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Bowsers expose vendors to deadly COVID-19
Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association (BVTA) members have expressed concern on the overcrowding of residents in bowser queues, which is greatly exposing them to the deadly COVID-19. Bulaway...Published: 5 hrs ago | 674 | by Stephen Jakes
'Demolition of BF not an option'
MATABELELAND North Senator Alice Dube, says demolishing Barbourfields for the iconic structure to meet FIFA and CAF standards must never be an option. Instead, Dube, a member of the Parliament...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1206 | by Staff reporter
BCC hands over donated COVID-19 materials to traders
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has handed over materials to fight COVID-19 on behalf of Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association (BVTA).Th...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 07:54hrs | 311 | by Stephen Jakes
BF stadium set for partial demolition
Bulawayo's ceremonial home of football, Barbourfields Stadium is set for partial demolition as part of the refurbishment works in line with CAF requirements.As part of efforts to ensure that E...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 16:54hrs | 2025 | by Staff reporter
BCC insists on sewage contaminated Khami water
THE city council here has remained defiant on its push to have Khami Dam as one of its suppliers of water.This comes as the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has for some time now been entangled in ...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 16:22hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to reallocate unused land
INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday said the government had adopted the Comprehensive National Agricultural Land Audit which will see 225 abandoned land units being reallocated, while 24 ...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:30hrs | 1630 | by Staff reporter
Council departments request for control of rodents, cockroaches, mosquitoes
Bulawayo City Council departments have requested an increase in the control measures put in place to prevent the sprouting of cockroaches, rodents, and mosquitoes in the city.This is revealed ...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 07:46hrs | 814 | by Stephen Jakes
BREAKING: Bulawayo Mayor instructed to report to Thokozani Khupe daily
MDC-T President Thokozani Khupe has constituted a Presidential Task Force to look at the death of about 13 people in Luveve in the past months and has instructed Bulawayo Mayor His Worship Solomon Mad...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 17:54hrs | 9046 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BCC goes paperless
BULAWAYO City Council has gone paperless and will be distributing statements via SMS, with ratepayers who have access to the internet viewing their accounts online.Town clerk Christopher Dube ...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:09hrs | 1915 | by Staff reporter
BCC struggles to pay workers
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says its coffers are running dry and as such it is struggling to pay its workers and deliver services effectively. The council which says its revenue declined by 80...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:06hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors happy over city's cleanliness
Bulawayo City Councillors have expressed happiness over the city centre's cleanliness following the removal of informal traders in the city centre during the Covid-19 lockdown.This is revealed...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 15:05hrs | 798 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo sits on perennial river
IN a case depicting poverty amid plenty, part of the Bulawayo Central Business District (CBD) was built on top of an underground perennial river, despite the city experiencing a crippling water shorta...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 1845 | by Staff reporter
BCC to repossess undeveloped stands
THE Bulawayo City Council has resolved to repossess 179 stands in Cowdray Park, Entumbane and Pumula after the owners failed to develop them.Some of the property owners have gone for 22 years ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 1590 | by Staff reporter
New stadium for Bulawayo
THE Bulawayo City Council has identified a site where it intends to construct a new state of the art Stadium that conforms to Fifa and Caf standards.It has also emerged that installation of ne...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 20:53hrs | 7101 | by Staff reporter
BCC to bill in forex
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is considering billing residents in foreign currency and has re-adopted selling of residential stands in US dollars. The local authority, in the latest council repo...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:35hrs | 1721 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo pushes for out of court settlement
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is reportedly pushing for an out-of-court settlement with residents who dragged it to court demanding answers to the diarrhoea, typhoid and dysentery outbreak in the city....Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:24hrs | 1563 | by Staff reporter
Only MDC Alliance vendors getting vending bays in Bulawayo
INFORMAL traders have accused the MDC-Alliance dominated Bulawayo City Council (BCC) of politicising allocation of vending bays by sidelining vendors with Zanu-PF links.Speaking at a meeting w...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1387 | by Staff reporter
Residents sue BCC over typhoid, Harare laboratory roped in
