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High Court outlaws demolition of houses by councils
The High Court has issued a significant ruling condemning the widespread practice of demolishing residential properties by local authorities, deeming it unlawful under outdated legislation. In a judgm...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:53hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya bags murky council deal
Chitungwiza Town Council has initiated its controversial master plan crafting deal with funding from a company linked to church leader Walter Magaya, despite opposition from residents and ongoing lega...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:50hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Harare braces for second Operation Murambatsvina
MUNICIPALITIES in Harare Province have been ordered to provide material and human resources amounting to tens of thousands in US dollars for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 45-day presidential cleanup ...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 20:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's recalls paralyse council
CHITUNGWIZA Municipality councillors have convened only two ordinary council meetings this year, with the last one having been held in June, NewZimbabwe.com has learnt.The first, and only othe...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza demolishes more structures
Chitungwiza Municipality on Saturday demolished "illegal" vending structures in the dormitory town, leaving hundreds of informal traders counting their losses.The demolitions were done in a jo...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa worse than apartheid South Africa'
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Commemorates Soweto Massacre which took place on 16 June 1976 in South Africa during apartheid regime.While commemorating the day, the Youth Assembly said Mnangagwa...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 07:15hrs | 10 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Chitrest director arrested
CHITUNGWIZA Residents Trust (Chitrest) director Alice Kuvheya was yesterday arrested and detained at St Mary's Police Station for allegedly expressing reservations over the ongoing demolition of illeg...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Demolitions: Council gives cops big treat
Police officers conducting a demolition exercise in Chitungwiza were feted with takeaway food by council at a time service delivery has plunged to unprecedented levels in the town.This publica...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza demolitions war escalates
Chitungwiza Residents' trust has filed an urgent high Court chamber application seeking to bar the government and local authorities in Harare Metropolitan Province from demolishing "illegal" informal ...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 10:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stands scandal haunts Chitungwiza town clerk
CHITUNGWIZA residents have expressed concern over the in unprocedural manner in which the local authority cancelled the offer of a commercial stand belonging to acting town clerk Evangelista Machona's...Published: 18 May 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza suspends demolitions
CHITUNGWIZA Municipality has halted demolition of illegal structures that have sprouted in the dormitory town until it received "policy direction" from central government. The local authority ...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
CHITREST launches community nurse aide training programme
Chitungwiza Residents Trust (CHITREST) in collaboration with Chitungwiza Community Education Trust has launched a programme to train Community Nurse Aides who will provide basic nursing services to CO...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 18:19hrs | 8 | by Shelton Muchena
Chitungwiza dismisses demolitions claims
Chitungwiza town clerk Tonderai Kasu said the municipality has no imminent plans to demolish illegal settlements following a complaint from the Chitungwiza Residents Trust (Chitrest). This com...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza faces hurdles in illegal structures demolition
CHITUNGWIZA Resident Trust (Chitrest) yesterday moved in to block Chitungwiza Council from executing random demolition of houses through their lawyers who demanded a report on the regularisation of th...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reprieve for Chitungwiza residents as municipality stops demolitionsafter lawyers intervention
CHITUNGWIZA Municipality on Sunday resolved to stop the demolition of some residents' houses after Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) threatened to sue the local authority for violating people's...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 07:59hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Chitungwiza Mayor brews a shocker
Chitungwiza residents have raised the red flag over Mayor Lovemore Maiko's "rushed and ill-informed" decision to appoint works director Engineer David Duma as acting town clerk as both are under polic...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chitown mayor assaulted over town clerk suspension
Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko (MDC Alliance) was severely assaulted by suspected Zanu-PF activists who stormed council offices yesterday as he tried to serve Town Clerk George Makunde with a letter...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza Residents demand forensic audit
Chitungwiza residents are demanding a forensic audit of the town's books, amid fears that the cash-strapped council might have abused millions of dollars through dubious land deals. The Audito...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chitungwiza councillors' suspension unlawful'
Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere's suspension of Chitungwiza councillors is unconstitutional, the Chitungwiza Residents Trust (Chitrest) has said.Last week, Kasukuwere suspended th...Published: 01 May 2017 at 12:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Typhoid outbreak spreads in Harare
The typhoid outbreak has spread to Budiriro and Glen View suburbs amid reports that the MDC-T led Harare City Council bungled on its 48-hour ultimatum of removing illegal food vendors from the str...Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
MISA Zimbabwe takes media research findings to rural communities
MISA - Zimbabwe on November 18, 2016, simultaneously launched its African Media Barometer (Zimbabwe 2015) and 2016 Transparency Assessment research reports at Dema shopping centre in Seke during a...Published: 21 Nov 2016 at 06:28hrs | | by Misa
CSOs condemn unconstitutional house demolitions
Civic Society Organisations in Zimbabwe have jointly issued a statement condemning the massive demolition of houses in Harare and other parts of the country and the local authorities fought illegal se...Published: 07 Oct 2015 at 06:45hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Six human rights activists appear in court
Six activists who were arrested for visiting 16 members of the National Vendors Union of Zimbabwe (NAVUZ), who were detained for more than two weeks at Chikhurubi remand prison in July have been summo...Published: 05 Sep 2015 at 08:13hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF youths grab Anglican Church land
A group of suspected Zanu-PF youths in Chitungwiza has reportedly invaded an open piece of land owned by the Anglican Church and subdivided it into residential stands for party members. Th...Published: 22 Apr 2015 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents threaten to boycott rate payments
Angered by council's failure to provide an effective service delivery, Chitungwiza residents on Wednesday threatened to boycott paying rates.The threats come at a time the dormitory town is st...Published: 13 Feb 2015 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chitungwiza residents express hospital privatisation fears
Chitungwiza Central Hospital management last Thursday met representatives of the Chitungwiza Residents' Trust (Chitrest) and assured them that the privatisation of some of the hospital's critical ...Published: 03 Feb 2015 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo summoned by Parliament over demolitions
Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo has been summoned to appear before a parliamentary committee to explain a recent decision to demolish unplanned houses in Chitungwiza and other towns....Published: 21 Jul 2014 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo given seven day ultimatum
Human rights lawyers have given a seven day ultimatum to Local Government minister Ignatious Chombo to stop house demolitions in Chitungwiza upon which failure will drag the minister to court. ...Published: 16 Jun 2014 at 10:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Court rules against Chitungwiza demolitions
Chitungwiza Municipality was yesterday barred from proceeding with the demolition of houses it said were built on undesignated sites. .Through their lawyer, Mr Marufu Mandevere, the Chi...Published: 25 Apr 2014 at 08:12hrs | | by Lovemore Meya
Govt salary cuts could trigger lawsuits
GOVERNMENT could face an avalanche of lawsuits after it unilaterally slashed salaries and allowances of parastatal bosses to a mere $6 000 per month, labour law experts warned yesterday.Accord...Published: 20 Mar 2014 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza residents trust a thorn in my flesh
As a concerned citizen and resident, I have been monitoring events in Chitungwiza with a keen interest, following the appointment, by the deputy Minister of local government, Public works and nationa...Published: 03 Feb 2014 at 09:46hrs | 1 | by Itai Murindagomo
Murambatsvina demolitions starts in Harare
GOVERNMENT yesterday started demolishing illegally built housing structures including tuck-shops in Ruwa and Damofalls warning that the programme would be rolled out in all urban centres throughout t...Published: 07 Nov 2013 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
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