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SA authorities crack down on omalayitsha
South Africa's Department of Traffic and Community Safety has launched a major crackdown on overloaded vehicles, targeting small cross-border transporters popularly known as omalayitsha. These vehicle...Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 16:39hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Extremely hot, dry conditions jolt farmers
Zimbabwe is experiencing an extreme heatwave that began on November 30, raising alarm among farmers and health experts. Temperatures across the country are soaring, with some areas expected to reach u...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 06:29hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Ward 12 Councillor appeals for active resident participation in ward meetings
Bulawayo Ward 12 Councillor Maziwakibo Masuku has urged residents to actively participate in and attend ward meetings, emphasizing that they play a crucial role in the community’s growth and develop...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 19:26hrs | 222 | by Stephen Jakes
Used pads cause major sewer blockages in Bulawayo
Bulawayo residents are frequently frustrated by burst sewer pipes, often blaming the local authority for failing to maintain infrastructure. However, a recent revelation from the city's environmental ...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 15:53hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza in door-to-door drive to recover ZiG160m
The Chitungwiza Municipality has initiated a door-to-door exercise aimed at recovering approximately ZW$160 million owed by ratepayers. The program commenced on October 3 and will run until October 17...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 08:04hrs | 2375 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police name seven accident victims
Police have identified seven people who tragically lost their lives in two separate road accidents over the weekend in Masvingo and Rusape.The first accident occurred on Saturday at around 7:2...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 07:52hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Zimstock bursts into life
Zimstock, Harare's premier family-friendly music festival, has come alive at Hellenic Primary School, providing a vibrant mix of entertainment for all ages with performances from both local and intern...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 15:49hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo explores suburban aquifers to beat water shortages
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is exploring the possibility of tapping into aquifers in Nkulumane, Nketa, and Hope Fountain to address severe water shortages caused by drought. The city has ...Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 16:08hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Chief Dakamela appeals for dam de-siltation
NKAYI traditional leader Chief Mbuso Dakamela has appealed to the government to assist in dam desiltation within his area to alleviate water shortages.In an interview with Southern Eye yesterd...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 10:33hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
BCC blames water crisis for sewer blockages
Residents of Nkulumane 5 in Bulawayo are facing severe health risks due to blocked toilets, which have resulted in raw sewage flowing into their homes. Despite numerous reports to the Bulawayo City Co...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 12:20hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo tightens water rationing as supplies dwindle
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has urged residents to conserve water as dam levels have dropped to 33%, far below the 54% recorded last year. If water conservation measures aren't followed, water sup...Published: 14 Aug 2024 at 08:34hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Woman threatens BCC with court action
A Bulawayo resident, Audrey Dlodlo, is contemplating legal action against the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to force the removal of a problematic sewer line from her yard. The sewer line has caused freq...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 07:13hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
BCC loses 50% of water
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is facing significant challenges in accounting for almost 50% of the water it pumps from supply dams to consumers. This issue is primarily due to dilapidated infrastruc...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:36hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Tips for improving your accuracy in Modern Warfare 3
Improving your accuracy in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is crucial for anyone looking to elevate their gameplay. Whether you’re engaging in close-quarters combat or picking off targets from a dist...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 12:23hrs | 255 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo seeks to draw water from Filabusi
The escalating water crisis in Bulawayo has prompted city officials to seek updates on plans to draw water from Lake Cunningham in Filabusi, Matabeleland South province. The city is currently implemen...Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 11:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
BCC moves to fix persistent sewer issues
Ward 22 Councillor Mmeli Moyo disclosed that the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is currently in the process of hiring personnel specifically to tackle sewer issues in the city's hotspot areas. The ongoin...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 07:55hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
20 passengers cheat death as bus bursts into flames
TWENTY passengers aboard a Timboon bus cheated death on Wednesday when their bus developed a suspected electrical fault and burst into flames at the 180km peg along the Harare-Chirundu Highway....Published: 05 Apr 2024 at 05:58hrs | 82 | 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 | 25 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents have been urged to exercise extreme caution and adhere to strict hygiene standards following reports of a diarrhoea outbreak linked to water shortages, with Cowdray Park suburb bein...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:49hrs | 1 | 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
'Bulawayo water crisis to increase sewer pipe bursts'
CITY of Bulawayo director of engineering services, Eng Sikhumbuzo Ncube, has said the continuing water supply challenges facing the city could trigger a serious challenge of sewer pipe bursts as the s...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is in hands of callous ruling elite
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, methinks Zimbabwe is in the hands of a callous ruling elite. It is my conviction that the country is not governed according to rule of t...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:16hrs | 8 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Mzembi sheds light on Chris' explosive outbursts in cabinet
FORMER Foreign Affairs and Tourism minister Walter Mzembi has shed some light and insight on how fired War Veterans minister Chris Mutsvangwa behaved in cabinet meetings during the late former preside...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa firing triggered by his outburst against Mnangagwa's blue-eyed boy?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired his outspoken political ally Christopher Mutsvangwa as Minister of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs with immediate effect for various reasons, but the tri...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 04:33hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park and town zones most burst pipes
