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Gwanda residents face water disconnections over debt
The Gwanda Municipality has intensified its water disconnection exercise across the mining town as part of efforts to recover mounting unpaid bills from residents and businesses.In an official...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 17:51hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda to introduce paid parking in CBD
Gwanda Municipality is set to introduce paid parking in the Central Business District (CBD) as part of its efforts to maintain order and improve revenue collection in the mining town.This move...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:27hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda city status push gains momentum
Gwanda's bid to attain city status by 2026 is gathering pace as modern buildings and infrastructure developments begin to redefine the skyline of the Matabeleland South provincial capital.Once...Published: 11 May 2025 at 13:29hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Residents oppose Gwanda council vehicle tender
The Gwanda Progressive Residents Association (GPRA) has raised concerns over Gwanda Municipality's decision to initiate a tender process for the purchase of six new vehicles, arguing that such spendin...Published: 07 May 2025 at 09:38hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda shuts down crime infested youth centre
The Gwanda Municipality has officially announced the closure of the Greenland Youth Centre in Phakama Township following years of complaints from residents about rampant drug abuse, violent crime, and...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 09:25hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Belarus fire engine malfunction, Gwanda Fire Brigade struggles
A Toyota Runx was completely gutted by fire this afternoon outside Gwanda city centre, near the NSSA complex along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road, after the Gwanda Fire Brigade faced challenges in extin...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:45hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda sets up first-ever urban development committee
Gwanda Municipality has established its first Urban Development Committee in collaboration with various Government departments to enhance the coordination and implementation of development projects.&n...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 07:51hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda to repossess undeveloped stands
The Gwanda Municipality is undertaking a comprehensive land audit aimed at identifying residential and commercial stands that have remained undeveloped for an extended period, signaling their intentio...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 13:44hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda town runs out of expansion land
Gwanda Municipality in Matabeleland South is embarking on a land acquisition drive to support the town's expansion and facilitate various development projects, aiming to enhance service delivery. This...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda begins consultations on master plan
The Gwanda Municipality has started consultations on the town's proposed master plan with mayor Thulani Moyo describing the engagement with residents as positive.Moyo said the due date for sub...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda to refurbish water treatment plant
GWANDA Municipality is working towards refurbishing its water treatment plant to boost water supply in line with its population growth.The council has said the refurbishment of the water treat...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:40hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda launches blitz on illegal billboards
In a notice, Gwanda town clerk Priscilla Nkala said all billboards must be approved by the council to remain in place or to be installed.GWANDA municipality has launched an operation to remove...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 06:02hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Harare land developer vanishes from Gwanda
The Gwanda Municipality has sought government intervention to address a situation involving the servicing of approximately 300 housing stands at Judds Farm in Gwanda, Matabeleland South province. Resi...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:53hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Towerlights for suburb in Gwanda
GWANDA Municipality is putting up four tower lights in Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle, a development that has brought relief to residents.Gwanda Town mayor, Councillor Thulani Moyo said the project was...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 15:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda mayor says, 'I am Mnangagwa's first-born-mayor'
The only mayor from the ruling Zanu-PF party in Zimbabwe, Thulani Moyo of Gwanda Municipality, expressed his excitement at being referred to as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "first-born mayor" follow...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 13:31hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda imposes US$20 littering fine
Gwanda Municipality has introduced a fine of US$20 for residents caught disposing of litter at unauthorized locations.In a notice addressed to residents, Gwanda's town clerk, Priscilla Nkala, ...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt rescues Gwanda residents 9 years later
The government has issued instructions to the Surveyor-General's Office to conduct a survey of the residential stands at Judd Farm in Gwanda, Matabeleland South province. This decision comes after ben...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda mayor pledges to improve service delivery
The newly elected Mayor of Gwanda, Councillor Thulani Moyo, has called on fellow councillors to set aside their political affiliations and focus on serving the interests of the people who entrusted th...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
VIEW: Full Zimbabwe poll candidate list
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday gazetted the final list of candidates who successfully submitted their papers during the sitting of the Nomination Court for the August 23 harmonised ...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZEC extends election fee payment deadline
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has extended the deadline for the payment of election fees to 4pm today, 22 June, following an outcry from some prospective candidates who failed to pay as a re...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 17:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in early 2023 elections lead
Zanu-PF candidates have been duly elected- unopposed- in some areas owing to rampant confusion within opposition ranks where the parties failed to field candidates.The ruling party went uncont...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 17:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Corruption storm visits Gwanda council
A VORTEX of corruption allegations has plunged Gwanda Municipality into turmoil.Gwanda United Residents Association (Gura) claims the local authority is selling residential and commercial stan...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland region gets only $789,6 million for road projects
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has disbursed $789,6 million towards road development projects in Matebeleland provinces in the first four months of this year out of a combined tota...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda receives two ambulances from aspiring Zanu-PF candidate
GWANDA Municipality this morning received two ambulances which were donated by the Zanu-PF aspiring candidate for Gwanda- Tshitaudze Constituency, Fisani Moyo, after operating without one since 2021....Published: 02 May 2023 at 22:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 000 hectares of land for Gwanda housing
