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Call to scrap import duty, VAT on condoms
MORE than 455 million condoms have been distributed in Zimbabwe during the past five years amid calls for the removal of import duty and VAT to make condoms more accessible and less costly.Acc...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:39hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
7 armed robbers wanted for high profile cases
SEVEN suspected armed robbers who are on police's most wanted list for committing a spate of high profile criminal cases countrywide are believed to be operating and hiding in South Africa where most ...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dembare raid Dulibadzimu United
BEITBRIDGE-based Central Region Division One Soccer League side Dulibadzimu United's coach Stanley "Stano" Ncube has tipped two defenders Meki Meki and Ephan Guvava to scale to greater heights after s...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parents cry foul over forex fees
SCHOOLS open for the second term of the year today amid high hopes of smooth learning while parents have expressed concern over the increase in prices and fees by some boarding schools, which are now ...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:10hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
How Mine robbers unmasked
POLICE in Bulawayo have linked armed robbers who raided a cash-in-transit vehicle transporting nearly 12kg of gold worth US$675 000 from How Mine to Fidelity Printers and Refiners to four other armed ...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Egodini to open for buses, kombis in December
COMMUTER buses and kombis are set to return to Egodini by December when Phase 1A of the much-anticipated Egodini Mall and Bus Terminus upgrading project is expected to have been completed, Bulawayo Ci...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers pounce at Hamara, steal US$13,000
Two armed robbers pounced at Hamara fruit and vegetable supermarket along Fife street between 3rd and 4th avenue in Bulawayo, yesterday and got away with over US$13 000 and R8 000, police have confirm...Published: 31 May 2022 at 13:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Till operators kill shoplifter
TWO till operators have been arrested after they fatally assaulted a man for shoplifting.Police on their twitter page confirmed the inc...Published: 20 Nov 2021 at 10:46hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Petrol attendant shot as violent crime wave sweeps Bulawayo
A petrol attendant was shot in the chest on Friday after armed robbers targeted a Flo garage in Bulawayo's Tshabalala suburb – the latest in a series of violent robberies in Zimbabwe's second city....Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 security guards up for murder
TWO security guards, employed by Bellevue Abattoirs, Consolidated Farming Investment (CFI), were yesterday charged with murder and attempted murder after opening fire on rowdy land invaders who had ov...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 06:52hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Stranded commuters besiege ZUPCO depot
SCORES of frustrated Bulawayo commuters Saturday went to a ZUPCO depot in the city to confront the public transporters managers after spending more than four hours waiting for transport at a city bus ...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC councillors vote for Zanu-PF mayoral candidate
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has embarked on a witch-hunt in Chitungwiza to sniff out councillors who voted for an aspiring mayoral candidate from Zanu-PF during Wednesday elections in the dormitory tow...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Farmers urged to adapt to new technology
FARMERS have been urged to acquire adequate farming skills and knowledge that are relevant in order to increase productivity and the quality of their output so as to compete in export markets....Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hamara injects $5m hatchery expansion project
ONE of the country's leading poultry inputs suppliers, Hamara Chicks has invested about $5 million for the expansion of its day-old chick hatchery as it moves to satisfy market demand.Hamara C...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo leaping back into its former glory
Bulawayo is leaping back into its former glory as Zimbabwe's industrial hub, with several major companies either re-opening or increasing capacity utilisation that will result in the creation of emplo...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 16:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare mayor accepts rigged defeat in MDC-T primaries
MUTARE mayor, Tatenda Nhamarare, said he had conceded defeat to MDC-T's ward 8 candidate, Sophia Njanike Gwasira, but would remain a loyal party member although he had reservations over the way the pa...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chikanga Dangamvura constituency MP MDC-T candidate attacked
