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Mafume defends Harare's water quality
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume, along with senior city officials, on Thursday appeared before the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) to respond to allegations of violating residents' environmental and...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 10:25hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
No water from the tap. They're asked to pay a tax anyway
HARARE, ZIMBABWE - The cholera outbreak that swept through Zimbabwe in 2008-2009 killed more than 4,000 people and sickened nearly 100,000. Parts of Harare and its surrounding suburbs were especially ...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 10:02hrs | 448 | by Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe
Is the cancer killing us coming from our Harare water
Either you don't get water at all or you receive contaminated water and it is time for residents to take action. With alarming reports of toxins contaminating the city's water supply, the health and s...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 11:20hrs | 226 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Parliament petitioned over privatisation of Harare water
The Community Water Alliance (CWA) and the Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) have called on Parliament to intervene and halt the Zimbabwean government's plans to privatise water services ...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:19hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Harare water supply disruption as pump station undergoes repairs
Harare residents are preparing for a temporary water supply disruption on December 5 and 6 as the Warren Control Pump Station undergoes emergency maintenance. The repair work follows a severe burst at...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 16:27hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Harare suspends 10 employees for corruption
The Harare City Council has suspended eight municipal police officers and two water department employees following allegations of corruption, including extortion and bribery, according to an announcem...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 06:47hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Harare pumping capacity down to 25%
Ongoing disputes among officials at the Harare City Council are crippling efforts to address the capital's worsening water crisis, with revelations that the city is producing only a quarter of its dai...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 07:34hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Chemicals shortage crippling Harare water supplies
A CRITICAL shortage of chemicals is hamstringing Harare City Council (HCC)'s efforts to provide enough water to the capital city which is currently battling a major cholera outbreak.Speaking d...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare water bombshell
Health authorities have identified at least four bacteria that cause water borne diseases such as cholera, typhoid and dysentery in some of Harare's water sources as the cholera outbreak that has grip...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:40hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Govt intervenes on Harare water crisis
The government says it is immediately purchasing a month's supply of water treatment chemicals to relieve Harare City Council which has been ‘failing' to secure supplies owing to cash flow challenge...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 20:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Construction of 12 large dams accelerated in Zimbabwe
Construction of 12 large dams is being accelerated to put at least 350 000 hectares under irrigation by 2025 as the need to boost crop production grows.The rolling out of dam construction coun...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 06:31hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC grabs land worth US$5m
LAND worth millions of United States dollars was parcelled among Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors and management at the Harare City Council with the corruption also sucking in legislato...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Power cuts worsen Harare water woes at treatment works stall
The current power outages being experienced in the country have worsened Harare's perennial water supply woes amid reports the crippling energy crisis has affected water treatment works at the iconic ...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Residents charged for unconsumed water'
Civil society organisations (CSOs) have accused local authorities of charging residents for water not consumed.Speaking at the Harare Water Justice Symposium on Friday in Harare, Combined Hara...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
MP calls for local industry support
NYANGA South legislator Supa Mandiwanzira (Zanu-PF) has urged government to support local industries to ensure job creation and grow the foreign currency revenue base.Mandiwanzira made the rem...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:58hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
'Harare water crisis far from over'
HARARE'S perennial water crisis is far from over, with government yesterday admitting that the high cost of purifying water, leakages as well as illegal connections were stifling efforts to address th...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Council finance director still on the run
Harare City Council's acting finance director, Stanley Ndemera who is wanted by Police and the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU) on allegations of criminal inquiries relating to land allocation and ...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:15hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe dam levels break records
The country has witnessed record breaking national dam levels after gaining an average of 56,9 percent this season. As at March 1, the national dam level average had risen to 95,9 percent.In t...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Anti-graft bodies swoop on city fathers
AT least four Harare City Council officials and 13 councillors are facing arrest over allegations of attempting to siphon millions of dollars in a dubious US$868 million Chinese loan deal.The ...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes dismissal of four Harare water engineers
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is investigating how four senior managers in Harare City Council's Water Department were dismissed ahead of the forensic audit on council ordered by Pres...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Corruption in councils riles Mnangagwa
Unprecedented levels of corruption and poor governance bedevilling local authorities across the country, particularly Harare, are worrying President Mnangagwa and the Government, a Cabinet Minister ha...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa approves US$9,3m for Harare water
RESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered an urgent allocation of US$9,3 million to the Harare City Council water treatment plant, Morton Jaffray, after the facility shut down last week due to shortage ...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Glen View new battlefield for Chamisa, Mnangagwa
THE two main political parties, Zanu-PF and the MDC, have turned their rivalry to the Glen View South constituency by-election amid allegations of vote-buying, intimidation and financial warfare....Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why the smear campaign?
