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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 | 10 | 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 | 12 | 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 | 10 | by Staff reporter
Nust acquitted of vandalising fence
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust), which was embroiled in a farm boundary fence dispute with ex-Zipra senior commander Thomas Ngwenya in Plumtree, Matabeleland South province, h...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:04hrs | 2 | 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 | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Judiciary under spotlight
SINCE assuming power in 2017 through a coup and the subsequent controversial election victory in 2018, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rule has been marred by allegations of compromising the independen...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Simbarashe Tembo
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 | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zesa cable thieves in dock
TWO Harare men yesterday appeared before magistrate Munashe Chibanda on charges of vandalising and stealing Zesa cables in differed parts of the city.Willis Chifamba (30) and Peace Kupak...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | | 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
Zesa appeals for poles
POWER utility Zesa Holdings says it needs at least 70 wood poles to re-work power lines left incomplete in 2005 in Gwanda's Enqameni area."We need at least 70 wood poles to redo the line and w...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:49hrs | | 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
Reservoirs from Beitbridge to Plumtree
GOVERNMENT working with its development partners is setting up water reservoirs along Shashe River stretching from Beitbridge to Plumtree border posts as part of efforts to control cattle movement bet...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt insincere over Cyrene Farm invasion, says CCC
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has slammed government for "pretending" that it was assisting the Anglican Church in Figtree, Matabeleland South province to stop land invasions at i...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Man found dead near transformer
POLICE in Dema, Mashonaland east province, are investigating a case of a man found dead near an electricity transformer that had been tampered with in Seke communal lands.The body of Phillip M...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water woes persist despite rains
Blessing Moyo, a resident of Bulawayo's Gwabalanda suburb, is a worried man as he relives the 2020 diarrhoea outbreak that hit Luveve and other surrounding suburbs.The diarrhoea outbreak, blam...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt moves in to repair damage in urban councils
IT is clear as day light that urban councils have been failing to fulfil their mandate for a long time.The majority of towns and cities in the country have deteriorated in terms of infrastruct...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:26hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Water shortages loom in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents face another round of water shortages despite the recent rains as city fathers have proposed a three-day water shedding regime because one of the supply dams faces decommissio...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 19:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suspected thieves shot dead
Two transformer thieves were shot and killed near Murombedzi Growth Point in a shoot-out with police after they failed to stop at a police checkpoint.The incident happened on Saturday morning....Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara neglects highway fence
THE highway fencing funded by the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) to prevent livestock from straying onto the highway between Gweru and Ntabazinduna has been vandalised.The same situatio...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zesa blames thieves for vandalising infrastructure
ZIMBABWE Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has blamed the power outages affecting Bulawayo on thieves that were allegedly vandalising its electricity infrastructure to steal copper cables.Th...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:04hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Hookers back on the streets
IT'S a Friday night and a skimpily dressed sex worker flags down vehicles and individuals on foot, soliciting for clients while on the lookout for law enforcement officers.The presence of poli...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 20:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Scandal as Ministry issues farm offer letter to a fugitive
A 99-year lease offer letter that was issued and signed by the minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Anxious Masuka to a fugitive who skipped the country 14 yea...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese employer strangles worker
A CHINESE employer, He Chisheng Mike of Yakuts Investment in Matopo, Matabeleland South province, is accused of strangling his employee before dismissing him from work.Some of the workers told...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pumula East residents capitalise on burst pipe for potable water
PUMULA East residents in Bulawayo are capitalising on a burst pipe to get potable water while others are selling the precious liquid to people who are building.Ms Magred Matshatsha, (78), said...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe exhumation saga sucks in Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sucked into the exhumation of the late former president Robert Mugabe's remains saga after it emerged he chaired a high-level meeting of the deceased strongman's ...Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
NRZ to bring back electric trains
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has set in motion an ambitious programme to introduce a modern electro system with high voltage power for their railway lines as the company moves away from the...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Soul Jah Love arrested
CONTROVERSIAL Zimdancehall chanter Soul Jah Love, pictured, was last week arrested, again, after he failed to fulfil a concert in Kadoma, the Daily News reports.He was arrested at his Harare h...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 17:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Water crisis ravages Bulawayo
Women carry the burden of collecting water for households...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 07:48hrs | | by Brezhnev Malaba
