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Harare City Council chokes under ZiG8 billion debt

Harare City Council is reeling under a debt of more than ZiG8 billion owed by ratepayers, a backlog that officials warn is crippling service delivery and undermining the municipality's operational efficiency.Presenting the latest Debtor's …

Published: 18 Sep 2025 at 21:42hrs | 2370 | by Staff reporter

Redcliff plans CBD relocation

Redcliff Municipality is pursuing an ambitious vision of attaining city status by 2030, with plans underway to relocate its Central Business District (CBD) closer to the highway to stimulate economic growth and attract investment in touris…

Published: 11 Sep 2025 at 17:43hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter

US$4 billion smart city takes shape in Harare

Zimbabwe's capital is taking a major step toward modern urban living with the groundbreaking of Pomona Flats, a high-rise residential complex forming part of the ambitious US$4 billion Pomona City project. Spearheaded by WestProp Holdings,…

Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 13:23hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo losing 'City of Kings' shine amid garbage pile-up

City leaders, government officials, and waste management experts have issued a stark warning about the deteriorating state of solid waste management in Bulawayo, describing it as a looming health and environmental crisis that requires imme…

Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 10:11hrs | | by Staff reporter

Police disrupt Smart City ground-breaking ceremony

A highly anticipated groundbreaking ceremony for the proposed Maqhoba Chef De Grand Smart City in Bulawayo ended in chaos last Thursday after police abruptly shut down the event, citing unresolved land ownership issues.The ceremony, organi…

Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt cracks down on local authority extravagance

The Government has introduced sweeping new controls on foreign travel and allowances for councillors and local authority officials as part of measures aimed at curbing the misuse of public funds and restoring accountability within local au…

Published: 20 Jul 2025 at 09:21hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo City food outlets violate regulations

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has flagged more than 90 food establishments for various operational violations, issuing warnings, condemnation orders, and fines following a series of recent inspections aimed at curbing non-compliance with…

Published: 20 Jul 2025 at 09:19hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's ally takes over City Sports Centre

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special advisor, Paul Tungwarara, has been handed the reins to oversee the long-awaited renovation of the City Sports Centre, a once-proud Harare landmark that has suffered years of neglect under the manageme…

Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 07:58hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter

Masvingo City, Ministry of Health in standoff over donated vehicle

A standoff has erupted between Masvingo City Council and the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) over a vehicle donated by the Global Fund, amid allegations that the vehicle, intended to support the city's health services, is being w…

Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 17:43hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter

Harare City Council is dead, needs complete overhaul

Former chairperson of Harare City Council's audit committee, Councillor Blessing Duma, has delivered a scathing indictment of the local authority, declaring that "the council is dead" and requires not rehabilitation but a total overhaul. H…

Published: 31 May 2025 at 14:03hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter

Gwanda city status push gains momentum

Gwanda's bid to attain city status by 2026 is gathering pace as modern buildings and infrastructure developments begin to redefine the skyline of the Matabeleland South provincial capital.Once a quiet administrative centre, Gwanda is now e…

Published: 11 May 2025 at 13:29hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo Council nets over US$2,000 in fines

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has collected more than US$2,000 in environmental offence fines for April alone, as it intensifies efforts to combat the surge in illegal gold panning, sand poaching, and other environmentally destructive ac…

Published: 10 May 2025 at 13:09hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo City Council seeks ideas to revive city's industries

In a bid to combat urban decay and rapid de-industrialisation, Bulawayo city leaders are urging residents, policy experts, and various stakeholders to contribute innovative solutions that can drive sustainable economic growth for the city.…

Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter

'City on the Edge of the City' set to transform Bulawayo

Real estate firm Henock Ranching has announced an ambitious new urban development project, "City on the Edge of the City," which will be constructed on a 58-hectare gated lifestyle estate on the outskirts of Bulawayo. The project is set to…

Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:04hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo City Council forced to revise 2025 budget

Following a heated meeting with business representatives, residents' associations, and other key stakeholders, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has been compelled to revise its proposed 2025 budget. The revision comes after significant crit…

Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 09:32hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo Deputy Mayor not suspended

The City of Bulawayo has issued a statement clarifying that Deputy Mayor Councillor Edwin Ndlovu and Chairperson of the Finance and Development Committee, Councillor Mpumelelo Moyo, are not suspended.In a press release issued by the counci…

Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 07:49hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter

