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Plumtree gives residents water meter ultimatum
PLUMTREE Town Council has given pre-paid water users in the border town three weeks to revert to post-paid meters after some residents went for three years without paying for water.A number of...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane Dam faces decommissioning
BULAWAYO faces crippling water shortages after the local authority warned that Umzingwane Dam might be decommissioned this month due to dwindling water levels.The country has been experiencing...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:42hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
US$4m tender scandal rocks Zinwa
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) awarded Helcraw Electrical (Pvt) Ltd - owned by Harare businessman Farai Jere - a tender worth over US$4 million to supply pre-paid water meters despite t...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane residents reject prepaid meters
RESIDENTS of Umzingwane's sprawling Habane Township in Matabeleland South have rejected plans by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) to install pre-paid water meters in the area.Zinw...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:25hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Gweru dangles carrot to residents
GWERU City Council has set aside a number of residential stands to offer to residents who settle their arrears and constantly pay their bills, as the city steps up efforts to recover millions of dolla...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare to roll out pre-paid water meters in January
HARARE City Council says it will roll out pre-paid water meters in January next year, with an initial target of 100 000 households, but this will be on voluntary basis after protestations by residents...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bucket of water fill-up after 8 hours in Harare
Community Water Alliance staff visited households with pre-paid water meters in Kambuzuma Section 1. The purpose of the visit was to assess the impact of pre-paid water meters installed in 2017 by Cit...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 14:30hrs | | by Hildaberta Rwambiwa
Kariba rolls out pre-paid smart water meters
Kariba Municipality has rolled out installing smart pre-paid water meters for its residents amid revelations that so far the installation stands at 126 with a secured loan to finance 1000 prepaid mete...Published: 21 Jun 2017 at 11:37hrs | 1 | by Patsaka Correspondent
City Council should improve service delivery
Service delivery is an essential function in the relation between local authorities and rate payers. The MDC-T led Harare City Council (HCC) should be encouraged to effectively improve its service del...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 13:05hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
BCC agrees to provide Mbundane with water
THE Bulawayo City Council has agreed to a $2,1 million project to connect water and sewer services to suburbs on the outskirts of the city that fall under Umguza Rural District Council. Suburb...Published: 09 Aug 2016 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by Nqobile Tshili
Dear President Khama, please save Zimbabwe
With the army going unpaid while the government tries to find the money, the Vigil delivered a petition to the Botswana High Commission in London calling for the help of the Southern African Developme...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 16:04hrs | 1 | by ZimVigil
Zimbabwe Action Forum to petition the Botswana High Commission in London
The Zimbabwe Action Forum has decided to present our current petition to the Botswana High Commission in London at 11 am on Tuesday 14th June. The petition reads: 'To the Chair of the Sou...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 16:34hrs | | by Zimbabwe Action Forum
Harare communications officer excited bout pre-paid water meters installation
Harare Residents Trust has claimed that City of Harare Acting Communications Officer Michael Chideme got really very excited when he said the City of Harare was not going back on the issue of prepaid ...Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 06:54hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
No going back on prepaid water meters, says council
Harare City Council is forging ahead with plans to install prepaid water meters despite protests from residents.Last week residents' associations petitioned council over the issue, which they ...Published: 02 Jun 2016 at 06:26hrs | | by Innocent Ruwende
New payment system for Harare water
The Harare City Council will start installing its much-debated prepaid water meters on May 16, 2016 with the initial phase targeting 2 000 households and business units. Citywide rollout will come in ...Published: 24 Apr 2016 at 16:52hrs | 1 | by Debra Matabvu
Harare City Council officials want to ensure financial income through pre- paid meters
Harare City Council management officials have been accused of wanting to impose the pre-paid water meters in efforts to ensure that they get regular income.Harare Residents Trust said the inte...Published: 08 Apr 2016 at 06:47hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo back-tracks on pre-paid water meters
Bulawayo City Council has made a major climb down on compulsory installation of pre-paid water meters. The city will now install the gadgets on a voluntary basis.The u-turn follows massive res...Published: 17 Jan 2016 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare postpones prepaid meters
Harare has further stalled the prepaid water meters pilot project with the local authority indicating that the new system will now begin anytime during the second quarter of the year.Initially...Published: 17 Jan 2016 at 09:12hrs | | by Debra Matabvu
BCC bows down to pressure on prepaid meters
THE Bulawayo City Council has bowed to pressure from residents in Cowdray Park's Garikayi/Hlalani Kuhle areas who have been demonstrating against the installation of pre-paid water meters. Civ...Published: 08 Dec 2015 at 04:15hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Harare Residents Trust says no to pre-paid water meters
Harare Residents Trust has told Harare residents to say no to the installation of pre-paid water meters as the money they would be forced to pay for water would be channeled to workers salaries ahead ...Published: 18 Nov 2015 at 05:59hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Harare Residents Trust says no to pre-paid water meters
