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Water crisis overwhelms BCC
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says a deadly mix of challenges such as system failures among others were crippling its capacity to quench the thirst of residents who are going for several days without wa...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water woes set to worsen
THE water situation in Bulawayo is set to worsen as two of the city's six supply dams are set to be decommissioned soon.Already, the city's residents spend most of their time fetching water fr...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Water crisis ravages Bulawayo
Women carry the burden of collecting water for households...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 07:48hrs | 3 | by Brezhnev Malaba
Bulawayo water woes to last another 2 weeks
BULAWAYO water woes will persist for at least two more weeks as council battles to complete rehabilitation works. Most parts of the city have gone for 10 days without running tap water. The Bu...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Council to increase rates by 42%
Bulawayo City Council wants to increase rates by 42% without consulting residents leaked council minutes have revealed.The minutes which are written CONFIDENTIAL say: In response to a point ra...Published: 14 May 2019 at 13:59hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC council in massive rates hike
THE Bulawayo City Council has unilaterally increased rates and tariffs by 42 percent, despite objections by residents who had resisted the proposal during consultations held last month.The mov...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora Cholera Crisis Committee ( DCCC)
We have set up a Diaspora Cholera Crisis Committee (DCCC ) composed of the following people who are championing various fundraising activities to end this Cholera Outbreak.Caroline Nyakudya - ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | 3 | by DCCC
PDZ call for Sadc AU intervention in Zimbabwe
Progressive Democrats Zimbabwe Party leader Barbra Nyagoma has called for the intervention of the Sadc and the African Union in the internal affairs of Zimbabwe following the military take over of pow...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 18:52hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Biti's CODE swallowed by Tsvangirai's NERA
A grand coalition of opposition parties expected to challenge President Robert Mugabe in the 2018 elections has received a major boost after the National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera) and Coalition o...Published: 23 May 2017 at 13:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The Matebelaland Genocide now a hot potato and set to consume perpetrators
On the 20th March 2017 the ANN7 Africa News Network interviewed Ayanda Manala the International Human Rights Activist and Yanga Mhluzi the PR for Siphesakhe Youth Organisation in a special programme f...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Thulani Nkala
Bulawayo tightens water rationing regime despite heavy rains
THE Bulawayo City Council has tightened its water rationing regime as it tries to conserve the city's water supplies amid revelations that despite the recent rains the supply dam levels still remain c...Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 07:15hrs | | by Faith Phiri
Waters levels in Bulawayo dams irks the council
Bulawayo City Council is reportedly irked by the deterioration water levels in city supply dams which has prompted the local authority to revive the water crisis committee.Latest council minut...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 05:42hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo water projects 'abandoned'
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has been blasted for dragging its feet on the implementation of key water projects in the city that were identified as urgent measures in addressing the water crisis, a...Published: 23 Mar 2014 at 08:35hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube
Mtshabezi-Umzingwane pipeline to be completed before December
Water Resources Management and Development minister Samuel Sipepa Nkomo on Friday told the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) that the Mtshabezi-Umzingwane pipeline is likely to be completed before December ...Published: 26 Aug 2012 at 09:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's water situation not critical says Sipepa Nkomo
THE Government will not declare Bulawayo a critical water shortage area despite the problems that have once again forced the city to adopt water shedding to preserve supplies, a Cabinet Minister has s...Published: 25 Aug 2012 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC dubs first Monday of every month 'Blue Monday'
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has dubbed the first Monday of every month "Blue Monday" and called on residents to wear sky blue clothing on the day and participate in fund-raising for the compl...Published: 25 Aug 2012 at 03:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
City's borehole water unsafe for consumption
THE Bulawayo City Council has warned residents against using borehole water for drinking and cooking without boiling it, as water from most boreholes in the city has not been tested.The city ...Published: 10 Jul 2012 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo proposes an 8hour water rationing regime
Bulawayo City Council has proposed a harsh eight hour water rationing regime for the city as it says the current water levels at the supply dams "threatens the existing population and industry."...Published: 04 Jul 2012 at 10:00hrs | | by Alois Sibanda
Pro-Qaddafi Forces Hit Besieged City
TRIPOLI, Libya - Each side of the conflict in Libya pushed forward on Saturday as militia forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi launched a second day of attac...Published: 05 Mar 2011 at 22:47hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
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