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Chief Chiweshe grabs equipment from Mnangagwa, villagers
In a clear sign of routine disregard for traditional leadership ethical conduct, presidential schemes subbotage and loss of public trust at local governance level, Chief Chiweshe (born Mathew Chitemam...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 15:00hrs | 3513 | by Gideon Madzikatidze | Simbarashe Sithole recently in Muzarabani
Ex-minister detained in Zimbabwe
Former Minister of National Healing, Moses Mzila Ndlovu, has been detained by police following a confrontation involving livestock belonging to one of the invaders occupying his farm in Matobo distric...Published: 01 Aug 2024 at 13:58hrs | 1923 | by Staff reporter
16 teachers paraded naked to check who was menstruating!
A SENIOR staffer at Nkayi High School in Nkayi District, Matabeleland North province is accused of demeaning female teachers after forcing them to pose naked for an ancillary staff member to check whi...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:50hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Thieves vandalise region's heroes acres
BULAWAYO, Matebeleland North and South provincial heroes acres are being targeted by thieves who are stealing plants, flower pots and floral tributes from graves.The shocking incidents have be...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Vandalised Gukurahundi plaque replaced
Matebeleland-BASED pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZulu on Wednesday installed yet another memorial plaque at Bhalagwe in Maphisa, Matebeleland South province where dozens of Gukurahundi victims were buri...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
TelOne mulls decommissioning copper cable infrastructure
THE country's landline telecoms provider, TelOne, says it will be decommissioning some of its copper cable infrastructure to stem rampant vandalism, which cost the firm US$1 million last year....Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC takes legal action to recover offices from Chamisa
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) and its interim secretary general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu have filed at the High Court in Bulawayo an urgent Chamber Application for Spoliation to recover CCC Bulawayo...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
$7 billion water boost for Bulawayo
GOVERNMENT has given Bulawayo City Council (BCC) $7 billion, which will be channelled towards repairs and purchasing of essential materials in the water supply chain.The funds will boost infra...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vandalised sporting facilities rile Bulawayo residents
Stakeholders in Bulawayo have raised concern over the rampant vandalism of sporting facilities and infrastructure in the city amid calls on the authorities to tighten security to avert the situation....Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 08:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Harare battles acute public toilets shortage
Harare faces further risks of cholera infection with the shortage of public toilets in the city centre as the majority are closed or inaccessible.The city has public toilets dotted around the ...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Miners wreak havoc on roads
GOVERNMENT has expressed shock after illegal gold miners dug a four-metre tunnel under a section of the Gwanda-Beitbridge Road as vandalism of national infrastructure persists.Road and railway...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda - Beitbridge road faces collapse as illegal miner tunnel under it
ILLEGAL gold miners have dug a 4-metre tunnel under a section of the Gwanda-Beitbridge Road as their vandalism of national infrastructure continues unabated with several roads and railway infrastructu...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:47hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths invade Harare greenway
A GROUP of suspected Zanu-PF youths has invaded a greenway in Haig Park, Harare and demarcated it into residential stands.The greenway, a corridor of protected open space managed for conservat...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Copper cable thief shot dead near Sizinda
A man was shot dead by a National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) security guard at Westgate station in Bulawayo yesterday afternoon after he was allegedly caught stealing copper cables and tried to escape...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:52hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
CCC concillor under fire for vandalising fence
OPPOSITION CCC legislator for Southerton constituency Bridget Nyandoro is under investigation for allegedly vandalising a fence at Bexley Circle, a recreational area for children.The fence was...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 09:50hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo plunged into darkness
MPILO Central Hospital has gone for nearly a week without electricity owing to a fault at a substation that feeds the referral facility and surrounding suburbs.The public hospital has been rel...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 07:13hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sets up committee for Bulawayo water
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has approved the appointment of a 20-member Bulawayo Water Technical Committee to oversee the rapid improvement of water and sanitation services in the city over a 100-day period....Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
US$1 million cash stolen from Harare home
Police have launched an investigation after a Chinese military contractor lost US$1 million cash that she kept at her Borrowdale Brooke home to thieves.Li Fang, 38, locked her room in the shar...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 18:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Burglars raid Nedbank
Burglars broke into a Nedbank building in Bulawayo's Belmont industrial area where they damaged three safes before stealing over US$270 000 and about R2 million, police confirmed yesterday.The...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa youths guard party billboards
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) youths have camped at Marondera Bus Terminus to safeguard their party leader Nelson Chamisa's campaign billboards.The huge billboards were erecte...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Landlord vs lodger: The battle continues
"LANDLORD fatally stabbed by lodger over rent!" screamed a newspaper headline.In 2021, Prayer Banda (22) of Mbizo 18 in Kwekwe, was fatally stabbed by his lodger Victor Moyo (24), following a ...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:19hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
CCC snubbing ZBC?
