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Typhoid wreaking havoc in Harare
TYPHOID is wreaking havoc in the capital, Harare, with 19 new suspected cases having been recorded this week.This comes after 63 suspected cases were recently recorded in Glen Norah high-densi...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:25hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Harare diarrhoea outbreak rages
Harare City Council is producing about a quarter of the residents' daily potable water requirements, with the authorities last week sanctioning a rationing regime amid a diarrhoea outbreak in the capi...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:03hrs | 961 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Harare
Harare recorded over 1 100 cases of diarrhoea between October 24 and November 20, with the authorities citing the city's failure to provide clean running water, collect refuse and attend to burst sewe...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:52hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
The changing landscape of Makokoba suburb
MAKOKOBA, the oldest township and the first black African suburb in the City of Queens and Kings was named after the actions of one Mr Fallon, the native commissioner at the time, who used to walk aro...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Another diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO has recorded a fourth diarrhoea outbreak since last year with 157 cases having been reported so far in the high-density suburb of Tshabalala Extension.The last outbreak in the city wa...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo reels as ageing sewer system breaks down
IF anyone had told Sithuthukile Moyo that as an adult, she would be heading into the bushes when nature calls, she would have laughed it off as a bad joke.But nowadays, that is not an uncommon...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:57hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Burst sewer crisis deepens
BULAWAYO residents have lamented the council's delays in responding to burst sewerage in their communities saying this could contribute to disease outbreaks.The city has recorded a serie...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:39hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo warns Victoria Falls mayor
LOCAL Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo has ordered Victoria Falls Mayor, Councillor Somveli Dlamini to stop interfering in the day-to-day management of the city and concentrate on his co...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:34hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mosquitoes give Bulawayo residents sleepless nights
HOVERING seamlessly at ear level with a persistent and incommodious whine, mosquitoes leave you with bites that subsequently lead to itchy and puffy welts.With their slender segmented body, a ...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:28hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Makokoba sewage crisis overwhelms council
BUlAWAYO has a catchy tagline of aspiring a smart, transformative city by 2024.With just under three years to the set date, plummeting service delivery levels in virtually all townships might ...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo poor water quality sees increase in waterborne diseases
BULAWAYO is recording an increase in waterborne diseases as the local authourity grapples with inconsistences in the city's water quality despite its treatment chemicals meeting national standards. ...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 06:13hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Residents fume over raw sewage spilling into homes
RESIDENTS of Bulawayo's oldest and most populous suburb, Makokoba, are up in arms with the city council for failing to attend to burst sewer pipes which are now discharging raw sewage into their house...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayoral mansion divides Chamisa's MDC
"The State House was never built for Mugabe (late President Robert) and Mnangagwa (President Emmerson)," Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni said, as he sought to justify why the council should also build a ...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's urban sprawl exposes housing crisis
Ndaba Dube, a Bulawayo resident, says he built himself a home on a small piece of land after the authorities kept him on the housing waiting list for more than two decades.The land he chose is...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 08:16hrs | 162 | by Ignatius Banda
BCC workers demand bribe to fix burst sewer pipe
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) employees have been implicated in a scandal where they allegedly demanded US$35 bribe from the Anglican Church in Luveve to repair a burst sewer line.The issue emer...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:20hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Pelandaba residents fret over burst sewer
BULAWAYO'S Pelandaba residents said raw sewer had been flowing into their homes for the past three weeks, exposing them to a potential health disaster.The residents told Southern Eye that they...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Raw sewage flows into Mabvuku, Tafara houses
A HEALTH hazard is looming in Harare's Tafara and Mabvuku high-density surburbs, where residents have had to contend with raw sewage flowing into their homesteads for almost a year as council fails to...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sewage horror in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents have called on Bulawayo City Council to urgently attend to burst sewers which have become a health time bomb in the city.In Mzilikazi and Makokoba suburbs, there are areas w...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:15hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Baby pops out of a burst sewer
IN a suspected case of infanticide, a baby was on Saturday found dead in a burst sewer at Lobengula Primary School, police have confirmed.Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube ...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 18:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Sewer bursts, flows torment Bulawayo residents
SUPPER is the one meal that is supposed to bring families together. It is that meal eaten when, in most cases, most families are now gathered together after a long day at work or school.It is ...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:34hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents to lose houses
Bulawayo City Council is on a collision course with residents after Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube said the local authority will take drastic action that could see ratepayers losing their homes over u...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ema exposes BCC
THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has exposed Bulawayo City Council's continued failure to timeously repair burst sewer pipes and collect waste in residential areas, a development which may tr...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:59hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC rails govt for 'crippling service delivery'
THE MDC led by Nelson Chamisa has blamed the central government for crippling service delivery in Bulawayo by recalling its councillors.This was revealed by MDC Alliance Bulawayo spokesperson ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
EMA urged to get tough on BCC
THE Environment Management Agency (EMA) in Bulawayo has been petitioned by a human rights organisation, Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) to release its charges against the Bulawayo City ...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:19hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Makokoba residents protest over burst sewage pipes
MAKOKOBA residents dumped plastic bags with sewage at Bulawayo City Council offices protesting the municipality's slow response in attending to burst sewage pipes.The disgruntled residents rev...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Water crisis puts residents' health at risk in Bulawayo
