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Full list of Commissioners to take over Bulawayo City Council
Bulawayo residents gathered at the Bulawayo City Hall on Monday and resolved to request Minister of local government July Moyo to suspend councillors and replace them with a Commission to run the affa...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 10:09hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BCC shortlists candidates for Housing director
THE Bulawayo City Council has shortlisted nine candidates to fill the posts of Housing and Community Services director and that of Health Services.The two posts became vacant followi...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top council posts up for grabs
Nine candidates are eyeing to fill vacant Housing and Community Services director and that of Health Services posts with Bulawayo City Council. The two ...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 03:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Clash over beer gardens rates
THE Bulawayo City Council and franchises of Ingwebu Breweries' owned beer gardens are at loggerheads over rates and rentals charged by the local authority with council now considering reducing the num...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 09:06hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube
Emhlangeni suburb development to be affected by tender issues
THE Government has instructed all local authorities to ensure that all works within their jurisdiction be it infrastructural development, service delivery, Private Public Partnerships and joint ventur...Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 09:28hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube
$1903431.00 outstanding fees in 30 council schools
The Director of Health Services Zanele Hwalima reported that 30 council schools across the city are owed $1903431.00 outstanding fees this year for the first term.Latest council report states ...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 08:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
New refuse compactors improve waste collection operation
The acquisition of more new refuse compactors by the Bulawayo City Council has reportedly improved the waste collection operations by the city.The Director of Health Services Zanele Hwalima re...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 08:50hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo Council adopts shoot to kill policy on dogs
Bulawayo City Council has resolved to enforce the shooting to kill stray dogs in the city in an effort to control the spread of diseases such as rabies.According to latest council report, the ...Published: 04 Jun 2016 at 09:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Inspection of residential and business premises hampered by staff shortage
The Bulawayo City Council has indicated that its inspection of residential and business premises has continuously been hampered by the staff shortage in the local authority.According to latest...Published: 08 Apr 2016 at 06:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
STREAM International Union request to include Council as site for clinical trials
The STREAM International Union has requested to include Council as site for clinical trials for new treatment regimens against Multi-Drug Resistant TB (MDR-TB).According to the lat...Published: 08 Apr 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Teenage mum detained over maternal fees
A FIRST time teenage mum endured a hellish four-day ordeal at Luveve clinic in Bulawayo after she was detained for failing to pay $80 in maternity fees.Takudzwa Bheja, 17, from Magwegwe North ...Published: 03 Mar 2016 at 05:26hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
City Council acquires 17 service vehicles
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has commissioned 17 new service vehicles for use in the collection of waste to improve service delivery in the city.The vehicles consist of seven refuse compactors,...Published: 17 Feb 2016 at 21:45hrs | | by Lulu Brenda Harris
Council conduct pest control
Bulawayo City Council embarked in the pest control programme in the past months as per report by the Director of Health Services Zanele Hwalima.According to council report the unit conti...Published: 06 Dec 2015 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
BCC admits economy is bad, as parents struggle to pay fees
The Director of Health Services Zanele Hwalima recently reported that the economic environment in the country had continued to deteriorate and most people were struggling to make ends meet hence paren...Published: 06 Dec 2015 at 06:13hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
BCC conducts residential and business premises inspection
Bulawayo City Council recently conducted the inspection of residential and business premises in the city to establish if they conform to the health standards required."The Director of Health S...Published: 05 Dec 2015 at 07:15hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
306 bodies buried at West Park in October
The Director of Health Services Zanele Hwalima reported that 306 bodies were buried at West Park Cemetery in October alone with 8 of the bodies coming from South Africa and one from England.Sh...Published: 04 Dec 2015 at 05:51hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Provincial Medical Directorate, Matabeleland North donates mosquito control chemicals
