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Business Executives can change the political fortunes
Now that the President of Zimbabwe has reshuffled the cabinet. There is a lot of hullabaloo who should have been included, but the truth of the matter is, he can only choose and work with the crop of ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 814 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Chamisa drops Mnangagwa legitimacy challenge
NELSON Chamisa's opposition MDC has dropped a key demand questioning the legitimacy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, paving the way for possible talks between the chief political rivals to resolve Zim...Published: 11 hrs ago | 7438 | by Staff reporter
'Soft genocide underway in Zimbabwe'
A ZIMBABWEAN living in the diaspora has castigated government's move to fire nearly 300 medical doctors from their jobs.Netsai Makarichi, a Zimbabwean based in the United Kingdom, said the mov...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1584 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa supporters in fatal crash
Two MDC activists in Mashonaland East died in a road accident on Sunday night when their vehicle collided head-on with another near Ruwa while on their way from Harare, where they had gone for a rally...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1144 | by Staff reporter
BCC tells ratepayers to engage private plumbers
BULAWAYO city fathers have advised ratepayers to engage private plumbers to attend to leaking and burst pipes because the local authority is battling manpower shortages.This came to light yest...Published: 11 hrs ago | 431 | by Staff reporter
Rhodies we know, where are Zimbos?
MONDAY, November 11, marked the 54th anniversary of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) by then Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith, a move that severed the white colony from the B...Published: 11 hrs ago | 536 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Umahlekisa comics roast politicians
COMEDY club Umahlekisa, in conjunction with Youth for Innovation Trust (YIT), will on Friday host local councillors in an event dubbed Creative Accountability-Leadership Roast at Nkulumane Hall, Bulaw...Published: 11 hrs ago | 237 | by Staff reporter
Treasury is broke: Minister
GOVERNMENT, which has been hyping about a huge surplus, is reportedly broke and has been forced to fire 286 doctors because it cannot afford to pay them what used to be their United States dollar sala...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Fired council boss seeks High Court relief
FOMER Victoria Falls Municipality housing director Lot Siatimbula, who was recently fired for allegedly allocating a housing stand to his nephew without council approval, has approached the High Court...Published: 11 hrs ago | 273 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to address urban councils
URBAN local authorities are set to brief President Mnangagwa on how they are embracing Government programmes while working to ensure that the nation attains an upper middle-income status by 2030, an o...Published: 11 hrs ago | 263 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City release toilet flashing timetable?
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has encouraged residents to simultaneously flush their toilets twice a day in the morning (6-6.30AM) and evening (8-8.30PM) as a way of cleaning its sewer and reticulat...Published: 11 hrs ago | 587 | by Staff reporter
Exam cheats given community service sentences
FIVE Form Six pupils at Gebhuza Secondary School in Hwange arrested for sharing a leaked Economics Paper 3 question paper have been each sentenced to 12 months in jail, but will all have to perform 35...Published: 11 hrs ago | 284 | by Staff reporter
New perks on the table for doctors
Government and striking doctors will meet tomorrow to discuss a proposed package of improved working conditions that includes accommodation, transport and food, as authorities seek to bring normalcy t...Published: 12 hrs ago | 779 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park gets another school
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has constructed another primary school in Cowdray Park to decongest the four schools in the sprawling suburb.The suburb has four primary schools which are Tategulu,...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 13:25hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING:Tinashe Kambarami wins court case
Reports coming from Tredgold building indicate that the former Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami and Councillor Silas Chigora have been acquitted by magistrate Shepherd Mjanji on a charge ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 10:08hrs | 4579 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa allies go for the kill
Former MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora is under the cosh within the country's main opposition, with the party revealing yesterday that it would initiate disciplinary proceedings against him tha...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 08:35hrs | 9536 | by Staff reporter
Warren Park clinic shuts down as council nurses continue strike
Warren Park Polyclinic has effectively shut down following the industrial action by City of Harare nurses on November 4, leaving mainly expecting women and infants in need of vaccination in dire strai...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 08:34hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
Govt, civil servants' pay dispute spills into Parliament
