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A choking hazard for Cowdray Park residents
Whenever a plume of smoke rises from Bulawayo's Richmond Landfill site, popularly known as Ngozi Mine, Sazini Ncube's thoughts immediately turn to her six-year-old daughter, Audrey. Living in Cowdray ...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:13hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Geo Pomona model to be forced on Bulawayo
The Government has announced that Bulawayo is set to become the next city to implement the Geo Pomona Waste Management model, as part of a nationwide strategy to modernise waste management and bolster...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:09hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt sets minimum standards for councils
Zimbabwe's local authorities are now legally bound to provide residents with essential services that meet newly approved national minimum standards. This development follows Cabinet's adoption of the ...Published: 07 May 2025 at 15:51hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Govt hands controversial US$9m waste collection deal to Geo Pomona
The Zimbabwean government has awarded Geo Pomona Waste Management a contract to manage refuse collection in Harare, a deal that has raised eyebrows due to its hefty price tag and the financial strain ...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:18hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Ward 12 Councillor appeals for active resident participation in ward meetings
Bulawayo Ward 12 Councillor Maziwakibo Masuku has urged residents to actively participate in and attend ward meetings, emphasizing that they play a crucial role in the community’s growth and develop...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 19:26hrs | 240 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe battles cholera outbreak in Kariba
Zimbabwe is grappling with a new cholera outbreak in the fishing town of Kariba, just a year after it declared an end to the previous outbreak. The current wave has resulted in 21 confirmed cases, wit...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:50hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Linking Scientific Solutions With Socio-economic Needs Leads To Successful Environmental Conservation
Johannesburg - The world, including South Africa's Gauteng Province which includes the City of Johannesburg, is increasingly acknowledging that scientific solutions to environmental challenges can onl...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 21:27hrs | 144 | by Emmanuel Koro
Bulawayo Female Councillors Hailed for Cleanliness
Bulawayo's female councillors have been praised for managing waste in their wards more effectively than their male counterparts.Bulaway...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 07:32hrs | 233 | by Stephen Jakes
BCC conducts over 15 000 building inspections in 2024
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has conducted over 15,000 building inspections this year, approving all submitted plans and issuing 310 occupation certificates to residents. This announcement was made...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:44hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
New plan to spruce up Harare
Government has intensified efforts to tackle Zimbabwe's solid waste and environmental challenges, aiming to enhance urban livability. President Emmerson Mnangagwa enacted Statutory Instrument ...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:20hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Govt takes over Harare ahead of Sadc summit
In preparation for the upcoming SADC summit in August, Harare City Council has temporarily ceded control of key services, including waste management, public transport management, and road rehabilitati...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:23hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council to acquire more refuse trucks
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is exploring the acquisition of five refuse trucks as part of its solid waste management masterplan. The goal is to restore standards in the city, which was once renowned a...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe receives 1 million cholera vaccines, none for Matebeleland
ZIMBABWE will this week take delivery of a consignment of close to one million cholera vaccines ahead of the commencement of a vaccination campaign targeted at other regions except Matebeleland which ...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt steps in to fix Harare mess
The GOVERNMENT has stepped in to restore sanity in the capital, Harare, by supplying potable water and rolling out a major clean-up campaign to curb the spread of cholera.Thirty-six trucks hav...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:35hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Harare scoffs at Mnangagwa 'state of disaster' declaration
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday scoffed at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Gazette declaring the city's waste management a state of disaster, saying the legal instrument was a grand looting scheme ...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 06:53hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares garbage disaster in Harare
The near collapse of garbage removal in the four Harare Metropolitan councils caused President Mnangagwa to yesterday declare a "state of disaster" the poor waste management that has seen ever-growing...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:29hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Illegal vendors overrun Bulawayo city centre
A Bulawayo City Council (BCC) official has admitted that the local authority is struggling to contain illegal vending in the city centre which has resulted in rampant littering.Speaking at a W...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 18:16hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
War against Bulawayo's litterbugs
A non-governmental organisation, Sisonke Working Together Trust Bulawayo together with the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) are waging a war against litterbugs to control pollution in the city....Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
US$5m required to resuscitate Harare Power Station
AT least US$5 million is needed to resuscitate the Harare Power Station whose dilapidated machinery, a Zesa Holdings official has said.Speaking during the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on ...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohadi implores councils to promote waste recycling
FORMER Vice President Kembo Mohadi says recycling plays an important part in waste management, which is missing in local authorities as they struggle to manage waste collection.Officially open...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says everyone has a duty to clean Zimbabwe
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday said it was every citizen's duty to clean up Zimbabwe and called for a high stakeholder engagement and creation of public private partnerships (PPP) for b...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's draft electric vehicles policy ready
Zimbabwe is almost ready to adopt the electric vehicles (EVs) technology, with the draft Electric Mobility Policy Framework and Roadmap now in place but being refined.This was said by Ms Munas...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Fresh demolition blitz hits Harare
HARARE Metropolitan province has embarked on a 45-day operation to demolish illegal structures on wetlands in and around the capital.The exercise, codenamed Operation Zero Tolerance to Environ...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gweru tenders for refuse collection
