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Bhila set to light up Bulawayo theatre

Bulawayo music sensation Bhila is set to deliver an electrifying performance at the Bulawayo Theatre on 24 August, headlining a major concert under his own media house, Bhilabong.The highly anticipated show will feature live renditions fro…

Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

Before you get harassed by Zimbabwe police

Before you get harassed by the police in Zimbabwe, DID YOU KNOW?1. A traffic offence, including driving without a licence, is NO grounds for you to be jailed, so when/if you walk into that Police Station, make it clear to them that you are…

Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 16:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

Notorious Njube thug busted after dramatic citizen's arrest in Bulawayo

Alexandra Ngwenya, a 28-year-old wanted Njube thug, was apprehended at a busy intersection near Nketa Drive and Masiyephambili Way, ending months of terror that

Published: 20 May 2025 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter

The politics of water in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Water has always been an important and valuable resource to humanity, which partly explains why most great civilisations were situated near water bodies. The value of water is much more amplified when said resource is scarce.Much has been …

Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 18:46hrs | | by Craig Tinashe Tanyanyiwa

Tongue twisting Sizinda Township slang!

LOCAL language dialects are often devised or formulated within specific areas or zones, and thereby that particular dialect becomes indigent to the area of creation.The early 1950s saw the emergence of the "tsotsitaal" dialect in South Afr…

Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 06:12hrs | | by Clifford Kalibo

'Bulawayo life expectancy at 63 years'

THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) has revealed that the life expectancy for Bulawayo province stood at 62,6 years compared to the national life expectancy of 64,7 years.ZimStat also revealed that women continued to outlive …

Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 17:50hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo Business Network celebrates Obert Mpofu's birthday

In a heartfelt gesture, the Bulawayo Business Network, a prominent business community in the region, is joining hands to wish the renowned Dr. Obert Mpofu a very happy birthday. The network extends its warmest regards and gratitude for the…

Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 20:08hrs | | by Nicholas Ncube

Chamisa using David Coltart to play dangerous tribal political games in Bulawayo

Where is Welshman Ncube, where is Thokozani Khupe, where is Mqondisi Moyo of MRP, where is Sibangilizwe Nkomo of ZAPU? As for Cde Paul Siwela, I know he is pained and ashamed of what is happening in Matabeleland in general and Bulawayo in …

Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 05:29hrs | | by Israel Dube

Bulawayo councillors plot to defy Chamisa's directive on David Coltart?

Bulawayo councillors are reportedly plotting to defy party leader Nelson Chamisa's directive to vote for David Coltart and Dumisani Nkomo for the city mayor and deputy mayor position, respectively.Chamisa endorsed Coltart, a lawyer and for…

Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 20:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

Let us decongest Bulawayo CBD Now!

Bulawayo's ever-growing informal sector needs to be decongested to high density and some middle â€“ low density areas. It is a fact that stakeholders need to check and explore something drastic or disruptive to improve access to trading sp…

Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 12:44hrs | | by Michael Mdladla Ndiweni

BCC needs complete overhaul

WE all want and wish to see our beloved Bulawayo move up, but as far as I can see our city fathers are only in it for the money not for the people.If you need proof of this just go to the revenue hall to pay your rates and water bills then…

Published: 09 May 2022 at 06:07hrs | | by Concerned Bulawayo resident

Journey to koBulawayo: Learning about a community through its material culture

WHEN a people settle at a place, there is interaction between them and the environment.Their minds, their worldview impact on the environment, its various aspects and, in the process, space is organised.The built area becomes a mirror of a…

Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:22hrs | | by Pathisa Nyathi

MDC Alliance failing to agree on Bulawayo

The embattled MDC Alliance is failing to agree on the course of action to take on the troublesome Bulawayo Province as some National Executive Council (NEC) members want the James Sithole led executive to remain in charge while others are …

Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:11hrs | | by Kundayi Masekesa

Even Lord Malvern failed to deliver water to Bulawayo

IN the old days, there was a special group of people called the Pharisees that did not particularly impress Jesus Christ.They were known for obsessively exhorting followers to be unstinting sticklers for the law, even though they did not h…

Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:42hrs | | by Bishop Lazarus

How do Singaporeans spend their weekends

Singaporeans are not much different than Americans, Europeans, and Canadians when it comes to weekends, with a few exceptions. Not everyone is lucky enough to r

Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter

An open letter from a concerned Bulawayo motorist

My job forces me to frequently drive along Masiyephambili Drive, past Nkulumane. Complex. I'm particularly concerned about the level of corruption & greed perpetrated by the police manning the road-block at Nkulumane Complex. The Road-…

Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 05:26hrs | 6 | by Concerned Bulawayo motorist

Save Bulawayo from vultures

Bulawayo City Council has for years been considered one of the best run local authorities in Zimbabwe where corruption is regarded as anathema, but that reputation is under serious threat.The simmering problems at the local authority came …

Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 16:19hrs | | by Editorial - The Standard

Bulawayo: The absent citizen

He must have been a pro. We never had a glimpse of the camera-man. He stood afixed to the door and focused on the desk and the town clerk's quivering face and frothing mouth. Even watching, many faint ears had to duck the flurry of explosi…

Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 17:24hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye

Kambarami and gang must leave Bulawayo - MLF

Shonas never learn! It is time wasting for the people of Mthwakazi as a whole and those of Bulawayo in particular, to be listening to trash emitted by the imposter Councillors and their puppy to ZANU-PF party called MDC that they will inve…

Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 13:31hrs | 1593 | by MLF

City fathers or city dealers at council chambers?

