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Zimbabwe govt to roll out policy to curb urban land chaos
The Government is preparing to launch a far-reaching Urban State Land Management Policy aimed at stamping out rampant land corruption, controlling illegal settlements, and ensuring orderly, sustainabl...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 11:20hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Illegal Zaoga church faces demolition
A church located in the high-density suburb of Dangamvura in Mutare has ignited a wave of controversy after defying an eviction and demolition order issued by the City of Mutare. The structure, report...Published: 26 May 2025 at 07:59hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
BCC launches major effort to clear clogged sewer pipes
In response to growing public concern over frequent sewer blockages, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has launched an extensive programme aimed at clearing the city's clogged sewer pipes, which have lo...Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 11:59hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Coltart demands action on sewers
Bulawayo Mayor Cllr David Coltart has called for the speedy rehabilitation of burst sewer pipes to curb the potential spread of cholera around the city.Cllr Coltart, addressing the city father...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 14:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, CCC cross swords over Bulawayo decay
Zanu-PF Bulawayo chairman Jabulani Sibanda has courted the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s ire after he blamed the opposition-led Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for the decay bedevilling the city....Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 22:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC to blame for Bulawayo decay
ZANU-PF Bulawayo Provincial chairman, Jabulani Sibanda has slammed Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for lacking a clear forward planning strategy, a situation that he said has immensely contributed to the ...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:17hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Power crisis pushes Blanket Mine into fresh costs
GOLD focused resources giant, Caledonia Mining Corporation says it will increase capital injections at its Zimbabwe-based Blanket Mine by 78% in 2022 due to a worsening power crisis.The New Yo...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 08:01hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
BCC condemns 51 city buildings
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has condemned 51 city buildings, saying they posed a danger to inhabitants and passers-by.This was revealed in the latest BCC report of the engineering services com...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 08:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Health catastrophe looms in Zimbabwe cities
MILLIONS of Zimbabweans are staring a health catastrophe in the face owing to a shambolic management of sewer systems by urban local authorities, an investigative audit by Auditor-General Mildred Chir...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in major cities drinking sewage water
THE majority of residents in Zimbabwe's major urban areas are drinking sewage-contaminated water due to poor management systems by local authorities, AuditorGeneral Mildred Chiri has revealed in her l...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Corrupt councils need cleansing
AS the umbrella organ playing the oversight role over the way Zimbabwean local councils discharge their mandate for service delivery, the Zimbabwe National Organisation of Associations of Residents Tr...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:02hrs | | by Shepherd Chikomba
Bulawayo council admits pumping bacteria-infected water
BULAWAYO City Council has admitted that residents could be receiving bacteria infected water, but said this was not life-threatening.This came after residents last week complained of receiving...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Being Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni
Chief Ndiweni from Ntabazinduna is easily one of the newsmakers for 2019.The traditional leader, who has on many occasions angered President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government with his sharp crit...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:05hrs | | by The Sunday Times
MDC Youths move to occupy the streets
MDC Youth Assembly leader Tererayi Obey Sithole has announced that the party's yoputh league is moving in to occupy the streets to protest against the increasing price of fuel . On Satur...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 08:55hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo sewer system collapses?
A health hazard is looming in Bulawayo as the sewerage system has collapsed and raw effluent is polluting the environment with over half a million dollars needed to contain the challenge.Resid...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 10:13hrs | | 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 ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt injects $6,7m for sewer rehabilitations in towns
THE Minister of Local Government and Public works and National Housing July Moyo has said government has injected $6,7 million for the rehabilitation of sewer systems in town s so as to have a long te...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Sterphen Jakes
'My money is on the MDC'
Zimbabwe arrived at a monumental crossroads this morning as millions of citizens poured into polling stations to cast their votes in a crucial election, which seeks to break the country's relationship...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 14:35hrs | 2 | by City Press
Chiwenga urges deserters to, 'Come back home'
Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga yesterday encouraged Zanu-PF supporters, who might have joined the MDC during the previous administration, to return home and assist in developing the country. H...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 14:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC has done nothing for the people for the past 18yrs - Chiwenga
Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga yesterday encouraged Zanu-PF supporters, who might have joined the MDC during the previous administration, to return home and assist in developing the country....Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Air Zimbabwe to lose monopoly
GOVERNMENT has warned Air Zimbabwe saying in "no time" it would be allowing other airlines to start flying the Harare-Bulawayo route, in order to fully utilise the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International A...Published: 03 May 2018 at 07:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Minister blames Harare for typhoid
Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa on Wednesday attributed the recent outbreak on typhoid at Matapi Flats in Mbare to Harare City Council's failure to provide essential services to r...Published: 27 Oct 2017 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo in $3m roads rehabilitation programme
The Bulawayo City Council is embarking on a $3,1 million roads rehabilitation programme under the Rapid Response Approach (RRA), an exercise targeted at improving service delivery in the shortest poss...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare's digital map updated
The government in partnership with the Japanese International Co-operation Agency (JICA), has completed the first phase of the latest digital map of Greater Harare which is expected to replace the...Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 18:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC rescues sewer 'marooned' residents in Cowdray Park
Bulawayo City Council has finally rescued about ten families in Cowdray Park who had gone for over a week without using their toilets due to a blocked sewerage system.https://www.youtube.com/w...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 10:58hrs | | by Moyo Roy
WATCH: Bulawayo City Council ignores residents 'marooned' in sewer
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has been accused of ignoring a blocked sewerage system which has affected ten houses in Cowdray Park fly-over.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXVb_ZPvWosSib...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 00:38hrs | | by Moyo Roy
RDZ position paper on the imperatives of a national democratic renewal in Zimbabwe
RENEWAL DEMOCRATS OF ZIMBABWE POSITION PAPER ON THE IMPERATIVES OF A NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC RENEWAL IN ZIMBABWEINTRODUCTIONRenewal Democrats of Zim...Published: 24 Oct 2015 at 14:21hrs | 1 | by RDZ
Homelink stands mired in confusion
THERE is confusion over development of stands owned by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe subsidiary, Homelink, in Parklands, Bulawayo after it emerged that some residents have occupied and erected structur...Published: 15 Mar 2015 at 09:21hrs | 6 | by Roberta Katunga
'Hell of a life' - Mbare in pictures
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone Number ....Published: 19 Dec 2014 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Concerned Citizen
Bulawayo Centre gets facelift
BULAWAYO's giant shopping mall, Bulawayo Centre Shopping mall, is undergoing major renovations aimed at sprucing up the centre to meet international standards, an official has said.Knight Fran...Published: 23 Nov 2014 at 08:31hrs | 2 | by Ngonidzashe Chiutsi
Tsvangirai meets Wen Jiabao in Beijing
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday met his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao in Beijing where they exchanged views on issues of common concern, including China-Zimbabwe ties.Tsvangirai's ...Published: 29 May 2012 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Probe UN in imperialist war crimes
In preparation for rigging Zimbabwe's next election in favour of Anglo-Saxon interests, the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council has been instigated through W...Published: 11 Sep 2011 at 06:34hrs | | by Tafataona Mahoso
36 buildings in Byo city centre considered abandoned
In Bulawayo, the structural integrity, physical appearance, proper functionality of all services, sewer and water and electricity reticulation mains of a building, is monitored to ensure compliance to...Published: 27 Aug 2011 at 04:53hrs | 12 | by Mafu Sithabile
Islands of Excellence
My two recent postings – the first on why I would invest in Zimbabwe and the second titled “Marvellous Zimbabwe” caused quite a stir in the Diaspora. M...Published: 16 Aug 2011 at 04:48hrs | | by Eddie Cross
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