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WATCH: Shock as soldiers engage in hair raising fight with Islamic terrorists
A shocking videos of Islamic terrorists fighting with Mozambican soldiers has gone viral on the internet. In the video, the national soldiers ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 4751 | by Mandla Ndlovu
We need a transitional government: CSO
Pressure Group Ibhetshu Lika Zulu has called for a Transitional government as the economy is sinking at a very fast rate.The pressure group se...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 09:08hrs | 2089 | by Stephen Jakes
BCC closes roads to under take sewer rehabilitation
BULAWAYO Water and Sewerage Services Improvement Projects (BWSSIP) declared road closure on Thursday in some parts of the city to avoid disturbance as...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:07hrs | 409 | by Stephen Jakes
Chihuri dossier exposes govt rot
EXILED former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has exposed how serving and former top government officials and service chiefs allegedly u...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 4258 | by Staff reporter
'Grace Mugabe heckler turning in his grave'
THE late former Zanu-PF Bulawayo youth leader Magura Charumbira, one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's staunchy supporters at the height of the ruling...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:49hrs | 4810 | by Staff reporter
Anxiety as schools open for June exams
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is reportedly ill-equipped to smoothly run the June examinations as the Education ministry has not deployed ...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1048 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar continues to tumble
A forex dealer brandishes wads of $2 and $5 notes in Harare. The Zimdollar has continued losing value against stronger currencies like the rand and th...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:46hrs | 4232 | by Staff reporter
Food aid for Mabuthweni and Emakhandeni residents
THE Minister of State for Bulawayo Provincial Affairs, Judith Ncube, has urged residents in the city to unite and assist each other during the difficu...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:30hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water problems littered with superstition and politics: Bajila
MDC Alliance activist Descent Bajila has bemoaned that the saddest issue about the Bulawayo Water Problem is that it is littered with too much superst...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:42hrs | 2560 | by Stephen Jakes
Shops ignore official exchange rate
RETAIL shops in Bulawayo yesterday continued trading using the parallel market exchange rate of US$1:$90, ignoring the new US$1:$57 rate announced by ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:33hrs | 1536 | by Staff reporter
BVTA proposes residents and stakeholders Indaba over water problems
Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association Director Micheal Ndiweni has proposed an Indaba to be conducted by the residents, stakeholders and the ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 12:50hrs | 360 | by Stephen Jakes
RBZ chief clarifies local currency
FARMERS, gold miners and other producers who have been crying foul over the 1:25 fixed interbank exchange rate have something to smile about as the Re...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:07hrs | 4470 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube tours Beitbridge Border post
Beitbridge Border Post was described as a very important Border Post that requires Government support.This was revealed by the Minister of Fin...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 21:09hrs | 2337 | by Staff reporter
Komichi spied against Chamisa
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T party chairman Morgen Komichi yesterday unwittingly exposed that he was a spy who worked to destabilise and undermine MD...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:38hrs | 7836 | by Staff reporter
Biti tells Mthuli Ncube to resign
MDC top politician, Tendai Biti says Mthuli Ncube should apologise to Zimbabweans and gracefully resign as Finance Minister after almost single-handed...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:37hrs | 4848 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo's Gwanda solar project ready to roll
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Wicknell Chivayo owned-Intratrek says it is awaiting the finalisation of the financial closure phase of the 100 megawatt Gwa...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:37hrs | 1731 | by Staff reporter
We await Health minister Obadiah Moyo's charge sheet
THE Zimbabwe AntiCorruption Commission (Zacc) has arrested Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo over undisclosed charges.Moyo, popularl...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
Weak ZCTU plots rolling protests
WORKERS' umbrella body, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) yesterday compounded President Emmerson Mnangagwa's woes by threatening countrywi...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 1560 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest striking nurses
POLICE yesterday arrested health and general workers at Victoria Chitepo Hospital in Mutare as nurses and some doctors deserted major hospitals across...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 2000 | by Staff reporter
Umguza Zanu-PF members in land scam
ZANU-PF land barons are allegedly parcelling out land to party supporters illegally at Insuza, Umguza district for R5 000 for a plot.MDC Insuz...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:33hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's quarantined returnees drinking sanitisers
Some returnees in quarantine facilities are taking serious risks by drinking liquid sanitisers as a way of mitigating boredom associated with overstay...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Men in the dock for stealing property worth $75 000
TWO men from Bulawayo allegedly broke into a house in the city centre and stole property worth $75 000.Witness Banda (33) and Tumelo Sizinda (...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 12:38hrs | 1363 | by Stephen Jakes
Court bars June exams
Government has been barred from conducting the June examinations unless World Health Organisation guidelines that restrain the spread of coronavirus a...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:32hrs | 7585 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces sterner test
EMBATTLED President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing his sternest economic test since assuming power in 2017 as the crash of the Zimbabwean dollar pushes ...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 9734 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's economic collapse govt's own doing
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's claims that the deepening economic crisis is the work of his political detractors and greedy businesspeople reflect the...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1602 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe instability blights Common monetary Area prospects
