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Water leak exacerbates Bulawayo's crisis
Bulawayo residents are enduring a challenging 170-hour water-shedding schedule as drought conditions worsened by El NiƱo continue to strain the city's water resources. With dam levels dwindling, resi...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:49hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo armed robbery gang arrested
A gang of three suspected armed robbers has been arrested in Bulawayo following a string of violent home invasions.The suspects, Mkhaliphi Ncube alias Mlonitshwa (25) of Cowdray Park, and Give...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 06:27hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
BCC in ambitious 2034 housing plan
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has revealed an ambitious plan to construct 500,000 housing units by 2034 as part of a broader 15-year master plan aimed at addressing the city's severe housing backlog...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 06:26hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Egodini finally re-opens
BULAWAYO'S Egodini Terminus finally opened its gates yesterday following the completion of the upgrade works on the taxi rank under Phase One of the multi-million-dollar construction project that shou...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
8-year wait over as Egodini finally reopens
EGODINI Bus Terminus will tomorrow reopen ending an eight-year closure for its rehabilitation after the South Africa-based contractor, Terracotta Trading Private Limited, completed the first phase of ...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
2 500 Cowdray Park houses connect to Zesa
FOR almost two decades, Mrs Juliet Sithole was not able to use a fridge while her children were somewhat divorced from watching cartoons on television and playing video games. They would use t...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbers on the run, 5 months on
POLICE in Bulawayo are appealing for information that may lead to the location and arrest of seven robbers who invaded the Nedbank Belmont branch along Plumtree Road in August last year.The ro...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police identify, launch manhunt for Nedbank robbers
POLICE have identified and launched a manhunt for seven suspects, three of them notorious brothers accused of robbing a Nedbank branch in Bulawayo of US$272 500-00, ZAR 2 420 000-00, and five gold coi...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:55hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Police identify victims of horror crash that killed 22
Police have identified 15 of the 22 people who were killed in a road traffic accident which occurred on 14 November 2023 at the 27 Kilometre peg along Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road when a Toyota Quantum mo...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 18:00hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mbundane suburb neglected
Residents of Mbundane suburb in Bulawayo are still experiencing a rural lifestyle more than 18 years after the suburb was founded.Mbundane area is located in Lower Rangemore and falls under Um...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 10:02hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
5 hour power outage for Emganwini
Suburbs of Emganwini, Mbundane, Rangemore and the surrounding areas in Bulawayo will not have electricity for nearly five hours on Friday (tomorrow).According to a notice by the Zimbabwe Elect...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 16:19hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo armed robber wounded in shootout
AN armed robbery suspect is nursing gunshot wounds after he was shot in the leg by police in Bulawayo on Friday last week.In a statement, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Pa...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
6-man Bulawayo robbery gang arrested
A SIX-MAN gang which has been terrorising Bulawayo residents, security guards and invading business and residential properties has been nabbed, police have said.Last week on Friday, Bulawayo p...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Residents go eight years without tap water
RESIDENTS in Mbundane suburb in Bulawayo have not been able to access clean tap water for the past eight years, forcing them to rely on unsafe sources.Mbundane is located in Lower Rangemore an...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 11:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shots fired in Entumbane as guards foil robbery
WARNING-SHOTS were fired early Sunday morning in Entumbane suburb in Bulawayo when security guards reacted to an attempted robbery and arrested two suspects at Nhliziyo Shopping Centre.Bulaway...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to incorporate neighbouring areas
THE Bulawayo City Council is set to take advantage of the ongoing delimitation exercise to finalise boundary changes that will see the city incorporating areas that fall under Umguza Rural District Co...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Furore over Umguza suburbs
The Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) says allowing Umguza Rural District Council to create suburbs in areas earmarked for the city's extension will stifle its growth.BPRA chai...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:54hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
LP Gas shortage hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is facing a shortage of Liquid Petroleum (LP) Gas which has seen the commodity's price going up in the few centres where it is being sold. Sources said the shortage is partly due to d...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo vaccination centres overwhelmed
COVID-19 vaccination centres in Bulawayo are overwhelmed as scores of residents continue to flock to local clinics to get inoculated under the ongoing mass vaccination programme which started on Monda...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Health disaster looms in Mbundane
RESIDENTS of Mbundane high-density suburb just outside Bulawayo have gone for 15 years without tap water, forcing some to resort to shallow and unsafe sources as well as to the use of Blair toilets, a...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tension over Nketa boreholes
TENSION is rising in Nketa 8 after a decision was made to lock the local community boreholes for most of the day resulting in residents struggling to access water.A committee responsible for m...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council buys farms to set up new suburbs
THE Bulawayo City Council is in the process of buying farms on the outskirts of the city to expand the boundaries and meet the accommodation needs of the growing population.The move, Sunday Ne...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:22hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Residents turn to sewer water
A HEALTH disaster looms in Umguza district after Mbundane residents, banned from fetching water from boreholes in Nketa 8, have resorted to sewer dams as Bulawayo's water crisis gets worse.Mbu...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills co-tenant
A MAN from Bulawayo allegedly severely assaulted his co-tenant until he fainted, rushed him to hospital where he pretended to be his next of kin and disappeared when doctors called and informed him th...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents boil sewer water to drink
CLOSE to 15 years since it was established, residents in Mbundane in Umguza District, adjacent to Mganwini (Bulawayo) still have no water connected to their households with residents forced to illegal...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maternity fees back
