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Mnangagwa govt claims major milestones in housing

The Second Republic says it has surpassed its housing delivery targets under the National Development Strategy One (NDS1), claiming to have built almost one million housing units since 2021.Under NDS1, government adopted a cluster-based im…

Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 16:20hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter

Whirlwind disrupts Binga housing project event

A whirlwind swept through a high-profile government event in Binga district last Thursday, causing a temporary disruption to the official commissioning of the Nsungwale Disaster Recovery Housing Project by Vice President Kembo Mohadi.The d…

Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 09:53hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter

Corruption and poor planning blamed for Zimbabwe housing woes

Zimbabwe is grappling with a worsening urban housing crisis, as a combination of poor planning, corruption, and unaffordable housing compounds an estimated 1.5 million-unit backlog nationwide. Local authorities, housing experts, and reside…

Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 17:55hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter

Harare to stop issuing new housing stands

Thousands of prospective homebuilders in Harare have been dealt a major blow after the city unveiled a bold new urban policy that will halt all new housing stand allocations for the next 20 years. In a dramatic shift, Harare City Council s…

Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 17:54hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter

Housing stands priced beyond the reach of many residents

Councillors in Bulawayo have voiced growing concerns over the escalating prices of housing stands sold by private developers, warning that many city residents are being effectively shut out of the housing market.During a full council meeti…

Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 17:15hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo's housing waiting list surges to over 130,000

The housing waiting list in Bulawayo has reached a staggering 130,000 as of November last year, slightly rising from 129,000 in the previous month. This development highlights the escalating demand for housing in the city, driven by an inf…

Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 07:21hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt rolls out 250,000 housing stands

The Government of Zimbabwe, in collaboration with private players, has launched a major initiative to develop 250,000 residential stands and flats in Manyame, set to benefit both civil servants and ordinary citizens. Of these, 20,000 stand…

Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:29hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo's Mzinyathini gardens housing project faces delays

The ambitious Kensington gated community estate in Bulawayo, known as Mzinyathini Gardens, is facing significant delays due to challenges in obtaining a crucial development permit from the Umguza Rural District Council (RDC). The setback h…

Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:56hrs | 3112 | by Staff reporter

BCC in ambitious 2034 housing plan

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has revealed an ambitious plan to construct 500,000 housing units by 2034 as part of a broader 15-year master plan aimed at addressing the city's severe housing backlog.The initiative comes in response to th…

Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 06:26hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt launches major housing project in Matabeleland North

In a significant step toward its goal of providing affordable housing for all citizens, the Zimbabwean government has launched a new housing project in Emthunzini Township, Matabeleland North Province. The initiative forms part of a broade…

Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 12:05hrs | 6039 | by Staff reporter

Harare housing co-op leaders in land scam

Two leaders of the Simon Mazorodze Housing Co-operative in Harare have been implicated in a land scam involving the illegal conversion of land designated for schools and a clinic into residential stands, which they allegedly sold to unsusp…

Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 09:01hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter

Housing project to go ahead

THE development of Muungwe Royal Estate, an uptown housing scheme in Rusape is proceeding well despite attacks by former Norton legislator Mr Temba Mliswa following a fallout with his uncle and landowner Didymus Mutasa.The project is being…

Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

BCC addresses housing backlog

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is moving towards reducing the city's housing backlog through public-private partnerships (PPPs), among other interventions.Bulawayo's housing backlog stands at over 100 000, and has been increasing over the yea…

Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 10:08hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

New suburb to tackle Bulawayo housing backlog

THE Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) is developing an upmarket suburb in Bulawayo which has 114 residential stands ranging from 3 500 to 9 000 square metres in size.The estimated cost of developing the suburb, known as Wi…

Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:52hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter

BCC 'ignoring' housing waiting list

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has been accused of giving priority to people with money to buy residential stands ahead of those registered on the city's waiting list.One of the affected residents, Pritchard Mahlangu, claims his name has been…

Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

More land for Bulawayo housing

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) said it is committed to availing more land for servicing into residential stands building on the success of the Public Private Partnerships model to reduce the housing backlog which is at 130 000 in line wit…

Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mayor calls for scrapping of housing waiting list

