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Foreign vendors turn Bulawayo pavements into open-air toilets, bedrooms
The heart of Bulawayo's Central Business District is fast degenerating into a public health crisis as illegal vendors - many of them from outside the city - have turned pavements into makeshift homes,...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:06hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council faces power cuts
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) risks further electricity disconnections as the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) enters the final phase of its prepaid meter installat...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 08:38hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fails to avail land for development
Bulawayo City Council is facing a deepening housing crisis after failing for more than a year to secure contractors to develop new housing stands in the city. Despite multiple attempts and repeated ad...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:17hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC switches off Bulawayo traffic lights
Bulawayo motorists have recently been navigating more dangerous roads after several critical traffic lights in the city were switched off by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Comp...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:16hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
Residents raise alarm over hazardous emissions from Ngozi Mine landfill
Residents of Cowdray Park in Bulawayo have raised alarms over the ongoing emissions from the nearby Ngozi Mine landfill, with many accusing the local authority of failing to find a lasting solution to...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:58hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners turn Bulawayo sanitary lanes into 'toilets'
The Bulawayo City Council has appealed to residents to refrain from using sanitary lanes and shop alleyways in the central business district as makeshift toilets, warning that such behaviour could tri...Published: 02 May 2025 at 20:16hrs | 1276 | by Staff reporter
BCC struggles with water bursts
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is facing significant challenges in addressing water bursts and leaks across the city, largely attributed to a severe shortage of resources. As a result, many residents...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:15hrs | 70 | by Staff reporter
Tempers flare at Bulawayo Council Chambers
A crucial feedback meeting on the formation of a water utility for Bulawayo ended in chaos on Thursday as tempers flared among city officials, residents, and civic society representatives. The meeting...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 19:15hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council cuts water supplies to schools
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has intensified its debt recovery efforts, cutting off water supplies to 59 schools in a bid to recover outstanding payments. This bold move comes as the local authorit...Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:14hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
BCC rehabilitates boreholes to ease water challenges
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has rehabilitated 111 boreholes since March 2024 as part of its efforts to address the city's ongoing water challenges, with support from various non-governmental organ...Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 06:55hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
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 | 452 | 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...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 06:26hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
BCC moots cultural centre at Inxwala site
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has announced plans to transform the historically significant Inxwala Grounds, located at the intersection of Masotsha Avenue and Joshua Nkomo Street Extension in North...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 06:54hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
BCC defends midnight vehicle impoundment operations amid backlash
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is standing firm on its decision to tow away illegally parked vehicles, despite public criticism. Last week, the council impounded 36 vehicles during midnight operation...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:43hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Mixed feelings about TTI officials' conduct
Bulawayo residents have voiced mixed reactions regarding the actions of Tendy Three Investment (TTI) officials who allegedly harassed a motorist suffering from a medical condition. Last week, TTI's en...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:13hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Traffic congestion worsens in Bulawayo CDB
Commuters and motorists in Bulawayo are increasingly frustrated by the non-functioning traffic lights at the intersection of Khami Road and Basch Street, just outside the central business district (CB...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:46hrs | 1716 | 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 | 198 | by Staff reporter
Lack of books access rocks council schools
Councillors have complained about the Bulawayo City Council's failure to provide textbooks for learners in council-run schools, despite parents paying a b...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 06:58hrs | 147 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo housing stands unaffordable for many
The escalating demand for family housing in Bulawayo has driven housing stand prices beyond many people's reach, as the local authority struggles to provide enough land for the growing number of home ...Published: 02 Sep 2024 at 11:22hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo installs street CCtv cameras
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC), in partnership with Tendy Three Investments (TTI), has launched the first phase of a camera surveillance initiative aimed at enhancing public safety and improving park...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 10:11hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo installs street cameras on CBD roads
Tendy Three Investment Private Limited (TTI) has begun installing closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras on various roads in Bulawayo's Central Business District (CBD) as part of its mandate to impl...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 16:12hrs | 2029 | by Staff reporter
BCC violates own public transport policy
Most of Bulawayo's designated bus termini have become ineffective, highlighting the failure of the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to enforce its public transport policy, which was established over a...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:10hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
NGOs rescue Bulawayo, fund boreholes rehab
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has initiated repairs on malfunctioning boreholes using emergency funds provided by non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Mayor David Coltart announced that these NGOs...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 12:49hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
Effluent flows 'become part of daily life'
Residents of Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo have been grappling with recurrent sewage floods that inundate their streets and homes, posing significant health hazards. Approximately 50 homes are affec...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 09:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo declares consumption of borehole water unsafe and illegal
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has issued a stern warning against consuming water from council-owned boreholes, citing safety concerns and legal implications. Despite widespread water shortages promp...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:25hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Injuries as municipal police, vendors
A clash between illegal vendors and municipal police on 5th Avenue in Bulawayo resulted in injuries for about a dozen vendors. The raid, intended to enforce municipal by-laws on informal trading, turn...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 06:26hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to spend US$10 000 per month to keep tower lights on
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is facing a monthly expense of approximately US$10,000 to purchase electricity tokens for tower lights in the city, following their transition to a prepaid system by th...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 10:33hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council employs nurses past retirement
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) may soon start employing nurses past the retirement age of 65 as it grapples with the effects of brain drain after it emerged that the local authority is losing younger...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
50% of treated Bulawayo water goes to waste!
