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Luveve deaths caused by water shedding
GOVERNMENT has attributed Bulawayo's diarrhoea outbreak in Luveve and surrounding suburbs that has killed nine people to water shedding and vandalism of pipes, and released an additional $7.4 million ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:09hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance blames govt for Bulawayo water crisis
THE opposition MDC Alliance yesterday blamed government for the deteriorating water situation in Bulawayo, saying the Zanu-PF administration refused to grant the local authority permission to construc...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:10hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Adequate raw water is the answer to Bulawayo water woes: MDC
The MDC Alliance has said the construction of raw water sources around Bulawayo will be the major solution to the perennial water crisis that the city is facing.MDC A Secretary for local Gover...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:09hrs | 146 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa's MDC speaks on the killer disease that struck Bulawayo
MDC Alliance has urged the Mayor of Bulawayo His Worship Solomon Madlala Mguni to engage the residents and all stakeholders in Bulawayo in order to come up with a workable solution to the crisis that ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 14:35hrs | 5225 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BCC defends water quality
TWELVE people were on Tuesday admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital suffering from diarrhoea as Bulawayo City Council (BCC) denied that the six children who died of diarrhoea in Luveve high-density subur...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:29hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Accept sewage polluted Khami water, BCC pleads with residents
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is pleading with residents to accept the recycling of Khami Dam water as it works on alternative solutions to the city's water crisis. The city is facing a serious ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:42hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's diarrhoea outbreak suburb exempt from water-shedding
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has temporarily exempted Luveve suburb from water shedding after five people who were admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital suffering from diarrhoea died while those suffering...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:37hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Major dams water levels continue to decline
WATER levels in the country's major dams continue to decline following the conclusion of the rainy season which left the national dam average at 49 percent in May from 51,2 percent in April. B...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Heavily polluted Khami sewage water coming soon to a tap near you
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has approved a plan that will result in the city drawing water from Khami Dam by December saying the water will be safe for drinking once purified. Water from the d...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:27hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
BCC rubbishes Paul Kruger's nonsensical water report
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) insists that consultants brought in by government to assess the city's water situation did not present an honest report. The city fathers still want the State to declar...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1186 | by Staff reporter
National dam levels at 51,2%
THE cumulative national dam levels are at 51, 2 percent with Bulawayo decommissioning a third dam Lower Ncema which is only 2,1 percent full. The decommissioning last week left Bulawayo with t...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:25hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo water woes to ease by monthend'
WATER problems bedevilling Bulawayo are expected to ease before the end of the month as the Government has moved swiftly to augment supplies through rehabilitating more boreholes at the Nyamandlovu Aq...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:21hrs | 996 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo has enough water for a year, says Govt
Government has brushed aside a proposal by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to declare the water situation a national disaster, saying there is enough water to last up to 14 months.With the dam...Published: 16 May 2020 at 09:20hrs | 1157 | by Staff reporter
'Gwayi-Shangani dam to solve Bulawayo water problems’
GOVERNMENT is committed to permanently addressing Bulawayo's perennial challenges through the construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam project with at least US$122 million having been channelled so far ...Published: 15 May 2020 at 06:56hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo taps to run once a week
BULAWAYO residents will now receive running water only once a week after council announced that it will decommission Lower Ncema Dam today, as the city grapples with one of its worst water crises in r...Published: 15 May 2020 at 06:55hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hints at lockdown extension
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he was under pressure to lift the national lockdown and re-open the country's ailing economy, but indicated that his priority is to save lives first before ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 08:10hrs | 27057 | by Staff reporter
Khami Dam plan reignites debate
Bulawayo City Council's proposal to purify Khami Dam water for drinking has reignited the debate on the suitability of the water for domestic consumption with some residents flatly objecting the plann...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:24hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Sewage contaminated Khami Dam water for drinking, as BCC goes back to 'objectionable' plan
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is exploring possibilities of purifying the dirty Khami Dam water for drinking as the city' s water situation reaches critical levels.The city is conducting a f...Published: 11 May 2020 at 15:01hrs | 611 | by Staff repprter
PHOTOS: Bulawayo residents waiting for water bowsers at 8PM
Residents from Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb endured a torrid night standing at water points where City Council water bowsers were expected to deliver water. An eyewitness who was at the venu...Published: 08 May 2020 at 22:24hrs | 2334 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa's lockdown rent reprieve illegal'
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has poked holes into government's recent directive deferring payment of rentals and stopping tenant evictions during the lockdown period, saying the move was illegal ...Published: 04 May 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1527 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga launches scheme to save Matebeleland cattle
GOVERNMENT has released funds to procure hay harvesting equipment for the two provinces of Matebeleland as part of efforts to mitigate the effects of drought and boost livestock production in the regi...Published: 04 May 2020 at 07:48hrs | 4252 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers rip up 'irrational' Mnangagwa rent payment reprieve order
ZIMBABWEAN lawyers have dismissed as unfair and irrational, a recent order by President Emmerson Mnangagwa barring landlords from compelling tenants to meet their monthly rental payments end of April ...Published: 04 May 2020 at 07:44hrs | 417 | by newzimbabwe
Govt avails $10 million bonds only for Bulawayo water supplies
GOVERNMENT has allocated $10 million to the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) for the rehabilitation of 15 boreholes at the Nyamandlovu Aquifer to augment Bulawayo's water supply, which is dir...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:44hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa to blame for Bulawayo water crisis
THE Bulawayo City Council has laid blame of the prevailing water crisis in the city on the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) accusing the parastatal of dragging its feet on some key water supp...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:09hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Rural communities conform to lockdown regulations
RURAL communities are conforming to the lockdown regulations albeit struggling in terms of observing social distancing, a key factor in terms of safeguarding against the spreading Covid-19 while tradi...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 07:39hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga launches winter wheat planting