Bulawayo City Council identified Cowdray Park and Town zones as the areas with the most burst water pipes in November 2023.This is contained in the Water branch report attached in the latest F...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 16:24hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Sewer bursts concerns mount
THE Harare City Council (HCC) is under fire for failing to timely attend to water and sewer pipe bursts amid concern that the unattended infrastructure is contributing to the cholera outbreak in the c...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:59hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Harare garbage stench worsens
The piles of uncollected garbage in Harare city centre continue growing as more vendors sell vegetables and shops are operated without even a single bin.A concerned resident Mrs Patience Nyamu...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:56hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Power cuts, pipe bursts disrupt Bulawayo water supplies
REGULAR power cuts and pipe bursts are causing water shortages in Bulawayo amid calls by residents for authorities to find a lasting solution to the challenge.Bulawayo town clerk Christopher D...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 15:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Horror crash exposes parlous state of Matebeleland roads
The Bulawayo City Council has completed a sewer and water sanitation rehabilitation project funded through an African Development Bank AfDB US$33,6 million grant.Council is considering approac...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:33hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Harare residents plot protest over cholera
HARARE residents have threatened to protest over the unending cholera outbreak, accusing relevant authorities including government, of not doing enough to stop the disease from spreading.Accor...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:06hrs | | 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 | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa warned against making 'attention-seeking rants'
The government has cautioned CCC leader Nelson Chamisa against making what it calls "attention-seeking outbursts" that could lead to disillusionment and potentially mislead the international community...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cowering to a dictator only makes him more brazen!
I was bullied when I was a little child - from my crèche days to early primary school.That was the period my life changed forever - becoming the person I am today. There were two thin...Published: 16 Sep 2023 at 19:27hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bulawayo recording 10 fires daily
BULAWAYO has recently been having a sharp increase in fire incidents with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) saying they are recording between eight to 10 fire calls daily and this has been taking a toll...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF vitriol bolsters Sadc'
Zanu-PF attacks on the Southern African Development Community election observer mission (SEOM) have likely enhanced the credibility of the regional bloc which often attracts criticism for being "tooth...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Colonial UK minister joins Zimbabwe poll criticism
The United Kingdom Minister for Development and Africa Andrew Mitchell has said Zimbabwe's election results tallying lacked transparency.Zanu-PF presidential candidate Emmerson Mnangagwa was d...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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
CCC demands fresh polls
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has demanded fresh elections supervised by the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) as the United States revealed that it was engaging regional ...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
High expectations for new Bulawayo councillors
Bulawayo residents have called on incoming Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors to restore the city's glory by tackling collapsing service delivery and recurrent water shortages among other...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 12:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Musanhi confident of victory in Bindura North
Zanu-PF politburo member Kenneth Musanhi remains the people's choice for the Bindura North National Assembly constituency as he continues to implement several projects aimed at empowering the youths....Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Gayton McKenzie says Zimbabweans are cowards
Ex-convict and outspoken South African Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie, notorious for his xenophobic outbursts and anti-immigrant campaign, as well as fuelling aggressive anti-foreigners sen...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 11:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza residents resort to bucket toilet system
The bulk of Chitungwiza residents have been forced to resort to the bucket toilet system as council struggles to bring a permanent solution to sewage and water reticulaion problems affecting most part...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's bubble bursts at wrong moment
The peak of the newly formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) wasn't the seats it won in the 2022 by-elections.By the time the seats were won it was obvious they would be won.The ac...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
War against Bulawayo's litterbugs
A non-governmental organisation, Sisonke Working Together Trust Bulawayo together with the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) are waging a war against litterbugs to control pollution in the city....Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC cancels Makokoba redevelopment tender
THE redevelopment of Bulawayo's oldest suburb, Makokoba, into a modern high-rise residential area could be off the rails after Bulawayo City Council cancelled a tender that sought to engage a consulta...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare residents petition council over cholera
HARARE residents on Monday petitioned the local authority over the current cholera outbreak.Harare has recorded over 20 cases of cholera in the past few weeks.According to a Health and...Published: 10 May 2023 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Council provides water bowsers to cholera hotspots
HARARE City Council's health services director Prosper Chonzi yesterday said the local authority was providing water bowsers to cholera hotspots in the capital.On Tuesday, Chonzi said the capi...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt's broken promises over Chilonga Bridge irk community
In 2000, Cyclone Eline caused severe damage to the Chilonga Bridge in the Lowveld region resulting in its collapse.This bridge connected the town of Chiredzi to rural communities including Chi...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters 'hijacks' Zanu-PF campaign platforms
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters have allegedly hijacked the ruling Zanu-PF party's constituency WhatsApp groups to campaign for their leader Nelson Chamisa.As a resul...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Passion Java taunts Zimbabweans over gold theft
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally and self-styled prophet Passion Java has torched a fiery storm after appearing in a video bragging that those implicated in Al Jazeera's four-part gold smuggling do...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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