Chikanga Dangamvura Constituency Member of Parliament candidate Honourable Prosper Chapfiwa Mutseyami was severely attacked by an ion rod at Nandos in Mutare on Saturday night.He was attacked ...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 12:19hrs | 2 | by Mildred Sotaimunhu
Residents in rates boycott
MUTARE residents have threatened to boycott paying rates to force council to improve service delivery, among other demands.The residents through Mutare Residents and Ratepayers' Trust (UMRRT) ...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T defends underfire mayor over shady land deals
THE opposition MDC-T has come to the defence of its underfire Mutare mayor Tatenda Nhamarare, saying the shady land deals he is alleged to be involved in were part of a Zanu-PF smear campaign against ...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mayor, councillors clash over stands
MUTARE mayor - Councillor Tatenda Nhamarare - has ordered the Town Clerk, Mr Joshua Maligwa, to immediately present a report that details all the stands that were allocated to sitting councillors at t...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mayor in stand scam
SOME Mutare councillors have drawn daggers against mayor Tatenda Nhamarare, whom they accused of arm-twisting management to allocate himself a residential stand that was earmarked for a church buildin...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Egodini Mall construction begins
Basch Street Terminus (Egodini) will be closed today to pave way for the construction of the Egodini Mall, Bulawayo City Council has said in a statement.In a notice to stakeholders, town clerk...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC Note on closure of Egodini
PUBLIC NOTICE: CLOSURE OF BASCH STREET TERMINUS (EGODINI) FOR REDEVELOPMENT The City of Bulawayo would like to advise commuters, stakeholders, commuter ...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 19:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bitter woman sues ex for 'seduction damages
A Bulawayo woman employed as a teacher at Hamara Primary School in Umguza District has threatened to sue her married ex-lover, for "seduction damages" apparently to cover for the emotional abuse she a...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pan-African Parliament president endorses Zimbabwe coup
Pan-African Parliament (PAP) president Mr Roger Nkodo Dang arrived in the country yesterday and immediately endorsed the new administration of President Mnangagwa, which he said been embraced by the c...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 04:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa reads riot act over alliance
ACTING MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa , yesterday read the riot act and warned his detractors, particularly top MDC-T officials, against plotting to derail the coalition project ahead of this yea...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
City of Mutare Mayor's political career vanishing
City of Mutare Mayor Tatenda Nhamarare who is a mayor through being voted by Zanu pf members also is on another mission to remove all MDC-T councillors who does not support him.This comes out ...Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 10:17hrs | | by Rumbidzai Mlambo
City of Mutare Mayor's signature forged
A self imposed MDC T ward 17 Chairperson Mudzipurwa fakes Mutare Mayor's signature on proof of residence forms.This comes out after ZEC workers who are on Biometric Voter Registration sa...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 13:08hrs | | by Rumbidzai Mlambo
Mutare roads get facelift
MUTARE City Council is racing against the clock to carry out a $1,3 million emergency roads rehabilitation programme in Dangamvura and Chikanga suburbs that is expected to be complete before the onset...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Curriculum takes its toll on pupils
THE new curriculum - introduced at the beginning of this year - is already taking its toll on pupils as they inundate key institutions in the city seeking to interview staff as part of their "projects...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 10:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF youth official declares war on city council
ZANU PF Manicaland youth chairperson Mubuso Chinguno has declared war on Mutare City Council for allegedly refusing to parcel out land to ruling party youths.Chinguno said attempts by Zanu PF ...Published: 21 Oct 2017 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Council staffer attempts suicide over fake certificates
A MUTARE City Council staffer, who used fake certificates to secure employment at the local authority, consumed an unknown substance in an attempted suicide case as she failed to fathom the humiliatio...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
House falls on woman
A SAKUBVA high-density suburb woman is lucky to be alive after she was hit by an avalanche of bricks that fell from the roof of a dilapidated council house she is renting in MacGregor's. Magret Kufa (...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T blasts Mutare town 'clown'
