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Bulawayo dams 50% empty
WATER levels in dams supplying Bulawayo are said to be above 50% full following the latest rains.This was revealed by Zinwa spokesperson Marjorie Munyonga in a statement yesterday. She said Bu...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:22hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo considers re-introducing water-shedding
BULAWAYO could be forced to re-introduce a stringent water shedding schedule as one of its major supply dams faces decommissioning due to low inflows.The city has over the past years been forc...Published: 24 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1307 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo water woes persist despite rains
Blessing Moyo, a resident of Bulawayo's Gwabalanda suburb, is a worried man as he relives the 2020 diarrhoea outbreak that hit Luveve and other surrounding suburbs.The diarrhoea outbreak, blam...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:14hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
3 dams to serve Bulawayo until 2026
Chairperson of Bulawayo City Council's future water supplies committee Sikhululekile Moyo has revealed that the city's three supply dams had the capacity to meet demand for water until 2026.Th...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane Dam faces decommissioning
BULAWAYO faces crippling water shortages after the local authority warned that Umzingwane Dam might be decommissioned this month due to dwindling water levels.The country has been experiencing...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:42hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
20-hour daily water shedding in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO has introduced a 20-hour daily water shedding exercise for some western suburbs and is expected to decommission Umzingwane Dam this month, necessitating reintroduction of citywide water ratio...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Water shortages loom in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents face another round of water shortages despite the recent rains as city fathers have proposed a three-day water shedding regime because one of the supply dams faces decommissio...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 19:28hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dam levels improve
INFLOWS into Bulawayo's supply dams have improved following incessant rains in the past few weeks, raising hope that council might lift the water-shedding programme.The city has in the past ex...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:46hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane dam only 9% full
BULAWAYO's most critical supply dam, Umzingwane water level is still very low raising the possibility of continued water shedding in the city.Two weeks ago, council said if the dam does not ri...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dams get 2,24% inflows despite heavy rains
BULAWAYO's water supply dams in the Umzingwane Catchment area recorded only 2,24% inflows as of January 18, despite the country experiencing heavy rains this month.In a notice to residents thi...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:49hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Another water cut for Bulawayo
A number of suburbs in Bulawayo will once again go up to Wednesday without water supplies. This has been attributed to vital maintenance work being undertaken by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission ...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 08:01hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Dam levels start to rise
DAM levels in the southern region have started rising following incessant rains that have been experienced in the past weeks.In a statement, Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) corporate...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
'City dams hold 15 months water supply'
WATER levels at Bulawayo's supply dams have gone down due to evaporation as well as heavy use by farmers and local authorities, Southern Eye has learnt.Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Water supplies restored in Bulawayo
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has restored water supplies in the city after residents had to endure two days without the precious liquid due to a power outage which affected the water treatment work...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Inhlokomo Yesizwe SikaMthwakazi Mtshazo - Mtshabezi Irrigation Scheme Saga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B6f3vdSHX0The IYS team led by the versatile and vibrant Ndodana Moyo who is also the Secretary For Mobilisation and Recruitment has set the ball rolling and le...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 17:18hrs | 78 | by IYS information desk
Storm leaves trail of destruction in Matebeleland South
STRONG winds have left a trail of destruction in Umzingwane and Gwanda districts and other parts of Matebeleland South province.Affected villagers told Southern Eye that homes, schools and chu...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustlers wreak havoc in Matebeleland South
VILLAGERS in Matebeleland South province have raised concern over the increase in livestock theft in their area, and have blamed the police for failure to curb the vice.The most affected areas...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZNA mourns Brig Gen Gatsheni, Colonel Muchero
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) yesterday announced the death of Brigadier General Mbonisi Gatsheni and Colonel Charles Pride Muchero, both succumbed to Covid-19 related complications. Brigad...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo sets date to re-introduce full water shedding
BULAWAYO will revert to the dreaded city-wide water shedding schedule in February next year as two of its major supply dams are expected to be decommissioned by then if no major inflows are received i...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:39hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
BCC to decommission 2 dams next year
BULAWAYO City Council says it might be forced to decommission two of its six major supply dams Umzingwane and Lower Ncema in February and May 2022, respectively, due to the poor rainwater inflows expe...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 10:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane villagers cry foul over donors suspending food relief after crops failure due to water logging
In what might be described as donor syndrome, villagers in parts of Umzingwane district have cried foul that they are experiencing serious food shortage a...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 20:24hrs | 107 | by Stephen Jakes
Man stabs nephew in love triangle storm
A GWANDA man has been arrested for fatally stabbing his nephew in an alleged love triangle storm. Matabeleland South acting provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Thabani Mkhwanan...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 11:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC take residents head on over $1,1 billion debt
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has threatened to take residents to court to recover the over $1,1 billion owed by ratepayers.During a recent virtual meeting, Bulawayo town clerk Christopher D...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC blames Zesa on water cuts
THE Bulawayo City Council has blamed the continued 72-hour water shedding exercise which it is implementing on electricity company Zesa, despite the city's dams receiving significant inflows during th...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mtshabezi school hostel gutted by fire
