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Harare-Domboshava road upgrade nears completion

The Harare City Council's ongoing struggles with waste management have led to significant garbage accumulation and overflowing sewage at key public transit points, sparking health concerns among commuters and transport operators.During a v…

Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 10:55hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter

Harare City fails to cope with piles of garbage

Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 10:55hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter

Harare garbage stench worsens

The piles of uncollected garbage in Harare city centre continue growing as more vendors sell vegetables and shops are operated without even a single bin.A concerned resident Mrs Patience Nyamunda expressed concern over the city council's c…

Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:56hrs | 14 | 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 piles of garbage going uncollected for…

Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:29hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Our country's Disregard for Proper Waste Management

As a nation, we are notorious for our lack of proper waste management. It's as if we have accepted the garbage-filled streets and overflowing landfills as a normal part of our daily lives. We have become accustomed to the filthy smell that…

Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 13:12hrs | 7 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

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 of garbage continue mounting on the st…

Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 05:52hrs | 2 | 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 adjacent to her house.For years, she has not op…

Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Harare's growing garbage problem

HARARE, renamed from the colonial Salisbury, in the early days of independence, was widely referred to as the Sunshine City owing to its squeaky-clean streets and orderly, smart and clean residential suburbs.Harare's cleanliness and orderl…

Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter

Garbage collection, disposal is important

There is a public outcry throughout Zimbabwe about the dirty conditions of most of the country's urban centres, a situation that worsens daily as garbage accumulates in so-called sanitary lanes.It is also likely to spill onto the streets a…

Published: 24 Aug 2012 at 06:18hrs | 1744 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Bulawayo receives three garbage trucks

THE Bulawayo City Council yesterday received three garbage compactors from its development partners. Also included in the donation, which has been valued at more than $300 000, were 60 pairs of safety shoes, 60 oilskins (thick raincoats), …

Published: 22 Jun 2012 at 09:57hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter

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