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BCC disconnects water supplies to defaulting rate payers
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has said it will start disconnecting water supplies to defaulting rate payers in Ward 7 encompassing suburbs such as Makokoba, Mzilikazi and surrounding areas. In a...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 07:54hrs | 742 | by Staff Reporter
Can the 'market' save Bulawayo water?
The desire to remain true to a vision "Siya Phambili" ( We go Forward, the BCC's motto ) has in the past prompted some to attempt to tackle one of the city of Bulawayo's worst environmental challenges...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 13:42hrs | 2525 | by Kabelo Sithole
Bulawayo's stinky water safe
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has assured residents over the safety of its foul-smelling water after being inundated with complaints from panicky residents fearing for their health.There hav...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1658 | by Staff reporter
Egodini Phase 1 to be complete in 2nd quarter
THE first phase of the multi-million dollar Egodini project is expected to be completed by the beginning of the second quarter, Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni has said.In 2016, South African civ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1932 | by Staff reporter
BCC ecstasy over CAF's approval of BF
Bulawayo City council is ecstasy over the decision by CAF to grant the use of the Barbourfields stadium for the CAF games.This is contained in the latest council minutes."The Director ...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 12:48hrs | 2312 | by Stephen Jakes
BCC bans tombstones
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has banned the erection of tombstones at the Athlone West Cemetery and other new cemeteries.The local authority has said only headstones must be erected on grav...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:20hrs | 1791 | by Staff reporter
BCC grants ZRP, BACFOZ free use of city hall car park
Bulawayo City Council recently granted the police and the Business Against Crime Forum of Zimbabwe (BACFOZ) free use of the city hall car park for their event.This is revealed in the council's...Published: 14 Jan 2020 at 09:45hrs | 1587 | by Stephen Jakes
PSI hands back Lobengula Clinic to BCC
Population Services International recently handed back the Lobengula Clinic to the Bulawayo City Council to renew the Voluntary Male Medical Circumcision (VMMC) services and other services needed by t...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 11:59hrs | 1447 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo City Council needs 70 000L of diesel per month
Bulawayo City Council says it requires at least 70 000 litres of diesel and 40 000 litres of petrol per month to provide effective services amid concerns that the current shortage of fuel was cripplin...Published: 07 Jan 2020 at 08:58hrs | 1398 | by Staff Reporter
City council under fire for services suspension
THE Bulawayo City Council has come under fire for 'suspending' emergency services, which residents have said is highly irresponsible. The local authority on Tuesday announced that it was suspe...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 08:14hrs | 833 | by Staff Reporter
BCC relaxes water shedding for New Year’s day
CITY OF BULAWAYONOTICE – RELAXATION OF WATER SHEDDING DURING NEW YEAR’S DAYThe City of Bulawayo would like to advise members...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 07:43hrs | 877 | by BCC
'BCC police demanding bribes from vendors'
Bulawayo vendors have accused municipal police officers of demanding bribes so they do not confiscate their wares during raids at illegal selling points.Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Associatio...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 05:19hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
BCC interrupts water supplies to Eastern suburbs
The City of Bulawayo has advised residents in parts of the eastern suburbs that there will be water supplies interruptions tomorrow as the council is embarking of repairs at the feeder area to the sub...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 09:05hrs | 1067 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo Christmas Lights go on today
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) will switch on the Christmas Lights at the Amphitheatre tonight. The event which marks the start of the Christmas festivities, will be presided over by the Mayor, Clr S...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:26hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
High Court absolves BCC in case of drowned teen
THE High Court has quashed both conviction and sentence against Bulawayo City Council (BCC) which was fined $600 for culpable homicide when a 15-year-old boy drowned after he slipped and fell into a p...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:34hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council stops refuse collections
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has stopped refuse collection services in some parts of the city owing to the prevailing fuel shortages. In a statement issued yesterday, Bulawayo Town Clerk ...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 06:45hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
BCC on high alert for meat safety
THE Bulawayo City Council has allayed fears of formalin use in city butcheries following the closure of 25 butcheries in Harare on allegations of using the embalming chemical substance to preserve mea...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:45hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP delivers bulk water to Bulawayo residents for free
ZANU-PF Bulawayo South legislator Raj Modi has started living up to his promise to deliver bulk borehole water to residents of Bulawayo following a decision by the city council to increase water shedd...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:38hrs | 1970 | by Staff reporter
BCC to hire external experts for BF?