THE Senate's Thematic Committee on Peace and Security has invited civil servants, who are embroiled in a salary dispute with the government, to give oral evidence on their welfare.The Public S...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 08:34hrs | 3564 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth leader faces disorderly conduct charge
THE Zanu-PF Masvingo province youth deputy chairperson, who picketed Bikita Rural District Council (RDC) offices together with party activists on Tuesday last week, was on Friday brought before magist...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:29hrs | 958 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa MDC admits to not having sound rural structures
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has admitted that it has no sound structures in rural areas, a move that has allowed Zanu-PF to have a stroll in the park in many council and parliamentary by-elections....Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1023 | by Staff reporter
Zupco not paying route approval fees: BCC
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) is reportedly not paying route approval fees to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), prejudicing the local authority of about $16 000 in potential revenue ann...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1482 | by Staff reporter
Suspended Gweru town clerk salary perks exposed
SUSPENDED Gweru town clerk Elizabeth Gwatipedza drew over $100 000 in gross salary and led a luxurious lifestyle paid for by ratepayers until her suspension by mayor Josiah Makombe last month, investi...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1489 | by Staff reporter
'Don't read much into by-election results'
ZANU-PF and MDC have been warned against using by-election results as a harbinger of the 2023 election outcome, though the outcomes' psychological impact on the respective parties support base cannot ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:25hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Top hotelier, Radisson, eyes Bulawayo
NEGOTIATIONS between the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and international hotel group, Radisson Group, for construction of an upmarket hotel in the second city have started inearnest.Radisson...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1094 | by Staff reporter
Denny Mashengele left a 'trail of friendship'
Master of ceremonies Church leaders Family members and all present I am honoured to be one of the people chosen to speak for the friends of Denny Mashengele. Harold Ndl...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:17hrs | 340 | by Strike Mkandla
Is there any difference between Zanu Pf and MDC Alliance ?
MDC became a formidable opposition party because there was no major political party to challenge Zanu Pf .Their grand entrance into the political arena was witnessed in their first participation in Pa...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 18:36hrs | 1030 | by AT Kadada
Police ban MDC rally
Police yesterday banned an MDC rally that was set to be held in Mabvuku, Harare, resulting in the opposition party vowing not to notify the law enforcement agency of future activities. This is...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:49hrs | 3801 | by Staff reporter
Violence rocks Chamisa MDC
The divisions that have been ripping apart the MDC since its much-respected founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai died from colon cancer in February last year are showing no signs of letting up. T...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:48hrs | 2284 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance Bulawayo province rocked by fresh chaos
Meanwhile, MDC-Alliance Bulawayo province has been rocked by fresh chaos over the co-option of some members into the provincial executive. The resolution to co-opt members into the province wa...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:33hrs | 975 | by Staff reporter
Revamp for Bulawayo bus termini
THE Government in partnership with the Bulawayo City Council and the private sector intends to embark on a massive refurbishment of the city's dilapidated 56 bus termini as it moves to overhaul the co...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 1141 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's knives out for Mwonzora
AN MDC National Executive Council meeting on Saturday was almost disrupted by skirmishes allegedly planned by former secretary general Douglas Mwonzora in the Central Business District with three peop...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 21:39hrs | 4504 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF trounce MDC in Tsholotsho and Wedza council by-elections
Zanu-PF had a clean sweep in council by-elections held on Saturday - two in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North, and one in Wedza, Mashonaland East.Amid biting poverty and a collapsed economy, the ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 21:32hrs | 993 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers to work Mondays and Fridays only
Teachers will now work a two-day week after galloping inflation shrivelled their wages, a union said.The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA), the biggest teachers' union in the country, said...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 21:31hrs | 1515 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo steps in the heart of Mnangagwa
The fugitive Jonathan Moyo made a bold step in Mnangagwa's heart with guns blazing accusing ED of nepotism and Tribalism. He took no prisoners in his twitter accusing ED of sidelining the Ndebeles fro...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 09:05hrs | 33742 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's govt draws fire over currency
