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BCC to relocate Ngozi Mine
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resolved to relocate the Richmond landfill, commonly known as "Ngozi Mine," to address growing pollution concerns raised by residents. The council also plans to par...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 07:19hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Wife busts hubby as he buys double bed, fridge for his lover
A dramatic scene unfolded in Harare yesterday when Togarasei Matemera was caught red-handed by his wife, Ruth, while trying to leave a shop with a double bed and refrigerator he had purchased for his ...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 17:55hrs | 1582 | 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
Man kills wife, buries corpse in shallow grave
Police in Insuza, Lupane, Matabeleland North province, have arrested Tryforward Mpofu (35) for the murder of his wife, Revai Rusive (36), whom he accused of infidelity. The incident occurred o...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 06:55hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe shut out of poorly attended US-Africa summit
ZIMBABWE was conspicuous by its absence at the recently held US-Africa Business Summit held in Houston, Texas, in stark contrast to last year's edition held in Botswana attended by President Emmerson ...Published: 21 May 2024 at 16:25hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo city centre dumpsite worsens chaos, decay
AN illegal dumpsite, which resembles Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s Richmond Landfill site, commonly known as Ngozi Mine has emerged, a stone's throw away from a busy road that connects the city centre...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NGOZI MINE HEALTH DISASTER: Councilor Ntando Ndlovu steps in
In a proactive move to address the longstanding environmental and health concerns of his constituents, newly elected Ward 28 Councillor Ntando Ndlovu has taken decisive steps to mitigate the impac...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 09:11hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Names of fans suspected to be behind BF violence
The police have disclosed the identities of 19 individuals who have been apprehended in connection with the public unrest that occurred at Barbourfields Stadium during a league match between the home ...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 19:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Armed robber' acquitted
A BULAWAYO man who was accused of ganging up with four accomplices and robbing a local motorist of his car and over US$20 000, was yesterday acquitted.Bhekimpilo Mabuza Ncube (38) pleaded not ...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC candidate up for contempt of court
Throwing his wife out of their matrimonial home has landed CCC National Assembly candidate for Mutoko East, Yeukai Kaseke, before a magistrate on charges of contempt of court for defying a court order...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:52hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Sex worker's ngozi surfaces 50 years later
A Nyanga family is living in fear of a vengeful spirit that claims to be a sex worker who was murdered 50 years ago by the family's patriarch.The spirit, which speaks through various possessed...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 08:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
How Poverty Drives Innovation in Bulawayo's Ngozi Mine Landfill
Located in the outskirts of Bulawayo, the Ngozi Mine landfill is home to a resilient community that has learned to adapt and innovate in the face of extreme adversity.Families there live in ho...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 09:44hrs | 7 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
Cowdray Park's scandalous boundaries favour Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF is likely to unfairly win the Cowdray Park parliamentary seat in Bulawayo province due to the opaque geographical nature of the constituency mapped by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) i...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans mock Mnangagwa over election promises as blackouts worsen
The announcement by the Zambezi River Authority, which runs the Kariba Dam, that Zimbabwe had used up its share of the water in the world's largest man-made reservoir sounded a death knell to an alrea...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF leadership snubs hero Maunganidze's burial
President of the Chiefs' Council Chief Fortune Charumbira has breathed fire after Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial leadership snubbed the burial of late top civil servant Dr Sylvester Maunganidze at the la...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:35hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers offer payment terms
SHE started being a sex worker five years ago.And today, the 35-year-old from Nyanga now services both men and women.She also services her old clients on credit."I have loyal c...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man killed in love triangle
A BULAWAYO man allegedly stabbed his girlfriend's ‘ex-lover' to death with an okapi knife after finding the two being intimate in the woman's shack at Ngozi Mine dumpsite near Richmond suburb....Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 08:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Waste pickers saving BCC'
A BULAWAYO-BASED human rights group has defended Ngozi Mine squatters saying the waste pickers were assisting Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to deal with waste management issues.This follows plan...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lack of machinery affects operations at Bulawayo landfill
LACK of machinery is reportedly crippling the Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s landfill management activities amid calls by the city fathers for the removal of the Ngozi Mine squatters as their lives are...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Squatter dies after eating 'Poisoned Snacks'
A 35-year old from Ngozi mine squatter in Bulawayo died, while his friend was hospitalised after they ate ‘poisoned' snacks they picked from a dumpsite.Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:46hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Magistrates acquits 3 women for police station protest
A Chinhoyi Magistrate has acquitted three women charged with public violence and causing damage at a police station in 2020.Sabina Jiri (54), Naomi Brahim (42) and Eunice Muchenje (52) faced c...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foster Dongozi was not killed by Covid-19
It's now a year after the media industry was robbed of one of its experienced and prominent scribe, Foster Dongozi who reportedly died of Covid 19 complications. His demise came a few days after he ha...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 15:08hrs | 11 | by Shelton Muchena
Zanu-PF youths get egg incubator
YOUTHS in the Zanu-PF Lookout Masuku District in Bulawayo have received a donation of an egg incubator that hatches 2 000 chicks every 21 days.Nigel Shamu, the Zanu-PF Lookout Masuku district ...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:13hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Ndux Junior bounces back with 11th album
Rhumba ace Ndux Junior has bounced back with his 11th studio album, Bambelela, which confirms the musician as one of the consistent artistes in the genre.The album that was recently launched i...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:24hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
No to abortion in Zimbabwe
IN recent months, there has been a lot of buzz about abortion. Tens of thousands of women in America have demonstrated as they felt outraged that their right to kill their unborn child is threatened....Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:30hrs | 9 | by Alexio Rashirai
Bulawayo council sued over air pollution
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has taken Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to court for failing to properly manage its sanitary landfill site popularly known as Ngozi Mine in Richmond suburb resu...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ngozi mine fires worry human rights group
THE outbreak of prolonged fires at the Ngozi Mine dumpsite in Bulawayo have worried the Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights which has since started to engage stakeholders over measures to cu...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 13:01hrs | 8 | by Stephen Jakes
Ngozi Mine smoke chokes Bulawayo suburb
THICK plumes of smoke billowing from a sprawling Bulawayo City Council (BCC) landfill site popularly known as Ngozi Mine in Richmond suburb are a daily sight. The hazardous smoke is now encroa...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outpour of grief for top scribe Tutani
VETERAN Alpha Media Holdings journalist Conway Tutani has died. Tutani passed away on Monday afternoon at his Houghton Park home in Harare aged 67.His wife, Isabel, yesterday told NewsDay that...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Man axes friend for dating his daughter
A Zaka man will spend the next five years in jail for attempted murder after he attacked his friend with an axe for having an affair with his daughter.Maxon Mungozi (31) from Manyemba Village ...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Veteran journalist, Dongozi, to be honored.