The Provincial Medical Directorate, Matabeleland North has donated mosquito control chemicals to the city of Bulawayo as a mitigatory measure to curb the spread of the insects in the city.The ...Published: 04 Dec 2015 at 05:47hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Nketa Primary faces toilets challenges
Nketa Primary School is said to be having toilet challenges according to the Bulawayo City Council's Director of Health Services Zanele Hwalima who said that Nketa was one of the twenty nine (29) Prim...Published: 04 Dec 2015 at 05:45hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
City Council raid rodents
Bulawayo City Council has embarked into an programme meant to clear the city of rodents which are reportedly destroying power cables and house hold and offices property.According to latest cou...Published: 15 Nov 2015 at 07:38hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Council used $9K to renovate 5 vocational centres
Bulawayo City Council has this year spent $9389 to renovate five vocational training centres dotted around the city, it has been learnt.This was established in the latest council minutes where...Published: 13 Nov 2015 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Govt should be persuaded to allocate health grants to councils
A Bulawayo Councillor Earnest Rafomoyo has challenged the local authority to persuade the government to allocate the local authorities health grants to enable them to be able to deliver proper health ...Published: 10 Nov 2015 at 07:02hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
12 bodies cremated in October in Bulawayo
A total of twelve bodies were cremated this year in October alone in Bulawayo according to council's latest minutes.According to latest council minutes a total of twelve bodies cremation...Published: 10 Nov 2015 at 06:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
15 city shops operating without licences
Bulawayo City Council's health departments has arrested and fined 15 city shops for operating without operating licences.This has been established in the latest council minutes.Directo...Published: 09 Nov 2015 at 07:23hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Burial space shortage hits Bulawayo
Bulawayo City Council's (BCC) burial space is reported to be fast filling up, a situation that has prompted the city fathers to apply for more land from central government.Latest council minut...Published: 07 Nov 2015 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
7% Bulawayo population tests HIV positive
A total of 7% popultion in Bulawayo recently tested positive of HIV when the city in conjunction with the ministry of health conducted a testing programme.A total of 10 135 people equal to 22%...Published: 21 Oct 2015 at 07:03hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
BCC allocate vehicle for dogs vaccination to Vet Department
Bulawayo city council has allocated the department of Veterinary Services one vehicle for the dogs vaccination programme as a way of assisting in preventing the spread of rabies in the cityThe...Published: 09 Oct 2015 at 11:01hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
One child dies after immunisation
A BOY, 3, from Jotsholo in Matabeleland North died following a suspected allergic reaction to the measles and rubella vaccines and a Vitamin A supplementation dose administered on him on Wednesday. Bo...Published: 03 Oct 2015 at 09:36hrs | | by Whinsley Masara and Auxilia Katongomara
Bulawayo hit by toilets shortage
THE Bulawayo City Council is faced with a public toilet crisis, amid revelations that out of a total of 97 toilets, 44 are not functioning after being vandalised by the public.Health services ...Published: 30 Aug 2015 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Sand poachers dig up graves, expose coffins at cemetery
SCORES of sand poachers in Bulawayo's Hyde Park Cemetery are digging up graves leaving coffins exposed, Bulawayo City Council has said.Zanele Hwalima, the city's health director, said sand poa...Published: 11 May 2015 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
BCC guns down 271 stray dogs
Bulawayo City Council has killed 271 stray dogs mostly in western township under its controversial 'Tie up Order'.Council aims at enforcing the city's dog licensing and control by-laws tha...Published: 06 May 2015 at 18:04hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
City Council runs out of bullets to shoot dogs
BULAWAYO City Council has run out of bullets to shoot stray dogs in the city with only 54 dogs having been put down.City fathers where in February forced to shoot dogs due to an increase in th...Published: 01 Apr 2015 at 13:12hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Hospital dumps waste in suburb
RESIDENTS of Douglasdale in Bulawayo are up in arms against Throrngrove Referral Hospital, which they accuse of dumping health cards and used medical equipment in the suburb, posing a health hazard....Published: 29 Jan 2015 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cemetery runs out of burial space
BULAWAYO's major cemetery, West Park, has run out of burial space prompting the city to make contingency plans to provide graves that will last for only one year.The development has forced the...Published: 05 Dec 2014 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Auxilia Katongomara
There is no Ebola in Zimbabwe, says govt official
