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BCC to relocate Ngozi Mine
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resolved to relocate the Richmond landfill, commonly known as "Ngozi Mine," to address growing pollution concerns raised by residents. The council also plans to par...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 07:19hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
BCC proposes forex fines for illegal dumping of waste
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is contemplating a policy requiring fines for illegal dumping to be paid in foreign currency, in a bid to curb the growing problem of environmental pollution and to enhance...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:08hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
Gweru dumpsite relocation delayed again
The relocation of the Woodlands dumpsite in Gweru has been postponed once more, primarily due to delays in receiving necessary paperwork from the government, despite the City Council having already id...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 14:06hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
Ngozi Mine dumpsite fires choke Cowdray Park
Residents of Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo are grappling with thick smoke and health concerns as fires burn at the nearby Richmond landfill, commonly referred to as Ngozi Mine. For the past five day...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:31hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
BCC grappling with fire at Richmond Landfill Site for 4 days now
The City of Bulawayo is actively working to extinguish a fire that erupted last Sunday at the Richmond Landfill Site, attributed to spontaneous combustion. The incident has raised alarm among resident...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:56hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Rampant deforestation blamed for climate change
The Africa Carbon Forum (formerly the Africa Voluntary Carbon Credits Market Forum, or AVCCMF) has blamed the rampant cutting down of trees and irresponsi...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:09hrs | 100 | by Stephen Jakes
Council exposed over landfill lies
A report by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has exposed the Masvingo City Council's deception regarding the Cambria Farm landfill project. Despite claims that the old dumpsite in Runyararo...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:20hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council to acquire more refuse trucks
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is exploring the acquisition of five refuse trucks as part of its solid waste management masterplan. The goal is to restore standards in the city, which was once renowned a...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO agent in AK47 abduction, torture of CCC MP Ngadziore seen in public
A gun-toting Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agent caught on video abducting a Citizens Coalition for Change MP has been publicly sighted for the first time since the November 1, 2023, inciden...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 12:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo city centre dumpsite worsens chaos, decay
AN illegal dumpsite, which resembles Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s Richmond Landfill site, commonly known as Ngozi Mine has emerged, a stone's throw away from a busy road that connects the city centre...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NGOZI MINE HEALTH DISASTER: Councilor Ntando Ndlovu steps in
In a proactive move to address the longstanding environmental and health concerns of his constituents, newly elected Ward 28 Councillor Ntando Ndlovu has taken decisive steps to mitigate the impac...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 09:11hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
51% of Bulawayo City Council vehicle fleet grounded
AT least 51 percent of Bulawayo City Council's (BCC) 336 vehicles have outlived their lifespan, a development that is affecting service delivery.This is contained in the latest council report ...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 20:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Poverty Drives Innovation in Bulawayo's Ngozi Mine Landfill
Located in the outskirts of Bulawayo, the Ngozi Mine landfill is home to a resilient community that has learned to adapt and innovate in the face of extreme adversity.Families there live in ho...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 09:44hrs | 7 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
Our country's Disregard for Proper Waste Management
As a nation, we are notorious for our lack of proper waste management. It's as if we have accepted the garbage-filled streets and overflowing landfills as a normal part of our daily lives. We have bec...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 13:12hrs | | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Bulawayo solar tile producer eyes Sadc market
A BULAWAYO entrepreneur who produces solar roof tiles and kitchen countertops from plastic waste is eager to penetrate the Southern regional market and help promote intra-regional trade.Solar ...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo runs out of refuse disposal space
BULAWAYO residents could be faced with a possible health hazard after it emerged that the city's only landfill site in Richmond suburb has run out of refuse disposal space.This comes at a time...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mohadi implores councils to promote waste recycling
FORMER Vice President Kembo Mohadi says recycling plays an important part in waste management, which is missing in local authorities as they struggle to manage waste collection.Officially open...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohadi claims that Zimbabwe opposition has failed urban people
Opposition political parties have failed to run councils as evidenced by bad roads, failure to collect garbage and provide clean water to residents, Zanu-PF Second Secretary Kembo Mohadi has said....Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:00hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo pressures Victoria Falls City Council to give prime land to gold baron
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo, who is entangled in Victoria Falls land scandals — with his ally mayor Somveli Dlamini currently out of jail on bail after he was arrested for a fraudulent land ...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo entangled in Vic Falls corruption scandals
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo (pictured), who is entangled in Victoria Falls land scandals — with his ally mayor Somveli Dlamini currently out of jail on bail after he was arrested for a fraud...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BCC to embark on night-time refuse collection
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) will soon introduce night-time refuse collection in the city centre as it gears to return the city to its former glory of being one of the cleanest in the continent....Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plastic bottle recycling project for Bulawayo
The Bulawayo City Council has received an unsolicited bid for a recycling plastic bottle waste project following concerns about rampant littering of bottles, leading to the pollution of the environmen...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe yet to ban single use plastics
ZIMBABWE is yet to ban single use plastic bags despite that they are a major environmental threat, the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) said yesterday.Ema spokesperson Amkela Sidange told...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Beitbridge fire station complete
GOVERNMENT in partnership with the Zimborders Consortium has completed constructing a new fire station in Beitbridge to address the perennial fire and emergency rescue services deficiencies in the bor...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:31hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter
