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NRZ fire likely sparked by discarded cigarette stub
A carelessly discarded lit material, possibly a cigarette stub, may have sparked the massive fire that destroyed 51 decommissioned passenger coaches at the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) mechanic...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 07:31hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Fire guts Autoquip Complex in Bulawayo
Goods worth over Z$2 million were destroyed in a fire at the Autoquip complex on Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Street in Bulawayo, leaving shop owners devastated. The complex, which housed a variety o...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 16:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Fire Brigade struggles to fight fires
The Bulawayo Fire Brigade has had to adapt to water shortages and a shortage of functional fire engines. Among the city's 18 fire engines, only four are operational, leaving each of the four fire stat...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ambulance shortage, staff exodus hit Bulawayo
Recent council minutes have disclosed that the Bulawayo City Council's fire and ambulance services department is severely hampered by a critical shortage of staff and service vehicles.The resc...Published: 15 Oct 2023 at 21:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC engages private operators as ambulance crisis hits
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has engaged the services of private operators to augment the shortage of ambulance vehicles at its emergency services department amid revelations that the city last got...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Egodini decade of deception
WHEN the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) ordered vendors and transport operators to vacate Basch Street Terminus on 25 March 2016, those men and women that were marched out of the place famously known as ...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 12:00hrs | 4 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Bulawayo residential flat goes up in smoke
FOUR families in Bulawayo were last night left stranded after a block of flats in the city centre caught fire.The fire, which erupted at Ringwood Flats located at corner Second Avenue and George S...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kariba power station surpasses Power generation targets in Q2
Kariba power station generated 72 percent of the 2 300 GWh that the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) sent out during the second quarter of this year on the back of improved water availability and plant ef...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 14:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kombani Lodge goes up in smoke
PLUMTREE'S 52-bed Kombani Lodge was yesterday razed by an inferno that started as a veld fire near a Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) depot before a whirlwind lifted burning debris, which landed ...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New Beitbridge fire station complete
GOVERNMENT in partnership with the Zimborders Consortium has completed constructing a new fire station in Beitbridge to address the perennial fire and emergency rescue services deficiencies in the bor...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:31hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council lines up major audits
THE Bulawayo City Council will embark on 20 major internal audits for the year meant to further improve their systems and operations, it has been learnt.Some of the systems that have been line...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 16:17hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
'Beitbridge lacks disaster preparedness strategy'
BEITBRIDGE residents have rapped their municipality for lack of disaster preparedness following a series of fire incidents that the local authority failed to deal with.Their anger was triggere...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:47hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Inside tragic Munatsi fire death trap
HARARE City Council fire chief Clever Mafoti yesterday downplayed suggestions that his crews could have saved Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency boss, Douglas Munatsi, who died in a shocking f...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 18:21hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Fire Hydrants can save lives and property
Latest disasters Ginimbi, Kariba accidents and the burning down of Chirundu block of flat in Belvedere have all been caused by fire outbreaks. From our simple analysis of why Zimbabweans are losing th...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 08:26hrs | 6 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
BCC investigates United Refineries water cuts
THE Bulawayo City Council has ordered an investigation into circumstances that led to one of the city's largest companies, United Refineries Limited (URL) suspending operations due to water challenges...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Water crisis puts residents' health at risk in Bulawayo
"YOU'LL get water when it's available," Bulawayo City Council officials loosely told residents recently after struggling to stick to the six-day water shedding schedule put in place to manage the dwin...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 23:59hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
CIO agent bounces back in court
A 41-YEAR-OLD Marondera Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agent is back again at Guruve magistrates' courts for contempt of court after being convicted of the same charge last year.Willi...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Beitbridge not prepared for disasters