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday launched the 2020 Command Agriculture winter wheat planting programme at the late national hero Elliot Manyika's Bindura Farm, with a set national target ...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 07:51hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere blasts MDC for running down cities under their control
Former Local Government Minister, Saviour Kasukuwere has refuted claims that local government authorities in Zimbabwe are failing to deliver expected goods and services because they are being sabotage...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 09:08hrs | 1815 | by Staff reporter
TB Joshua donates to Binga flood victims
NIGERIAN Prophet TB Joshua has donated a consignment of blankets, food hampers, stationery and sanitary ware worth US$12 000 to Binga flood victims. The donations were received on behalf of th...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:59hrs | 1023 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe dam levels still below average
DAM levels have increased but they remain low despite the recent rains, Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) corporate communications manager Marjorie Munyonga has said.Munyonga said as a...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 13:17hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa under fire over seized Gwanda vehicles
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has come under fire for seizing Gwanda Town Council's vehicles following a dispute over a $17 million debt for water suppliers.Zinwa seized counci...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:35hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa to auction Gwanda council vehicles
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has defied a government directive to release Gwanda Town Council vehicles attached over a $17 million debt and has invited bids for the ambulances and fir...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 12:38hrs | 1122 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is our Biblical Joshua,' says Chadzamira
The Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs has equated President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the Biblical Joshua who will lead Zimbabwe through the final stretch to the 'Promised Land'.Sp...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 08:29hrs | 1170 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dam levels critical despite inflows
BULAWAYO supply dam levels have gone up but remain critical despite recent rains received in the country over the past week. According to the statistics released by the Zimbabwe National Water...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:55hrs | 1688 | by Staff reporter
Speeding ZINWA car kills one,3 seriously injured
A speeding Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) Toyota hilux vehicle overturned at the 31 kilometer peg along Mazowe -Mvurwi and killed one pas...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 19:22hrs | 1238 | by Paul Ndou
Dam water levels rise
ZIMBABWE National Water Authority (Zinwa) has said water levels in dams have risen in response to rains received nationwide in the past two weeks, bringing relief to most local authorities whose water...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:23hrs | 1384 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dams still at critical levels
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) has said national dam levels remain low with Bulawayo supply dams still at critical levels. In a statement, ZINWA said the national dam level aver...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:02hrs | 791 | by Staff reportert
'MDC does not control cities'
Opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, says while his party won elections in 2018 across the country's cities, they do not have control over the same, with the ruling ...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 21:07hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter
Rains leave trail of destruction
Heavy rains have caused extensive damage to infrastructure in Binga and Chimanimani where they destroyed 181 homes and swept away two bridges. They have also severely damaged roads and homes, ...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:44hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Thieves cripple Beitbridge's water supply
Water woes are set to worsen in Beitbridge town after thieves stole cables which supply the main pump station with electricity between Thursday night and Friday morning during a routine load shedding ...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 11:19hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
1 621 gold panners arrested
POLICE in Mashonaland Central province have arrested 1 621 illegal miners in Mazowe and Shamva under the ongoing "Chikorokoza Ngachipere" blitz.Addressing Bindura residents under a crime aware...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 19:19hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri's dodgy deals exposed
An up-market housing scheme in north-eastern Harare meant for top police officers was allegedly hijacked by former Police Commissioner-General Dr Augustine Chihuri in its final phase, and he allocated...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 01:02hrs | 3570 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dam levels drop
NATIONAL dam levels continue to rise but water levels at dams supplying Bulawayo continue to fall, the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) said yesterday. In a statement, ZINWA said the ...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:33hrs | 2537 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF conference: Feasting amid famine
There will be a feast befitting a king. There will be eating and drinking for close to 10 000 people.In the midst of such bountiful supply, the feast will take place among many hungry stomachs...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:04hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
431 land barons face arrest over irregular sale of state land …Gvt says US$3 billion lost in the process
Government says 431 land barons face arrest by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission over the irregular sale of land after a commission of inquiry on the sale of state land in and around urban areas...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 17:59hrs | 1863 | by Staff Reporter
Zinwa runs out of chemicals to treat water?
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa), which supplies smaller towns with treated water, has assured its clients that it has enough treatment chemicals to offer uninterrupted water supplies. ...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:00hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF to slaughter 150 beasts
ZANU PF has secured 67 of the 150 beasts to be slaughtered during the annual conference to be held in Goromonzi next week, where it expects to spend over $5 million to feed at least7 000 delegates...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 10:07hrs | 1451 | by Staff Reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam project allocated $400m in Budget
THE Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Matabeleland North province, one of the strategic development projects under the water and sanitation cluster, has been allocated $400 million in the 2020 National Budget, th...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:15hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Zesa fights Zinwa over $2m power debt
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) (Pvt) Ltd, has approached the High Court seeking an order to compel the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa), to settle a ne...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:24hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
15 Muzarabani villagers drink contaminated water
FIFTEEN Muzarabani villagers from Muringazuva village in ward 8 allegedly stole builders' water which was in a drum used for construction before drinking it and got seven others hospitalised due to co...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 14:25hrs | 24 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zinwa hikes water tariffs by 400%
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has increased its water tariffs by over 400% citing high cost of water treatment chemicals, among other costs.Zinwa, which mainly supplies water t...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 12:37hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
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