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Gweru to set up modern crematorium
The Gweru City Council has announced plans to establish a modern crematorium at one of its cemeteries as part of efforts to improve burial services in the city.Mayor Martin Chivhoko confirmed ...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:19hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
BCC conducts over 15 000 building inspections in 2024
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has conducted over 15,000 building inspections this year, approving all submitted plans and issuing 310 occupation certificates to residents. This announcement was made...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:44hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Goat-gate opens can of worms
Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe, currently in remand prison over a US$7 million fraud charge, allegedly used similar fraudulent methods to secure funds for projects at the Harare City Council (HCC) thro...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
8 hour blackout in Bulawayo's eastern suburbs
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has announced a scheduled power outage for certain eastern suburbs in Bulawayo on Tuesday.According to a statement issued...Published: 28 May 2024 at 09:49hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council abandons impounded cremator
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has abandoned its imported cremator valued at US$100 000 which was impounded by South African authorities in 2017 over duty arrears.Town clerk Christopher Dube ...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 11:45hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
BCC to establish pharmacies at its six clinics
The Bulawayo City Council has announced its intentions to introduce pharmacies at six of its clinics, aligning with the government's efforts to offer affordable medication. Furthermore, plans are in m...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:43hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Bullying leads to suicide
AGONY, grief, pain, anguish, sadness and anger aptly describe how the Saudan family in Bulawayo is feeling following the death of their 15-year-old son Jayden who committed suicide after complaining o...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Shock as new scarry Coronavirus hits China...mass deaths reported
American public health scientist who is currently an epidemiologist and Chief of COVID Task Force at the New England Complex Systems Institute Eric Liang Feigl-Ding has reported that China is facing a...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 17:55hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo running out of burial space
IF you are in Bulawayo do you know where and how you want to be buried?Be warned that there is a looming problem in the country's second largest city over what to do with dead bodies, as it is...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC unveils US$158m budget
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday unveiled its US$157,99 million revenue budget and is proposing to set aside US$106 million to fund key infrastructural development projects that include construct...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Is a coffin for the dead or for the mourners?
WE are all going to die. That is the sad fact and fate that awaits us all.But our journey to the other side differs. Some are turned into ashes in a crematorium. The majority are buried six fe...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 07:25hrs | 12 | by Trisa Ray Sibanda
40 000 bodies face exhumation
MORE than 40 000 bodies that are buried at Chikomo Chemhute Cemetery, which is part of the Glen Forest Memorial Park face being exhumed after allegations were raised that the burial grounds and cremat...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 23:26hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Residents resist BCC tariff hikes
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday bowed to pressure from residents and slightly slashed its proposed 2022 budget by $900 million, with the tariff regime going down by 16 percent.During las...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Contractor, BCC give conflicting figures on Egodini project
THE Egodini construction project cost was overstated at US$60 million with council and the constructor now giving different figures, raising questions if the city will eventually get value for money f...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
City cremator accumulates R1m storage debt in SA
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC)'s cremator which was impounded in South Africa in 2017 while on its way into the country has reportedly accumulated a storage debt of over R1 million.The cremator w...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe private sector vaccination takes off
While Zimbabwe has so far avoided a third wave of high levels of Covid-19 infection, public health experts stress that everyone has to stick to all the prevention measures since complacency can allow ...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 remodelled Nyaradzo Funeral Services' business
The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a new way of approaching issues among Zimbabweans who witnessed a huge number of fellow citizens succumbing to the pandemic after the second wave that hit the coun...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Funerals without mourners the new normal
IT WAS one cold winter evening and the streets of Corby were deserted because of the snow. As John was sleeping, a sharp ring interrupted him. He jumped out of his bed and answered with his hands trem...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:39hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Council cremator stuck in SA
A US$100 000 cremator bought by Bulawayo City Council in Japan in 2017 is still stuck in South Africa after the local authority failed to pay R120 000 in taxes.The cremator was impounded while...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo cremation machine impounded by SA authorities
Tax authorities in South Africa have seized a crematorium machine from Japan headed for Bulawayo in a payment dispute, according to the city council. The machine is used in the disposal of a d...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 13:10hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's biggest cemetery decommissioned again
