Author Archives: David Coltart
Bulawayo City Council installs new elevators at Tower Block
03 Mar 2025 Bulawayo24news The Bulawayo City Council has invested US$778 260 in installing new elevators at the Tower Block Municipal Building, with further plans to rehabilitate other key city assets, including the City Hall Clock. The six new elevators were commissioned last Friday, marking a significant upgrade for one of the city’s most essential […]
David Coltart Challenges Trump’s “Dictator” Label on Zelensky
20 February 2025 ZimEye Bulawayo mayor and human rights lawyer David Coltart has weighed in on former U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s controversial statement regarding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in which Trump labeled Zelensky a “dictator” due to Ukraine’s lack of elections since Russia’s invasion. In a pointed response, Coltart drew a historical parallel with […]
Open letter to African Ministers of Finance by mayors and governors of African cities
February 17, 2025 C40 Mayors and governors have signed the following open letter directed at African Ministers of Finance during the Green & Resilient UrbanShift Africa Forum in Nairobi, Kenya: Dear Honourable Ministers, As mayors and governors of cities across Africa, we are issuing a collective call for urgent and collaborative action to unlock the […]
We have no control over Nyamandlovu aquifer: BCC
By Nizbert Moyo | Feb. 6, 2025 BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says the Nyamandlovu aquifer is operating below capacity due to non-functional boreholes. Bulawayo residents last week implored the local authority to prioritise resuscitating boreholes at the aquifer to alleviate the water crisis in the city. Mayor David Coltart told Southern Eye that the local authority has […]
Bulawayo dams remain low despite heavy rains
William Vundla | Feb. 3, 2025 BULAWAYO supply dams have received less than expected inflows despite heavy rains while other dams in Matabeleland provinces are spilling. The inflows to dams such as uMzingwane have been heavily affected by artisanal mining which is leaving huge trenches in the catchment area, thereby affecting the flow of water to […]
Chinese company hired to undo damage by illegal miners was mining at night.
27 JAN 2025 ZimLive BULAWAYO – A Chinese company duped the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) after entering a partnership to close open pits left by artisanal miners in Umzingwane River, only to be found carrying out riverbed mining. EMA terminated the partnership with the company called Friends of the Environment, but it is not clear […]
BULAWAYO MAYOR DAVID COLTART SAYS MATOBO WOMEN DESIGNERS WILL DESIGN THE MAYORAL GOWN
JANUARY 20, 2025 Breezefm The Mayor of Bulawayo has announced that Matobo women artists will design his gown, as the council aims to replace the traditional mayoral gown, which he describes as a “colonial relic.” Speaking at the official opening ceremony of the Matobo Goes Fashion exhibition on Friday meant to showcase the designs of […]
Power outages worsen Bulawayo’s water crisis
Patricia Sibanda | Jan. 19, 2025 The Southern Eye Frequent power cuts running into several hours per day are damaging water pumps at Bulawayo’s supply dams and worsening acute shortages of the commodity blamed on the 2024 El Nino-induced drought that ravaged the country, mayor David Coltart (pictured) has warned. The Zimbabwe Power Company is failing […]
Bulawayo sewer ponds condemned
Patricia Sibanda | Jan. 15, 2025 | Newsday Zimbabwe BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has said all sewage ponds in the city have collapsed resulting in an increase in pipe bursts. “We have got a major problem with sewage. We have eight sewage ponds in the city and none of them is working. Hence that is our […]