THE Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) divulged plans to honour the late veteran Journalist, rights advocate, environmentalist, friend rolled in one and immediate past secretary-general, Foster Vulin...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 08:15hrs | | by Shelton Muchena
Chideme calls it quits at ZUJ
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (Zuj) president Michael Chideme has indicated that he is hanging his boots and will not contest in the forthcoming congress later this year.Chideme told journalists a...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Broadcasters should speak all national languages'
Reaching 90 years of age on March 15 this year , retired veteran broadcaster and national languages enthusiast Amon Nyamambi, better known on the airwaves as 'uMaqhulayibambe' his grandfather's name, ...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:26hrs | 5 | by John Masuku
Ngozi demands second top-up
THE avenging spirit of a man who was allegedly murdered by his lover's brother almost 50 years ago is wreaking havoc in his killer's family, demanding two more beasts as compensation after the 26 init...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Killer truck' owner identified
ONE of the trucks that was involved in a pile-up accident in Zambia in August last year resulting in more than six people being burnt beyond recognition belongs to Ephias Munodawafa, the current chief...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tikoloshe with giant manhood spotted at Ngozi Mine
SETTLERS at Ngozi Mine squatter camp in Bulawayo are living in fear after a short hairy man-like creature with a giant manhood was spotted early Sunday morning roaming the illegal settlement before it...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Town clerk tests Covid positive
BULAWAYO town clerk Mr Christopher Dube has contracted Covid-19. Mr Dube tested Covid-19 positive on Monday but did not need to be admitted to hospital. Over 24 000 people have contracted the ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo slum dwellers survive on sewer water
OVER 2 000 squatters at Bulawayo's three slums have resorted to fetching domestic water from sewage ponds and open pits oblivious of the health implications, NewsDay Weekender has learnt.A sur...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 20:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Humanitarian crisis' at SA's border posts
Long queues and desperate attempts to enter South Africa have placed a huge strain on the country's border posts with neighbouring countries.And, while acknowledging that a "humanitarian crisi...Published: 05 Jan 2021 at 15:59hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Prominent rights activist Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo dies from Covid-19
Prominent civil society activist and human rights advocate Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo died from Covid-19 at a Gwanda hospital late Thursday.Fuzwayo was treasurer-general for the Crisis in Zimbabw...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge border chaos could fuel Covid-19 infections
Several truck drivers and other motorists have described as a nightmare, their experience at Beitbridge Border Post where they spent Christmas after getting stuck for days on the South African side of...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
A tribute to fallen journalists in 2020
December has definitely been the worst month of the year 2020, which has really turned out to be the annus horribilis for virtually all Zimbabweans, especially members of the proverbial fourth estate ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Muchadeyi Ashton Masunda
Dongozi laid to rest
THE late veteran journalist and Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) secretary general, Foster Dongozi, was laid to rest at his rural home in Sanyati yesterday, with mourners describing him as an inimi...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Journalists who had contact with Dongozi urged to test for COVID-19
INFORMATION ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana has urged all journalists and other media persons who interacted with late veteran scribe Foster Dongozi at a recent Gweru workshop to immediatel...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 20:49hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Central government at the epicentre of the challenges facing local authorities
IntroductionToday is Christmas day, the day we celebrate the birth of the Son of Man, our Lord Jesus Christ. It is a day that is supposed to be a day of love, unity, togetherness and cel...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 20:19hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Dongozi died from Covid-19
THERE are strong indications late Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) secretary general Foster Dongozi died of Covid-19.This comes after his media colleagues who were planning to travel to San...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 20:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
GoFundMe Funeral Fundraiser for Foster Dongozi
A fundraising appeal has been launched for the funeral of veteran journalist and Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) secretary-general Foster Dongozi who died Wednesday after experiencing respira...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Late Dongozi's family fumes at media
LATE veteran journalist and union leader Foster Dongozi's family is up in arms with local media for splashing news about their departed colleague's death when the family was still in the dark about th...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists SG dies
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists secretary-general and veteran journalist Foster Dongozi has died.Dongozi who is reported to have been suffering from a heart problem over a long period of time pa...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 20:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
NewsDay senior reporter dies
NEWSDAY senior court reporter Charles Laiton has died. He was 48.Laiton, who is survived by his wife and five children, passed on yesterday mid-morning at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospita...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
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