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Zinwa thieves fight over loot and get busted

What began as a seemingly flawless inside job by three Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) employees quickly spiralled into a public farce and legal nightmare, after the trio turned on each other in broad daylight over a botched loot…

Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 13:22hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter

ZINWA cracks down on illegal bulk water dealers

The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has initiated a comprehensive countrywide operation targeting illegal bulk water dealers in a bid to restore order within the water delivery sector and protect public health.The crackdown comes…

Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:12hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter

Top 6 Members of Parliament who shook Bulawayo in 2024

Bulawayo's political landscape was alight in 2024, with six Members of Parliament shining brightly for their transformative and relentless efforts to uplift their constituencies. Using a sophisticated Artificial Intelligence (AI) data anal…

Published: 12 Jan 2025 at 22:31hrs | 897 | by Nkululeko Nkomo

Zimbabwe's dam water levels up by 1.59%

The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) reports an encouraging rise in water levels across the country's major dams, attributing the improvement to the ongoing wet spell experienced nationwide.ZINWA spokesperson Marjorie Munyonga tol…

Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 18:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zinwa loses bid to block arbitrator in debt row

The High Court has rejected an application by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) to set aside an arbitration ruling in a case where the authority is accused of refusing to pay a service provider.Zinwa had sought to block the arb…

Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:53hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter

Zinwa leaves incomplete borehole projects in Bulawayo

Pelandaba-Tshabalala MP Joseph Tshuma has publicly criticized the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) for its failure to deliver functional boreholes in Bulawayo, leaving residents without adequate water solutions amid persistent sho…

Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 15:21hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter

MPs call for completion of Lake Gwayi-Tshangani

Parliamentarians and Bulawayo city councillors have commended the progress made by the Second Republic in the construction of Lake Gwayi-Tshangani, a key water infrastructure project aimed at addressing Bulawayo's water shortages. However,…

Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 09:34hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's Water Crisis: Boreholes will cause more harm than good

This morning, as I watched a news report on the ongoing so-called â€˜Presidential Borehole Drilling Scheme', my heart was troubled. Just how sustainable is the drilling of boreholes all over the country as a way of resolving our country's …

Published: 23 Sep 2024 at 18:29hrs | 2388 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Bubi villagers petition Masuka, Zinwa over bills

Villagers in Bubi, Matabeleland North, have raised concerns with Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Anxious Masuka and the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) regarding high water charges and difficu…

Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:55hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter

ZINWA employee in soup over live pangolin

A 43-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) together with his three accomplices are in trouble after they were found in possession of a live pangolin.Mlandeli Matutu a water bailiff at ZINWA, Steven Tshuma (52), Jabulani Mhlang…

Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 20:43hrs | 30 | by Simbarashe Sithole

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 hardly felt, as they push to reduce product…

Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:46hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Sakupwanya dies

FORMER Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) boss Jefter Sakupwanya (63) has died.Sakupwanya died in Harare yesterday after a long illness.He was replaced as Masvingo Provincial Affairs and Devolution in October this year.Sakupwanya wh…

Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 17:56hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter

Zinwa denies cutting water supplies to Silalatshani Irrigation Scheme

A spokesperson from the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa), Marjorie Munyonga, has refuted allegations that water supplies to the Silalatshani Irrigation Scheme in Insiza, Matabeleland South province, were disconnected due to an out…

Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 08:59hrs | 224 | by Staff Reporter

Zinwa disconnects supplies to irrigation scheme, demands US$300 each from rural folk

The maize crop at Silalatshani Irrigation Scheme in Insiza South, Matebeleland South province, is wilting before maturity after the Zimbabwe National Water Authority disconnected water supplies due to an estimated US$255 000 debt.The farme…

Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 20:40hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter

Gwayi-Shangani Dam 70% complete, says Zinwa

The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has reported that the construction progress of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Matabeleland North Province has reached 70.2%. There are concerted efforts to expedite the supply of water from this dam…

Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 19:26hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter

Zinwa switches off govt, council

THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) disconnected water supplies to government ministries and local authorities over non-payment of bills amounting to ZW$2,4 billion (US$28 million).As of July 30, 2021, Zinwa was owed ZW$2,4 billi…

Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:52hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Lupane residents, Zinwa clash over water meters

LUPANE residents are up in arms with the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) for installing prepaid water meters without consulting them.A recent notice by Zinwa said the water authority was targeting to install at least one-third of…

Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:51hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter

7 dams reach full capacity

SEVEN of the country's 23 largest dams have reached full capacity, with the country's largest inland water body, Tugwi-Mukosi, spilling for the first time since commissioning in 2017.Data from the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) …

Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:48hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Pregnant woman found dead in river

A 20-YEAR-OLD Gwanda woman allegedly reportedly drowned in Mtshabezi River in a suspected suicide after falling pregnant out of wedlock. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief Inspector Philisani Ndebele confirmed the inci…

Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 08:17hrs | 1390 | by Staff Reporter

Safari operator sues Zinwa, illegal settlers

SAFARI operator Debshan has taken the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) and two fishing cooperatives to court after cooperative members illegally settled on its property in Matabeleland South.Debshan filed an application at the Bul…

Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 06:16hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter

Consumers raise concern over high levels of Service Charge

Central government and local authorities are mandated by the general populace to provide and deliver quality, essential and cost effective services that are necessary for sustaining decent livelihood.Naturally as consumers contribute to th…

Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 19:14hrs | 1456 | by Givestar Kamuzonde

Gwanda community wants water treatment takeover

GWANDA council, residents' associations, civic groups and churches have said they will support the takeover of the water treatment plant from Zinwa when they meet a commission appointed to assess the town's capacity to run the facility.A s…

Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 06:58hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter

ZINWA and Water crisis in Gwanda

To: ZINWA Gwanda Residents Association notes with great concern that there appears to be no amicable solution to the water crisis in the town in particular with regards the issue of the dual administration of water supply in the town. This…

Published: 11 Apr 2017 at 11:52hrs | 30 | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo

ZINWA has done it but few remains to be done

Following the much published article on water charges by ZINWA in the town of Mvurwi  in mash central, some of the consumers have welcomed the move by ZINWA to reduce water charges based on estimate to reasonable amounts. Basical…

Published: 17 Feb 2017 at 10:08hrs | 15 | by Givestar Kamuzonde

'We're getting ridiculous water bills'

Exorbitant water bills by ZINWA have caused serious havoc in the small town of Mvurwi in Mashonaland Central province. The meters used are now dilapidated from 1980s and the amount charged for water is just ridiculous ranging from US$…

Published: 21 Jan 2017 at 13:21hrs | 565 | by Givestar Kamuzonde

Gwanda demonstration today

Gwanda Residents AssociationAt the residents public meeting which was held at Jahunda Hall on Friday the 14th of October 2016, amongst other resolutions taken by residents was that Gwanda residents were to collectively go on a demonstratio…

Published: 19 Oct 2016 at 07:10hrs | 7 | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo

Gwanda Residents cry over water problems

Gwanda Residents have cried foul over the escalating water problems bedeviling the mining town.The problems of water in the town were made public during a meeting conducted by the Gwanda Residents Association on Friday to give an update on…

Published: 15 Oct 2016 at 07:03hrs | 16 | by Stephen Jakes

Gwanda residents fight ZINWA water administration

Gwanda residents have vowed to fight to the bitter end for the eventual takeover of the administration of the town's water treatment plant by council from the Zimbabwe National Authority (ZINWA), saying this will bring an end to the water …

Published: 09 Oct 2016 at 21:05hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter

Consultation and legislation before prepaid water

Water Minister and his Local Government counter part are quick to declare and order councils to introduce prepaid water meters to boast councils' revenue collection.The Ministers' instruction is being made without paying regard to the non …

Published: 03 Oct 2014 at 10:47hrs | 1870 | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo

Zinwa hauna is ripping us of our hard-earned cash - WhatsApp update

Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number10:22am, 25 Mar - â€ª+263 7* *** ****â€¬: Zinwa hauna is ripping us of our hard-earned c…

Published: 25 Mar 2014 at 09:52hrs | 1676 | by Concerned resident and customer

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