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Mutare mayor, councillors fleece council of $12m
MUTARE Mayor Simon Chabuka and 11 other councillors yesterday appeared in court on allegations of fleecing the local authority of more than $12 million in travel and subsistence allowances after defyi...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Mutare Mayor barred from attending Chamisa meeting
FORMER Mutare mayor, Blessing Tandi was last Friday labeled a traitor and barred from attending a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) provincial assembly meeting presided over by party president Nelso...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:59hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa supporter arrested for 'public nuisance'
FOURTEEN Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists were arrested in Mutare Saturday and were charged with public nuisance after they conducted car rallies to drum up support for the party's candid...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora recalls 'crippling' Mutare
Former Mutare mayor Blessing Tandi says recalls of councillors has crippled operations at the local authority.Tandi was recalled recently by MDC-Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora and one of his...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's councillor speaks on fainting over loss
MUTARE councillor Farai Bhiza (MDC Alliance), who fainted last week after losing the mayoral elections to Citizens Coalition for Change candidate Simon Chabuka has broken his silence, saying tha...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora Mutare mayoral candidate faints after losing to CCC
MUTARE councillor Farai Bhiza (MDC Alliance) who was acting mayor yesterday fainted at the Mutare Civic Centre after he lost mayoral elections to lawyer, Simon Chabuka, who contested the elections und...Published: 18 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC scoops Mutare mayoral post
CITIZEN's Coalition for Change (CCC) ward 12 councillor and a lawyer Simon Chabuka Thursday won the Mutare mayoral post in a tightly contested race against deputy mayor Farai Bhiza of the MDC-T....Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 18:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mutare mayor to be elected next month
ACTING Mutare mayor Farai Bhiza yesterday said a new mayor for the city will be elected next month to replace former mayor Blessing Tandi who was recalled by the MDC-T.Acting town clerk Blessi...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora recalls Mutare mayor
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has recalled Mutare Mayor Blessing Tandi for secretly working with his nemesis, Nelson Chamisa.MDC-T Manicaland spokesperson, Sekai Gombe confirmed the recall ...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare City Council explodes
FACTIONALISM has rocked Mutare City Council and is now affecting service delivery at the eastern border town.This was disclosed by ward one councillor Thomas Nyamupandedengu, who called for ur...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:09hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Traders face uncertain future as demolitions surge
AROUND mid-day at a shopping strip called Gazaland in Harare's Highfield high-density suburb, a mustard yellow tractor roars through a warren of small businesses, razing everything in its path....Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:34hrs | 13 | by Linda Mujuru/Evidence Chenjerai
Mutare town clerk defies suspension
MUTARE acting town clerk Tinashe Mtetwa has continued reporting for work in defiance of a suspension order, setting the stage for a potentially bruising boardroom fight.Mayor Blessing Tandi su...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:18hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mutare acting town clerk suspended
MUTARE acting town clerk Tinashe Mtetwa has been suspended for allegedly calling off interviews for the position at the eleventh hour.The interviews were slated for Monday this week, but Mtetw...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:18hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths besiege flea market
Zanu-PF has been accused of interfering in Mutare City Council operations after the ruling party youths forcibly allocated themselves vending stalls at Chidzere flea market in the city last Thursday....Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
MDC mayor bootlicks Mnangagwa
WHILE the MDC Alliance is blaming Zanu-PF for using Local government minister July Moyo to interfere into the operations of the councils under its ambit, MDC-T mayor for Mutare Blessing Tandi, last we...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Town clerk candidates stampede at healer's shrine
SOME of the 43 candidates eyeing Mutare City Council town clerk's position are reportedly making nocturnal visits to a local traditional healer in a desperate bid to enhance their chances, NewsDay rep...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Council splashes on luxury cars
MUTARE City Council has bought luxury vehicles for its top executives amid reports that at least US$320 000 has been set aside for the exercise.Mayor Blessing Tandi told Standard- people on Fr...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare applies for city expansion
THE City of Mutare has applied to the central government for land to expand after running out of residential stands.Mutare mayor Blessing Tandi said the city had run out of space for new subur...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare service charter to improve service delivery
Mutare City Council (MCC) service charter, still in draft form, is set to improve service delivery once completed.Mutare mayor Blessing Tandi told a virtual meeting hosted by Peace Building an...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 10:35hrs | 2 | by Bernard Chiketo
Councils, Zupco clash over unpaid fees
The Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) has not been remitting fees for the use of designated urban bus terminuses thereby depriving cash-strapped urban councils of revenue.Inquiries in...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC set to investigate Mutare mayoral polls
THE MDC Alliance party is investigating the outcome of the Mutare City Council elections that saw councillor Farai Bhiza aligned to the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora winning the deputy mayoral post....Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters disrupt Mutare council meeting
ZANU-PF supporters reportedly disrupted a Pungwe Breweries meeting in Mutare last week in what is believed to be politically-motivated move.It is alleged that Zanu-PF activists, who included O...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:12hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mutara appointed Mutare acting town clerk
THE Mutare City Council has appointed Antony Mutara its acting town clerk following the death of Joshua Maligwa.Maligwa succumbed to COVID-19 a fortnight ago.Mutara, who is the city he...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare council closes offices for fumigation
MUTARE City Council yesterday shut down its main offices for disinfection against possible COVID-19 infection following the death of town clerk Joshua Maligwa on Tuesday.Mayor Blessing Tandi s...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutare town clerk Maligwa dies
MUTARE town clerk Joshua Maligwa died at his home yesterday amid speculation that he could have succumbed to COVID-19.Mayor Blessing Tandi confirmed Maligwa's death, but said he was yet to eng...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora 'backtracks' on new purge?
A letter purportedly signed by disputed MDC-T secretary general Douglass Mwonzora notifying the Minister of Local government, Public Works and National Housing of the recall of 87 MDC Alliance council...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare probes MDC, Zanu-PF councillors over stands
Mutare City Council is probing councillors and officials who were implicated in the forensic land audit for allegedly corruptly allocating themselves land cheaply.The investigations come after...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare councillor's harrowing story at army barrack
MUTARE South MDC Alliance councillor Herbert Gonyora at the weekend narrated his harrowing experience at the hands of State security agents following his arrest and three-day detention at Herbert Chit...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutare commits $3m to infrastructure upgrade
MUTARE mayor, Blessing Tandi last week launched his council's 100-day plan aimed at improving service delivery and upgrading public infrastructure at a cost of $3 million.Speaking during a cou...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
New councillors warned against taking politics into chambers
INCOMING Mutare councillors have been warned against taking their MDC Alliance matters into council chambers following Blessing Tandi's unopposed election as mayor on Thursday.Councillor Kudak...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
10 eye Mutare mayoral post
AT least 10 newly-elected MDC Alliance councillors in Mutare last week submitted their curriculum vitaes and went through interviews for the mayoral post, amid reports that four of them had emerged as...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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