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Mine workers around Gwanda chronicle cocktail of unfair labour practices
Mine workers in Matabeleland South have reported facing threats of illness, death from diseases, violations of their labour and human rights, and horrific living conditions during their work in mines....Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 22:13hrs | 1966 | by Stephen Jakes
Modern homes for old Gwanda Road displaced families
The reconstruction of the 120km Old Gwanda Road in Matabeleland South has begun, bringing significant benefits to the region while also necessitating the relocation of 42 families. The project, valued...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 07:35hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Missing head found in Rushinga
The missing head of the late Grace Murenza (28) who was allegedly beheaded by her husband was found in a blair toilet recently.Barnabas Murenza (42) who was on the run after the gruesome murde...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 18:51hrs | 2317 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mother of four kills her newborn
A 32-YEAR-OLD Shamva woman is in soup after she allegedly killed her newborn baby and threw her in a Blair toilet.Zvanyadza Zikalomo who was already a mother of three pleaded guilty to the cha...Published: 27 Jul 2024 at 09:39hrs | 1663 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo blames Apostolic churches for erratic rainfall patterns
WHILE changes in climate patterns are blamed for altering local weather patterns and potentially contributing to changes in rainfall across the country, a revelation about what specifically affects ra...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:44hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council worried about mushrooming shrines
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is increasingly concerned about the rise of apostolic sects conducting open-air worship in bushes, prompting a blitz to remove these illegal shrines. The Mthwakazi Repu...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 07:19hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
It's easier to topple your mentor than run a country, isn't it Mr. President?
So, this where it has all come to? Those of us in urban areas now live without water and electricity!We are no longer any different from our compatriots in rural Zimbabwe.I may...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:20hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Newly deployed teacher raped on schools' opening day
A NEWLY deployed teacher at a school in Zhombe, Kwekwe District, was waylaid on her way to a blair toilet by a sexpest who went on to rape her.Kwekwe District Schools Inspector Mr Herbert Mazi...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's Cowdray Park projects in limbo after Zanu-PF bags seat
After witnessing a flurry of rare development projects in the run-up to the August elections, residents of Bulawayo's sprawling high-density suburb of Cowdray Park are now facing the reality of the re...Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 08:02hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Mbundane suburb neglected
Residents of Mbundane suburb in Bulawayo are still experiencing a rural lifestyle more than 18 years after the suburb was founded.Mbundane area is located in Lower Rangemore and falls under Um...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 10:02hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Construction of Gwayi-Shangani Cowdray Park water treatment plant set to begin
Construction of the Gwayi-Shangani water treatment plant at the landing station in Cowdray Park is set to begin soon, according to Finance and Economic Development Minister, Prof Mthuli Ncube....Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 08:51hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Mthuli Ncube's vision is to modernise Cowdray Park and transform it into a smart city
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has a huge responsibility of managing the Treasury and implementing measures to stabilise and grow the country's economy among other is...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Health time bomb ticks in Mthuli Ncube's Cowdray Park
RESIDENTS of Cowdray Park in Bulawayo are living in fear of a possible outbreak of waterborne diseases following the drilling of boreholes in wards 6 and 15 that predominantly use Blair toilets....Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Malaika has not yet quit modelling
A YOUNG and beautiful Malaika Mushandu catwalked on a grand ramp as a contestant at the 2011 edition of the then Miss Zimbabwe beauty pageant (now rebranded to Miss World Zimbabwe).A strong sh...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Living the Mthuli Dream in Cowdray Park
MISS Nobuhle Nyathi has lived in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park for the entirety of her life and has always longed for meaningful development as some parts of the suburb resembled rural areas.Today, ...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:39hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Drilling of boreholes by ZANU PF proves regime has no permanent solution to urban water crisis!
Judging by the manner in which the ZANU PF government is so fond of always castigating the opposition for failing to run urban authorities, one would be excused for believing the party had solutions....Published: 15 May 2023 at 14:02hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mthuli Ncube's Wi-Fi pledge attracts brickbats from electorate
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has come under fire for promising to provide Wi-Fi service at all Cowdray Park houses in Bulawayo where he is campaigning for a parliamentary seat in this year's election...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 09:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
9 000 Cowdray Park houses use banned blair toilets
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is working on modalities to ensure that all houses in Cowdray Park are connected to the sewer reticulation system.The development comes after the Government imp...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's bid for Cowdray park seat sparks debate
A debate has ensued about Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube's electoral chances after he surfaced as a contender in the Zanu-PF primary elections, to represent the newl...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 19:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens murambatswina II?
