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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 | 2433 | 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 | 2148 | by Staff reporter
Habitual thief rearrested
Police have rearrested a habitual car thief on allegations of breaking into a parked vehicle in Bulawayo and stealing a cellphone, just a few days after he was released from prison. The latest...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Dreaming of Zimbabwe: Stories from the diaspora
NEARLY 24 years ago, Lance Guma came face to face with a gun. A man had followed him out of the main post office in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, before attempting to provoke him into an argument. L...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:45hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
BCC exhausts US$33 million AfDB allocation
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it has exhausted the US$33 million received from the African Development Bank (AfDB) on various projects, forcing the contractor working on the Epping Forest water...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:42hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna must be declared a national hero
Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu of Filabusi who died this Saturday morning at the age of 86 should be declared a national hero, for his role in fighting the colonial Rhodesian government and principled stance ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:54hrs | 2466 | by Staff reporter
Judge overturns soldier's 15-year rape sentence
THE High Court has overturned the conviction and sentence of a soldier who was serving 15 years in jail for allegedly raping a sex worker and robbing her of $180 as well as her cellphone. Nkos...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 1187 | by Staff reporter
'Water woes man-made'
A TRIP around the eastern suburbs in Bulawayo leaves one wondering if people still depend on council water.Almost every house has a water tank and at the gate it is inscribed boldly that "bore...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 18:29hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Floods alert as rivers rise
TSHOLOTSHO District is on high alert for floods as water levels in the Gwayi and Khami rivers are rising at an alarming speed. With the Meteorological Services Department predicting more rains...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:13hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo roads now untrafficable
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has budgeted almost ZW$300 million for the rehabilitation of local roads this year as the heavy rains have worsened the city's dilapidated road network. Most Bulawayo r...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1082 | by Staff reporter
Zupco shuns bad road routes
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has abandoned some routes in Bulawayo due to bad roads. Bulawayo's road network is in a terrible state and this has been worsened by the incessant rains t...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:52hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Madlela takes axe to Khami Prison
Mothusi Bashimane Ndlovu popularly known by his stage moniker 'Madlela Skhobokhobo' has challenged the Bulawayo business community to partner the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service in different...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:51hrs | 1962 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains collapse city road network
BULAWAYO'S road network has collapsed following heavy rains that are being experienced in the city and elsewhere across the country and council needs approximately US$500 million to fix them. ...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:07hrs | 1823 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam project misses target
THE long-awaited Gwayi-Shangani Dam project, which is believed to be the panacea to Bulawayo's water problems, has once again missed its 2021 completion target amid claims that lack of financial resou...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1843 | by Staff reporter
State of Bulawayo roads worry human rights group, BCC petitioned
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has expressed concern over the state of roads in Bulawayo which are littered with potholes.This has prompted the civic society group to petit...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:50hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo water crisis man-made'
A local water expert has said with proper management systems in place, Bulawayo could have easily averted the water crisis bedevilling the city.Bulawayo is going through one of the worst water...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:44hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo shelves water shedding
THE Bulawayo City Council will this week temporarily shelve its excruciating water shedding programme to allow residents to enjoy the festive holiday.The city has been failing to supply adequa...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:44hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa donates to prisons
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has donated 1 000 litres of hand sanitiser and 500 masks to Khami and Bulawayo Prisons to help curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic at the two prisons. The two prisons ...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 05:42hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Whoever poisoned the late Bulawayo Town Clerk Middleton Nyoni, poisoned the whole of Bulawayo
I cannot prove that the former Town Cleck Middleton Nyoni was poisoned. I rely mostly on news in the social media. His death was suspicious though: I could not comprehend how he would have succumbed t...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 22:55hrs | 4658 | by Nomazulu Thata
No man's land Mnangagwa plaque set to attract tourists
THE tourism industry in Victoria Falls is planning to erect a plaque in honour of President Mnangagwa at the Zambezi bridge's "No man's land" between Zimbabwe and Zambia border for tourist attraction ...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:06hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water woes to continue
BULAWAYO'S water woes appear to be far from over with revelations that the city's supply dams got just above two percent inflows despite the recent rains experienced in the region.This comes a...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:57hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Khami Prison now exam centre
ZIMBABWE Prisons And Correctional Service, Bulawayo Metropolitan Province turned Khami Maximum Prison into an examination centre meant to benefit inmates advancing themselves academically while servin...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:23hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Harare Central Prison
A DIARRHOEA outbreak has hit Harare Central Prison, which houses an estimated 100 inmates at a time holding cells have no running water. Clean water has reportedly been scarce at the prison, a...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:08hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jail cell number 841/66 clothing brand launched
Artiste, Fani Pangidzwa, also known as the Troublesome Poet, has led the way in supporting the role played by President Mnangagwa in leading the nation to economic success since his liberation struggl...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:26hrs | 6277 | by Staff reporter
From Njube to Surrey-Kwangwa's story
GROWING up in Bulawayo's Njube suburb, Zimbabwe netball team captain Felisitus Kwangwa never really liked sport.If anything, she was forced to play netball by the teachers while she was in Gra...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:49hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
More buses arrive from China
FIFTY more Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) buses imported from China have arrived in the country as part of Government's efforts to restore sanity in the public transport sector and provide ...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:44hrs | 2488 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 2 528 Nust graduates
