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WATCH: Belarus fire engine malfunction, Gwanda Fire Brigade struggles
A Toyota Runx was completely gutted by fire this afternoon outside Gwanda city centre, near the NSSA complex along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road, after the Gwanda Fire Brigade faced challenges in extin...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:45hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Ngozi Mine dumpsite fires choke Cowdray Park
Residents of Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo are grappling with thick smoke and health concerns as fires burn at the nearby Richmond landfill, commonly referred to as Ngozi Mine. For the past five day...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:31hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
BCC grappling with fire at Richmond Landfill Site for 4 days now
The City of Bulawayo is actively working to extinguish a fire that erupted last Sunday at the Richmond Landfill Site, attributed to spontaneous combustion. The incident has raised alarm among resident...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:56hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Swift action by Bulawayo Fire Brigade saves trucks and buildings
The Bulawayo Fire Brigade responded promptly to a massive fire that broke out at Cotton Printers in the Belmont industrial area yesterday afternoon, managing to save three trucks and nearby buildings ...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:30hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pursues legal action over confiscated fire tenders in Lithuania
The Zimbabwean government is actively exploring all legal avenues, including international arbitration, to recover 17 fire tenders that were seized by Lithuania last year while being shipped from Bela...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:25hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
NRZ fire likely sparked by discarded cigarette stub
A carelessly discarded lit material, possibly a cigarette stub, may have sparked the massive fire that destroyed 51 decommissioned passenger coaches at the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) mechanic...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 07:31hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Lithuania seizes shipment of fire trucks to Zimbabwe
Lithuania is holding onto 17 fire engines seized in 2021 while being shipped to Zimbabwe from neighbouring Belarus which is under European Union sanctions, officials said on Wednesday.Zimbabwe...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 19:03hrs | 2304 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates Belarusian President
President Mnangagwa has extended warm birthday wishes to Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, who turned 70 on Friday, commending his significant contributions to Zimbabwe's agriculture, mining,...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:09hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
Liquor board cracks whip on night spots, bottle stores
The Liquor Licensing Board (LLB) in Zimbabwe is cracking down on non-compliant night spots and bottle stores to address the rise of illegal drinking outlets, many of which are associated with criminal...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 07:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Airports Company of Zimbabwe gets equipment from Belarus
The Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) has received a donation of facilitation equipment from Bison Agro Machinery, a Belarusian company, highlighting the strengthening relations between Zimbabwe and ...Published: 20 May 2024 at 07:37hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo gets UK fire tenders
UNITED Kingdom-based firefighting charity organisation, Operation Florian, has donated three fire tenders to Bulawayo after city fathers expressed concerns over shortages of firefighting equipment and...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets 2 000 tractors from Belarus
ZIMBABWE has received at least 2 000 high-tech tractors, 80 combine harvesters and other agricultural equipment from Belarus over the past three years to modernise the sector and boost productivity....Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Fire Brigade struggles to fight fires
The Bulawayo Fire Brigade has had to adapt to water shortages and a shortage of functional fire engines. Among the city's 18 fire engines, only four are operational, leaving each of the four fire stat...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ambulance shortage, staff exodus hit Bulawayo
Recent council minutes have disclosed that the Bulawayo City Council's fire and ambulance services department is severely hampered by a critical shortage of staff and service vehicles.The resc...Published: 15 Oct 2023 at 21:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council loses 38 firefighters to Asia
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is facing a significant loss of firefighters, with many seeking employment in Asian countries, just as the city is grappling with a surge in fire incidents.Econ...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 08:28hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo recording 10 fires daily
BULAWAYO has recently been having a sharp increase in fire incidents with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) saying they are recording between eight to 10 fire calls daily and this has been taking a toll...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cold spell affecting Zimbabwe to continue until Tuesday
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has said the cold spell, cloudy and windy conditions that affected Matebeleland South, Bulawayo, Masvingo and Manicaland provinces from yesterday will cont...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cuts ribbon on 23 fire tenders
IN a remarkable achievement by the Government, President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 23 firefighting trucks out of a total of 133 acquired from Belarus. A momentous step forward was also taken wi...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo in Belarus to procure fire engines, agric equipment
A delegation led by Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo is currently in Minsk, Belarus to purchase agricultural equipment, fire engines and other equipment.In June last year, ...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brain drain Hits Bulawayo fire brigade
AN exodus of firefighters has hit the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) as they are joining other professionals leaving the country in search of the so-called greener pastures.Acting chief fire offi...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 16:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Russia's Rostec assists Zimbabwe establish air ambulance service
Russian Helicopters Holding Company, a part of Rostec State Corporation, has handed over a batch of 18 Ansat helicopters to Zimbabwe. The light multipurpose helicopters manufactured at the Kaz...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube sabotaging Mnangagwa re-election bid'
FORMER Tourism minister Walter Mzembi has blamed Mthuli Ncube for failing to tame spiralling prices of basic commodities, which are militating against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's re-election bid fo...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU pours scorn on Mthuli Ncube's firefighting stunts
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has dismissed as futile, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's attempts to tame a recent price surge that has eroded incomes and brought restlessness within the ...Published: 16 May 2023 at 20:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fire fighter dies in veld fire operation
THE family of a fire fighter who succumbed to burns he suffered while on duty at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) two weeks ago, suspects foul play in his death.Fanyana...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Water cuts a threat to Bulawayo fire services'
