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  A DOZEN of churches including the United Family International Church led by Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa and Eagle Life led by Prophet Dr Blessing Chiza that have found sanctuary in Bulawayo’s industrial areas will soon be moved out to pave way for investors interested in the manufacturing sector. A number of popular and growing churches had invaded the city’s industrial areas, taking advantage of closed companies to set bases in warehouses and factories. The warehouses…

  The typhoid outbreak has spread to Budiriro and Glen View suburbs amid reports that the MDC-T led Harare City Council bungled on its 48-hour ultimatum of removing illegal food vendors from the streets. The ultimatum expired on Thursday. Two cases had been confirmed in each of the two suburbs as of yesterday.Health Services director Dr Prosper Chonzi said as from Tuesday, confirmed cases of typhoid had gone up from 22 to 25. Dr Chonzi also…

  Pumula Constituency House of Assembly Member of Parliament Cde Godfrey Malaba presents Vice President Mnangagwa’s consignment of five tonnes of mealie-meal to Ingutsheni Hospital Board Chairperson Mrs Sandra Gumbo at the hospital in Bulawayo. Looking on are Blue Ribbon staff Pumula Constituency House of Assembly Member of Parliament Cde Godfrey Malaba presents Vice President Mnangagwa’s consignment of five tonnes of mealie-meal to Ingutsheni Hospital Board Chairperson Mrs Sandra Gumbo at the hospital in Bulawayo….

  OUTSPOKEN politician and MDC legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga has criticised the idea of forming an opposition coalition, describing it as a narrative being fed onto Zimbabweans by a group of “a few male politicians at a hotel table”. This, while her party is reportedly in talks with other opposition formations over the same issue. Misihairabwi-Mushonga (PM), in this interview with NewsDay Weekender’s Veneranda Langa (ND), argues Zimbabweans must instead be allowed to decide who should…

    A WOMAN from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo was yesterday morning found dead with several stab wounds on the face and body in a suspected rape and murder case. A resident stumbled on Mrs Ivy Sibanda’s body at about 8.45AM in a bushy area between Hawkflight and Hlalani Kuhle stands. Mrs Sibanda, a member of the Zaoga church who is thought to be in her late 30s, is suspected to have been raped…

LOCAL Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere this week suspended Zvishavane Town Council chairperson, Esau Gwatipedza Dube on allegations of gross misconduct. In suspending Dube, Kasukuwere said service delivery in the mining town had declined as a result of failure by council officials to execute their duties. “We have been receiving numerous complaints from residents saying service delivery has been compromised by council officials whose conduct has been questionable,” Kasukuwere said at a meeting in Zvishavane on…

  President Robert Mugabe’s spokesperson George Charamba has made sensational disclosure that Mugabe ‘lied’ to the nation that $15 billion worth of diamonds were stolen. Early last year, Mugabe made  startling revelations that diamonds worth as much as $15 billion could have been stolen by miners in the Marange area. He said less than $2 billion was remitted from diamond proceeds and those seconded by Government to work with private miners had failed to account…

    Fortune N Mlalazi, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) spokesperson for Bulawayo province has just informed me that this morning he received a warning over the horrendous gukurahundi and was previously threatened for removing the offender from a whatsapp group. The offender who sent the message according to Fortune N. Mlalazi, is reportedly Blessing T masenga messaging him from 0027604877555. A concerned individual reportedly claims that this Blessing T masenga used to work with…

  A 16-YEAR-OLD boy from Lupane District in Matabeleland North province used a machete to circumcise himself after succumbing to peer pressure. Matabeleland North provincial medical director Dr Nyasha Masuka said the teenager sustained injuries and was rushed to St Lukes Hospital for treatment. He said the incident occurred last week and the teenager was admitted to the hospital for two days. Dr Masuka said the boy who completed Form Four last year, was being…

  Information, Communication and Technology and Courier Services minister Supa Mandiwanzira has with immediate effect suspended the controversial new data charges, bulawayo24 can reveal. The Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) agreed to a proposal by mobile operators to increase prices but the Minister of ICT said that while it is conceivable that the price of data may go up, “the margin by which the prices have gone up is shockingly high and can only reflect insensitivity…