THE Government has reintroduced maternal user fees with pregnant women expected to pay at least RTGS$80 to register at public health institutions. This came out during a sexual and reproductiv...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
11 buses for Dabengwa memorial service
BULAWAYO residents have been urged to give national hero Dr Dumiso Dabengwa a befitting send-off by turning up in their numbers for a memorial service to be held in his honour at White City Stadium to...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Increase in sex vendors in Bulawayo
Mbundane high density suburb in the outskirts of Bulawayo has become a haven for young girls who are engaging in commercial sex work.The young girls are reported to come from the nearby Nyaman...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 09:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Life in jail for security guard killers
TWO men from Bulawayo who were part of a three-man gang that attacked a security guard manning a city flea market and tied his hands, legs and neck using a wire coat hanger before strangling him to de...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama as murder victim 'attacks' suspect in court
COURT proceedings had to be adjourned on Wednesday after a murder suspect claimed he was being pursued by the person he allegedly killed, forcing a Bulawayo High Court Judge to order that an ambulance...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman gets married to 'relative'
A GOKWE supermarket chain manager was left in shock after his ex-wife allegedly stole his property worth US$11 000 and got married to a man she had introduced as her relative, all in a bid for revenge...Published: 25 May 2018 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC lines up several projects for 2018 financial year
A number of capital projects had been lined up for implementation in the 2018 financial year and beyond by the Bulawayo City Council.Latest council minutes states that in 2017 Council had sign...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 09:13hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Man caught kissing lover bashes wife
A 27-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo has been fined $100 for assaulting his wife after she caught him kissing another woman at Renkini Bus Terminus.Fidelis Mujuru from Embundane suburb assaulted hi...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo families agonise over missing persons
A NUMBER of families in Bulawayo are living in anguish after their loved ones went missing without trace and the unanswered question on whether they are dead or alive continues to haunt them.S...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bush sex disrupts church service
A RANDY couple's sounds of loud sex stopped a prayer service conducted by an Apostolic sect at a bush in Bulawayo's Mbundane suburb.It is reported that on Saturday last week, members of the Va...Published: 25 Aug 2017 at 16:30hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
New suburb for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO City Council and Umguza Rural District Council yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate the development of a new residential area at Rangemore.Addressing sta...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 07:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BCC, Umguza end Rangemore row
THE Bulawayo City Council and Umguza Rural District Council (URDC) have signed a memorandum of understating (MoU) to work together in the development of the Rangemore area under which Mbundane and Emt...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 06:57hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Urge to POO ends badly, tenants in bloody fist fight over toilet key
THE urge to poo ended badly for a Mbundane woman after she was severely assaulted and treated at a local hospital after asking for toilet keys from a fellow tenant.Patience Mpofu (24) and Noma...Published: 18 Aug 2017 at 10:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF will remain in charge of the Government, says Mpofu
AN attempt by opposition parties to form a coalition against Zanu-PF in the 2018 elections will yield nothing as the ruling party's liberation and empowerment ideology is firmly rooted among Zimba...Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mbundane residents lament service delivery challenges
Residents of Mbundane suburb in Bulawayo are petitioning various government arms over failure by responsible authorities to provide them with proper service delivery in their area for over 10 year...Published: 01 Feb 2017 at 15:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mbundane residents neglected, left out
Residents of Mbundane suburb in Bulawayo are petitioning various government arms over failure by responsible authorities to provide them with proper service delivery in their area for over 10 years....Published: 01 Feb 2017 at 15:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
BCC agrees to provide Mbundane with water
THE Bulawayo City Council has agreed to a $2,1 million project to connect water and sewer services to suburbs on the outskirts of the city that fall under Umguza Rural District Council. Suburb...Published: 09 Aug 2016 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Nqobile Tshili
AAG, BCC fight escalates
THE Bulawayo City Council is considering suing the Affirmative Action Group (AAG) after an internal audit revealed that allegations of corruption which the pressure group had levelled against the loca...Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 07:07hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube
Boundary war between BCC and Umguza escalates
THE Bulawayo City Council has informed the Government that it has annexed areas which were under the Umguza Rural District Council to expand its boundaries heightening tensions between the two local a...Published: 06 Mar 2016 at 06:58hrs | 4 | by Vusumuzi Dube
Missing pupil found in Hospital ICU
A SEVENTEEN-year-old boy who was reported missing in July has been found at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after spending more than a month in the intensive care unit. Albright Munkuli from Mbund...Published: 05 Nov 2015 at 05:34hrs | | by Patient Sibanda
Another pupil goes missing
A pupil went missing in Bulawayo's Mbundane suburb bringing to six the number of pupils that have disappeared this year in the three neighbouring suburbs of Mbundane, Emganwini and Nkulumane. ...Published: 03 Nov 2015 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Patient Sibanda
Bulawayo squatter camps to be turned into suburbs
AS the Bulawayo City Council continues to struggle to further expand the city to cater for a growing population, it has since taken the unprecedented move of formalising six squatter camps and two inf...Published: 25 Oct 2015 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo needs $700 million for roads rehab
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) requires $700 million to rehabilitate its road network. Speaking during a tour of the city by the Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Joram Gumbo to assess ...Published: 20 Oct 2015 at 10:06hrs | | by Brighton Gumbo
Bulawayo's most wanted robbers nabbed
THE Bulawayo gang on the police most-wanted list for a series of crimes has been arrested for robbing Zimpost Binga of 16,555 after tying up a security guard manning the premises with a strand of wire...Published: 10 Aug 2015 at 09:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko commissions the Emganwini's Mbundane electrification project
Acting President Phelekezela Mphoko has commissioned the Emganwini Mbundane electrification project valued at $400 000.The project that has electrified 700 housing units in Bulawayo.70...Published: 08 May 2015 at 17:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
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