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Calls grow for overhaul of councils procurement systems
Government officials, civil society actors, and policy experts have called for urgent reforms to strengthen procurement systems in Zimbabwe's local authorities, arguing that improved procurement...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 15:36hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Nigerian man discovers Lake Leicester in UK
A NIGERIAN man living in the United Kingdom has been hailed on online platforms after saying he discovered a lake in Leicester in the United Kingdom, as part of dismantling colonial narratives....Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 16:50hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally strikes neighbour with a brick
A FILABUSI man struck his neighbour with a brick on the head resulting in his death following a misunderstanding during a drinking spree. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Chi...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 20:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Discounts for bills paid in forex
Residents have welcomed the proposal by the city fathers to offer discounts to those who will pay their bills using foreign currency.The Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association Information ...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 07:49hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo residents complain over MDC mayoral perks
BULAWAYO Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) has questioned the city council's decision to award former mayor Martin Moyo a mayoral car as part of his exit package.BPRA yesterday said the...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Mayor defends Victoria Falls induction retreat
Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni has sprang to the defence of his fellow councillors after the city fathers came under a barrage of criticism for choosing to hold their induction retreat in the resort tow...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 12:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
All eyes on Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube's maiden national budget should target the revival of the productive sectors of the economy to set the tone for revival, business has advised....Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kambarami's ouster recieved with mixed feelings
The resignation of Bulawayo Deputy mayor at the behest of MDC President Nelson Chamisa has been received with mixed feelings by residents of Bulawayo. Some have welcomed the development calling it a p...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 18:54hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo mayor unhappy with road closure
Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni has raised concern over the way the law enforcers conducted themselves in closing a road in the CBD which was a perceived hub of illegal money changers, popularly known he...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 14:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents refuse to listen to 'foreign' mayor
AS residents continue to blast the Bulawayo City Council for raising rates and rentals in their 2019 budget projects it has since emerged that 16 out of 32 consultation meetings in the city endorsed t...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 11:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents mete instant justice on Zesa crew
THREE Zesa employees were arrested after they were allegedly caught stealing copper cables in Woodville suburb in Bulawayo on Wednesday night.The trio was bashed by neighbourhood watch committ...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents, town clerk clash over mining claims
Bulawayo residents have slammed council's decision to award gold mining claims to town clerk Christopher Dube and a senior official in the Local Government ministry, arguing the move is blatant abuse ...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 15:11hrs | | by Staf reporter
Bulawayo gets tough on defaulting residents
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has embarked on a massive exercise to disconnect water for defaulting residents, saying defaulters should either come up with payment plans or face the prospect of disc...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Once-off Budget Consultations Meaningless to Residents
Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association has said the once off budget consultation y the city of Bulawayo is meaningless to the residents.Around August and September every year, local author...Published: 19 Aug 2017 at 09:26hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Joshua Nkomo's dream that never came true
Zimbabwe's late Vice President, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, is a man credited with shaping the country's economic and social fibre.So much has been said about his exploits before, during, and after ...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 13:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council in massive water disconnections
THE Bulawayo City Council has embarked on a massive disconnection of water supplies to defaulting residents despite the fact that the High Court recently upheld previous rulings that such action is il...Published: 25 May 2017 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'BCC's MDC-T councillors engaging in a wealth accumulation rush'
BULAWAYO Progressive Residents' Association (BPRA) has accused councillors of engaging in a wealth accumulation rush before leaving council, following reports that the local authority has purchase...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents up in arms with council
Bulawayo residents are up in arms with the city fathers after councilors passed a resolution to award themselves with state of the art phone tablets that will gobble US$40 000 at the expense of se...Published: 08 Feb 2017 at 19:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is the end nigh for Tendai Biti?
THOSE who live by the sword, die by the sword.In a classic case reflecting this adage, the embattled leader of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Tendai Biti has been left nursing wounds aft...Published: 27 Oct 2016 at 09:36hrs | 1 | by Ray Ndlovu and Tendai Makaripe
Analysts speak on Jonathan Moyo saga
THE Financial Gazette this week sought comments from a range of political and social commentators over the ensuing drama involving Higher and Tertiary Education Minister, Jonathan Moyo's alleged sipho...Published: 20 Oct 2016 at 09:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Economic crisis bolsters Morgan Tsvangirai
AT the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T)'s 17th anniversary celebrations last week in Bulawayo, party leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, was in high spirits.He exuded a spring to his step whi...Published: 06 Oct 2016 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
MZWP: Paper trail of empty promises
BULAWAYO - Council sounded its latest alarm bells this month over the city's precarious water situation, warning that major supply dams could be decommissioned in the next three months.For...Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has the last laugh
NELSON Chamisa, now one of the three vice presidents in the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Tsvangirai, has emerged as the proverbial cat - which has nine lives.Having fal...Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-convicts back behind bars
TWO ex-convicts who were recently released from Gwanda prison through the Presidential amnesty were on Thursday back behind bars after one of them was apprehended wearing their victim's stolen clothes...Published: 18 Jun 2016 at 11:08hrs | 1 | by Richard Muponde
Rape suspects further detained
POLICE were yesterday granted permission to further detain nine rape and armed robbery suspects who allegedly wreaked havoc at Luveve High School and Cowdray Park suburb, gang raping women and stealin...Published: 20 Jan 2016 at 05:17hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo/ Nqobile Tshili
Armed police stop, search InterCape bus
ARMED Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have stopped an Inter Cape Harare-Bulawayo bus and ordered to search all passengers' luggage.The bus is currently being searched just outside Harare....Published: 25 Sep 2015 at 08:00hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
What went wrong in Welshman Ncube's MDC?
THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Welshman Ncube continues to bounce from one crisis to another, amid indications that its pending unification with the MDC Renewal Team could be much ad...Published: 02 Apr 2015 at 09:14hrs | | by Ray Ndlovu
MDC-T turns 15 but there is little to celebrate
THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) - once a formidable force in the country's body politic - finds itself at its most vulnerable as it turns 15 years old this month. Its founding father, Morg...Published: 04 Sep 2014 at 07:56hrs | | by Ray Ndlovu
Mutasa feeling the heat ahead of Zanu-PF congress
IMMENSE pressure is on the shoulders of Didymus Mutasa, the Zanu-PF secretary for administration and acting secretary for finance, ahead of the party's elective congress to be held in December. As the...Published: 21 Aug 2014 at 16:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Vendors assault municipal police
Public anger at official harassment was demonstrated this week when vendors assaulted municipal police who had confiscated their goods at Bulawayo's Renkini bus terminus.State media reports sa...Published: 25 Jul 2014 at 18:28hrs | 2 | by Mthulisi Mathuthu
Fruit and vegetable shortage hits Byo
A shortage of fruits and vegetables following the government's ban on the importation of fresh produce into the country has triggered panic buying in Bulawayo.The government banned imports...Published: 12 Apr 2014 at 20:58hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Housefly outbreak hits Bulawayo
POOR hygiene by residents, open sewer lines and a failure by the Bulawayo City Council to regularly collect refuse have been cited as the causes of an "uncontrollable" outbreak of house flies.Bulaway...Published: 25 Nov 2013 at 01:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO murder judgement expected tomorrow
HIGH Court Judge Justice Samuel Kudya will tomorrow deliver judgment in the case in which two men are facing charges of shooting dead a Central Intelligence Organisation district head in Chiredzi in 2...Published: 25 Oct 2012 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
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