Vendors relieve themselves in the open in Bulawayo CBD

MMP News AuthorJanuary 12, 2024
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has expressed concern over the increasing practice of open defecation by vendors in the central business district (CBD) particularly in the streets and sanitary lanes. According to the latest council minutes, the local authority said the situation is particularly alarming in the wake of the ... Read More

Churches overrun Bulawayo CBD – Bulawayo24 News

MMP News AuthorNovember 18, 2023
STAKEHOLDERS in Bulawayo are concerned that a growing number of churches are taking over premises in the central business district (CBD) and industrial sites. Fears abound that this is seriously affecting the city’s economic wellbeing in terms of job creation and investment opportunities. The sound of machinery, which once characterised ... Read More

Bulawayo bans pushcarts in CBD

MMP News AuthorNovember 10, 2023
The government has granted approval for Bulawayo City Council (BCC)’s clamping and tow-away by-laws, which now include the prohibition of pushcarts in the central business district (CBD) among other offenses. Winston Chitando, the Minister of Local Government and Public Works, announced the amendment of the by-laws through Statutory Instrument (SI) ... Read More

US$27m needed to modernise Bulawayo CBD roads

MMP News AuthorJuly 26, 2023
THE Bulawayo City Council says it needs about US$27 million to completely modernise the city centre road network and ensure the establishment of efficient parking infrastructure. While some stakeholders have argued that the US$1 per hour parking fee charged by parking contractor, Tendy Three Investments (TTI), is too high and ... Read More

Man hangs self in Bulawayo CBD

MMP News AuthorFebruary 24, 2023
News / National by Staff reporter 11 hrs ago | Views A man believed to be in his early 20s was found hanging from a tree in Kwekwe Central Business District in a suspected case of suicide. The man, only identified as Junior and believed to be a street … ... Read More