GWANDA Municipality has said it will prioritise those on the housing waiting list in the allocation of residential stands after Government allocated 2 000 hectares of land to the local authority....Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda new stand owners in a dilemma
GWANDA residents, who have built houses on stands that are not serviced, are stuck as there is no running water or toilets, posing serious health risks.Some of the stands were allegedly alloca...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda demands water system management from Zinwa
THE Municipality of Gwanda has expressed concern over failure by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) to hand over the mining town's water management systems to the local authority as per Gov...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa to hand over water systems to Gwanda, Beitbridge
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has said it will comply with the Government directive to hand over water systems to Gwanda and Beitbridge municipalities by April 18.Zinwa was dir...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Recalls cost State $3,7 Billion in unnecessary by-elections
QUESTIONS are arising from the rational citizens whether there is much to benefit the nation in general and Matabeleland in particular from the March 26 by- elections in which most of the seats became...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 09:34hrs | 11 | by Stephen Jakes
Gwanda water woes persist
A drive along the streets of Spitzkop suburb in Gwanda as early as 5am follows a trail of desperate women and children carrying water buckets in search of water.Miss Tobekile Toma (16) and oth...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Confusion grips new/ old party
CONFUSION reigned supreme in the newly formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party when it double fielded candidates in two Bulawayo wards at yesterday's seating of the Nomination Court for by-el...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda introduces paid parking
GWANDA Municipality has re-introduced paid parking in the town's CBD.In a notice Gwanda Town Clerk, Ms Priscillah Nkala said each vehicle will be charged US$1/ R15 or $100 an hour."Not...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 15:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Masuka squeals over Cabinet ministers' snub, orders Zinwa to disconnect their departments
LANDS and Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka has okayed the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) water cuts to government departments failing to pay for water timely to clear the $2,4 billion wa...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinwa switches off govt, council
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) disconnected water supplies to government ministries and local authorities over non-payment of bills amounting to ZW$2,4 billion (US$28 million).A...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda Town Water supply to be reconnected tomorrow morning
WATER supply in Gwanda Town is expected to have been reconnected latest by tomorrow morning.In an interview, Gwanda Municipality Mayor, Councillor Njabulo Siziba said the local authority had e...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 18:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa disconnects water supply to Gwanda town
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has disconnected water supply to Gwanda Municipality over a $193 million debt, leaving residents from the mining town with no water.Zinwa has emba...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 13:31hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Suspended town clerk gets windfall
VICTORIA Falls city fathers have resolved to pay suspended town clerk Ronnie Dube $200 000 in allowances, about $80 000 more than his basic salary, it has been established.Dube was suspended o...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Struggling Gwanda SMEs in need of development funds
DELAYS in the disbursement of funds and unattractive vending points have been identified as major stumbling blocks for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in Gwanda that are struggling to recover from ...Published: 14 May 2021 at 07:35hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Zinwa sues Gwanda
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has taken Gwanda Municipality to court for failing to pay a debt of nearly $140 million in unpaid water supplied to the town over a six-year period....Published: 03 May 2021 at 17:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents take council to task over outdated pipes
RESIDENTS in Gwanda have called on the municipality to urgently take action on the outdated asbestos cement (AC) pipes which have been bursting frequently causing serious water challenges in the minin...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
15 years on, no sanitation for Hlalani Kuhle beneficiaries
Thabo Siziba of the Garakai/ Hlalani Kuhle area, ward 8, in Gwanda Urban, has stayed for the past 14 years without access to water. Residents in the area have waited for the past 15 years for the Gwan...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda councillors dump Chamisa
SIX Gwanda councillors elected on an MDC Alliance ticket have shifted their political allegiance to the rival MDC-T led by Thokhozani Khupe.This came at a time Khupe's party has been recalling...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 07:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda Mayor; all Councilors defect to Thokozani Khupe
MDC Alliance Gwanda Mayor Jastone Mazhale and his entire Council have defected from the Nelson Chamisa led entity to join the Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T.The councilors met with MDC-T Acting Nat...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 08:05hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gwanda council under spotlight
GWANDA residents told the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Local Government that they had now resorted to use of the bush system and plastic bags to relieve themselves due to lack of water in the ...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
TelOne donates trees to Gwanda
TELONE has donated 50 bins and 200 trees to the Gwanda Municipality as part of the company's corporate social responsibility and efforts to promote sustainable environment management.In a spee...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gwanda proposes 300% rates increase
GWANDA Municipality has proposed to increase rates by 300% as the town council moves to improve service delivery as part of a drive to attain city status by next year.The town says it is battl...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda steps up its bid for city status
GWANDA municipality has finished tarring all major roads in residential areas and the central business district (CBD) as the town steps up its bid for city status.The municipality, which is ey...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda Municipality constructs 5-megalitre reservoir
The Gwanda Municipality has embarked on a project to build a five-megalitre reservoir to address the Matabeleland South town's perennial water woes.Mayor Jastone Mazhale told Southern Eye that...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khaya Moyo summoned over Chivhayo solar project
ENERGY and Power Development Minister Simon Khaya Moyo and former ministers Samuel Undenge and Dzikamai Mavhaire are set to appear before the Parliamentary committee on Mines and Energy today to answe...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Road rehab in Gwanda lies in jeopardy
Road rehabilitation work in Gwanda lies in jeopardy after some contractors dumped the project over non-payment for services.The late disbursement of Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZIN...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 09:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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