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Bulawayo residents enduring sleepless nights
The Covid-19 outbreak has piled more misery on Bulawayo residents, who are enduring sleepless nights due to the irritating mosquito menace caused by council's failure to disinfect breeding sites, citi...Published: 3 hrs ago | 845 | by Staff reporter
Council bosses graft investigation drags on
A PROBE into alleged corrupt practices at the Bulawayo City Council is still underway, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) claimed as it tried to dispel talk that the investigations have be...Published: 4 hrs ago | 246 | by Staff reporter
Govt under fire over evictions
Rights groups have denounced government plans to evict thousands of villagers from their communal land and convert it to industrial animal feed farming.More than 13 000 Shangani people, an ind...Published: 4 hrs ago | 121 | by Staff reporter
Over 7 000 stands for Bulawayo
THE Bulawayo City Council is set to avail more than 7 000 stands as the local authority steps up efforts to ease accommodation woes in the city.This comes at a time the local authority is work...Published: 5 hrs ago | 357 | by Staff reporter
Family dumps corpse at police station
CHAOS reigned supreme at Gweru's Mtapa high density suburb yesterday when aggrieved residents and family members dumped the body of Tatenda Kasinyore, known as "Nyale", near Monomutapa Police Station ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 281 | by Staff reporter
IDBZ student hostel project nears completion
THE Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ)'s US$14.8 million student accommodation project in Bulawayo is now 69% complete and expected to be fully completed in November this year....Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 07:59hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
Fifa manipulates Caf presidential candidates
FIFA has asked three candidates to back South Africa's Patrice Motsepe in the upcoming Confederation of African Football (Caf) presidential election, a source close to one of the candidates told AFP n...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 07:57hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Gweru seeks to borrow $100m for cars
GWERU City Council has approached the Local Government ministry seeking authority to borrow $100 million for the purchase of utility vehicles to improve service delivery.In a notice, Gweru act...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 06:49hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa issues bleak warning to MDC
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told the Zanu-PF politburo to expect more big shot defections from the opposition, in an ominous warning that could spell even more pain for the brawling MDC....Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 17:47hrs | 2988 | by Staff reporter
Chilonga project runs contemporaneously with Bulawayo Kraal already quietly underway
This morning I attended a high-level meeting on Chilonga Irrigation Project following the hue and cry on this terribly misunderstood and much maligned community irrigation which is one of several plan...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 14:27hrs | 621 | by Jamwanda
Residents threaten rates boycott
RUSAPE residents have vowed to boycott paying new council rates after the local authority "unilaterally" hiked tariffs by almost 500%.The residents yesterday said they would continue paying ol...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:28hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Zesa disconnects Kariba council offices
KARIBA Town Council headquarters has been without power for over two months after being switched off by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of Zesa Hol...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:28hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Mat'land 'green belt' nigh
In the 2018 election manifesto, ZANU PF party promised to improve service delivery to the people and eventually catapult Zimbabwe to an Upper Middle Income Economy by 2030 with or without sancti...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 10:26hrs | 1053 | by Tirivanhu Kateera
Pumula residents still without running water
PUMULA South residents in Bulawayo have petitioned the local authority over lack of running water in the area despite the recent easing of the water-shedding regime.Last year, council was forc...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi resignation won't change status quo
I CONCUR with the view that the appointment or removal of a vice presidents is not a matter of national importance.Such matters are Zanu-PF internal processes which have very little, if any, t...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1842 | by Ben Manyenyeni
Newly-commissioned roads in sorry state
Council's two newly-resurfaced roads that were commissioned in May 2019 are now in a sorry state with knee-deep potholes that have made the roads impassable and hazardous to motorists.The road...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:24hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa feeling heat over VP choice
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa faces a difficult choice as he looks for suitable candidates to replace his former deputy, Kembo Mohadi, who resigned under pressure on Monday.This comes as it has...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 16:56hrs | 5399 | by Staff reporter
Zacc descends on Gweru
A ten- member Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) team is in Gweru to investigate land scandals involving senior Government officials and land barons.A number of senior Government offic...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 11:51hrs | 1563 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi saga: Fresh details emerge
FRESH details have emerged that embattled former Vice-President Kembo Mohadi tendered his resignation last week, although he made it known to the public in a statement on Monday.This was confi...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:22hrs | 10141 | by Staff reporter
Residents oppose councillors' salary hike
PLUMTREE residents have warned Local Government minister July Moyo against awarding hefty salaries and allowances to councillors, saying the move would cripple service delivery in local authorities....Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:17hrs | 693 | by Concerned
Mohadi successor, phone tapping, 2 VPs dominate talk in Matebeleland
THE resignation of Vice President Kembo Mohadi has triggered frenzied talk in Matebeleland with political activists and parties expressing different views about who and how the former VP could best be...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:15hrs | 5187 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo power outage due to technical fault
PARTS of the Bulawayo city centre and some suburbs have suffered a power blackout following an electrical fault at a Zesa substation at the Belmont industrial area on Monday evening. Zesa acti...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi citied wrong resignation law
KEMBO Mohadi cited a wrong section of the constitution while announcing his resignation as the country's Vice President, constitutional law Professor Lovemore Madhuku has said.Mohadi was hound...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 20:05hrs | 3406 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi's replacement as Vice-President of Zimbabwe found?
