Harare City Council’s Ward 17 councillor and the Human Resources Committee Chairperson Clr Jacob Mafume (43) was yesterday elected new Harare mayor. He defeated Clr Luckson Mukunguma in an election conducted at the Town House.
Members of the Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) have once again been given an opportunity to participate in a second Connective Cities Dialogue event to be held from 7 to 18 September 2020. The dialogue event is being held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Water shortages have hit Harare’s dormitory town of Ruwa after it decommissioned its major water supply dam, Nora Valley, which dried up early this year due to poor rainfall last season. Read on …
Harare City Council will soon approach the Government to be allowed to start levying certain businesses, rates in foreign currency. Read more …
GWERU City Council has reviewed its 2020 annual budget by 25 percent, which will result in the 75 percent surge in rates and water charges. The move follows the approval two months ago by the Government, on the increase to the local authority’s $1,8 billion by 50 percent. Read more …
LOCAL authorities in the Midlands Province yesterday hailed the central Government for allocating them funds under devolution, which have transformed many lives in communities. Read more …
In order to decongest the central business district (CBD) and provide a high standard market structure for vendors, the City of Harare is constructing a market shelter with a capacity of 3000 market stalls when complete. Council received a Z$15 million grant from government for the market shelter which is being constructed at the intersection […]
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Harare has begun the production of face masks which are now mandatory for every citizen to wear in public and work spaces. The factory, operating from temporary space at the Department of Housing and Community Services’ Remembrance Drive Head Office is staffed by instructors from the […]
Local authorities have started collecting water storage tanks for COVID-19 isolation centres. A total of 43 tanks were procured for 17 local authorities that requested for the tanks. The tanks with a capacity of 5 000 litres each, were procured under a UCAZ-GIZ partnership. GIZ is an arm of the Germany government. The purpose of the […]
Under the UCAZ-GIZ partnership, GIZ, an arm of the Germany government, is providing 43 water tanks with a capacity of 5000 litres each to 17 local authorities. The tanks will be installed at 24 Isolation centres in urban local authorities. The 32 urban local authorities have among them a total of 24 isolation centres.
