Lumbidzani Dima, Chronicle Reporter BULAWAYO motorists yesterday all but abandoned parking bays in the city centre’s new parking zone where drivers must pay US$1 to park for 30 minutes. A new parking system came into force yesterday in the city centre that will see motorists paying more. The project is being implemented in phases. Parking […] …
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Monthly Archives: February 2022
Dreams made and dreams shattered at West Nicholson’s ‘Entabeni yegolide’
Yoliswa Dube-Moyo, Matabeleland South Bureau Chief “Intaba yeWest” or “Entabeni yegolide”, the soaring mountain with impervious vegetation along the Gwanda-Beitbridge highway in West Nicholson is not for the faint hearted. From afar, the mountain looks like any other enormous hunk of land but there, lies mining operations which have over the years sustained livelihoods in the […] …
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Council and partner must review parking fee
US$1 just to park your vehicle in Bulawayo’s busiest zone for 30 minutes, or US$2 for an hour is too steep. It is a punishment. It is as if driving one’s vehicle and having to park it in the city centre has suddenly become criminal and you are fined for that. Bulawayo City Council (BCC), in […] …
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‘That is why I chose the saxophone’ – Vuyi Sax
Mbulelo Mpofu, Showbiz Reporter IT was one of those lackluster days that one encounters in life when suddenly, my phone rang and little did I know that rays of light were on the way. South African royalty had touched down. Ndebele Queen Sekhothali Mabhena was in the city en-route to Matobo for the Umtshado KaMbulumakhasana […] …
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Byo parking more expensive than New York City
Stanford Chiwanga, Online News Editor THE new parking system introduced by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has made the cost of parking in Bulawayo more expensive than New York City when the average salaries of employees are factored in. The new parking system is being implemented by BCC in partnership with Tendy Three International (TTI) […] …
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Zimbabwe strikes diamond in Europe
Fungi Kwaramba in Belgium, Brussels Zimbabwe has the potential to produce diamonds worth US$5 billion annually, leading investors who are coming into the country- with more than 500 years in the field have said. After meeting the President in Brussels yesterday, the chief executive officer of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), Mr Ari Epstein […] …
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In full: ZEC statement responding to allegations of voters roll manipulation, rigging
‘It is both retrogressive and irresponsible for any person to cause alarm and despondency by peddling falsehoods’ …
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Grade 4 pupil dies at Bulawayo school, 2 hospitalised in poisoning incident
Police told that pupils ate Jiggies and Mahewu deliberately laced with a potent poison …
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Grace Mugabe ally Sarah Mahoka dies in Karoi car crash
‘She was a bulldozer, hard worker and great politician’ – Temba Mliswa, former Zanu PF chairman for Mashonaland West …
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Byo guns for most expensive city title
Bongani Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter BULAWAYO is fast becoming the country’s most expensive city to live in following the latest rates increases ranging from 150 percent to over 600 percent, together with a new parking system that will see motorists paying US$1 for 30 minutes starting today. Parking in the city centre will now come at a […] …
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