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Gweru to set up modern crematorium
The Gweru City Council has announced plans to establish a modern crematorium at one of its cemeteries as part of efforts to improve burial services in the city.Mayor Martin Chivhoko confirmed ...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:19hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Gweru to repair all traffic lights by year-end
Gweru City Council Mayor Martin Chivhoko has announced ambitious plans to install new traffic lights and refurbish malfunctioning ones at all intersections in the city's central business district (CBD...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:08hrs | 43 | by Staff reporter
Water leaks haunt City of Gweru
The Gweru City Council has temporarily shut down water pumps at Gwenoro Dam to attend to persistent water leaks that continue to undermine service delivery in the Midlands capital.In a stateme...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:31hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter
Court reinstates Town Council Auditor amid ongoing resistance
A Labour Court ruling last week overturned the dismissal of Manasseh Mhlolo, the internal auditor at Gokwe Town Council, who was fired eight months ago over a minor US$80 vehicle damage expense. Despi...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:53hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Child dies after being hit by a dump truck in Gweru
A six-year-old child tragically lost his life on Saturday morning after being struck by a refuse collection truck operated by Gweru City Council near Clifton Park suburb.Midlands Provincial po...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:27hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Gweru launches revenue collection blitz, rejects payment plans
Gweru City Council has launched a revenue collection blitz that started on Monday and will run until May 23, 2025, with a firm stance against accepting payment plans during this period. The operation ...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:00hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
Gweru gets new vehicles
The Gweru City Council has taken delivery of four brand-new vehicles valued at approximately US$165,000, marking a significant step toward improving service delivery in the city.The new fleet ...Published: 21 May 2025 at 19:50hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Midlands quashes bed bug fears
A surge of anxiety has spread across Redcliff, Kwekwe and Gweru as social media posts raised fears of a bedbug outbreak, following a confirmed infestation in Mbare, Harare.But local authoritie...Published: 19 May 2025 at 09:25hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents petition council over debt blitz
Gweru residents have petitioned the local authority to postpone a planned revenue collection blitz - which includes water disconnections and possible property attachments - fro...Published: 19 May 2025 at 09:22hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Councils dismiss bedbug social media reports
Three local authorities in Zimbabwe's Midlands Province - Redcliff Municipality, Kwekwe City Council, and Gweru City Council - have dismissed recent social media reports alleging a bedbug (insikizi/ts...Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:11hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Gweru struggles to move with times
Gweru City Council is still in the process of procuring an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software system to automate its operations and enhance efficiency. Despite the growing need for automation...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:39hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Garwe challenged to release Gweru report
Residents in the City of Gweru have called on the government to release the findings of an investigation launched earlier this year into allegations of mismanagement and abuse of office by management ...Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 06:54hrs | 959 | by Staff reporter
Gweru City Council under fire for US$155,000 mayoral vehicle purchase
The cash-strapped Gweru City Council (GCC) has ignited outrage among residents and ratepayers by purchasing a US$155,000 mayoral luxury vehicle, a Land Cruiser Prado, amid pressing service delivery is...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 06:57hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Gweru City Council under investigation for mismanagement
Local Government and Public Works Minister Daniel Garwe has appointed an investigation team to probe allegations of abuse of office and mismanagement by Gweru City Council management and councillors....Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 09:00hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Gweru's Go Beer bounces back after decade
Gweru City Council's beer concern, Go Beer, has reopened after a decade-long closure, bringing fresh hope to the local economy. The local authority confirmed that operations had resumed last week, wit...Published: 01 Jan 2025 at 10:22hrs | 1361 | by Staff reporter
Go Beer Breweries nears revival
Gweru residents are anticipating a brighter festive season with the imminent revival of Go Beer Breweries, which has been dormant for nearly a decade. The Gweru City Council has committed US$2.3 milli...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 09:29hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Parliament flags Gweru, Hwange councils' finances
Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has raised serious concerns regarding financial management in the Hwange and Gweru municipalities, highlighting significant delays in submitting financial ...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 10:15hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Parly report flags financial abuse at local authorities
A recent report by a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee has raised concern over financial mismanagement at local authorities saying this has undermined accountability at councils.The report, ta...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 08:57hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Gweru suspends workers for booing managers
Four employees of the Gweru City Council were summoned to a disciplinary hearing on Friday after being accused of booing management and making false statements during the burial of two colleagues who ...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 08:58hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Gweru city council plumbers die in manhole
Two Gweru City Council plumbers tragically lost their lives this afternoon while working in a manhole in the Athlone suburb. The victims, a man and a woman, were attending to a severe sewer blockage w...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 06:54hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Gweru airport project stalls
Plans by the Gweru City Council to transform its aerodrome into a fully operational airport have hit a snag, with delays at the Deeds Office cited as the primary obstacle. This revelation emerged duri...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:53hrs | 1933 | by Staff reporter
Gweru unleashes debt collectors on defaulters
