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Defaulting RDC cut off
Local authorities across Manicaland are grappling with mounting unpaid water bills and rates, leaving councils with limited options, including rationing supplies and introducing prepaid water meters, ...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 08:36hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo schools operating without water
MORE than half of Bulawayo's schools are operating without water after council disconnected supplies due to non-payment of rates amid reports that they owe council a combined $100 million while those ...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 10:38hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Gweru defaulters face water cuts
Gweru City Council will from Monday start the process of disconnecting water to defaulting ratepayers.In a statement yesterday, the local authority said it could only offer adequate services i...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:45hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Human rights group praises Parly for rapping Zinwa over water cuts
MATABELELAND Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has hailed the Parliament of Zimbabwe for castigating the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) for disconnecting water to Beitbridge and Gwand...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:46hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Masuka squeals over Cabinet ministers' snub, orders Zinwa to disconnect their departments
LANDS and Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka has okayed the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) water cuts to government departments failing to pay for water timely to clear the $2,4 billion wa...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC, residents clash over water bills
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is on a collision course with ratepayers amid revelations that it is sending estimated water bills as it does not have manpower to conduct physical meter readings.T...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC take residents head on over $1,1 billion debt
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has threatened to take residents to court to recover the over $1,1 billion owed by ratepayers.During a recent virtual meeting, Bulawayo town clerk Christopher D...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinwa sues Gwanda
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has taken Gwanda Municipality to court for failing to pay a debt of nearly $140 million in unpaid water supplied to the town over a six-year period....Published: 03 May 2021 at 17:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Affluent suburb residents not paying bills
BUSINESS and residents living in affluent suburbs like Burnside and Hillside are among those who have accumulated the highest unpaid bills to the Bulawayo City Council. The city is owed more t...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC disconnects govt departments
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is disconnecting water supplies to government departments over outstanding bills running into several millions of dollars.Recently, the local authority switched off...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
BCC disconnects water supplies to defaulting rate payers
BULAWAYO City Council will today start disconnecting water supplies to defaulting rate payers as the municipality moves to recover what it is owed by residents and commercial entities in the city. Res...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo municipality disconnects water supplies
BULAWAYO City Council will today start disconnecting water supplies to defaulting rate payers as the municipality moves to recover what it is owed by residents and commercial entities in the city. ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 08:59hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo resumes water disconnections
THE Bulawayo City Council has reintroduced water disconnections with immediate effect in a bid to force defaulting residents and businesses to clear arrears amounting to $100 million. Councill...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Residents stop paying bills after water disconnections were outlawed
BULAWAYO City Council says payments for water bills have dropped sharply since the High Court blocked local authorities from disconnecting water over non-payment.The Court ruled last year that...Published: 01 May 2019 at 09:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Harare starts disconnecting water
KUWADZANA residents woke up to no water meters after Harare City Council (HCC) employees removed them over non-payment of bills.Community Water Alliance (CWA) Ward 44 chairperson Miriam Nyaman...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 09:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Councillors reject water disconnections as debt recovery strategy
BULAWAYO City councillors have rejected a proposal by the finance department to resume water disconnections as a debt recovery strategy citing the prevailing socio economic challenges faced by residen...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gweru water disconnections ignite typhoid fears
GWERU residents have slammed the local authority for resuming the disconnection of water supplies to its debtors in the high-density suburbs, saying the development has the potential to slide the comm...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
$400,000 Gweru town clerk golden handshake sparks outrage
THE $400 000 severance package handed to former Gweru town clerk Daniel Matawu has sparked outrage among residents, who blame the city fathers for acceding to the deal at a time when the local authori...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court allows water disconnections
Municipalities' power to disconnect water supplies to non-paying residents is reasonable and does not in any way contravene Section 77 of the country's Constitution that guarantees the right to clean ...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 22:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Incumbents promising slashed bills to buy votes: Aspiring councillor
Aspiring independent councillor for Bulawayo's Lobengula ward 14, Lwazi Khanye (27), has accused incumbent councillors of seeking to buy votes by proposing that council should suspend water disconnect...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stop water disconnections: Chiwenga
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday said it was improper for local authorities to disconnect water from defaulting residents as such measures pose a health hazard. Addressing Zanu-PF...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Councillors call for 50% debt write-off
BULAWAYO councillors are calling for a 50% debt write-off for ratepayers or two months exemption from paying bills to cushion them against the harsh economic conditions.According to the latest...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Big cheer for residents ahead of crucial polls
Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo has given residents a big cheer ahead of the impending national elections by stopping the city fathers from disconnecting water supplies to defaulting consumers.Moyo...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 16:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare cuts off water supplies to residents
Harare City Council (HCC) has started shutting off water service to "nonpaying" residents by removing water meters.Residents in high density suburbs such as Highfield, Glen Norah, Glen View an...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 11:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ruling reserved on water disconnections
