Govt Urged to Declare Water Infrastructure A State of Emergency
By Takunda Mandura Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya has appealed to the government to declare the…
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Residents Scoff At ED’s Borehole Campaign
By Correspondent Harare residents have described Presidents Emmerson Mnangagwa’s borehole drilling program as a mere…
Harare Misses Muchadeyi Masunda
By Correspondent At some point in the past Harare City Council could collect refuse according…
Water Activists Fight Bank Over Wetland Invasion
By Tafadzwa Muranganwa A local organisation that advocates for water, sanitation and hygiene has vowed…
Govt Admits to Causing Poor Services in Urban Areas
By Takunda Mandura Government has admitted that it is to blame for the poor service…
Dombotombo Borehole Contaminated
Open Council had water from a borehole at this location in Dombotombo tested and it…
#BoreholeTracker: Masunda Borehole Contaminated
The borehole water at Masunda Primary School in Marondera was also tested and the water…
Borehole Tracker: Majuru Borehole Water Not Safe
The borehole located at Majuru Shopping Centre was found to have water not safe for…
Goromonzi Pins Service Hopes on Devolution Funds
By Correspondent Goromonzi Rural District council has channeled ZWL$28 million of devolution funds towards provision…
Devolution Funds Improve Manyame’s Service Delivery
By Correspondent In a bid to transform people’s livelihoods through a competitive service delivery, Manyame…
New Manyame Location Faces Water Challenges
By Correspondent Residents in Murisa, a location under Manyame RDC are facing water challenges as…
Harare Losing 62% of Treated Water to Burst Pipes
By Correspondent Burst pipes, metering challenges and inaccurate billing are all causing Harare to lose…
Dry Mouth-A Brief History of Water Problems
By Wisdom Mumera Water problems have steadily persisted from as far back as the 1990s.…
Acrimony and Anger Over Water in Norton
By Correspondent Water problems have turned leaders in Norton against each other whilst residents are…
5 Things That Make Harare Today
By Correspondent 1) Sewage Long gone are the times when a burst sewage tank or…
Harare Has No Water Harvesting Capacity-Mafume
By Kirsty Manheru The abundant rains that the country is receiving this season may be…
Return of Typhoid, Bad News for Council
By Correspondent News that cases of typhoid have arisen again in Glen View are a…
Chitungwiza Water Barons Cash in on Crisis
Own Correspondent SOME enterprising water barons are making a killing out of desperate Chitungwiza residents,…
We Won’t Pay Rates Until Water Comes-Tafara Residents
By Correspondent Some Harare residents have vowed not to pay Council rates until the local…
Harare Losing 60% Water Due to Leakages
By Correspondent Harare is losing between 40% and 60% of treated water due to leakages…
Harare Has 18 Months Water Left: Minister
By Correspondent Harare has a safe supply of water capable of covering 18 months according…
Residents, EMA Move to Stop Urban Farming by Seed Companies
Own Correspondent Harare residents have sought the assistance of the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) to…
Zimphos Reduces Deliveries to Council over Debt
By Correspondent Harare City Council’s major supplier of water treatment chemicals, Zimphos, has reduced its…
Epworth Residents Resort to Bush Wells for Water
By Correspondent Water challenges in Epworth, a dormitory town outside Harare, have resulted in the…
Mugabe’s Brother Fights for Illegal Water Permit
By Correspondent A relative of former President Robert Mugabe who was denied a bulk water…
No Water Charge Increments, Just Adjustments-Council
By Correspondent The Harare City Council has dismissed as false allegations that it has secretly…
Council Pushes for Prepaid Water Meters
By Correspondent Harare City Council is going ahead with plans to install prepaid water meters…
Council Backdates Bills to January
By Correspondent Harare residents have been shocked by recent Harare Council bills which the authorities…
Norton Running Dry
By Correspondent Norton boreholes are running dry with intensifying water shortages leading to the provision…
Mabvuku Gets Water After 10 Years
By Correspondent In a bid to comply with a High Court order the Harare Water…
Water Shortages to Get Worse
By Correspondent The majority of local authorities are producing below half of the daily water…
US$30M Water Plant Deal Collapses
The US$30 million water treatment plant construction agreement between Norton Town Council and Hydromart, a…
CHRA Wins Water Case Against Council
By Correspondent Harare City Council has agreed to urgently take concrete steps to improve the…
Council in Court over Lockdown Water Shortages
By Correspondent The Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) has taken the Harare City Council to…
Kunzvi Dam, 24 Years, And Forever Coming
By Correspondent 24 years after the supposed start of construction, Kunzvi Dam has now become…
Dry-Mouth, Mabvuku’s 3 Decades Without Water
By Edgar Gweshe The water situation in Mabvuku’s Ward 19 is unimaginable- to say the…
Blame ED, Not Us, He Owns All Water: Council
By Staff Reporter Ward 17 Councillor Jacob Mafume has called on residents of Harare to…
Mliswa Calls ZACC Upon Independent Councilor
By Munesu Nyakudya Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has called in the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC)…
Wetlands, Dangerous Victims of Harare’s Growth
By Correspondent Recent revelations of Chinese construction in wetlands threatening the Mukuvisi River in the…
Chinese Capturing Harare City Through Water Loans?