Unplanned and chaotic urban settlements without proper sewers, water supply roads and social amenities and with building on land totally unsuitable for human habitation are a serious risk to public he...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:17hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Woman (42) Nabbed For Infanticide
Police in Mashonaland Central province have arrested Mejury Munyanyi (42) after she allegedly threw her baby into a blair toilet pit.Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mu...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 17:19hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe's housing backlog shoots to 2 million
ZIMBABWE'S housing backlog in urban areas has shot up to two million from around 1,5 million reported in February, NewsDay has learnt.Revealing the figure on Monday in Harare, National Housing...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cop rapes woman with mental health problems
There was drama in Madziwa on Saturday where a police officer was caught pants down with a mentally challenged woman in a Blair toilet.Sources close to investigations said Constable Misheck Ma...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 12:18hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Shock as male cat births triplets
IN a rather stranger than fiction story, villagers in the Mpoki area in Gokwe were left in shock and disgust after a male cat recently gave birth to three surprise kittens, in a case the community has...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jilted man commits suicide at in-laws' home
IN an incident that has left villagers in Chinamhora shell-shocked, a 43-year-old man died after setting himself ablaze at his in-laws' residence.Abel Chivandire, of Ndoro village, under Chief...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Wartime bomb shakes Lupane
FIVE family members are lucky to be alive after a bomb exploded in their homestead, blowing off the roof of a house and damaging three huts at neighbouring homesteads in Lupane.The explosion o...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Schools up reopening preps
SCHOOLS have heightened preparations for reopening for the second term with fumigation of buildings and grounds currently in progress.This comes a week after President Emmerson Mnangagwa said ...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs 3 000 more schools, says Mathema
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema says 3 000 more schools are needed in the country to fully accommodate learners.Mathema made the remarks last Thursday at the United Congr...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No date yet for schools reopening
NO date has been set for opening of schools and once it has been set, the President will announce it to the public, a Cabinet Minister has said.Speaking yesterday after the launch of the Visio...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 13:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Health disaster looms in Mbundane
RESIDENTS of Mbundane high-density suburb just outside Bulawayo have gone for 15 years without tap water, forcing some to resort to shallow and unsafe sources as well as to the use of Blair toilets, a...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Living between a rock & hard surface - Brenda Manyoni Narrates her Story!
The quagmire that Brenda Manyoni (25) is living through is terribly deplorable. Brenda says she does not 'understand' how, her nylon skirt caught fire when she was just five. The girl reports that she...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 13:46hrs | 2 | by Dumisani Mawere
Man kills lover's husband
A TSHOLOTSHO man who fatally stabbed his lover's husband has been sentenced to six years in jail for culpable homicide.Nkosikhona Ngwenya (20) of Vala Line in Tsholotsho stabbed Blonde Ncube w...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 17:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Harare water crisis far from over'
HARARE'S perennial water crisis is far from over, with government yesterday admitting that the high cost of purifying water, leakages as well as illegal connections were stifling efforts to address th...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt bans blair toilets
Government has launched a massive nationwide programme to replace pit latrine and blair toilets with flushable ones suitable in line with vision 2030, with rural schools and clinics currently being up...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 18:44hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Cain Mathema addresses successive zero pass rate issue
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Cain Mathema has said the country needs to redefine the "zero pass rate" as it is not reflective of candidates' capabilities. The Minister made the rem...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Rains leave families homeless
TEN families in Matobo district, Matabeleland South province, were left without shelter after their homes were destroyed by the rains.This was revealed in a recent joint report by the European...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders police to 'invoke corona lockdown laws'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered police to tighten lockdown restrictions during the festive season, as authorities strive to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the country.At the same time...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 second wave hits Zimbabwe hard
THE much-feared coronavirus second wave is increasingly becoming a reality in the country - with the lethal disease claiming the lives of 10 people over the weekend, amid an alarming drop in disciplin...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 20:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maid gives birth, throws baby down the toilet
A 22-YEAR-OLD Mazowe house maid was arraigned before Concession magistrate Nyasha Machiriori yesterday for concealing birth of a child....Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 23:16hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Residents boil sewer water to drink
CLOSE to 15 years since it was established, residents in Mbundane in Umguza District, adjacent to Mganwini (Bulawayo) still have no water connected to their households with residents forced to illegal...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda suburb residents build Blair toilets
RESIDENTS of Spitzkop North Extension suburb in Gwanda have resorted to constructing Blair toilets at their homes as they have gone for several years without proper ablution facilities. Some r...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maid jailed for infanticide
A NEWBORN baby girl survived two days in a blair toilet in Marange after its mother dumped her.The baby, however later died in hospital soon after being rescued by villagers who had to dig up ...Published: 20 May 2019 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hooker tosses baby into latrine to save job
A self-confessed 42-year-old hooker from Buso Village under Chief Chingoma in Mberengwa, threw her newborn baby into a Blair toilet in a bid to save her "profession".The woman, Fadzai Zhou, ap...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 11:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gokwe North district receives piped water, flush toilets
GOKWE North district received its first piped water and flush toilets at Kwaedza Primary School this month.Speaking to the Daily News Gokwe North Rural District Council (RDC) chairperson Stewa...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
5 300 houses destroyed
A TOTAL of 5 300 houses were destroyed leaving 511 people homeless in Masvingo Province when Cyclone Idai hit the province.Five people died in the process in Bikita while Mutimurefu Prison in ...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 19:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Jah Prayzah must cut army ties'
At one time the wearing of military clothes caught up with Zimbabweans but it quickly fizzled out after government outlawed it.But there was one person who continued to don the army uniform wi...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 15:02hrs | 3 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Government to solve Cowdray Park sewer problems
THE Government has set aside over $45 million targeted at improving the country's water and sewer infrastructure, a move which will see 90 percent of all urban dwellers having access to safe drinking ...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Government to solve Cowdray Park sewer problems
THE Government has set aside over $45 million targeted at improving the country's water and sewer infrastructure, a move which will see 90 percent of all urban dwellers having access to safe drinking ...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 08:09hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter
Tsholotsho villagers face water woes
ALMOST 40 years after independence, marginalised Tsholotsho villagers are still living in abject poverty, with no access to clean water and toilets, exposing them to waterborne diseases.Villag...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Girl (12) raped, impregnated
A 27-year-old Epworth man appeared in court facing six counts of rape after he allegedly raped and impregnated his 12-year-old church mate. Tinashe Chidota appeared before Harare magistrate Ms...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
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