The Sunday NewsWITH Bulawayo grappling with one of its worst water crises in recent years, there are indications that the city council is losing almost half of its treated water before it reac...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:42hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Vendors defy Bulawayo council directive
IT was business as usual yesterday for vendors operating along 5th Avenue in the City Centre, as they openly defied a Bulawayo City Council directive to vacate the street by Sunday to pave the way for...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 05:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
44 vehicles impounded in crackdown on errant kombis
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) in conjunction with police yesterday launched a blitz against pirate taxis and errant kombis defying a directive to move to the newly upgraded Egodini bus terminus and othe...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Egodini finally re-opens
BULAWAYO'S Egodini Terminus finally opened its gates yesterday following the completion of the upgrade works on the taxi rank under Phase One of the multi-million-dollar construction project that shou...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Maintaining graves is not Bulawayo City Council's job
THE Bulawayo City Council has urged residents with relatives buried at different cemeteries in the city to constantly check and maintain the graves as it is not the duty of the local authority to do t...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:36hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Graves cave in at Luveve Cemetery
AN elderly woman, accompanied by two young adults walks briskly into a section of Luveve Cemetery in Bulawayo, a little bit on the edge and sombre.They continuously scan across the hundreds of...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:56hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo is built on love'
BULAWAYO's success is anchored on love and acts of philanthropy, Bulawayo City Council's Corporate Communications Manager, Mrs Nesisa Mpofu has said.She said this during a Christmas party held...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 10:44hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council to roll out CCTV camera project
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) in partnership with Tendy Three Investments (TTI) is set to roll out the first phase of the camera surveillance project on the city's major roads in February to help curb c...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart's holiday forces BCC to break from tradition
This year, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) had to break from tradition by holding the Annual Civic Service two weeks earlier than usual. This change in timing was necessitated by the fact that the cit...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cholera patient goes missing in Bulawayo
THE City of Bulawayo is on the hunt for a patient who has gone missing after being diagnosed with Cholera at a time when five positive cases have been confirmed in Harare.The positive cholera ...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 21:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo introduce US$30 spot fine for littering, open worship
Bulawayo residents caught violating several public nuisance by-laws, including littering, street cooking, and public urination, will now face a spot fine of US$30. The announcement was made by...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
TTI slashes Bulawayo parking fees
BULAWAYO'S parking management company, Tendy Three Investments (TTI), was forced to reduce its daily parking fees by 50 percent from US$8 per day to US$4 in response to concerns raised by motorists in...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents go 3 weeks without water
THE water situation in Bulawayo remains dire with council engineers still working on the affected pumps to bring them back online.The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) last week announced the revoca...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 10:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Water crisis hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents have been hit by a water crisis with most suburbs going for days without running water following a burst pipeline connecting Ncema Water Treatment Works and Criterion Water Treatmen...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:49hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo schools in top 10 of Zimbabwe mega schools
MPOPOMA High School and Mahlathini Primary School in Bulawayo have the largest learner population in the city with a combined estimate of more than 5 000 pupils and hundreds of teachers making it into...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:15hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter
Mahatshula East suburb takes shape
DRIVING along the bustling Bulawayo-Harare Highway, one cannot help but notice the reddish-brown dust emanating a few metres away from the road just after Mahatshula suburb.So heavy is the nat...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fire burns part of Luveve Cemetery
A portion of Luveve cemetery was burnt by a veld fire which destroyed grave markers and some of the tombstones.The cause of the fire is unknown but some residents blamed the Bulawayo City Coun...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 17:37hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
How Bulawayo's suburbs pay homage to Ndebele Kingdom's legacy
A SCHOOL, in essence, is an institution that provides dedicated spaces and environments for the purpose of educating students. It is a place where knowledge is imparted and learning is facilitated. Th...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
BCC goes after open-air worshippers
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has resumed its regular raids on open-air worshippers, particularly apostolic sect members who gather in areas with no ablution facilities.Deputy mayor Mlandu Ncube...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 09:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Several activities lined up for Bulawayo Day
A number of events have been planned in the city as Bulawayo commemorates the day it became a town in 1894 on June 1, to allow residents to engage and participate meaningfully in the city's cultural l...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chaos at Bulawayo council meeting
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) full council meeting last Wednesday degenerated into chaos with two councillors eventually ejected from council chambers for improper dressing.The largely Citiz...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
BCC worry over vandalism of public toilets
THE Bulawayo City Council has expressed concern over the increase of vandalism of public toilets in the Central Business District with some unscrupulous individuals going to the extent of stealing toi...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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