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Sewege rehabilitation kicks off in Mbare..

Harare City Council has started the rehabilitation of sewage pipes in Mbare as it moves to address some of the causes of the Cholera pandemic.

By Bridget Bere

City of Harare commemorates World Bicycle Day

City of Harare has held World Bicycle Day commemorations aimed at rethinking mobility and making streets safer for every cyclist, pedestrian and motor...

By Ropafadzo Chitima

Council promotes culture

City of Harare is providing Community Halls and Community Centres for Arts groups as a way of promoting cultural diversity, Acting Housing and Communi...

By Kudzai Kugwa

Council targets litterbugs

Mayor Jacob Mafume has urged the city’s municipal police to intensify enforcement of the Harare (Anti-litter) by-Laws contained in Statutory Instrumen...

By Kudzai Kugwa

City of Harare takes clean-up campaign to Borrowdale

City of Harare held a clean-up campaign in Helensvale, Borrowdale which was spearheaded by Borrowdale District Office.

By Ropafadzo Chitima

Shun corruption, Mayor tells City cops

Mayor Jacob Mafume has urged Municipal police officers to shun corruption and respect human rights in the enforcement of by-laws.

By Kudzai Kugwa

Council promotes physical health

Harare City Council has embarked on a Zumba body fitness programme aimed at raising awareness for physical health.

By Bridget Bere

City of Harare encourages children to fight cholera

City of Harare held a catch them young programme at Budiriro 5 Council Primary School aimed at encouraging children to take preventive measures agains...

By Ropafadzo Chitima

City rolls out Polio vaccination

City of Harare Health Services Department has embarked on a massive Polio SIA vaccination programme aimed at combating the deadly child killer disease...

By Bornwise Mtonzi

Council employs raft of measures to combat Cholera

Council is implementing a cocktail of measures including stopping water rationing in the western suburbs and clearing sewer blockages in all hot spots...

By Kudzai Kugwa

Council upgrades Mbare sewer system

Harare City Council is carrying out a sewer pipeline replacement project in Mbare in an effort to minimize sewer blockages in the area.

By Ropafadzo Chitima

Harare must work, Mayor

City of Harare has introduced community based refuse collection as a way of improving waste management.

By Delay Kufa

Council tighten screws on corruption

Mayor Councillor Jacob Mafume says Harare City council is committed to fighting corruption as it benefits a few individuals at the expense of resident...

By Kudzai Kugwa

Council prioritizes supply of adequate water to residents

Council is implementing a raft of measures which include negotiating with chemical suppliers and introducing new technology with a view to ensure that...

By Ropafadzo Chitima

Junior Councillors leading by example

Harare City Junior Council has held a clean-up campaign in the Central Business District.

By Ropafadzo Chitima and Panashe Kubangaradza

Council serving war vets to get their stands

Plans to allocate stands to war veterans who are still serving in council are at an advanced stage with city fathers set to sit next week to finalise ...

By Bornwise Mtonzi

Cholera cases now 13

There are now 13 confirmed cholera cases in Harare and 44 suspected as at May 5, 2023.

By Staff Reporter

Council records an increase in markets revenue

Council has recorded a significant increase in revenue collected from the informal sector during the first quarter of 2023 with the City set to invest...

By Kudzai Kugwa

Mayoress Mafume donates to the less privileged

Mayoress Elizabeth Mafume on behalf of Mayor's Cheer Fund board donated 100 boxes each of instant noodles from Nestlea to various children's homes.

By Kudzai Kugwa

Mabvuku Poly Clinic conducts urban voucher programme

The urban voucher programme being carried out at Mabvuku Poly Clinic since November 2021 is aimed at increasing maternal health access to the disadvan...

By Patricia Musara

Harare City Karateka Scoops Gold

Harare City karateka Nigel Makaza won Gold at a tournament held by the Zimbabwe Karate Union in partnership with the Zimbabwe National Karate Federati...

By Tashinga Murugweni

Council to clamp on illegal activities

Council is conducting a joint enforcement operation aimed at clearing all illegal activities in the Central Business District and all residential area...

By Bornwise Mtonzi

City targets 536 mega litres amid power woes

The city’s water treatment plants are constantly undergoing rehabilitation with the aim of realizing the target of 536 megalitres a day by the end of ...

