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Harare to ban kombis, pirate taxis
The City of Harare has announced ambitious plans to ban commuter omnibuses (kombis) and pirate taxis (mishikashika) within the next three years, a move it says is part of efforts to transform the capi...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 07:41hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
Councillor fumes over toilets
Ward 25 Councillor Mpumelelo Moyo has taken a swipe at the Bulawayo City Council's Department of Works for stalling the construction of public toilets at Tashas Business Centre in Emganwini, despite f...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:05hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter
Harare hikes public toilet fees by 100%
The City of Harare is facing a mounting public outcry after it controversially doubled the fee for accessing public toilets from US$0.50 to US$1.00 (approx. R18.50), drawing sharp condemnation from re...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 18:50hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners turn Bulawayo sanitary lanes into 'toilets'
The Bulawayo City Council has appealed to residents to refrain from using sanitary lanes and shop alleyways in the central business district as makeshift toilets, warning that such behaviour could tri...Published: 02 May 2025 at 20:16hrs | 1276 | by Staff reporter
Controversy erupts over Harare's public toilet fees
The City of Harare (CoH) is facing backlash after introducing fees ranging from 50 cents to one US dollar for residents wishing to use public toilets. This decision has sparked outrage, prompting Zimb...Published: 28 Sep 2024 at 12:13hrs | 1756 | by Staff reporter
HCC workers exploit desperate toilet-seeking Hararians
Harare City Council workers have been exploiting a scheme to charge citizens for the use of public toilets, which are meant to be free, pocketing the money from desperate users. An investigation by Tr...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 10:08hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Harare turns into a 'poo, wee city'
Harare, formerly known as Salisbury and once celebrated for its cleanliness and orderliness, has experienced a dramatic decline in its sanitation and management. ...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:47hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Storm over public toilets commercialisation
HUMAN rights watchdog, Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR), has criticised government's plans to commercialise public toilets as a measure to promote sanitisation and hygiene.The Lo...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Construction of Bulawayo mayor's house goes to tender
THE Bulawayo City Council will soon invite tenders for the construction of the mayoral mansion after the completion of the drawing of the bill of quantities.According to the latest council rep...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:26hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council shuts down public toilets
BULAWAYO City Council has been forced to shut down public toilets in the central business district and surrounding suburbs fearing an outbreak of water-borne diseases as the city grapples with its wor...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Businessman offered land to build public toilets in Mzilikazi
Bulawayo City Council has officially handed over a piece of land to Terrence Hill, a businessman and owner of Sizalabo Butchery (Madamara) to construct a public toilets at Madamara area, i...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 21:51hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Inadequate toilets leave Plumtree stinking
PLUMTREE residents have bemoaned inadequate ablution and sanitation facilities in the town centre especially at the vendors trading points, amid fears of possible outbreaks of waterborne diseases....Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 13:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Caf never said destroy Rufaro'
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume has dismissed reports suggesting that the Confederation of African Football (Caf) has recommended the demolition of Rufaro Stadium to meet the required international standard...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare battles acute public toilets shortage
Harare faces further risks of cholera infection with the shortage of public toilets in the city centre as the majority are closed or inaccessible.The city has public toilets dotted around the ...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC councillor remembers the elderly
Mvurwi ward four councillor Thulani "Fire President" Ndlovu Citizen Coalition of Change (CCC) has remembered the elderly who clean public toilets in the smart town of Mvurwi.Ndlovu is known fo...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 18:10hrs | 61 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe govt bans CBD vendors over cholera
Government has banned vendors from operating in the central business districts (CBDs) of major cities in response to the cholera outbreak.Information minister Jenfan Muswere told journalists d...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF MP promises sanity in Mt Pleasant
Aspiring Member of the House of Assembly for Mt Pleasant Constituency, Beadle Musatye Gwasira has promised to bring meaningful development and sanity to the area.Speaking to Bulawayo24.com ahe...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:46hrs | 16 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZANU PF MP promises sanity in Mt Pleasant
Aspiring Member of the House of Assembly for Mt Pleasant Constituency, Mr. Beadle Musatye Gwasira has promised to bring meaningful development and sanity ...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:02hrs | 12 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Strategic ambiguity rocks Chamisa's CCC
When Advocate Nelson Chamisa first declared to Blessing Mhlanga of HStv News that 'STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY' was the "biggest thing" in his and CCC's communication to "CONFUSE THE ENEMY", many thought "the...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 21:34hrs | 30 | by Jonathan Moyo
Public toilets shortage blamed for filthy Bulawayo alleys
THE shortage of public toilets in the Bulawayo Central Business District (CBD) has been blamed for filthy alleyways as people are forced to relieve themselves anywhere leading to the spread of disease...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:41hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Strategic ambiguity rocks Chamisa's CCC
When Advocate Nelson Chamisa first declared to Blessing Mhlanga of HStv News that ‘STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY' was the "biggest thing" in his and CCC's communication to "CONFUSE THE ENEMY", many thought "t...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 17:02hrs | 4 | by Jonathan Moyo
Residents fume over toilets
GWANDA residents have complained over the municipality's delay in redeveloping Jahunda suburb. This came out during a public meeting conducted by the Community Youth Development Trust (CYDT) a...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC worry over vandalism of public toilets
THE Bulawayo City Council has expressed concern over the increase of vandalism of public toilets in the Central Business District with some unscrupulous individuals going to the extent of stealing toi...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF linked vendors defy BCC
Zanu-PF backed vendors, who recently invaded Fifth Avenue in Bulawayo, illegally allocating themselves trading bays, are accusing the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) of corruption.The ruling party...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:14hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Court ejects HCC from pay toilets
THE High Court yesterday ordered the City of Harare (HCC) off public pay toilet operations at Market Square and Mbare Musika.High Court judge Justice Rogers Manyangadze accused the local autho...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Public toilets must be free
TODAY let us turn our attention to public toilets in city centres which are now pay toilets when one wants to use them.Yesteryear these toilets were used by the public free of charge and...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Paul Makiwa
Court orders Zanu-PF members, police off Mbare toilets
HIGH Court judge Justice Rogers Manyangadze yesterday ordered police, Zanu-PF members and the Harare City Council to stop disrupting operations of a company leasing Mbare toilets for a fee.Man...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 die in lightning strike
TWO people died when they were struck by lightning during a storm that hit parts of Masvingo last week.Masvingo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa confirmed the incident...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:59hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Race or capital: Where does the problem lie for the post-independent state?
