Leonard Ncube in Victoria Falls ALL is set for the Matabeleland North Annual Agricultural Show which starts tomorrow at the Hwange Show Grounds. Whange Show Society is organising the show which will end on 7 August. The official opening will be on Saturday. Yesterday exhibitors were finalising setting up their stands with show organisers […] …
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BCC, TTI make close to US$40 000 from parking system
Nqobile Bhebhe, Senior Business Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council has racked in U$$21 433, 71 and US$15 968 in parking and clamping fees in a five-month period from its deal with Tendy Three International (TTI). The BCC in partnership with the private company, TTI, introduced the parking system in February. The South African company started […] …
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Bulawayo suburbs run dry
Peter Matika, Senior Reporter MOST suburbs in Bulawayo have been without water since Monday following the disruption of supply due to maintenance works being carried out by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company, the Bulawayo City Council said in a statement. According to the statement which was issued on Monday, water supplies were only […] …
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Cont Mhlanga gets State assisted funeral
Bongani Ndlovu, Online Reporter President Mnangagwa has accorded the late playwright Cont Mhlanga a State-assisted funeral and has given the family $2.5 million. This was announced by Bulawayo Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Judith Ncube on Tuesday afternoon after paying her respects to the Mhlanga family in Nguboyenja suburb, Bulawayo. She was […] …
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High court reverses Umguza farm evictions
Mashudu Netsianda, Online Reporter THE High Court has reversed the evictions of 68 resettled families that had been ejected from Seaborough Farm in Makwati area of Umguza District in Matabeleland North province by Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister, Dr Anxious Masuka. The ruling by Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Christopher Dube Banda […] …
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Divine Lunga rejoins Golden Arrows
Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter WARRIORS defender Divine Lunga has been loaned to Golden Arrows by Mamelodi Sundowns after he failed to last season. Lunga joined Sundowns last season from Golden Arrows but struggled for game time as he only managed to make nine league appearances in the last league campaign. The 27-year-old was unveiled by […] …
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50 000 households benefit from resilience building programme
Leonard Ncube in Victoria Falls MORE than 50 000 households in Binga, Kariba and Mbire districts have benefitted from a resilience building programme meant to address food insecurity and poverty. Six years ago Action Aid and partners Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association, Afro Soft Holdings, Africa Breeders Services Total Cattle Management with support from the Government […] …
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Bulawayo creatives stamp authority in Plumtree
Mthabisi Tshuma recently in Plumtree THEY came, saw and conquered. Filled with a jovial and party mood, Bulawayo creatives, largely females, came out to spice up club DJ, Crazy Dee (real name Duduzile Gasela)’s 35th birthday celebrations that were held in Plumtree town at Chicken King on Saturday night. The birthday bash saw a host […] …
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Cash-in-transit armed robbers get away with US$100 000
Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Senior Reporter FOUR armed robbers got away with US$100 000 and R500 000 on Monday morning after robbing a cash-in-transit Safeguard vehicle which was delivering money at a Mukuru branch along 13th Avenue and Lobengula Street in Bulawayo. One of the men shot at people who were queuing outside the branch while his […] …
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Man stabs woman for refusing to be fondled
Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau A 32-year-old-man from the Lukange area, about 60km east of Beitbridge town, has been jailed for two years for fondling and attempting to kill a 34-year-old woman as punishment for protesting against his actions during a beer binge. Joseph Chigwide was also charged for stabbing another male villager who refrained him […] …
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