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Erect bus stop shelters for Zupco buses
THE timely coming on board of the Zupco buses to service town routes that have all along belonged to private owned commuter omnibuses or kombis has brought smiles to the majority of citizens who...Published: 3 hrs ago | 33 | by Staff reporter
1 June declared Bulawayo Day
THE Bulawayo City Council has declared 1 June, Bulawayo Day, a day which will be set aside to commemorate the declaration of the city as a town in 1894 and will be marked by arts and cultural activiti...Published: 19 hrs ago | 2788 | by Staff Reporter
BCC inviting University Graduates for post graduate traineeship posts
Bulawayo City Council is inviting University Graduates for a post graduate traineeship in the under listed fieldsAuditingHRMOccupational Health and SafetyEconomicsGeneral Manag...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 11:11hrs | 6203 | by BCC
Egodini Mall developer alters structural designs to cut costs
EGODINI Mall developer Terracotta (Pvt) Limited has reportedly been forced to change or amend some structural designs of the mall to cut costs owing to the punishing hyper-inflationary environment....Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:06hrs | 1193 | by Staff reporter
Big shots to lose Bulawayo properties
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko's wife Laurinda is among bigwigs that include former ministers, business people and sport personalities who stand to lose their properties if they do not pay B...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:02hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
BCC questions govt sincerity to capacitate council clinics
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has cast doubt on government's offer to capacitate local authority clinics that are overwhelmed by patients after doctors at State institutions downed tools last month....Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:57hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa MDC orders Bulawayo mayor to reinstate Kambarami
THE opposition MDC has ordered Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni to re-instate his expelled deputy Tinashe Kambarami, despite a High Court ruling that the latter's election was a nullity.Kambarami ...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:29hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
MDC tribal cracks widen
Zimbabwe's politics is a very interesting terrain. It is contested by revolutionaries, pseudo revolutionaries, neo-liberals, sell-outs to the outright treasonous. Students of politics know tha...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:49hrs | 2992 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents endorse solar farms at disused cemeteries
BULAWAYO residents have said they are not opposed to the setting up of solar farms at disused cemeteries as long as council does not tamper with graves.The residents said this during a Bulaway...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 19:44hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
'Hlabangana was operating illegally'
HLABANGANA Lounge was shut down by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) last Friday because it was operating illegally and Highlanders Football Club (where it was situated) were on the verge of losing thei...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:27hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo population projected to reach 2 million
BULAWAYO'S population is projected to more than treble to about two million by 2034 from the 600 000 that was recorded in the 2012 national census with the informal sector to continue as one of the ci...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 08:08hrs | 2212 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders Hlabangana Lounge shut down
BARELY five months after the opening of Hlabangana Lounge in Bulawayo, the popular outdoor joint has reportedly been shut down by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), allegedly due to licensing issues. ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:40hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
BCC fails to implement masterplan projects
BULAWAYO suffered major development setbacks between 2000 and 2015 due to unforeseen economic decline resulting in the municipal failing to implement proposed projects under its masterplan. Th...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:59hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo gets US$34 million for service delivery
GOVERNMENT has allocated US$34 million and ZWL$18 million to the City of Bulawayo to improve service delivery.This was revealed by Bulawayo Metropolitan Affairs minister Judith Ncube while add...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 09:45hrs | 2613 | by Staff reporter
BCC defends channelling of funds to 'Zanu-PF' ward
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has defended a decision to channel devolution funds towards Ward 28 saying the ward was considered a priority area as it is the least developed. Bulawayo ...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 09:21hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
BCC workers get $100 salary increment
THE Bulawayo City Council has rejected a request from its workers for a salary increase that would have seen the workers getting a top-up of $500 across board and a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) of...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:03hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
Thousands to lose stands in Bulawayo
THE Bulawayo City Council has given more than 2 000 property owners who have abandoned their assets or neglected to pay rates and develop their stands a final 30-day notice before the local authority ...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:35hrs | 12954 | by Staff reporter
Villagers to make way for power line
TWENTY NINE households in Mazwi village on the outskirts of Bulawayo will be relocated to pave way for the erection of a 335km long overhead power line from a proposed Hwange Substation to Insukamini ...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 06:10hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
24 suburbs on 48hr water shutdown
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) yesterday effected a 48-hour water shutdown affecting 24 suburbs mostly in the western areas to stabilise water supply at one of its reservoirs that has fallen to critical ...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt, Nust in child ARVs study
GOVERNMENT and the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) have embarked on a study to improve the provision of anti-retroviral treatment (ART) for children. The Ministry of Healt...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 06:58hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
ZC stranded after tour cancelled
AS the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) decided to replace Zimbabwe with Sri Lanka for the three-match T20I series to be held next year, it came as a surprise for the Zimbabwe cricketing f...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:39hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
BCC cuts water supplies in western suburbs
THE Bulawayo City Council will today cut water supply to 18 western suburbs that feed off the Magwegwe Resevoir for 48 hours until Sunday morning before the normal two day rotational water shedding sc...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:17hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo turns off water taps to eastern suburbs
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday informed residents in the eastern suburbs of Khumalo and Parklands, among others, that it was shutting down water supplies to carry out emergency repairs at the m...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 07:30hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents slam proposed rates hike
BULAWAYO residents yesterday reacted angrily to proposals by the local authority to increase rates by over 700% under its supplementary and 2020 budgets announced on Monday.Council is proposin...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 20:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
2% tax escalates BCC operational costs
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says the introduction of the two percent transactional tax has become a severe cost burden in its operations given the volume of transactions made by the local authorit...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 07:04hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Massive tariffs hike
