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Tensions rise at Harare sewage plant

Tensions erupted yesterday at the City of Harare's Firle Sewage Plant after municipal workers clashed with management following the deaths of two colleagues, amid allegations of negligence over safety clothing and unresolved salary dispute…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:28hrs | 43 | by Staff reporter

Boy (4) drowns in sewage

Two separate drowning incidents claimed the lives of a young boy and an adult man in Manicaland Province on Tuesday, authorities have confirmed.In the first incident, four-year-old Takudzwa Mugwede, of Old West in Penhalonga, tragically dr…

Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 08:55hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter

Glen View faces sewage crisis

Residents of Glen View 3 in Harare are facing a deepening public health crisis as raw sewage continues to overflow through the suburb's streets, creating fertile ground for outbreaks of cholera, typhoid, and dysentery.The blocked sewer sys…

Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 09:31hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter

Cowdray Park residents drowning in sewage

Residents of Section 1A in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb say they are living in increasingly unbearable conditions as raw sewage floods their homes, a result of a crumbling drainage system that has left the area in a persistent health cri…

Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 13:25hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter

Chitungwiza continues to battle with sewer challenges

Perennial sewer problems remain one of the most pressing challenges facing Chitungwiza Municipality, although the local authority has recorded some improvements in certain areas, Mayor Councillor Rosaria Mangoma has revealed.Speaking at th…

Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:45hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter

Cape Town discharges +40 megalitres of sewage into the Atlantic Ocean daily

Urban water bodies worldwide - including rivers, lakes, and oceans - are under significant threat from pollution. Large volumes of sewage discharged into the environment cause severe damage, while new chemicals and pharmaceutical compounds…

Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 12:41hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter

Residents cry out over escalating sewage crisis

Residents of Chitungwiza have voiced growing frustration and alarm over the local authority's continued failure to resolve the town's worsening sewage crisis, which they say poses a serious threat to public health and everyday life.Raw sew…

Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:21hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter

New Zimbabwe political party vows to resist Mnangagwa's 2030 agenda

A new political party, the Assemblies of Minorities (AM), has emerged in Zimbabwe, declaring its opposition to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's alleged attempts to extend his rule beyond 2028.The party, which claims to represent marginalised…

Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 12:59hrs | 2640 | by Staff reporter

PHOTOS: Pirate taxi knocks down woman, crashes into oncoming vehicle

Bulawayo residents have raised concerns over reckless driving by pirate taxi operators following an incident on Tuesday in the city's Central Business District (CBD), where a fleeing driver knocked down a pedestrian before crashing into an…

Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 12:54hrs | 824 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo tap water smells like sewage?

The City of Bulawayo has launched an investigation into suspected water contamination in Tshabalala following reports of foul-smelling tap water in the area. The incident, which was reported on Monday, 10 March 2025, has prompted swift act…

Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 12:52hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter

Sewer crisis at Zanu-PF MP's house

The urban residence of Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Zaka South, Clemence Chiduwa, has become a symbol of deteriorating infrastructure as raw sewage continues to flood his Hillside property unchecked.Chiduwa, a former deputy minister of…

Published: 15 Feb 2025 at 18:01hrs | 1195 | by Staff reporter

Cape Town may pump as much sewage into the sea as it likes

In a controversial move, Environment Minister Dion George has allowed the City of Cape Town to pump an unlimited volume of untreated sewage into the sea, following a suspension of discharge limits under the Coastal Waters Discharge Permits…

Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 12:43hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter

Used pads cause major sewer blockages in Bulawayo

Bulawayo residents are frequently frustrated by burst sewer pipes, often blaming the local authority for failing to maintain infrastructure. However, a recent revelation from the city's environmental management and engineering services dep…

Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 15:53hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter

Empty coffers hamper Barbourfields Stadium upgrade

Bulawayo Ward 2 Councillor Adrian Redani Moyo has highlighted the financial constraints facing the Bulawayo City Council, which have significantly delayed the upgrading of Barbourfields Stadium. In an interview on Wednesday, Moyo explained…

Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:43hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter

Raw sewage floods PWD centre in Bulawayo

A Bulawayo-based organization dedicated to supporting persons with disabilities (PWDs) is sounding the alarm over a health crisis at its premises, which have been inundated with raw sewage for weeks. The National Council of Disabled Person…

Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:31hrs | 1307 | by Staff reporter

Chitungwiza's Chibuku Breweries in hot soup for environmental violations

Chitungwiza's Chibuku Breweries has found itself at the center of controversy after reports surfaced of the company allowing liquid waste to flow into food processors, industrial areas, and Mapostori prayer sites. This flagrant violation o…

