BULAWAYO City CounciL (BCC) has called on ratepayers to expeditiously settle their bills to enable the local authority to hire more workers and improve service delivery.<\/p>\n
BCC is owed over $189 million in unpaid bills.<\/p>\n
Mayor Solomon Mguni last week encouraged residents to pay their rates, saying this would go a long way in alleviating problems faced by council.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe continue to urge our residents to pay their bills on time to enable us to provide much-needed services to them. Without enough fiscal space, it is difficult for us to have full staff compliments to drive service delivery,\u201d Mguni said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we are to employ additional staff, we must be able to look after their welfare and meet all statutory obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n
BCC recently flighted several advertisements for internship posts in various departments.<\/p>\n
Council\u2019s engineering committee chairperson Ernest Rafamoyo on Friday encouraged youths to take up internships posts in council to sharpen their skills.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe might have a lot of vacancies in the city for now, but we do not have the money to hire. Opportunities might be there, but the current situation is not allowing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only opportunity which has risen is those for attaches as you know the City of Bulawayo is well known for developing skills in young people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Most local authorities, owed millions by ratepayers, are not recruting after posts were frozen because of the current economic hardships.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, BCC has said it will start disconnecting water supplies to defaulting ratepayers in ward 7, which encompasses Makokoba, Mzilikazi and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n
In a statement on Saturday, town clerk Christopher Dube warned residents of the impending water disconnections, urging unpaid ratepayers to visit council officials and negotiate payment terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BULAWAYO City CounciL (BCC) has called on ratepayers to expeditiously settle their bills to enable the local authority to hire more workers and improve service delivery. BCC is owed over $189 million in unpaid bills. Mayor Solomon Mguni last week encouraged residents to pay their rates, saying this would go a long way in alleviating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[193,621],"class_list":{"0":"post-18632","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-bcc","10":"tag-bulawayo-chiefs"},"yoast_head":"\n