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Zacc quiz mayor, BCC bosses - Town Clerk refuses to comment
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has quizzed Bulawayo City Council managers and the Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni as it probes alleged ...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:16hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Boy, 9, accidentally hangs self
A nine-year-old boy from Lobengula West suburb in Bulawayo accidentally hanged himself with a rope tied to a mango tree which they were using as a swi...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 21:10hrs | 2362 | by Staff reporter
Engutsheni Hospital accused of employing labourers from outside Bulawayo
ENGUTSHENI hospital has come under a storm for allegedly employing people from outside Bulawayo to do general hand work at the institution while sever...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 13:05hrs | 5704 | by Stephen Jakes
Kapini shown exit door at Highlands Park
FORMER Warriors goalkeeper Tapuwa Kapini has expressed his shock and disappointment at being unceremoniously offloaded by Absa Premiership side Highla...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 may become a seasonal virus
COVID-19 may eventually become a seasonal illness like the flu, but only when the population achieves herd immunity, meaning a sufficient number of pe...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council admits pumping bacteria-infected water
BULAWAYO City Council has admitted that residents could be receiving bacteria infected water, but said this was not life-threatening.This came...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:37hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors frets over recurrent sewer pipe bursts
BULAWAYO councillors have appealed for central government intervention into the recurrent sewer pipe bursts which have been blamed on lack of adequate...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:22hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo rules out taping into CBD aquifer
BULAWAYO City Council has ruled out chances of drawing water from an aquifer underneath the central business district (CBD) citing technicalities as t...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:56hrs | 839 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo power outage: Woman electrocuted while relieving self
A WOMAN who was electrocuted while relieving herself at a Zesa sub-station in Bulawayo City Centre on Thursday afternoon has been identified as Ms Sam...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:52hrs | 1841 | by Staff Reporter
BCC finally awards parking management system tender
THE Bulawayo City Council has finally awarded the contentious parking management system tender which has taken over 10 years since it was first mooted...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:50hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi: MPs insist on truth-telling
OPPOSITION legislators have urged government to allow for truth-telling as a conflict resolution mechanism to address the emotive Gukurahundi issue. ...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:33hrs | 1795 | by Staff reporter
Man stumbles on used condoms in wife's car
IT'S the kind of thing that people think only happens in movies that deal with the subject of infidelity.But unfortunately for a Bulawayo man,...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | 15640 | by Staff reporter
MDC-A member raps Govt over failure to address gender needs during lockdown
Bulawayo MDC Alliance proportional Representative member, Jasemine Tofa this week castigated the government for failing to have a functional Social se...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 08:19hrs | 679 | by Stephen Jakes
Price stability to force inflation down
The growing price and exchange rate stability following the introduction in June of the forex auction, coupled with a cocktail of measures by the Rese...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:27hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
New minister flexes muscle at Zesa
Newly-appointed Energy Minister Soda Zhemu has flexed his muscles by appointing Benson Munyaradzi as the acting CEO to replace Eliab Chikwenhere, who ...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:39hrs | 6457 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe coup announcer emerges front-runner in Zanu-PF succession race
FOREIGN Minister Sibusiso Moyo has emerged as a centre of power in government and the ruling Zanu-PF party, and now fancies his chances of becoming Zi...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:36hrs | 15440 | by newzimbabwe
'Rumours destroying Zanu-PF'
THE ruling Zanu-PF has blamed rumour mongers within the party for fuelling disunity and fanning factionalism ahead of the 2023 polls.Addressin...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:34hrs | 2618 | by Staff reporter
Schoolboy (17) 'commits suicide'
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy from Nkayi in Matabeleland North allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Mafela Primary School in Bulawayo's N...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 00:04hrs | 3119 | by Staff Reporter
Water crisis puts residents' health at risk in Bulawayo
"YOU'LL get water when it's available," Bulawayo City Council officials loosely told residents recently after struggling to stick to the six-day water...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 23:59hrs | 1807 | by Staff Reporter
Kamambo's trial in false start
ZIMBABWE Football Association (Zifa) boss Felton Kamambo's trial, where he is accused of vote buying, failed to take off after it was postponed to Sep...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:10hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
PSL boss continue his freedom bid
Premier Soccer League (PSL) boss Farai Jere continued with his freedom bid yesterday where he accused complainants in his case of trying to elbow him ...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:09hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Zimstat on door-to-door enumeration exercise
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) is carrying out a nationwide door-to-door enumeration exercise as it prepares for a Covid-19 Epidemi...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:08hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
'Corruption under Mnangagwa frightening'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's co-advisers Trevor Ncube has described corruption in government corridors of having reached "frightening" levels....Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:07hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
Sadc still epicentre of HIV epidemic
ZIMBABWE still accounts for many HIV infections in the Sadc region amid reports that 42 percent of sex workers and 28 percent of prisoners are positiv...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:07hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Businesses warned for flouting forex auction rate
GOVERNMENT has condemned the practice by some businesses to charge people paying in local currency using rates that are above the foreign currency auc...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:07hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's dialogue door wide open
