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Court orders appointment of mental health board
The Bulawayo High Court has ordered President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga to urgently appoint a special mental health board and tribunal respectively for Mlondolozi Mental ...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Zupco employee arrested for theft
A Bulawayo based Zupco company employee has been arrested for stealing $3 240 from his employer while two men lost over US$20 000 cash and R181 500 to criminals in separate incidents in Bulawayo and M...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Top prosecutors in plot to 'fix' lawyer
TWO chief public prosecutors - Rosa Takuva and Justin Uladi - could face a criminal probe after an alleged clandestine manoeuvre to "destroy" Harare lawyer Admire Rubaya was unmasked.A WhatsAp...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:15hrs | 1876 | by Staff reporter
Sex for debt landed me in jail
A man from Binga is languishing in prison after he was convicted on rape charges that he claims were manufactured by a neighbour who had failed to pay his debt on time.Sanele Ncube (46), who i...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | 2007 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Prison cell at Khami Prison should be a national heritage site
WHILE there is a clarion call to refurbish and transform liberation icon and founder of the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) Cde Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo's house in Bulawayo's Makokoba suburb ...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Another lie exposed in Mnangagwa biography?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's biography by his newfound ally, Eddie Cross, has yet another major distortion which borders on lies on what happened after the former vice-president had been fired by hi...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:54hrs | 2889 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's heroics myth explodes after 56 years
THE now hackneyed phrase that "the first casualty of war is truth" has been attributed to many prominent people – from the father of Greek tragedy Aeschylus to United States senator Hiram Warren Joh...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:28hrs | 1551 | by Staff reporter
Man carjacked and stuffed in boot of his car
A man in Bulawayo was on Tuesday night carjacked by three armed robbers who stuffed him into the boot of his car, after dropping off a woman along old Khami Road. The robbery happened at around 8.30PM...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 18:32hrs | 1375 | by Staff reporter
65 major Bulawayo roads under rehab
A TOTAL of 65 major roads across Bulawayo are being rehabilitated under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme Phase Two (ERRP2) at an approximate cost of $625 million. The US$400 million...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:09hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
ZRP warns hit and run drivers
Zimbabwe Republic Police has warned motorists to desist from fleeing scenes of traffic accidents after being involved in accidents. This follows a spate of hit and runs that have been reported a...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 10:14hrs | 1022 | by Staff reporter
4 killed in hit and run accidents
Drivers who fail to stop after being involved in traffic accidents face arrest and serious criminal charges, police have warned as they cope with four men killed in the past few days countrywide, afte...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:25hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo roads benefit from Mnangagwa programme
THERE is significant progress on some of Bulawayo's major feeder roads, which are being rehabilitated under the ongoing Government-funded US$400 million Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:11hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Ex-army captain slaps businessman with US$20m lawsuit
A FORMER captain in the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Solomon Ndlovu, has slapped businessman Osfael Mazibuko and his manager with a US$20 million lawsuit over malicious prosecution.Ndlovu, wh...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | 1316 | by Staff reporter
Govt avails $19 million for road fund in Bulawayo
THE Government has availed an initial $19 million under the Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) in Bulawayo as the facility gathers pace in the city.The $19 million is part of the ...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:58hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Police launch blitz on pirate kombis, taxis
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a crackdown on pirate kombis and taxis commonly known as mshikashikas as the law enforcement agents continue to intensify the fight against violators of lockdown measu...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:22hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for possession of murder victim's cellphone
A BULAWAYO man has been arrested after he was found in possession of a cellphone which belonged to a murder victim.Police, in a statement on Twitter said the man is suspected to have bought th...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 16:29hrs | 1849 | by Staff reporter
Why Bulawayo service delivery is collapsing
LONG-TOUTED as the best-run local authority in the country, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is failing to offer efficient services as seen by collapsing water and sewer infrastructure, failureto f...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:33hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Traffic cop crushed to death by Zupco bus
A TRAFFIC police officer who was yesterday crushed to death by a Zupco bus in Bulawayo along City-Khami Road, has been identified as Constable Parity Makaitei Karimazondo.Const Karimazondo was...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 13:42hrs | 2829 | by Staff reporter
Female traffic cop crushed to death at a Bulawayo roadblock
A FEMALE Bulawayo traffic police officer died Thursday morning in a horrific accident after a Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) bus hit her along Khami road where cops were manning a road bloc...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 15:07hrs | 1918 | by Staff reporter
BCC fills up death pits
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has allocated US$200 000 to rehabilitate open pits which were left open over the years during infrastructural construction and those dug by sand poachers harming the enviro...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 13:39hrs | 1434 | by Staff Reporter
Byo makes emergency roads rehabilitation inroads
Roadworks in Bulawayo under the Government-funded US$400 million Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) recently launched by President Mnangagwa, have gathered pace with significant progres...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 09:41hrs | 1218 | by Staff Reporter
$2bn for roads rehabilitation
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has disbursed more than $2 billion to road authorities for the national emergency road rehabilitation programme.The disbursements were made b...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:19hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
ZRP warns 'hit and run' accident drivers
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has expressed concern over a recorded increase in hit-and-run accidents countrywide.In a statement, police reiterated that drivers should stop after being involved...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 19:47hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Hanging Tree evokes Mnangagwa death escape
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday reflected on the brutality of the settler regime, which punished sons and daughters of the land seeking freedom with all forms of cruelty including hanging, a sentence he...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:08hrs | 2144 | by Staff reporter
BCC writes to Mnangagwa's govt over street name changes
THE Bulawayo City Council is waiting for Government approval on their own individual street name changes after the High Court ruled that they cannot adhere to the names that were effected through a St...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:39hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
As Rhodes falls Nehanda arises
WHILE Zimbabweans bemoan the little money spent to remember a mother of our liberation, the Black Lives Matter Movement engulfs the globe after the massacre of George Floyd. Resultantly, statues and m...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:39hrs | 275 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Prison officer fined for culpable homicide
A BULAWAYO based prison officer has been ordered to pay a $10 000 fine after he ran over and killed a 79-year-old man from Gwanda.Bekithemba Ndlovu (41) of Khami Prison Complex was convicted o...Published: 25 May 2021 at 17:31hrs | 1120 | by Staff reporter
A call for the condemnation of the violation of the human rights of prisoners by the Zimbabwe regime
Greetings to all! A few days ago, members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) were released on bail from incarceration at Zimbabwe's notorious Khami and Mlondolozi prisons. No sooner had the...Published: 18 May 2021 at 15:20hrs | 789 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza - MLF President
Moyo fears for his life
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) leader Mqondisi Moyo says state-sponsored persecution has inspired him to cause government sleepless nights as he described President Emmerson Mnangagwa as worse than th...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:15hrs | 2480 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele Mayor is dismally failing Bulawayo: Why is the Bulawayo Residence Association mum about BCC discrepancies?
