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BCC struggles to collect refuse
BULAWAYO City Council has called on members of the public owning trucks to submit their details and help the local authority collect refuse in high density suburbs. Some parts of the city have...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
BCC's refuse collection department applauded for their job even in face of fuel shortages
Bulawayo City Council's refuse collection department and committees have been hailed for theoir job of cleaning the city despite the serious problem of fuel shortage faced by the city.The loca...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 11:37hrs | 494 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's hometown imposes tough lockdown measures
The Kwekwe district COVID-19 taskforce has imposed tough measures to combat the spread of the disease with the army and police instructed to use sweeping powers to enforce the orders.In a stat...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:59hrs | 1541 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: ZIMBABWE LOCKDOWN!
President Mnangagwa has with effect from Monday declared a total lockdown on the country to contain the spread of Covid-19 which has infected more than 500 000 people worldwide. The pandemic, ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:39hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ramps up response to Covid-19
STATE OF THE NATION UPDATE ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, CDE EMMERSON DAMBUDZO MNANGAGWA, ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Fellow Zimbabweans, ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:33hrs | 175 | by ED Mnangagwa
Councillors demand data bundles
Harare City Council has approved the splashing of US$14 000 on four foreign trips between February 3 and March 13, at a time when residents face the prospect of going without water owing to the shorta...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 05:55hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt zooms in for critics with Chinese help
Zimbabwe is laying the ground for a modern state underpinned by use of artificial intelligence (AI) to boost security in the cities, but critics fear President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government wants to...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 08:54hrs | 186 | by Dumisani Ndlela
BCC suspends services again due to fuel shortages
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has suspended ambulance, refuse collection, attendance to water and sewer faults due to fuel shortages. In a statement yesterday, Bulawayo Town Clerk Mr C...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 05:32hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Fuel shortages cripple service delivery
SERVICE delivery has ground to a halt in Masvingo city owing to acute fuel shortages, acting town clerk Edward Mukaratirwa has revealed.Responding to residents' queries over failure to collect...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:22hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Harare city desperate to make money
Harare City Council is reportedly desperate for money yet it is accused of caring less for the ratepayers.Harare Residents Association in a statement said the City of Harare is too desperate t...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 14:08hrs | 1148 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo Central MDC legislator Watson donates to BCC
Bulawayo Central MDC legislator Nicola Watson recently donated 20 litres of diseal coupons to the city council to assist in the council's service delivery...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1608 | by Stephen Jakes
Ex-mayor regrets US$10 million Harare City FC funding
FORMER HARARE mayor Bernard Manyenyeni says he still regrets council's decision to fund Premier Soccer League (PSL) side Harare City FC as it has compromised service delivery, adding that the money po...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 06:10hrs | 2850 | by Staff reporter
Theft of spares grounds refuse trucks
HARARE City Council has most of its fleet grounded because of minor faults and theft of vehicle parts by workers.The capital's city fathers are angry and demanding immediate disciplinary actio...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 12:19hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
MDC paying lip service to corruption investigations
Opposition MDC-Alliance must be religious followers of Mario Cuomo's famous dictum: "You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose." A press conference held on Friday at the party's headquarters...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 06:48hrs | 1548 | by Lawson Mabhena
City of Harare & Clean City sign landmark service delivery MOU
The City of Harare and Clean City Private Limited today signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) that will allow the two parties to collaborate in service delivery to the city.Areas of collabora...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 11:56hrs | 1616 | by Agencies
MDC led Council threatens legal action against Zanu-PF
HARARE City Council has threatened legal action against Zanu-PF, government departments, parastatals and other entities owing the local authority more than $1 billion in unpaid rates.Council i...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:07hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Council refuse trucks stuck in SA for 3 years
