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BCC resumes sorghum production
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resumed commercial sorghum farming at Aisleby Farm after a five-year hiatus, aiming to diversify income sources and reduce dependence on ratepayer funding. The init...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:54hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
The godfather of Matebeleland politics, Abednico Ncube
The creation of empires and dynasties through the Zanu-PF structures continue to gain thrust and traction within Zanu-PF in Matebeleland South as noted with the continuous personalization of the vast ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:48hrs | 47 | by Jerry Zinodla
Chamisa's intervention sort
EMBATTLED Harare City Council human and capital development director Dr Cainos Chingombe secretly met with MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa as he desperately tries to get support for his comeback...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:20hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Suspended council official refuses to surrender council car
SUSPENDED Mvurwi Town Council (MTC) Secretary Sheri Nyakudya is reportedly refusing to surrender the council vehicle.MTC chairperson co...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 19:25hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Lockdown cripples councils'
BULAWAYO city councillors have bemoaned the crippling of service delivery by the COVID-19-induced lockdown restrictions, forcing it to go on auto-pilot.The lockdown has also affected the holdi...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water woes mount
BULAWAYO is set to experience some intermittent water problems as council carries out repair works in the Umzingwane/Mtshabezi pipeline today.In a notice by the City of Bulawayo, the repairs o...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents to fork out more in rates
BULAWAYO residents will next year fork out more in rates and rentals as the city's 2019 budget has increased to $212,5 million from $152,5 million. The increase, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC to open ambulance training school
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s plans to open an ambulance training school next year are at an advanced stage after they received part of the essential training centre equipment from a United Kingdo...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cop fined over use of spikes
Mutare Magistrates' Court has convicted and fined a municipal traffic officer for using spikes on a city motorist who filed criminal charges after his car was damaged during the incident.Ehud ...Published: 07 Dec 2017 at 11:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T councillor caught in nepotism, bribery storm
RESIDENTS of Ward 29 in Bulawayo have accused their councillor of nepotism and extortion after she allegedly hired eight people from the same family to be part of community sweeping groups.Cou...Published: 22 May 2017 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents blast BCC over executives' new vehicles
RESIDENTS have blasted Bulawayo City Council over its decision to splash nearly $600 000 on top-of-the-range vehicles for its executives, at a time the local authority was saddled with huge de...Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
New highway code on the cards
THE Government is set to introduce a new Highway Code next month as part of ongoing efforts to enhance road safety and reduce accidents on the country's roads.Transport and Infrastructure ...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 09:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to rename suburbs, streets
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it will shortly launch an exercise to correct misspellings of some of its streets and suburbs - a carryover from the colonial era.A full council meeting ad...Published: 04 Mar 2016 at 06:09hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Officials considering shutting down some BCC business ventures
THE Bulawayo City Council's commercial undertakings are reportedly faced with a bleak future with city councillors and officials considering shutting down some of the business ventures after they ...Published: 17 Aug 2014 at 08:41hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube
Residents up in arms with Chitungwiza council
Angry residents are up in arms with Chitungwiza Council.On Tuesday the council apparently had bulldozers ready to demolish houses in Nyatsime.Residents started to throw stones and th...Published: 05 Mar 2014 at 01:01hrs | | by Citizen journalist via WhatsApp
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