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Jan 14, 2025 | 
newsday.co.zw | Patricia sibanda
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has said all sewage ponds in the city have collapsed resulting in an increase in pipe bursts.
“We have got a major problem with sewage. We have eight sewage ponds in the city and none of them is working. Hence that is our purpose as the local authority to try and get them working,” Bulawayo mayor David Coltart told NewsDay.
“But it is a big problem and I appeal to all of you to help us because some of those blockages are caused by our negligence.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
southerneye.co.zw | Patricia sibanda |Silas Nkala |Margaret Lubinda |Bongile Moyo
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has said all sewage ponds in the city have collapsed resulting in an increase in pipe bursts.
“We have got a major problem with sewage. We have eight sewage ponds in the city and none of them is working. Hence that is our purpose as the local authority to try and get them working,” Bulawayo mayor David Coltart told NewsDay.
“But it is a big problem and I appeal to all of you to help us because some of those blockages are caused by our negligence.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
southerneye.co.zw | Patricia sibanda |Silas Nkala |Berita Kafesu |Nizbert Moyo
Agricultural experts and researchers in Zimbabwe are working on research that could see the crossbreeding of local hemp genetics with foreign cannabis to curb the high costs associated with importing the product.
The development was revealed during an Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis Field Day at Thatokuhle Farm in Bulawayo on Tuesday this week.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
newsday.co.zw | Patricia sibanda
ZANU-PF commissariat department director, Davison Gomo, says the ruling party is seeking closer ties with the clergy after acknowledging the role of the church in fostering peace and unity.
Gomo said this during an indigenous clergy conference held at the Voice of God International Church in Bulawayo last week.
The conference was organised by the Council for Churches in Africa (CCA).
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
newsday.co.zw | Patricia sibanda
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said electricity shortages in Zimbabwe and other Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) member States have cast a dark cloud on the region, creating bottlenecks that inhibit development.
He said energy was a key economic enabler for the rest of the world.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
southerneye.co.zw | Patricia sibanda |Nizbert Moyo |Peter Dube |Berita Kafesu
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said electricity shortages in Zimbabwe and other Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) member States have cast a dark cloud on the region, creating bottlenecks that inhibit development.
He said energy was a key economic enabler for the rest of the world.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
newsday.co.zw | Patricia sibanda
GOVERNMENT has engaged the army to assist police in evicting land barons who are targeting farms, creating illegal settlements across the country.
This emerged in Parliament last Thursday when Murewa South lawmaker Noah Mangondo complained about the sprouting of illegal settlements on A1 and A2 farms.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
newsday.co.zw | Patricia sibanda
LANDS, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development minister Anxious Masuka has called on police officers to stop pursuing pirate taxis saying such conduct is leading to fatal road accidents.
He made the call last Thursday during a Parliamentary session.
Masuka said motorists must follow stipulated road laws so that order is maintained and road accidents are curbed.
“I firstly said that people who are engaging in mushikashika are chasing each other with the police officers.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
newsday.co.zw | Patricia sibanda
THE African Roads Maintenance Funds Association (ARMFA) has called on the respective governments to consider pooling resources together for cross-border road projects.
This emerged at the Southern Africa Focal Group (ASAFG) conference held in Victoria Falls.
The conference started on Monday, with stakeholders calling for regional collaboration to address pressing road infrastructure challenges.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
newsday.co.zw | Patricia sibanda
EUROPE-BASED Zimbabwean fashion designer and Imbizo hit-maker, Romeo Gumede (39), has released visuals of his latest hip-hop song titled Ngikhumbula Ekhaya.
Gumede, who is also the founder of Khwampa clothing label, told NewsDay Life & Style that he has always had zeal for music from the age of 16 alongside his friends in Entumbane, Bulawayo.
He said he made a surprising career change when he migrated to Europe to work as a healthcare worker.
Gumede said his inspiration comes from his father.
