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Mnangagwa shields Ruwa Local Board assets from seizure, sale
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has exercised his emergency powers to protect the assets of the Ruwa Local Board from sale and seizure, responding to a dire situation that threatens the well-being of the...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:51hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
BCC conducts over 15 000 building inspections in 2024
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has conducted over 15,000 building inspections this year, approving all submitted plans and issuing 310 occupation certificates to residents. This announcement was made...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:44hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Council exposed over landfill lies
A report by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has exposed the Masvingo City Council's deception regarding the Cambria Farm landfill project. Despite claims that the old dumpsite in Runyararo...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:20hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Govt takes over Harare ahead of Sadc summit
In preparation for the upcoming SADC summit in August, Harare City Council has temporarily ceded control of key services, including waste management, public transport management, and road rehabilitati...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council to acquire more refuse trucks
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is exploring the acquisition of five refuse trucks as part of its solid waste management masterplan. The goal is to restore standards in the city, which was once renowned a...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shortage of refuse trucks chokes BCC
SHORTAGE of refuse removal trucks throttles the Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s garbage collection daily activities around the city.This ...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 08:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Govt steps in to fix Harare mess
The GOVERNMENT has stepped in to restore sanity in the capital, Harare, by supplying potable water and rolling out a major clean-up campaign to curb the spread of cholera.Thirty-six trucks hav...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares garbage disaster in Harare
The near collapse of garbage removal in the four Harare Metropolitan councils caused President Mnangagwa to yesterday declare a "state of disaster" the poor waste management that has seen ever-growing...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:29hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Illegal vendors overrun Bulawayo city centre
A Bulawayo City Council (BCC) official has admitted that the local authority is struggling to contain illegal vending in the city centre which has resulted in rampant littering.Speaking at a W...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 18:16hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Massive staff exodus hits Mutare
MASSIVE staff exodus has hit Mutare City Council's fire and health departments as employees seek greener pastures due to poor remuneration and working conditions.In her presentation to the res...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo runs out of refuse disposal space
BULAWAYO residents could be faced with a possible health hazard after it emerged that the city's only landfill site in Richmond suburb has run out of refuse disposal space.This comes at a time...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Harare mayor fires salvo at govt
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday fired a salvo at government for choosing to disburse funds to the Environment Management Agency (EMA) to buy refuse collection trucks, instead of giving the funds t...Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 05:52hrs | | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare braces for second Operation Murambatsvina
MUNICIPALITIES in Harare Province have been ordered to provide material and human resources amounting to tens of thousands in US dollars for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 45-day presidential cleanup ...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 20:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fresh demolition blitz hits Harare
HARARE Metropolitan province has embarked on a 45-day operation to demolish illegal structures on wetlands in and around the capital.The exercise, codenamed Operation Zero Tolerance to Environ...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC acts on garbage collection backlog
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday launched a massive clean-up campaign dubbed "Big Spring-Cleaning Week" in the city centre and pledged to rope in community tractors for refuse collection as heaps...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents spend 3 months with garbage
SOME parts of Gweru city have reportedly clocked three months without Gweru City Council (GCC) collecting refuse.This has resulted in Gweru residents blaming GCC for failing to court the corpo...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zupco leading local bus assembly revival
From being a shining beacon of mass public transport during the early years of independence, Zupco had in recent years mutated into a classic example of a failed State-owned entity.In 1993, it...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
'To hell with your fire tenders,' councils tell July Moyo
Local authorities in the province have rejected the directive from central government where each council has been ordered to pay for a fire tender to a certain supplier using devolution funds at a ver...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 10:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa-run councils will 'reject' July Moyo's fire trucks
The Citizens Coalition for Change which is the majority party in most urban councils says it is prepared to go to court to stop local government minister July Moyo forcing local authorities to buy fir...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 07:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Pomona model to be replicated in other cities
THE Pomona dumpsite waste to energy plant model in Harare should be replicated in other cities as it will bring a lot of value to Zimbabwe especially in terms of good health as cities will be cleaner ...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Red flag over murky govt vehicle deals
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) says it will not investigate various cases in which the government, local authorities and parastatals have been prejudiced through the non-delivery of mo...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open defecation at Harare's new passport offices
IT is a few minutes before midday and the new Makombe complex, which is now handling passport applications, is a hive of activity.Hordes of e-passport seekers patiently queue outside awaiting ...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Waste pickers saving BCC'
A BULAWAYO-BASED human rights group has defended Ngozi Mine squatters saying the waste pickers were assisting Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to deal with waste management issues.This follows plan...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lack of machinery affects operations at Bulawayo landfill
LACK of machinery is reportedly crippling the Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s landfill management activities amid calls by the city fathers for the removal of the Ngozi Mine squatters as their lives are...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents dump garbage at council offices
