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Bulawayo's urban sprawl exposes housing crisis
Ndaba Dube, a Bulawayo resident, says he built himself a home on a small piece of land after the authorities kept him on the housing waiting list for more than two decades.The land he chose is...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 08:16hrs | 769 | by Ignatius Banda
Uniforms for all universities - fake news
HIGHER Education Minister Amon Murwira has allayed fears the government was working on implementing uniform curricula across all similar degree programmes offered by local universities.However...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:47hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells off western countries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday savaged western countries for allegedly derailing the development of the country and that of Africa at large.Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony of ...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 20:47hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
Zuma investigator queries NSSA audit
A SOUTH African forensic audit firm headed by a key pillar in the establishment of the Zondo Commission has rubbished a National Social Security Authority (NSSA) forensic audit by BDO Zimbabwe that im...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:47hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet halts sale of houses, flats
The sale of Government houses and flats to sitting tenants has been halted with immediate effect as part of measures to address shortages of accommodation for civil servants, with more housing to be b...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
'Harare water crisis man-made'
IRRESPONSIBLE behaviour and political pressure to settle people on wetlands have contributed immensely to the pollution of the major source of Harare water, Lake Chivero, thereby affecting the supply ...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 19:11hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Pastor dies after botched Prophet Magaya investments
A pastor from a Pentecostal Church in Bulawayo allegedly died of stress after he sold a family house and invested in stands and other business ventures that were promised by Prophetic Healing and Deli...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 08:17hrs | 2124 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promises new rural housing policy
President Mnangagwa said yesterday that Government will soon roll out a new rural housing development plan that will ensure the building of better houses that are strong and durable in rural areas. ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:18hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Govt to injects $264 million into housing
Government will next year invest $264 million in housing construction in a bid to reduce the national housing backlog estimated at more than 1,3 million. The demand for housing has over the ye...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 08:41hrs | 846 | by Staff Reporter
What Mnangagwa must do to improve economy
EDITOR,President Emmerson Mnangagwa must realise that to achieve remarkable rates of economic development is not a stroll in the park.It is not just about carrying a begging bowl all o...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 05:53hrs | 771 | by Tendai Peter Munyanduri
Prophet Magaya fires striking workers
PROPHETIC Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya has fired 90 workers who embarked on a strike at his Douglasdale housing project in Bulawayo last week and indicated that he i...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 06:47hrs | 1267 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya to launch housing project in Bulawayo
Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries will next week launch a housing construction programme in Bulawayo that will see 46 000 houses being built in four cities. The multi-million dollar project...Published: 13 Aug 2016 at 08:28hrs | 1655 | by Zvamaida Murwira
Mugabe calls for removal of bottlenecks to ease housing delivery
President Mugabe has challenged stakeholders in the housing sector to take the national housing backlog of 1,25 million as an investment opportunity rather than a problem.Officially opening th...Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 07:15hrs | | by Innocent Ruwende and Blessing Malinganiza
Pumula South stands commissioned
The Bulawayo City Council has commissioned 700 serviced stands under its new accelerated housing delivery programme.The programme involves the pre-sale of residential stands in an effort to re...Published: 11 Nov 2015 at 19:37hrs | 5908 | by Staff reporter
Homelink stands mired in confusion
THERE is confusion over development of stands owned by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe subsidiary, Homelink, in Parklands, Bulawayo after it emerged that some residents have occupied and erected structur...Published: 15 Mar 2015 at 09:21hrs | 2348 | by Roberta Katunga
A toast to South Africa's black middle class
In the summer of 2005, South Africa–based entrepreneur Marilyn Cooper decided to give her neighbors in a suburb of the capital, Pretoria, a barbecue treat. Alluding to the inscr...Published: 29 Nov 2013 at 12:13hrs | 2736 | by Benjamin Dürr
Govt urged to revive building brigades
Stakeholders in the housing sector say the new government should consider the revival of building brigades as part of measures to provide low cost housing for the majority.The recommendations ...Published: 14 Aug 2013 at 16:02hrs | 1651 | by Staff Reporter
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