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BCC launches major effort to clear clogged sewer pipes
In response to growing public concern over frequent sewer blockages, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has launched an extensive programme aimed at clearing the city's clogged sewer pipes, which have lo...Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 11:59hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 12 deaths from diarrhoea
Zimbabwe has witnessed a surge in cases of common diarrhoea, with 12,483 reported incidents, including 12 deaths, in the week ending January 12, 2025. Of these, 2,867 cases involved children under the...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 07:04hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo sewer ponds condemned
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has reported a worsening sewage crisis, with all sewage ponds in the city having collapsed, resulting in a surge in pipe bursts."We have got a major problem with se...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 06:39hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo diarrhoea cases surge 700%
The City of Bulawayo has experienced a concerning spike in diarrhoea cases, with approximately 555 reported as of August 2024. This marks a staggering 693% increase from the 370 cases recorded in July...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 17:58hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
BCC dismisses privatisation fears
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has reassured residents that there are no plans to privatise the city's water utility, clarifying that its separation from the engineering department was meant to prote...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:12hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water quality questionable
Bulawayo is currently experiencing one of its most severe water crises in recent years, with over 88 percent of residents expressing dissatisfaction with the quality of water supplied by the local aut...Published: 26 May 2024 at 13:42hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents have been urged to exercise extreme caution and adhere to strict hygiene standards following reports of a diarrhoea outbreak linked to water shortages, with Cowdray Park suburb bein...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo in cholera scare
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC)'s health department said the city had recorded four cholera cases since January 30 as the waterborne disease keeps spreading across the country.This was revealed du...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Horror crash exposes parlous state of Matebeleland roads
The Bulawayo City Council has completed a sewer and water sanitation rehabilitation project funded through an African Development Bank AfDB US$33,6 million grant.Council is considering approac...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:33hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak forces Mkoba Teachers College closure
Health authorities have temporarily suspended lectures at Mkoba Teachers College after a diarrhoea out break at the institution.In a statement, Midlands provincial medical director, Dr Marry Muchekeza...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 18:22hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo school hit by water crisis
Ngwalongwalo Primary School in Pumula South, Bulawayo, is facing a water crisis due to pump failure, resulting in the school being without water for three days. This situation has compelled the studen...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BCC goes after open-air worshippers
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has resumed its regular raids on open-air worshippers, particularly apostolic sect members who gather in areas with no ablution facilities.Deputy mayor Mlandu Ncube...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 09:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Health time bomb ticks in Mthuli Ncube's Cowdray Park
RESIDENTS of Cowdray Park in Bulawayo are living in fear of a possible outbreak of waterborne diseases following the drilling of boreholes in wards 6 and 15 that predominantly use Blair toilets....Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo diarrhoea cases decrease
BULAWAYO recorded a decrease in diarrhoea cases despite a worsening water crisis which has seen some residents enduring more than a week with dry taps.Due to the erratic power supply, Bulawayo...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Harare diarrhoea outbreak rages
Harare City Council is producing about a quarter of the residents' daily potable water requirements, with the authorities last week sanctioning a rationing regime amid a diarrhoea outbreak in the capi...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Harare
Harare recorded over 1 100 cases of diarrhoea between October 24 and November 20, with the authorities citing the city's failure to provide clean running water, collect refuse and attend to burst sewe...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea hits Gweru
The city of Gweru has reported increased cases of diarrhoea since the beginning of September, NewsDay has learnt.In a statement yesterday, council attributed the increase to climatic changes....Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools order pupils to bring own water
SOME schools in Bulawayo have resorted to asking pupils to bring their own bottles of water to school to curb the spread of waterborne diseases following the prevailing water crisis in the city....Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's diarrhoea outbreak worsens
Bulawayo has recorded 1,200 diarrhoea cases following at outbreak of the disease in July, council officials have confirmed.The first cases of diarrhoea were recorded in the Pumula surburb and ...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Vicious diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo
A vicious diarrhoea outbreak has hit Bulawayo suburbs with more than 1 000 cases recorded so far.Cases in the latest outbreak were first recoded in the city's Ward 17 in Pumula suburb in...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo
A vicious diarrhoea outbreak has hit Bulawayo suburbs with more than 1 000 cases recorded so far.Cases in the latest outbreak were first recoded in the city’s Ward 17 in Pumula suburb ...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:41hrs | 19 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo residents drink raw sewage
The Bulawayo city council raised a red flag warning residents that the city's borehole water is contaminated by sewage and also bacteriologically-co...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 20:08hrs | 7 | by Shelton Muchena
Thieves target city boreholes
BULAWAYO City councillors are concerned about the theft of solar panels and vandalism of the solar powered boreholes at a time when the city is facing acute water shortages.The local authority...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo Suburb
A diarrhoea outbreak has been reported in Pumula North Suburb in Bulawayo with 134 people having been affected by the disease as of last week.Bulawayo City Council Corporate communications man...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo diarrhoea cases increase
BULAWAYO has recorded an increase in the number of diarrhoea cases, a cause for concern considering the havoc wrecked by the disease previously.Diarrhoea is defined as the passage of three or ...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water woes persist despite rains
