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Bulawayo City to introduce 24 hour water shedding schedule for residents in the next three weeks as water supplies dwindle.

Posted on October 7, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

THE Bulawayo City Council is set to introduce water shedding in the next three weeks. The latest council report shows that dwindling water levels at the city’s six supply dams have forced the local authority to introduce a 24-hour water shedding schedule for residents at the beginning of next month. Water shedding is a system of conserving tap water by cutting supplies for a fixed period. At its height in 2013, Bulawayo residents…

MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai warns Bulawayo council that investigations into corruption allegations will be conducted

Posted on October 1, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday told Bulawayo councillors that the party would be instituting investigations on the allegations of corruption that has led to five of them being suspended by the Government recently. The Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, Cde Saviour Kasukuwere, recently suspended deputy mayor Gift Banda together with Clrs Charles Moyo (Ward nine), Mzama Dube (Ward 25), Reuben Matengu (Ward 21) and James Sithole (Ward seven) over a…

‘ MDC T to fight for reversal of suspension of corrupt Bulawayo council officials, claiming suspension was politically-motivated’

Posted on September 22, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Banda and his fellow MDC-T councillors Charles Moyo (ward 9), James Sithole (ward 7), Mzama Dube (ward 25) and Reuben Matengu (ward 21), were on Tuesday suspended by Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere on allegations of corruption. Kasukuwere said a government probe team recently deployed to Bulawayo implicated several councillors in shady land deals and tender scams. He said an independent tribunal will be constituted in the next two weeks to investigate the suspended…

Bulawayo Council US$8 7Million Tender Irregularities, Revaluations, Extensions, Retenders, & Raised Contract Price.

Posted on July 12, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

PROCUREMENT contracts with a combined value of about $8,7 million were re-tendered or extended after winning companies either disappeared or failed to complete works, a massive tender scandal that has been unearthed at Bulawayo City Council shows. Investigations also reveal that defaulting companies were working in cahoots with senior council officials who play both tender adjudication and supervisory roles, creating fertile ground for collusion and manipulation in the bidding process. According to documents at hand,…