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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 | 521 | 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 | | 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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

Bulawayo City Council avails 5,000 housing stands

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has availed more than 5 000 housing stands in the city as they push towards addressing the ever ballooning housing backlog, a senior council official has said.The local authority has further regularised 8 05…

Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 17:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Gwanda needs 10 000 houses to be accorded city status

The Gwanda Municipality has entered into a partnership with the National Building Society (NBS) that will see the improvement of housing in the provincial capital where development of properties by residents has been hampered by lack of fu…

Published: 09 May 2017 at 21:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter

The Politics of Land and Housing

I have been asked to speak on the politic of land and housing in our cities. I only get these invitations because of the strength of the movement of which I am part and so, on behalf of Abahlali baseMjondolo, I thank the University of Chic…

Published: 13 Apr 2011 at 08:06hrs | | by Sbu Zikode

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