GWERU City Council has invited private contractors to collect solid waste in the city's residential suburbs after its refuse tucks proved not up to the task.Five years ago, the local authority...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe yet to ban single use plastics
ZIMBABWE is yet to ban single use plastic bags despite that they are a major environmental threat, the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) said yesterday.Ema spokesperson Amkela Sidange told...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to incorporate neighbouring areas
THE Bulawayo City Council is set to take advantage of the ongoing delimitation exercise to finalise boundary changes that will see the city incorporating areas that fall under Umguza Rural District Co...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi rallies Zimbabwe
FORMER state vice president Kembo Mohadi has lamented the unenviable status the country has earned over the years of being a "litter policing state."Mohadi, who is ruling party Zanu-PF second ...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Waste pickers saving BCC'
A BULAWAYO-BASED human rights group has defended Ngozi Mine squatters saying the waste pickers were assisting Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to deal with waste management issues.This follows plan...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare town clerk gets ultimatum over AG report
HARARE acting town clerk Mabhena Moyo has been given a two-week ultimatum to respond to queries raised in the Auditor-General's report after he snubbed Parliament yesterday.Moyo was supposed t...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC engages 2 companies to offer vacuum tanker services
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has contracted two companies - Nestanet (Pvt) Limited and Salt-Away (Pvt) Limited - to offer vacuum tanker services in various parts of the city.This was revealed b...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:19hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga calls on youths to lead clean-ups
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday called on all citizens, particularly youths, to participate in the National Environment Clean-Up campaign to help transform environs in urban areas in lin...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC hikes service charges by between 150% and 626%
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has increased its service charges by between 150% and 626% following approval of the local authority's 2022 budget by government.Residents have expressed concer...Published: 18 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo guns for most expensive city title
BULAWAYO is fast becoming the country's most expensive city to live in following the latest rates increases ranging from 150 percent to over 600 percent, together with a new parking system that will s...Published: 18 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo 150% rates approved
BULAWAYO residents will start paying 150 percent more in rates for domestic users following Government's approval of the city's $23,8 billion 2022 budget.The new charges are effective from thi...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Harare, Chitungwiza choke on own garbage
In front of Mrs Florence Kasambira's home in Manyame Park lies an enormous landfill.It is easy to miss her well-manicured front yard as one's attention is easily drawn towards mounds of waste ...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Vote for people-centred parties,' says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged voters to vote for local council and parliamentary representatives who have the interests of the people at heart in the coming by-elections.Speaking duri...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare hikes rates
Harare City Council has proposed rate hikes that will see an average high-density suburban householder paying $2 387 a month, up from the present $1 736, from January for basic services, while a low d...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:31hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
UNESCO partners Sunshine International Network
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in partnership with Sunshine International Network will this Friday launch a global campaign dubbed the Trash Hack aimed at...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 12:24hrs | 1 | by Shelton Muchena / Simbarashe Sithole
Residents resist BCC tariff hikes
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday bowed to pressure from residents and slightly slashed its proposed 2022 budget by $900 million, with the tariff regime going down by 16 percent.During las...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe exporting waste for recycling
ZIMBABWE is now collecting waste and exporting it to Dubai for recycling, Parliament was told yesterday.This was disclosed by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) director-general Aaron C...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC hails residents for paying bills
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has applauded its residents for paying their bills amid indications that the local authority was now collecting 70% of the total billing, the council minutes show.A...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:15hrs | | 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 f...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:33hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
BCC fills up death pits
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has allocated US$200 000 to rehabilitate open pits which were left open over the years during infrastructural construction and those dug by sand poachers harming the enviro...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 13:39hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Villagers injured in gold rush mayhem
HORDES of villagers and gold panners were injured when omakorokoza from various parts of the country went on a rampage at a gold mine along the Gwayi River, Nyamandlovu in Matabeleland North Province....Published: 12 May 2021 at 14:04hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Egodini Project: More harm than good
Awarded a rousing reception in 2017 by the City of Kings, the Egodini project headed by Terracotta Trading Private Limited produced a royal city befitting pitch which was well backed by the then Actin...Published: 10 May 2021 at 12:02hrs | 1 | by Thabiso Nxumalo
BCC plans smart city houses
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is pursuing smart city housing opportunities that include development of low-cost accommodation for low-income earners and renewal of old suburbs.The local auth...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
BCC plans smart city housing programme
BULAWAYO City Council says it is pursuing an ambitious plan to develop low-cost houses for low-income earners through a smart city housing programme.The city's economic development officer Kho...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 triggers massive drop in Beitbridge revenues
THE Covid-19 pandemic has adversely affected Beitbridge Municipality's capacity to collect more revenue from ratepayers and businesses who are also finding the going tough under the obtaining economic...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mazowe abandons donated rubbish bins
MAZOWE valley waters Private Limited company is not at peace with Mazowe Rural District Council MRDC after the local authority accepted their branded bins and abandoned them in their yard .The...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 18:55hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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 tr...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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