Without the former deputy mayor of Bulawayo Tinashe Karambani, the senior executives in the City Council are failing to eradicate corruption in the city. The BCC is once again in the headlines today f...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 19:35hrs | 2005 | by Nomazulu Thata
BCC bosses divert 3 000 litres diesel
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) senior executives allegedly helped themselves to 3 000 litres of diesel originally allocated for refuse collection, road maintenance and other crucial services, it has emer...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1804 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi 9 finally freed on bail
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Evangelista Kabasa on Wednesday granted bail to nine Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists who had spent several weeks at Khami Remand Prison facing public violenc...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1175 | by Staff reporter
Killer potholes in Bulawayo
MOTORISTS in Bulawayo have called for urgent action on pothole-riddled roads that continue to cause fatal accidents in the city. Motorists approaching potholes are sometimes forced to swerve i...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 06:32hrs | 1496 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo identifies roads for Govt funded repairs
A total of 43 roads in Bulawayo have been identified to be rehabilitated under the Government's Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) at a cost of $872 million.Early this month, Pres...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Police block Mthwakazi demo
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday blocked an anti-government demonstration organised by the secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP).The MRP wanted to take to the streets to protest the persecut...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:12hrs | 1215 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi vows to proceed with Independence Day protest
FIREBRAND pro-Matabeleland opposition, Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has vowed to go ahead with planned protests in Bulawayo Sunday over alleged inequalities that have not gone in the region's favour...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:59hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Prisoners freed under Presidential Amnesty
SCORES of prisoners who qualified for release under the Presidential Amnesty on Tuesday were freed from various prisons yesterday afternoon. Government gazetted the legal instrument that saw s...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:12hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares war on potholes
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said he is pained by the potholes on the country's "once great highways" while committing $33,6 billion towards the rehabilitation of 10 000kms of the country's roads. ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:34hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo rolls out COVID-19 vaccination awareness campaign
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) in collaboration with the Health and Child Care ministry has launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign in an effort to increase uptake of the inoculation programme.T...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers in daylight raid
A GANG of armed robbers yesterday stormed wholesale outlet, Bulk Cash and Carry, located on Basch Street and Khami Road in Bulawayo, and viciously assaulted staff and customers before getting away wit...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:15hrs | 982 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi to stage massive demo outside Zimbabwe Embassy in Pretoria
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) is planning to stage a demonstration outside the Zimbabwe Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa over what it describes as "untold" injustices perpetrated by the Zanu-PF led ...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 11:42hrs | 1800 | by Staff reporter
75% of Bulawayo roads in bad state
AT least 75 percent of Bulawayo's road network has outlived its lifespan, with council revealing that the funds they received from the Zimbabwe National Road Authority (Zinara) was a mere drop in the ...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:45hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Prisoners to attend funerals, weddings
PRISONERS may be temporarily released to attend funerals, weddings and other important family functions provided they apply and get permission from the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Aff...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:31hrs | 2078 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni fumes over mountain
DETHRONED chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni says efforts are being made to have the sacred Ntabazinduna mountain declared a World Heritage Site.The area is at the centre of a wrangle betwee...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:20hrs | 1507 | by Staff reporter
Investigation into illegal quarry mine at Khami Ruins
AN investigation has been instituted to establish the circumstances surrounding the granting of a licence to a construction company that is setting up structures to mine quarry in Khami national monum...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Wanted Mthwakazi President won't surrender to 'murderers'
DEFIANT Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) leader Mqondisi Moyo has vowed he will not hand himself over to the police, insisting state security agents were ‘murderers' plotting to assassinate him....Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 06:43hrs | 1689 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni seeks international protection for Ntabazinduna Mountain
DEPOSED Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni says efforts are being made to declare the sacred Ntabazinduna mountain a World Heritage Site.The mountain is at the centre of a wrang...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 20:39hrs | 1934 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi: Tale of a brave man knocked down by ruinous sex
LIKE many of his contemporaries, Kembo Dugishi Campbell Mohadi - who hails from Mtetengwe area 40 kilometres west of Beitbridge border town along the Bulawayo highway - belongs to a generation which w...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:03hrs | 1893 | by Staff reporter
Ex-army captain challenges dismissal
A FORMER captain in the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Solomon Ndlovu, is seeking reinstatement after he successfully appealed his six-year jail term for theft of a motor vehicle, at the High Court in ...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:19hrs | 2502 | by Staff reporter
Meet Khami's longest serving inmate
HE was condemned at birth to a life of hardship after being christened Mhlupheki, which is Ndebele for "the one who struggles". True to his name, Mhlupheki Ngwenya (47) has suffered, living a ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:29hrs | 2412 | by Staff reporter
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