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Pressure-reducing valves upgrade delays Bulawayo
The progress in upgrading pressure-reducing valves (PRVs) to smart PRVs under the Bulawayo Water and Sewage Services Improvement Project (BWSSIP) has been sluggish, affecting the project funded by the...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
A sports psychologist's guide to player celebration
Celebrating success is not only a joyous part of a sport, but it is an integral component. Whether a player scores a goal or a team wins the match, those moments of victory need to be recognized and e...Published: 20 May 2024 at 09:33hrs | 51 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Safeguard introduces exciting mobile phone-operated wireless alarm
Safeguard has introduced an exciting new security alarm system that is wireless, easy to use, operated from your phone, with a physical back-up on site, and super easy to navigate and use at home or o...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:44hrs | 33 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe farmers appeal for water tariffs review downwards
COMMERCIAL farmers have appealed to the Zimbabwe National Water Authority's (Zinwa) to revise water tariffs downwards saying the latest review from US$10, 76 to US$10 was negligible and therefore hard...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man comes back from the brink after open heart surgery in India
WHEN Mr Wilberforce Matashu (46) of Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo arrived in India early this year for open heart surgery, which saw him implanted with artificial heart valves to assist the aorta, he h...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dam levels break records
THE major interior dams currently hold 92 percent of their combined capacity with almost 65 percent now full as a result of the good rainy season.This ensures enough stored water for irrigatio...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dam levels critically low
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has said water levels at its supply dams that are 52 percent full as well as a drastic drop in supplies from Epping Forest due to vandalism of infrastructure have worsened ...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 18:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kariba power station surpasses Power generation targets in Q2
Kariba power station generated 72 percent of the 2 300 GWh that the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) sent out during the second quarter of this year on the back of improved water availability and plant ef...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 14:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BCC to parcel out 3 000 stands yearly
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it will unveil 3 000 stands annually to reduce the housing waiting list which now stands at 130 000.On Friday, BCC commissioned 114 stands in Emganwini high-de...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matutu promises to tear CCC in Masvingo
Former Masvingo urban Member of Parliament Tongai Matutu who defected to Zanu-PF after a fall out with then MDC Alliance party after he was disqualified from contesting the provincial chairmanship pos...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 17:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Call to rope children into ruling party structures
Zanu-PF Women's League secretary for Administration Senator Monica Mutsvangwa has urged party leaders to rope their children into the ruling party's structures to ensure continuity.Speaking du...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC moves to curb water pipe bursts
BULAWAYO City Council's engineering department says it has started installing pressure-reducing valves (PRVs) to address pipe burst challenges."We are planning to introduce more of these smart...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:33hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo water is safe'
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has claimed that the city's water is safe for human consumption despite recent concerns by Lobengula West residents that the water was contaminated.City health expe...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Villagers celebrate deaths of 6 Chinese at Zimbabwe mine
VILLAGERS from around SAS Mine in Mazowe where two gas explosions claimed eight lives have expressed joy following the death of six Chinese nationals who were managers at the site.SAS Mine is ...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 decimates BCC workforce
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resolved to retest its workers who are in isolation in order to increase the number of workers reporting for duty and reduce the burden on its depleted staff....Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water woes unrelenting
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has no timeline for the lifting of its water-shedding regime after failing to meet the March deadline, blaming this on a combination of electricity outages and unfinished w...Published: 20 May 2021 at 22:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo again
BULAWAYO has recorded a third diarrhoea outbreak in 11 months with about 50 cases being reported in the high-density suburb of Emganwini. Residents have accused the city council of failing to provide ...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council fixes water supply valves
THE Bulawayo City Council has blamed power cuts for disruptions in its water supply system.Deputy mayor Mlandu Ncube yesterday told Southern Eye that the Ncema and Fernhill NRV valves were fix...Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:53hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
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 | 5 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | 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 | 2 | 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 | 5 | 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 | 1 | 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 | 2 | 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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
BCC: What went wrong?