Trio steals diesel, batteries from base stations
THREE Harare men, who allegedly went on a crime spree attacking security guards with catapults, vandalising mobile network operators' base stations and stealing diesel and generator batteries across H...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 13:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
More families evicted from Cyrene Farm
THE Messenger of Court, assisted by the police last week evicted 12 families from Cyrene Farm in Figtree which is owned by the Anglican Province of Central Africa Church in the Diocese of Matabeleland...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents demand $1bn budget for water
BULAWAYO residents have demanded that Finance minister Mthuli Ncube allocates more than $1 billion in the 2021 budget towards alleviation of water shortages in the city.The residents made the ...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyrene settlers served with eviction order 17 years later
OVER 500 illegal settlers at the Anglican Church-owned Cyrene Farm in Figtree, Matabeleland South, were on Wednesday served with a 2003 High Court order directing them to vacate the property within se...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vandals cost Zesa US$40m
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) requires at least US$40 million to replace more than 4 000 transformers, which have been vandalised across the country. Spokesperson, Mr Fullar...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni appears in High court today
Jailed Nhlambabalayi Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni will appear for his bail hearing on Tuesday at 10am in Court A at the Bulawayo High court before Justice Mabhikwa.Ndiweni is see...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 06:23hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Traffic Safety Council embarks on highway fencing
The Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe is working round the clock to complete fencing of Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highways as a measure to reduce accidents caused by stray animals, managing director Mr Obi...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZESA thieves caught in Bulawayo
Zimbabwe Republic Police have reported that some members of the public assisted them to apprehend three suspects for vandalising ZESA overhead cables in Bulawayo. Said the police, "An informan...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 17:49hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Getaway car catches fire
TWO suspected copper cable thieves were recently arrested after their getaway car caught fire during a high-speed chase along Harare-Nyamapanda Road. The two were fleeing the police after stea...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fears cholera outbreak
BULAWAYO residents are wary of a cholera or typhoid outbreak in the city after the local authority indefinitely shutdown water supplies to the entire city on Tuesday without notice.The indefin...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Some parts of Bulawayo to recieve water today
The City of Bulawayo advises that as of this morning (Wednesday, 10 July 2019), levels at the City's treated water reservoirs continue to rise. This has enabled areas such as Emganwini, Nketa, Nguboye...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 17:22hrs | | by BCC
More water woes for Bulawayo as city goes on total shutdown
The Bulawayo city council has announced that water would be shutdown totally in the whole of Bulawayo, until its water systems stabilises.This means Zimbabwe's second largest city will go with...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to shutdown water supply indefinitely
The Bulawayo City Council has announced that it will be indefinitely shutting down the water supply to the City until they are able to. The Council added that the shortage of electricity will ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 13:37hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF demands orderly evictions
Zanu-PF has moved in to save thousands of illegal settlers by demanding that Government offers them alternative land first before evicting them, the party Caucus has heard. The move comes afte...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbura defence case hits a snag
The defence case in the trial of jailed RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura and his six accomplices on charges of attempting to escape from prison yesterday hit a snag after ...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 08:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Power cuts a threat to Zimbabwe investments'
ZESA'S audit and risk management committee chairperson, Tichaona Timire, has said the ongoing power cuts are a threat to investment in the country and bemoaned the shortage of foreign currency, which ...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbura, co-accused not fit for trial, claims Prof Madhuku
The trial of jailed RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura and his six co-accused on charges of attempting to escape from prison yesterday hit a snag after their lawyer indicate...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Is Mnangagwa a sellout?
As expected varakashi Completely miss Julius Malema's point regarding the so called compensation of white farmers (what else can you expect from bootlickers).To put it simple this is is Malema...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 14:33hrs | | by Tichaona Nzekete
Date set for Gumbura jailbreak case ruling
A Harare magistrate is on April 10 expected to make a ruling on the application for discharge at the close of the State case by jailed RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura and...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu to appear before Bulawayo court
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu, is set to testify before a Bulawayo magistrate in a case in which he stands accused of inciting a Ntabazinduna villager to defy directives from Chief ...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prison officer up for public violence
A 29-YEAR-OLD prison guard based at Whawha Security Prison in Gweru appeared in court last week facing a public violence charge after he allegedly took part in last month's violent protests against fu...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Youth League rallies behind Mnangagwa
The Zanu-PF Youth League yesterday reaffirmed its full support for President Mnangagwa's efforts at turning around the economy and urged the nation to be united, peaceful and focused. The leag...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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