BULAWAYO rate payers will next month pay 300 percent more if Government approves the city's proposed tariff increase through a $507 million second supplementary budget. The municipality has al...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 07:49hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo rate payers to pay 300% more
BULAWAYO rate payers will next month pay 300 percent more if Government approves the city's proposed tariff increase through a $507 million second supplementary budget. The municipality has al...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 06:45hrs | 866 | by Staff Reporter
BCC parking tender saga continues
A TENDER for the installation of parking management system in Bulawayo which has taken more than eight years to implement has stalled again after the city's councillors failed to agree on how best to ...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 08:19hrs | 705 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Residents registers concern over Bulawayo budget consultations
THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) on Tuesday met council management to register its concern over the handling of budget consultations by the local authority.The meeting cam...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 06:55hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa linked councillors snub Bulawayo budget meeting over Kambarami issue
BULAWAYO councillors yesterday snubbed the 2019 second supplementary budget meeting as well as the 2020 budget announcement which the finance department was scheduled to present to council. The counci...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 10:06hrs | 1938 | by Staff reporter
Lobby for 24-hr clinics taken to Parliament
PARLIAMENT has referred a petition by Bulawayo activist Khumbulani Maphosa requesting that council clinics operate 24 hours daily to the Portfolio Committee on Health and Child Care for deliberations,...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 23:49hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council workers demand housing stands
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) workers have demanded that the local authority avail non-monetary allowances as they seek to identify ways of cushioning their salaries, it has been learnt.This com...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 06:53hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Zesa, BCC agree on compensation for power station use
AFTER years of fighting between the Bulawayo City Council and Zesa, a subsidiary of the Zimbabwe Power Company, over the ownership of the Bulawayo Power Station, the impasse seems to be coming to a co...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 06:48hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
Kamabarami takes BCC head on
FORMER Bulawayo Deputy Mayor, Tinashe Kambarami has taken the Bulawayo City Council to court following the municipality's decision to bar him from serving as Ward 3 Councillor.The local author...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:02hrs | 959 | by newzimbabwe
PHOTO: Meet the first Ndebele 'President' of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean often skips some major events and characters. One such person who has remained unknown to the majority of Zimbabweans is the President of the short-lived Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. History dedicate...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:03hrs | 14934 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kambarami's return to office questioned
Deposed Bulawayo Deputy Mayor, Tinashe Kambarami's return to office has been questioned by the 1893 Mthwakazi Restoration Movement (1893 MRM).Kambarami, who attended a full Council meeting Wed...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 19:54hrs | 2603 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami & co threaten to report Council to ZACC
City of Bulawayo councillors have expressed concern over the lack of transparency in Council's handling of ward retention funds and threatened to invite the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) ...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 19:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dam levels drop 42%
BULAWAYO's dam levels have dropped to 42 percent at a time when water consumption has drastically increased above daily limits after council suspended the water shedding exercise in July. The ...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Kambarami not going anywhere'
THE MDC Bulawayo province has announced that it will soon be appealing against the Bulawayo High Court ruling which nullified deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami's election as councillor for ward 3....Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Recalling Kambarami a good move
Now that he is gone, Bulawayo residents must make sure that they pay there rates, as he was campaigning that people should not pay water bills. He was against water disconnections. ...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 18:49hrs | 3174 | by Nothisa Dube
BREAKING:Tinashe Kambarami removed as Deputy Mayor in Bulawayo
The Bulawayo High Court has ruled in favour of the removal of Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe kambarami as councillor in Bualwayo technically dethroning him form the position of Deputy Mayor.Kam...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 10:23hrs | 15588 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Water woes rock Insiza South irrigation scheme
WATER woes at Silalatshani Irrigation Scheme in Insiza South, Matabeleland South, have reached breaking point amid revelations that supplies will be disconnected at the end of this month due to very l...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:47hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Town Clerk says water disconnections legit
BULAWAYO Deputy Mayor, Councillor Tinashe Kambarami, has once again clashed with the Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube after announcing over the weekend that council should not cut water supplies to defa...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC to disconnect defaulters
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has threatened to disconnect water supplies to residents and stakeholders who are defaulting on rates and service charges.In a notice, city council advised stakehol...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 07:06hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
BCC disconnects water supplies to defaulting rate payers
BULAWAYO City Council will today start disconnecting water supplies to defaulting rate payers as the municipality moves to recover what it is owed by residents and commercial entities in the city. Res...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:08hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
BCC mulls tuition fee hike
BULAWAYO city fathers are considering hiking tuition fees at council-run schools next term, arguing the cost of subsidising education, among other services, had sunk the local authority into a $2 mill...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Vuzu parties stoke fears of upsurge in HIV cases
The raging phenomenon of wild parties organised by teenagers, where sex orgies and alcohol binges are commonplace, is stocking fears of a surge in new HIV infections in Bulawayo.The National A...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:01hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayor speaks on his two days of horror
Bulawayo City Council was recently rocked by unrest after a coterie of councillors led by deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami tried to oust town clerk Christopher Dube.Kambarami last month took adv...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:52hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
'BCC to avoid milking residents'
BULAWAYO Mayor Councillor Solomom Mguni has said for effective service delivery council should embrace international best practices of commercialising some of its entities instead of solely depending ...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo committee chairpersons another extension of MDC Alliance factional fights
BULAWAYO councillors have elected new committee chairpersons amid factional tussles to control decision-making bodies in the local authority. The elections were held on Thursday last week at a...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 00:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
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