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BCC clarifies Roadworks notice
The Bulawayo City Council has said while noble, the efforts by the public to patch and repair roads, such should be done above board and involve the local authority.This seems to be a major cl...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:45hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
BCC engages Potraz on internet provision
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) wants to engage the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) to help in the provision of internet services through community information cent...Published: 26 May 2023 at 18:50hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo motorists threaten CBD parking boycott
BULAWAYO's business community and motorists say they will boycott parking in the central business district in protest over the new pricing system introduced by Tendy Three Investment (TTI) and the cit...Published: 26 May 2023 at 18:49hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Jail sentence for motorists who illegally remove clamps from their vehicles
Bulawayo City Council has issued a stern warning to motorists who evade paying parking fees by removing wheel clamps from their vehicles, noting that the offence attracts a jail sentence.This ...Published: 26 May 2023 at 18:19hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
BCC warns people embarking on road repairs without seeking permission
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has warned that people who carry out road repairs without seeking permission from the council risk being jailed or fined as it is an offence under the city's by-laws....Published: 26 May 2023 at 17:52hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
BCC frets over poor vehicle maintenance
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has expressed dismay over the quality of spare parts that are being used on council vehicles, which have grounded most of them.According to latest council minutes, ...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:01hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
BCC introduce prepaid parking packages
TENDY Three Investment (TTI) has joined hands with the Bulawayo City Council to introduce prepaid parking packages in the city with effect from next month.TTI was awarded the contract to manag...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:01hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
BCC cancels Makokoba redevelopment tender
THE redevelopment of Bulawayo's oldest suburb, Makokoba, into a modern high-rise residential area could be off the rails after Bulawayo City Council cancelled a tender that sought to engage a consulta...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:38hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
BCC, residents share bill on servicing stands
Bulawayo City council (BCC) and Pumula South residents are set to share the bill for the servicing of their housing stands.This emerged during a recent residents meeting between the home-owner...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
BCC in parking management system revenue windfall
BULAWAYO'S parking management company Tendy Three Investments (TTI) continues to witness growth in revenue with a rise of over 400 percent compared to the first month they started operations.T...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:07hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo receives machine to clear sewer blockages
Welthungerhilfe (WHH), in collaboration with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), has donated a jetting machine to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) as part of the city's efforts to im...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:46hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Several activities lined up for Bulawayo Day
A number of events have been planned in the city as Bulawayo commemorates the day it became a town in 1894 on June 1, to allow residents to engage and participate meaningfully in the city's cultural l...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:46hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Ambulance shortage hits Bulawayo council
BULAWAYO has been hit by an ambulance shortage, a move that could impact negatively on the city's health delivery services.This came out of a Bulawayo City Council (BCC) internal audit which r...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:35hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Chaos at Bulawayo council meeting
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) full council meeting last Wednesday degenerated into chaos with two councillors eventually ejected from council chambers for improper dressing.The largely Citiz...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:35hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
BCC worry over vandalism of public toilets
THE Bulawayo City Council has expressed concern over the increase of vandalism of public toilets in the Central Business District with some unscrupulous individuals going to the extent of stealing toi...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:34hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Luveve Road works test Bulawayo engineers
BULAWAYO City Council's (BCC) civil engineering expertise is being put to test in the rehabilitation of Luveve Road near Renkini as the scope of works have significantly changed due to underground wat...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
BCC red-flags college over fliers
HERENTALS College in Bulawayo has come under scrutiny from the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) who claimed that the distribution of its flyers and other promotional materials was not only "annoying" but a...Published: 12 May 2023 at 05:59hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
BCC, Ecocash mull debt collection partnership
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is set to enter into a debt collection deal with EcoCash Holdings.According to latest council minutes, EcoCash Holdings' Pride Gonde, an account executive, wrot...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:33hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
New Egodini project lease agreement raises stink
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) and South African property developer, Terracotta Trading (Pvt) Limited, have registered a notarial lease for the long-awaited US$60 million Egodini Mall project.Rev...Published: 10 May 2023 at 05:59hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
City of Bulawayo seeks to recruit 50 nurses
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC), which has been grappling with resignations of nurses, wants to recruit 50 of them and has flighted an advert inviting applications.Like many other public healt...Published: 09 May 2023 at 19:18hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
BCC transfers 2 000 houses to sitting tenants
The Bulawayo City Council has transferred close to 2 000 houses to sitting tenants under home ownership scheme following years of haggling over the issue.The 1 978 houses are in Iminyela, Mabu...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
BCC rakes in US$8,4m from plan approvals
BULAWAYO City Council raised over US$8,4 million revenue after approving 156 building plans out of the 237 submitted in March this year.This was revealed in the latest council minutes in which...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:10hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council pockets US$290K from parking
BULAWAYO City Council (CCC) has pocketed US$290 000 from its controversial vehicle parking system amid growing calls for its scrapping.The city's vehicle parking management system is managed b...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:51hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Company refuses to fund BCC Botswana jaunt, loses tender
A BOTSWANA company had its expression of interest tender to do a dairy farming project at the Bulawayo City Council-owned farms - Aisleby and Goodhope - turned down after they declined to host an 18-m...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:46hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
BCC reveals BF's capacity
AS debate surrounding the carrying capacity of the country's soccer stadia continues, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has revealed that the city's largest stadium, Barbourfields carries just under 23 ...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:46hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council bans campaign posters on its buildings
