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Tensions rise at Harare sewage plant

Tensions erupted yesterday at the City of Harare's Firle Sewage Plant after municipal workers clashed with management following the deaths of two colleagues, amid allegations of negligence over safety clothing and unresolved salary dispute…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:28hrs | 43 | by Staff reporter

Boy (4) drowns in sewage

Two separate drowning incidents claimed the lives of a young boy and an adult man in Manicaland Province on Tuesday, authorities have confirmed.In the first incident, four-year-old Takudzwa Mugwede, of Old West in Penhalonga, tragically dr…

Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 08:55hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter

Glen View faces sewage crisis

Residents of Glen View 3 in Harare are facing a deepening public health crisis as raw sewage continues to overflow through the suburb's streets, creating fertile ground for outbreaks of cholera, typhoid, and dysentery.The blocked sewer sys…

Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 09:31hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter

Cowdray Park residents drowning in sewage

Residents of Section 1A in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb say they are living in increasingly unbearable conditions as raw sewage floods their homes, a result of a crumbling drainage system that has left the area in a persistent health cri…

Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 13:25hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter

Chitungwiza continues to battle with sewer challenges

Perennial sewer problems remain one of the most pressing challenges facing Chitungwiza Municipality, although the local authority has recorded some improvements in certain areas, Mayor Councillor Rosaria Mangoma has revealed.Speaking at th…

Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:45hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter

Cape Town discharges +40 megalitres of sewage into the Atlantic Ocean daily

Urban water bodies worldwide - including rivers, lakes, and oceans - are under significant threat from pollution. Large volumes of sewage discharged into the environment cause severe damage, while new chemicals and pharmaceutical compounds…

Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 12:41hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter

Residents cry out over escalating sewage crisis

Residents of Chitungwiza have voiced growing frustration and alarm over the local authority's continued failure to resolve the town's worsening sewage crisis, which they say poses a serious threat to public health and everyday life.Raw sew…

Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:21hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter

New Zimbabwe political party vows to resist Mnangagwa's 2030 agenda

A new political party, the Assemblies of Minorities (AM), has emerged in Zimbabwe, declaring its opposition to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's alleged attempts to extend his rule beyond 2028.The party, which claims to represent marginalised…

Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 12:59hrs | 2640 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo tap water smells like sewage?

The City of Bulawayo has launched an investigation into suspected water contamination in Tshabalala following reports of foul-smelling tap water in the area. The incident, which was reported on Monday, 10 March 2025, has prompted swift act…

Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 12:52hrs | | by Staff reporter

Empty coffers hamper Barbourfields Stadium upgrade

Bulawayo Ward 2 Councillor Adrian Redani Moyo has highlighted the financial constraints facing the Bulawayo City Council, which have significantly delayed the upgrading of Barbourfields Stadium. In an interview on Wednesday, Moyo explained…

Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:43hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter

Chitungwiza's Chibuku Breweries in hot soup for environmental violations

Chitungwiza's Chibuku Breweries has found itself at the center of controversy after reports surfaced of the company allowing liquid waste to flow into food processors, industrial areas, and Mapostori prayer sites. This flagrant violation o…

Published: 07 Jun 2024 at 06:28hrs | 18 | by George Tshuma

Harare now a huge sewerage pond?

The outbreak of typhoid in Harare last week torched a heated debate on social media with some observers blaming the city fathers for the scourge whilst others wanted to pin it on Government. As the typhoid debate ensued, new twists emerged…

Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 04:47hrs | | by Charity Maodza

Resident now lives in raw sewage horror

10/12/2015, 2:31 AM - â€ª+263 73 *** ****â€¬: Resident in Makokoba now lives in raw sewage horror on their back yards for the past two months as the Bulawayo city council workers have decided to neglect their duties. We are now afraid of d…

Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 09:57hrs | | by concerned resident

'Microbial battery' to produce electricity from sewage water

WASHINGTON - U.S. researchers said Monday they have created a "microbial battery" that harnesses a special type of microbe to produce electricity by digesting the plant and animal waste dissolved in sewage.The invention, published in the j…

Published: 17 Sep 2013 at 03:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter

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