Hwange Local Board together with Hwange Rural District Council met South Africa’s Ba Phalaborwa Municipality in Hwange last week to discuss areas of cooperation between the three local authorities and how to possibly enter into a twinning agreement. The South African delegation, led by Ba Phalaborwa Municipality Mayor Cllr Merriam Malatji, toured both the urban […]
The Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe learned with deep shock, a sense of loss and sadness about the untimely death of a great visionary, a local democracy icon, a civic leader par excellence, Ald Lawrence Dambudzo Mudehwe. Ald Mudehwe, who passed on on 10 August 2022, was born in 1933 in Mutare, Ald Mudehwe did […]
Marondera Municipality has started renovating its water and sewer reticulation systems using the devolution funds disbursed by the government. With $330 million allocated to Marondera Municipality as devolution funds, about $31 million has been put to good use in buying modular tanks, water reticulation network pipes, and rehabilitating sewage pump stations in areas like Cherutombo. […]
Urban farmers are being encouraged to seek permits from their local authorities so that they can operate legally in the urban farming areas. This comes after the government announced that an estimated 500 000 urban households will benefit from the Presidential Input Scheme Intwasa/Pfumvudza for the 2022/2023 farming season. Farmers are encouraged to get in […]
Harare City Council is working with ZESA and Rwanda Energy Group under the smart partnerships agreement between the Republic of Zimbabwe and the Republic of Rwanda to revitalize the city’s street lighting system under a smart city concept. “We are trying to develop, in terms of what we put in our manifesto, that we will […]
LADS hosted a 3-day short course training for local authorities at the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) from the 31st of May to the 2nd of June. The course which ran under the theme “Digital Transformation”, aimed at empowering policymakers in local authorities with skills on how they can strategically align their councils with global […]
The Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe joins the world in celebrating #worldwaterday 2022 under the theme “Groundwater: Making the invisible visible” “Urban areas are expected to absorb all of the world’s population growth over the next four decades, as well as accommodating significant rural-to-urban migration. The vast majority of these people will be living in […]
The Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe joins the world in celebrating International Women’s Day under the theme “Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow”. The Association of Rural District Councils of Zimbabwe (ARDCZ) and UCAZ under the auspices of the Zimbabwe Local Government Association (ZILGA) are part of the dialogue on the local government women’s […]
It was a sad day indeed as family, friends, and workmates headed towards Lady Stanley Cemetery to lay to rest the late Eng. Simela Dube. Eng. Dube was the Director of the Department of Engineering Services in the City of Bulawayo and one of the best among city engineers in Zimbabwe whom UCAZ has relied […]
The interview is about the impact of COVID-19 on urban local authorities in terms of service delivery. Local authorities have since adapted and found ways of dealing with the risen crisis in terms of revenue collection. Moving forward local authorities have since made plans to engage the central government for funding and assistance.
