Friday, May 12th, 2017
Welcome to this episode of your favourite column, Service Report, that works in collaboration with Smart Harare, your smart reporting tool. This platform seeks to objectively promote residents’ relations with their elected leaders with the sole idea of creating the environment we want – a smart city. This is everyone’s responsibility, hence the need to
Friday, April 28th, 2017
Mayor of Harare Councillor Bernard Manyenyeni has publicly conceded that the much publicised Vision 2025 – a target set for council by his predecessor Muchadeyi Masunda for Harare to achieve world class by 2025 – is now...
Wednesday, April 12th, 2017
The fountains at Africa Unity Square are set to undergo a major renovation programme, courtesy of a diverse group of partners spearheaded by the Italian Embassy, in conjunction with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany...
Thursday, March 23rd, 2017
Harare City’s pilot project to monitor traffic using closed-circuit television (CCTV) that was started in 2014 seems to be hitting a brick wall as the equipment is now lying idle and no longer in use. CCTV cameras...
Monday, March 13th, 2017
As service delivery and key infrastructure across Harare continue to decline, Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni cuts a lonely figure in speaking out against the inefficiency and rot at Town House, including political interference from the Ministry of Local...
Tuesday, February 21st, 2017
The recent Typhoid outbreak in Mbare has seen the wrath of the law descend on vendors, who stand accused by council of causing bad hygiene in the city centre. It is one more battle in the long...
Monday, February 20th, 2017
Council’s 2015 report on housing and community services that was tabled to council in November, noted there was a marked decrease in the number of people using council libraries. Harare has nine operational libraries, but it is...
Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
Who do we blame for the mess we’re in? It’s in a sorry state our city, and all ratepayers have the right to be angry. In addition to paying for the services and maintenance that are not...
Tuesday, February 14th, 2017
Residents living in Mount Pleasant, particularly in the Arundel area, have complained of poor lighting in the area, saying most streets do not have street lights. While most of the street lights in the area are dysfunctional,...
Tuesday, February 7th, 2017
Residents in Harare have welcomed plans by the local authority to return administrative powers to district offices, claiming this would make the solving of service delivery issues easier by bringing the two parties closer together, as they...
