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 […]
An obituary Former UCAZ Secretary General, Mr Joel Bigboy Zowa is no more. He died on 12 July 2019 while attending a high level meeting in New York, the United States of America. He was 65. Mr Zowa joined UCAZ as Secretary General from the University of Zimbabwe where he was the Dean of the Faculty of Law. Mr Zowa is credited […]
