adminBulawayo 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…
Tensions rise as Malawi awaits vote results
Blantyre — Malawi police fired teargas to disperse dozens of rioters in the south-eastern city of Mangochi yesterday, as the country nervously awaited the release of results from last week’s…
Rival cabinets meet in Libya political chaos
Tripoli — Libya’s contested new cabinet convened for the first time on Thursday, defying the outgoing administration, which refuses to hand over power and held its own session.