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Bulawayo council staff caught in illegal forex deals
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has revealed that several of its employees have been implicated in illegal foreign currency exchange dealings, further fueling public frustration over poor service delivery...Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 13:20hrs | 1343 | by Staff reporter
Zapu councillor seeks US$400,000 for dam construction
Opposition Ward 17 councillor in Matobo-Mangwe constituency, Mpendulo Ncube of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (Zapu), has launched an appeal to well-wishers for donations in cash or kind to suppo...Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 13:19hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Egodini Mall will never happen?
Bulawayo councillors have renewed calls to cancel a tender awarded to South African engineering firm, Terracotta, for the redevelopment of Egodini bus terminus into a multi-purpose mall.In 201...Published: 22 Mar 2025 at 12:15hrs | 1059 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo roads crumble
BULAWAYO'S road network is crumbling under the strain of heavy rains, deepening potholes and forcing commuter omnibus operators to avoid smaller roads in both western and eastern suburbs.The w...Published: 03 Mar 2025 at 12:32hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Baboon menace rocks Pumula South residents
Residents of Pumula South's Phase 3 in Ward 17 are raising alarm over a growing population of baboons that has disrupted their lives, caused property damage, and endangered their safety. The animals a...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 08:51hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents demand transparency on Dutch water utility deal
Concerns are growing among Bulawayo residents over the involvement of the Dutch water utility company Vitens Evides International (VEI) in managing the city's water and sanitation services, with many ...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 09:00hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF councillor jailed 14 years for stock theft
Former Zanu-PF Insiza Ward 17 Councillor Sindiso Ndlovu, alongside accomplice Buhle Nkomazana, received an effective 14-year prison sentence each on Friday after being convicted of stock theft. Their ...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:18hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Lack of development irks Bulawayo councillors
Councillors in Bulawayo have voiced their frustrations regarding the sluggish pace of urban development in the city, attributing the stagnation to a lack of funding and bureaucratic hurdles. The conce...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 16:15hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
VID bans revealing clothing at its depots
The Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) has implemented an immediate ban on visitors dressed in revealing clothing, such as shorts, sleeveless tops, and miniskirts, at all of its depots across the c...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 07:57hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
BCC dismisses privatisation fears
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has reassured residents that there are no plans to privatise the city's water utility, clarifying that its separation from the engineering department was meant to prote...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:12hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Khami Prison runs dry
Khami Prison in Bulawayo has reportedly been without water for three weeks, raising concerns about a potential disease outbreak. Former CCC senator Gideon Shoko discovered the crisis during a ...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 08:54hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Chinese mining investor Hualin Investments praised for developing Ward 17 in Pumula
In a remarkable display of corporate social responsibility, Hualin Investments is setting a new standard for community engagement and sustainable development in Ward 17. Working closely with the Ward ...Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 13:33hrs | 32 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lawyer urges women to report online GBV
Legal practitioner Lizwe Jamela says it is important for victims of gendered online violence to report their cases and seek justice to deter perpetrators from causing more harm. Jamela was spe...Published: 22 May 2024 at 10:31hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Pumula residents, Chinese miner clash over noise
RESIDENTS of Bulawayo's Pumula North suburb are up in arms against a Chinese quarry mining company for noise pollution as well as destroying road infrastructure in the suburb.Some commuter omn...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Moyo under fire over poor record record
MATABELELAND North Provincial Affairs minister Richard Moyo is under the spotlight for presiding over several failed and unfulfilled projects in the province since he was appointed minister in 2017....Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 15:18hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland villagers appeal for govt intervention
VILLAGERS in Matebeleland region are appealing to the government to immediately intervene and save them from starvation as the food crisis reaches alarming levels.Several villagers have alread...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mafume survives a vote of no-confidence as Harare mayor
An attempt to remove Harare mayor Jacob Mafume failed today as councilors defied Chamisa and voted against vote of no confidence motion.As Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) factionalism expl...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 18:22hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
CCC, Zanu-PF face off
During a full council meeting in Chivhu, four opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors walked out in protest after alleging that Zanu-PF councillors had secretly assumed strategic co...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC committee chairpersons elected
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC)-dominated Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has elected chairpersons and deputies of various committees to assist in service delivery programmes.The election of t...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC's Ian Makone elected new mayor of Harare
Ian Makone of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is the new mayor of Harare following a vote by councillors on Monday.He replaces Jacob Mafume, the ward 17 councillor.Makone, of w...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 14:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors to be sworn in Wednesday
Bulawayo's newly elected Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors will be sworn in on Wednesday.The city‘s Town Clerk Christopher Dube is expected to preside over the ceremony held in...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 22:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo diarrhoea cases decrease
BULAWAYO recorded a decrease in diarrhoea cases despite a worsening water crisis which has seen some residents enduring more than a week with dry taps.Due to the erratic power supply, Bulawayo...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Married women free to acquire own housing stands in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says married women are free to acquire housing stands without the approval of their spouses.This follows reports that council officials were refusing to register ma...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:11hrs | 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
