Zimbabwe: Residents' Hopes for Tap Water Run Dry - CHITUNGWIZA South MP Misheck Shoko was on Tuesday scheduled to ask Minister of Water Resources Development and Management Sipepa Nkomo to inform parliament when the suburbs of Units O, N, G and M in his constituency would get piped water and to explain the problems being faced. Unfortunately the minister was not present to explain the problems being faced in the area and the country. [AA Urbanisation]

Zimbabwe: Zifa Village Construction Sub-Standard - Rushwaya - LESS than two years after the Zifa Village started functioning, everything seems to be falling apart as the facility has become an eyesore due to lack of maintenance. [AA Construction]

Zimbabwe: Cultivating Food Security in the City - In recent years Zimbabweans have faced severe food shortages and staggering hyperinflation. As a result, residents in the capital, Harare, have increasingly turned to urban gardening. They grow produce just about anywhere they can – in backyards, vacant lots, on roadsides and on rooftops. [AA Urbanisation]

Zimbabwe: Homeless Put Their Hope in Handmade Bricks - The use of handmade bricks is revolutionizing housing in Chinhoyi, 120km north of the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, where housing estates built by poor people have mushroomed in a development that has caught the attention of the housing ministry. [AA Urbanisation]

Zimbabwe: Housing Woes Poised to Ease - Government is committed to providing affordable decent accommodation and has adopted a policy of incremental development that allows construction of houses while the land is being serviced, President Mugabe has said. [AA Construction]

Zimbabwe: Industry Targets Far-Fetched -- Ncube - Zimbabwean Industries will not reach the targeted 60% capacity utilization by the end of the year as planned by the inclusive government in the Short Term Emergency Recovery Program (STERP). The Minister of Industry and Trade, Professor Welshman Ncube said that his ministry had carried out its own assessments and realised that the 60% target was far fetched. [AA Urbanisation]

Zimbabwe: Residents Face Eviction - Forty-two Chitungwiza residents in Unit B face eviction from their stands after Government condemned them, arguing that the town council had unprocedurally allocated the stands to the beneficiaries. [AA Urbanisation]

Zimbabwe: NSSA to Resume Construction of Hotel - The National Social Authority (NSSA) will soon resume the construction of a US$12 million hotel in Beitbridge amid doubts the facility will be ready for the 2010 soccer World Cup. NSSA is constructing the hotel on behalf of the Rainbow Tourism Group and will own 10% of the business once the project is complete. [AA Construction]

Zimbabwe: Construction Industry Depressed - DESPITE the positive developments in the economy that has seen an improvement in some sectors, the construction industry in the country is still depressed. [AA Construction]

Zimbabwe: Zanu PF Interference in Eviction Ruling of 26 Families - At least 26 families living on Foothills farm near Bindura are facing imminent eviction, after a ruling last Friday that is feared to have been swayed by ZANU PF interference. [AA Urbanisation]

Zimbabwe: Consortium Forges Partnership With Engineering Giant - A consortium of local engineers, the Zimbabwe Africa Development Group (ZAIDG) has partnered with South Africa's engineering giant, Hatch to improve its operations. [AA Urbanisation]

Zimbabwe: TA Takes Over PG - TA Holdings Limited has secured control of the country's largest construction materials giant, PG Industries, after sealing a deal for the acquisition of a significant stake in the group. [AA Construction]

Zimbabwe: Bank Provides Housing Finance - PROSPECTIVE home owners can now secure finance for construction of medium-density houses in two suburbs of Harare. [AA Construction]

Zimbabwe: Harare Residents Call For Garbage Trucks Instead of Luxury Cars - Residents in Harare have this week lashed out at the Council over the purchase of a luxury car for Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda, arguing the money would be better spent on garbage trucks to help clean up the city. [AA Urbanisation]

Zimbabwe: Government Snubs Local Contractors - Government has signed out the Beitbridge-Chirundu toll road as a concession to a foreign consortium without going to tender to pave way for the dualisation and toll-gating of Zimbabwe's busiest road at an estimated cost of US$1 billion. [AA Construction]