BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has missed an audit deadline for the lucrative seven-year-long Bulawayo Water and Sewerage Services Improvement Project (BWSSIP) due to a lack of qualified personnel. Funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to the tune of US$33.6 million in 2016, the programme was aimed at improving the local authority’s water supply and…
MINE workers unions and civil society organisations have called on the government to put in place laws guaranteeing compensation for miners who get injured at work.This comes at a time when fatal mining accidents have been on the rise in the country’s mining industry.In a joint statement at the weekend, the Centre for Natural Resource…
VOTER apathy characterised yesterday’s by-elections in Bulawayo as the majority of voters chose to stay away from the exercise with most polling stations visibly deserted. This comes as 23 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) aspiring candidates were barred from contesting after the High Court ruled on Thursday that their nominations had been illegal. It was…
BULAWAYO City Councillors (BCC) have turned down a request to connect water and sewer systems to some areas under Umguza Rural District Council, arguing that the move will strain Bulawayo’s already choked infrastructure. Umguza shares boundaries with BCC mainly in such areas as lnhliziyo, Mbundane and Emthunzini and Rangemore townships. According to the latest full…
BULAWAYO city fathers have expressed concern over the astronomical monthly bills being charged to residents by the local authority. Speaking during a full council meeting yesterday, councillors said there was a need to review the billing systems. Councillor Sikhululekike Moyo said most residents had lost trust in the council’s monthly billings. “The monthly charges are…
POLICE in Kwekwe have arrested four men who were seeking cleansing services at a traditional healer’s house after they allegedly stabbed their victim to death at a nightclub in Silobela, Midlands Province, recently. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident, saying the suspects were arrested in Mbizo, Kwekwe.“On…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has warned residents without weep holes on their precast perimeter walls, saying they risk having their property damaged by authorities who will forcibly open them if flash floods occur. A weep hole is a small opening that allows water to escape a building or structure.Speaking during a stakeholders meeting on…
VICE president Constantino Chiwenga says the government has lined up numerous developmental projects for Cowdray Park residents. Addressing residents over the weekend as he drummed up support for Zanu PF National Assembly and Ward 6 candidates for the weekend by-elections, Arthur Mujeyi and Kidwell Mujuru, respectively, Chiwenga called on the electorate to vote for the…
THE United Nations has called on stakeholders to ensure that communities are at the centre of HIV/Aids response initiatives as a way of coming up with relevant strategies to fight the disease. Speaking yesterday at a candlelight memorial to honour those who succumbed to Aids, the United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAids) acting country director…
THE government has launched the Triple Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus (Triple EMTCT) plan in a bid to give every child the best chance to start a healthy life, free from preventable communicable diseases. Speaking during the launch of the EMTCT plan on World Aids Day on…