Zimbabwe has been under economic sanctions for nearly two decades.To date, it is still reeling under the effects of the ruinous Western economic embargo that is estimated to have cost the coun...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Kudakwashe Mugari
Harare to provide water once a week
Harare Water has promised to ensure that each household gets water at least once a week. Harare Water Director Engineer Phakamile Moyo on Monday told a full council meeting that shortages of w...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 22:05hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Diarrhoea hits Glen View 3
Diarrhoea cases have hit Glen View 3. The most hit streets include 56 and 58 Crescent. The cases are caused by burst sewer pipes which have taken long before being attended to by City of Harare....Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 09:53hrs | | by Community Water Alliance
Harare Council to shutdown water for 3 days
Harare City Council has notified its residents that there will be a total shutdown of water supply from Friday evening to Sunday evening.The Council said the supply interruption was meant to s...Published: 24 May 2019 at 20:58hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tenderpreneurship delivers sewer water at the tap
Community Water Alliance has served letters to the Chief Executive Officer of Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe, Mayor of Harare His Worship Councilor Hebert Gomba and the Ministry of Local...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:11hrs | 9 | by Community Water Alliance
Dirty, dirty Harare water
The toxicity levels in Lake Chivero have reached alarming levels, twice the stipulated minimum, with Harare City Council spending US$3 million monthly on a cocktail of water treatment chemicals to rem...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 06:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Water shortage to increase in Harare
The City of Harare is yet to experience a massive shortage of water due to unavailability of water treatment chemicals. In a statement on Tuesday, the Harare City Council announced that they w...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 06:56hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
We need toll-free numbers for essential services
Entities like ZETDC (faults), NSSA (benefits), City of Harare (Works), ZRP etc must have toll-free numbers for easy of communication. Power outages due to faults are very common especially these days ...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 20:26hrs | | by Tondo Murisa
Harare water-rationing stokes cholera fears
Harare City Council says it is limiting running water to two days a week due to a drier-than-normal rainy season as criticism mounted over the move.The aim of water-rationing is to help distri...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:39hrs | 10 | by VOA
Harare, Chinese firm negotiate $350m deal
The Harare City Council is negotiating a deal with a Chinese firm, China Gezhoba Group International Engineering, to replace or upgrade the city's existing water mains, connections, fittings and other...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government pins development on infrastructure
Government's policy reforms which also encompasses infrastructure development is key to modernising and boosting productivity in all the productive sectors, as well as facilitating delivery of social ...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 14:37hrs | | by Rudo Saungweme
Dead, decomposing body found in Harare water tanks
Zimbabwe's government is struggling to control the cholera outbreak in Harare caused by the city's dilapidated sanitation and water infrastructure.Raw sewage and rubbish a poor suburb of Harar...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 12:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Harare water contaminated with raw sewerage, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says Harare water is contaminated with raw sewerage owing to dilapidated and obsolete infrastructure, resulting in the frequent outbreaks of waterborne diseases."W...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council to apologise to Econet
The Harare City Council has said it will apologise to Zimbabwe's largest mobile telephone company Econet Wireless after municipal officials attempted to steal humanitarian aid meant to stem Zimbabwe's...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:37hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Cholera fund cheats named and shamed
Harare City Council has named the four officials it suspended on allegations of inflating the prices of goods that were supposed to be bought to combat the cholera outbreak. The four are Phili...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council bans school feeding programme
Bulawayo City Council has temporarily banned the school feeding programme amid reports that the number of suspected cholera cases in the city has risen to 21.Speaking during a Zimbabwe Medical...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government secures $940m lifeline for Harare water
Government has secured funding commitments worth $940 million from China to overhaul Harare's water and sewer system, which is in a state of disrepair and has been blamed for the current cholera outbr...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
3 shortlisted for Harare town clerk post
Harare City Council yesterday approved three names to be submitted to the Local Government Board (LGB) for appointment of a substantive town clerk in a move set to end 30 months of bickering and polit...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's high-powered Chinese delegation jets in
The implementation of mega deals signed between Zimbabwe and China during President Mnangagwa's recent visit to Beijing, China, received a boost yesterday with the arrival of a high-powered delegation...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa scores big in Beijing
Zimbabwe and China yesterday signed Memoranda of Understanding that will expedite the country's socio-economic recovery under the new dispensation. The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Pa...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 07:42hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Harare's dirty and smelly water
Harare's piped water is dirty and smells foul when it is available, but scientific research indicates that it could also be killing residents slowly and silently.Health minister David Parireny...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 09:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Failure to repay loans derail Zimbabwe mega deals
ZIMBABWEAN government's red tape and failure to adhere to loans repayments is impacting negatively on some of the "mega deals" signed in key economic areas between Zimbabwe and China.Zimbabwe ...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare receives US$6m for water treatment
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has disbursed US$6 million to the Harare City Council for the purchase of water chemicals to improve water quality.This was revealed by Harare Mayor, Council...Published: 13 Jan 2018 at 15:56hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
A clean break from the past is needed, current path just a joke
Zimbabwe is burning which must be motivation enough for the leadership to seek a clean break from the past including a holistic change of culture.The People's Democratic Party is irked by the ...Published: 05 Jan 2018 at 10:44hrs | 1 | by PDP
Drink tap water at own risk, says Harare Mayor
HARARE mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has warned residents that it is now too risky to drink council tap water, as the local authority was pumping out partially treated water after running out of treatment ...Published: 30 Dec 2017 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Harare Mayor apologises over dirty water
The Mayor of Harare Councillor Bernard Manyenyeni has apologised to Harare residents and requested citizens to exercise caution until council finds a lasting solution to providing quality water provis...Published: 29 Dec 2017 at 17:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Harare water dirty
Residents of Harare's Avondale area have called on the city council to address several challenges which they are facing particularly with regards to water provision.Water and sanitation issues...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 17:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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