HEALTH and Child Welfare Minister David Parirenyatwa yesterday revealed that the country was free from the Ebola epidemic sweeping across West African countries.Parirenyatwa revealed this ...Published: 04 Oct 2014 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Council to unveil cemetery for the rich
THE Bulawayo City Council has unveiled an ambitious plan to set up a cemetery for the rich where only casket size graves would be offered.It would cost $500 to reserve a grave at the planned A...Published: 09 Sep 2014 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo faces nurse shortage
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is considering approaching Government with a request to employ more nurses as Health Services Department is operating on a shortfall of 134 nurses, a situation that has ham...Published: 31 Aug 2014 at 08:28hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube
Food outlets are major culprits in littering Bulawayo - BCC
Bulawayo City Council has fingered food outlets as the major culprits in littering the central business district. Speaking at the launch of the city's solid waste management programme, Cou...Published: 02 Aug 2014 at 10:37hrs | | by Sifundiso Ndlovu
BCC moves laboratory from Khami Road Clinic
THE Bulawayo City Council has moved its laboratory from the Khami Road Clinic to a more spacious Thorngrove Hospital in a move that officials believe would reduce the spread of diseases.Th...Published: 09 May 2014 at 15:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Council bans use of City Hall car park
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has banned holding of political and religious meetings at the City Hall Car Park due to security and potential risk of damage but would only be reserved for civic function...Published: 13 Mar 2014 at 15:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo Council top earners revealed
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) managers earn a fraction of what their Harare counterparts take home every month.Councillors last week demanded that management hand over a council salary schedule...Published: 03 Feb 2014 at 14:33hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Government finally moves to curb infant diarrhoeal deaths
The Government will this year, finally introduce a Rota Virus Vaccine to curb death of infants from diarrhoea. The vaccine, according to the latest Bulawayo City Council report, will be ad...Published: 09 Jan 2014 at 13:43hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Thorngrove Hospital records increase in number of MDR-TB patients
BULAWAYO's Thorngrove Hospital has recorded an increase in the number of patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) the majority being Zimbabweans based in South Africa. MDR-TB i...Published: 30 Dec 2013 at 18:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Pregnant woman spent 24 hrs with baby's head stuck between her legs, nurses too busy to attend to her
AN EXPECTING mum spent 24 hours with her baby's head between her legs - because nurses were too busy to attend to her, a court heard. Tamani Ncube of Nkulumane 11 eventually lost her baby a...Published: 11 Dec 2013 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Pay toilets irks Bulawayo residents
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has been accused of gross hypocrisy in its call for cleanliness in the city when it has commercialised almost all public toilets in the city's central business distric...Published: 09 Dec 2013 at 08:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to name and shame litter bugs
BULAWAYO councillors have been encouraged to record names of people who dump litter at illegal points during the night so that the offenders could be named and shamed and also punished.Under l...Published: 10 May 2013 at 03:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records upsurge in abortion cases
BULAWAYO has recorded an upsurge in cases of abortion with more than 50 women reportedly terminating pregnancies every month.A majority of the abortions are believed to be illegally done in ba...Published: 15 Feb 2013 at 05:56hrs | | by Prosper Ndlovu
Counterfeit drugs put Bulawayo residents' lives at risk
HUNDREDS of Bulawayo residents risk suffering from health complications and adverse reactions due to the proliferation of counterfeit drugs on the streets and unregistered outlets, health experts hav...Published: 04 Jan 2013 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
116 babies born on Christmas day
A total of 33 babies were born on Christmas Day at Bulawayo’s three largest referral hospitals. While Harare and Chitungwiza recorded a total of 83 babies born at the three majo...Published: 27 Dec 2012 at 04:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Government is yet to scrap maternity fees - Health Minister
Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr Henry Madzorera on Wednesday said government has not yet announced the scrapping of maternity fees at Government hospitals and council cli...Published: 06 Sep 2012 at 04:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Flue bug hits Bulawayo, two people die
TWO people have died in Bulawayo after reportedly showing symptoms of a deadly influenza bug that has gripped the city and other parts of the country, the Chronicle reported....Published: 31 Jul 2012 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
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