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Government suppressed Bulawayo Coronavirus case
Government knew about the positive coronavirus case that resulted in the death of a 79-year-old Bulawayo man on Saturday and delayed revealing the information until Tuesday night when the news was alr...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1986 | by Moyo Roy
Bulawayo's 4 and a half days water shedding to start immediately
BULAWAYO residents will go for four-and-a-half days without running water as the city takes drastic measures to conserve water by implementing a 108-hour weekly water shedding programme with immediate...Published: 17 hrs ago | 170 | by Staff reporter
Barbourfields Stadium renovations plea
ZIMBABWE National Soccer Supporters Association (ZNSSA) has made a passionate plea to the Government and Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to speed up work at Barbourfields Stadium and have the facility rea...Published: 17 hrs ago | 159 | by Staff reporter
BCC needs US$700m for roads rehabilitation
BULAWAYO City Council needs US$700 million to rehabilitate its road network.During a recent full council meeting, ward 28 councillor Kidwell Mujuru queried why council was using gravel to refi...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:04hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni Hospital to handle serious Covid-19 cases
THORNGROVE Infectious Disease Hospital will attend to mild Covid-19 cases while Ekusileni Hospital is expected to attend to serious ones, Bulawayo City Council (BCC) Director of Health Dr Edwin Siband...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 07:44hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
BCC's reconstruction of storm water drain to gobble $20 700, 000
The Bulawayo City Council's reconstruction of storm drains is expected to gobble $20 700 000.This is revealed in the latest council minutes."No works were done during the month of Febr...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 08:58hrs | 234 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo liquor traders raise US$1 050, ZW$6 930 for Thorngrove Hospital
BULAWAYO bars, leisure spots and bottle stores have so far raised ZW$6 930 and US$1 050 as their contribution to improve facilities at Thorngrove Infectious Diseases Hospital. The hospital urg...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 07:57hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
BCC's refuse collection department applauded for their job even in face of fuel shortages
Bulawayo City Council's refuse collection department and committees have been hailed for theoir job of cleaning the city despite the serious problem of fuel shortage faced by the city.The loca...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 11:37hrs | 429 | by Stephen Jakes
Mambo dynasty protesting BCC's decision not to rename roads after its Lozwi kings
BULAWAYO City fathers have agreed to meet the Mambo dynasty which is protesting council's decision not to rename some roads in the city after its Lozwi kings.The Mambo dynasty is at loggerhead...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:31hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo suburbs to go for 8 months without water
AT least three suburbs in Bulawayo will go for a minimum of eight months without water as it has emerged that the city's supply dams only received inflows enough to last for a month during the just en...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:14hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter
Most Barbourfields upgrades complete
MOST of the renovation work at Barbourfields Stadium has been completed, with the City of Bulawayo having worked tirelessly to get the facility up to standard.Responding to questions from this...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:13hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo city fathers have headache over water crisis
Bulawayo City Councillors have headaches on how they should resolve the water problems bedeviling the city amid concerns supply dams levels of water were fast deteriorating at the same time the rainy ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 09:44hrs | 1597 | by Stephen Jakes
BCC 2020 budget dealt blow by COVID-19 pandemic
BULAWAYO City Councils' $2,7 billion budget for 2020 which saw rates and tariffs shoot by 716% has been dealt a huge blow by the coronavirus pandemic, with mayor Solomon Mguni predicting tough times a...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:58hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
BCC moves to repair swimming pools
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) will engage private contractors to work on "major" repairs at the City and North End swimming pools. According to the latest council minutes, the local authority wh...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:30hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
BCC clinics overwhelmed as hospitals' OPDs close
BULAWAYO City Council clinics are overwhelmed with patients after the city's central hospitals closed their Out Patients Departments (OPDs) and started attending to emergency cases only. ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:25hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
BCC to intensify water shedding
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is proposing to increase the weekly water shedding exercise from four to five days as the city's water situation turns desperate. Bulawayo has been experiencing water c...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:26hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
BCC water cuts puts people's lives in danger
Bulawayo Vendors Trust has said the Bulawayo Water cuts puts people's lives at greater risks of corona virus.The trust said Bulawayo vendors and informal traders have shown deep concern of con...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 13:01hrs | 566 | by Stephen Jakes
BCC bars public, media from full council meeting
MEMBERS of the public and the media will be barred from this week's full council meeting as the Bulawayo City Council works towards implementing policies against the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19)....Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:41hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Mater Dei, Masca set up COVID-19 wing
THE Medical Aid Society of Southern Africa (Masca) is leading an initiative to capacitate Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo to establish an isolation and treatment wing for coronavirus patients.M...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:44hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 death scare in Makokoba
THERE was panic in Bulawayo's Makokoba suburb yesterday after funeral parlours allegedly refused to collect the body of a man suspected to have died of Covid-19 at his home. False claims that ...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:30hrs | 995 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: Residents express concern over water rationing
BULAWAYO residents have expressed concern over the city council's move to continue with water-rationing following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), whose prevention demands high level of hygiene...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:29hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
BCC facilities operate without fire alarms
BULAWAYO City Council's (BCC) Large City Hall and its revenue offices in the central business district are operating without fire alarm systems and extinguishers, exposing employees and visitors to da...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:28hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Queues hamper social distancing
THE shortage of various goods, services and cash has seen most people failing to maintain social distances as they spend long hours in queues where they risk contracting or spreading Covid-19. ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:20hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo Council exposes residents to coronavirus'
While some of the key messages around the preventative measures against COVID-19 has been the urging of people to wash they hands regularly with water and soap, it is unfortunate that Bulawayo r...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 10:24hrs | 3835 | by BPRA
BCC water-rationing continues despite COVID-19
BULAWAYO City Council has said it will continue with its tough water-rationing programme because its supply dams are still below half of its handling capacity.However, the local authority enco...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:42hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Egodini contractor seeks council assurance
WORK at the Egodini Bus Terminus in Bulawayo has stopped after the contractor, Terracotta Trading Private Limited demanded that the city council issue a letter of assurance that the initial contract w...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:34hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
BCC not ready to deal with Covid-19
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has said it has not received all the requisite equipment to adequately deal with Covid-19 cases that may arise in the southern parts of the country. The local a...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:49hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa meddling in Bulawayo council affairs
THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) has accused MDC leader Nelson Chamisa of "hypocrisy" by meddling in council affairs after the party locked out mayor Solomon Mguni and five counci...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 17:50hrs | 2022 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo roads a 'state of disaster'
BULAWAYO'S roads are deteriorating at an alarming pace due to lack of maintenance, with council saying it cannot raise the required US$700 million to rehabilitate the city's 2 100km road network. ...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:19hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Police losing the battle against Osiphatheleni?
