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Multiple online casinos offer players the chance to win big while enjoying their favorite games from the comfort of home. However, not all online casinos are created equal. To help Kiwi players fin...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 14:59hrs | 156 | by Staff Reporter
Siya Kolisi's marriage crumbles
Springbok rugby player Siya Kolisi and his wife Rachel on Tuesday afternoon, released a joint statement announcing that they have decided to end their marriage.The shocking news comes just aft...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 19:45hrs | 2433 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents voice concerns over high water bills
Bulawayo residents are growing increasingly frustrated over skyrocketing water bills, raising concerns about the accuracy of the City Council's billing system. During a recent Council meeting, council...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:43hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Harare council can't account for US$100m
The City of Harare is in turmoil as investigations reveal a failure to account for over US$100 million, raising alarming questions about potential misappropriation and grand theft of council resources...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 10:13hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dumps prepaid water meter project
The Bulawayo City Council has announced it will no longer proceed with the installation of smart water meters, citing their high cost and resident opposition as key factors in the decision.Tow...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:50hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Mafume suspends town clerk Chisango
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume has suspended Town Clerk Hosiah Chisango on allegations of misconduct, including the unauthorized awarding of a street lighting tender to a blacklisted company and unlawfully...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 14:30hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Bubi villagers petition Masuka, Zinwa over bills
Villagers in Bubi, Matabeleland North, have raised concerns with Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Anxious Masuka and the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zin...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:55hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's muppets refuse to declare Bulawayo a water disaster area
The Emmerson Mnangagwa led Zanu-PF government has refused to declare Bulawayo a water disaster area, attributing the city's water crisis to mismanagement by local authorities rather than a national em...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 15:17hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
BCC, stakeholders clash over car park policy
The Bulawayo Car Park Association has urged the city council to review its policies on car parks to address inheritance issues following an owner's death. Chairperson Albert Sibanda highlighted this n...Published: 08 Aug 2024 at 07:54hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Government cuts Beitbridge water supply
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has cut water supplies to Beitbridge Town due to unpaid bulk water bills amounting to ZWG 2,711,362.80. Despite Zinwa and its sister government department...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 11:28hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's local grappling with poor governance issues
Local authorities in Zimbabwe are grappling with weak corporate governance issues, as highlighted in the 2023 report by Acting Auditor General Mrs. Rhea Kujinga. The report, presented to Parliament la...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:08hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
BCC forges ahead with Khami Dam water plan
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is set to release results of a pre-feasibility study on wastewater reuse as part of efforts to address the city’s severe water crisis. The council considers recycling...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 09:25hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa implicated in a tender for pals scandal
President Cyril Ramaphosa is once again implicated in a tender for pals scandal.While South Africans are fixated on the so-called Government of National Unity (GNU) Cabinet appointment, govern...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 07:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
BCC warns against connecting private water sources to city system
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has cautioned residents not to connect water tanks and boreholes to the council system as it may be difficult to trace water contamination. This comes as the local ...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 14:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zesa disconnects Bulawayo tower lights
The power utility Zesa has deactivated the Bulawayo tower lights from postpaid metering as part of its transition to a prepaid model. Concerns arise among residents fearing potential blackouts in many...Published: 28 May 2024 at 09:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
50% of treated Bulawayo water goes to waste!
The Sunday NewsWITH Bulawayo grappling with one of its worst water crises in recent years, there are indications that the city council is losing almost half of its treated water before it reac...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, elected officials renege on election pledge
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa together with hundreds of elected officials have reneged on their pledge to enhance the provision of basic amenities to the public, a few months after they were voted into...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara to roll out expensive e-tolling system
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) will begin rolling out e-tolling before the end of the year to improve efficiency, motorists' convenience and reduce operational costs.E-toll...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
No property worth US$250 000 in Bulawayo
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has declared that there is no single property within the city that meets the threshold for the recently introduced wealth tax, at least according to their records....Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo 80% forex rates illegal'
GOVERNMENT has said the decision by the Bulawayo City Council to force residents and businesses to pay 80 percent of rates strictly in foreign currency is illegal and ordered the local authority to re...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 05:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US$15m State House works bill stuns govt
THE government has rejected an invoice for US$15 million submitted by a firm that clinched a deal to construct precast walls at State House, the President's official residence and offices, the Zimbabw...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 14:57hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
BCC's US$ revenue improves
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has revealed that it has collected about 45% of its debts in United States dollars from ratepayers as its credit control policy begins to bear fruit.In an interview...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poor service delivery irks Bulawayo residents
RESIDENTS in Bulawayo's ward 23 have approached their councillor over poor service delivery and exorbitant water bills which do not match what they are getting from council.Ward 23 councillor ...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
158 Bulawayo buildings declared unsafe
The Bulawayo City Council has condemned 158 buildings in the city, which it says are unfit for occupation and pose danger to inhabitants and passers-by.This was revealed in the latest council ...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Many rural and urban communities have no access to clean water: Zimcodd