The Gweru City Council has announced that it will employ debt collectors to pursue ratepayers who have defaulted on their payments for more than two months. In a statement released on September 10, th...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 07:15hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Man in court over fake shop licences
A 31-YEAR-OLD man has appeared in court for issuing fake Gweru City Council shop licences at a shopping mall in the central business district.Tinotenda Ndlovu appeared before Gweru provincial ...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:51hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's local grappling with poor governance issues
Local authorities in Zimbabwe are grappling with weak corporate governance issues, as highlighted in the 2023 report by Acting Auditor General Mrs. Rhea Kujinga. The report, presented to Parliament la...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:08hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
Gweru City Council undertakes debtors cleansing exercise
The Gweru City Council is conducting a debtors cleansing exercise to verify the status of its debtors, including companies that have ceased operations but are still listed as owing money. This effort ...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:02hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimra garnishes Gweru Council accounts
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) recently garnished Gweru City Council's bank accounts to recover over ZWG3 million in unpaid taxes, affecting the council's financial transactions. Mayor Martin ...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 10:27hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Gweru to revive Go Beer Breweries
Gweru city council is locked in talks with an unnamed investor to revive the local authority's beer concern, Go Beer, in a bid to start operations this year, it has been established.Mayor Mart...Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 21:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gweru council repossesses stands
THE GWERU City Council has repossessed at least 26 Mkoba 21 residential stands from the government after its beneficiaries failed to pay for them, it has been established.In a memo dated Janua...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF linked space barons cause havoc
SUSPECTED Zanu-PF linked space barons are giving Gweru City Council a torrid time at the Mtapa fresh produce market as they collect fees from vendors, a situation that has forced the local authority t...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 04:11hrs | 7 | 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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gweru proposes 73% vendor penalty fee hike
GWERU City Council has proposed a 73% hike in penalty fees for illegal vending in its next year's budget.Speaking at a budget consultative meeting, assistant finance director Owen Masimba urge...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Master of High Court opens offices in Gweru
The Master of High Court of Zimbabwe is opening offices in Gweru in a bid to decentralize services and ensure convenience and ease access to the public.The offices will open their doors to the...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 15:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Acting Gweru Town Clerk acquitted
FORMER Gweru City Council acting Town Clerk, Mr Douglas Chikwekwe, is now a free man after the state on Wednesday withdrew before plea, charges of criminal abuse of office.His lawyer, Admire R...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 14:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gweru in weekly parking fee hike
GWERU City Council increased parking fees from $2 200 to $3 000 per hour with effect from yesterday, barely a week after it effected another increment.The previous fee increase was on May 26....Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man dies in 24 metre suicide plunge
A 32-YEAR-OLD man from Gweru jumped to his death from a 24-meter-high Gweru City Council water reservoir for unknown reasons.Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko c...Published: 14 May 2023 at 12:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Gweru set to duplicate traffic lights
GWERU City Council environment committee chairperson, councillor Trust Chineni (ward 15) says the local authority has approved plans to install traffic lights next to the ones installed earlier by one...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells councils to consult residents first
LOCAL authorities should continuously consult residents on issues that affect them as opposed to only engaging them during budget formulation when they need money, President Mnangagwa has said....Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gweru readies for Mnangagwa visit
GWERU City Council has embarked on a major facelift of its dilapidated roads and infrastructure ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit tomorrow where he will be conferred with Freedom of the Ci...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:39hrs | 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 | 3 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stadia crisis looms in Zimbabwe
One of the ceremonial homes of football in the country Rufaro Stadium remains banned from use despite promises by the City of Harare that the facility will be fully upgraded by the start of the season...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:08hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Midlands hotel to face demolition
Gweru city council acting Town Clerk, Vakai Chikwekwe warned that the local authority will not hesitate to demolish buildings with structural defects and Midlands hotel is one of the 60 buildings to f...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 08:41hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zanu-PF fields candidate tainted with corruption
FORMER Gweru City Council acting chamber secretary Gibson Chingwadza, who was fired from the local authority for multiple counts of corruption cases involving US$300 000, has been fielded by Zanu PF t...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:33hrs | 2 | 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
Gwanda High Court construction in progress
THE construction of a state-of-the-art court complex that is expected to house the High Court is in progress in Gwanda, the provincial capital of Matabeleland South Province as part of the country's e...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gweru tenders for refuse collection
GWERU City Council has invited private contractors to collect solid waste in the city's residential suburbs after its refuse tucks proved not up to the task.Five years ago, the local authority...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:47hrs | 9 | 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
Fire guts down Gweru lodge
GWERU'S Eland Lodge (formerly Elephant Lodge) owned by the late Gweru businessman and Citizens Coalition for Change politician Rodrick Rutsvara was on Wednesday afternoon burnt down by a veldfire, whi...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gweru hikes parking fees
GWERU City Council has increased parking fees from $400 to $450 per hour with effect from August 1.The last fee increase was in May this year."This notice serves to inform the motoring...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
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