COUNCILLORS in Bulawayo fear that the ongoing water-rationing programme being implemented by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) could serious affect firefighting services and lead to loss of properties i...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police beat up striking nurses
RIOT police on Wednesday reportedly stormed Bindura General Hospital and indiscriminately beat up nurses for joining a nationwide strike by health workers protesting over salaries and poor working con...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo linked to inflated Belarus fire tenders scandal
LOCAL government minister July Moyo was this Monday the subject of another corruption allegation storm over the procurement of fire-fighting vehicles from Belarus.Moyo is reportedly under inve...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
ZEC losing credibility to supervise any kind of election
THOUGH the Constitution says all people are equal before the law, when it comes to implementation the law moves fast against opposition political parties as shown in the manner the two rallies — one...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Currency reforms urgently needed
REPORTS that several schools are contemplating raising fees by around 300% are shocking given the economic crunch Zimbabwe finds itself in, but is also evidence of the hard decisions the government ha...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Inside tragic Munatsi fire death trap
HARARE City Council fire chief Clever Mafoti yesterday downplayed suggestions that his crews could have saved Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency boss, Douglas Munatsi, who died in a shocking f...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 18:21hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Harare loses 125 firefighters in one year
HARARE City Council has been hard hit by a shortage of firefighters after 125 of them left its employ since the beginning of the year for greener pastures due to poor working conditions.Counci...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC gets two water tenders donation
BULAWAYO City Council recently got a donation of two water fire tenders from Operation Florian Mission in Bulawayo which requested the local authority to fund the transportation of the equipment from ...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 10:22hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo building fire blamed on poor maintenance
A FIRE that broke out at Southampton Building last Friday is said to be likely a result of poor maintenance of the building.The building serves as the headquarters for the ZRP in Bulawayo and ...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's financial sector needs to be harmonised,' says Mangudya
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya says the country must establish a Financial Sector Development Plan (FSDP) as part of efforts to coordinate the operations of companies working in...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti wants teachers to be paid US$520 salaries
Former Finance minister Tendai Biti (Harare East MP MDC Alliance) said government should pay teachers the US$520 salaries they used to get before the re-introduction of the Zimbabwe dollar.Gov...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil servants laugh off salary hike
CIVIL SERVANTS yesterday reacted angrily to government's pronouncement that the US$75 monthly COVID-19 allowance would now be enjoined to their salaries and accused the Public Service Commission (PSC)...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa set to launch US$58m agric facility
President Mnangagwa is today expected to launch a US$58 million farm mechanisation facility from Belarus, while another deal worth US$100 million would be signed by year-end. Belarusian ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers declare incapacitation ahead of schools reopening
THE opening of schools for examination classes after a hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has been dealt a blow after teachers declared incapacitation.Government announced Grade Seven, Ord...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt adopts quarterly salary reviews
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday said government had now resolved to review civil servants' salaries after every three months to hedge against runaway inflation rate.Ncube announced the...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's promise a political gimmick'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit to Bulawayo last week and his promise to assist in resolving the water crisis in the city has been described by residents and human rights activists as a political...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's fire brigade defies odds
Zimbabwe's widely respected fire brigade usually tackles house fires and traffic accidents, but it became a symbol of the regime during anti-government demonstrations that turned into violent looting ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:27hrs | | by Ben Sheppard I AFP
Street drugs fake and very dangerous: Health minister
HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo on Thursday told Senate that drugs being sold on the streets were very dangerous and, at times, people were duped into buying ash packaged as capsules under the pretext th...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cycle of Zimbabwe protests has shortened to intervals of about four months
AN independent policy research organisation says the country is likely to experience more protests until the government addresses issues of concern to the majority of Zimbabweans.Speaking at t...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
The role of peace in the economy
We are still struggling, in Zimbabwe and Africa as a whole, when it comes to understanding and executing economic programmes that give sustainable growth. Most analysts tend to paint this poor underst...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 14:17hrs | 2 | by Kernan Mzelikahle
The Role of Peace in the Economy - Mthwakazi Forum
We are still struggling, in Zimbabwe and Africa as a whole, when it comes to understanding and executing economic programmes that give sustainable growth. Most analysts tend to paint this poor underst...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 20:52hrs | 9 | by Kernan Mzelikahle
Zimbabwe: A presidency under siege, is there a way out?
“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second-best time is now” - African ProverbIt’s only been six months since Zimbabwe held its ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 04:25hrs | | by Lloyd Msipa
Civil servants warn Mnangagwa
CIVIL servants yesterday warned government that a full-blown national strike was imminent if their employer fails to review its decision to offer them a paltry $41 pay rise.Civil servants who ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Putin moots military base in Zimbabwe…….as Mnangagwa begs for Moscow bailout package
COLOGNE/VANCOUVER/HARARE - Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has reportedly set his eyes on opening a Russian strategic military base in Zimbabwe, as Moscow ratchets up her new foreign policy in Afri...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 06:29hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe/Nancy Mabaya/Mary-Kate Kahari
Parents resisting school fees hike
Some parents at Chinhoyi High School with the help of a named Member of Parliament are resisting the fee hike, accusing the school authorities of unilateralism.Government has given some school...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
US demands release of commission of inquiry findings
THE United States embassy has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to publish findings of the commission of inquiry into the August 1 killings for the sake of transparency, the Zimbabwe Independent can ...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
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