Thursday, April 13th, 2017
Efforts by voluntary cleaners from various suburbs are being rewarded with three month paid contracts for 340 members of the litter monitoring team. This follows a January directive from government’s inter-ministerial committee that was setup to address the Typhoid outbreak in the city. The appointment of the litter monitors was delayed however as council sought
Tuesday, March 21st, 2017
Transport operators have raised concern over Harare’s failure to maintain its official bus stations despite the local authority pocketing millions through rank disc fees. Bus termini in Harare are situated at Charge Office, Rezende, Market Square, and...
Friday, March 17th, 2017
The Central Business District (CBD) of Harare is becoming increasingly unattractive for commercial or retail businesses. Rentals are high, many buildings are dilapidated and run down or have been divided up into tiny cubicles which serve as...
Wednesday, March 15th, 2017
The floods that pounded Harare recently causing millions of dollars of damage to residential properties have left residents and the local authority (City of Harare) pitted against each other. One such victim is Faustine Mukazhe (63) of...
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017
So, are you staying or going? There seem to me to be two sorts of people in Zimbabwe. Those wanting to leave, and those wanting to stay. Within these camps there are further sub groups of those...
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...
Thursday, March 9th, 2017
The stand-off between Harare City Council and residents over the city’s decision to unleash debt collectors on defaulting rate payers continues with residents declaring they would resist the move. Harare is owed in excess of $700 million...
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...
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,...
Monday, February 13th, 2017
For 16 years, city fathers have been advocating for council police to be given arresting powers to help enforce local bylaws. Currently, municipal police are only legally able to act as guards. As such, City of Harare...
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