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Gweru makes it expensive to die
Residents of Gweru are expressing their outrage over the Gweru City Council's (GCC) proposed 2025 budget, which includes significant increases in cemetery fees, some rising by more than 100 percent. T...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:47hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Gweru to engage debt collector
THE Gweru City Council (GCC) has resolved to engage a debt collector in a bid to force residents and ratepayers to settle their monthly bills and help recover the nearly $71 billion owed by its client...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:43hrs | 1 | 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 ne...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rival CCC candidates nominated to face a Zanu-PF candidate
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has published an Election Notice with the names of local authority candidates nominated in some 28 wards for the 3 February 2024 by-elections.Some highlights:...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 18:12hrs | 9 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
Chamisa ally not on the list of people arrested over Bosso - Dembare violence
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy spokesperson and legislator, Gift Ostallos Siziva is not on the list of people arrested in Bulawayo facing charges of inciting violence during the Highlander...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 10:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa party spokesperson arrested over Bosso - Dembare violence?
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy spokesperson and legislator, Gift Ostallos Siziba, was arrested in Bulawayo on Wednesday on charges of inciting violence. Siziba has since been released and ...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe imposes new charge on foreign payments
All outward payments from Zimbabwe to any foreign country for the next six months will attract a one percent charge up to a maximum of US$50 000 as part of measures gazetted by President Mnangagwa yes...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Water once a week in Gweru
Most suburbs will now receive water once a week until the situation improves thereby forcing residents to rely on borehole water.Council is supposed to pump between 60 and 80 megalitres per da...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gweru City Council to honour Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will tomorrow be conferred with the Freedom of the City by Gweru City Council (GCC).Gweru councillors in December resolved to confer President Mnangagwa with the Freedom of...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gweru town clerk challenges suspension
SUSPENDED Gweru City Council (GCC) acting town clerk Mr Vakayi Douglas Chikwekwe is challenging his employer's decision to suspend him, arguing that his suspension letter contradicts what is contained...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa forced to abandon car, finish journey on foot
Zanu-PF Secretary for Finance Patrick Chinamasa was recently brought face-to-face with ordinary Zimbabweans' realities when he was forced to abandon his vehicle to finish a trip on foot after encounte...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
483 rates defaulters lose property to council
GWERU City Council (GCC) has attached movable property of 483 defaulting residents and companies leading to the recovery of about $18 million.The local authority is seeking to recover $3,7 bil...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | | 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
Gweru embarks on property revaluations
GWERY City Council (GCC) has begun revaluation of its non-domestic properties to come up with a valuation roll for ease of billing, Southern Eye has learnt.Council last carried out a similar e...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gweru City Council grinding to a halt
A DIRE financial situation threatens to ground Gweru City Council (GCC)'s operations by September, unless drastic action is taken, Southern Eye has learnt.Speaking at a breakfast meeting hoste...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gweru charges bills in USD
GWERU City Council (GCC) has with immediate effect, begun to charge rentals and bills in United States dollars.The bills will be payable at the prevailing interbank rate.Ratepayers owe...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Justice Wadyajena: A liability to the vision of the new dispensation
President' Emmerson Mnangagwa and the new dispensation are working tirelessly to build Zimbabwe brick by brick. It is surprising that Midlands politician who claims to be very close to President E...Published: 26 May 2022 at 11:29hrs | 10 | by Lameck Rangwani
Residents' property attached over council debts
AT least 10 residents from Senga suburb had their household property attached by the Messenger of Court at the instigation of Gweru City Council (GCC) in a bid to force ratepayers to settle their bill...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | | 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
Govt loses millions of dollars in vehicle scandal - Report
A VEHICLE scam has hit the government, with several ministries, including Information and Justice, spending millions of dollars in purchasing vehicles that were not delivered, in a development that ex...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 11:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Govt speaks on Wadyajena $3 million road deal
GOVERNMENT says the Golden Valley-Sanyati Road project being worked on by a company linked to Zanu-PF Gokwe-Nembudziya member of Parliament Justice Mayor Wadyajena is going ahead despite reservations ...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 17:08hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga calls on youths to lead clean-ups
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday called on all citizens, particularly youths, to participate in the National Environment Clean-Up campaign to help transform environs in urban areas in lin...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt threatens to halt Wadyajena's road project
GOVERNMENT in January threatened to stop a company linked to Zanu-PF Gokwe-Nembudziya Member of Parliament Justice Mayor Wadyajena (pictured) from proceeding with the construction of the Golden Valley...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 19:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government cancels Zanu-PF MP Wadyajena's road construction tender
FLAMBOYANT Zanu-PF legislator and businessman Justice Mayor Wadyajena's construction company, Mayor Contracting, has had its contract for the rehabilitation of roads in Mashonaland West province termi...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa switches off Gweru City Council
GWERU residents went for a third straight day yesterday without running water after Zesa cut power supplies at Gweru City Council's water treatment plants over non-payment of a $247 million debt....Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru hikes parking hikes fees
GWERU City Council (GCC) has increased its street parking fees from $100 to $120 per hour with effect from January 1, Southern Eye has learnt."The notice serves to inform the motoring public t...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission bus terminus
