POLITICS

Bulawayo residents protest alleged sale of Youth Sports Field

Residents of New Lobengula in Bulawayo have expressed outrage over reports that a local youth sports field is being sold for development, warning the move could deprive young people of a safe recreati...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 August 2025

POLITICS

Residents urge police to prioritise safety over cash

Bulawayo residents have called on police to put the protection of lives ahead of revenue collection, accusing officers of focusing more on areas where fines can be easily collected than on crime hotsp...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 August 2025

POLITICS

Harare residents resist Discovery ambulance deal

HARARE residents have voiced outrage over the City of Harare's (CoH) planned partnership with Discovery Ambulance, warning that the public could end up paying twice for emergency services.The counci...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Mbare residents face eviction

Harare City Council (HCC) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to tenants living in Mbare flats to settle outstanding rental arrears or face eviction, despite the residents enduring squalid and deterioratin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 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

Residents slam prepaid water meters plan

Harare residents have strongly opposed the government's plan to roll out prepaid water meters in the capital, saying the move will do little to resolve the city's deepening water crisis and instead ri...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 July 2025

POLITICS

Residents demand accountability over CDF

Frustrated residents across Masvingo province have written to their elected representatives demanding transparency and accountability in the use of Constituency Development Funds (CDF) and ploughback ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Gweru residents petition council over debt blitz

Gweru residents have petitioned the local authority to postpone a planned revenue collection blitz  -  which includes water disconnections and possible property attachments  -  fro...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 May 2025

POLITICS

Bulawayo residents rally against demolition of cooling towers

THE uproar by Bulawayo residents over the demolition of the iconic cooling towers at the thermal power station is justified as the community feels they have been repeatedly shortchanged, analysts have...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Desperation and panic grips Bulawayo residents

DESPERATION and panic have hit Bulawayo as most suburbs have gone without water for eight days following major refurbishment works at the city's reservoirs with residents accusing council of poor plan...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zesa complicit in cable thefts: Residents

Zesa spokesperson Fullard Gwasira said vandalism of Zesa property was becoming more rampant, particularly in Bulawayo and blamed this on the economy and unemployed technicians."Zesa property is vandal...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 July 2019

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Residents slam poor banks service delivery

BULAWAYO residents are complaining about poor service delivery at banks in the city when changing their foreign currency into local currency. The residents said they are made to wait for long hours be...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo residents attack MDC's 'authoritarian' mayor

RESIDENTS here have taken a dig at Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni for rejecting objections to his mooted tariff hike.The city fathers have been conducting supplementary budget consultative meetings, ahe...

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

BUSINESS NEWS

Residents walk to town for groceries

SCORES of desperate residents were on Wednesday and yesterday forced to walk into town to buy groceries as some shops in their respective residential suburbs were vandalised by hooligans. Some unscrup...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 January 2019

POLITICS

Victoria Falls residents bay for Chamisa ally's blood

CHAOS reigned supreme during voting for the next Victoria Falls mayor and deputy as residents protested imposition of a candidate by the MDC Alliance. While the swearing in process went on peacefully,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2018

POLITICS

Bulawayo South candidates storm out of residents meeting

THERE was drama at Barham Green Hall in Bulawayo South constituency when residents took parliamentary candidates to task over their frivolous promises, resulting in some of them storming out of the me...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Residents fume over deceased estate duty

HARARE residents have expressed concern over the exorbitant charges of 4% on deceased estate duty charged by government.In a statement yesterday, the Harare Residents Trust said the fee charged should...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 July 2018

POLITICS

Residents disturbed by Zanu-PF vote soliciting

BULAWAYO Central residents said they are living in fear of Zanu PF victimisation if the party's candidate Mlungisi Moyo, who has been soliciting votes through mobile phone messages, loses the July 30 ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Irate residents to dump garbage at Town House

Irate Harare residents have threatened to dump putrid refuse bags at municipal offices around the city to protest delayed rubbish collection over a period of a few weeks.Residents are threatening to t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Residents drag council to court

RESIDENTS have taken Mutare City Council to the High Court over its alleged failure to audit its financial books for the last five years.The United Mutare Residents and Ratepayers' Trust (UMRRT), led ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo residents threaten rates boycott

THE Bulawayo City Council has rapped Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga for urging residents to boycott paying rates at a time government departments and parastatals were owing a combined $7 million ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2018

POLITICS

Remove tollgate: Chitungwiza residents

CHITUNGWIZA residents have urged the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) to relocate the tollgate located at Chanakira village, claiming it was making it expensive for them to travel to Har...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Power station expansion excites Hwange residents

PEOPLE from Hwange District are excited about the Hwange Power Station expansion project which they say is a game changer in the development of the district.President Emmerson Mnangagwa  on Wedne...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 June 2018

POLITICS

Big cheer for residents ahead of crucial polls

Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo has given residents a big cheer ahead of the impending national elections by stopping the city fathers from disconnecting water supplies to defaulting consumers.Moyo came in...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018
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