule out foul play in Mzingwane High suicide
POLICE have ruled out foul play in the death of a Form Four pupil from Mzingwane High School who allegedly hanged himself last week.A postmortem has revealed that the boy died of asphyxia, a c...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mzingwane suicide pupil buried
A Form Four pupil from Mzingwane High School who allegedly committed suicide by hanging was yesterday buried at West Park Cemetery in Bulawayo.Ryan Siziba (16) of Bellevue suburb allegedly han...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Emotions run high at Bongo burial
A POPULAR cross-border transporter (umalayitsha) Bongani "Bongo" Ndlovu who was killed at a Bulawayo nightspot recently was buried yesterday at West Park Cemetery in the city in a highly emotional cer...Published: 07 May 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bongo to be buried tomorrow
SLAIN cross border transporter (umalayitsha), Bongani "Bongo" Ndlovu, will be buried at West Park Cemetery in Bulawayo tomorrow.Ndlovu (43), was killed last week on Saturday outside Zarah Loun...Published: 05 May 2018 at 14:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mpopoma headmaster's son killed by pirating Honda fit
A-25-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo died on the spot after he was knocked down by a pirating Honda Fit.Buthumuzi Dube of Njube suburb, who is the son to Mpopoma High School head, Mr Christopher Du...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prominent Bulawayo businessman dies
BULAWAYO businessman and prominent chartered accountant Mr Moses Mazengeza has died.He was 69.Mr Mazengeza succumbed to stroke on Sunday following two weeks of illness.His son,...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Athlone Cemetery extended by 4.6 hectares
THE Bulawayo City Council has extended Athlone Cemetery by 4,06 hectares to create space for an additional 8 250 graves after realising that the city was fast running out of burial space.Counc...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
West Park cemetery decommissioned
Bulawayo City Council has said West Park Cemetery will be decommissioned at the end of March and that the few remaining graves would cater for children only.Latest full council minutes state that ...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo finally secures cremator
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has finally secured the release of a cremator that had for a long time been held in Durban, South Africa owing to contractual glitches.BCC chamber secretary Sik...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 12:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldier shooting victims buried side-by-side
THREE women who were fatally shot allegedly by a soldier who later turned the gun on himself in a suicide attempt in New Magwegwe suburb in Bulawayo last week, were buried side-by-side at West Park Ce...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family demands $12,000 for soldier shooting victims' funeral expenses
THE family of three women who were fatally shot by a soldier who later turned the gun on himself in a suicide attempt in New Magwegwe suburb in Bulawayo last week, is demanding $12 000 for funeral exp...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 05:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Killer' soldier's relatives start negotiating with bereaved family
THE family of a soldier who allegedly fired about 20 shots, killing his wife and her two siblings before shooting himself in a suicide attempt in New Magwegwe suburb yesterday started negotiations wit...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 04:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupils caught in cemetery sex
WHEN it comes to sex, sometimes real life mimics fiction.These words were played out by a seemingly disturbing incident of two shameless pupils from two different high schools in Bulawayo (nam...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo runs out of burial space, again
BULAWAYO councillors have reported that the city may face burial space challenges, as the West Park Cemetery which was extended last year to ease the burden on the overstretched Luveve Cemetery, has r...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
West Park cemetery fast filling up
The West Park cemetery is reportedly fast getting filled amid concerns by the Bulawayo city fathers.The Director of Health Services reported that the space at West Park cemetery was fast filli...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 07:02hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
SA based wife hires car-loads of hitmen to do dirty work
A LIBERATION war hero was murdered by unidentified assailants who were allegedly hired by his second wife in South Africa, his family has claimed.Family spokesperson, Believe Gaule, a Zanu-PF ...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mob justice for thief at cemetery
ANGRY mourners rained blows on a serial dust bin thief at West Park Cemetery in Bulawayo yesterday after he sought refuge in the graveyard.Burial business came to a standstill when the thief -...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Step-grandson cuts corpse, touches granny, demands cash
MOURNERS fled in terror when an injiva ran amok at his step grandfather's funeral wake in Bulawayo, cutting up the corpse's face, touching his grandmother and demanding to see the colour of her urine....Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council in cremator dilemma
THE council is battling to bring into the country a cremator bought from South Africa for nearly $100 000 due to contractual challenges.Currently, the city has only one cremator situated at We...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Town clerk seeks R120 000 to pay for cremator
The Bulawayo council Town Clerk Christopher Dube recently submitted to the council a request for authority to pay R120 000 to South African Revenue Authority as costs of suit to facilitate the release...Published: 09 Oct 2017 at 07:07hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Rest in Eternal Peace Thabo Kunene - MRP
Mthwakazi Republic Party president Mqondisi Moyo has mourned the death of a South Africa based Zimbabwean Journalist Thabo Kunene who passed on in that country this week."On my behalf and on b...Published: 07 Oct 2017 at 10:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Suicide alert at Townsend Girls' High
THE story of a 14-year-old Bulawayo pupil who allegedly committed suicide on Thursday, has taken a new turn following the discovery of a suicide note, supposedly written by a troubled 'close' friend, ...Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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