City workers choke to death in sewer

The City of Kadoma is in mourning after two municipal workers tragically lost their lives while attempting to fix a sewer blockage near St John Kennedy Primary School on Thursday, November 28, 2024.The victims, Tafadzwa Guzo and Tinotenda …

Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 12:59hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Harare City Council loses US$70m per year

The Harare City Council could be losing over US$70 million annually in uncollected revenue due to the absence of a modern Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) financial system, according to suspended town clerk Engineer Hosiah Chisango. This…

Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 12:51hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter

Harare-Domboshava road upgrade nears completion

The Harare City Council's ongoing struggles with waste management have led to significant garbage accumulation and overflowing sewage at key public transit points, sparking health concerns among commuters and transport operators.During a v…

Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 10:55hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter

Harare City fails to cope with piles of garbage

The Harare City Council's ongoing struggles with waste management have led to significant garbage accumulation and overflowing sewage at key public transit points, sparking health concerns among commuters and transport operators.During a v…

Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 10:55hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter

Mt Hampden residents face displacement for Zim Cyber City development

Thousands of residents in Turner Farm, Mt Hampden, are facing the looming threat of displacement as the government moves ahead with the development of the multi-billion-dollar Zim Cyber City project, located 26 kilometers northwest of Hara…

Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter

Harare City Council gets ultimatum

Harare City Council (HCC) is under mounting pressure from the government to submit a comprehensive master plan, with a stern ultimatum set by the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works. In a letter addressed to Harare Mayor Jacob Ma…

Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 06:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Harare City Council reshuffles municipal police

In an effort to improve service delivery and rebuild trust with residents, the City of Harare has reassigned at least 20 municipal police officers, with an emphasis on the traffic section. This decision follows resident feedback raising co…

Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 16:52hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter

Harare City Council uncovers $2 million scandal

A seven-member sub-committee appointed by the Harare City Council has uncovered a scandal that has cost the municipality over US$2 million in a dubious land deal. The investigation, initiated in May 2024, focused on the circumstances surro…

Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 07:32hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter

Mafume accused of illegally pocketing prime land at Harare's expense

The Harare City Council is facing mounting scrutiny as it emerges that Mayor Jacob Mafume and several senior officials received stands under questionable circumstances, costing the municipality much-needed revenue. This troubling revelatio…

Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 08:28hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter

Scathing indictment of Harare City Council's corruption and mismanagement

The Harare City Council (HCC) has been exposed as nothing short of a cesspool of corruption, gross mismanagement, and unchecked incompetence since 2017, according to a damning Commission of Inquiry led by Justice Maphios Cheda. Appointed b…

Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 19:34hrs | 4 | by Dereck Goto

Mashonaland's new city takes shape

The Government of Zimbabwe has commenced servicing land in Mt Hampden, where the new commercial and administrative capital will be established. This follows the recent repossession of 47 farms covering 15,500 hectares from Mashonaland West…

Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:18hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter

Partitioning of city buildings divides Bulawayo councillors

The Bulawayo City Council has raised concerns about the increasing trend of partitioning city centre buildings into mini-complexes for small and medium business operators. This unregulated growth is seen as a threat to the cityâ€™s develop…

Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:00hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter

47 farms earmarked for new city

FORTY-SEVEN farms in Mashonaland West and Mashonaland Central provinces have been earmarked for the development of the new capital city in Mt Hampden, where work on core infrastructure, which includes roads, water, electricity and telecomm…

Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:24hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo city centre dumpsite worsens chaos, decay

AN illegal dumpsite, which resembles Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s Richmond Landfill site, commonly known as Ngozi Mine has emerged, a stone's throw away from a busy road that connects the city centre and some eastern suburbs. Squatters ha…

Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Gweru City Council struggles to pay December salaries

THE cash-strapped Gweru City Council (GCC) is struggling to pay its workers their December salaries including bonuses.The failure by the local authority to pay its 1 200 employees has had a negative impact on most of them who are now strug…

Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Holidaymakers throng Bulawayo tourist attractions

TOURIST attractions around Bulawayo were on Christmas Day teeming with activity as hordes of holidaymakers, among them Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Barbara Rwodzi, took time out to celebrate the special day. The Chronicle news…

Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:27hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter

New city takes shape in Umguza Rural District

A NEW city named Kings City with state-of-the-art facilities including shopping malls and gated townhouses is taking shape on the outskirts of Bulawayo in Umguza Rural District.The development of Kings City is a partnership between Umguza …

Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

City council to auction 142 clamped vehicles

HARARE City Council is set to auction at least 142 vehicles impounded for violating traffic laws and never claimed by their owners who would have to pay fines and charges to get them back.The municipal yesterday published a list of all unc…

Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:09hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Harare City Council barred from direct sales of land

Harare City Council has been barred by the High Court from selling land directly to companies and individuals after the illegal sale of Mount Pleasant Sports Club and golf course has seen two top officials being jailed for effective six-ye…

Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:04hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Shambolic accounts haunt city

HARARE City Council has been failing to properly account for its revenues over the past four years due to a manual accounting system prone to human error and manipulation.In 2019, the local authority parted ways with service provider Quill…

Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:03hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's capital Harare among bottom 10 worst liveable cities

A leading research firm has ranked Harare among the bottom 10 worst liveable cities based on the Global Liveability Index, reflecting the country's socio-economic crisis which has caused dilapidation of infrastructure and basic amenities, …

Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:44hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans must stay away from occult wealth seeking

IMAGINE being instructed by an inyanga or sangoma to take soil from a stranger's grave that will be used to perform a ritual to invoke the spirit of a dead person to help you get instant wealth and power.Welcome to the dark side of occult …

Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:02hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Gweru: a city without traffic lights

Green means go, and red means stop. That is the rule on the road, but when traffic lights are down, motorists are left asking which car goes first? This is a question that most motorists in Zimbabwe's third largest city Gweru grapple with …

Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:02hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's cyber city: Urban utopia or surveillance menace?

In a fertile stretch of fields and farms dubbed New Harare, Zimbabwe is building a high-tech "cyber city" a world away from the traffic-clogged streets and overcrowded slums of the country's nearby capital.President Emmerson Mnangagwa, eag…

Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 16:27hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Biti details illegal land grab in dodgy deal between Augur Investments and Harare City Council

HARARE East legislator, Tendai Biti has revealed that part of the land reportedly grabbed by Augur Investments in their dispute with the City of Harare (COH) was nefariously seized without the knowledge and approval of its stewardship, the…

Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 18:44hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Harare City relegated

Highlanders 1 - 1 ZPC KaribaHARARE CITY have been relegated from the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League after ZPC Kariba held Highlanders in an exciting match at Barbourfields Stadium yesterday.The Sunshine City Boys' last game against Hig…

Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo City silence Dynamos

Bulawayo City 1-0 Dynamos A Melikhaya Ncube goal from the penalty spot with 11 minutes to play was the difference as Bulawayo City earned a massive three points in their battle to survive relegation while Dynamos blew an opportunity to cem…

Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:12hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

MDC-T plots recalling returnee divisive councillor

BULAWAYO Mayor Solomon Mguni and councillor Mlandu Ncube have reportedly roped in MDC-T in a bid to block Tinashe Kambarami from assuming the city's deputy mayorship following his recent reinstatement by the Bulawayo High Court.High Court …

Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 19:15hrs | 1054 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo City plot survival

BULAWAYO City coach Farai Tawachera says he is confident his side will survive relegation and is targeting  15 points from their remaining games as they host Yadah in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Barbourfields Stadium…

Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:05hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo City Council accused of double dipping

BULAWAYO Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) has engaged the Local Government minister, July Moyo, in a bid to resolve a dragging housing stands dispute between the Bulawayo City Council and some homeseekers.Some residents reportedly …

Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 19:46hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe developing a new US$60bn capita city

Plans to develop Zimbabwe's new capital city in Mt Hampden are gathering momentum, with a masterplan for the multi-billion-dollar ultra-modern development now complete.The US$60 billion metropolis, which is anticipated to de-congest Harare…

Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

Thieves target city boreholes

BULAWAYO City councillors are concerned about the theft of solar panels and vandalism of the solar powered boreholes at a time when the city is facing acute water shortages.The local authority is implementing a 48 hour water rationing regi…

Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:01hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Bosso out to reclaim their home from Bulawayo City

IT'S a derby of two tales when Highlanders and Bulawayo City FC face-off on Sunday with the former aiming to bounce back to winning ways while the latter continues with their survival fight.This is no ordinary match.It's a fight for pride …

Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:40hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

NatPharm fails to supply drugs

GOVERNMENT-RUN National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) is reportedly struggling to meet demand for drugs at public health institutions, resulting in acute shortages of critical medicines across the country.Last year, government gave Nat…

Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter

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