Councillors raise fears over hazardous Ngozi Mine emissions
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is engaging a Canadian organisation to manage the city’s Ngozi mine landfill amid rising concerns of hazardous emissions from the site.
By Nizbert Moyo
Oct. 8, 2025
Gambling: Earnings gone, neighbours’ money gone, now living on the streets
Imagining winning a huge amount of money without much labour makes someone feel so near yet so far from being wealthy.
By Silas Nkala
Sep. 27, 2025
Councillor sends SOS for Ngozi Mine
Ngozi Mine shack dwellers have often bemoaned poor living conditions at their informal settlement area due to lack of proper infrastructure and social services.
By Peter Dube
Jun. 8, 2025
Ngozi Mine children stranded as schools withhold results
Parents say the situation is mainly affecting girls amid fears that prolonged absence from school could lead to early marriages, drug abuse, and other social problems.
By Sharon Sibindi
Feb. 9, 2025
Man killed in freak accident while scavenging for food
Sources said Moyo was a waste picker.
By Nizbert Moyo
Sep. 13, 2024
Concern over Ngozi Mine workers being recruited into sex work
As the situation in Ngozi Mine continues to deteriorate, the community is left grappling with a profound sense of despair.
By Sharon Sibindi
Aug. 25, 2024
Bulawayo City contains choking Ngozi Mine fires
Choking smoke from the landfill was wafting into the houses of the residents, putting the lives of residents in danger.
By William Vundla
Aug. 24, 2024
Cops brutalise Ngozi Mine woman
The police officers later charged the victim with defeating the course of justice after she lodged an official complaint over the assault.
By Silas Nkala
May. 19, 2024
Ngozi miner bear brunt of breakdown of social fabric
A number of inhabitants at the squatter camp survive through waste-picking and recycling metal scraps from the dumpsite.
By Sharon Sibindi
Nov. 26, 2023