Own Correspondent A Chinese firm that advanced a water loan to the Harare City Council…
Chitungwiza Residents Removing Meters to Get Water
By Tanyaradzwa Timbatimba Some Chitungwiza residents have come up with illegal and ingenious ways to…
Drink Harare Water and Swallow These Things
By Correspondent A report by a South African firm Nanotech Water Solutions has unearthed a…
No Water Solution in Sight: Mayor
By Correspondent Chitungwiza Mayor Lovemore Maiko has said there is no quick to fix to…
Council Pumping Toxic Water Causing Liver Diseases
By Correspondent Harare residents have been drinking water contaminated by toxins which can cause liver…
Wetland Invasion Causing Water Shortages
By Correspondent Chitungwiza residents have come out against the local Council for its allocation of…
Council Offers Workers Wetland Stands
Own Correspondent The move by the Harare City Council to allocate housing stands to…
Ruwa Dumping Raw Sewer and Waste on Open Land
By Correspondent The Ruwa Local Board is illegally dumping waste on Mara Farm exposing surrounding…
Norton Councilor Hits Back At Mliswa
By Munesu Nyakudya Norton Ward 12 Councilor Laston Tachiona, accused of siphoning money from residents…
Dam Levels Dropping as Water Crisis Deepens
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) has released shocking statistics of receding dam levels with…
Chinese To Exploit Country Through Water Loans: Councilor
Own Correspondent HARARE’S Ward 16 Councilor, Denford Ngadziore says Chinese loans being advanced to the…
Corruption Derails Council’s Water Chemical Bids
By Correspondent Harare City Council had to cancel a tender process for water purification chemicals…
Council Has Been Sitting on Water Chemical Tenders For Ten Months: Minister
By Takunda Mandura The Minister of State for Harare Provincial Affairs, Senator Chidawu has accused…
Suspected Typhoid Hits Norton, 9 Admitted
By Correspondent Nine people have reportedly been admitted at Norton’s Hospital on suspicion of typhoid…
Council to Evict Over 100 Former Employees
By Correspondent Harare City Council is set to evict 114 of its former employees from…
We Don’t Have Money for More Boreholes: Councilor
By Correspondent Lack of funds has been cited as the main stumbling block which is…
Norton Signs Contentious US$30M Water Plant Agreement
By Correspondent Norton is set to wean itself off getting water from Harare following the…
Harare Council 2020 Budget in Numbers and Points
By Correspondent The Harare City Council presented its ZWL$4.5 billion 2020 budget on Tuesday and…
Breakdown of Chinese Water Deals
By Wisdom Mumera Four Chinese companies are set to invest US$868 million in water and…
Chitungwiza Sets Up Diarrhoea Reaction Committees
By Tanyaradzwa Timbatimba Chitungwiza Town Council has set up diarrhoea reaction teams as fears of…
Councilor Calls for Use of Grey Water
By Philemon Jambaya Harare Ward 16 Councillor Denford Ngadziore has called residents to use grey…
We Are Waiting for the Rainy Season: Mayor
By Correspondent City of Harare’s water situation will remain depressed until the rain season has…
Harare Moots Prepaid Meters for Dormitory Towns
By Takunda Mandura The City of Harare is owed over $200 million by dormitory towns…
Harare Releasing Sewage into Water System
By Correspondent Only 83 megalitres of Harare waste water is being treated to the correct…
Government Has Not Given Us Any Money: Mayor
By Wisdom Mumera The Harare City Council is yet to receive any of the $42…
Harare Water Charges Set To Increase By 900%
By Correspondent Harare water charges are set to increase by more than 900% whilst entities…
Norton Signs Suspicious Water Plant Agreement
By Correspondent Norton is set to have a 200ML water treatment plant built to alleviate…
Harare to Deploy Water Bowsers
By Correspondent The Harare City Council has resolved to soon deploy water bowsers to service…
Mufakose Residents Accuse Municipal District of Robbery
By Mary Mundeya Mufakose residents have accused the Mufakose Municipal District of robbing them in…
Zengeza 4 water crisis a ticking time-bomb
By Marcus Matambirofa The water situation in Chitungwiza is posing a danger especially to the…
Mliswa Takes Norton Council To Court Over Service Delivery
By Wisdom Mumera Norton legislator Temba Mliswa is set to take the Norton Town Council (NTC)…
Harare City Council Rapped Over Dirty Water
By Correspondent The embattled Harare City Council has come under attack from prominent human rights…