Bulawayo City Council will suspend its water shedding programme starting Friday this week up to New Year for the festive holidays

Bulawayo City Council will suspend its water shedding programme starting Friday this week up to New Year for the festive holidays

  THE Bulawayo City Council will suspend its water shedding programme starting Friday this week up to New Year to allow residents to enjoy the festive holidays with water, an official said yesterday.   Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube announced that the local authority had already reduced with immediate effect the 72-hour water shedding programme to 48 hours.   “We have with immediate effect reduced the water shedding programme from 72 to 48 hours per…

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Bulawayo City Council loses US$303 000 to two Harare case businessman in botched ambulance fleet and tracking system deals

Bulawayo City Council loses US$303 000 to two Harare case businessman in botched ambulance fleet and tracking system deals

    THE Bulawayo City Council has finally handed over to police a case in which the local authority was allegedly defrauded of more than $300 000 in botched ambulance and vehicle tracking system deals by two Harare-based briefcase companies. The local authority has been failing to recover $303 000 paid as deposit in two separate deals for a fleet of ambulances and the installation of a tracking system. According to the latest council report,…

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Saviour Kasukuwere’s Investigation finds only five out of 29 Bulawayo City Councillors are free of corruption activity

Saviour Kasukuwere’s Investigation finds only five out of 29 Bulawayo City Councillors are free of corruption activity

  BULAWAYO DEPUTY MAYOR, Gift Banda ward 15 and four councillors including Charles Moyo ward 9, Mzama Dube ward 25, Reuben Matengwa ward 21 and James Sithole ward 7 have been suspended with immediate effect following investigations instituted by Zanu PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere over clandestine land deals and other corruption unearthed by an investigation instituted by the Zanu PF National Political Commissar Saviour Kasukuwere in the city on city officials. Saviour Kasukuwere is…

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Bulawayo City Council Warned Crippling Water Rationing Regime In Three Months Time As Water Has Dried Up.

Bulawayo City Council Warned Crippling Water Rationing Regime In Three Months Time As Water Has Dried Up.

  Bulawayo City Council has warned of an imminent crippling water rationing regime in three months time. Officials say the city with more than one million residents is only left with three month water supplies at its supply dams. The city’s six supply dams are holding a cumulative 150 million cubic metres of water, which is 36 percent of their total capacity. Addressing the media on Tuesday, Director of engineering services, Engineer Simela Dube said…

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Forestry Commission Says Zimbabwe Loses 330,000 Hectares Of Land, Annually, Through Deforestation

Forestry Commission Says Zimbabwe Loses 330,000 Hectares Of Land, Annually, Through Deforestation

Bulawayo Cowdray Park Resident Recognised As National Tree Planting Ambassador THE Government has appointed a Cowdray Park resident as the national tree planting ambassador in recognition of his role in fighting deforestation through planting indigenous trees. In a letter dated June 27, the Minister of Environment, Water and Climate Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri tasked Mr Never Bonde to lead an initiative to plant trees in schools, churches among other places. “It is my pleasure to appoint you…

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Makokoba Overtakes Entumbane As Bulawayo’s Dirtiest Suburb

Makokoba Overtakes Entumbane As Bulawayo’s Dirtiest Suburb

MAKOKOBA has overtaken Entumbane as Bulawayo’s dirtiest suburb with alarming levels of illegal dumping sites. Environmental Management Agency provincial manager for Bulawayo metropolitan province, Decent Ndlovu, said a lot needs to be done to change the mind-sets of the people of Makokoba. Last year, Entumbane followed by Makokoba suburb topped the list of the dirtiest suburbs and this year the positions have shifted. “We appeal to people from Makokoba to take note of illegal dumping…

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Bulawayo City Council To Evict 32 Prison Officers From Thokozani Flats

Bulawayo City Council To Evict 32 Prison Officers From Thokozani Flats

THE Bulawayo City Council has turned down an application by the Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to purchase Thokozani Flats where 32 prison officers reside. The BBC has instead resolved to implement a court order to evict the prison officers. The local authority and the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs have been locked in a protracted 14-year wrangle, which resulted in the council cancelling the lease agreement over non-payment of rentals by…

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Bulawayo Councillors Concerned With Restaurant Food Packaging & Refuse Bins Inavailability

Bulawayo Councillors Concerned With Restaurant Food Packaging & Refuse Bins Inavailability

Bulawayo Councillors have expressed concerns over the poor packaging by some restaurants in the city. According to council latest minutes Councillor Gideon Mangena was concerned about food packaging from Restaurants and Take Away out lets. “Food was packaged in kalite containers which caused street littering in the C.B.D. Restaurant should be encouraged to serve their food in plates and consumed within the premises. The area around the City Hall was dirty and more refuse bins…

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Bulawayo Council , Survey, Reveals 97 200 Rotten Eggs In Business & Residential Premises

Bulawayo Council , Survey, Reveals   97 200 Rotten Eggs In  Business & Residential Premises

Bulawayo City Council has revealed that it conducted inspection of in the city where it discovered that some shops were still stocking 97 200 rotten eggs. In the latest council report the council said it carried out routine inspections continued during the course of the month. “The Section received several public health complaints especially smell nuisances from keeping of chickens,” reads the report.”Five illegal keeping of chickens were investigated and appropriate action taken. The Section also…

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Bulawayo Installs Its First Solar Traffic Lights At Intersection Cecil Avenue And Coghlan Road

Bulawayo Installs Its First Solar Traffic Lights At Intersection  Cecil Avenue And Coghlan Road

Zimbabwe is currently facing a harsh economic environment due to Zanu PF’s mismanagement. Nothing more than poor service delivery in electricity, speaks volumes about Mugabe’s failure. Nationwide there is a critical power shortage accredited to poor quality rainfall and low water levels in Kariba dam hence the inability to fully run the Kariba hydro project. Bulawayo City, which has a total of 90 traffic intersections ,  has now finally caught up with innovation in the use…

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