RESIDENTS of Harare's Hatfield suburb yesterday dumped garbage outside council's district offices in protest over poor service delivery."We have come with our garbage here as we are tired of t...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Majority of BCC refuse removal trucks break down
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is facing transport challenges as the majority of its refuse trucks are broken down, resulting in the local authority hiring vehicles to do the job.Council has 34 d...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare, Chitungwiza choke on own garbage
In front of Mrs Florence Kasambira's home in Manyame Park lies an enormous landfill.It is easy to miss her well-manicured front yard as one's attention is easily drawn towards mounds of waste ...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
IDC throws out bids for Deven
TWO local companies seeking a shareholding in Deven Engineering had their bids thrown out after they failed to offer the "best value for money" for the coach builder.Deven's core competence is...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:50hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Council splashes on luxury cars
MUTARE City Council has bought luxury vehicles for its top executives amid reports that at least US$320 000 has been set aside for the exercise.Mayor Blessing Tandi told Standard- people on Fr...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Refuse non-collection a human rights violation'
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has described the failure by the urban councils to collect refuse as a human rights violation because it exposes citizens to health risks.Thi...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC fills up death pits
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has allocated US$200 000 to rehabilitate open pits which were left open over the years during infrastructural construction and those dug by sand poachers harming the enviro...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 13:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe reaps rewards from 2nd Republic initiatives
The country has already started reaping rewards from the progressive initiatives by the Second Republic to move the country forward. Last year, Government moved closer to achieving its optimal agricul...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 12:50hrs | | by Derick Tsimba
Bulawayo council bemoans truck shortage for garbage collection
SHORTAGE of refuse removal trucks is hampering the Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s garbage collection activities, amid reports that the city only has 10 refuse compactors when it requires 26.Thi...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt bails out Harare with refuse trucks
Refuse collection is set to improve in Harare as Government has intervened and released funds required for the delivery of 15 refuse trucks that has been stuck in South Africa for the past five years ...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lack of petty cash hampers service delivery
THE Harare City Council (HCC) has disclosed that some of the challenges it is facing in the maintenance of roads were as a result of lack of petty cash to purchase minor items such as fuses and materi...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council battles to clear garbage backlog
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has unveiled a revised refuse collection schedule for the city's eastern and industrial areas as the local authority battles to clear heaps of garbage which have been pilin...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Garbage piles grow in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is sitting on a health time bomb as council continues to struggle to collect refuse from both residential areas and the city centre. The failure by Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to coll...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Moonlighting council drivers suspended
Harare City Council has suspended 26 refuse compactor drivers who were moonlighting while on council duty and using the city's vehicles, compromising waste collection. This led to garbage pili...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ fails to release money for refuse trucks
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is yet to release the money required by Harare City Council (HCC) to pay duty for the 15 refuse trucks that have been stuck in South Africa.The trucks which ...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 12:52hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Fuel shortages hit BCC operations
THE Bulawayo City Council is grappling with fuel shortages which have resulted in the local authority failing to provide essential services among them ambulance and fire services, and refuse collectio...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council owes $ 792 million
Harare City Council has announced that it has reduced the debt it owes $809 million to $792 million. The Council reported that was aided by the 50 percent discount campaign which it ran, where residen...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 10:27hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Harare seeks $3,1m forex for refuse trucks
HARARE City Council has engaged the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to facilitate the release of $3,1 million meant for 16 refuse compactors being held by the supplier, FAW Group Corporation.Harare h...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe motorists sleep in fuel queues
As the fuel crisis continues to worsen, many motorists are sleeping in fuel queues at various pump stations.In a survey, the Daily News observed that hundreds of people are queuing for fuel fo...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 13:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru chokes in $50m debt
THE cash-strapped Gweru City Council says its debt has ballooned to over $50 million and that it is now failing to pay service providers.Topping the list of creditors is Zesa Holdings at $26 8...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cops, vendors clash
VIOLENCE rocked Harare yesterday as police and vendors fought running battles as informal traders resisted efforts by government and council to remove them from the central business district as part o...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Press silent about women achievements
A few days before the July 30 historic harmonised Presidential and Local Government elections take place, the media in Zimbabwe still remain man~world with little to zero reflection of women's involve...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 13:02hrs | | by Maxwell Kudzika Teedzai
Forex shortages hobble delivery of garbage trucks
Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has been tasked by councillors to follow up on the delivery of refuse compactors that were purchased last year.According to ordinary council minutes, acting tow...Published: 05 May 2018 at 14:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T mayor takes delivery of 2 mayoral vehicles within 3 months
URBAN Councils' Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) president, Bernard Manyenyeni, has defended the recent mix-up which saw Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo taking delivery of two mayoral vehicles within a space...Published: 08 May 2017 at 10:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another new vehicle for Bulawayo mayor
THE Bulawayo City Council has bought another top- of-the-range vehicle for the Mayor, Councillor Martin Moyo, barely three months after handing him a pricey Mercedes Benz GLE 250 valued at $118 000....Published: 07 May 2017 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
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