Victoria Falls City Council mayor Somvelo Dlamini has called on the local authority to scrap the housing waiting list, amid observations that the city has exhausted all of its land for both residential and commercial purposes. Dlamini put …

Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 15:11hrs | | by Staff reporter

BCC in dramatic U-turn over SMEs workspaces

THE Bulawayo City Council has made a dramatic U-turn on a proposal to partner with Government in constructing small to medium enterprise (SME) workspaces in Bulawayo, claiming it has the capacity â€” including finances â€” to go it alone.F…

Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter

New housing, industrial stands for Bulawayo

THE Bulawayo City Council has announced plans to avail 557 medium-density residential stands and 250 industrial stands in Umvumila to potentially address housing backlog and boost the city's economy.The local authority has granted permissi…

Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:21hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Senior CIO directors given US$350 000 cash windfall

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's financially struggling administration has given senior Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) directors US$350 000 housing loans each in a desperate bid to appease critical players in the electoral matrix ah…

Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's housing backlog shoots to 2 million

ZIMBABWE'S housing backlog in urban areas has shot up to two million from around 1,5 million reported in February, NewsDay has learnt.Revealing the figure on Monday in Harare, National Housing and Social Amenities minister Daniel Garwe als…

Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

9 000 housing, commercial stands for Bulawayo

PROPERTY development and management firm, Radar Holdings Limited, has initiated a project to service close to 9 000 residential and commercial stands in Bulawayo as part of private sector efforts to complement the Government in provision o…

Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 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.The municipality's waiting list, which is si…

Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe housing crisis laid bare

ZIMBABWE is facing a housing crisis that has left nearly half of its urban population of almost 5,7 million people living in rented accommodation, while the national housing waiting list stands at over two million, latest official statisti…

Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo struggles to clear housing backlog

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) plans to service 650 medium density stands in Mahatshula and 453 high density stands in Luveve suburbs as it battles with a housing backlog of over 120 000.The housing backlog has been increasing over the years …

Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:08hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

BCC fails to avail adequate housing stands for 20 years

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has not allocated adequate housing stands for the past 20 years, a development which is discouraging residents from renewing their housing waiting list forms, latest council minutes reveal.As a result, the n…

Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo Council names streets after departed eminent leaders

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has named some streets in the city's new suburbs for easy identification of properties.The street names were given in line with the council resolution of 1990.Some streets were named after some of the city's dep…

Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Flats to reduce Bulawayo housing backlog

GROWING up in a residential flat as opposed to a stand-alone housing unit has largely been confined to a few western suburbs in Bulawayo.Several rented apartments owned by the local authority and private companies are dotted within the cen…

Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Man in court over US$19K housing stand scam

A 50-YEAR-OLD Chitungwiza resident yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with defrauding a desperate homeseeker of US$19 000.Shepherd Munemo appeared before magistrate Yeukai Dzuda, who remanded him in custody to today…

Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter

Caps United's winless run continues

Black Rhinos 1 - 1 Caps UnitedVETERAN striker Allen Gahadzikwa scored a late goal to force a share of the spoils between army side Black Rhinos and Caps United in a Castle Lager Premier League match  played at Sakubva Stadium yesterda…

Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Gweru housing backlog balloons

GWERU's housing waiting list has ballooned to over 35 000 at a time when council has said it does not have residential stands on offer, Southern Eye has established.A 2021 report on housing in the city revealed that beneficiaries of the ne…

Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

More housing stands to be availed in Bulawayo

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is continuing with its push towards reducing the housing backlog in the city after the availing of land for a further 578 stands.This comes after the local authority completed the servicing of 526 stands tha…

Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Hwange pushes for twinning deal with Namibian town

HWANGE Local Board (HLB) is engaged in talks with Namibia's Gobabis municipality for a twinning arrangement which it hopes will improve service delivery.The latest HLB report shows that the local authority wants to ride on the cordial bila…

Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:17hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Hwange's Mpumalanga housing project gets node

THE Hwange Local Board (HLB) is ready to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) to construct more than 500 houses in Mpumalanga suburb for the power utility's employees.This comes after a HLB lawsuit aga…

Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:17hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Kagonye accused of duping housing cooperatives