BULAWAYO residents have approached the High Court seeking an order directing council to release the laboratory samples of tap water and other vital information relating to the diarrhoea outbreak in Lu...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water safe, says council report
A Bulawayo City Council report on the alleged contaminated Luveve water has revealed that tap water samples collected in the area tested satisfactory while those done on water from an open source in t...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:01hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo burial regulations to continue beyond lockdown
BURIAL regulations introduced by the Bulawayo City Council as part of the Covid-19 pandemic preventive measures are set to continue beyond the national lockdown.At the onset of the pandemic in...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:26hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
Technical glitch adds to Bulawayo water woes
BULAWAYO City Council has shut down water pumps supplying water from Ncema Dam to the Tuli Reservoir due to a technical fault, forcing prolonged water supply interruption in the city. The problem come...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:37hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Mayor blames residents for Luveve water death crisis
Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Madlala blamed Luveve residents for the Gastrointestinal Disease that has claimed 12 lives leaving thousands seeking medical attention. Speaking on camera, Mguni said th...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 16:47hrs | 2007 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Bulawayo Council guilty of Luveve water crisis'
Since the outbreak of the waterborne disease in Luveve Old and New that has so far claimed 12 lives, while over a thousand have been hospitalized, Bulawayo City Council management have been busy with ...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1182 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Army doctors deployed to Bulawayo
The Central Government has deployed army doctors to assist the City of Bulawayo in containing the outbreak of Gastrointestinal Disease which has left 9 people dead and more than a thousand seeking med...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 14:55hrs | 9669 | by Mandla Ndlovu
New guidelines for Bulawayo clinics
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) Health Services Department has introduced a raft of measures to protect health personnel and patients against Covid-19 at local clinics. The municipality runs 1...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Luveve deaths caused by water shedding
GOVERNMENT has attributed Bulawayo's diarrhoea outbreak in Luveve and surrounding suburbs that has killed nine people to water shedding and vandalism of pipes, and released an additional $7.4 million ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:09hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
13 more Mpilo Central Hospital nurses test positive
HEALTH workers, especially nurses, are at a high risk of contracting Covid-19. Minister of State for Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Judith Ncube has suggested that this is due to some members of the publ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance blames govt for Bulawayo water crisis
THE opposition MDC Alliance yesterday blamed government for the deteriorating water situation in Bulawayo, saying the Zanu-PF administration refused to grant the local authority permission to construc...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:10hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Adequate raw water is the answer to Bulawayo water woes: MDC
The MDC Alliance has said the construction of raw water sources around Bulawayo will be the major solution to the perennial water crisis that the city is facing.MDC A Secretary for local Gover...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:09hrs | 146 | by Stephen Jakes
Thorngrove Hospital wards to reopen
Bulawayo's Thorngrove infectious diseases hospital's closed wards are expected to re-open next week after undergoing a $74,7 million facelift. The project is on course with significant refurbi...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Covid-19 death toll rises
A 79-year-old woman from Bulawayo succumbed to Covid-19 on Saturday bringing Zimbabwe's cumulative deaths to six. Bulawayo also recorded two new Covid-19 cases which brings the city's total re...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC speaks on the killer disease that struck Bulawayo
MDC Alliance has urged the Mayor of Bulawayo His Worship Solomon Madlala Mguni to engage the residents and all stakeholders in Bulawayo in order to come up with a workable solution to the crisis that ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 14:35hrs | 5232 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo residents sleep in water queues
Twice a week, Nothi Mlalazi joins a long line with dozens of other people - some of whom have slept there overnight - and stands for hours waiting for water in Zimbabwe's second-largest city.A...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:46hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
BCC directors sucked into city land row
RESIDENTS have submitted their objections to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) over a proposed land offer to the Mayor, Councillor Solomon Mguni, amid revelations that two council directors are also set...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:06hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Displaced Bulawayo vendors approach High Court