BREAKING: Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume expelled
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume has been recalled as Ward 17 councillor and subsequently as Mayor after his former political party the People's Democratic Party wrote a letter to the Local Government Minist...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 12:17hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
BVTA urges BCC not to use violence on illegal vendors
BULAWAYO Vendors and Trader Association (BVTA) has urged the city council to desist from using violence to solve the problem of illegal vendors occupying restricted areas.BVTA Director Michael...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 10:19hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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 | 10 | by Staff reporter
CCC: Old wine in old wineskins
On 24 January, former MDC Alliance faction leader, Nelson Chamisa announced the formation of a new opposition political party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). During the announcement,...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chinese quarry mine unsettles Bulawayo residents amid bribery claims
SITHANDEKILE Dube* is jolted by yet another heavy blast that just shook her house in Bulawayo's Pumula North high-density suburb.The blasts have become a common occurrence in the bustling neig...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:22hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
'Govt stalling BCC's solar farm project'
BULAWAYO councillors have blamed the Local Government ministry for delaying the city's solar farm project by not granting the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (Zida) permission to approve ap...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dam levels still depressed
Water levels in Bulawayo city's dams remains low at 53% despite the heavy rains that pounded the area over the past few weeks with the Bulawayo City Council saying it is still reviewing plans to decom...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:06hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Pumula residents worry over Chinese mine blasts
BULAWAYO residents in Pumula North are living in fear due to heavy blasting works at a nearby Chinese quarry mine.A Chinese firm, Haulin Quarry Mining Company is conducting quarry mining on th...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Sand poachers steal road rehabilitation sand
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has declared war on sand poachers in St Peter's on the outskirts of Bulawayo and yesterday council rangers deflated tyres of some of the suspects' vehicles in a bid to ...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents reject 216% rates increase
BULAWAYO residents have rejected a 216% proposed rate increase in the 2022 budget that would see residents in some wards paying as much as $12 000 in rates.The residents advised the loca...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidates hijacks Council-ZINARA project
The Ministry has started the construction of Destiny road to Hob House tarred road.The construction of Hob House road was initiat...Published: 22 Sep 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Councillors want forex payments prioritised
BULAWAYO City councillors want only rate payers paying in foreign currency to use the local authority's main Revenue Hall as a measure to decongest the place and stop the spread of Covid-19.Th...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:38hrs | 3 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents concerned over failure to access IDs due to material shortage
BULAWAYO residents have expressed their concerns over failure to access identity cards following reports of shortage of required materials to cater for th...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:02hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
BCC writes to Mnangagwa's govt over street name changes
THE Bulawayo City Council is waiting for Government approval on their own individual street name changes after the High Court ruled that they cannot adhere to the names that were effected through a St...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance Ward 17 Councillor maintains roads in his Ward
MDC Alliance Councillor for ward 17, Chikanga Dangamvura Constituency and other Party members maintain roads in their ward yesterday.Unlike Zanu pf members who are highjacking government proje...Published: 19 May 2021 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Recalled MDC A MP help with harvest - lest forget, after 21 years MDC yet to implement one reform
There is no limit to the antics Zimbabwe's fallen corrupt and incompetent leaders will go to impress in a vain hope to be re-elected and secure the converted gravy train seat. They conveniently overlo...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 17:59hrs | 2 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Recalled MDC Alliance MP helps harvest party member's field
Recalled MDC Alliance Chikanga Dangamvura Member of Parliament Prosper Mutseyami, Ward 17 Councillor John Nyamhoka and other party members harvest Beauty ...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Fanuel Chinowaita
MDC-A Councillor distributes goods to Orphans
MDC Alliance ward 17 Councillor for Mutare Urban John Nyamhoka distributes some food and non food items donated by branch leadership to the orphans ...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Bulawayo residents enduring sleepless nights
The Covid-19 outbreak has piled more misery on Bulawayo residents, who are enduring sleepless nights due to the irritating mosquito menace caused by council's failure to disinfect breeding sites, citi...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC reclaims 'pits of death'
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has started reclaiming the city's "pits of death" following an outcry from residents and human rights activists.This was after two people drowned in disused pit...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally died of COVID-19
MANICALAND State and Devolution minister Ellen Gwaradzimba yesterday became the second high profile government official to succumb to COVID-19.This followed the death of Lands, Agriculture, Wa...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Farmers face water logging
A NUMBER of farmers in Matobo are facing water logging challenges in their fields due to excessive rainfall that has been pounding the district for the past few weeks and are worried that their crops ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mafume targeted for exposing Mnangagwa capture of urban councils'
MDC Alliance deputy president Tendai Biti has lashed out at the Zanu-PF-led government for allegedly victimising Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume through arrests and lengthy detentions saying the ward 17 cou...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mafume must stop shifting blame
Since his election as the Mayor of Harare in September this year, MDC Alliance Ward 17 Councillor, Jacob Mafume, has not done anything to resolve Harare's woes except to shift blame on central Governm...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:48hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa's mayor granted $30,000 bail
HARARE Mayor Jacob Mafume has been granted $30 000 bail by High Court Judge Benjamin Chikowero, ending the Ward 17 councillor's two-week jail nightmare.As part of his bail conditions, Mafume w...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 18:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
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