Published: 07 Jun 2024 at 06:28hrs | 18 | by George Tshuma

BCC's waste water to be used for irrigation

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has entered into a US$100 000 public-private partnership to rehabilitate its Aisleby waste water treatment works (WWTW).The partnership with the Henock Ranching (PVT) Limited includes the use of treated effluent…

Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 06:38hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter

Makokoba sewage crisis overwhelms council

BUlAWAYO has a catchy tagline of aspiring a smart, transformative city by 2024.With just under three years to the set date, plummeting service delivery levels in virtually all townships might hinder attainment of the lofty goal.A case in p…

Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

Raw sewage flows into 50 Old Magwegwe houses

More than 50 households in Old Magwegwe suburb in Bulawayo are sitting on a health time-bomb as raw sewage from burst pipes continues to flow into their homes thereby exposing them to diseases such as cholera and typhoid. Disgruntled resid…

Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Why Bulawayo service delivery is collapsing

LONG-TOUTED as the best-run local authority in the country, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is failing to offer efficient services as seen by collapsing water and sewer infrastructure, failureto fix the roads and collect waste.In some high…

Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:33hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Sewage horror in Bulawayo

BULAWAYO residents have called on Bulawayo City Council to urgently attend to burst sewers which have become a health time bomb in the city.In Mzilikazi and Makokoba suburbs, there are areas where raw effluent has been flowing into houses …

Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:15hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Mpopoma residents decry broken sewage

RESIDENTS in ward 9 Mpopoma Bulawayo have pleaded with the Bulawayo City Council to attend to broken down sewer system in the area to avoid a possible outbreak of waterborne diseases. "The sewage water is flooding the area. We ask the coun…

Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:05hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Man severely assaulted, thrown into flowing sewage

THREE Victoria Falls men have been arrested after they severely assaulted their neighbour until he lost consciousness before dumping his body in a nearby drain filled with sewage. Mr Khaliphani Ngulube of 4873 in Chinotimba narrated to pol…

Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Sewage flows inside houses in Glen View

Raw sewage is flowing inside houses and business premises in some parts of Glen View 3 in Harare, sending residents into panic mode amid fresh fears of water borne disease outbreaks. The area has seen cholera and typhoid outbreaks that hav…

Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 04:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Ema exposes BCC

THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has exposed Bulawayo City Council's continued failure to timeously repair burst sewer pipes and collect waste in residential areas, a development which may trigger the outbreak of diseases such as …

Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Council sued over sewage

CHITUNGWIZA Town Council is being accused of posing a serious health threat to over 650 000 residents in the dormitory town by discharging raw effluent into rivers that provide water to the municipality, the court heard.The Zimbabwe Enviro…

Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 05:52hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Makokoba residents protest over burst sewage pipes

MAKOKOBA residents dumped plastic bags with sewage at Bulawayo City Council offices protesting the municipality's slow response in attending to burst sewage pipes.The disgruntled residents revealed this during the Matabeleland Institute fo…

Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Kambuzuma residents swimming in sewerage

AT a community meeting facilitated by Combined Harare Residents Association in (CHRA) Kambuzuma last week, it emerged that res-idents are living with raw sewage due to the failure by the City of Harare to repair burst pipes. Harare City Co…

Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter

Residents turn to sewer water

A HEALTH disaster looms in Umguza district after Mbundane residents, banned from fetching water from boreholes in Nketa 8, have resorted to sewer dams as Bulawayo's water crisis gets worse.Mbundane is a new suburb under Umguza Rural Distri…

Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Residents boil sewer water to drink

CLOSE to 15 years since it was established, residents in Mbundane in Umguza District, adjacent to Mganwini (Bulawayo) still have no water connected to their households with residents forced to illegally construct Blair toilets and dig well…

Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter

EMA censures BCC over raw effluent discharge

THE Bulawayo City Council is facing prosecution for discharging raw sewage into nearby rivers which is threatening aquatic life and livelihoods, recent council minutes have revealed.The most affected rivers are Umguza and Khami. The discha…

Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter

Furniture, diapers dumped in Bulawayo sewers

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has implored residents to stop dumping solid waste including broken down television sets, furniture and diapers in sewer manholes which is causing blockages and sewer pipe bursts in the city.The local author…

Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo turns to sewage effluent to solve water crisis

BULAWAYO city fathers have resolved to recycle industrial and domestic sewerage to augment water supplies as shortages of the precious liquid persist.The city's main supply dams have also been running low, while a 48-hour water-rationing r…

Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Government to solve Cowdray Park sewer problems

THE Government has set aside over $45 million targeted at improving the country's water and sewer infrastructure, a move which will see 90 percent of all urban dwellers having access to safe drinking water by year 2024.Among other things t…

Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Leisure resort forced to close by raw sewage

BULAWAYO's collapsing sewerage system has been blamed for the closure of one of the city's prime tourist attractions, Umguza Yacht Club, as raw affluent from treatment plants is being discharged into its dam.The leisure resort - popular fo…

Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Harare water contaminated with raw sewerage, says Mnangagwa

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says Harare water is contaminated with raw sewerage owing to dilapidated and obsolete infrastructure, resulting in the frequent outbreaks of waterborne diseases."We have an issue of water and sanitation managem…

Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter

Stench of sewage in cholera-hit Harare

Zimbabwe is struggling with its worst outbreak of cholera in a decade, which has killed at least 28 people. An emergency has been declared and public gatherings banned in the capital, Harare.Large plastic tents dot the clinic grounds. Heal…

Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 16:40hrs | 9 | by BBC

Bulawayo to drink sewage, face huge debt

Now that Bulawayo, the city that prides itself as the cleanest and well run metropolitan has fallen into the hands of those with the DNA of corruption, residents must brace for huge unpayable debt and drinking sewage water.How does Nelson …

Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 12:06hrs | | by Israel Dube

Sewage bursts out of control

A health time bomb is ticking in Harare and Chitungwiza as sewage streams continue to flow through most suburbs despite efforts by both councils to fix sewer lines.A survey by the Daily News on Sunday showed that most burst sewers were in …

Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 13:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Cowdray Park residents rely on sewage water for survival

A significant number of residents in Cowdray Park, one of Bulawayo's largest high-density suburbs, depend on flowing sewage water from burst pipes to make their small-scale farming endeavours a reality, The Standard Style can reveal.Bulawa…

Published: 06 May 2018 at 10:11hrs | 2 | by Kennedy Nyavaya

Budiriro 5 residents live with raw sewage for 10yrs

A section of Harare's Budiriro 5 residents has expressed concern over a perennial sewage problem that has seen intermittent discharges of raw effluent in residential areas and streets for the past 10 years.House number 1055 visited by the …

Published: 31 Dec 2017 at 17:45hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter

Raw sewage flows in suburb for 3 weeks

A health time bomb is ticking in Harare's Mabvuku suburb as raw effluent has been flowing from the sewer system for more than three weeks without any corrective measures being taken.The putrid stench that greets any visitor to the resident…

Published: 28 Dec 2017 at 15:51hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter

Harare now a huge sewerage pond?

The outbreak of typhoid in Harare last week torched a heated debate on social media with some observers blaming the city fathers for the scourge whilst others wanted to pin it on Government. As the typhoid debate ensued, new twists emerged…

Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 04:47hrs | | by Charity Maodza

Raw sewer flowing in the suburbs of Bulawayo

A HEALTH hazard is looming in some of Bulawayo's high density suburbs with raw sewer flowing, in some cases even sipping into houses, with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) lagging in addressing this environmental time bomb.BCC has on numero…

Published: 05 Sep 2017 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Pictures by Fortunate Muzarabani

$1.5 million sewage ghost haunts Mahachi

The Harare City Council could have been prejudiced of roughly US$1,5 million when it paid inflated sums for rehabilitation of Firle Sewage Works, it has emerged.This allegedly occurred under the watch of then town clerk Dr Tendai Mahachi, …

Published: 05 Feb 2017 at 07:10hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

'Microbial battery' to produce electricity from sewage water

WASHINGTON - U.S. researchers said Monday they have created a "microbial battery" that harnesses a special type of microbe to produce electricity by digesting the plant and animal waste dissolved in sewage.The invention, published in the j…

Published: 17 Sep 2013 at 03:16hrs | 20 | by Staff Reporter

Raw sewage flowing into houses

Residents of Mupurwa and Gaudya streets in Harare's Mufakose high density suburbs are sitting on a health time bomb as a serious sewer blockage at the intersection of the two roads has resulted in raw sewage flowing into their houses.The r…

Published: 05 Feb 2013 at 10:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter

BCC sewer system rehabilitation begins

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) will, starting this week, rehabilitate its sewer system.Adverts were flighted in newspapers last week advising residents that repairs would be undertaken at the sewer outfalls in Magwegwe, Amaswazi and the D…

Published: 05 Jul 2011 at 09:09hrs | | by Moyo Roy

Harare Industries and suburbs to enjoy sewage water

HARARE City Council will soon begin purifying sewage water and directly supply the treated water to industrial areas, Budiriro and the southern incorporated areas of Southlea Park and Hopley.This development will wean off Budiriro and the …

Published: 28 Jun 2011 at 06:24hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile

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