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Eight meter-readers available for entire city
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) could have put themselves on a collision course with residents as it has emerged that they have been estimating water bills since the beginning of the year.In a...Published: 2 hrs ago | 89 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo has 50 sewer bursts per day
RESIDENTS in some suburbs in Bulawayo have expressed fear over the possibility of another outbreak of diarrhoea as the city has been experiencing about 50 sewer pipe bursts per day.In some cas...Published: 2 hrs ago | 37 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water crisis to persist
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has painted a gloomy picture of the current water crisis telling residents to brace for more painful months despite the country receiving heavy rains this year. ...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:35hrs | 839 | by Staff reporter
Residents rap BCC over water-shedding
BULAWAYO City Council has come under fire for failing to honour its promise to totally suspend the water-shedding schedule by end of March this year.The BCC made the promise in February follow...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:41hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
BCC struggles to provide water to residents
BULAWAYO residents are going for weeks without water supplies despite the local authority saying they have enough quantities in their supply dams to last until the next rainy season without the need f...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:48hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
BCC resumes water-rationing after power outage
BULAWAYO City Council has revealed that the current power supply interruptions at the Creterion Waterworks since March 22 have affected water treatment and delivery to the city, forcing the local auth...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:12hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's monthly CPI sheds 1.19%
Consumer Price Index - March 2021 The month on month inflation rate in March 2021 was 2.26 percent shedding 1.19 percentage points on the Febniary 2021 rate of 3.45 percent. The year o...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 10:56hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
75% of Bulawayo's industrial plants idle
THE battle to reposition Bulawayo as the heartbeat of Zimbabwe's industries appears to be hitting a brick wall.Just when national manufacturing output is reportedly rising, Bulawayo's industri...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:36hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
NRZ to bring back electric trains
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has set in motion an ambitious programme to introduce a modern electro system with high voltage power for their railway lines as the company moves away from the...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:25hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Affluent suburb residents not paying bills
BUSINESS and residents living in affluent suburbs like Burnside and Hillside are among those who have accumulated the highest unpaid bills to the Bulawayo City Council. The city is owed more t...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 05:42hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Residents decry water shortages
BULAWAYO residents have complained over recurring water shortages despite claims by city fathers that the local authority has eased water-rationing.Council claimed that it had lifted the week-...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:08hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
BCC to review water shedding schedule
THE Bulawayo City Council is on Tuesday expected to further ease its water shedding schedule with the local authority expected to commission two major rehabilitation projects by tomorrow.Bulaw...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Subdued Covid-19 vaccine uptake worries Zimbabwe doctors
Zimbabwean doctors have expressed concern over the subdued uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine as frontline workers continue to shun the Chinese Sinopharm jab, the only one currently in use.Many pe...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:45hrs | 3435 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 2021 Agenda demanding 'comprehensive reforms' - yet will, for umpteenth, contest 2023 with no reforms
Zimbabwe is in serious economic and political trouble because the nation has been stuck with a corrupt, incompetent and tyrannical ruling party, Zanu-PF, and an equally corrupt and incompetent opposit...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 06:56hrs | 706 | by Wilbert Mukori
More water for Bulawayo
Bulawayo City Council says it has completed the final phase of the rehabilitation of the Criterion Water Works which will result in the city's water pumping capacity going up to 180ML per day against ...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 05:49hrs | 592 | 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 | 717 | by Staff reporter
Eskom debts spell trouble for Zesa
SOUTH Africa power utility, Eskom, will require government funding of approximately R1 billion per week - the equivalent of R6 million every hour of the day - to remain both financially and operationa...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 17:39hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
14 months water in Bulawayo dams
BULAWAYO supply dams have water that can last the city for up to 14 months without council implementing any shedding programme. Since 2019, Bulawayo has been under a tight water shedding sched...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:23hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Pumula residents still without running water
PUMULA South residents in Bulawayo have petitioned the local authority over lack of running water in the area despite the recent easing of the water-shedding regime.Last year, council was forc...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo power outage due to technical fault
PARTS of the Bulawayo city centre and some suburbs have suffered a power blackout following an electrical fault at a Zesa substation at the Belmont industrial area on Monday evening. Zesa acti...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Gweru to maintain water cuts
WATER-SHEDDING is set to continue in Gweru despite the city receiving incessant heavy-rains that have seen most of its supply dams spilling.This was revealed last week by Gweru mayor Josiah Ma...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:46hrs | 268 | 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 | 1229 | by Staff reporter
'Gold to Zimbabwe what oil is to Nigeria, can turn around our fortunes' - not whilst US$1.2b p.a. lost to smugglers
On 3 March 2016 President Mugabe admitted that the nation had lost $15 billion worth of diamonds because of the looting and plunder in Marange and Chiadzwa."This kind of plunder must immediate...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 09:42hrs | 477 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Eccentric Luveve man causes a stir
HE's mad! He's a genius! He's creepy. He's amazingly gifted!The unassuming Mathamsanqa Tshuma (67), a bachelor from Gwabalanda in Bulawayo, ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:29hrs | 2356 | by Yvonne Ncube