THERE is a wide and telling difference, just like the North and South Poles, in stature and charisma, between city councillors of old and the current generation of men and women in the council chambers.One of the requirements for one to co…

Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 09:06hrs | | by Limukani Ncube

Bulawayo, the Umthwakazi African City Concept

Bulawayo, the Umthwakazi African City ConceptAuthor: Prince Zwide KhumaloDate: 26 June 2019Isilo seNtuthuko Bulawayo and the identity of Umthwakazi or the Ndebele nation are inseparable. As a City of Kings, which hangs on the rich history …

Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 19:57hrs | 2876 | by Prince Zwide Khumalo

Iconic towers part of Bulawayo's identity

SOMETIME last month it emerged that the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) was planning to demolish the thermal power towers situated at Zesa main, near the Railway Station. News of the impeding demolition triggered an outcry among Bulawayo resi…

Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 11:41hrs | 803 | by Raisedon Baya

Order must be restored at Bulawayo City Hall

Bulawayo City Council has dominated the headlines for all the wrong reasons over the past fortnight.   They have grossly mishandled the ongoing rehabilitation of the city's water works.   This has condemned residents to…

Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 06:59hrs | | by Editorial comment

Chase this Kambarami and his his side kicks back to their roots - MLF

MLF has always maintained that partaking in Zimbabwe elections when we are Mthwakazi is the worst thing we can engage in as Mthwakazi. Before a single year has lapsed, he has shown the true Agenda the Zimbabweans are as far as Mthwakazi de…

Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 19:03hrs | | by MLF

MDC councillors out of order

The purported suspension of the Town Clerk of Bulawayo by a Shona tribalistic cabal led by the convicted fraudster Tinashe Kambarami aptly demonstrates that even if one were to dress a pig in royal robes it will still find muddy shenanigan…

Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 17:59hrs | | by L Dube

'Oh Ntuthuziyathunqa, my heritage, kindly refuse to die!'

It is with utter dismay, sadness and inexplicable shock, to native Bulawayans and Matabelelanders in general, to hear through the grapevine, of the proposed monstrous intentions of the culturally insensitive Zimbabwe Power Company(ZPC) to …

Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:12hrs | | by Nhlanhla Moses

Growing up in Bulawayo: Chronicles of a colourful childhood

Bulawayo celebrated 125 years of existence as a city last week. That should be put out there because there are those who believe that the authorities misfired since King Lobengula established it some years before that. I will not get into …

Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:26hrs | | by Lenox Lizwi Mhlanga

Quality of life for the people of Bulawayo must improve

In 1894, the City of Bulawayo was born. A few men and women with a vision to see a great Metropolitan City gathered at Maxim Hotel, declaring the little settlement that it was then, a town. 125 years later, close to one million people toda…

Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 06:10hrs | | by Christopher Dube

Repositioning Bulawayo for the future

This week Bulawayo will celebrate its 125th annivesary amidst pleas and cries for the city to be restored to its former glory as the industrial hub of the country in the 60s and 70s. I would like to argue that the Bulawayo of the 60s and 7…

Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:23hrs | | by Dumisani O. Nkomo

From KoBulawayo to Bulawayo @ 125

No sooner had Dr Leander Starr Jameson sauntered into the Maxim Hotel located just west of the Market Square did he pronounce Bulawayo a town. That happened on June 1, 1894, making Bulawayo 125 years old tomorrow. The historic significance…

Published: 31 May 2019 at 06:30hrs | | by Pathisa Nyathi

Bulawayo's love letter

To trade fair or trade foul, that is the question.In the past week, Bulawayo woke up to that roving, rattling helicopter sound, hovering low, above her rusty rooftopsâ€¦the harbinger of the city's most iconic calendar ritual, the Zimbabwe …

Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:33hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye

Handing over the baton to new blood in Bulawayo province

The Bulawayo Provincial Executive.Dated 05/04/2019Ref: Handing over the baton to new blood in Bulawayo Province.Att.The chairperson.I write this article full of happiness and pride that since 2005 until to date I  have been either dep…

Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 08:04hrs | | by Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda

