By Bulawayo Correspondent
BULAWAYO’S water challenges are expected to partially improve following the completion of the drilling and equipping of 10 boreholes at Epping Forest in Nyamandlovu by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA).
The new water project, which was identified as one of the short-term solutions to the city’s perennial water woes, is expected to add an additional 15 megalitres per day to the city’s water supply system.
The city’s mayor Solomon Mguni said the aggregated water supply is now 135 megalitres per day following the completion of the water project.
“We are glad to announce that the coming on line of the Epping Forest combined with output from the Rochester scheme in Nyamandlovu is expected to supply an additional ground water of about 15 megalitres per day,” said Mguni.
By Bulawayo Correspondent
AS the nation commemorates Robert Mugabe National Youth Day this Sunday, political parties have expressed mixed feelings towards the late strongman’s legacy with some crediting the once fierce ruler for keeping the military out of national politics.
Mugabe was dethroned in a popular military assisted coup November 2017.
February 21, which is the former President’s birthday, was formally recognised as a national holiday on 24 February 2017.
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Zimbabwe founding president Innocent Ndibali credited Mugabe for championing the land reform programme.
“Today, we remember (former) President Robert Mugabe. We promise that expropriation of land without compensation can never be reversed.
By Bulawayo Correspondent
THE newly appointed Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Zimbabwe president Xolani Tshuma has come-out guns blazing accusing the MDC-T led Bulawayo City Council (BCC) of failing to address and end the ongoing strike by its workers.
The industrial action by municipality workers over poor salaries has seriously crippled some critical services in the city such as access to health services, refuse collection and burials.
Tshuma also took a swipe at the city’s fathers for failing to fix the city’s perennial water shortages, which have seen residents in some suburbs going for months without tap water.
THE BCC employees last Wednesday this week embarked on an in definite industrial action demanding living wage monthly salaries based on the poverty datum line pegged at $20 000.
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By Bulawayo Correspondent
THE opposition party, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Zimbabwe has confirmed one of its senior officials voted in the MDC-T chaotic weekend extraordinary congress held at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC).
The EFF Zimbabwe Tuesday claimed its national chairperson, Shelton Chiyangwa actually moved a motion confirming MDC-T’s secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora as the party’s president.
The chaotic election later saw other presidential candidates walking out in protest over alleged rigging by Mwonzora who controversially won the elections.
Mwonzora polled 883 votes followed by former acting party leader Thokozani Khupe who polled 118 votes while Elias Mudzuri and Morgen Komichi got 14 and nine each respectively during the discredited poll.