Family monthly basket shoots to $25 935
THE monthly cost of living for an ordinary family of five rose again this February to record $25 935, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) has reported.The agency Thursday reporte...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:43hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation drops 1.98%
ZIMBABWE'S month-on-month inflation for February decreased by 1,98 percentage points to 3,45 percent from 5,43 percent recorded in January, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) said....Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 16:03hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water woes far from over
BULAWAYO's water restoration strategy has suffered new setbacks in the form of power cuts and pipe bursts as the city's reticulation system readjusts to normal supplies of the precious liquid....Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:49hrs | 500 | 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 | 479 | by Staff reporter
Load shedding hits Gwanda
MOST suburbs in Gwanda and the central business district have since Monday last week been going for two to three hours per day without electricity, forcing residents to resort to alternative energy so...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:59hrs | 123 | 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 | 620 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains causing power blackouts: Minister
GOVERNMENT has said the power problems the country has been facing in the past months have been a result of heavy rains that are damaging electrical systems and cables, leading to power blackouts....Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:59hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's main supply dam only 34% full
BULAWAYO'S main supply dam, Umzingwane, remains critically low despite heavy downpours, posing a fresh challenge to city fathers.According to the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa), the...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 2310 | by Staff reporter
Masarira, Winky pay tribute to Soul Jah Love
Political leader of the LEAD party, Linda Masarira and Zimdancehall chanter, Winky D have become the latest prominent figures to pay tribute to Soul Musaka (Soul Jah Love) who passed on yesterday foll...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 20:36hrs | 1237 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
BCC reassures residents on service delivery
THE Bulawayo City Council has reassured residents that it is working round the clock to ensure improvement of service delivery in the country's second largest city.The local authority has in r...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:46hrs | 199 | by Pathisa Nyathi
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 | 589 | by Staff reporter
Zesa fights to end blackouts
AMID fears of a return to prolonged and debilitating power cuts in the country, following the blaze that engulfed Hwange Power Station on Wednesday evening, authorities were hopeful yesterday that the...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:38hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Power Station resumed electricity supply today
ZESA Holdings has assured customers that normal electricity supply from Hwange Power Station is expected to resume today as they are in the process of fixing Units 2 and 5 to restore power supply to t...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:30hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's power supply limited: ZESA
ZESA Holdings says the country's power supply is currently limited due to the fire that broke out at Hwange Power station last night .In a statement, the power utility advised that the develop...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:19hrs | 314 | by Staff Reporter
Residents hail BCC's new water-shedding schedule
BULAWAYO Residents Associations have welcomed the 144-hour watershedding schedule, but have urged the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to ensure that it sticks to the stipulated days.In an intervie...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Pressure over Bulawayo water crisis shakes govt
GOVERNMENT has resumed work at the Bulawayo to Gwayi-Shangani Dam pipeline following pressure from Bulawayo residents, the Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) and the Bulawayo Water Action ...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:50hrs | 1064 | by Nelson Chamisa
BCC tables 144-hour water shedding plan
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) yesterday released a 144-hour weekly water shedding programme which will see most suburbs receiving water twice a week. The industry, city centre and mining are...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
'Water woes man-made'
A TRIP around the eastern suburbs in Bulawayo leaves one wondering if people still depend on council water.Almost every house has a water tank and at the gate it is inscribed boldly that "bore...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 18:29hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
US$700 million needed for Bulawayo roads
MORE than US$700 million is needed to rehabilitate roads in Bulawayo as 70 percent of the city road network is in a bad state. In an online session on Devolution Funds in Bulawayo: Water or Ro...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 06:32hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dam levels increase to 53%
BULAWAYO city dam levels have risen from about 29 percent to 53 percent capacity following heavy rains that have been pounding the country since December last year.Speaking soon after a specia...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:12hrs | 1508 | 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 | 229 | by Staff reporter
'Lockdown cripples councils'
BULAWAYO city councillors have bemoaned the crippling of service delivery by the COVID-19-induced lockdown restrictions, forcing it to go on auto-pilot.The lockdown has also affected the holdi...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:43hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents petition over unfinished dam
BULAWAYO residents have petitioned the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) over water shortages, demanding to know when the Gwayi-Shangani Dam would be completed in order to address the perennia...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:34hrs | 1840 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC, deputy mayor cross paths
BULAWAYO'S deputy mayor Mlandu Ncube is in trouble after he posted on social media that the city's residents were experiencing water shortages because of wrong valves that were purchased for the Ncema...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 06:33hrs | 2850 | by Mutiusinazita
Pumula East goes dry for six months
RESIDENTS in Pumula East have gone for almost six months without water after the suburb was struck off the city's water restoration schedule.Bulawayo City Council (BCC) imposed a water sheddin...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 18:51hrs | 727 | 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 | 821 | by Staff reporter
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