FIFTEEN refuse trucks bought by Harare City Council in South Africa are stuck there almost three years on as it cannot raise over US$2 million required for their delivery. However, there are conflicti...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 05:16hrs | 1245 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council needs 70 000L of diesel per month
Bulawayo City Council says it requires at least 70 000 litres of diesel and 40 000 litres of petrol per month to provide effective services amid concerns that the current shortage of fuel was cripplin...Published: 07 Jan 2020 at 08:58hrs | 1413 | by Staff Reporter
City council under fire for services suspension
THE Bulawayo City Council has come under fire for 'suspending' emergency services, which residents have said is highly irresponsible. The local authority on Tuesday announced that it was suspe...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 08:14hrs | 835 | by Staff Reporter
Council mulls own service station
Gweru City Council has tabled plans to construct its own service station to ensure its vehicles do not get stuck in queues at private fuel stations at the expense of service delivery, Southern Eye has...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:04hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council stops refuse collections
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has stopped refuse collection services in some parts of the city owing to the prevailing fuel shortages. In a statement issued yesterday, Bulawayo Town Clerk ...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 06:45hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Nepotism scandal at council
MDC Alliance-run Gweru City Council (GCC) has been rocked by a nepotism scandal with allegations that councillors are arm-twisting management to hire "their people" as contract workers at the local au...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:32hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
MDC in Harare turning into Mthuli cousins
DIFFERENTIATING Zanu-PF and the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa is not an easy thing, particularly for people who are not swayed by political rhetoric, and rally optics, but those who slowly and methodicall...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:22hrs | 2348 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Council names, shames debtors
THE ruling Zanu-PF party is one of City of Harare's biggest debtors and owes the MDC-dominated local authority more than $1,2 million in unpaid rates, NewsDay has learnt.Other debtors who owe ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:45hrs | 1124 | by Staff reporter
Harare blows $375,000 on iPads for councillors
While Harare City Council continuously complains that poor cashflow prevents it from providing adequate water and services like refuse collection, it has just spent at least $375 000 on iPads fo...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:03hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Gloom as Harare presents $4bn budget
HARARE yesterday presented a $4,5 billion budget amid fears that it will not be sustainable under the current hyperinflationary environment and will need immediate review that will affect hard-pressed...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 06:45hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents plot siege on council offices
RESIDENTS from Gweru's Mkoba and Woodlands Park high-density suburbs have threatened to protest against the city council's failure to provide water to ratepayers and deal with its dumpsite, which is s...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to address urban councils
URBAN local authorities are set to brief President Mnangagwa on how they are embracing Government programmes while working to ensure that the nation attains an upper middle-income status by 2030, an o...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
BancABC funds 2019/20 agriculture season
Banc ABC says it has set aside funds to benefit farmers in the 2019/20 farming season.This comes after the 2018/19 farming season was greatly affected by poor rainfall, resulting in a serious drought....Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:43hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Silobela villagers face health time bomb
Gweru residents are dumping garbage in Gweru River, threatening livelihoods of communities downstream in Silobela and Lower Gweru who depend on the water source.A survey carried out by Souther...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:46hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
'Only dialogue can save Zimbabwe,' admits Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called for engagement among Zimbabweans to move the country forward, a call seen as an appeal for political dialogue with his rival Nelson Chamisa who heads the ...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:14hrs | 2396 | by Staff reporter
Govt to float infrastructure bond for Harare
The Government will soon float an infrastructure bond to raise funds for water, sewer, roads and other equipment for the City of Harare, a Cabinet minister said yesterday. The Harare City Coun...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:09hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Harare's $135m Zimra debt cancelled, will other cities get same favour?
Government has written off $135 million owed to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) by Harare City Council as part of measures to capacitate the local authority to deal with the current water crisi...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:00hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Can the real MDC stand up?
"Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget and I'll tell you what you value," said former US Vice-President and 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden.Biden uses this line frequently in...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 06:26hrs | 361 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
EMA and the Municipality of Kariba complicit in Kariba's escalating human-wildlife conflict
As Kariba mourns for the umpteenth time the death of a victim of Human-Wildlife Conflict, voices have been raised against inaction by wildlife authorities which borders on criminal negligence. Matound...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 22:29hrs | 203 | by Laiton Kandawire a Patsaka Nyaminyami Community Radio correspondent in Kariba
Harare City Council faces $7m lawsuit
HARARE City Council (HCC) faces a potential $7 million defamation lawsuit from Paulos Construction over an audit report which accused the company of fraud.Paulo Construction has hit back at HC...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:04hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
TelOne donates trees to Gwanda
TELONE has donated 50 bins and 200 trees to the Gwanda Municipality as part of the company's corporate social responsibility and efforts to promote sustainable environment management.In a spee...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 05:06hrs | 893 | by Staff Reporter
More nabbed in Chitungwiza land scam
Phillip Guyo, who contested the St Mary's seat in last year's harmonised elections on a Zanu-PF ticket, was yesterday arrested in connection with the land scam involving Chitungwiza Mayor Lovemore Mai...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 12:23hrs | 1890 | by Staff Reporter
MDC run Bulawayo council fails to pay workers
BULAWAYO City Council last week failed to pay its workers their August salaries and this was confirmed yesterday by the Mayor, Councillor Solomon Mguni. Clr Mguni blamed the council's fi...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1329 | by Staff reporter
MDC led council wants 1000% rates hike
THE Bulawayo City Council is considering coming up with a second supplementary budget to increase rates by up to 1 000 percent arguing the city is in a crisis as it is failing to provide services. ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:20hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Harare rot, MDC's nadir
ALL things being equal, Harare should be the crown jewel in the MDC administrative crown. The capital is in the 18th year of the opposition administration post-2000, but many things have gone awry and...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | 471 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mthwakazi National Party takes ZANU PF and MDC head on
Mthwakazi National Party has condemned the imposition of public officials who do not have the people of Matabeleland at by the two dominant parties ZANU PF and MDC.In a statement of Tuesday MN...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 13:11hrs | 3153 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The calibre of councillors
THE Auditor-General's (AG) Local Authorities Report for 2018 makes for some serious, but disturbing reading.It reports the state of financial management of local authorities and shows the exte...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:18hrs | 496 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Harare proposes 300% increase in service charges
Harare City Council yesterday presented a ZW$483 million supplementary budget which will see a 300% rise in charges for water, refuse collection, clamping fees, tow-away and burial space, among other ...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:06hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Wheel clamping fees up 1 000%
Harare City Council has increased charges for clamping and towing of vehicles by over 1 000 percent in its $829,86 million supplementary budget that was approved yesterday. The budget that slightly in...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
Clean-up as a sustainable policy option: Transform Zimbabwe implores government
There are so many ways the Government of Zimbabwe can adopt in improving its environmental performance other than setting aside a day for National cleaning which Transform Zimbabwe views as a reactive...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 09:57hrs | 171 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa has no capacity, says Coltart
NEWLY elected MDC Alliance treasurer general Mr David Coltart says opposition leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has no capacity to turn around the country's economy "in months", even if he were to become presi...Published: 29 May 2019 at 07:54hrs | 5055 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's mayor showers praise on 'His Excellency' Mnangagwa
Chitungwiza Mayor Cllr Lovemore Maiko (MDC-Alliance) yesterday showered praises on President Mnangagwa for spearheading the national clean-up compaign and visiting the town where he came face-to-face ...Published: 04 May 2019 at 07:56hrs | 460 | by Staff reporyter
#myzimbabwedream - Playing our role
As the world commemorates Workers Day, National People's Party (NPP) joins the Nation in mourning the loss of freedom and happiness of our workers..Freedom for the workers means eradication of...Published: 03 May 2019 at 07:51hrs | 426 | by Themba Ndebele
Mbare project raises stink
Harare City Council and the government have come under fire after revelations that the much-trumpeted renovation of Mbare's Matapi Flats only centred around the repainting of outside walls.The...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:57hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
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