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has banned the pasting of campaign posters on its buildings and other council infrastructure such as signposts saying it compromised cleanliness of the city.Deputy ...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:19hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council raids 600 butcheries for bad meat
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has raided 618 business premises in the city and confiscated 724,57kg of meat deemed unfit for human consumption, latest council minutes reveal."Less premises (618)...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:18hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
BCC plans Renkini revamp
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is considering the redevelopment of Renkini Long Distance Bus Terminus and has since engaged a consultancy firm to conduct a feasibility study to assess the viability of th...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:15hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo adopts GIS to promote tourism growth
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has adopted the geographic information system (GIS) to enhance connection with local hotels and heritage sites as part of innovative strategies to promote the growth of...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:08hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
BCC closes roads for ZITF 2023
HILLSIDE Road and other thoroughfares around the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair's (ZITF) arena will be closed to traffic for 10 hours on Friday, April 28, 2023, for the official opening of th...Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 20:32hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
'Violent foreign vendors have invaded city of Bulawayo'
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has claimed that vendors operating along Fife Street are from outside the city amid escalating fights between the vendors and the municipality police.According to c...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:51hrs | 1406 | by Staff reporter
'Fake promises might cost Zanu-PF'
THE Council for Churches in Africa (CCA) says fake promises by the Zanu-PF-led government to allocate them land for places of worship may cost the party in the upcoming elections.The CCA, whic...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:53hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
BCC struggling to control illegal dumping
The continued illegal dumping of litter in the Central Business District (CBD) despite various interventions by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has left councillors concerned as they seek more solutio...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 18:31hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
BCC clears storm drains, trenches
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is excavating trenches to prevent flooding and downstream erosion.Deputy Mayor Mlandu Ncube said they were recruiting locals for the exercise."We are workin...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 16:25hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
BCC parking company breaks silence
TENDY Three Investments (TTI), which is in charge of managing vehicle parking business in Bulawayo central business district, has broken its silence over accusations that its billing system is irregul...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:45hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's worst secondary school named
FROM the name, one might think that this school literally brings good news in terms of examination passes that will uphold the reputation or prestige of the school, but no. Its pass rate is nowhere cl...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:46hrs | 1562 | by Staff reporter
BCC sweats over staff turnover at 'worst school'
IN an effort to retain teachers and address the poor pass rate at its perennial worst-performing school, Aisleby Primary School, Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resolved to provide staff accommodation...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:33hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
BCC, police join forces to reduce accidents along Luveve Road
BULAWAYO City Council has joined forces with the police in a bid to reduce traffic accidents along the Luveve Road.This was said last Friday by Bulawayo town planning officer Shelton Mthunzi S...Published: 10 Apr 2023 at 20:12hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Egodini decade of deception
WHEN the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) ordered vendors and transport operators to vacate Basch Street Terminus on 25 March 2016, those men and women that were marched out of the place famously known as ...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 12:00hrs | 526 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Zanu-PF says opposition councillors abusing vendors
Zanu-PF Matabeleland North provincial chairperson Richard Moyo has accused Bulawayo City Council (BCC) management and councillors of abusing vendors trying to make an honest living by selling th...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:12hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
BCC abandons 'blackspot' roundabout project
FUNDING constraints have forced the Bulawayo City Council to abandon a three-year-old resolution of replacing traffic lights at the intersection of Khami Road and Siyepambili Drive with a roundabout a...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:11hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
10,000 stands for new suburb in Umguza
A major new suburb with 10 000 houses and flats is being developed in Umguza on the outskirts of Bulawayo where low-density and high-rise buildings will be constructed by developer Radar Properties in...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:08hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Health time bomb at Sidojiwe flats
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it is concerned about the ballooning population at Sidojiwe flats meant to accommodate 82 bachelors, but now houses more than 500 families.The town planning de...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:35hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents protest over Luveve Road
BULAWAYO residents have urged the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to speed up rehabilitation of Luveve Road which has taken ages to complete despite promises that the project would take 90 days.Re...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1366 | by Staff reporter
Water crisis overwhelms BCC
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says a deadly mix of challenges such as system failures among others were crippling its capacity to quench the thirst of residents who are going for several days without wa...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:05hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Load shedding reprieve for ZITF period
THE Government has moved in to resolve the water crisis bedevilling Bulawayo, with indications that the city's pumping stations will soon be exempted from electricity load shedding that is said to be ...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:01hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
9 000 Cowdray Park houses use banned blair toilets
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is working on modalities to ensure that all houses in Cowdray Park are connected to the sewer reticulation system.The development comes after the Government imp...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:00hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water woes set to worsen
THE water situation in Bulawayo is set to worsen as two of the city's six supply dams are set to be decommissioned soon.Already, the city's residents spend most of their time fetching water fr...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors blame Mnangagwa's govt, ZETDC for Bulawayo water woes
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors in Bulawayo have blamed the government and Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) for the ongoing water crisis in the city. ...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 11:28hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
BCC engages Zesa on power cuts
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it has engaged Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) to give them advance notices of at least an hour before power cuts, to enable procedural shutdown of pu...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 10:12hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
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