The government has been accused of fuelling economic instability through inconsistent currency reforms and too many regulations.Zimbabwe ended a decade of dollarisation in June and readopted t...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:52hrs | 2801 | by Staff reporter
HIV testing teams to visit homes
NATIONAL Aids Council (Nac) working with Zimbabwe Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (Zimphia) has launched a sensitisation survey in Bulawayo in order to collect data to assess how far the countr...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:37hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should revitalise traditional medicine
CLAIMS by Zimbabwean - and generally African - men and women to have found cures for complex diseases and medical conditions have often been dismissed as maverick, unscientific or outright fake....Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:37hrs | 102 | by Vincent Gono
STI cases spike in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO has recorded a 9,81 percent increase in the number of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) cases in the second quarter of the year with the National Aids Council (Nac) calling for increased ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:36hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
BCC employee sent on 3-year leave
A Bulawayo City Council worker has probably made history by accumulating 5 387 hours of overtime after an anomaly saw him working extra hours than he was stipulated for 25 years.The worker, Mr...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:36hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Latest on Form One e-enrolment process
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has urged the rural populace with no access to mobile networks and broad transmission to approach their primary schools in order to access the Electroni...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:33hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City 90 minutes away from PSL quick return
BULAWAYO City are now 90 minutes away from making a quick return into the Premier Soccer League after grinding a result against a determined Mosi Rovers in a Zifa Southern Region Division One match pl...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:31hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes roads scandal
THE Harare City Council has suspended director of works, Engineer Isaiah Chawatama and finance manager, Mr Godfrey Kusangaya — at a time when the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is invest...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:29hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
MDC leadership meets, charts way forward on key national issues
The MDC national executive met today for seven hours and spent the better part of the meeting deliberating on the deteriorating situation in the country, particularly the worsening plight of t...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 16:44hrs | 2847 | by MDC Communications
Zanu-PF youths storm full council meeting, eject DA
Zanu PF Masvingo provincial youth leaders recently ejected Gutu District Development Coordinator (DDC, formerly known as DA) Mellody Jiri Mafukidze from a Gutu Rural District Council (RDC) full counci...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 12:57hrs | 1140 | by Staff reporter
School wrecked by storm
OVER 1000 pupils at Chakomo Primary School in Dotito, Mt Darwin, on Thursday escaped death after a whirlwind blew off rooftops of two classroom blocks, destroying property worth over $200 000....Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:12hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec exams scandal at exposed
FOUR senior teachers at a school in Chiredzi allegedly connived to write examinations for their partners.According to a whistleblower, the quartet (names withheld) would open the sealed envelo...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:08hrs | 1203 | by Staff reporter
Another Bulawayo water supply dam to be 'decommissioned'
BULAWAYO dam water levels have dropped to below 37 percent with council saying one dam may be decommissioned by early 2020 if the situation does not improve. Council has so far decommissioned ...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:07hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo needs more schools
BULAWAYO requires 25 new primary schools to ease overcrowding at existing ones that have resorted to "hot sitting" as they cannot cope with the increasing number of pupils. In an interview on ...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:06hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
UQweqwe lukaMthwakazi statement on Mthwakazi Kingdom
UQweqwe lukaMthwakazi firmly distances itself from all the conspirancy theories and accusations that were published in the Bulawayo 24 article which later went viral on the 4th of November 2019 and ar...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 20:21hrs | 1366 | by UQweqwe lukaMthwakazi
Bulawayo records spike in diarrhoea cases
BULAWAYO councillors have expressed concern over a spike in diarrhoea cases in the city amid revelations by the health department that the source of the disease remains unknown.A recent report...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 06:02hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
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