MORE than 600 informal vendors in Bulawayo who were affected by the closure of the 5th Avenue market place in the city centre have approached the High Court challenging Bulawayo City Council's decisio...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea-hit Bulawayo suburb to test for Covid-19
THE diarrhoea outbreak death toll in Bulawayo's Luveve suburb has increased to nine and the city's health services department has treated nearly 1 000 patients since it launched the door-to-door treat...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:12hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Covid-19 cases spike
THIRTY-TWO new Covid-19 cases have been reported in Bulawayo, bringing to 58 the number of cases in the city. The city which had 26 cases by Wednesday before the figure jumped to 58 on Thursda...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
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Strange disease strikes Bulawayo... Council to arrest residents for not reporting cases
Bulawayo City Council has released a statement informing residents that there is an Outbreak of Gastrointestinal Disease which is currently concentrated in Luveve but slowly spreading to other areas. ...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 20:46hrs | 13944 | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTOS: Bulawayo residents dump coffins at City Council offices
Disgruntled residents of Bulawayo’s Luveve township staged a mass action at Luveve Housing office to register their displeasure at the death of children who are said to have perished aft...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 11:48hrs | 7845 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BCC refills wells after diarrhoea outbreak
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is refilling all water wells dug by residents to augment supplies delivered by the local authority following the death of six residents from a diarrhoea outbreak in Luv...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents to object to Chamisa mayor's land offer
THERE has been a public outcry after the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) offered the Mayor, Councillor Solomon Mguni 3,5 hectares of agricultural land in Lower Rangemore under a 25-year lease at $165 per ...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:32hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
UBH female patient tests positive for Coronavirus
Online publication CITE has reported that a female patient who is admitted to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) has tested positive for Covid-19, with health officials saying measures were being tak...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 17:23hrs | 1492 | by Staff Reporter
'BCC, govt must bow down heads in shame over Bulawayo water situation'
MDC Alliance member Descent Bajila has said the Bulawayo City Council and the government must bow down their heads in shame over failure to provide adequate water to the city after 40 years of indepen...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 09:58hrs | 2207 | by Stephen Jakes
Government must immediately clarify what they meant by re- opening of informal sector
Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association director Michael Mdladla Ndiweni has called on the government to immediately clarify what they meant by re- opening of informal sector after an individual prov...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 09:51hrs | 1917 | by Stephen Jakes
BCC defends water quality
TWELVE people were on Tuesday admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital suffering from diarrhoea as Bulawayo City Council (BCC) denied that the six children who died of diarrhoea in Luveve high-density subur...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:29hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Families sleep in water lines as drought grips Bulawayo
TWICE a week, Nothi Mlalazi joins a long line with dozens of other people - some of whom have slept there overnight - and stands for hours waiting for water in Zimbabwe's second-largest city.A...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:15hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Council launches door-to-door diarrhoea treatment
Bulawayo City Council's Health Services Department has embarked on a door to door campaign to identify diarrhoea patients following the death of five people in Luveve suburb. The door to door ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:43hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Accept sewage polluted Khami water, BCC pleads with residents
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is pleading with residents to accept the recycling of Khami Dam water as it works on alternative solutions to the city's water crisis. The city is facing a serious ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:42hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records 218 diarrhoea cases, 3 deaths
A TOTAL of 218 diarrhoea cases have been recorded in Bulawayo's water-hit Luveve high density suburb with five diarrhoea patients admitted at Mpilo hospital.Three children in the same high den...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:37hrs | 287 | by newzimbabwe
Bajila donates 5 000 litres of water to Luveve
MDC Youth leader Discent Collins Bajila has announced that he will be supplying Ward 15 section of Luveve with 5 000 litres of water as a means of assisting residents who have been struck with a trage...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 10:27hrs | 1646 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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