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is today expected to commission the new-look Kudzanayi Long Distance Bus Terminus in Gweru.The Kudzanayi Long Distance Bus Terminus is now open to the public following a ma...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 06:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Gweru to maintain water rationing
GWERU City Council (GCC) says it will maintain its rationing regime as part of efforts to conserve the water because of a low water table in its catchment areas.This was said by GCC spokespers...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Demand for Covid-19 jabs overwhelms Gweru nurses
GWERU City Council has 31 vacant positions for nurses at its clinics, a development that has contributed to delays in the mass vaccination drive in the Midlands Capital. Council clinics serve ...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council workers in bribes-for-stalls storm
GWERU City Council (GCC) employees in the Housing and Community Services department are allegedly demanding US$150 bribe from vendors desperate for stalls at the refurbished Kudzanayi long-distance bu...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru embarks on free COVID-19 testing
GWERU City Council (GCC), in partnership with government, has rolled out a programme to offer free COVID-19 tests in the Midlands capital as part of efforts to increase early detection of the virus....Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fired Gweru Town Clerk fights back
FIRED Gweru Town Clerk Ms Elizabeth Gwatipedza has taken Gweru City Council (GCC) and Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo to court challenging her dismissal. Ms Gwatipedza was...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:08hrs | 8 | by Elliot Ziwira
Gweru City officials illegally allocate stands to each other
GWERU City Council (GCC) officials allegedly allocated each other more than two stands against rules and regulations permitting them only one stand per person.According to employment condition...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 14:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gweru suspends corrupt workers
TWO Gweru City Council (GCC) employees have been suspended for allegedly illegally subcontracting themselves to provide services to private land developers. Town clerk, Ms Elizabeth Gwat...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru, MSU partner in solar street lights project
GWERU City Council (GCC) has partnered Midlands State University (MSU) in a project that will result in the installation of solar powered street lights in Senga and Nehosho suburbs where most of the u...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's Smelly legacy of patronage
Smelly Dube, a businesswoman from Midlands province who was once close to former president Robert Mugabe's family, has been throwing a stink over a controversial housing project that is now giving the...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:22hrs | 6 | by BRENNA MATENDERE
Gweru residents question town clerks' package
WOMEN Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) Midlands Chapter has rallied a thousand residents in Gweru to demand an explanation from the city's mayor Josiah Makombe on why the local authority decided to give f...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance council's grand corruption, shady deals exposed
Corruption and bad governance are rife at Gweru City Council (GCC) and its management has no problem admitting that, albeit behind closed doors.This publication, working in collaboration with ...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 15:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa urges fasting, prayers for crunch Wednesday hearing
DAYS before the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) sits to hear his petition against last month’s presidential elections, MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has called on Zimbabweans to...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZTA appoints VFS Global to promote Zimbabwe as a tourist destination in India and GCC region
In a move to enhance destination awareness and foster market visibility, the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has appointed VFS Global to promote Zimbabwe as a preferred tourism destination in both In...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 14:44hrs | 1 | by Agencies
3 000 get jobs in Midlands
AT least 3 000 people in the Midlands province have been engaged in different jobs by companies since the ushering in of the new political dispensation led by President Mnangagwa last November....Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
If Adolf Hitler had turned up at Davos 2018
If Adolf Hitler or Joseph Goebbels or Hermann Goering had turned up at Davos!Davos has come and gone. The list of those who appeared on this World Economic Forum included "heads of state (Dona...Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 09:56hrs | | by Thembani Dube
'Bulawayo is the best run council, Gweru beats Harare to the worst gong'
THE Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development, Dr Joram Gumbo has said Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is the best run local authority in the country and described Gweru as the worst run ci...Published: 23 Jan 2017 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru City Council elects new workers' committee
Workers at Gweru City Council have elected a workers' committee after going for months without one.About 700 workers out of 936 attended the elections and all the candidates were elected unopp...Published: 09 Jul 2016 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Gweru Town clerk sues Kasukuwere
SUSPENDED Gweru Town Clerk, Daniel Matawu, has taken Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere to court challenging his decision to "unlawfully" extend the tenure...Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 06:37hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Emirates says Hello to Yangon and Hanoi
Daily linked service to commence from 3 August 2016 Dubai, UAE - 25 February 2016: Emirates will launch a daily service from Dubai to Yangon (RGN...Published: 25 Feb 2016 at 11:37hrs | | by Business Reporter
'We speak English better than the British,' Prof Jonathan Moyo tells Chester - Video
'We speak English better than the British,' Prof Jonathan Moyo tells Chester - Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQagCcdXCz0&feature=youtu.be ...Published: 08 Apr 2015 at 21:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru mayor under fire
THE cash-strapped Gweru City Council (GCC) has come under fire over top of the range cars that the local authority recently purchased for its top brass while workers are not paid and service deliv...Published: 04 Oct 2014 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Gweru City council workers go for two months without pay' - WhatsApp upadate
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number....Published: 03 Sep 2014 at 12:14hrs | | by Concerned council workers
Gwanda comes out shining!
Gwanda Town is all smiles and aglow today following a successful three day conciliatory and unification workshop held in the town this week.The workshop organised by the Local Government C...Published: 05 Apr 2014 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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