THE senseless bloodletting in the opposition continues unabated this time with the MDC Bulawayo provincial structures appealing to opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora to rein in his deputy Thokozani Khupe on allegations of creating parallel structures. Khupe, who is currently in the city, has for the past week been holding meetings in wards, something which is…
THE United Nations (UN) humanitarian department says it has assisted over 300 000 Zimbabweans with food aid between January and March this year, following years of protracted drought. In its latest report titled: Zimbabwe: Humanitarian Response Dashboard (January-March 2021), the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said despite the bumper harvest recorded in the…
SEVERAL Magwegwe West high density suburb residents are in a fix after the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) resolved to repossess the residential stands after they reportedly failed to clear outstanding payments. A Town, Lands and Planning Committee report shows that the local authority allocated 390 residential stands in Magwegwe West to beneficiaries in 2018 on…
BUDGET airline, Fastjet Zimbabwe, has taken delivery of a new Embraer ERJ145 aircraft into domestic commercial service in the country. The brand new 50-seater aircraft landed at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport on Friday where it was unveiled. The plane would be servicing the Bulawayo-Harare route. The ERJ145 is a regional jet produced by…
EKUSILENI Medical Centre is today set to undergo a final inspection by medical and health regulatory authorities to determine whether it is…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has awarded its employees a cost-of-living adjustment (Cola) in a bid to avert another strike following a January industrial action which paralysed service delivery in the city. The management committee effected the Cola after the workers’ union submitted a position paper on June 11, arguing that the employees’ salaries had…
A BULAWAYO man, who was arrested together with two other men for illegally dealing in ivory, has shifted the blame to his…
FINANCIAL challenges are delaying the completion of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam, amid claims the Chinese contractor — China International Water and Electric Corporation (CIWE) — is owed millions of dollars by the government dating back to 2018. The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) resident engineer, Paul Denge told minister of State for Presidential Affairs Responsible for…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is set to part way with over R1 million to secure the release of a cremator impounded…
A REGIONAL gender-based organisation, South Western Region Gender Network (SWRGN), has urged the government to effectively implement gender policies, saying this will help reduce gender-based violence (GBV) in the country. SWRGN national coordinator Chelesile Nyathi told journalists yesterday that they were concerned with the rate at which GBV cases were increasing in Matabeleland, especially during…