After the unceremonious resignation of the vice president Kembo Mohadi from the office of the vice president, it has become incumbent to discuss the esteemed office of the Vice President. Cde Kembo Mo...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 16:38hrs | 5279 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa petitioned over looming demolitions
AN international housing and land rights movement has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa asking him to stop the pending house demolitions in the country, particularly at Crowborough Farm, Harare....Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:51hrs | 2573 | by Staff reporter
Gweru to maintain water cuts
WATER-SHEDDING is set to continue in Gweru despite the city receiving incessant heavy-rains that have seen most of its supply dams spilling.This was revealed last week by Gweru mayor Josiah Ma...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:46hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
'Gwayi-Shangani pipeline a game changer'
A MATABELELAND North traditional leader Chief Mabhikwa has hailed government's move to speed up completion of the Gwayi-Shangani pipeline, saying the project, though long-overdue, would transform the ...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:42hrs | 839 | by Staff reporter
'Demolition of tuckshops inevitable'
Harare City Council has said the scheduled demolitions of illegal tuckshops across the city will continue with the owners currently being given ample time to put their house in order. In an in...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:37hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani greenbelt identified
GOVERNMENT has identified a vast track of irrigable land covering 10 000 hectares along the Gwayi-Shangani-Bulawayo pipeline and localised the construction of the pipeline resulting in cutting the ini...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:52hrs | 959 | by Staff reporter
Without title deeds, Matobo residents fear losing their homes
Mafuyana residents in Maphisa, Matobo district, never imagined they would one day lose their houses.The ward 22- suburb residents are beneficiaries of a 2005 government housing programme named...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:55hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
City dam levels double as rainfall pattern holds
BULAWAYO residents are set to go for the entire year without experiencing the dreaded water-shedding regime with the city's supply dams continuing to receive significant inflows.The situation ...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:48hrs | 1214 | by Staff reporter
Zambia defers 'closing' of Victoria Falls border to trucks
THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has indefinitely deferred restriction on commercial goods in and out of Zimbabwe through the Victoria Falls Border Post which had been set to be implemented tomorrow...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:43hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Harare to name, shame top 100 debtors
THE Harare City Council (HCC) has threatened to name and shame firms, churches and individuals that owe council millions in a desperate attempt to force residents to pay up bills.This comes as...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 19:04hrs | 889 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Musanhi champions water crisis resolution
Residents of Bindura, yesterday received tap water for the first time after spending more than a year without the precious liquid.Bindura North Legislator Kenneth Musanhi who has been pushing ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 09:55hrs | 1029 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Lloyd Rabaya
Chamisa mustn't be blamed for poor service delivery
THE Urban Councils Authority of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) says the crusade by the ruling Zanu-PF to blame the opposition on the chaotic state of most urban councils, served no purpose but only worsened service ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:40hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
Eccentric Luveve man causes a stir
HE's mad! He's a genius! He's creepy. He's amazingly gifted!The unassuming Mathamsanqa Tshuma (67), a bachelor from Gwabalanda in Bulawayo, ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:29hrs | 2180 | by Yvonne Ncube
Bulawayo at risk of malaria outbreak
BULAWAYO residents fear a malaria outbreak could hit the second city after the council failed to roll out its anti-mosquito programme this year.The city has a number of streams that have been ...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:41hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Huawei partners NetOne to launch mobile broadband services
Leading global provider of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and infrastructure, Huawei, has partnered local telecommunications service provider NetOne, to improve Zimbabwe's ICT techno...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:41hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
'Thief' beaten to death
SEVEN men from Pumula South in Bulawayo have been arrested for heavily assaulting a suspected thief they caught at a house in the suburb, leading to his death in a cell at Pumula Police Station on the...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:33hrs | 751 | by Staff reporter
Council finally covers 'death pits'
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has started filling up the "pits of death" in Pelandaba West suburb and is employing Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to map and identify similar dangerous sp...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:33hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, Mohadi salute Mnangagwa
VICE PRESIDENTS Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi have lauded President Mnangagwa for improving the quality of life and standards of living for the citizens in line with his vision of transforming...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:32hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Honda Fit menace worries residents
BULAWAYO residents have expressed concern over an increase in robbery cases by Honda Fit gangs who go around suburbs snatching mobile phones and handbags from hapless women.The method has been...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:28hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
7 arrested for fatally assaulting suspected burglar
SEVEN men from Pumula South in Bulawayo have been arrested for heavily assaulting a suspected thief they caught at a house in the suburb leading to his death in a cell at Pumula Police Station on the ...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 16:02hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
4 suspected rustlers arrested for possessing stolen cattle
POLICE in Matabeleland South Province have arrested four suspected rustlers who were found in possession of three cattle stolen from a farm in Gwanda.Provincial police spokesperson Inspector L...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 16:01hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water woes far from over
BULAWAYO's water restoration strategy has suffered new setbacks in the form of power cuts and pipe bursts as the city's reticulation system readjusts to normal supplies of the precious liquid....Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:49hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Gwanda Road now death trap
THE Bulawayo-Gwanda Highway, which connects Zimbabwe with her neighbours, has become a death trap for motorists as it has been littered with potholes.The Transport and Infrastructure Developme...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:47hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
Gweru ignores poor service delivery, parades new wheels
Gweru City Council has come under fire as residents are demanding that the local authority must sell the new Toyota VX Land Cruiser bought for the office of the town clerk and channel the money toward...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:27hrs | 1082 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Khupe rift widens?
THE rift between underfire MDCT leader Douglas Mwonzora and Thokozani Khupe over the party presidency widened yesterday with the latter demanding a rerun of the internal polls.This was after M...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:54hrs | 5260 | by Staff reporter
Mtshabezi pipeline a major Govt intervention
GOVERNMENT under the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa has made great strides in addressing Bulawayo's prevailing water woes as evidenced by huge amounts of money being channelled towards var...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:46hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Khupe dismisses Mwonzora claims she has accepted VP post
FORMER MDC-T interim president Thokozani Khupe has dismissed Douglas Mwonzora's claims she has finally accepted the outcome of the tempestuous December 27, 2020 party extraordinary congress in which s...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 20:24hrs | 2994 | by Staff reporter
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