BUSINESS NEWS

BCC rejects free venue request from King Mambo

Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has turned down a request by the King Mambo Royal Council to use the Small City Hall free of charge for the royal house's upcoming celebrations. The council's decision, ou...

By Staff reporter | Published: 4 hours ago

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo buys helmets for BCC police

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has begun procuring helmets for its municipal police officers to shield them from increasing violent attacks by members of the public during law enforcement operations....

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 September 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

BCC seeks bidders for waste management

Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has moved to seek bidders for waste management services following recommendations from the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (Zida) and the Procurement Regulatory...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

BCC blitz uncovers 800 illegal shops in Bulawayo CBD

A recent crackdown by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) on lettable unit shops in the city's Central Business District (CBD) has revealed that about 800 out of more than 1 300 premises are operating wit...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

CZI, residents petition BCC over tariffs

Bulawayo residents and the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) have taken the fight to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), petitioning the local authority over its failure to implement the 2025 ta...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

BCC starts 2025 budget review consultations

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has begun its 2025 budget review consultations with residents and stakeholders, with calls growing louder for the local authority to take community input seriously in s...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo City Council hit by US$82,000 bitumen scandal

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has been rocked by yet another corruption scandal, this time involving the mysterious disappearance of 285 drums of bitumen - vital road construction material - worth o...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Egodini Mall project tarnishes BCC

As delays and controversy continue to dog the long-awaited Egodini Mall and Transport Hub redevelopment project, calls for greater accountability in local governance have reached fever pitch. The stal...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zacc arrests BCC official over diesel scam

A senior official in the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) Fire and Ambulance Services Department has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on 107 counts of fraud, involving the al...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

BCC 20,000 litre fuel scandal, manager suspended

A senior manager in the Bulawayo City Council's Fire and Ambulance Services Department has been suspended from duty amid allegations of siphoning over 20,000 litres of fuel over a three-year period, s...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

BCC battle illegal environmental activities

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has intensified efforts to clamp down on illegal gold mining, sand poaching, and firewood theft-activities that are wreaking havoc on the environment and jeopardising t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

BCC faces backlash over controversial South Africa trip

An internal crisis is brewing within the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) chambers following a controversial decision to send a 29-member delegation to South Africa this Friday on a water utility fact-find...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo City Council seeks ideas to revive city's industries

In a bid to combat urban decay and rapid de-industrialisation, Bulawayo city leaders are urging residents, policy experts, and various stakeholders to contribute innovative solutions that can drive su...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 April 2025

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

'City on the Edge of the City' set to transform Bulawayo

Real estate firm Henock Ranching has announced an ambitious new urban development project, "City on the Edge of the City," which will be constructed on a 58-hectare gated lifestyle estate on the outsk...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 April 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

BCC wants army to clear out panners

BULAWAYO city fathers have resolved to engage the army to deal with artisanal miners working on Upper Ncema, threatening the ability of the dam to supply water to the city.This comes at a time when re...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

BCC, Zinara in $15m Bulawayo roads rehab project

THE City of Bulawayo in conjunction with Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has embarked on a $15 million joint roads rehabilitation programme which is likely to spruce up the city's poth...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2019

POLITICS

Bulawayo residents vow to resist BCC rates hike

BULAWAYO residents have reacted angrily to threats by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to forge ahead with rates and tariff increases due to runaway inflation despite resistance from ratepayers.The BCC...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Zesa engages BCC over power station

State power utility Zesa Holdings says it will engage Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and other stakeholders to resolve the ownership wrangle over Bulawayo Power Station, which BCC claims to own. This com...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo council approves sale of stands in forex

Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has approved the sale of housing stands in foreign currency, a move that is set to make them priced out of reach of many citizens, who have endured falling standards of lif...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 December 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

BCC approves request for borrowing powers

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has approved a request by its finance and development committee to seek $174 million borrowing powers from the Local Government ministry to undertake various capital pr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Council frets over 24-hour clinics demand

Bulawayo City Council has been put under pressure to introduce 24-hour clinics at a time when financial challenges stalk the local authority to the extent of even failing to pay its workers on time.Th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

BCC recovers only $32 000 from Metbank

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has recovered from the Metbank $32 512 of the $1 million it lost after the financial institutions went under a few years ago.The local authority's finance department on...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2018

POLITICS

Zec seeks BCC staff for elections

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) which seeks to employ 130 000 election officers has written to the Bulawayo City Council requesting 101 staff members to join Zec for the July 30 harmonised ele...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

BCC, Metbank partnership hangs in balance

THE proposed housing development partnership between Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and Metbank still hangs in the balance, pending approval by the Local Government ministry.BCC last year proposed a part...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2018

POLITICS

'BCC 'cuts water supplies to sabotage Mnangagwa rally'

THE ruling Zanu-PF party has accused the opposition-controlled Bulawayo City council of sabotaging its campaign rally at White City Stadium by cutting water supplies to the venue.The local authority h...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 June 2018
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