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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 5 days ago
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 5 days ago
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 5 days ago
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 5 days ago
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 5 days ago
Faith Raradza Women's month profile

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

By Omega Chigero 5 days ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
“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 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 4 weeks ago
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 4 weeks ago
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
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