BULAWAYO's biggest cemetery, West Park, has once again been decommissioned as it has run out of burial space with burials now taking place at Athlone and Luveve cemeteries. West Park Cemetery ...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Harare in graveyard space headache
The number of Harare residents that are burying their dear departed in cemeteries that are located on the outskirts of the city is increasing as pressure for graveyard space intensifies.With m...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo finally secures cremator
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has finally secured the release of a cremator that had for a long time been held in Durban, South Africa owing to contractual glitches.BCC chamber secretary Sik...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 12:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Council in cremator dilemma
THE council is battling to bring into the country a cremator bought from South Africa for nearly $100 000 due to contractual challenges.Currently, the city has only one cremator situated at We...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Town clerk seeks R120 000 to pay for cremator
The Bulawayo council Town Clerk Christopher Dube recently submitted to the council a request for authority to pay R120 000 to South African Revenue Authority as costs of suit to facilitate the release...Published: 09 Oct 2017 at 07:07hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo risks losing $100,000 in dodgy deals
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC), which recently lost $300 000 to some brief case companies, risks losing nearly $100 000 more after engaging in a dodgy deal with a South African company that is now fa...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC approves 2 bodies per grave to tackle grave shortage of space
THE Bulawayo City Council has been approving requests for two bodies to be buried in one grave at a time the city is running out of burial space, raising speculation that city fathers may be consideri...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 11:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi: 'The oath of Bhalagwe'
I have visited many countries in the world, but few invoke mixed emotions like Germany.On every visit I plan an excursion, not to the Alps Mountains or boat cruise along Rhine River, but to Bu...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 07:59hrs | 4 | by Tamsanqa Mlilo
Private cemetery grave prices set
BULAWAYO's first private cemetery with a capacity of 50 000 graves has been opened in a move that is set to ease shortage of burial space in the city.Each grave costs $120 at the new facility,...Published: 28 Jun 2017 at 06:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
No burials for 10 year olds, cremation instead in Bulawayo
All children below the age of ten who die in Bulawayo would be cremated, the local authority has ruled.The resolution is effective this year.The cremations would be done at crema...Published: 05 Jan 2017 at 04:53hrs | | by Mary Charamba
BCC blows $100 000 on non existent cremator
BULAWAYO City Council paid a private firm close to $100 000 to supply and install a cremator at West Park crematorium but no machinery was delivered, a probe report reveals.Masen Engineering P...Published: 26 Sep 2016 at 09:01hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
Dead Chinese child resurect before cremation
A Chinese baby boy who was declared dead and spent the night in a morgue showed signs of life just as he was about to be cremated, local TV reported.Workers at the crematorium in Pan’a...Published: 09 Feb 2016 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Beijing (AFP)
12 bodies cremated in October in Bulawayo
A total of twelve bodies were cremated this year in October alone in Bulawayo according to council's latest minutes.According to latest council minutes a total of twelve bodies cremation...Published: 10 Nov 2015 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Funeral parlour cremates wrong body
Pietermaritzburg - South Africa Police have been called in to investigate a national funeral parlour after they "mistakenly" cremated the wrong body, leaving a Pietermaritzburg family in despair....Published: 14 Jul 2015 at 10:03hrs | 1 | by The Witness
Mexico police find 61 bodies, including children
Acapulco - Mexican police have found 61 bodies, including children, in an abandoned crematorium that closed more than a year ago in the Pacific resort of Acapulco, authorities said on Friday."...Published: 07 Feb 2015 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
New Year Message by his Worship the Mayor of Bulawayo, Councillor Martin M Moyo
The just ended year has been a remarkable year for the City of Bulawayo, as we commemorated our 120th Anniversary Celebrations and successfully hosted the African Union Sports Council Region Five Unde...Published: 31 Dec 2014 at 18:00hrs | 8 | by Mayor of Bulawayo, Councillor Martin M Moyo
Cemetery runs out of burial space
BULAWAYO's major cemetery, West Park, has run out of burial space prompting the city to make contingency plans to provide graves that will last for only one year.The development has forced the...Published: 05 Dec 2014 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Auxilia Katongomara
Liberia's Ebola-free region falls to virus
Monrovia - Every region of Liberia has now been hit by Ebola, officials said on Friday, as the World Health Organisation warned the fight against the worst-ever outbreak of the killer disease would ta...Published: 23 Aug 2014 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Notorious robbers hide loot worth thousands at graveyard
POLICE in Bulawayo have discovered a hideout a stone‘s throw from West Park Cemetery used by thieves to stash property stolen from premises in the city centre and houses from surrounding suburbs...Published: 30 Jul 2014 at 21:21hrs | 1 | by Senior Reporter
Xtreme Xperiences - Zimbabwe's Passport Auschwitz
Beneficiaries of Zanu-PF benevolence tend to dismiss such opinions as cruel concoctions by overzealous anti-establishment weirdoes. Yet for millions of Zimbabweans encountering disconcerting treatment...Published: 04 Apr 2012 at 12:10hrs | 3 | by Rejoice Ngwenya
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