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday capped 2 528 graduates at the University of Science and Technology (nust) where he launched the US$2 000 Chancellor's prize to be given to outstanding science, technology...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:07hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo urban train returns
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) will on Monday resume urban commuter train services in Bulawayo with residents paying $16 per trip. According to the parastatal, the CityCowdray Park ro...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 05:53hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
King Mzilikazi's Commemoration 2020
The Covid 19 pandemic protocols made it impossible for formal annual first week of September celebratory gatherings and festivities to take place at the Royal Palace, Emhlahlandlela in the Matop...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 09:10hrs | 865 | by Prince Zwide Peter Khumalo
Mnangagwa promises funds for Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised to release funds for Bulawayo to address its perennial water challenges.According to the latest Bulawayo City Council minutes, Mnangagwa wants an end ...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 20:10hrs | 2338 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe about to split into two states yet Mnangagwa says there is no crisis
It seems the move by the ANC to send special envoys to Zimbabwe to meet all stakeholders has struck fear into the hearts of Zanupf leaders. The former liberation movement has made so many political bl...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 15:16hrs | 4157 | by Israel Dube
No water for all Bulawayo suburbs
FOR the first time in many years, all suburbs in Bulawayo will at the same time go without tapped water until further notice, a situation that will compound water woes among the city's nearly one mill...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:31hrs | 1241 | by Staff reporter
'Khami Dam sewage water good for drinking'
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has said tests have certified that Khami Dam water meets acceptable standards for drinking and is also considering a new aquifer which can supply the city with about 40 meg...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:26hrs | 738 | 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 shedding schedule put in place to manage the dwin...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 23:59hrs | 1857 | by Staff Reporter
Judge recuses self
BULAWAYO High Court judge Thompson Mabhikwa has recused himself from the matter involving Harare lawyer Admire Rubaya and eight others involving gold theft following allegations raised against his con...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 15:26hrs | 1508 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy finally being 'rigged'
Nelson Chamisa and his MDC-Alliance lost the election in the July 2018 elections of the post-Mugabe era.Reacting to this loss, he cockily pronounced that it was of no consequence.His a...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 11:10hrs | 817 | by Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa
No budget for Khami sewage water purification, says BCC
BULAWAYO City Council has said its dry coffers cannot sustain a budget of US$28 million needed for Khami water purification, but insisted that the project remains oneof its options to improve the ...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 07:27hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer pushes for judge's arrest
PROMINENT Harare lawyer Admire Rubaya has filed a criminal complaint against Bulawayo High Court judge Thompson Mabhikwa for allegedly abusing public office after he ordered his "unjustified" 10-day i...Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 15:58hrs | 4635 | by Staff reporter
BCC rolls out e-learning facilities at schools
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has started rolling out e-learning facilities at its schools as learning institutions remain closed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.E-learning is seen as the o...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 07:08hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
'Unboiled borehole water not suitable for drinking'
Bulawayo residents should not drink borehole water without boiling it as it is susceptible to contamination from burst sewers and soil bacteria. Most Bulawayo residents now depend on borehole ...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 06:45hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's Covid-19 hotspot suburbs revealed
FOUR high-density suburbs have been singled out the hotspots of the Covid-19 pandemic in Bulawayo, with authorities hinting that considerations were being put in place to introduce stiffer lockdown me...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:58hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter
Council insists on sewage contaminated Khami water
As debate on the use of Khami Dam water to ease water shortages in Bulawayo continues, the local authority has insisted there is no need for panic as the water posed no health riskto residents contrar...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 09:25hrs | 1064 | by Staff reporter
City of Bulawayo, Mnangagwa govt headed for clash over renaming of roads
The government was on a collision course with the City of Bulawayo on Friday after the Local Government Ministry gazetted new names for some of its roads.The ministry, headed by July Moyo, ren...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 21:33hrs | 4610 | by Staff reporter
BCC insists on sewage contaminated Khami water
THE city council here has remained defiant on its push to have Khami Dam as one of its suppliers of water.This comes as the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has for some time now been entangled in ...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 16:22hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt must at least provide the basics
The dirty water phenomenon has final arrived in the great City of Kings and Queens. We all knew this as the trademark of Harare. The government and city fathers seem to be clueless about solving the w...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:04hrs | 167 | by Lubani Nondo
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 superstition and too much politics but too little science...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:42hrs | 2587 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo Mayor blames residents for Luveve water death crisis
Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Madlala blamed Luveve residents for the Gastrointestinal Disease that has claimed 12 lives leaving thousands seeking medical attention. Speaking on camera, Mguni said th...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 16:47hrs | 2094 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BCC refills wells after diarrhoea outbreak
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is refilling all water wells dug by residents to augment supplies delivered by the local authority following the death of six residents from a diarrhoea outbreak in Luv...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Incredible potable water potential around Bulawayo
SO the City of Bulawayo is re-commissioning Khami Dam sewer treatment works as another source of potable for the city. Why not go further and include Aisleby Farm sewer treatment works into its water ...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:34hrs | 383 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Accept sewage polluted Khami water, BCC pleads with residents
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is pleading with residents to accept the recycling of Khami Dam water as it works on alternative solutions to the city's water crisis. The city is facing a serious ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:42hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
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