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Matebeleland villagers appeal for govt intervention
VILLAGERS in Matebeleland region are appealing to the government to immediately intervene and save them from starvation as the food crisis reaches alarming levels.Several villagers have alread...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rejects 'Let's Go Brandon's token sanctions review
NOTHING short of a prompt, unconditional and total removal of illegal economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States is acceptable and continued slanderous statements from Washington shou...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gweru City Council struggles to pay December salaries
THE cash-strapped Gweru City Council (GCC) is struggling to pay its workers their December salaries including bonuses.The failure by the local authority to pay its 1 200 employees has had a ne...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
This and that with Mal'phosa: Ngayende ngabude! What?
Malema is very crafty, just like that red fox, neh? He has outsmarted everyone this time around. He can hide behind load shedding, rise in crime, Phalaphalagate etc as reasons he wants Ramaphosa gone....Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 20:34hrs | 2 | by Clerk Ndlovu
It's time Redcliff Municipality was investigated for its questionable dealings!
For a long time I had foolishly believed the yarn that poor service delivery, or the total lack of, in our small town of Redcliff was due to the non-payment of bills by residents. I was - afte...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:45hrs | 652 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Chiwenga down but not out'
ALLIES of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who was brought to his knees by President Emmerson Mnangagwa - literally and metaphorically - at the crucial Zanu-PF congress last weekend, say the forme...Published: 06 Nov 2022 at 11:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
BCC turn down $2m Ascot inferno waiver
THE Bulawayo City Council has turned down a request to waive a $2 million Fire and Ambulance Services bill by a business which lost bales of hay and property worth more than US$70 000 in an inferno in...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi urges Zimbabweans to be wary of unscrupulous NGOs
ZANU-PF Second Secretary Kembo Mohadi has urged Zimbabweans to be wary of non-government organisations (NGOs) which are bent on pushing a regime change agenda under the guise of providing assistance....Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo forex discounts endorsed
BULAWAYO residents are going to get a 50 percent discount for settling their rates in foreign currency, while industries will have a 30 percent discount after councillors endorsed the resolution which...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
BCC to offer discount for forex payments
Bulawayo councillors have proposed to offer residents that are willing to settle their bills in foreign currency a 50 percent discount.This follows a public outcry after the local authority, a...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:15hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Top govt official in messy land fight
A COMMISSIONER at the Public Service Commission (PSC) Tsitsi Choruma is at the centre of a farm invasion storm that has rocked the Lands ministry in the Mazowe area after being allocated part of the l...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 19:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gone too soon! Chief Mabhikwa (28) dies in horror car crash
CHIEF Mabhikwa of Lupane who died yesterday after his vehicle crashed head on with a haulage truck on Sunday night has been described as a humble cultural preservationist of outstanding leadership qua...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe rainfall season ends'
The 2021 – 2022 rainfall season, largely marked by above-average rains in some regions and poor and erratic rainfall in others has ended, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) says.Be...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
30% of Midlands crop a write-off
NEARLY 30 percent of the maize crop Madeline Magwenzi across Midlands Province is now a write off with the total provincial yield already compromised due to the prolonged dry spell that has been exper...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dry spell worries Bulawayo urban farmers
BULAWAYO urban farmers are worried about the prolonged dry spell as the province has gone for more than two weeks without rains.In the last season, most urban farmers had a bumper harvest as t...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Farmers fret over dry spell
Farmers are becoming very worried as the dry spell continues with crops showing signs of moisture stress and a lot could depend on supplementary irrigation to ensure reasonable harvests.It has...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
National Blankets halts production as tiff with Zimra escalates
TEXTILE giant National Blankets has temporarily stopped production after the manufacturing firm failed to settle a ZW$800 000 Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) debt.The Bulawayo company...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:51hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean journalist survives SA horror crash
ZIMBABWEAN journalist and former editor of The Herald, Ray Mungoshi on Sunday night survived a horror crash in Gauteng province, South Africa. Mungoshi said he was alone and driving towards Jo...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief wrecks new vehicle, 2 killed
Two people died on Saturday evening when Chief Chivese's Isuzu D-Teck which was travelling from Chivhu burst a tyre and overturned several times near Murambinda Growth point.Chief Chivese was ...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 12:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge residents rap Zinwa over water cuts
BEITBRIDGE residents were yesterday up in arms with the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) and the Lands and Agriculture ministry for failing to supply water to one of the country's busiest por...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Why Bulawayo service delivery is collapsing
LONG-TOUTED as the best-run local authority in the country, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is failing to offer efficient services as seen by collapsing water and sewer infrastructure, failureto f...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:33hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
'How can we help Zimbabwe?' SA Minister asked Shava - foolish question to still be asking
"Ramaphosa's SA remains concerned over Zimbabwe's worsening political situation!" screamed the Bulawayo24 headlines.Many Zimbabweans did not even bother to read the article because they have h...Published: 23 May 2021 at 11:42hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
Minister fires manager on the spot
Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Anxious Masuka fired the head of an Agricultural Rural Development Authority (Arda)-run agriculture scheme in Lupane on the spot...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:08hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Liquor traders appeal for rent reprieve
BULAWAYO liquor traders have appealed to the government to write off their rental debts for the seven months they were under national COVID-19 lockdown.President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently al...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 13:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hailstorm ravages tobacco in Bindura