Harare Residents Trust has told Harare residents to say no to the installation of pre-paid water meters as the money they would be forced to pay for water would be channeled to workers salaries ahead ...Published: 17 Nov 2015 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Pre-paid water meters negative publicity irks Councillor Ncube
A Bulawayo councillor Thobani Ncube has expressed dismay over the negative publicity that the prepaid water meters which the local authority wanted implemented has been given.According to coun...Published: 11 Nov 2015 at 06:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Residents trust blast council over increased 2016 budget
Harare Residents Trust has blasted Harare City council over increased 2016 budget.In Its Facebook post the trust said the local authority was becoming impossible by unilaterally increasing the...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 08:50hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MDC blast Kasukuwere over pre-paid meters remarks
Matabeleland South MDC Chairman Pilate Ndebele has accused Local Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere over his remarks that Gwanda town must endorse the installation of the pre-paid water meters....Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 07:02hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Ian Khama save Zimbabwe
To mark the Vigil's 13th anniversary we launched a new petition warning the world that the situation in Zimbabwe is on a knife-edge because of threats by the army to wield 'the Zanu-PF axe' against Mu...Published: 11 Oct 2015 at 20:03hrs | | by ZimVigil
'Prepaid water meters have technological risk' - Water distribution and customer services manager says
The Harare City Water distribution and customer services manager Engineer Hosiah Chisango has said there is a technological risk in introducing the pre-paid water meters in the city.Harare Res...Published: 09 Oct 2015 at 07:26hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Residents digs in on prepaid water meters
Some Harare residents have demanded clarity on the major reasons why the Harare City Council wanted to introduce the pre-paid water meters which they think have adverse effects on their livelihoods....Published: 07 Oct 2015 at 07:02hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Pre-paid water meters unfair for residents
Harare Residents Trust has said it it is unfair for the Harare City Council to make residents pay or buy the water meters which go for $250 and $300 per unit What for?"Why does the council...Published: 10 Sep 2015 at 07:48hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Water protest to rock Bulawayo
Tomorrow on the 4th September 2015, the citizens of the City of Bulawayo will wake up to the reverberation sound of toyi-toyi from angry activists from civic organisation who have organised a demo...Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 08:54hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
Welshman Ncube on Friday: It Maybe Free, But Someone Pays For It
In the early 1980s, I was a young man in my twenties listening and reading with keen interest as nationalist politicians promised us unlimited access to free education, health and such other thing...Published: 03 Jul 2015 at 10:26hrs | | by Prof Welshman Ncube
'Govt buildings should be the first to install pre-paid water meters'
Government buildings should take the lead by installing pre-paid water meters as pilot projects before rolling it out to residential areas.Harare Residents' Trust (HRT) says government&nbs...Published: 29 Jun 2015 at 10:43hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Gwanda install pre-piad water meters
GWANDA Municipality is seeking companies to supply and install pre-paid water meters as it embark on a pilot project.Most local authorities are exploring the feasibility of switching to pre-pa...Published: 03 Jun 2015 at 12:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Congratulations Bulawayo City Council
The recent awards given by the Ministry of Local Government, Rural and Urban Development has seen Bulawayo scoop the Water Award as well as the Overall Best Performing Local Authority. The three i...Published: 15 May 2015 at 13:10hrs | 1 | by Timothy Chitambure
MDC-T review fight over pre-paid water meters
Opposition MDC-T has renewed its stance that is was against the planned installation of pre-paid water meters in Harare's households as it was 'illegal'.Harare City council has vowed to forge ...Published: 06 May 2015 at 16:51hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
Interrogating pre-paid water metering as a policy option
With the dawn of the World Water Day on 22 March 2015 I felt compelled to interrogate pre-paid water metering as a policy option. To do justice to this policy discourse, I will try to weigh merits an...Published: 21 Mar 2015 at 14:09hrs | 1 | by Timothy Chitambure
Pre-paid waters debate expose bankruptcy of civil society
Tendai Carter Muchada a budding writer who also works for CHRA, one of the organisations under investigation by USAID on misappropriation of funds attempts to do some amateur critic of my argumen...Published: 28 Jan 2015 at 17:27hrs | 7 | by Dr Qhubani Moyo
Qhubani Moyo, wake up and smell the coffee
On Sunday January 18 2015, The Sunday News published an article entitled; Civil society anti-prepaid water meters mislead residents.Naturally there are traditional names that I have always kno...Published: 25 Jan 2015 at 07:53hrs | | by Tendai Muchada
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
BCC to go ahead with installation of pre-paid water meters
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has said it will go ahead with installation of pre-paid water meters despite stiff resistance from residents. This comes two weeks after 30 residents associatio...Published: 31 Dec 2013 at 17:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
BCC installs pre-paid water meters
THE Bulawayo City Council has embarked on a pilot project to install pre-paid water meters in Cowdray Park's Hlalani Kuhle/Garikai section with a view of adopting the system to cover the whole city....Published: 30 Oct 2013 at 20:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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