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City of Kings marks Bulawayo Day

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday launched the ‘‘I Love Bulawayo’’ campaign to coincide with Bulawayo Day celebrations as part of showcasing the city’s distinct heritage, diversity and artistic potential.  In 2019, BCC declared June 1 Bulawayo Day, set aside to commemorate the declaration of the city as a town in 1894. As a result, the…

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Government bans face-to-face holiday lessons

THE government has banned face-to-face holiday lessons in schools in a bid to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus as the first term comes to an end next Friday. Schools, which will take a three-week break, are set to reopen on June 28.  However, in a circular to school heads, district and provincial education…

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San community shuns Covid-19 vaccination

SAN communities in Tsholotsho and some parts of Plumtree have reportedly been shunning the Covid-19 vaccination programme despite the dangers posed by the deadly respiratory virus.  This comes as a total of 633 635 people have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and 288 437 their second dose across the country.   However, the…

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Fight for power, Dube urges youths

OUTSPOKEN Zanu PF politburo member Tshinga Dube, pictured, says youths in politics should fight to get in positions of power as the old guard will not leave anytime soon owing to the country’s hard economic situation. Addressing journalists on Tuesday at the Bulawayo Media Centre as part of the Africa Day commemorations, Dube said youths…

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Cash-strapped Hwange turns to councillors

THE cash-strapped Hwange Local Board (HLB) has turned to its councillors to help entice residents to pay up their outstanding bills.  This comes after HLB in March was forced to enlist the services of debt collectors to recover its dues after the bill surprisingly shot to over $20 million in a space of two months. …

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Woman shot dead during robbery

A FEMALE employee at a Liquor Supplies outlet located at Ascot Shopping Centre was shot dead after robbers stormed the store on Saturday evening.  The robbers got away with an undisclosed amount of money during the raid in which they also took personal belongings and assaulted those inside the store during the incident.    Bulawayo…

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Prepaid water meters poser for Byo council

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says there is a low uptake of prepaid water meters by Hlalani Kuhle/Garikai residents, who are yet to be connected to the water and sewer system.  According to BCC, at least 11 276 households are yet to be connected to both the city’s water and sewer reticulation systems.   The local authority…

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BAF preps in full swing

BULAWAYO Arts Festival (Baf), which takes place every year in the first week of June, has moved with speed to cover the whole nation in its talent scouting campaign as preparations for the annual arts fete gather momentum. The festival, now in its second year, was launched in 2019 after the city decided to hold…

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