Chris Musekiwa

The Local Government Investment Conference (LOGIC 2019) will be held from 7 to 9 while the Annual Conference and General Meeting will follow on 10 and 11 October 2019 at the Harare International Conference Centre. UCAZ initiated LOGIC in 2016 as a platform to interact with local and international potential investors, relevant government ministries and […]

“Improving public service delivery at local level” The international cities platform, Connective Cities and its initiators, the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the German Association of Cities (DST) and Engagement Global GmbH / Service Agency Communities in One World (SKEW), invite urban practitioners from Sub-Sahara Africa and Germany to take part in the […]

Growing urban populations, rural to urban migration, climate change, natural disasters, food insecurity, social and political instability, and declining economy are some of the factors that cities are increasingly having to deal with. These are shocks that cities have to absorb through what has been termed urban resilience. A common definition of urban resilience is […]

The women in Local Government Forum of UCAZ recently held a two-day conference in Bulawayo where members adopted a work plan. The meeting, the first since the 2018 harmonised elections, was attended by female councillors and senior female officials from urban local authorities who make up the Women in Local Government Forum (WLGF). The President […]

Solid waste management (SWM) remains an issue in Zimbabwe’s urban areas. Waste generation rates are outweighing the capacity of local authorities to manage waste from areas under their jurisdiction. As a result, the majority of local authorities are failing to cope with the waste. In addition, solid waste disposal sites do not meet the environmental […]

Zvishavane Town Council (ZTC) recently sent an SOS to UCAZ for technical assistance under the UCAZ-GIZ partnership programme regarding low water pressure challenges that residents were experiencing in one of ZTC’s suburbs, Eastlea. Council could not establish the reason for the low pressure hence the decision to request for assistance. GIZ and UCAZ have signed […]

The Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) recently handed over to government a 19km stretch of road linking Chimanimani and Chipinge districts which it rehabilitated after the devastating effects of Cyclone Idai. The cyclone affected the districts during the first week of March 2019. Junction Gate-Kopa road was no longer passable making it impossible for […]