By Chris Musekiwa The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) and UCAZ recently held a joint planning workshop at the ZESA National Training Centre. The workshop was the first ever between the two organisations. This was after the realization that urban local authorities and ZETDC were operating in silos, yet they served the same […]
https://fb.watch/oBsumxhpzm/ Harare City Council Town Clerk, Eng. Hosiah Chisango addresses the media, Monday 27 November 2023, on progress council has made in refurbishing the Morton Jaffrey Water Works. This comes after the government had set up a 19-member technical team chaired by the University of Zimbabwe Civil Engineering lecturer Prof. Hodson Makurira to improve water […]
There was a celebratory atmosphere at the Town House, City of Harare yesterday as the Mayor, Cllr J. Mafume commissioned a variety of plant and equipment procured by the Harare City Council in line with their thrust of recapitalizing service delivery operations. The Mayor commissioned 20 Nissan NP200 trucks, 2 Nissan Navara single cab trucks, […]
This interview focuses on issues to do with service delivery, waste management, maladministration and corruption among others. It highlights how the association handles its day-to-day activities and how it engages the residents on issues to do with budgets and advocacy programs.
The Minister of Local Government and Public Works, Hon July Moyo issued a press statement to the media on the forthcoming Councilors’ Indaba with the State President, His Excellency, Cde Dr. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa to be held at the Harare International Conference Center. He was flanked by the Zimbabwe Local Government Association (ZILGA) President Alderman […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