THE Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development has said there are many communities in rural and uirban areas that have no access to clean water due to the government's lack of political will to assist...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 20:20hrs | 9 | by Stephen Jakes
BCC justifies US dollar tariff
THE BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says its decision to index bills in United States dollars was necessary to ensure quality service delivery.In a speech read on his behalf by deputy chairperson ...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:37hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Medical scheme in graft accusations
Medical Aid Society Central Africa (MASCA) has been accused of mismanagement amid indications its reserved funds were sitting at zero.It is said that three top management officials are accused...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 14:19hrs | 117 | by Stephen Jakes
Zupco can't account for ZW$3bn
THE loss-making Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco), which has been embroiled in numerous corruption scandals, has failed to account for ZW$3.4 billion in revenue it generated in urban areas, du...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 21:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
University, students
Great Zimbabwe University's auto billing system has come under criticism from students and parents who claim that the system is charging off-campus students for using the institution's accommodation f...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council proposes US$263 million budget
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday proposed a standstill US$263 million gender-responsive budget for next year while prioritising service delivery and predicting a stable economic environment in 20...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt tightens screws on tenders
CORRUPTION in the awarding of tenders will now be a thing of the past following the launch of the Electronic-Government Procurement (e-GP) system by President Mnangagwa yesterday.The Electroni...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Alinial partnering Zimbabwean schools through comprehensive ICT solutions to schools management
Alinial Chartered Accountants Zimbabwe will be the first local Advisory Service Firm in the country to introduce a locally customized School Management ERP System to schools both public and priv...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 15:12hrs | 5 | by Paul Ndou
Open letter to Fadzai Mahere, Ian Makone and Town Clerk
I hope this open letter finds you in good health and high spirits. I am writing to express my deep concern and dissatisfaction regarding the unfair and exorbitant water charges that residents of Harar...Published: 23 Sep 2023 at 11:44hrs | 2 | by Tsungirai Gore
Bulawayo residents list demands to incoming CCC councillors
BULAWAYO residents have compiled a list of demands that they want incoming councillors Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to address when they are sworn in.The CCC swept all council and parli...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Distinctly Bosso
Ngezi Platinum 0- 1 Highlanders GIANTS Highlanders brought down the curtain on the first-half of the season with a massive win over Ngezi Platinum Stars at Baobab yesterday to open a seven-point l...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:56hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa misses out as Beitbridge renames suburbs, streets
BEITBRIDGE Municipality has completed the process of renaming streets, suburbs and business centres in line with its modernisation drive.The exercise which involved the consultation of residents a...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa taunts Mnangagwa
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa finally launched his party campaign before a capacity crowd at Gweru's Mkoba Stadium yesterday following weeks of being denied to do so by the...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:59hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
MDC councillors plot to rip off Gweru
ACTING Gweru district development coordinator Tarisai Mudadigwa has written a letter to acting town clerk Livingston Churu, ordering him to stop plans by councillors from the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
BCC approves 180 building plans valued at over US$3 million
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has approved 180 building plans valued at just over US$3 million since May this year, a 15,38% increase from the previous month.This was revealed by director for ho...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 08:26hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads to Magunje for star rally
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa today heads to Mashonaland West for a star rally in the province that has in the past five years benefited immensely from the Second Republic-initiated programmes and projects....Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 08:22hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar remains the sole legal tender
THE Government has reiterated that the Zimbabwe dollar remains the sole legal tender and nothing can be billed exclusively in foreign currency without special exemption.This follows the contin...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:14hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council backs down on US dollar billing
The Harare City Council (HCC) has reversed its controversial decision to bill rate payers in US dollars only following a treasury order for the local authority to abandon the action.Town House...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt blocks Harare's US$ billing
GOVERNMENT has blocked a move by Harare City Council (HCC) to start billing its clients in United States dollars, with Finance ministry secretary George Guvamatanga describing the proposal as unlawful...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Government says NO to payment of bills in forex
THE directive late last week by the Government that all local councils must continue charging in local currency as opposed to United States dollars as had just been announced by the Harare City Counci...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:08hrs | 6 | by Staff rporter
BCC cashier defrauds council 57 times
AN alleged cunning Bulawayo City Council cashier defrauded the local authority 57 times where in some instances he would receipt manually and not enter such payments into the respective accounts but i...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo motorists ignore parking boycott
BULAWAYO motorists have ignored calls to boycott parking in the central business district (CBD) in protest against Trendy Tree Investments (TTI)'s alleged exorbitant parking fees.The Bulawayo ...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes AFZ officers
THE Commander in Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, President Mnangagwa, yesterday promoted two Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) Group Captains to the rank of Air Commodore.The two new Air Commo...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZACC probes council over US$57m software scam
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is now investigating the US$200 million that Harare City Council cannot account for to the Auditor-General and has also launched a specific investigation...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC rakes in US$8,4m from plan approvals
BULAWAYO City Council raised over US$8,4 million revenue after approving 156 building plans out of the 237 submitted in March this year.This was revealed in the latest council minutes in which...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Thousands throng ZITF official opening
Thousands thronged the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) main arena, braving the scorching heat to witness the official opening of the expo by His Majesty King Mswati III of Eswatini.Bo...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
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