Rude awakening for Chamisa

THE just ended, Bulawayo Cowdray Park Ward 28 by-election was a rude awakening for the MDC-Alliance that always prided itself as the sole beneficiary of the urban constituent.  Too much talk and no action, lack of service delivery and…

Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Khumbulani Vodloza Sibanda

Why Dan Tshanda became Bulawayo's darling

WHILE he was never shy to talk about his roots, few knew that Dan Tshanda, the music legend and founder of the music movement known as Splash, was actually of Shona extraction from Zimbabwe.This would be a surprise to most people, particul…

Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Bruce Ndlovu

A new economy beckons for Bulawayo

THE year 2018 was very eventful for the economy of the City of Kings as it works towards fulfilling its vision to be 'a leader in local governance excellence' with a vibrant economy by year 2024. Drawing inspiration from the broader nation…

Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 10:55hrs | | by Kholisani Moyo

Ndebeles' long walk from Bulawayo to Harare

On the 7th December 2018 saw some dedicated and culturally conscious Ndebele men embark on a long walk from Bulawayo to Harare with an aim of petitioning the government of Zimbabwe on cultural respect of Mthwakazi. "It is all about acknowl…

Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 21:22hrs | | by Thulani Nkala

Thumeza changing logistics landscape in Bulawayo

My name is Gugulethu Siso and I am the Founder and CEO of Thumeza which is registered as a Private Business Corporation. Thumeza is a delivery solutions provider focused on on-demand and last mile deliveries in the Bulawayo area. We have u…

Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 12:43hrs | | by Gugulethu Siso

ZCTU, why spare Bulawayo council over rates hike

That the United States has not seized a great opportunity to walk the talk on its human rights mantra shows that things are not what they appear to be.It was always too much to expect US President Donald Trump â€” addicted to sanctions as …

Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 10:32hrs | | by Conway Tutani

New TV series for Bulawayo

A NEW TV series Izolo that will be shot in Bulawayo with a cast from the City of Kings, will be hitting screens next year with auditions set to take place next

Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo Mayor: No place for clowns

BULAWAYO councillors are expected to vote for the city's mayor and deputy mayor today, following chaotic scenes that rocked their swearing in last Friday and deep- seated intra-MDC Alliance divisions over the elections. From the onset, the…

Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 05:31hrs | 636 | by Nduduzo Tshuma

Protest vote yields mediocrity in Bulawayo

SAD chaotic scenes characterised the swearing in of Bulawayo city councillors last Friday with irate residents meting out instant justice on a councillor whose behaviour they deemed unacceptable. Activists aligned to the Mthwakazi Republic…

Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 05:16hrs | | by Editorial - chronicle

Factors impeding growth of industry in Bulawayo

IN my first submission I sought to unpack Bulawayo deindustrialisation and highlighted the political impact on the state of the manufacturing sector.Today I continue my submission with focus of economic, sociological and technological fact…

Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 05:31hrs | | by Obert Sibanda

Mthwakazi thanks Bulawayo

Mthwakazi Republic Party today held one of its best rallies, outside Bulawayo's Large City Hall. Despite the fact that we had paid for the venue and been cleared by the Zimbabwe Republic Police who later decided to change their minds and b…

Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 19:53hrs | | by Mbonisi Gumbo

Bulawayo to host own Reed Dance

THE King Lobengula Royal Trust is set to hold a reed dance in Bulawayo between August and September to promote traditional culture.The reed dance is common amon

Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Mafia gang stifles Bulawayo art'

COMEDIAN Carl Joshua Ncube has alleged that there is an eight-member "mafia" which is killing Bulawayo art by oppressing artistes from the city.Ncube sensationa

Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 06:17hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter

No Chinhoyi 7 for Bulawayo

Bulawayo movie enthusiasts will, at least for now, have to wait a bit longer before they can watch war bio-pic Chinhoyi 7, which premiered at Ster Kinekor Borro

Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter

New ZBCtv show profiles Bulawayo legends

ZBCtv is airing a new programme, Qoki My Legend meant for viewers who want to relive the lives of the people who captured their hearts from yesteryear.Legends i

Published: 14 May 2018 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo youngman's vision will make a huge difference

"Dreams can be brought to reality if right tools are handed to right minds". NQOBIZITHA SIBANDA a young man aged 28 from Bulawayo will make a huge difference in our society if he gets the support and help he needs. He has founded a communi…

Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 10:46hrs | | by Nqobizitha Sibanda

Of Bullet trains and Chamisa's 35-minute ride to Bulawayo

Frenzy over the election promises made by the president of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance, Nelson Chamisa, in Chinhoyi last week has gripped the media.Chamisa promised Zimbabweans a bullet train should they vote for his party …

Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:13hrs | | by Retlaw Matatu Matorwa

Mai Chisamba to record two episodes in Bulawayo

BULAWAYO Theatre will be the place to be today if one wants to appear on television as popular ZBCtv talk show host Dr Rebecca Chisamba, popularly known as Mai

Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter

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