BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is revising downwards the selling price of residential stands in Mahatshula East following an appeal by councillors who were arguing for affordable prices. The move could see stands prices drop from US$30/m² to US$27/m² excluding value-added tax (VAT) aligning the cost with the city’s recovery policy. The recommendation to adjust the…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has reinforced its commitment to social protection by sustaining a critical safety net for the elderly. According to BCC’s latest financial report, 7 207 elderly homeowners benefited from the council’s 50 percent rates rebate scheme in March 2025. “Council had resolved in May 2009 to provide social safety nets for senior…
SOUTHERN EDITOR BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says its public education system is facing growing financial pressure, with over ZiG 114 million in unpaid school fees recorded by the end of the first term of 2025. The local authority revealed that the outstanding fees affect all 31 of its schools, which are predominantly located in the…
SOUTHERN EDITOR OPPOSITION parties in Matabeleland have united to prop up a Zapu candidate against the ruling Zanu PF party contender ahead of the Insiza North parliamentary by-election. The by-election which will be pitting four candidates is scheduled for June 14. These include Zanu PF’s Delani Moyo, Zapu’s Thabani Mlotshwa, Zimbabwe National Revival Party’s Mbongeni…
SOUTHERN EDITOR PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has brought an end to a bitter family feud over the Mvuthu chieftainship in Hwange District with the formal appointment of 29-year-old Silibaziso Mlotshwa. Her installation puts an end to a bitter family feud that had spanned over a decade since the death of her father. According to a notice…
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has attributed the recent surge in rail crossing accidents to motorists’ negligence and disregard for safety regulations. Three collisions between trains and vehicles have been recorded in just two weeks. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the NRZ spokesperson, Andrew Kunambura, said most train collisions were preventable as they…
AUTHORITIES are intensifying the drive to attract offshore capital to fund key infrastructure projects, with the listing of the Eagle Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) being described as a major milestone. The listing of the first REIT to be floated on VFEX is expected to mobilise foreign currency…
SOUTHERN EDITOR THE country’s food security is under increasing threat from invasive alien species (IAS) owing to a growing ecological crisis with serious consequences for agriculture, biodiversity and rural livelihoods, the Environmental Management Authority (Ema) has warned. IAS are native plants, animals and organisms that establish themselves in new environments that are spreading fast across…
SOUTHERN EDITOR THE introduction of the ZiG, coupled with more prudent government policies, is helping to lift the quality of life of ordinary people, authorities say. Speaking at the Zimbabwe Association of Pension Funds’ (ZAPF) annual conference in Victoria Falls at the weekend, the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, added that recent nurturing fiscal and…
THERE is no reduction in the intensity of the water crisis that has been ravaging Bulawayo residents for some time now. Indeed, and despite the decent rains that were received in the region this past rain season, dams that supply the metro are still less than 50 percent full. Bulawayo deputy mayor, Edwin Ndlovu, told…