BEITBRIDGE residents have called on authorities to enhance the border town's disaster preparedness after officials conceded that facilities were not up to scratch.Unless major improvements are...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC deals with 542 burst water pipes out of 1015 reported
Bulawayo City Council in August dealt with 542 reports of water pipes burst out of the 1015 reported cases.This is revealed in the council's latest minutes."In the month of August 2018...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 08:57hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
EMA okays Gweru water
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has given Gweru City Council water a clean bill of health after conducting tests at the city's main water source, Gwenhoro Dam and also sampled tap water in a...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Water related pipe leaks escalate to 1315 in 2017 - BCC
Bulawayo City Council in 2017 during November 2017 received a total of reports on water related jobs and attended to 1315 reports.This is revealed in the latest council minutes amid indication...Published: 05 Jan 2018 at 07:40hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Water crisis caused fire fighters to fail to put off fire at a house
Water crisis in Bulawayo is reported to be affected fire fighting activities in the city amid indications some properties have been wiped away by fires as the fire fighters could failed to extinguish ...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 03:54hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
18 cars lost in inferno
EIGHTEEN cars worth thousands of dollars were yesterday burnt to shells at a garage along Seke Road in Harare while the Fire Brigade officials who attended the scene watched helplessly after coming wi...Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 06:32hrs | | by Fungai Lupande and Magaret Matibiri
Council attends to 601 water leaks
Bulawayo City Council has reported attended to 601 water leaks in the city amid indication about 815 reports of water related jobs were made in January alone."In the month of January 2016, the...Published: 08 Mar 2016 at 05:58hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
504 water leaks repaired in Bulawayo in December
Bulawayo city council has reported that in December last year it received 875 reports of water related jobs and repaired 5034 water leaks in the city.Latest council minutes states that the Act...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 05:36hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Firemen turn to clowns as house burns down
Municipality of Gwanda firemen literally "turned themselves into clowns" as they dramatically failed to deal with a burning house over the weekend.A fully furnished four bedroom house belongin...Published: 14 Sep 2015 at 22:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Fire burns down home industries
A fire whose cause is yet to be established has burnt down the Glenview 8 home industries in Harare this morning.The fire which is said to have have started at about 2 am was spotted by a ...Published: 29 Jul 2015 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo clinics hit by nursing staff shortages
Bulawayo City Council's clinics have been hit by nursing staff shortages amid reports that the health facilities operated with a 62 percent staff compliment during the year 2014.According to t...Published: 06 Jan 2015 at 17:40hrs | 15 | by Makhosi Sibanda
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 | 2 | by Mayor of Bulawayo, Councillor Martin M Moyo
Zimra warehouse in Beitbridge destroyed by fire
Thousands of dollars worth of property is feared to have been destroyed in Beitbridge after a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) storehouse reportedly went up in smoke at the country's busiest ...Published: 28 Nov 2014 at 09:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fire tender used to chase kombis
The Marondera Municipality is using a fire tender donated by Japan recently to chase after road traffic offenders in the town.Armed with wheel clamps and spikes, the vehicle is seen "playi...Published: 07 Jul 2014 at 09:02hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Gwanda fire services proven inefficient as house burns
The Municipality of Gwanda Fire Services department was on Saturday proven to be extremely inefficient yet again.House number 492 Marriage Quarters of Jahunda Township went on fire shortl...Published: 17 May 2014 at 21:06hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Celebration Centre was constructed without Council approval
The Celebration Centre building in Borrowdale was allegedly constructed without Harare City Council approval and has been operating illegally since 2006. According to documents in our possessi...Published: 07 Apr 2014 at 06:25hrs | | by Peter Matambanadzo
Property worth millions up in flames
PROPERTY worth millions of dollars went up in flames when a fire gutted an industrial complex housing more than five companies between Lytton and Paisley Roads, Workington in Harare.The cause ...Published: 12 Aug 2013 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
BCC on high fire outbreak alert this winter
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is on high fire alert in anticipation of an upsurge of fire incidents during the forthcoming winter season.In interview yesterday with the Radio Dialogue, the c...Published: 28 May 2013 at 11:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Byo residents to be charged for getting water from neighbours
BULAWAYO residents who get water from others during the water shedding period will be billed for those supplies, the Chronicle reported.This comes amid revelations tha...Published: 02 Aug 2012 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
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