The State President, His Excellency Dr Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday launched the much awaited Minimum Service Delivery Standards during the 4th Local Authorities’ Indaba with the President held at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair Exhibition Centre in Bulawayo.
Mayors and Town Clerks from Zimbabwe’s 32 urban councils are participants in a three-day training workshop on Diplomatic Protocol and Etiquette being held in Bulawayo. The workshop kicks off today. The Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade’s Zimbabwe Foreign Service Institute are jointly hosting the workshop […]
By Chrispen Musekiwa The President, His Excellency Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa yesterday commended some local authorities for the milestones that they have achieved under the Call to Action – No Compromise to Service Delivery blueprint. He was addressing 2500 councillors from all the 92 urban local authorities in Zimbabwe during the All-Councillors Indaba with the President […]
UCAZ has unveiled two key programmes to guide the operations and strengthen urban local authorities for the next five years (2024 – 2028). Read on …
The Miinster of Local Government and Public Works Honourable Daniel Garwe officiated at the UCAZ three-day Strategic Planning workshop being held in Harare from 17 to 19 July 2024 at the Cresta Churchill Hotel in Bulawayo. Read on ….
Most local authorities have met the June deadline for submission of masterplans. Out of the 92 local authorities in Zimbabwe, 86 have submitted their draft masterplans to the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works before the 30 June deadline. The directive to develop Masterplans was issued by Hon Winston Chitando, then Minister of Local […]
The State President, His Excellency Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed that best performing local authorities and council officials be given awards starting next year at a ceremony that he will preside over as way to improve service delivery. Local Government and Public Works Minister Hon. Winston Chitando announced this development in Nyanga yesterday when he met […]
The UCAZ centenary celebrations which were launched on 29 April 2023 in Bulawayo ended on a high note as the curtain came down with the final event held in Mutare on 30 June with an awards dinner attended by more than three hundred participants. Participants included mayors, councillors, town clerks, senior council officials and representatives […]
All roads lead to Mutare where on Friday the 30th of June the Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) is celebrating its 100th year anniversary. The theme of the celebrations is UCAZ @100, celebrating Excellence and Resilience. Mayors, councillors, senior government officials, Town Clerks, and senior council officials as well as representatives of industry and […]
By Chris Musekiwa The Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) is one of the oldest local government associations in Africa. It started as a loose forum of municipalities in 1923, when councils used to meet and discuss matters of common concern. In 1940 the forum adopted a constitution which established the Local Government Association of Southern Rhodesia (LGASR) with […]
