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HARARE, ZIMBABWE - The cholera outbreak that swept through Zimbabwe in 2008-2009 killed more than 4,000 people and sickened nearly 100,000. Parts of Harare and its surrounding suburbs were especially ...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 10:02hrs | 448 | by Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe
Parliament petitioned over privatisation of Harare water
The Community Water Alliance (CWA) and the Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) have called on Parliament to intervene and halt the Zimbabwean government's plans to privatise water services ...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:19hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe kills over 150
These days, Catherine Mangosho locks her 3-year-old grandson in the house for hours on end in an attempt to shield him from a deadly cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe.The virulent bacterial disease...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:45hrs | 15 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Journalists urged to report climate change with caution
Harare Residents Trust director Precious Shumba urged journalists to approach climate change issues to ensure the flow of effective communication to various societal classes and beliefs.Speaki...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 14:19hrs | 3 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
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 | 3 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Residents charged for unconsumed water'
Civil society organisations (CSOs) have accused local authorities of charging residents for water not consumed.Speaking at the Harare Water Justice Symposium on Friday in Harare, Combined Hara...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube sued 120 times over unpopular policies
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says he has been sued over 120 times over his unpopular economic measures.Since becoming the Treasury boss in September 2018, Ncube has implemented several contro...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Terence Mukupe, NGO clash over construction project
FORMER Finance deputy minister Terence Mukupe has accused an environmental pressure group, the Community Water Alliance (CWA), of plotting to stop the construction of a shopping mall and stadium near ...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare needs executive mayor, says Mafume
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume has claimed that the deplorable service delivery in the capital was a result of having a ceremonial mayor who is constantly stripped of power.Mafume said elected repr...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Councils told to address sewer bursts
THE Community Water Alliance (CWA) has called on local authorities to address the issue of sewer bursts in order to prevent the spread of waterborne diseases.In a statement yesterday, CWA spok...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Residents clock 30 years without tap water'
THE Community Water Alliance (CWA) yesterday called for urgency in addressing water challenges in Harare's Mabvuku-Tafara high density suburbs where residents have gone for 30 years without running wa...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 vaccines welcomed
Zimbabweans have applauded Government following delivery of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines from China yesterday. The 200 000 Covid-19 vaccine doses, which were donated by the People's Republic of China a...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Investors shun Zimbabwe due to poor governance, says UK minister
THE United Kingdom's minister for Africa James Duddridge has said British investors are "shunning" Zimbabwe due to a poorly managed currency, abuse of property rights and other legal concerns....Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube ordered to disclose foreign debts by High Court
THE High Court has ordered Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to publish details of all loans and guarantees incurred by government from January 2017 to December 1, 2020 with the African Export–Import Ba...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Judge summons AG Machaya to court over devolution
ATTORNEY-GENERAL (AG) Advocate Prince Machaya has been summoned to appear in court today and explain himself on government's delays in acceding to a court application filed by water rights campaigners...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 09:05hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Recalls hamper service delivery
RESIDENTS associations and civil society organisations across the country have raised concern over the recalling of councillors by the MDC faction headed by Thokozani Khupe. Since April when t...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 17:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Water and sanitation delivery deplorable
An assessment of the current State of Water and Sanitation delivery is revealing a sad chapter and deplorable conditions in the country.Community Water Alliance has witnessed serious and dange...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 19:42hrs | | by H Rwambiwa
Typhoid cases resurface in Glen View
Several patients suffering from diarrhoea in Harare's Glen View high-density suburb, have tested positive for typhoid, a local non-governmental organisation has revealed.The Community Water Al...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZCTU denies hand in planned ShutDownZimbabwe protests
LABOUR federation, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), has dismissed messages circulating on social media linking it to a "shutdown" of the country on July 1.A pamphlet that has gone...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:23hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe.com
Harare diarrhoea outbreak to persist
The diarrhoea outbreak in Harare's Glen View high-density suburb has persisted in the absence of potable water, compounded by a poor response by council authorities to finding a solution to sewer burs...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | 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
Parly to undertake public consultations on review of Water Act
After Community Water Alliance (CWA) hearing before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement yesterday 21/05/2019, the Committee informed CWA ...Published: 22 May 2019 at 15:35hrs | 1 | by Community Water Alliance
Tenderpreneurship delivers sewer water at the tap
Community Water Alliance has served letters to the Chief Executive Officer of Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe, Mayor of Harare His Worship Councilor Hebert Gomba and the Ministry of Local...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:11hrs | 9 | by Community Water Alliance
RBZ complicit on water problems
Community Water Alliance accessed documents on how much foreign currency has been availed to water delivery per year by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. The documents in possession of Community Water All...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 17:26hrs | | by Community Water Alliance