THE door for dialogue among Zimbabweans under the leadership of President Mnangagwa remains wide open but political parties, churches and civic societ...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:06hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions, corruption twin evils'
ILLEGAL sanctions imposed on the country by some Western nations are fuelling corruption as they have incapacitated both Government and the private se...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:05hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
'Don't panic over power cuts'
Wheat farmers have been urged not to panic over the current power disruptions as the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement is w...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 06:47hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Church told to 'pray for leadership and peace'
CHURCHES should pray for peace and the country's leadership for development to take place, the national coordinator of local bishops Reverend Albert M...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 06:47hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa praises young philanthropists
Zimbabwe needs patriotic and determined young people who step in during difficult times to assist the country, President Mnangagwa has said. He made t...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 06:46hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's adviser held hostage by Zanu-PF youths
SUSPECTED Zanu-PF youths Tuesday briefly held hostage President Emmerson Mnangagwa's co-adviser Shingi Munyeza at the Media Centre in Harare where he ...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 06:46hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ring-fences chairpersons' posts
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has barred party youths from contesting for provincial chairpersons' posts, a decision likely to create more rifts as youths ...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1726 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa's veterans were booked into brothel by Zanu-PF
FORMER ZIPRA cadres who were part of a war veterans team from both ZIPRA and ZANLA who plotted the downfall of former President Robert Mugabe, were ej...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:18hrs | 3462 | by newzimbabwe
'Sadc praise of Mnangagwa ill-advised'
SOUTHERN Africa Trade Unions Co-ordination Council (SATUCC) president Losi Zingiswa has questioned Sadc leaders' decision to give President Emmerson M...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:18hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC bemoans govt interference in local governance
THE opposition MDC Alliance has reacted angrily to the directive that government officials should attend council meetings, describing it as gross inte...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:17hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Caps Utd boss in smart meter tender scam
CAPS United boss and businessman Farai Jere appeared before a Harare magistrate on Saturday charged with fraudulently securing a US$3 566 878 electric...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:17hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pledges IDs for Gukurahundi genocide victims
GOVERNMENT has committed itself to immediately roll out a process of issuing identity documents to victims of Gukurahundi who were rendered stateless ...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:16hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Umguza machete gang members arrested
FOUR of a six-member machete gang which allegedly disarmed and killed a security guard at Arda Balu Estate in Umguza on Thursday last week have been a...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1645 | by Staff reporter
Bring back freedom trains, says Minister
CALLS for the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to resume passenger services continue to grow louder with Bulawayo Provincial Affairs minister Judit...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:14hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
Groups protest Ndebele 'insults' by govt
SOME civic groups in Matabeleland have written a lengthy letter pleading with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to stop insulting Ndebeles as ...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:13hrs | 1588 | by newzimbabwe
Ramaphosa's ANC deeply implicated in corruption
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has launched a scathing attack on corruption by some members of the governing African National Congress....Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 18:35hrs | 692 | by BBC
Bulawayo records 29th Covid-19 death
BULAWAYO has recorded another death from Covid-19, bringing the number of deaths from the pandemic in the city to 29.According to statistics f...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 08:55hrs | 592 | by Staff Reporrter
Mnangagwa to solve Bulawayo water crisis
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has reaffirmed his administration's commitment to solve water problems bedeviling Bulawayo, further directing that a three-phased ...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 08:46hrs | 2117 | by Staff Reporter
Zimra demands taxes in forex
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says a new law will shortly be introduced compelling companies transacting in United States dollars to receipt ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:50hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya goads firms to liquidate forex earnings
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya (pictured) has threatened to blacklist firms which do not liquidate their foreign currency on th...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:49hrs | 1390 | by Staff reporter
Major shake-up looms at Delta Beverages
A MAJOR management transition is underway at listed Delta Corporation, with chief executive Pearson Gowero set to leave as the beverages manufacturer ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:49hrs | 2017 | by Staff reporter
SA's justice department silent on Grace Mugabe extradition request
The National Prosecuting Authority took steps more than a year ago to have former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe extradited to SA for the alleged ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:48hrs | 823 | by Staff reporter
Mahere blames Zanu-PF mischief for Chamisa, Biti 'tweets'
MDC Alliance spokesperson, Fadzai Mahere has accused unnamed Zanu-PF loyalists of performing some mischief around party leader Nelson Chamisa and his ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:47hrs | 2675 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi in mid-air chopper scare
A MILITARY helicopter carrying Vice-President Kembo Mohadi was yesterday forced to abort landing at the Josiah Tungamirai Airbase, formerly Thornhill ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:47hrs | 4740 | by Staff reporter
Tempers flare at Khupe party meeting
A FIST fight nearly broke out at the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T's standing committee meeting on Wednesday after two senior officials clashed over manag...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:46hrs | 6444 | by Staff reporter
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