GOVERNMENT has claimed that opposition parties are snubbing the free airtime offered by national broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) and other local stations to campaign ahead of next ...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'vandalises' CCC-linked projects
Zanu-PF supporters have been accused of vandalising infrastructure and disrupting developmental projects suspected to be linked to sitting Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors and legislato...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 11:10hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane MP embarks on roads rehab to unlock tourism, agriculture potential
ZANU-PF aspiring candidate for Umzingwane constituency Brigadier General (Rtd) Levi Mayihlome has embarked on a road rehabilitation programme targeting five prime roads which he says will unlock the t...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:41hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Ibhetshu LikaZulu erects plaques in memory of Gukurahundi victims
Matebeleland-BASED human rights watchdog, Ibhetshu LikaZulu has erected a memorial plaque on a mass grave where six people were allegedly killed by the army in Salankomo village, Tsholotsho, in 1983....Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa, police joint operation nets transformer vandals
Police in Harare this week arrested four suspects in Epworth who are linked to a syndicate that vandalised a Zesa Holdings transformer at Wengi Farm, Zanadu in Concession, Mashonaland Central province...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 07:57hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council urged to replace road signs
BULAWAYO residents have appealed to the city council to replace vandalised road signs for the convenience of motorists and visitors.Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association chairperson Ambro...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 18:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Enqameni power lines vandalised
Electricity lines, which were installed at Enqameni in Gwanda, Matebeleland South sometime in 2005 have been vandalised.Zesa Holdings has been accused of abandoning the rural electrification p...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
No more job termination on 3 months notice
EMPLOYERS will no longer be able to terminate contracts of their permanent staff on three months notice after the National Assembly removed a clause in the Labour Act that conferred them powers to fir...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC worry over vandalism of public toilets
THE Bulawayo City Council has expressed concern over the increase of vandalism of public toilets in the Central Business District with some unscrupulous individuals going to the extent of stealing toi...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council, war vets clash over torture base
A group of war veterans from Matabeleland North are locked in a fierce battle with the Nkayi Rural District Council for control of an abandoned building that was once used as a torture camp for opposi...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 11:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
I left Zimbabwe to live in South Africa. I want to go back. This is why it's hard
Many South Africans wonder why so many of us Zimbabweans came to be settled in their country, and wonder why we do not simply return to our homeland.This is my story - about my rural homestead...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt blames power crisis on lack of investment
GOVERNMENT has blamed the power crisis in the country on lack of investments in the energy sector, which could hinder achievement of policy objectives to ensure clean and affordable energy by 2030....Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt rejects ZESA tariff plan
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has shot down a proposal by ZESA Holdings for businesses to wholly pay electricity tariff in United States dollar following the government's policy to align tariff p...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
4 000 new Zesa transformers to light up more areas
Another 4 000 transformers have been bought by ZETDC with 1 000 new service vehicles in the pipeline as Zesa and the Government accelerate the connection of more businesses and households to the...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 04:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Midlands inches closer to 2030 rural electrification target
The Midlands Province is inching closer to the 2030 target for all rural areas to have electricity as three-quarters of public schools, clinics, extension offices and other public institutions have be...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:44hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Gukurahundi memorial ban sparks outrage
THERE is outrage in Bulawayo after police banned pressure group, Ibhetshu LikaZulu from hosting a Gukurahundi memorial on Unity Day and arrested three of its members.The group organised a memo...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillor attacked by Zanu-PF land barons, car badly vandalised
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillor for Mabelreign, Denford Ngadziore, on Friday escaped a life threatening confrontation with some Zanu-PF land barons who he had tried to bar from invading...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo suburbs go for 7 days without water
BULAWAYO has been hit by a serious water crisis with most suburbs going for more than a week without running water amid fears of a disease outbreak.The water crisis has also led to residents t...Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 18:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Water infrastructure vandalism worries Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has expressed serious concern over rampant vandalism of key infrastructure at Epping Forest and Rochester Aquifer in Nyamandlovu, a development which continues to negatively affect...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa attacked
SELF-EXILED former minister Saviour Kasukuwere has accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of failing to abide by its constitution in elevating President Emmerson Mnangagwa as its leader following the oustin...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 05:00hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba veShanduko 'defects to Zanu-PF'?
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has described as false, claims that top activist, Godfrey Karembera better known as Madzibaba veShanduko, has defected to Zanu-PF.Social media was Saturday ...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZCTU urges government not to evoke painful Gukurahundi memories
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has urged authorities to be tactical enough to prevent the evoking of sad Gukurahundi memories by bringing to book all perpetrators behind instigating politica...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet to upgrade 150 base stations in Bulawayo
Telecommunication and technology giant Econet Wireless Zimbabwe is planning to upgrade and deploy new network infrastructure across the Matabeleland region in the coming few months to enhance customer...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane High accused of setting dogs on villagers' goats
UMZINGANWE High School authorities in Matabeleland South have been accused of setting dogs on goats that enter the schoolyard, sparking tensions with villagers.Izinkondo villagers said school ...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Safeguard takes measures to help neighbourhoods stay safe
With the increase in burglaries and robberies throughout the country, particularly in Harare, Safeguard Security has embarked on a number of community-based services to help keep neighbourhoods safe. ...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 12:11hrs | | by Agencies
Mnangagwa accused of shedding crocodile tears
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has drawn fire after visiting Rwanda's Kigali Genocide Memorial site when his government has done little to address Gukurahundi atrocities at home.Mnangagwa was in...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two-faced Mnangagwa honours Rwanda genocide victims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday toured the Kigali Memorial to pay tribute to over 600 000 victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide in a sharp contrast to his continued crackdown on Gukurahundi memo...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 17:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZNA captain counts losses after a 6-year incarceration
FORMER Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) captain and chaplain at Mbalabala Barracks, who was wrongly jailed for six years for theft of a vehicle belonging to businessman Osfael Mazibuko says his business c...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni directors sound alarm over Obert Mpofu attacks
Directors of a productive Nyamandlovu farm at the centre of a fierce ownership row with Obert Mpofu have raised alarm over continued acts of intimidation by the Zanu-PF secretary of administration...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 20:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
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