THE Bulawayo City Council is likely to hire external expertise to work on recommendations of the Confederation of African Football stadium inspection team for Barbourfields Stadium, as the local autho...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:11hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
BCC decommissions Umzingwane dam
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has decommissioned Umzingwane Dam over low water levels, leaving it with four out of six major supply dams.In June, BCC decommissioned the Upper Ncema Dam soon ...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:21hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Don't politicise development issues, says MDC MP
MDC-Alliance Member of Parliament for Bulawayo Central Mrs Nicola Watson has said if political parties continue to be in an election mode the country will not develop. Speaking at a stakeholde...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:19hrs | 142 | by Staff rpeorter
Raw sewage overwhelms Mabuthweni, Iminyela residents
Ward 13 residents in Mabuthweni and Iminyela townships of Bulawayo have bemoaned the poor state of communal toilets with four families forced to share one toilet. Residents from the two ...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:06hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Modi delivers water to Bulawayo residents
ZANU-PF Bulawayo South legislator Raj Modi has started living up to his promise to deliver bulk borehole water to residents of Bulawayo following a decision by the city council to increase water shedd...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 06:33hrs | 8211 | by Staff Reporter
BCC struggles to rehabilitate recreational facilities due to funds shortage
Shortage of funds is reportedly crippling the Bulawayo City Council from rehabilitating recreational facilities needed for various activities that may keep the city live.Artistes recently comp...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 13:12hrs | 887 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo City Council clarifies 96-hour water shedding
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has clarified that the newly introduced 96-hour water shedding programme that started on Monday does not run continuously but is effected in two phases in a week. T...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents told to flush toilets twice a day
The Bulawayo City Council has urged Bulawayo residents to observe strict flushing rules to assist the drainage system during the ongoing 96 hours' water shedding programming. In an advert that...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 20:15hrs | 2745 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BCC replaces 18 000 water meters
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has embarked on a programme to replace 18 000 dysfunctional water meters in the western suburbs to improve efficiency in its billing system as its 96-hour weekly water ...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
BCC bans 'corrupt' Harare company from any future deals
THE Bulawayo City Council has banned a Harare-based company, City Parking, from any future deals in the second capital, as the parking management system tender continues to take new twists.The...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 17:20hrs | 3093 | by Staff reporter
Former top council employee now incapacitated
FORMER Bulawayo chief fire officer Mr Richard Peterson has reportedly hit hard times and has written to the local authority requesting an advance to his benefits to meet his ever-ballooning bills....Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:14hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
CITY OF BULAWAYO : Domestic and non-domestic meter replacement programme
CITY OF BULAWAYO PRESS RELEASE: DOMESTIC AND NON-DOMESTIC METER REPLACEMENT PROGRAMME The City of Bulawayo is currently implementing the Bulaway...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 16:45hrs | 2745 | by BCC
Bulawayo Council bills govt for stadium use on anti-sanctions day
THE defiant Bulawayo City Council has gone ahead to slap government with a $2053,68 for using the iconic White City Stadium during an anti-sanctions rally last month.This is after the city fat...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:07hrs | 498 | by newzimbabwe
FULL TEXT: Bulawayo 96 hour water shedding schedule
The City of Bulawayo would like to advise members of the public of the review of the current 72 hour weekly water shedding programme to 96 hour weekly programme with effect from Monday, 25 November 20...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 10:00hrs | 2947 | by BCC
Bulawayo City Council scales up water shedding
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) water crisis has worsened with the local authority revising weekly water shedding hours from 72 hours to 92 hours. Last month the council increased weekly water...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 03:59hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
Cyber Etiquette: Beware how you behave in cyberspace
"Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own." - Carol Burnett. In my profession of project management it is estimated that we spend 90% of our time in communication. I can vouch fo...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:23hrs | 701 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
300 jobs at BCC
