Author Archives: David Coltart
Council debates fines hike
6 December 2025 | Bulawayo24news Bulawayo City Council has been forced to confront two pressing challenges – severe vehicle shortages affecting service delivery and escalating illegal dumping – with councillors calling for urgent reforms to both procurement systems and penalty structures. The matters took centre stage during Wednesday’s full council meeting, where councillors expressed frustration […]
Zimbabwe owes US$1.7bn to pensioners, schools, contractors
4 December 2025 | Bulawayo24news Zimbabwe’s government ministries continue to operate outside the official Public Finance Management System (PFMS), committing to contracts beyond approved budgets and under weak monitoring structures. This fiscal mismanagement has allowed expenditure to spiral out of control, resulting in the accumulation of unpaid bills that now total ZIG45.6 billion (US$1.7 billion), […]
New ECD Block Commissioned At Bulawayo School
4 December 2025 | Nokuxola Mbangeni | Newsday THE City of Bulawayo on Tuesday commissioned an early childhood development (ECD) classroom block at Queen Elizabeth II Primary School in Nkulumane, marking a significant improvement to the school’s infrastructure through a public-private partnership. Mayor David Coltart presided over the handover, where he described the project as a […]
Byo councillors travel to Masvingo for Strategic Planning workshop…ignore Mayor Coltart’s pleas for local venue
4 December 2025 | Nqobile Bhebhe | Heraldonline THE City of Bulawayo has selected Masvingo a province far away from the city as the venue for its crucial 2026–2030 Strategic Planning Workshop, after failing to secure a suitable facility in Gweru, a council report shows. The workshop, scheduled for 8-14 December comes at a critical […]
Coltart Meets Madinda Ndlovu to promote soccer in Bulawayo
2 December 2025 | Bulawayo24news BULAWAYO – Mayor David Coltart has met football legend Madinda Ndlovu to discuss ways of promoting soccer in the city, including the establishment of a football academy to nurture young talent. Coltart revealed details of the meeting through a post on his Facebook account, where he described it as “superb” […]
Chronicle Editorial | City Hall showdown signals a governance breakdown
25 November 2025 | The Chronicle BULAWAYO’S corridors of power have become a stage for political theatre, with Mayor David Coltart and his deputy, Edwin Ndlovu, locked in a feud that feels less like governance and more like a slow-motion implosion. Beneath the drama lies a sobering truth: the city’s leadership model is cracking under […]
Cartels fuelling Bulawayo chaos
23 November 2025 | Nqobani Ndlovu | The Standard The chaos engulfing the Bulawayo City Council has been linked to manoeuvres by what has been described as Harare-based cartels that are angling for multi-million tenders for various projects under the jurisdiction of the local authority. On Friday, Bulawayo mayor David Coltart revealed that the fight over town […]
Editorial Comment: Vultures circling Bulawayo council
23 November 2025 | The Standard Bulawayo has always prided itself as the best run city in Zimbabwe, but of late there have been worrying signs of corruption creeping into City Hall under the watch of the fractious Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). After the 2023 elections, an air of optimism swept across the city […]