FORMER Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Petronella Kagonye yesterday denied allegations of duping two housing cooperatives of US$38 500 in the sale of residential stands at Solomio Farm in Goromonzi.Kagonye, who is charge…

Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo to expand city centre, avail 7000 housing stands

BULAWAYO is set to expand its Central Business District (CBD) which will see it stretch up to Masotsha Ndlovu Avenue and also avail additional housing stands around the city as it seeks to expand beyond its borders.The city is also seeking…

Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:55hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo's urban sprawl exposes housing crisis

Ndaba Dube, a Bulawayo resident, says he built himself a home on a small piece of land after the authorities kept him on the housing waiting list for more than two decades.The land he chose is in an old township established before Zimbabwe…

Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 08:16hrs | 4 | by Ignatius Banda

Govt pledges to address border posts housing crisis

GOVERNMENT yesterday said it would put in place measures to ensure the construction of adequate staff houses at border posts after MPs recently toured the country's entry points and found the staff houses in a sorry state.This was said in …

Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter

Victoria Falls housing backlog hits15 000

VICTORIA Falls City's housing backlog currently stands at over 15 000 at a time when the local authority is struggling to secure land for housing development.Housing director Brian Nyamande yesterday told Southern Eye that the town council…

Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Housing project for Bulawayo

BULAWAYO is set for a massive new housing project that will see 8 500 stands being developed on a 5 000-acre area along the Bulawayo-Gwanda road.The project is being implemented by Thompson Properties and will see beneficiaries getting sta…

Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo to avail 2 400 stands

THE Bulawayo City Council is set to avail 2 400 stands, a development meant to ease the housing backlog which is pegged at over 125 000.According to the latest council report, the local authority will avail the housing stands to three loca…

Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa govt promises 200 000 new houses by 2023

At least 200 000 new houses will be constructed by 2023, while apartments that are unfit for human habitation will be rebuilt and informal settlements revamped as part of a raft of measures to overhaul Zimbabwe's housing sector.This doveta…

Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:40hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter

Housing project divides Zanu-PF

ZANU-PF Mashonaland West provincial political commissar, Simon Solomon, has come out guns blazing, accusing party bigwig, Jimayi Muduvuri, of coercing beneficiaries of Pixie Combie Housing Scheme in Kadoma to falsely testify before the Lan…

Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

$60m housing deal for civil servants

Government will tomorrow unveil a $60 million housing facility for civil servants as part of non-monetary incentives to its workers. Tomorrow's event will see the Government signing a Memorandum of Agreement with the National Building Soci…

Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter

Access to housing remains a challenge in Zimbabwe

Access to housing stands from local authorities at affordable prices is still a struggle many Zimbabweans are faced with.Banks have been called upon to assist local authorities with finance as well as availing stands to residents of Bindur…

Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 20:33hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter

Kasukuwere, war vets on collision course

LOCAL Government minister and Zanu-PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere has set himself on a collision course with war veterans resettled on the periphery of Masvingo city, after he offered part of their land to the Infrastructural D…

Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Work on $2 billion Bulawayo up-market satellite town begins

A consortium of local businesspeople has started work on the estimated $2 billion up-market satellite town project located on the outskirts of the City of Bulawayo.Thompson Properties managing director Mr Jonathan Thompson said the first s…

Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 13:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

BCC shortlists candidates for Housing director

THE Bulawayo City Council has shortlisted nine candidates to fill the posts of Housing and Community Services director and that of Health Services.The  two posts became vacant following the retirement of Dr Zanele Hwalima who was the …

Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mugabe calls for removal of bottlenecks to ease housing delivery

President Mugabe has challenged stakeholders in the housing sector to take the national housing backlog of 1,25 million as an investment opportunity rather than a problem.Officially opening the National Housing Conference at the Harare Int…

Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Innocent Ruwende and Blessing Malinganiza

Massive housing project for Zimbabwe

THE government has secured a multi-billion dollar investment from China for the construction of more than 32,000 housing units countrywide in line with the economic blueprint Zim-Asset.The investment deal also includes the expansion of exi…

Published: 20 Apr 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Lovemore Chikova and Zvamaida Murwira

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