The new regulations imposed on the three local authorities ranged from the introduction of clamping and towing of cars to banning of fishing in dams around Plumtree.

The Bulawayo Public Library also still offers a safe space for school children to prepare for their examinations and internet access to those cannot afford it in their homes.  

The lure of gold, intensified by years of economic decline, has driven hundreds to descend on Shurugwi’s hills and riverbanks in a desperate bid to survive.

Burst sewers, erratic water supplies, uncollected refuse, and deteriorating roads have become the city’s grim new normal.

Gweru is still running on colonial-era infrastructure designed in the 1950s and 1980s

The Bulawayo City Council played its part, initiating surveys, master planning, and design work, but the central government’s support quickly fizzled out.  

Without a deliberate revival of its junior structures, Highlanders cannot dream of regaining its lost mojo.

More than a decade later, Egodini remains a dusty construction site, a monument of dashed hopes and broken promises.

THE government  announced a ban on the importation and sale of second-hand clothes, as well as street and night vending.