Nust students coming up with innovative technological solutions
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students and academics are coming up with innovative technological solutions to national problems, a testimony that they have adapted to the de...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Waste pickers saving BCC'
A BULAWAYO-BASED human rights group has defended Ngozi Mine squatters saying the waste pickers were assisting Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to deal with waste management issues.This follows plan...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lack of machinery affects operations at Bulawayo landfill
LACK of machinery is reportedly crippling the Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s landfill management activities amid calls by the city fathers for the removal of the Ngozi Mine squatters as their lives are...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Border modernisation spillover excites Beitbridge
THE Zimborders Consortium that is modernising the Beitbridge Border Post at a cost of US$300 million is also constructing key infrastructure in the border town in line with its transformation into a m...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga leads clean up exercise in Bulawayo
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga will today lead this month's provincial clean up exercise in Bulawayo as Government intensifies efforts to build sustainable environmental management and waste disp...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masvingo roads far better than Harare
Minister of Local Government and National Housing July Moyo has praised Masvingo City Council for infrastructural development and road maintenance saying the roads were better than in Harare.H...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 11:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare, Chitungwiza choke on own garbage
In front of Mrs Florence Kasambira's home in Manyame Park lies an enormous landfill.It is easy to miss her well-manicured front yard as one's attention is easily drawn towards mounds of waste ...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls wants more bicycles than cars in CBD
Victoria Falls could soon be the first "green city" in the country with more bicycles than cars in the city centre.Pedestrians and electric cars will also be part of the new normal in the envi...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to preside over monthly clean-up in Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will tomorrow preside over this month's main clean up exercise in Bulawayo, as Government intensifies efforts to build sustainable environmental management and waste disposal syste...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council sued over air pollution
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has taken Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to court for failing to properly manage its sanitary landfill site popularly known as Ngozi Mine in Richmond suburb resu...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ngozi Mine smoke chokes Bulawayo suburb
THICK plumes of smoke billowing from a sprawling Bulawayo City Council (BCC) landfill site popularly known as Ngozi Mine in Richmond suburb are a daily sight. The hazardous smoke is now encroa...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Refuse non-collection a human rights violation'
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has described the failure by the urban councils to collect refuse as a human rights violation because it exposes citizens to health risks.Thi...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC fills up death pits
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has allocated US$200 000 to rehabilitate open pits which were left open over the years during infrastructural construction and those dug by sand poachers harming the enviro...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 13:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Govt bails out Harare with refuse trucks
Refuse collection is set to improve in Harare as Government has intervened and released funds required for the delivery of 15 refuse trucks that has been stuck in South Africa for the past five years ...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo faces massive land shortage
BULAWAYO requires as much as 27 000 hectares of land within and outside its boundaries to meet the needs of residents and industry under a development strategy running until 2034.Only 12 350 h...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC to intensify debt collection through service restriction
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has warned that it will soon cut water supplies and withdraw other services to residents in rates arrears.In a notice to residents, town clerk Christopher Dube yest...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo prioritises schools in master plan
BULAWAYO needs an additional 52 pre-schools and more learning institutions to meet the growing population. In the Bulawayo City Council's (BCC) 2021-2033 Masterplan proposal, the city fathers ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council seek powers to borrow $4 billion
BULAWAYO City Council is seeking authority from the Local Government ministry to borrow $4 billion arguing it has no capacity to fund its 2021 $10 billion capital budget to oil its operations....Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga calls for holistic approach to waste management
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has said there is need for a holistic approach in dealing with waste management in local authorities in order to preserve the environment.In a speech read o...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Roles of fashion brands in sustainable living
Serious concerns have been raised about the catastrophic impacts of several industries on our planet. The planet is being increasingly and continuously stretched and all signs are pointing to a closer...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 16:39hrs | 15 | by Staff Writer
Covid-19 triggers massive drop in Beitbridge revenues
THE Covid-19 pandemic has adversely affected Beitbridge Municipality's capacity to collect more revenue from ratepayers and businesses who are also finding the going tough under the obtaining economic...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zupco shuns bad road routes
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has abandoned some routes in Bulawayo due to bad roads. Bulawayo's road network is in a terrible state and this has been worsened by the incessant rains t...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC seeks $4,2bn for infrastructure rehab
BULAWAYO City Council has approached the Local Government ministry seeking permission to borrow over $4,2 billion for rehabilitation of its infrastructure, acquisition of new plant, equipment and vehi...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC applies to borrow US$51m
THE Bulawayo City Council has applied to borrow US$51 million for them to implement major capital projects which include the acquisition of development land and rehabilitation of water and sewerage in...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare's growing garbage problem
HARARE, renamed from the colonial Salisbury, in the early days of independence, was widely referred to as the Sunshine City owing to its squeaky-clean streets and orderly, smart and clean residential ...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Clean-up as a sustainable policy option: Transform Zimbabwe implores government
There are so many ways the Government of Zimbabwe can adopt in improving its environmental performance other than setting aside a day for National cleaning which Transform Zimbabwe views as a reactive...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 09:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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