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Audit Exposes Bulawayo Buildings Without Approved Plans, On Land Unsuitable For Development

Posted on April 24, 2016April 30, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

A MASSIVE housing scam has been unearthed in Bulawayo where council officials are ignoring proper procedures in the allocation and development of stands with a number of buildings being built without plans while infill stands are still being allocated despite a ban effected in 2010. Surprisingly the local authority, already at loggerheads with its parent ministry — Local Government, Public Works and National Housing — over provision of housing in the city, said…

Explosives Used At Tategulu Primary School In Cowdray Park, To Steal US$1 300

Posted on September 20, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

A GANG of robbers on Saturday last week used explosives to blow the administration block at Tategulu Primary School in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo before gaining access to the school safe where they stole more than $1 300, police have confirmed. The incident happened four days after schools had opened for the third term, when most parents had paid school fees at the Bulawayo City Council run institution. Bulawayo provincial acting police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Abednego…

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,…