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Villagers report councillor of 'embezzling' US$942

Villagers in Gutu Ward 12 have reported their councillor, Lovemore Runde, to the police for allegedly converting US$942 raised for a community water project at Magombedze Clinic to personal use.The matter was reported at Bhasera Police Sta…

Published: 24 Aug 2025 at 14:39hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter

ZCDC to sue contractor over failed borehole project

The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) is preparing to take legal action against Diamond Base Company, a contractor hired to drill 20 boreholes in Chiadzwa, after the US$100,000 project failed to deliver operational water points,…

Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 14:45hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa slams Mnangagwa's borehole projects

Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has launched a blistering critique of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Presidential Borehole Scheme, accusing the government of failing to address Zimbabwe's persistent water c…

Published: 01 May 2025 at 12:18hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter

Crossborders4ED drills borehole in Beitbridge

A group of cross-border transporters operating under the banner Crossborders for Economic Development (Crossborders for ED) has donated a solar-powered borehole to Beitbridge District Hospital to help address persistent water shortages.The…

Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 08:50hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter

Shock as Ekhaya Kip Keino Children's Home in Mat South refuses free borehole

A puzzling development in Makwe North, Matabeleland South Province, has left the community divided after Ekhaya Kip Keino Children's Home declined a free borehole offered by Lungisani Twominutes Ncube, the Director of Makwe 34 Mining Claim…

Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 15:30hrs | 2052 | by George Tshuma

Zimbabwe raids borehole owners

The Zimbabwean government has issued a stern warning to borehole owners in the Upper Gwayi Sub-Catchment area of Matabeleland North province, threatening fines for those who have not registered their boreholes with the Zimbabwe National Wa…

Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 08:32hrs | 50391 | by Staff reporter

Fight over Mthuli's boreholes in Cowdray Park

In Cowdray Park, residents are contesting control over boreholes that were drilled by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube ahead of the August 2023 elections. Ncube, who lost the seat to Pashor Sibanda of the Citizens Coalition for Change, invest…

Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 08:04hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter

Diasporan intervenes in Mzilikazi water crisis

A UNITED KINGDOM-BASED Zimbabwean has come to the rescue of Mzilikazi residents after drilling boreholes to address the suburb's acute water shortages.Bulawayo residents are currently enduring 120 hours of water rationing due to the low wa…

Published: 17 Feb 2024 at 17:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt prioritises boreholes after Gwayi-Shangani dame fake promises

GOVERNMENT has availed $7 billion and a borehole drilling rig for Bulawayo as part of short to medium-term interventions to address the city's water shortages while pushing the Lake Gwayi-Shangani project, which is expected to start pumpin…

Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:54hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF commissions borehole twice

IN a surprise development, Zanu-PF has re-commissioned a borehole in Epworth that was first commissioned eight months ago.On Sunday, Zanu-PF commissioned a borehole in ward 1, Epworth, the same borehole that was commissioned last year by t…

Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo borehole water not safe to drink

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has warned that borehole water in the city is not safe for consumption and has advised residents to boil it before drinking it as it is highly susceptible to contamination.Since last month the local authorit…

Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 19:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

BCC councillors push for more boreholes

BULAWAYO city councillors are considering using devolution funds to drill more boreholes to address the city's perennial water crisis.In 2019, the city suffered one of its worst water crises, during which 13 people died in Luveve high-dens…

Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa launches borehole drilling scheme

THERE was joy and jubilation in St Mary's, Chitungwiza yesterday as President Mnangagwa launched the Presidential Borehole Scheme meant to provide clean water to the people in line with Vision 2030.The move is also in line with President M…

Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bogus bogus borehole drillers

I have known Garikai Mwaruta since the mid of the last decade, when I vigorously started pursuing my dream of drilling a borehole at my rural home in Guruve.Then he was stationed in the upper floors of Karigamombe Building, fronting Whited…

Published: 04 Sep 2016 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

School uses $3 000 donation to drill borehole

Maereka Primary School, Nyanga, was recently nominated by $300 winner, Martin F Makanza, to receive a $3000 donation and it decided to use the donation to drill a borehole a move that will easy water problems at the institution.According t…

Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 06:53hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes

Mphoko commissions a borehole in Tsholotsho

Vice president Phelekezela is today expected to commission a borehole in Mbiriya Primary School in Tsholotsho.The area falls under Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo's constituency.He twitted this morning saying : "Today VP Mphoko com…

Published: 20 Mar 2016 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter

City's borehole water unsafe for consumption

THE Bulawayo City Council has warned residents against using borehole water for drinking and cooking without boiling it, as water from most boreholes in the city has not been tested.The city has also announced a number of measures to avert…

Published: 10 Jul 2012 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter

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