DECEMBER 31, 2023, is the day 24-year-old Thandekile Mpofu, from Bulawayo’s sprawling Pumula South suburb would want to quickly forget. Earlier during…
IN a move that will rattle private road contractors who have been living off local authorities, Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) is set to provide councils with equipment and fuel for road rehabilitation. This comes as Zinara and local authorities have been blaming each other for the poor state of roads with the latter accusing…
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THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has come under pressure to build more primary schools as the demand has sharply increased over the years owing to the local authority’s growing population. This comes amid revelations by the council in a recent report that Bulawayo urgently needs an additional 25 primary schools to ease congestion. Speaking during…
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POLICE have apprehended four male suspects linked to a spate of break-ins that have been taking place in Bulawayo’s affluent suburbs where hordes of home appliances worth over US$28 000 were stolen. Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube said the quartet had been targeting houses in Fortunesgate, Morningside and Hillside since February. Following their arrest, police…
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WOMEN Affairs minister, Monica Mutsvangwa has challenged financial institutions to consider investing more in women entrepreneurs to promote accelerated national economic growth. In her address during the Open Market Day and Exhibition organised by her ministry and the Organisation of Women in International Trade (OWIT) yesterday, Mutsvangwa said women were central in the country’s economic…
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THE government has called on road authorities countrywide to ensure timeous remittance of Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) acquittals to enhance the maintenance and of the country’s road infrastructure. Addressing delegates during the last day of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Transport and Infrastructural Development tour of Zinara operations in Bulawayo yesterday, deputy minister of…
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POLICE in Bulawayo have apprehended four male suspects linked to a spate of break-ins that have been taking place in Bulawayo’s affluent suburbs where hordes of home appliances worth over US$28 000 were stolen. Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube said the quartet had been targeting houses in Fortunesgate, Morningside and Hillside since February. However, following…
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THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it has cholera under control notwithstanding its water challenges. This comes as the local authority is currently monitoring four suspected cases of cholera patients to ensure that the water borne disease is kept at bay. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, BCC Health director Edwin Sibanda said the situation…
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BULAWAYO City Council (BCC)’s water challenges are set to worsen with its supply dams level continuing to drop amid high temperatures fuelled by the ravaging El Nino-induced drought. This comes after it emerged yesterday that the water levels had dropped to almost 40 percent with months to go before the next rainy season. “The combined…
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THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has revealed that the local Fire and Ambulance Department has not acquired a single ambulance in the past 15 years. This is according to the BCC chamber secretary, Sikhangele Zhou, who said the local authority was relying on donated ambulances and fire brigade trucks for the critical department. Zhou was…
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