By Staff Reporter

Council in solar farms talks

Council is negotiating with two companies that want to partner the city in developing, maintaining and operating solar power plants.

By Staff Reporter

Council continues to support Junior Council

The Junior Council is set to get funding from the City following the Junior Council Policy formulation process held recently.

By Patricia Musara

City breaks new ground …...as first low density Polyclinic construction gets underway

Council has commenced construction of its first Polyclinic in low density suburbs, a move set to relieve many, especially those in need of low cost ma...

By Bothwell Petro

Plans to turn Carter House into a Hospital at advanced stage

Council’s plans to turn Carter House into a state of the art maternity Hospital are at an advanced stage with Mayor Jacob Mafume meeting Church of Chr...

By Bornwise Mtonzi

Belarusian delegation tours Fire Station

The visiting Belarusian delegation toured the City of Harare Emergency Services Division and promised to provide new fire tenders as well as advanced ...

By Staff Reporter

Mayor’s Cheer Fund board donates to Jairos Jiri

The Mayor’s Cheer Fund board has donated food stuffs and toiletries to Jairos Jiri Southerton and Jairos Jiri Waterfalls.

By Tashinga Murugweni

Rufaro stadium refurbishment on the right course

The refurbishment of Rufaro Stadium is going according to plan with various works on schedule as the City moves to make the stadia a world class sport...

By Denise Gondo

Rufaro stadium refurbishment on the right course

The refurbishment of Rufaro Stadium is going according to plan with various works on schedule as the City moves to make the stadia a world class sport...

By Denise Gondo

Rufaro stadium refurbishment on the right course

The refurbishment of Rufaro Stadium is going according to plan with various works on schedule as the City moves to make the stadia a world class sport...

By Denise Gondo

Harare reduces parking fees

Motorists will now pay $57 dollar for parking offences after Council resolved to delay charging the clamping charge of $65 by up to three hours.

By Staff Reporter

Nanotech begins work at Morton Jaffray

Water purifying firm, Nanotech Solutions has started installing equipment to upgrade the Morton Jaffray Water Treatment Plant so that it can use alter...

By Denise Gondo

Faith Raradza Women's month profile

Mrs Faith Raradza is Chief Human Capital Officer at the City of Harare.

By Omega Chigero

Council celebrates women empowerment

She is one of the longest serving employees in City of Harare after attaining 43 years of service at the end of March 2023.

By Patricia Musara

Harare derby will be played in Rufaro Stadium

Mayor Jacob Mafume is confident that the match between Dynamos FC and CAPS United will be played at Rufaro Stadium this season.

By Bornwise Mtonzi

Council relaxes Parking Fines

Harare City Council is set to relax its traffic by-laws to cushion motorists who were crying foul over efforts by the city to bring order and sanity i...

By Bornwise Mtonzi

Council relaxes Parking Fines

Harare City Council is set to relax its traffic by-laws to cushion motorists who were crying foul over efforts by the city to bring order and sanity i...

By Bornwise Mtonzi

“Operation Chenesa Harare” demystified

“Operation Chenesa Harare” is premised on a community-based approach, where local stakeholders partner Council in cleaning their environment, a senior...

By Vanessa Chikutu

New Small and Medium Enterprises Policy in the offing

The informal sector has the potential to build markets, expand trade, fight poverty and generate employment, town clerk Eng Phakamile Mabhena Moyo has...

By Staff Reporter

New Small and Medium Enterprises Policy in the offing

The informal sector has the potential to build markets, expand trade, fight poverty and generate employment, town clerk Eng Phakamile Mabhena Moyo has...

By Staff Reporter

Council joins anti-drug abuse campaign

The City of Harare has joined the anti-drug campaign with Mayor Cllr Jacob Mafume calling on youths to desist from using drugs and staying away from c...

By Patricia Musara

Motorists get reprieve as Mayor Mafume listens to concerns

Council has introduced a cocktail of measures in place to ensure that traffic enforcement by Council and City Parking do not inconvenience motorists.

By Omega Chigero

Council takes over the Bus Termini

Council is set to reclaim its bus termini in and around the city with plans to modernize them and adopt a franchise model for mass transportation.

By Denise Gondo

Sunningdale District supports Operation Chenesa Harare

Sunningdale District has embarked on a cleaning up programme supporting “Operation Chenesa Harare” launched by Mayor Mafume last week.

