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Sunday, 06 January 2013 12:48
BULAWAYO - Eight people died yesterday morning in a bus accident 10km out of Bulawayo along the Bulawayo-Harare highway. The driver of the Botswana registered bus, Jay-Jay Tours, lost control at a curve on a rainy morning and veered off the...Read More
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Friday, 04 January 2013 10:28
HARARE - Zimbabwe must change its economic policies if the country is to halt heightening de-industrialisation, economists say. Most of the country’s companies — which were heavily battered by years of hyperinflation, obsolete machinery and massive power outages — have found...Read More
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Entertainment » Jeffrey Muvundusi, Own Correspondent
Wednesday, 02 January 2013 12:02
BULAWAYO - Bulawayo artists have registered their views over the 2012 arts calendar citing a marked improvement in audience turnout as a big step last year. However, they all decried a disappointing trend of the same audience not willing to pay...Read More
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Wednesday, 02 January 2013 11:15
BULAWAYO - Police were heavily deployed in Bulawayo on New Year’s Eve, a move which cost night-time revellers. Residents condemned the massive deployment which they described as a real party spoiler. Police defended the action saying it was necessary to...Read More
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Tuesday, 18 December 2012 11:39
BULAWAYO - The country’s second-largest city, Bulawayo, was plunged into mourning as news of the death of Zimbabwean football legend Adam Ndlovu dawned on the city yesterday. Bulawayo mayor Patrick Thaba Moyo said the death of Ndlovu had shocked the...Read More
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Entertainment » Jeffrey Muvundusi, Own Correspondent
Friday, 23 November 2012 12:43
BULAWAYO - Civic society activist Dumisani Nkomo has come up with a political satire based on the adaptation of the biblical story of Esther. The play Hadassah, which aims to cultivate a sense of destiny and purpose amongst the struggling Zimbabwean...Read More
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Tuesday, 20 November 2012 12:36
BULAWAYO - Renowned gospel musician Sebastian Magacha put up a memorable show during a Zimpraise concert over the weekend in Bulawayo. The show, that also included legendary gospel artiste Mechanic Manyeruke, was held at the Large City Hall. The highlight of...Read More
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Wednesday, 07 November 2012 10:13
HARARE - In a sudden twist of events Harare police yesterday advised lawyers representing three detained Counselling Services Unit (CSU) employees that the suspects would be taken to Bulawayo where the offence was allegedly committed. Five CSU workers had been arrested...Read More
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Entertainment » Jeffrey Muvundusi, Own Correspondent
Monday, 05 November 2012 14:13
BULAWAYO - Walk into the second largest city, Bulawayo and get informed of a music outfit called The Talls, certainly it won’t ring a bell as the ensemble is virtually unknown in the showbiz arena. With their short presence in the...Read More
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Entertainment » Jeffrey Muvundusi, Own Correspondent
Sunday, 04 November 2012 13:20
BULWAYO - Information and Publicity minister Webster Shamu is expected to officially unveil a new kid on the block in the arts sector at a ceremony slated for Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel today. The new kid, Masiyephambili Cultural Festival, is the brainchild...Read More
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Friday, 02 November 2012 09:04
BULAWAYO - Government hospitals in Bulawayo have been hard hit by shortages of specialists, a situation which has seen patients being referred to expensive private hospitals. Mpilo and United Bulawayo Hospital (UBH), which serve over one million residents, are reeling from...Read More
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Sport » Austin Karonga, Sports Writer
Saturday, 27 October 2012 12:14
HARARE - Bulawayo Cricket Club League resumes this weekend with two matches lined up in the four-team league. On Sunday, log leaders Emakhandeni 1 will clash with third-placed Crescent at Bulawayo Athletic Club (BAC) with bottom-placed Roosters taking on second placed...Read More
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Entertainment » Jeffrey Muvundusi, Own Correspondent
Friday, 26 October 2012 13:35
BULAWAYO - Amakhosi Cultural Centre has turned over a new leaf to their artistic menu with rhumba music concerts now officially lined up for every Friday — good news to rhumba music enthusiasts in Bulawayo. Dubbed Amakhosi Friday Rhumba Night was...Read More
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Wednesday, 24 October 2012 09:44
HARARE - While Bulawayo residents may frown at being asked to simultaneously flush their toilets at 7.30pm to beat water shortages and resultant choked sewers, New Dehli is following suit. Now infamously called the flush mobs, little do Bulawayo residents...Read More
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Monday, 22 October 2012 12:25
BULWAYO - As the sun sets on Filabusi, Jabulani Moyo, 47, sits outside his mud hut, lets out a plume of smoke from a cigarette crudely fashioned out of an old newspaper and laments how little or no smoke can be...Read More
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