THE Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the case in which Harare City was contesting a High Court decision preventing the local authority from disconnecting water supplies without seeking recourse ...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 23:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo gets tough on defaulting residents
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has embarked on a massive exercise to disconnect water for defaulting residents, saying defaulters should either come up with payment plans or face the prospect of disc...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council in massive water disconnections
THE Bulawayo City Council has embarked on a massive disconnection of water supplies to defaulting residents despite the fact that the High Court recently upheld previous rulings that such action is il...Published: 25 May 2017 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare council is 'corrupt'
Zanu-PF MP Esau Mupfumi has accused the Mutare City Council (MCC) of engaging in rampant corruption that has seen thousands of dollars being looted from its coffers.Addressing a rally in Danga...Published: 23 May 2017 at 13:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court upholds ban on water disconnections
The High Court has upheld previous rulings that it is illegal for Harare City Council to disconnect water supplies to defaulting businesses and residents without a court order.The city, howeve...Published: 23 May 2017 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Minister Oppah Muchinguri - Gwanda water crisis
Dear Honourable Minister O Muchinguri Cc: Minister of Provincial Affairs Mat South Gwanda water crisisI sincerely hope that this corresp...Published: 02 May 2017 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo
BCC divided over credit policy
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) executives and councillors are divided over the implementation of a credit policy that will see the municipality taking residents with outstanding bills to court....Published: 08 Apr 2017 at 12:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
20 suburbs face water disconnections
Harare city council on Monday began disconnecting water to thousands of residents from 20 suburbs due to non payment.Council is owed $331 million."Residents of these suburbs owe th...Published: 07 Nov 2016 at 17:04hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
BCC embarks on a massive water disconnection exercise
THE Bulawayo City Council has embarked on a massive water disconnection exercise to force defaulting residents to settle their bills.In a statement, the Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, sa...Published: 17 Oct 2016 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents taps go dry
Several households in Bulawayo are without water supplies as the local authority is disconnecting defaulters.The exercise began on Saturday.Newly appointed Town Clerk Christopher Dube ...Published: 17 Oct 2016 at 06:42hrs | | by Thobelkile Zhou
Please stop disconnecting water in all cities of Zimbabwe! Water is a human right. Period!
Please dear citizens, pass this message to all city councils in Zimbabwe. A country that has 90% unemployment, where do they get money to pay water rates from? Has it ever dawned on the whole Mayor of...Published: 17 Nov 2015 at 13:28hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bulawayo launches water disconnection blitz
THE Bulawayo City Council has launched a water disconnection blitz on all consumers who are defaulting payment of rates and rentals, in a bid to recover over $115 million owed to the local authority....Published: 15 Nov 2015 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC starts massive water disconnections
The Bulawayo City Council has started disconnecting water to defaulting residents as it battles to recover $100 million owed by rate-payers. Yesterday, the city council sent messages to residents info...Published: 22 Oct 2015 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Glen View residents rely on open water sources
There is a possible spread of water borne diseased as residents at Glen View in Harare had the Harare City Council disconnecting water from their residences due to non payment of bills amid revelation...Published: 09 Oct 2015 at 14:30hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Harare council plans massive water cuts on Wednesday
Harare City Council plans to embark on massive water cuts starting Wednesday to customers owing above $100.Council seeks to recover over $70 million owed by residents and companies.The...Published: 09 Aug 2015 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Jonathan Moyo constituency goes dry for two weeks
Villagers in Sipepa business centre in Tsholotsho have gone for two weeks without water following the breakdown of one of the pumps, exposing villagers to diseases.Villagers and business peop...Published: 14 Jul 2015 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Jabulani Sibanda a fellow combatant, says Mphoko
Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday revealed that former war veterans' leader Jabulani Sibanda was once arrested in Angola for allegedly sodomising a fellow combatant during the country's libe...Published: 25 May 2015 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Silalatshani farmers expect good harvest this year
Silalatshani Irrigation farmers in Insiza South are this year expecting a good harvest after the area received good rains this season and after the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) slashed t...Published: 06 Mar 2015 at 10:32hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Gwanda water woes far from over
Besides numerous scuffles and interventions between the Municipality of Gwanda, residents and Zimbabwe National Water Authority ZINWA, the water woes in Gwanda still look far from being over.I...Published: 17 Feb 2015 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo intensifies water disconnections
THE Bulawayo City Council said it is disconnecting water supplies to defaulters with amounts exceeding $200 and those residents who have gone for two months or more without paying their bills. ...Published: 24 Jan 2015 at 20:41hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
New Year Message by his Worship the Mayor of Bulawayo, Councillor Martin M Moyo
The just ended year has been a remarkable year for the City of Bulawayo, as we commemorated our 120th Anniversary Celebrations and successfully hosted the African Union Sports Council Region Five Unde...Published: 31 Dec 2014 at 18:00hrs | 8 | by Mayor of Bulawayo, Councillor Martin M Moyo
Council resumes water disconnections
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has with immediate effect resumed water disconnections for defaulting residents, advising them to settle their bills.Council's action comes at a time when i...Published: 27 Nov 2014 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru City embarks on massive residential water cuts
THE cash-strapped Gweru City Council has embarked on massive residential water cuts for those in arrears in a move that is likely to pose a potential health hazard.Council workers could be see...Published: 05 Aug 2014 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
BCC plots to sue 3,000 residents
THE Bulawayo City Council has issued close to 3,000 final demand notices for outstanding bills to residents in four suburbs as it intensifies attempts at lawsuits against defaulters after the High Cou...Published: 28 Jul 2014 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Temba Dube
Zinwa disconnects water at beerhall, ignores High court
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number....Published: 21 Jun 2014 at 09:28hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
BCC to stop disconnecting water
BULAWAYO City Council says it has stopped disconnecting water for residents defaulting on paying bills following a High Court ruling last month that declared it unconstitutional.High Court jud...Published: 01 Jun 2014 at 07:33hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
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