THE mushrooming of illegal forex dealers in Bulawayo has left many residents wondering if the police and the Bulawayo City Council have given up on restoring sanity in the city. Chief Justice ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:29hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents up in arms with the council
Bulawayo residents are also up in arms with the council over the local authority's recent move to effect a 716 percent rates and rental hike, with residents arguing that it violates their basic human ...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:53hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
BCC violating its own by-laws
A BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) engineer has revealed that houses were being built without inspection, violating council by-laws which stipulate that city authorities should approve every stage of const...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 15:43hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
BCC fears coronavirus ahead of ZITF
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni has said the city's disease surveillance team has no capacity to host national and international events such as the annual Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) showcas...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 07:11hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
BCC unfazed, chases BF Saturday deadline
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is unfazed by Caf's refusal to re-inspect Barbourfields Stadium and working flat-out to improve the venue for a scheduled Fifa inspection on Saturday. A Fifa delega...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:58hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
BCC rules out rate cuts
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has ruled out reducing service tariff charges after ratepayers' plea that the new levies were not only unaffordable, but a cruel onslaught on the urban poor.A s...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 08:05hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
BF stadium works charm Zifa, Govt
URGENCY given to uplifting Barbourfields Stadium so that it meets Caf requirements has charmed both the Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation as well as Zifa. The football motherbody i...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 05:27hrs | 1813 | by Staff reporter
TB-related deaths increase in Bulawayo
THE City of Bulawayo has recorded an increase in the number of tuberculosis (TB) and TB-related deaths at its clinics.According to the latest council minutes, in January this year the local au...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 13:21hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
Bucket seats headaches for BF
ERECTING bucket seats at Barbourfields Stadium for the facility to meet requirements to host international matches will present further challenges as the carrying capacity would be significantly reduc...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 09:04hrs | 3586 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council to repossess properties
THE Bulawayo City Council will repossess 26 properties in the city after their owners failed to heed an ultimatum requiring them to either pay their rates or resume development works within their stan...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:25hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council fails to account for 600 properties
MORE than 600 non-residential properties belonging to the Bulawayo City Council are not captured in the local authority's inventory, raising fears that some bigwigs were taking advantage of the loopho...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:24hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu flows into the market
BULAWAYO Municipal Commercial Undertaking (BMCU)'s beverages manufacturing unit, Ingwebu Breweries has expressed satisfaction on the performance of its two re-launched non-alcoholic and alcoholic prod...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:23hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo raises coronavirus preparedness levels
The City of Bulawayo is now at an advanced stage in terms of strategising against a possible outbreak of Coronavirus in the city, an official has said.Giving a report to the Parliamentary Port...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 07:20hrs | 1623 | by Staff reporter
'BCC bungled in water crisis'
THE Government has said the Bulawayo City Council bungled in submitting an application for the city's water crisis to be declared a state of disaster by sending their plea to the Ministry of Lands, Ag...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:47hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City councillors boycotts Parly hearing
BULAWAYO councillors on Thursday boycotted a local government and public works parliamentary committee hearing on service delivery. Only one councillor, Donald Mabutho of Ward 9 attended toget...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:45hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
BCC goes into overdrive to meet Caf deadline
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) and contractors will work throughout the weekend to get Barbourfields Stadium ready for Zifa to take pictures of progress that they will be send to Caf on Tuesday. ...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:43hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Water shedding exemption for Barbourfields, ZITF neighbourhoods
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resolved to exempt suburbs surrounding Barbourfields Stadium, the venue of this year's national Independence Day celebrations and those close to Zimbabwe Internatio...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 06:00hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
CAF rejects ZIFA appeal, demands name of foreign stadium for Algeria match
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has rejected an appeal by the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) against its decision to bar Zimbabwe from hosting international matches over the poor sta...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 13:24hrs | 1936 | by Staff reporter
Illegal activities in the city worry city councillors
The increase in number of illegal activities in the Bulawayo City Centre has worried the councillors in which they called on the police to intensify patrols.According to latest council minutes...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 09:17hrs | 1416 | by Steve Grays
Councillors divided over scrapping off of govt debt
Bulawayo City Councillors have been divided over whether the debts owed by government departments should be scrapped or not.Councillor Anorld Batirai said the Local Authorities should support ...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 09:16hrs | 999 | by Steve Grays
MSU seeks to set up medical school in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is set to have a second medical school after the Midlands State University (MSU) applied for land to set up its Faculty of Medicine in the city. The Medical and Dental Practitioners C...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 05:42hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
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