While the City of Harare has dismally failed to collect garbage, the real issue we must not shy away from is the involvement of Geo Pomona Waste Management Company in the whole issue. Some forces are desperately keen to make the City of Harare fail in delivering its mandate.

A water burst in the central business district of Harare.

Uncollected garbage being burnt, polluting the air at the corner of Daniel Street and Mbirimi Drive in Mbare National

The Harare Residents Trust (HRT) is represented at the national level by the Zimbabwe Union of Residents and Ratepayers' Association (ZURRA).

WestProp is going to transform a part of the Warren Hills Golf Course through a modernised infrastructure development. This has been possible after the City of Harare and WestProp entered into an agreement in November 2023.

Most residential suburbs do not currently have water in Harare. It is unfortunate that the City of Harare is unable to address the situation.

The City of Harare is a crime scene.

The City Parking marshals. They receive payments for parking in the Harare central business district. What's your experience with their services to the motorists?

The Constitution of Zimbabwe, the Urban Councils Act (Chapter 29.15) and the Electoral Act (Chapter 2.13) do not provide minimum academic or professional qualifications for councillors. Democracy, as currently defined in Zimbabwe, does not discriminate against less educated cllrs

Rufaro Marketing (Pvt) Limited remitted a mere US$7,500-00 to the City of Harare on 25 September 2024. This is contained in the Town Clerk's report to the Business Committee dated 03 October 2024. Unfortunately, the remittance details remain outstanding.

There is a worsening water crisis in Harare. The City of Harare is currently pumping about 300 megalitres of water but 60 percent is lost through leakages and illegal water connections along the water distribution network.

A councillor performs three key functions of; 1. Representation,2. Policymaking, and 3. Oversight to ensure that council bureaucracy implements council policies, strategies and resolutions. Majority of councillors in Harare fail on their representative and oversight functions.

There is a water crisis in Harare.

Constitution, Section 264(1) Whenever appropriate, governmental powers and responsibilities must be devolved to provincial and metropolitan councils and local authorities which are competent to carry out those responsibilities efficiently and effectively.

Water pipe burst running for +/- 4 months unattended along Samora Machel, opposite National Tyre Services

Officials in the City of Harare are responsible for the absence of a functional, transparent and accountable enterprise resource plan. They do not want Quill Associates, the owners of the BIQ billing system, to resume provision of billing services.

The government is wrong to talk about privatisation of social services in Harare. If they are serious about privatisation of public services, they should first privatise nonperforming parastatals like ZUPCO and the NRZ. #Notoprivatisation

Treated water being lost in Conald Road, Graniteside, Harare

Water is life. No to water privatisation!!

The absence of a functional billing system, known in the city of Harare as the enterprise resource planning system, is causing millions of USD to leave council coffers without any restraint. The failure to have a new billing system is deliberate by corrupt cartels