"BULAWAYO'S success story is not something from outer space but a result of the constructive approach taken by councillors and the existence of a harmonious relationship between them and their elector...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:56hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube
Council to ease water shedding
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has recommissioned three supply dams that were decommissioned last year and says it will soon start to progressively ease water shedding. The council decommissioned...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC led BCC criticised for buying wrong equipment
BULAWAYO residents have criticised the city council for purchasing wrong valves for the rehabilitation of the Ncema and Fernhill Pump stations, which are pivotal for effective water supplies to the se...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC purchases and installs defective water pumps
THE Bulawayo City Council could have lost millions of dollars after purchasing and installing new water pumps with "significant design and manufacturing" defects that they wanted installed at the loca...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council plans to recommission dams
The water crisis in Bulawayo is likely to ease as the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is planning to bring back online three of the supply dams which had been decommissioned owing to low water levels....Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 20:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth executive arrested for violence
ZANU-PF Midlands provincial youth executive member, Tapiwa Muto was on Thursday arrested in connection with violence that rocked the party's primary elections early last month. Muto (36) who i...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC fails to meet own water restoration schedule
THE Bulawayo City Council has been slammed by residents for failing to adhere to its own provisional water supply restoration schedule published daily with suburbs tabled to have water supply not rece...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe eyes US$4m Japanese avocado market
Zimbabwe has the potential to earn over US$4 million annually from exporting avocados to Japan if the Asian country removes its restrictions on the importation of fresh fruits and vegetables from Afri...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Councillors slam 'weak' Gweru internal audit
THE lack of independence in the Gweru City Council's internal audit department is contributing to loss of revenue, affecting good corporate governance at the local authority, a service delivery probe ...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Increased earthquake activities in Kariba
RECEDING water levels in Lake Kariba have resulted in increased earthquake activity in its environs, with the latest being a 3,5 magnitude moderate quake that hit Kariba and surrounding areas last Fri...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Well done Bulawayo Town Clerk & BCC for mordenising waterworks
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has suspended the weekly 48-hour water-shedding programme introduced in February following a major rehabilitation of key infrastructure which has improved pumping capac...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 21:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water woes to last another 2 weeks
BULAWAYO water woes will persist for at least two more weeks as council battles to complete rehabilitation works. Most parts of the city have gone for 10 days without running tap water. The Bu...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo goes dry for six days
THE Bulawayo City Council has come under fire for its continued water shedding regime after the local authority increased the shedding period by a further 24 hours to today.This means Bulawayo...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to go without water for 4 days
Bulawayo Town Clerk has announced that there will be a water supply interruption that may last up to four days due to the implementation of the African Development Bank funded project whose objective ...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 20:47hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Expert advice on gas usage
• LPG has an added odour which should be used as a security feature as you should make sure you use LP Gas in well ventilated places only • Cylinder valves should be checked regularly and ...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 11:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo blames faulty valves for UBH water woes
BULAWAYO City Council has said faulty valves were the major cause of United Bulawayo Hospitals' water problems and urged the institution to repair them.Council said it exempted hospitals from ...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare, Chinese firm negotiate $350m deal
The Harare City Council is negotiating a deal with a Chinese firm, China Gezhoba Group International Engineering, to replace or upgrade the city's existing water mains, connections, fittings and other...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Storing an LP gas cylinder safely
There are specific guidelines that should always be followed when storing LP gas cylinders.These guidelines help to prevent unnecessary accidents that could cause serious damage.The st...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 10:32hrs | | by Thomas Shane Matle
The most expensive cars in Zimbabwe
As you drive in the streets of the Sunshine City you realise the number of expensive cars is growing at a very fast rate.Competition for the most luxurious is also increasing at an alarming rate.From ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 15:05hrs | 40 | by Prince Ngwenya
BCC deals with 542 burst water pipes out of 1015 reported
Bulawayo City Council in August dealt with 542 reports of water pipes burst out of the 1015 reported cases.This is revealed in the council's latest minutes."In the month of August 2018...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 08:57hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Buyanga owns the mystery supercar
FLAMBOYANT businessman, Frank Buyanga is the owner of the 'mysterious' $2 million supercar delivered to Zimbabwe a month ago.Ever since its arrival there has been plenty of speculation over it...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 22:21hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
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