Online Reporter
Thupeyo Muleya
Beitbridge Bureau
BEITBRIDGE Municipality has warned that it will begin full implementation and enforcement of municipal by-laws from October 9 in line with the Government’s National Clean-Up, Restoration, Order and Safety Programme, which is aimed at restoring order in urban settlements.
In Public Notice Number 42 of 2026, issued on Monday, the local authority said municipal officers would be deployed across the town to monitor compliance, targeting illegal commercial activities, illegal markets and vending, illegal developments, and the general upkeep of premises.
The municipality said illegal activities, including welding in residential areas, brick moulding under power lines, tombstone sales in undesignated areas, tuckshops, gas vending, illegal restaurants and kitchens, upholstery workshops, tin-smithing, river sand poaching and illegal stone quarrying, would not be allowed.
“All vendors and informal traders operating in undesignated areas, including the border area, Central Business District, Khwalu 1 and 2, Tshitaudze Business Centres, Madinginye, Mabidi, Siyoka, Tshidixwa, along the Beitbridge-Masvingo and Beitbridge-Bulawayo highways, Dulivhadzimu, Vhembe View, Limpopo View and the Milayo Industrial Area, are ordered to cease operations by October 9, demolish illegal structures and restore sites to their original state,” said the municipality in the notice.
“Property owners are ordered to refurbish premises by repairing cracked walls, ceilings and roofs, replacing broken windows and doors, redecorating buildings and trimming vegetation, while commuter omnibus operators who park or load passengers in undesignated areas will face fines.”
The local authority also said unsafe structures would be condemned or demolished, while unauthorised containers, church sheds and buildings constructed on open spaces and servitudes would be removed.
It added that public drinking, noise from musical shows without soundproofing, illegal dumping of refuse and the operation of illegal schools in residential areas would attract penalties.
“Those wishing to be allocated operating spaces in designated areas are encouraged to visit the Municipality of Beitbridge offices during office hours for registration and consideration for the allocation of operating spaces,” said the local authority.
Failure to comply with this directive within the prescribed period will leave the Municipality of Beitbridge with no option but to enforce the regulations and charge restoration fees for any illegal development.”