THE Bulawayo City Council is set to employ more than 300 professionals as the local authority seeks to address under-staffing within its departments and subsequently improve service delivery.O...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 06:05hrs | 3385 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami replaced
BULAWAYO councillors seem to have thrown in the towel regarding the status of disposed deputy mayor, Mr Tinashe Kambarami after they appointed a caretaker councillor to take care of business in Ward T...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:24hrs | 1521 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents brace for massive rates hike
THE Bulawayo City Council reportedly got no objections to its 2019 supplementary budget and 2020 budget projections and have since forwarded the two to the Ministry of Local Government and Public Work...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:23hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
The Big Flush during water shedding
The City of Bulawayo is encouraging members of the public to assist in a scheduled synchronized programme of flushing their lavatories in a bid to unclog the sewer System The City is currently...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 19:06hrs | 699 | by Staff Reporter
BCC tells ratepayers to engage private plumbers
BULAWAYO city fathers have advised ratepayers to engage private plumbers to attend to leaking and burst pipes because the local authority is battling manpower shortages.This came to light yest...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City release toilet flashing timetable?
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has encouraged residents to simultaneously flush their toilets twice a day in the morning (6-6.30AM) and evening (8-8.30PM) as a way of cleaning its sewer and reticulat...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:33hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park gets another school
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has constructed another primary school in Cowdray Park to decongest the four schools in the sprawling suburb.The suburb has four primary schools which are Tategulu,...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 13:25hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Zupco not paying route approval fees: BCC
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) is reportedly not paying route approval fees to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), prejudicing the local authority of about $16 000 in potential revenue ann...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1609 | by Staff reporter
Top hotelier, Radisson, eyes Bulawayo
NEGOTIATIONS between the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and international hotel group, Radisson Group, for construction of an upmarket hotel in the second city have started inearnest.Radisson...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1299 | by Staff reporter
BCC employee sent on 3-year leave
A Bulawayo City Council worker has probably made history by accumulating 5 387 hours of overtime after an anomaly saw him working extra hours than he was stipulated for 25 years.The worker, Mr...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:36hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Zifa caught in floodlights lie
ZIFA seems to have been caught up in a lie about reasons for moving the Warriors' Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Botswana set for November 15, from Barbourfields Stadium to the National Sport...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:44hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA lied on Barbourfields lighting
The Bulawayo City Council has refuted allegations by ZIFA that the upcoming AFCON match between Zimbabwe and Botswana was taken away from Barbourfields because of malfunctioning floodlights.Th...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 17:55hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
Zapu to picket over Dabengwa status
ZAPU has resolved to besiege Bulawayo council offices to push city fathers to name one of the city's streets after their late leader and national hero Dumiso Dabengwa.Zapu in June wrote to the...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:24hrs | 2398 | by Staff reporter
The Competition and Tarrif Commission snubs Bulawayo residents.
The Competition and Tarriff Commission has failed to heed the call by Bulawayo businesses to decentralize it's operations through opening a local office to effectively assist companies in the se...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 17:28hrs | 2217 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BCC must heed to MRP's Nehanda statue call - MLF
As MLF, we would like to remind the Council of Bulawayo of the values that is says, it will always stand to reflect in its day to day operations in the City of the Kings. It is the Council itself whic...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 11:10hrs | 2503 | by MLF
BCC to intensify water rationing
BULAWAYO City Council has extended its water rationing period beyond the published schedule in some parts of the city due to reduced electricity supply to the pump stations.Town clerk Christop...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:58hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
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