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti says Zimbabwe's economic crisis, characterised by currency volatility, 785% inflation, a gargantuan debt stock est...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Public hearings to proceed: High Court
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Nokuthula Moyo yesterday dismissed the urgent chamber application filed by Habakkuk Trust seeking an interdict barri...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:09hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Zupco accused of dumping tap cards
ZIMBABWE United Passengers Company (Zupco) has been accused of dumping clients who purchased its tap cards, with conductors reportedly demanding cash ...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
Families sleep in water lines as drought grips Bulawayo
TWICE a week, Nothi Mlalazi joins a long line with dozens of other people - some of whom have slept there overnight - and stands for hours waiting for...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:15hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Minister Matema's Call for Payment of School Fees for Second Term is an Act of Provocation
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe President Takavafira Zhou has said schools have remained closed for second term because of covid 19, and prospe...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 13:30hrs | 1415 | by Stephen Jakes
'Test all who go to public health institution for Covid 19'
THE Bulawayo Christian based civic organisation, Habakkuk Trust has appealed to the Inter-ministerial National Covid 19 Taskforce chaired by Vice Pres...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 13:29hrs | 217 | by Stephen Jakes
'Crooked' Mayor to rent 2.5 hectare council land for US$2 per month for 25 years
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mdala Mguni has torched a storm after the local authority offered him to rent a 2,5 hectare council plot for a paltry $165 (US$...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:41hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe start-up ventures into cigar project
A Zimbabwean start-up says it has set its sights on becoming one of the top cigar producers in Africa by empowering women through job creation in the ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:10hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Covidgate scandal explodes in Zimbabwe
A controversial businessman with alleged links to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's family was given government contracts worth US$42 million to buy mate...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:10hrs | 1527 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe forex woes set to deepen, researchers warn
Zimbabwe's foreign currency shortages are set to worsen due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic that has reduced exports and slowed down remittanc...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:10hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
2265 metres of storm-water drain cleaned
Bulawayo City Council says it has cleared a total of 2265 metres of drain that had been declared cleared by in-house teams during the period."...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 1759 | by Stephen Jakes
Deferred rentals a relief for the informal sector but...
THE move by the government to defer rentals has come as a relief for the informal sector which was finding it difficult to source income during the on...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:14hrs | 1312 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe national herd drops
ZIMBABWE'S national herd dropped by 5,7% to 5,4 million cattle last year due to drought among other challenges, a government report has said.I...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Council under pressure to cancel Egodini Mall contract
BULAWAYO residents and councillors have called for the termination of Egodini Mall contract awarded to South African developer Terracotta (Private) Li...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1527 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance coffers dry up
Salfina Trust chairperson Angeline Mawere Chabata poses for a picture with beneficiaries after donating foodstuffs in Emakhandeni, BulawayoTHE...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1268 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents make panicky calls
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is recording an average of 100 calls per week from panicky residents suspecting COVID-19 infection, a latest council repor...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:58hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
Gweru mayor threatens workers
GWERU Mayor Councillor Josiah Makombe has warned that heads will roll at the local authority following the release of the forensic land audit report b...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:22hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Bread price skyrockets
BAKERS have once again increased the price of bread, arguing that costs to buy the main ingredient, flour, were constantly rising.The price of...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:22hrs | 2051 | by Staff reporter
Vendors brace for legal battle with council
INFORMAL vendors who operate in Bulawayo's Central Business District (CBD) have engaged the services of lawyers, resisting their relocation to new sit...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:22hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Water shedding extended to CBD
THE Bulawayo City Council will extend water rationing to industrial areas and the Central Business District (CBD) as council continues to battle one o...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:21hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Fake power of attorney lands prominent city lawyer in soup
BULAWAYO lawyer Dumisani Dube who on Friday was arrested for defeating the course of justice by allegedly producing a fake power of attorney yesterday...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:21hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Cricket scraps scholarship programme
TALENTED cricketers from across the country have benefited from the Zimbabwe Cricket scholarship programme, with their school fees paid at schools wit...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:21hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Universities reopen under strict guidelines
SOME of the country's institutions of higher learning will start opening doors for students in their final semesters tomorrow, while the National Univ...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:20hrs | 776 | by Staff reporter
Kuda Mahachi in fight to prove worth
Despite coach Kaitano Tembo being his Zimbabwean compatriot, Kudakwashe Mahachi does not use this as something which would walk him straight into the ...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:20hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
War vets urged to focus on unity
LIBERATION war hero, Boniface Mlungisi Mabhena (63), who died on Thursday last week due to ill health was yesterday buried at the Bulawayo Provincial ...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
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