DAGGERS have been drawn between the MDC-T Manicaland provincial executive and the newly-appointed Mutare town clerk Joshua Maligwa, after the latter recently publicly declared his allegiance to Zanu-P...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top official acquires 10 - 15 business stands for a song
Mutare City Council could have been prejudiced of millions of dollars by some of its senior employees who allocated themselves several commercial and industrial stands.Most of the stands are n...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Forbes border post offices to be demolished
Operations at Forbes Border Post in Mutare will be interrupted in the coming weeks to pave way for the construction of a new road.This comes after the Manicaland Provincial office gave border ...Published: 07 Jun 2017 at 13:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mvuma lands officer in fresh fraud case
A Mvuma District lands officer, Oscar Zenda has been arrested again and he appeared in court last Wednesday facing a fresh fraud charge.Zenda allegedly defr...Published: 20 Apr 2017 at 09:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chimene's farm to be subdivided
A SPRAWLING farm north of Mutare City belonging to mercurial Manicaland Provincial Affairs Minister Mandiitawepi Chimene has been earmarked for partitioning into residential stands.Fairhol...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF land grabbers face jail term
ZANU-PF youths in Manicaland will face legal action if they proceed with their planned move to illegally grab pieces of council land in Mutare, mayor Tatenda Nhamarare has said.Last week, Zanu...Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare to launch Murambatswina on illegal squatters
Mutare City Council is preparing to destroy close to 300 shacks in Chikanga township.According to the Daily News, the affected families were used by Zanu PF to beef up its numbers by controver...Published: 18 Nov 2016 at 09:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Jessie Majome relates assault ordeal
The Chairperson of the Parliamentary portfolio committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs conducting consultation on electoral reforms, Jessie Majome has related the ordeal how he was assau...Published: 31 Oct 2016 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Mat North areas experience power interruptions on Monday and Wednesday
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company has announced that part of Matabeleland North will on Monday and Wednesday experience interruption of electricity supplies for the whole ...Published: 03 Oct 2016 at 08:35hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo police told to seek clearance to hold meeting
POLICE in Bulawayo were last month given a taste of their own medicine when council refused to sanction their planned meeting demanding a clearance letter.Latest council minutes reveal tha...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
HIV+ people petition Chimene over viral load tests
MANICALAND Provincial Affairs minister Mandiitawepi Chimene yesterday refused to accept a petition from people living with HIV and Aids, who were demonstrating in Mutare for not being able to acce...Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 10:06hrs | | by staff reporter
Mutare vows to resist Zanu-PF move to parcel out free stands
Mutare City Council has vowed to thwart moves by Zanu-PF to parcel out free residential stands to thousands of party youths saying all home seekers should go through normal procedures and register...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 10:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council closes Mutare shops
CASH strapped Mutare City Council, which is exploiting all avenues to raise revenue and pay workers, has embarked on a shop licence blitz, closing down businesses that are operating illegally....Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 08:25hrs | | by Abel Zhakata
Kasukuwere dishes out 150 stands to Zanu-PF
Saviour Kasukuwere Local Government minister has parceled out about 150 residential stands to a consortium led by Zanu-PF Manicaland youth leader, Mubuso Chinguno, raising a stink among councillor...Published: 26 May 2016 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt gives Mutare Council ultimatum
GOVERNMENT has given Mutare City Council two weeks to advertise the post of town clerk which fell vacant following the resignation of the incumbent Obert Muzawazi last week over a damning audit ...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 11:26hrs | | by Abel Zhakata
Mutare Town Clerk resigns
Mutare Town Clerk, Obert Muzavazi has resigned following mounting pressure from rate payers who last week staged a peaceful demonstration demanding the entire city management to resign.Mr Stea...Published: 27 Jan 2016 at 17:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt probes Mutare council
THE Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing has reportedly sent an audit team to probe Mutare City Council’s payroll, amid reports of ghost workers and allegations that manag...Published: 03 Jan 2016 at 09:43hrs | | by Abel Zhakata
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