Blessing Moyo, a resident of Bulawayo's Gwabalanda suburb, is a worried man as he relives the 2020 diarrhoea outbreak that hit Luveve and other surrounding suburbs.The diarrhoea outbreak, blam...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Water shortages loom in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents face another round of water shortages despite the recent rains as city fathers have proposed a three-day water shedding regime because one of the supply dams faces decommissio...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 19:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dams get 2,24% inflows despite heavy rains
BULAWAYO's water supply dams in the Umzingwane Catchment area recorded only 2,24% inflows as of January 18, despite the country experiencing heavy rains this month.In a notice to residents thi...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:49hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo seeks to redevelop industrial areas
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has embarked on a door-to-door traffic survey to review its local development plan for industrial areas in the city as part of its expansion drive.This was revealed...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam most touted project in 2021
"From the budget presented in December, we allocated some money so that construction begins. I have promised traditional leaders that I will make sure that more money is released so that the construct...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Dysentery hits Tshabalala suburb
BULAWAYO's Tshabalala Extension suburb has reportedly been hit by a dysentery outbreak at a time when residents are being tormented by diarrhoea.The diarrhoea outbreak recently claimed the lif...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
BCC discusses water, sanitation infrastructure, service delivery
BULAWAYO City Council will today host a service delivery and water indaba focusing on the recent diarrhoea outbreak, water, sanitation and infrastructure rehabilitation.The indaba is expected ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:36hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Put your house in order, minister tells BCC
BULAWAYO Metropolitan Affairs minister Judith Ncube has challenged the Bulawayo City Council to resolve water contamination problems that have been blamed for recurrent diarrhoea outbreaks.The...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Another diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO has recorded a fourth diarrhoea outbreak since last year with 157 cases having been reported so far in the high-density suburb of Tshabalala Extension.The last outbreak in the city wa...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:29hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo
TSHABALALA Extension in Bulawayo has been hit by diarrhoea, with over 500 families affected after they allegedly drank contaminated water.Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is struggling to provide p...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents exposed to diarrhoeal diseases
BULAWAYO residents are exposed to diarrhoeal diseases as the city council is struggling to provide bacteriologically satisfactory water.In 2020, a killer diarrhoea outbreak claimed 13 lives an...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dirty water fury in Bulawayo's Emganwini
DIRTY and smelly water coming from taps in Bulawayo's Emganwini suburb has residents worried that another diarrhoeal disease outbreak may hit the area. Two months ago, the high-density suburb ...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Raw sewage flows into 50 Old Magwegwe houses
More than 50 households in Old Magwegwe suburb in Bulawayo are sitting on a health time-bomb as raw sewage from burst pipes continues to flow into their homes thereby exposing them to diseases such as...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why Bulawayo service delivery is collapsing
LONG-TOUTED as the best-run local authority in the country, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is failing to offer efficient services as seen by collapsing water and sewer infrastructure, failureto f...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:33hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Sewage horror in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents have called on Bulawayo City Council to urgently attend to burst sewers which have become a health time bomb in the city.In Mzilikazi and Makokoba suburbs, there are areas w...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:15hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Emganwini residents still living in fear
EMGANWINI residents are living in fear over the growing number of people suffering from diarrhoea in the suburb.They blame Bulawayo City Council's water for the diarrhoea outbreak, but tests a...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:04hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo again
BULAWAYO has recorded a third diarrhoea outbreak in 11 months with about 50 cases being reported in the high-density suburb of Emganwini. Residents have accused the city council of failing to provide ...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Luveve water situation improves
BULAWAYO residents have heaped praise on the local council for the improved water situation in Luveve following an outcry over fears of another diarrhoea outbreak. Last year, at least 13 Luvev...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 15:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fears of another Bulawayo diarrhoea outbreak
BULAWAYO residents have expressed fear that Zimbabwe's second largest city could be hit by another outbreak of diarrhoea due to the municipality's failure to attend to sewer blockages.Speaking...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 16:25hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo seeks US$500m for water pipes upgrades
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) requires about half a billion United States dollars to rehabilitate, upgrade or replace the city's ageing water reticulation infrastructure and do away with frequent pipe b...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo on typhoid alert
BULAWAYO is recording an increase in diarrhoea cases, which is blamed on water shortages and contaminated water among other reasons as city fathers expressed fear of a typhoid outbreak.Since M...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:12hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
2020: A not so rosy year for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents say that the year 2020 must be quickly forgotten as they experienced several misfortunes that include incessant water shortages, and other threats the city such as being declared a ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:04hrs | 2 | by Nqobani Ndlovu
Water crisis ravages Bulawayo
Women carry the burden of collecting water for households...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 07:48hrs | 3 | by Brezhnev Malaba
Stolen ambulance belonged to BCC, driver faces disciplinary action
AN ambulance which was stolen in Bulawayo on November 7 and later found abandoned in the city centre belonged to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), it has emerged.On November 10, it was reported...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Harare Central Prison
A DIARRHOEA outbreak has hit Harare Central Prison, which houses an estimated 100 inmates at a time holding cells have no running water. Clean water has reportedly been scarce at the prison, a...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:08hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
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