"YOU'LL get water when it's available," Bulawayo City Council officials loosely told residents recently after struggling to stick to the six-day water shedding schedule put in place to manage the dwin...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 23:59hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
EMA censures BCC over raw effluent discharge
THE Bulawayo City Council is facing prosecution for discharging raw sewage into nearby rivers which is threatening aquatic life and livelihoods, recent council minutes have revealed.The most a...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:16hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Cranborne Boys High School students in demo
CRANBORNE Boys High School staged a demonstration earlier today against the school head Mr Dennis Masenga who is being accused of mismanagement and misappropriation of funds at the school.Mr M...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 18:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe citizens missing in action
IN his 1957 ANC presidential address, chief Albert Luthuli once remarked: The length of the term of slavery depends largely on the oppressed themselves and not on the oppressor."Although his r...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:07hrs | | by Levison Bhebhe
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Harare
An outbreak of diarrhoea has been reported in parts of Harare's Glen View, Budiriro and Glen Norah suburbs where over 22 people, mostly children, have been affected by the disease. The three h...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea hits Glen View 3
Diarrhoea cases have hit Glen View 3. The most hit streets include 56 and 58 Crescent. The cases are caused by burst sewer pipes which have taken long before being attended to by City of Harare....Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 09:53hrs | | by Community Water Alliance
#myzimbabwedream - Playing our role
As the world commemorates Workers Day, National People's Party (NPP) joins the Nation in mourning the loss of freedom and happiness of our workers..Freedom for the workers means eradication of...Published: 03 May 2019 at 07:51hrs | | by Themba Ndebele
Pipeline repairs to leave Bulawayo dry
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) will today carry out major repair works along the Umzingwane/Mtshabezi pipeline — in an unavoidable move which will leave the whole city dry for 15 hours.This is ...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC faces questions over lavish spending
CASH-STRAPPED Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has set itself on a collision course with residents after it approved a plan to splash US$900 each per day on hotel accommodation for four council officials f...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1159 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents fear 'Harare disease' outbreak
Bulawayo residents say they are at grave risk of contracting deadly diseases such as cholera and typhoid, unless the government urgently bails out their city council to replace its decrepit sewer and ...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 06:59hrs | 3415 | by Staff reporter
Councillors block road project
BEITBRIDGE councillors have resisted the development of a road they say had "jumped the queue", because it does not serve residents.The road links the Shule Shule Shopping Centre, goes past a ...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza residents give up on service delivery
CHITUNGWIZA residents said they were battling a myriad of service delivery challenges, which include uncollected garbage, erratic water supplies, burst sewers, and have given up hope of getting normal...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:05hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
BCC ignores burst sewer in my yard
Dear Editor, We reported to Bulawayo city council about a sewer burst in my yard, in Tshabalala near Vulindlela shops, on the 3rd of December and this problem has never been attended to....Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 17:20hrs | 1082 | by Tshabalala Resident
Zimbabweans sleeping in food and petrol queues
Zimbabweans are sleeping in petrol queues and spending hours lining up for basic food, as the country suffers its worst economic crisis in a decade.Nearly a year after the downfall of dictator...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:51hrs | 1050 | by abc.net.au/
Is it 2008 all over again for Zimbabweans?
Even though government is claiming to be on top of the situation, Zimbabweans are panicking because events from the past few weeks have an eerie similarity to what happened in 2008 when the country tu...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1210 | by Cecilia Kamputa
Brutalising vendors must stop
The Zanu PF government’s obsession and decision to evict vendors from the city centre is barbaric contemptuous and disrespectful. It is not the solution...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 16:53hrs | 3304 | by Jacob Mafume, MDC National Spokesperson
BCC urged to be vigilant to prevent cholera outbreak
RESIDENTS' associations and political parties have hailed the Bulawayo City Council for maintaining a high level of health standards which has kept communicable disease outbreaks at bay, but urged the...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open for business starts with health funding, Mr Mnangagwa
ONE death is a death too many to justify. As the cholera outbreak ravaged populous Harare high-density suburbs Glen View and Budiriro for the second time within a decade, my heart grieves and prays th...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:28hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Outrage over govt spending
Zimbabweans have expressed outrage over the government's poor planning and unnecessary expenditure at the expense of preventing medieval diseases like cholera, which has so far claimed the lives of at...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 16:30hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Cholera: Harare City Council caught sleeping on the job
The ongoing cholera outbreak started on 1 September in Glen View 3, Harare and has since spread, killing 30 people with 5 463 cases having been reported to date. As usual opposition elements hav...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 14:28hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
Zimbabwe cholera death toll rallies
THE death toll due to the cholera outbreak that has hit Harare and other parts of the country has increased to 25, with more than 3 700 people hospitalised as government availed a paltry $1 million to...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa visits cholera victims
Today MDC president Chamisa visited the cholera affected area of Glen View where he interacted with the affected community members and families. His first port of call was the Glen View Clinic before ...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 15:18hrs | | by MDC Communications
Zimbabwe cholera outbreak declared state of emergency
GOVERNMENT has declared the cholera outbreak in Harare a state of emergency and ordered the closure of a primary school in Glen View as the death toll from the waterborne disease rose to over 20, whil...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare's cholera death toll rises to 10
The death toll from a major cholera outbreak in Harare has risen to 10, the city's director of health said yesterday, with an appeal for more help to put an end to the epidemic.This comes as Z...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZIDERA extension is unacceptable
The ushering in of the new dispensation on 24 November 2017, gave hope to the people of Zimbabwe as they hoped to see a paradigm shift from the old dispensation of Robert Mugabe. President Emmerson Mn...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 12:15hrs | 1388 | by Elijah Chihota
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