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.
Chris Musekiwa – UCAZ Communications Officer The Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) on Monday 25 October 2021 handed over to the First Lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa the Chambuta Children’s Home in Chilonga, Chiredzi North. The home, a former refugee camp established in 1988 to shelter Mozambican refugees displaced by civil war in that country, […]
All is set for the official launch of the Chambuta National Children’s Rehabilitation and Skills Development Centre in Chiredzi on Monday the 25th of October 2021. The First lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa through the Angel of Hope Foundation and in conjunction with the Department of Social Welfare embarked on a mission to turn the former […]
The State President, His Excellency, Cde E.D Mnangagwa, yesterday delivered his annual State of the Nation Address (SONA) where he also officially opened the Fourth Session of the Ninth Parliament outlining the legislative agenda of the Government. In his presentation of the SONA, he addressed the nation’s plans based on the National Development Strategy 1 […]
