Breaking News: Emakhandeni ZESA Power Station Explodes
A Zesa sub station in EMakhandeni suburb in Bulawayo burst into flames at lunch time sending workers and residents fleeing for safety.The burst occurred shorty after 1pm."There was a huge burst at the station and it's still in flames. Zesa workers who were at the site ran for dear lives," said a witness."The sound of it was as if there was a plane crush," she addedUpdate: No ZESA official was injured in the sub-station burst but suburbs close to Emakhandeni are now without electricityMore To Follow...
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2012 May 16 | 677 Views
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Prof Jonathan Moyo must be expelled from parliament - MDC-T
2012 May 16 | 762 Views
MAGWEGWE MP Mr Felix Sibanda (MDC-T) yesterday said he will soon move a motion calling for the expulsion of Tsholotsho North MP Professor Jonathan Moyo from the House of Assembly for allegedly failin...
Bulawayo residents and Chombo to clash over special interest councillors
2012 May 16 | 281 Views
Special Interest Councillors to be appointed by Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Ignatius Chombo in Bulawayo are set to be rejected by residents.The combative Bulawayo Progressive Residen...
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Movement for Democratic Change Deputy Secretary General and Minister of National Healing Moses Mzila Ndlovu has been cleared of charges of holding an unsanctioned meeting and making statements prejudi...
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Man to refund son in law lobola to rescue his daughter
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MDC-T says NO to King Mzilikazi request
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2012 May 12 | 1864 Views
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2012 May 11 | 4074 Views
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2012 May 10 | 1671 Views
A senior MDC official has likened party president Welshman Ncube to the late Vice President Joshua Nkomo saying the two shared similar characteristics in their political lives.Robson Makhula, a nation...
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Teacher nabbed for trying to steal headmaster's laptop
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A teacher employed at St Thomas Aquinas Primary School in Kumalo, Bulawayo, tried to break into the headmaster's office intending to steal a laptop.After cutting the bars on the screen door to the h...
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Four money transfer agency employees arrested
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Chinhoyi - Racing Kombis kill people
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2012 May 02 | 1191 Views
A TSHOLOTSHO man, Mthokozisi Tshuma who in 2010 struck his father twice with an axe on the head and once on the shoulder nearly killing him, was on Monday sentenced to 10 years in prison. Tshuma, who ...
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