By Melody Korongwe

Roads authorities, Zinara to sit over road funds

The Zimbabwe National Road Authority is set to conduct an Indaba with road authorities with a view to ventilate the formula used to disburse road fund...

By Staff Reporter

Roads authorities, Zinara to sit over road funds

The Zimbabwe National Road Authority is set to conduct an Indaba with road authorities with a view to ventilate the formula used to disburse road fund...

By Staff Reporter

Women in sports, celebrating “Coach Rose”

Harare city head coach Rosemary ‘Coach Rose’ Mugadza is a former defence super star who captained the Mighty Warriors in 2002.

By Tashinga Murugweni

Women in sports, celebrating “Coach Rose”

Harare city head coach Rosemary ‘Coach Rose’ Mugadza is a former defence super star who captained the Mighty Warriors in 2002.

By Tashinga Murugweni

Councillor Kadzombe urges women to lead

As we keep on celebrating women’s months, our focus is on City of Harare Human Resources and General Purposes Committee Chairperson Ward 41 Councilor ...

By Lean Chifamba

Councillor Kadzombe urges women to lead

As we keep on celebrating women’s months, our focus is on City of Harare Human Resources and General Purposes Committee Chairperson Ward 41 Councilor ...

By Lean Chifamba

Council embarks on traffic lights installation project

Council has embarked on a programme to install traffic lights on several intersections in the city in a bid to minimize the occurrence of accidents an...

By Tendai Munatsi

Garbage is everyone’s child

Mayor Councillor Jacob Mafume has implored the business community to join hands with Council in a cleanup exercise dubbed “Chenesa Harare” launched la...

By Melody Korongwe

Space barons on the prowl

Small to Medium Enterprises Committee Chairperson Councilor Denford Ngadziore has expressed concern over four space barons who are illegally collectin...

By Staff Reporter

Kadzombe motivates female employees

Human Resources and General Purposes Committee Chairperson Cllr Kudzai Kadzombe has said that there is need to motivate and upgrade women within the c...

By Melody Korongwe

City celebrates women empowerment month

As the City joins the world in celebrating women month, the Sunshine News features a council female employee Eng Faith Maidei Kashangura

By Mercy Makuvatsine

Catch them young programmes for schools

The City of Harare has embarked on catch them young programmes in schools aimed at instilling a sense of responsibility towards the environment in chi...

By Tashinga Murugweni

Catch them young programmes for schools

The City of Harare has embarked on catch them young programmes in schools aimed at instilling a sense of responsibility towards the environment in chi...

By Tashinga Murugweni

Harare Open Streets event for Ridgeway North

The City of Harare in partnership with various stakeholders is to conduct an open street event on Saturday 25 February 2023 in Ridgeway North Borrowda...

By Patricia Musara

Harare alert of a Cholera outbreak

Harare’s health officials are on high alert after 2 confirmed cholera cases were recently reported in Chegutu, City Epidemiologist Dr Michael Vere has...

By Denise Gondo

City Queens lose in the Quarterfinals

Harare City Netball Queens were knocked out in the quarter finals of the season opening Premier Netball League tournament held at Chitungwiza Aquatic ...

By Tashinga Murugweni

School of Excellence opens for Undergraduates and PHD programmes

Harare’s School of Excellence will start offering Doctorate and undergraduate programmes in April.

By Patricia Musara

School of Excellence opens for Undergraduates and PHD programmes

Harare’s School of Excellence will start offering Doctorate and undergraduate programmes in April.

By Patricia Musara

School of Excellence to Bring Solutions

The graduation of 49 students from Harare's School of Excellence will bring solutions to many challenges currently bedeviling the City as the programm...

By Vanessa Chikutu

City Council informs the public on traffic operations

Council has embarked on a blitz meant to curb all the illegal activities within the city.

By Melody Korongwe

Council works on pipe leakages

The water supply infrastructure maintenance works carried out last weekend were meant to stop leakages in the Central Business District (CBD), City Pr...

By Denise Gondo

Council to repossess bus termini

Mayor Jacob Mafume says council is considering repossessing bus termini it had leased to Zimbabwe Passengers Company (ZUPCO) because the later is fail...

