adminZBC preliminary audit report ready
Herald Reporters The preliminary forensic audit report on the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation’s operations is ready and will be presented to Cabinet soon, Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Deputy Minister, Supa…
Free blood for pregnant women
Herald Reporter Blood and blood products should be supplied free of charge to pregnant women for the country to reduce the number of women dying while giving birth,” Health and…
Bulawayo man $117,000 lucky
Sifundiso Ndlovu Chronicle Reporter A LUCKY Bulawayo man was yesterday presented with a $117,000 lotto jackpot prize, becoming the second punter from the city to pocket the top award that…
Woman throws live baby in toilet
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A MANGWE woman allegedly threw her new-born baby alive in a pit toilet shortly after giving birth recently. Sibonginkosi Ngwenya, 25, is suspected to have secretly…
‘No gender balance in officer cadet enrolment’
Khama Phiri Midlands Bureau Chief PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday commissioned a record 184 junior army officers, among them 28 females, at the Zimbabwe Military Academy in Gweru.
OUTLAWS: Police flee angry churchmen
Prosper Dembedza Harare Bureau More than six anti-riot police officers, journalists and members of the Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) were seriously injured yesterday after rowdy members of an…
Lozikeyi: Queen of Bulawayo
Daisy Jeremani Gender Editor BULAWAYO has been called the City of Kings and Queens, while some call it Komfazi Utshay’ Ndoda, which embodies the effect that queens and princesses had…
Yesteryear entertainment
Bongani Ndlovu Showbiz Correspondent MIRIAM Makeba, Mahotella Queens, Dorothy Masuku, Intombi Zesimanjemanje, Intombi Zomgqatshiyo, Mahlathini are all names that made up the modern life of Bulawayo during the golden era…
Important dates/events in the evolution of Bulawayo over the past 120 years
Factmore Dzobo Senior Reporter 1893, 4th November – Colonial forces occupy Lobengula’s home, eMahlabathini. 1894, 1st June – Bulawayo declared a town outside Maxim Hotel, Fife Street.
Township names: a history narrative
Phathisa Nyathi FROM just one African township in 1894, Bulawayo today has more than 16 townships in the western suburbs. There are numerous aspects that we could deal with when…