BULAWAYO-BASED author Marshal Chiza has appealed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to give him an ear over his yet to be launched book titled Dear Emmerson. The book edited by United Kingdom-based Brilliant Pongo was written and printed in 2020, is yet to be published as the author has been waiting for a befitting launch. Efforts…
SENGEZO Tshabangu, who asserts to be the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary-general, has filed an urgent application at the Harare High Court seeking to bar 23 recalled members from contesting the February 3 by-elections as MPs or councillors under the party’s banner. This comes after the recalled members last month successfully filed their…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has for years been transporting fuel from its main depot to different points using drums, in violation of environmental and health hazards regulations, a latest internal audit has revealed. The audit, which is contained in the council’s December 2023 confidential minutes, exposes some irregularities within the city’s operations in dealing…
SENGEZO Tshabangu, who asserts to be Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary general, has threatened to recall Bulawayo councillors for allegedly stalling progress on the construction of a new dam to ease the city’s water crisis. This comes after city fathers were engaged in a heated debate during a full council meeting last week…
BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart says it is time the local authority, central government and other relevant stakeholders come together in tackling the challenge of littering in the country’s second capital city. Since assuming office in August last year, Coltart has been involved in numerous cleaning campaigns both in the city centre and the suburbs with…
THE country’s opposition political parties are in disarray amid mindless factions-driven bloodletting that has led to several splits from the time of…
BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart says it is time the local authority, central government and other relevant stakeholders came together in tackling the challenge of littering in the country’s second capital city. Since assuming office in August last year, Coltart has been involved in numerous cleaning campaigns both in the city centre and the suburbs with…
BULAWAYO city fathers have raised a red flag over lack of enforcement of several by-laws leading to an increase in various illegal activities. According to the latest full council meeting minutes, councillors complained about open air worshiping, menacing stray animals, illegal gold panning and sand poaching, among other improprieties in and around the city. In…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is in a fix after it failed to meet the deadline for its crucial sewer and water sanitation project, blaming its contractors and suppliers in the process. As a result, the council has now been forced to contribute a significant amount from its coffers towards a project that was funded…
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) says it is targeting underdeveloped communities and the vulnerable as it steps up its corporate social investment in different parts of the country. Speaking during a handover of boreholes, water tanks, food stuffs and toiletries last Friday at Luveve Training School and Persy Ibbotson Children’s Home,…