By Bornwise Mtonzi

Stick to your regulatory duties, EMA told

Mayor Cllr Jacob Mafume says the Ministry of Climate and Environmental Management and the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) must stick to their ma...

By Bornwise Mtonzi

District level waste management initiative to be launched

Harare will soon launch a district level waste management initiative meant to make sure that all illegal dumpsites are cleared.

By Denise Gondo

More than 600 tonnes of sand recovered monthly at sewer works

At least 15 to 20 tonnes of sand are being removed daily from Firle and Crowborough Sewage Treatment Plant in Harare, a situation which has greatly co...

By Denise Gondo

City conducts VIAC tests for cervical cancer patients

City of Harare, Health Services is conducting Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid and Camera (VIAC) at its Clinics which is an effective way of prevent...

By Denise Gondo and Mahlatsi Moyo

Council embarks on stakeholder engagements on waste management

City of Harare has embarked on a massive awareness campaign aimed at educating residents on the need to keep a clean environment and proper waste disp...

By Vanessa Chikutu

Unchanged tariffs for health services

Clinic consultation fees by Registered General Nurses will remain unchanged with adults paying an equivalent of US$5 and children US$3.

By Patricia Musara

New tariffs for stadia, halls and swimming pools

The City has increased the tariffs for hiring out its stadia for the year 2023.

By Vanessa Chikutu

Covid-19 vaccination blitz targets children

City Health Service Department recently carried out a Covid-19 vaccination campaign targeting school children in the city who had not been vaccinated.

By Omega Chigero and Lean Chifamba

New cemeteries and cremation charges.

The City of Harare has set new tariffs for cemeteries and cremation effective January 1, 2023

By Lean Chifamba

Unchanged Business License and Registration Fees for 2023

Council has released largely unchanged business and small to medium licenses and registration fees for the year 2023 with some tariffs reduced.

By Charles Kamukopa

No one is above the law

City Public Safety Manager Martin Chimombe says no one will be exempted in the ongoing traffic enforcement blitz meant to restore order in the Central...

By Bornwise Mtonzi

Harare City handball teams confident of success

Harare City handball teams are confident of success ahead of the resumption of the second of the second phase of the 2022-23 season.

By Tashinga Murugweni

City adopts new model of refuse collection

Council has embarked on a programme to construct waste transfer stations at various sites in the city in order to increase refuse collection efficienc...

By Lean Chifamba and Vanessa Chikutu

Another Council school opens

Glaudina Primary School which has been under construction since 2019 is now operational.

By Melody Korongwe

Council partners Silveira House urban greening

Council has partnered Silveira House on a re-greening project of green spaces at Kuwadzana major park.

By Patricia Musara

Council now owed more than ZWL$90 billion

Harare City Council is now owed in excess ZWL$90 billion by Government, residents and business a situation that is affecting service delivery.

By Denise Gondo

Council embarks on refuse blitz

Council has embarked on a three-week community based waste collection and drainage clearance blitz in to clear illegal dumpsites as and clean drainage...

By Bornwise Mtonzi

Council targets alternative revenue streams

Council has set targets for all its departments to raise funds to improve service delivery pursuing non-traditional revenue streams.

By Tendai Munatsi and Omega Chigero

Headlines

Madzingira transforms people’s lives.

Ward 10 councillor Hammy Madzingira is changing the lives of Sunningdale residents after embarking on various programmes aimed at teaching youths psyc...

By Mahlatsi Moyo

Council encourages Cluster houses to upgrade water and sewer systems

Council has resolved that new cluster house owners should upgrade sewer and water systems to suit the number of residents on their development.

By Melody Korongwe

Acting Minister Coventry denies City’s bid to recruit drain cleaners, grass cutters and street clean...

Council is currently carrying out drain cleaning, catch pits cleaning, grass cutting, pipe drain de-blocking and spoil removal exercise City wide.

By Staff Reporter

City confident Rufaro Stadium rehabilitation will meet deadline

Council is confident that Rufaro Stadium will be ready to host Premier League matches come mid March after setting a multi-disciplinary team to spearh...

By Patricia Musara

Malnutrition cases up by 150 percent

Cases of malnutrition in Harare have risen by over 150 percent with the city’s acting epidemiologist Dr Michael Vere advising residents to show up for...

By Denise Gondo