MTSHABEZI Primary School leaners with disabilities escaped unharmed after their hostel and learning class caught fire but they lost clothes and other property.The eleven learners comprising se...Published: 11 May 2021 at 16:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani dam construction resumes
THE Gwayi-Shangani Dam site was yesterday a hive of activity with onsite engineers from the Zimbabwe National Water Authoriy (Zinwa) and Chinese contractors supervising construction works following th...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:00hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares war on potholes
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said he is pained by the potholes on the country's "once great highways" while committing $33,6 billion towards the rehabilitation of 10 000kms of the country's roads. ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:34hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo supply dams 70% full
BULAWAYO city's supply dams are 70,39% full, with the local authority saying it is progressively moving towards suspending the water-shedding programme.According to the city's inflows summary ...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Youths urged to venture into mining
UMZINGWANE legislator Levi Mayihlome has urged youths in the district to venture into gold mining instead of crying foul when outsiders seize opportunities.The district is rich in gold deposit...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
City dam levels double as rainfall pattern holds
BULAWAYO residents are set to go for the entire year without experiencing the dreaded water-shedding regime with the city's supply dams continuing to receive significant inflows.The situation ...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mtshabezi pipeline a major Govt intervention
GOVERNMENT under the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa has made great strides in addressing Bulawayo's prevailing water woes as evidenced by huge amounts of money being channelled towards var...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government steps up efforts to complete Gwayi-Shangani Dam
MATABELELAND region is poised for economic growth as Government has stepped up efforts towards the completion of the massive Gwayi-Shangani Dam project before the end of next year.It is envisa...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dam levels lowest in the country
BULAWAYO's supply dams have the lowest levels in Zimbabwe with the majority of dams in the country now full and spilling.The city, which is emerging from its worst water crisis in recent years...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe dams gain record inflows in more than 5 decades
Dams in the country have gained a record 47,5 percent inflows since 1974 following improved rains in the current 2020–2021 summer season, the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) says. ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:56hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water rationing to go
THE Bulawayo City Council will for the first time since January last year put aside its crippling water rationing scheme after its dams received enough water and pumping capacity to sustain the city u...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC exhausts US$33 million AfDB allocation
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it has exhausted the US$33 million received from the African Development Bank (AfDB) on various projects, forcing the contractor working on the Epping Forest water...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
People of Godlwayo retain identity and pride
Maduna Mafu, the chief of Godlwayo, led the armed struggle of 1896 in the eastern Ndebele State, together with other leaders such as Mahlahleni Mafu, Siminzela Mathema and Fezela Khumalo.Godlw...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:05hrs | 78 | by Phathisani Nyathi
Why Bulawayo dams are not filling up
THE fact that Bulawayo and Matabeleland South province have been receiving torrential rains since January is evident to everyone.The fact that most dams nationally are full and spilling (inclu...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 15 | by Khumbulani Maphosa
'Zinwa won't hand over dams to Bulawayo'
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) says it is legally impossible to give Bulawayo the responsibility to build its own dams to solve the perennial water shortages.Zinwa made the rema...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 08:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Council to ease water-shedding
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is on Monday set to start easing the gruelling water shedding programme to about 72 hours in the next two weeks while making a roadmap towards normalising water supplies to...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt releases $535m for Gwayi-Shangani Dam
GOVERNMENT has released $535 million for the completion of Gwayi-Shangani Dam, part of the Zambezi Water Project, which is expected to alleviate water problems in Bulawayo and Matabeleland North provi...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 21:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
BCC eases water shedding
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has eased its water shedding schedule reverting to the 144 hour per week timetable, with indications that they will continue to ease it further as dam inflows continue ...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Truck swept away in Mtshabezi River, duo marooned
Two men are marooned in the Mtshabezi River in Siyoka area some 100km west of Beitbridge town after their Nissan Truck was swept away early today as they attempted to cross the flooded river.T...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 18:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents bitter over water-shedding removal delay
BULAWAYO residents have complained over continued water-shedding even after the dams that feed the city's water reservoirs recorded significant inflows following heavy rains.Water cuts have co...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
More floods predicted
THE Civil Protection Unit (CPU) is on standby for evacuations in flood prone areas of the country after the Meteorological Service Department (MSD) warned that tropical cyclones and serious floods rem...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 Bulawayo supply dams recommissioned
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has recommissioned three of its six supply dams decommissioned last year due to low water levels.This follows increased inflows into the water bodies since the onse...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
No significant inflows to Bulawayo dams
Bulawayo supply dams have not received significant inflows since the start of the rainy season, the Zimbabwe National water Authority (Zinwa) has said. Other dams in some parts of the country ...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dam levels continue on to rise
Zimbabwe dam levels continue on to rise with the national dam level average now 62%. Sanyati Catchment has the highest dam level average at 94.5%, Gwayi 75.7%, Manyame 59.7%, Mazowe 41.9%, Mzi...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 09:08hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chalane recedes, no major damage recorded
Tropical Depression Chalane, which entered Zimbabwe on Wednesday, further weakened and finally dissipated with its remnants moving into Botswana, leaving minimal damage and no loss of life or injuries...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:20hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo shelves water shedding
THE Bulawayo City Council will this week temporarily shelve its excruciating water shedding programme to allow residents to enjoy the festive holiday.The city has been failing to supply adequa...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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