FORMER Cabinet minister and senior opposition official Samuel Sipepa Nkomo has urged the warring MDC factions led by Douglas Mwonzora and Nelson Chamisa to settle their differences first before engaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa in national dialogue. This comes at a time when there have been renewed calls by long-suffering Zimbabweans and the Church for the…
BULAWAYO police have arrested a 37-year-old man, who was on the run for the past week, after he was suspected to have committed the gruesome killing of Farai Mazhindu. The deceased was found lying in a pool of blood, with his private parts ripped off just a stone’s throw from the house where he was…
THE Covid-19 pandemic has hampered the Bulawayo City Council’s (BCC) revenue collection, with the city fathers admitting it has exacerbated their already dwindling financial position. The latest council report indicates that since the advent of the deadly pandemic in March 2020, the local authority had to forgo other sources of revenue collection due to lockdown…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it has recorded a sharp increase in malnutrition cases in the past few months owing to a prolonged Covid-19-induced lockdown. This comes as at least2 000 children countrywide have been hospitalised for severe acute malnutrition in the first quarter of 2021, according to the United Nations (UN). Since last…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) could have lost over $1 billion in potential revenue in the last four months following the government’s delay in approving its supplementary budget. In September last year, the BCC proposed a $2,85 billion supplementary budget to hedge against inflation-induced rising costs of goods and services. The supplementary budget, expected to come…
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for a suspected robbery suspect, who escaped from the holding cells at Western Commonage Courts at the weekend. Provincial police spokesperson Abednico Ncube said they are appealing for information that would lead to the arrest of Mandlakayise Ncube. Mandlakayise allegedly made his escape with the help of…
A BULAWAYO man was yesterday found dead in Old Luveve suburb with his private parts ripped off in a gruesome murder that has left the community shell-shocked. The man has been identified as Farai Mazhindu and he was found lying in a pool of blood a stone’s throw from a house where he was employed…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has painted a gloomy picture of the current water crisis telling residents to brace for more painful months despite the country receiving heavy rains this year. This comes barely two months after the city fathers announced they were going to lift the much-dreaded water rationing regime by the end of…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has painted a gloomy picture of the current water crisis telling residents to brace for more painful months despite the country receiving heavy rains this year. This comes barely two months after the city fathers announced they were going to lift the much-dreaded water rationing regime by the end of…
TWO Plumtree juveniles accused of murder are languishing in remand prison for a crime allegedly committed over a year ago as their case has been stalling at the courts. This was revealed when the two, who are accused alongside their uncle of strangling a 78-year-old Madlambuzi woman, appeared in court for a routine remand…
