Bulawayo

BULAWAYO – The tense standoff at Crystal Lounge has concluded in a perplexing anticlimax, with armed police dispersing from the scene without making any confirmed arrests. What began as an armed robbery at the popular nightspot on Robert Mugabe Road and 10th Avenue in Bulawayo escalated into a siege when robbers locked employees inside and […]

Police have killed two suspects and arrested three others linked to the murder of a police officer and multiple armed robberies across Bulawayo. Sipho Ncube, 24, and Dumisani Ndlovu, 32, died in a shootout with detectives in the Saucetown suburb as they attempted to flee when police cornered their gang, Police Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed […]

Bulawayo’s central business district has become a hotspot for sex work after dark, with residents reporting open solicitation between 8th and 9th Avenue and along Lobengula Street that threatens community safety. During daylight hours, the CBD functions as a commercial hub, but residents claim the area transforms at night, making many feel unsafe, particularly families […]

Elderly woman accused of stealing, branding and selling 17 cattle worth US$14,000 in Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland region. A 71-year-old woman has appeared in court charged with stealing a herd of cattle and selling them to an abattoir after allegedly rebranding them with her own markings. Sithabile Ngwenya pleaded not guilty to stock theft charges at the […]

Former Zimbabwe Vice President Phelekezela Report Mphoko’s final will explicitly cuts out his eldest son Siqokoqela from any inheritance, cementing years of bitter family conflict as the liberation hero’s body returns home from India tomorrow. Zimbabwe’s late Vice President served from 2014 until 2017. His controversial will names only his wife Laurinda, son Sikhumbuzo, and […]

Former Zimbabwe Vice President Phekelezela Mphoko, who died in India at 84, will be buried at his private plot in Douglasdale, Bulawayo, despite receiving national hero status. Family spokesman Ndaba Mphoko confirmed the decision honors the late leader’s explicit wishes to avoid burial at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. The government declared Mphoko a […]

Two people died and 51 were injured when an overloaded Shackman tipper truck overturned on the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road in Zimbabwe on Thursday evening. The crash occurred at 18:40 local time (16:40 GMT) near the 330-kilometer marker. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) reported that 69 people were traveling in the truck when it rolled onto […]

Zimbabwe police have arrested three suspects following a shootout in Bulawayo’s Luveve suburb, ending a four-month spree of armed vehicle robberies across the region. The suspects, aged between 18 and 22, opened fire on detectives who had tracked them to their hideout on Sunday. Police recovered a 9mm FN Browning pistol with ammunition after the […]

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second-largest city, is set to increase water restrictions to almost 5.5 days a week as it grapples with the worst drought in 40 years. The city of 700,000 residents has been forced to close a third of its six supply reservoirs, exacerbating an already critical water shortage situation. According to Sikhangele Zhou, the […]

Trevor Mawaka, a Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) teacher at Charleston Trust Primary School in Bulawayo, is set to launch his much-anticipated book, Curating Bulawayo’s Music Space: Conversations over Coffee. The launch event will take place on Saturday, October 5th, at 3 PM at the Hide Out Café within the Bulawayo Art Gallery. The book […]