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Unsafe wiring, blocked hydrants blamed for Glenview fires
A fire broke out at the Glen View 8 SMEs complex in Harare early yesterday morning, destroying several market stalls. Authorities suspect the blaze was sparked by illegal electricity connections....Published: 18 Aug 2025 at 08:36hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Mbare Musika model to go national
The government has announced plans to replicate the modern Mbare Musika Traders Market model across Zimbabwe's 10 provinces as part of a nationwide initiative to provide safer and more dignified vendi...Published: 14 May 2025 at 08:49hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
BCC to train firefighters in Matebeleland region
The government has tasked the Bulawayo Fire Brigade with training firefighters in the southern region of the country, with the program set to cover rural district councils (RDCs) including Matobo, Hwa...Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 06:52hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Fire Brigade struggles to fight fires
The Bulawayo Fire Brigade has had to adapt to water shortages and a shortage of functional fire engines. Among the city's 18 fire engines, only four are operational, leaving each of the four fire stat...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:51hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Egodini decade of deception
WHEN the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) ordered vendors and transport operators to vacate Basch Street Terminus on 25 March 2016, those men and women that were marched out of the place famously known as ...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 12:00hrs | 5 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Kombani Lodge goes up in smoke
PLUMTREE'S 52-bed Kombani Lodge was yesterday razed by an inferno that started as a veld fire near a Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) depot before a whirlwind lifted burning debris, which landed ...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
New Beitbridge fire station complete
GOVERNMENT in partnership with the Zimborders Consortium has completed constructing a new fire station in Beitbridge to address the perennial fire and emergency rescue services deficiencies in the bor...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:31hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council lines up major audits
THE Bulawayo City Council will embark on 20 major internal audits for the year meant to further improve their systems and operations, it has been learnt.Some of the systems that have been line...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 16:17hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
'Beitbridge lacks disaster preparedness strategy'
BEITBRIDGE residents have rapped their municipality for lack of disaster preparedness following a series of fire incidents that the local authority failed to deal with.Their anger was triggere...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:47hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Inside tragic Munatsi fire death trap
HARARE City Council fire chief Clever Mafoti yesterday downplayed suggestions that his crews could have saved Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency boss, Douglas Munatsi, who died in a shocking f...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 18:21hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Fire Hydrants can save lives and property
Latest disasters Ginimbi, Kariba accidents and the burning down of Chirundu block of flat in Belvedere have all been caused by fire outbreaks. From our simple analysis of why Zimbabweans are losing th...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 08:26hrs | 10 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
BCC investigates United Refineries water cuts
THE Bulawayo City Council has ordered an investigation into circumstances that led to one of the city's largest companies, United Refineries Limited (URL) suspending operations due to water challenges...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 06:17hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Water crisis caused fire fighters to fail to put off fire at a house
Water crisis in Bulawayo is reported to be affected fire fighting activities in the city amid indications some properties have been wiped away by fires as the fire fighters could failed to extinguish ...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 03:54hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
18 cars lost in inferno
EIGHTEEN cars worth thousands of dollars were yesterday burnt to shells at a garage along Seke Road in Harare while the Fire Brigade officials who attended the scene watched helplessly after coming wi...Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 06:32hrs | | by Fungai Lupande and Magaret Matibiri
Firemen turn to clowns as house burns down
Municipality of Gwanda firemen literally "turned themselves into clowns" as they dramatically failed to deal with a burning house over the weekend.A fully furnished four bedroom house belongin...Published: 14 Sep 2015 at 22:33hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Fire burns down home industries
A fire whose cause is yet to be established has burnt down the Glenview 8 home industries in Harare this morning.The fire which is said to have have started at about 2 am was spotted by a ...Published: 29 Jul 2015 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo clinics hit by nursing staff shortages
Bulawayo City Council's clinics have been hit by nursing staff shortages amid reports that the health facilities operated with a 62 percent staff compliment during the year 2014.According to t...Published: 06 Jan 2015 at 17:40hrs | 15 | by Makhosi Sibanda
New Year Message by his Worship the Mayor of Bulawayo, Councillor Martin M Moyo
The just ended year has been a remarkable year for the City of Bulawayo, as we commemorated our 120th Anniversary Celebrations and successfully hosted the African Union Sports Council Region Five Unde...Published: 31 Dec 2014 at 18:00hrs | 8 | by Mayor of Bulawayo, Councillor Martin M Moyo
Zimra warehouse in Beitbridge destroyed by fire
Thousands of dollars worth of property is feared to have been destroyed in Beitbridge after a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) storehouse reportedly went up in smoke at the country's busiest ...Published: 28 Nov 2014 at 09:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fire tender used to chase kombis
The Marondera Municipality is using a fire tender donated by Japan recently to chase after road traffic offenders in the town.Armed with wheel clamps and spikes, the vehicle is seen "playi...Published: 07 Jul 2014 at 09:02hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Gwanda fire services proven inefficient as house burns
The Municipality of Gwanda Fire Services department was on Saturday proven to be extremely inefficient yet again.House number 492 Marriage Quarters of Jahunda Township went on fire shortl...Published: 17 May 2014 at 21:06hrs | 13 | by Staff Reporter
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