Gweru residents spend 3 months with refuse
Gweru Residents and Ratepayers Association executive director, Cornelius Selipiwe said council’s failure to collect refuse had resulted in the proliferation of dumping sites in the Midlands city.

It was Karl Marx who once argued that capital and labour cannot cohabit, one must vanquish the other. Adam Smith, the father of economics saw an invisible hand that must determine the price, be it of a commodity or labour.
A MAN from Donnington West in Bulawayo allegedly killed his friend following a dispute over the language used by characters in a movie they were watching.
A BULAWAYO taxi driver has landed himself in trouble after he allegedly insulted a vendor, labelling her as an HIV-positive prostitute.
AN INQUEST into the death of a five-year-old child who was allegedly shocked to death by electricity at a house in Mahatshula North sometime in September 2013 has been opened at the Bulawayo Magistrates’ Courts with relatives of the child being called to explain circumstances surrounding the toddler’s demise.
The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Company will host the annual international business conference on April 29 to explore ways the country could stimulate exports.
A Bulawayo maid allegedly helped a “prophet” to rape her 15-year-old daughter after claiming that she was possessed with evil spirits.
LAWYERS drawn from all law firms in Bulawayo will offer free individual legal counselling to members of the public at the Old Pumula Youth Centre on Saturday, starting from 8am to 4pm.
A group of villagers from Matopo in Matabeleland South was allegedly conned of large amounts of money by a company that supplied them with chicks that died within 24 hours of delivery.
A NUMBER of Bulawayo residents yesterday walked away with different prizes in the Vaseline Winter Warmer Promotion draw held at OK supermarkets
A MAN employed by National Foods in Bulawayo died on Monday morning after his colleagues opened a valve of a wagon carrying maize while he was still inside resulting in him being choked to death by the grain.
A NEW Lobengula suburb woman got the shock of her life on Friday morning when she found some “witchcraft trading tools” stacked by her gate.
A 30-YEAR-OLD Entumbane man is suspected to have committed suicide on Saturday night after being found hanging from a tree yesterday morning.
THREE lucky Bulawayo residents on Saturday won prizes ranging from a car to a television set during the Ingwebu Breweries grand summer competition draw dubbed 100 Years Siburorotha S’jaiva Sonke.
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) is demanding full fee payment before students can register for the second semester this year.
A SOUTH African family caused a stir in Bulawayo and Tsholotsho on Friday after they chartered a private jet and two helicopters to attend a funeral of a nonagenarian at Nemane village.
FIVE of the six Zimbabweans, who died in South Africa last week after a Harare-bound bus was involved in a head-on collision with a small car on the N1 Highway between Polokwane and Beitbridge, were buried in Kezi over the weekend.
THE Accelerated Learning Programme (ALP) introduced by the Primary and Secondary Education ministry has seen more than 100 school dropouts returning to school in Bulawayo.
WORKERS from two Bulawayo tyre manufacturing companies — Dunlop Zimbabwe and Rubber Plastic are on strike over unpaid wages and low salaries and have vowed not to return to work until their plight is addressed.