Council engages community on refuse collection

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has embarked on a community refuse collection programme which will see the local authority use vehicles owned by community members to collect refuse in residential areas.

Burundi rivals hold talks ahead of election

Bujumbura — Burundi’s government and opposition opened a new round of negotiations on Saturday as part of a last-ditch effort to resolve a major political crisis over President Pierre Nkurunziza’s…

Kwekwe, Redcliff standoff over bulk water meters

KWEKWE City Council and Redcliff Municipality are at loggerheads over proposals by the former to install bulk water meters which will see New Zimsteel and the municipality being billed separately…

Man rapes his granny (95), claims she begged for sex

Fairness Moyana A JAMBEZI man who raped his 95-year-old grandmother on numerous occasions shocked the courts on Friday when he claimed that she had proposed love before begging him to…

Underperforming ministers should be fired: Zanu-PF youth

UNDERPERFORMING ministers and civil servants should be fired from their posts as their ineptness was counter-revolutionary and an antithesis to the policies of Government and those of the ruling party,…

Stranger stalks look-alike . . . claims to be her biological father

Mncedisi Buhali A BULAWAYO man has been stalking and harassing a 19-year-old woman who looks like him, while claiming to be her biological father.

35pc of disabled persons primary school dropouts

ABOUT 35 percent of children with disabilities in Zimbabwe do not complete primary education, a situation that has been worsened by the lack of special needs classes for Early Childhood…

Cop battles for life after clinging onto taxi bonnet

A Bulawayo-based policeman deployed for highway patrol duties in Masvingo is battling for life in hospital after he fell from a pirate taxi’s bonnet which he was holding onto in…

Bits, pieces of art news

THREE things happened these past two weeks that I think have a serious bearing on the arts sector. The first was the launch of DStv’s Zambezi Channel. When the channel…

Champs vie for bodybuilding honours

Simba Dube CHAMPIONS from the previous bodybuilding contests will be out to outdo each other at the Mr Bulawayo bodybuilding contest set for St Marys Cathedral Hall in Bulawayo on…

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