Author Archives: David Coltart
BCC secures US$200k for vendors relocation
Raymond Jaravaza | 17 June 2025 | Heraldonline BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has secured US$200 000 funding from the Government of Switzerland to develop Bhaktas Market, located along Lobengula Street and Second Avenue. The project is aimed at providing a permanent solution to decongest the city centre by relocating hundreds of illegal vendors operating on […]
CCC power play rocks BCC over Junior Patron removal
10 June 2025 | Sikhumbuzo Moyo | Herald Online BULAWAYO City Council has controversially removed Councillor Perseverance Nyathi as its Junior Council patron, replacing her with proportional representation councillor Mercy Furanayi, in a move that reportedly contradicts a standing council resolution passed last year. In August 2023, councillors resolved that all committee chairpersons — including […]
Bulawayo councillors raise alarm over tough business registration rules
10 Jun 2025 | Bulawayo 24News Bulawayo city councillors have voiced serious concern over the stringent registration requirements imposed by the local authority on small business operators, warning that the rigid system is fuelling corruption and costing the city potential revenue. Speaking during a recent full council meeting, Ward 9 councillor Donaldson Mabuto said the current […]
Bulawayo receives cleaning equipment donation from Altcom
9 June 2025 | Trish Mukwazo and Nomalisa Gumpo | Herald Online BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) today received 50 bins and 30 brooms from Altcom as part of the company’s corporate social responsibility programme to help maintain a clean city. The handover ceremony at City Hall was attended by Mayor Councillor David Coltart, council officials, […]
Bulawayo councillors slam inaction amid worsening water crisis
07 Jun 2025 | Bulawayo 24news City councillors have voiced mounting concern over Bulawayo’s deepening water crisis, accusing the municipal committee responsible for managing future supplies of failing to provide practical solutions to the ongoing shortage that has left residents in many suburbs without water for over two weeks. During a full council meeting on […]
BCC battle illegal environmental activities
21 May 2025 Bulawayo24 News The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has intensified efforts to clamp down on illegal gold mining, sand poaching, and firewood theft-activities that are wreaking havoc on the environment and jeopardising the city’s already strained water supply. Rampant illegal mining, particularly within and around critical catchment areas such as Umzingwane, has been […]
We’re Heading to Bulawayo! The Street Child Cricket World Cup 2027 is coming to Zimbabwe.
May 19, 2025 : Street Child United We’re thrilled to share some truly game-changing news: the next Street Child Cricket World Cup (SCCWC) is heading to Bulawayo, Zimbabwe in 2027! With the full support of Mayor David Coltart and the incredible leadership team at the City of Bulawayo, we’ll be bringing our global movement for […]
‘We are a passionately multiracial team’: Zimbabwe return to England transformed
Monday, 19 May 2025 By Andy Bull: The Guardian Twenty-two years is a long time, even in a sport that measures its games in days and its history in centuries. The last time England played a Test match against Zimbabwe, in 2003, Rob Key was in the middle order instead of the managing director’s job, […]
Zimbabwe’s unsung hero on cricket’s role in reuniting his nation
By Mike Atherton | Chief Cricket Correspondent | Sunday May 18 2025 | The Times Having stayed the course in his country despite five attempts on his life, David Coltart is rejoicing in the rebirth of the sport after years of turmoil. When Andy Flower and Henry Olonga made the brave decision to take a […]
We should curb personality politics to move Zimbabwe forward
11 May 2025 | TAKUDZWA DHAMBU | Dailynews ZIMBABWEANS need to ditch their fixation with personality politics and also promote discourse that addresses critical national issues to move the country forward. So says former Cabinet minister and opposition stalwart, David Coltart, who adds that it is crucial that all politicians fight for national development despite […]