“I Took Matters into My Hands”: Quarantine Escapee Bares Soul

by Themba Sibanda

COVID-19 has disrupted a functional system connecting Zimbabwean migrant workers in South Africa and their loved ones. A way around this involves unsafe and unauthorised entry points between the two countries. It also involves evading law enforcement officers and flouting health regulations.

“I Took Matters into My Hands”: Quarantine Escapee Bares Soul

by Themba Sibanda

COVID-19 has disrupted a functional system connecting Zimbabwean migrant workers in South Africa and their loved ones. A way around this involves unsafe and unauthorised entry points between the two countries. It also involves evading law enforcement officers and flouting health regulations.

A Wave Of Violent Crimes Unsettles Bulawayo Residents

Bulawayo police have recorded several cases of violent muggings, theft and armed robbery over the past weeks. Image by Unsplash


BY LIZWE SEBATHA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAY 28, 2021

Over the past weeks, cases of violent crimes have been awash in the mainstream media and on social media platforms, now residents and the police are intensifying partnerships to weed out the criminals.

Filabusi Residents Demand Returns From Local Investment Company

Returns on an investment gone wrong...Filabusi residents cry foul.


BY VUSINDLU MAPHOSA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | JUN 25, 2021

Residents who formed an investment company 26 years ago say they have not heard from the company directors for the past 13 years, now they are demanding the disposal of properties and share of the spoils.

Heavy Rains Usher In Misery To Wild Fruit Vendors

Selling wild fruits used to be a source of income for the vendors until the heavy rains.


BY BOKANI MUDIMBA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAY 28, 2021

The heavier than usual rains have brought good fortunes for some but for wild fruit vendors, it's a sad tale.

Hwange Villagers Embrace Nutrition Gardens To Mitigate The Effects Of Climate Change

Various nutrition gardens have become the hope to evade hunger and poverty. Image by The Citizen Bulletin


BY CALVIN MANIKA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | JUN 25, 2021

Hwange which falls under the agro-ecological zone 4, characterised by high temperatures and low rainfall has been struggling in socio-economic development for the past few years, now nutritional gardens have come to the rescue.

In Gwanda, Resurgence Of Violent Gangs Causes Turmoil

People in Spitzkop, Gwanda, no longer feel safe because of violent gold panners.


BY AMANDA NCUBE | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAR 5, 2021

A community in Gwanda lives in fear of violence perpetrated by gold panners. In many cases, residents have been at the receiving end.

Information Blackout in Matabeleland South Derails Covid-19 Fight

Beitbridge Border, one of the country's busiest entry ports, will be closed for human traffic during Zimbabwe and South Africa's ongoing lockdowns


byStaff Reporters 

MATABELELAND SOUTH, March 30, 2020 (The Citizen Bulletin)— In mid March, 23-year old Casper Moyo of  Matobo received aTik Tok dance video on WhatsApp. Everyone, including Moyo, spoke about it but no one knew that the viral video was a coronavirus safety-themed dance.