Harare starts disconnecting water
KUWADZANA residents woke up to no water meters after Harare City Council (HCC) employees removed them over non-payment of bills.Community Water Alliance (CWA) Ward 44 chairperson Miriam Nyaman...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 09:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Harare water-rationing stokes cholera fears
Harare City Council says it is limiting running water to two days a week due to a drier-than-normal rainy season as criticism mounted over the move.The aim of water-rationing is to help distri...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:39hrs | 10 | by VOA
Mthuli Ncube guilty as charged
Community Water Alliance is greatly disturbed by Hon Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube's disregard of his constitutional duties when it comes to loan agreements and guarantees.We read with sadn...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 13:40hrs | 1 | by Community Water Alliance
Harare, water purification dealer fight over $500k project
Harare City Council and a local water purification dealer are embroiled in a dispute over a $500 000 mobile water treatment plant meant to provide water to Mabvuku, Tafara and nearby suburbs.C...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare rations water
Residents of the Zimbabwean capital Harare have begun to experience water rationing as part of a local government preservation measure during a drought.The rolling cuts to water service will a...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe linked Well-Cash off the hook
A Harare man who had dragged Well-Cash Debt Collectors to court arguing that its operations were illegal, has withdrawn the case before it could be heard in the High Court.Cephas Madyanyoka di...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 14:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Well-cash case to be heard by High Court
The High Court will sit down to make a determination on a case involving Well-cash Debt Collectors and Mr. Cephas Madyanyoka a member of Community Water Alliance. The case will be heard before Justice...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 10:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe Churches, CSOs press panic button
Churches and civic society organisations have expressed concern at the rate at which Zimbabwe is plunging into political and socio-economic decay following the disputed July 30 elections and slammed c...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
All eyes on Mnangagwa's new Cabinet
THE new Cabinet will be sworn-in at Sate House today with Zimbabweans across the political divide optimistic that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new 20-member team will immediately hit the ground runn...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bucket of water fill-up after 8 hours in Harare
Community Water Alliance staff visited households with pre-paid water meters in Kambuzuma Section 1. The purpose of the visit was to assess the impact of pre-paid water meters installed in 2017 by Cit...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 14:30hrs | | by Hildaberta Rwambiwa
Residents sue govt, local authorities over caretaker commissioners
Harare High Court judge Justice Edith Mushore will today preside over a challenge filed by Chitungwiza and Harare residents, who have dragged government and respective local authorities to court over ...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents drag minister to court
Harare and Chitungwiza residents associations have taken Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister July Moyo to court over his decision to appoint caretaker commissions to run counc...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Moyo's caretaker commissions illegal'
Commissions set up to run local authorities by Local Government minister July Moyo are illegal and should be abolished, constitutional and local government experts have said.This comes after M...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 15:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Harare cuts off water supplies to residents
Harare City Council (HCC) has started shutting off water service to "nonpaying" residents by removing water meters.Residents in high density suburbs such as Highfield, Glen Norah, Glen View an...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 11:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Matapi hostels must be demolished,' says Parirenyatwa
Pressure is piling on Harare City Council to decisively deal with the perennial typhoid outbreaks with Health minister David Parirenyatwa calling for the demolition of Mbare's Matapi hostels.T...Published: 28 Oct 2017 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Building in Harare compromising water and sewer service delivery
The site of buildings in Harare Metropolitan Province has severely compromised water and sewer service delivery. Hon Psychology Maziwisa (MP Highfield West) sited his house No. 10607 Highfield...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 15:18hrs | | by Community Water Alliance
The Harare Citizens voice on water service delivery
Community Water Alliance today 16/05/17 delivered the voice on water service delivery before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Local Government, Rural and Urban Development.The Alliance...Published: 18 May 2017 at 13:40hrs | | by Goodlife Mudzingwa
The fall of fixed water charges in Mabvuku
The City of Harare will with effect from 30 April 2017, cancel odious debt on fixed water charges accruing on rights-holders' water accounts for a period spanning July 2013 up to February 2017. The to...Published: 27 Apr 2017 at 14:38hrs | | by Goodlife Mudzingwa
Debtor collection discord at the City of Harare
The City of Harare engaged Well-cash debt collectors to recover what is purportedly owed by residents. Yesterday the Mayor of Harare His Worship Councilor B. G. Manyenyeni issued a directive to th...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 14:29hrs | | by Hildaberta Rwambiwa
Harare city council resolved to perpetuate water crisis in Zimbabwe
In a startling move, the newly constituted Environment Management Committee of the City of Harare chaired by Councilor Hebert Gomba made a resolution which was presented to the full yesterday on 07 Ap...Published: 14 Apr 2016 at 11:12hrs | | by Community Water Alliance
Water disconnections hits Chitungwiza suburb
Chitungwiza Municipality has intensified water disconnections in Zengeza. The disconnections have been prompted by perceived defaulting on payments for water services. Many of the affected residents h...Published: 27 Nov 2015 at 15:59hrs | | by Hardlife Mudzingwa
Mufakose community takes human rights based approach to challenge property attachment
At a meeting organised by local Community Water Alliance leadership in Mufakose on Friday 30 October 2015, Mufakose residents resolved to challenge the root cause to purported debt accruing on residen...Published: 30 Oct 2015 at 18:41hrs | | by Staff Re
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