ELEVEN tobacco farmers are counting their losses after approximately 15hectares of tobacco was ripped off by a hailstorm that hit the farming community of Matepatepa in Bindura over the weekend....Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 09:19hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Reasons why Sheamus pinned Drew McIntyre in the Gauntlet Match
It's not surprising that Sheamus managed to go on and defeated Drew McIntyre to win the Gauntlet Match on RAW. This win means that Sheamus is going to be the last entrant into the Elimination Chamber ...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 17:10hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mafume exposes MDC Alliance's poor leadership pedigree
Last week, social media was on fire when the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mr Nick Mangwana revealed that despite getting three times less in ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zimbabwean linked US hip-ho artists MF Doom dies
MF Doom, one of US hip-hop's most distinctive and respected MCs and producers, has died aged 49.His wife Jasmine posted on his Instagram account:"The ...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 08:29hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa impoverishing MDC members on the altar of political correctness
A "RATIONAL economic" Zanu-PF has been masterminding massive wealth transfers to their enlightened members since 2000. The ruling party members are winning on the economic front by creating wealth whi...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 19:58hrs | | by Brian Sedze
Interbank rate throws HCC off rails
HARARE town clerk Hosiah Chisango yesterday said the interbank rate has drastically affected council operations because this year's budget was based on a 1:1 ratio to the United States dollar....Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gabriel writes off Bosso debt
FORMER Highlanders vice captain Gabriel Nyoni has written off what the club owes him after an engagement with the chief executive officer Nhlanhla Dube. Nyoni, who left the Bulawayo giants aft...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC evicts Tshinga Dube
ZANU-PF Politburo member and former Zanu-PF Makokoba legislator Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube faces eviction from his council leased parliamentary offices situated in Nguboyenja high density surburbs. ...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu's remarkable turnaround
BULAWAYO Municipal Commercial Undertaking (BMCU)'s beverages manufacturing unit, Ingwebu Breweries, which has close to a decade been reeling under massive losses, has had a remarkable turnaround....Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:38hrs | 3 | by Sytaff reporter
A look into Zimbabwe's tanking economy
The country's largest gold producer is on the brink of collapse because of government's warped foreign currency retention policy; the cost of bread has gone up, more than three times in hardly a month...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:50hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
BCC in financial dire straits
The Bulawayo City Council financials are in the red, a development officials equated to being technically insolvent. The crisis saw the local authority calling for an emergency financial perfo...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 22:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Drought looms in Beitbridge
A drought is looming in Beitbridge District where crops have started wilting due to moisture stress while others have been destroyed by the fall army worm. It is also understood that the district has ...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA finance minister confirms short-term Zimbabwe bail out plan
SOUTH Africa is planning to extend short-term credit to Zimbabwe and also to help it write off its US$7.4-billion external debt, to prevent its neighbour spiralling out of control. Critics say this wi...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:37hrs | 2 | by The Daily Maverick
$3 million food looted: GMAZ
GRAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has called on government to assist them with security personnel to dispatch 6 700 tonnes of mealie meal to retailers in Bulawayo, saying security threats w...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
War vets endorse MDC Alliance town chair
Zimbabwe National Liberations of War Veterans Associations (ZNLWVA) national political commissar, Francis Nhando has praised Chiredzi town chairperson Gibson Hwende as an exemplary leader.Hwen...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 16:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo CEO survives fatal head-on accident
MPILO Central Hospital Chief Executive Officer, Mr Leonard Mabhandi, cheated death after his vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with another near the 10km peg along Gweru-Kwekwe highway, poli...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Councils given go ahead to garnish Govt departments
THE Government has given councils the green light to take drastic measures to recover debt even from its departments which owe local authorities various amounts of money.Councils, through the ...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimra mulls debt write-offs
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it is mulling several debt management strategies including write-offs following recent lapse of a tax moratorium.Highlighting tax defaults had conti...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 20:32hrs | | 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
Zimra collects more than budgeted
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says revenue performance remains on a positive trajectory, with gross collections for July hitting $406,13 million, which was 20,80 percent above target. Zimra's...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
'New dispensation', same old lies
Ag shame! On the 6th of July I came across a shockingly screaming newspaper headline ED creates 60 000 jobs, I was in the sprawling border town of Beitbridge.Being one not to quickly believe o...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Ishemunyoro Mupokosera
'New dispensation', same old lies
Ag shame! On the 6th of July I came across a shocking Sunday Mail headline screaming ED creates 60,000 jobs. I was in the sprawling border town of Beitbridge. Being one not to quickly believe or write...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 09:44hrs | 5 | by Ishemunyoro Mupokosera: MDC Alliance Candidate for Mudzi South Constituency
Councillors call for 50% debt write-off
BULAWAYO councillors are calling for a 50% debt write-off for ratepayers or two months exemption from paying bills to cushion them against the harsh economic conditions.According to the latest...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pick n Pay Zimbabwe strikes again, 'fires manager for hiring Ndebeles'
Mthwakazi Republic Party has said it regrets to announce that its efforts of bringing sanity to Pick N Pay have so far yielded no tangible results, as the company's management have since suspended Nhl...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 09:05hrs | 13 | by Stephen Jakes
Edgars retrenches 90 workers
EDGARS Stores Limited has retrenched 90 workers from its Bulawayo branch citing a tough business operating environment.A senior director at the company, Mrs Linda Masterson, confirmed the deve...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa woos thousands
MDC ALLIANCE president Nelson Chamisa yesterday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa was now ripe for retirement as he was no longer capable for re-energising Zimbabwe to rebuild its economy.Addr...Published: 27 May 2018 at 18:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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