Many would like to believe that all the atrocities faced by people of color during slavery, colonialism and apartheid were just but a matter of European economic interests. But very few are willing to...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 09:10hrs | | by Savannah Shannon Smith
July Moyo approves Chiredzi TC, RDC budgets
The local authorities of Chiredzi both the Town Council and the Rural District Council's (RDC) 2021 budgets have been approved by the Minister of Local Government, National Housing and Public Works, J...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 14:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cities plagued by open defecation
WITH flies hovering all over the vicinity of the crowded slums of Epworth, an urban settlement approximately 25km east of the Zimbabwean capital Harare, laden plastic paper bags lie scattered on stree...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 21:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gweru to increase public pay toilets
GWERU City Council intends to add more pay toilets in the central business district (CBD) in a bid to maintain clean ablution facilities as well as boost revenue for the cash-strapped local authority....Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thousands of Zimbabweans stranded at Beitbridge Border Post
THE situation at Beitbridge Border Post is fast degenerating into a humanitarian crisis, with thousands of South Africa-bound Zimbabweans stuck in the border town since Sunday as the Pretoria governme...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:11hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
More free festive season condoms
AUTHORITIES say they are going to increase the availability of free condoms to the public this festive season, as part of the government's continuing fight against sexually-transmitted infections (STI...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 18:09hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Motorists face nightmare in Tollgates
Motorists are facing a nightmare in tollgates, it is just so frustrating, motorists get delayed trying to navigate in the heavy rains, they then face horror at tollgates when are told swipe machines a...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 05:53hrs | | by Michael Mdladla Ndiweni
BCC public toilets are a horrible health hazard
Bulawayo City Council public toilets are a horrible health hazard, especially the one in Lobengula Street where people board the so-called ZUPCO buses to the high-density suburbs. I could not ...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 08:22hrs | 3 | by Clemen Moyo
Gwanda suburb residents build Blair toilets
RESIDENTS of Spitzkop North Extension suburb in Gwanda have resorted to constructing Blair toilets at their homes as they have gone for several years without proper ablution facilities. Some r...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
7 Zimbabwean teens living under a tree in SA
THEY say they have been living off food scraps in a nearby municipal bin, and it's actually been sustaining them.Seven Zimbabwean teenagers have been living under a big tree near Shoprite in L...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 11:55hrs | 1 | by GroundUp
Egodini mall developer shuts down public toilets
TERRACOTTA, the company contracted by Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to construct Egodini Mall last week shut down public toilets used by vendors who operate along Lobengula Street, drawing the ire of re...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Councillors scramble for heavily discounted stands
COUNCILLORS in Bulawayo have started getting land with most of them identifying residential stands in some of the city's affluent suburbs, Sunday News can exclusively reveal.The scheme meant t...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fostering gender equality by eradicating period poverty
Again, it is that day of the year when we commemorate International Women's Day, a day that we also take stock of the victories that have been won for girls and women so far. And again, there is not m...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 08:41hrs | 1 | by Theresa Farai Nyava
Fostering gender equality by eradicating period poverty
Again, it is that day of the year when we commemorate International Women's Day, a day that we also take stock of the victories that have been won for girls and women so far. And again, there is not m...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 09:57hrs | | by Theresa Farai Nyava
Mutare commits $3m to infrastructure upgrade
MUTARE mayor, Blessing Tandi last week launched his council's 100-day plan aimed at improving service delivery and upgrading public infrastructure at a cost of $3 million.Speaking during a cou...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
It takes two to tango
It takes two to tango, vendors are resisting eviction because there are buyers out there. If prey vanishes then predators will disappear too. Authorities are targeting vendors only but sparing...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:44hrs | 2 | by Tondo Murisa
The fight against cholera
I may not speak on behalf of other towns and cities but in Harare CBD I am an eyewitness, eye-sore sights are commonplace. The only public toilets with a modicum of hygiene and cleanness are the pay-a...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 18:12hrs | | by Tondorindo
#MeetYourPotentialLeader kicks off
Harare residents have bemoaned the poor state of service delivery and call for all aspiring candidates to honour their pledges if they do win in the harmonised elections. Residents said that aspiring ...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 11:44hrs | | by NANGO
Press silent about women achievements
A few days before the July 30 historic harmonised Presidential and Local Government elections take place, the media in Zimbabwe still remain man~world with little to zero reflection of women's involve...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 13:02hrs | | by Maxwell Kudzika Teedzai
Chiwenga's call, Bulawayo residents threaten rates boycott
THE Bulawayo City Council has rapped Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga for urging residents to boycott paying rates at a time government departments and parastatals were owing a combined $7 million ...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:30hrs | 4 | by Staff rpeorter
Condom dispensers for kombis
THE National Aids Council (Nac) is consulting with public transport operators to put condom dispensers in commuter omnibuses, buses and other public transport vehicles, in a bid to increase condom upt...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Women asked to wash clinic linen after delivery
Women who give birth at Mutare District Council clinics wash the linen used during the delivery of their babies.In the event that a mother is unwell or is weak, they are asked to bring along r...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
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