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CCC councillors plot to disregard protocol
CCC members have hatched a plan to make Harare City Council ungovernable through wanton disregard of protocol, sacking of management deemed anti-opposition and imposing their corrupt cronies, The Hera...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council director 'fakes' age to defer retirement
FORMER Harare City Council (HCC) workers want authorities to investigate suspended council's human capital director Cainos Chingombe on allegations of misrepresenting his date of birth to postpone his...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's intervention sort
EMBATTLED Harare City Council human and capital development director Dr Cainos Chingombe secretly met with MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa as he desperately tries to get support for his comeback...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:20hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Service delivery compromised by many acting officials
SERVICE delivery in Harare has been hampered by failure to fill vacant posts that has seen the local authority operating with only one full-time director out of a possible eight.Consequently, ...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council director fired
HARARE City Council has fired its human capital and development director Cainos Chingombe following a resolution made over three years ago.Acting mayor Stewart Mtizwa could neither confirm nor...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Arrest of council bigwigs blurs city memory
ACTING Harare town clerk Mabhena Moyo has said the arrest of several council executives will affect its operations and quality of projects, as well as blur the city's good memories of the past....Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:23hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Disruptive chaos rages at Harare city
CHAOS continues to reign at Harare City Council, where top officials who are reportedly wanted by law enforcement agencies are back at work, while others with pending court cases are resisting to vaca...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bigwigs risk losing properties worth US$4m
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is investigating a plethora of cases involving executives at several urban local authorities, who are accused of corruptly acquiring properties worth as ...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Arrests paralyse Harare council
HARARE City Council has been effectively crippled after the police and the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) yesterday arrested chamber secretary Charles Kandemiri and launched a manhunt for finance...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primes for Harare comeback
ZANU-PF Harare Province has devised strategies to help wrestle back control of Harare City Council through securing council seats left vacant by opposition councillors who have left Town House....Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders Harare audit
President Mnangagwa has ordered a forensic audit on Harare City Council to get to the bottom of deep-rooted corruption that has seen two mayors, many councillors and senior officials being arrested. ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-led council show true colours
THE year2020 will go down in the history of the MDC-led Harare City Council as the worst under its leadership. The year exposed existing massive corruption, land scams, leadership crisis, arre...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:18hrs | 3 | by Blessings Chidakwa
Harare mayor, councillors suspended
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume, his deputy Luckson Mukunguma and four other councillors have been suspended by Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo pending the outcome of their criminal tri...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare deputy mayor arrested
HARARE deputy mayor Luckson Mukunguma was arrested in Hwange Thursday for criminal abuse of office.The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) confirmed Mukunguma's arrest in an announcemen...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ratepayers act against council graft
Harare ratepayers have petitioned Parliament over the tightening of laws to curb corruption in municipalities following a spate of arrests of council officials in the capital on accusations of corrupt...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 09:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
City boss arrested for graft
HARARE City Council finance director Tendai Kwenda yesterday appeared in court on criminal abuse of office charges after he allegedly used council funds to purchase his personal vehicle.It is ...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ministers fingered in corruption scandal
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo and Harare Metropolitan Provincial minister Oliver Chidawu have been implicated in the ongoing City of Harare corruption scandal, after they allegedly tried to unpr...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 19:05hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Council bleeding city of millions
MDC-Alliance Harare councillors and the city's management have been bleeding council of millions of dollars over the years in a property lease scam caused by the shambolic state of the council revenue...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Open Letter to the acting Harare City Council Mayor in the wake of the demolition of houses in Budiriro
Alarmed with the insensitive, heartless and callous decision by the MDC Alliance led Harare City Council to demolish houses in Budiriro during the rainy season;Aware that the uncouth decision ...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 15:08hrs | 2 | by Tendai Chirau
Harare City director in court over US$130 000 fraud
Harare City Council human resources capital director appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court facing allegations of transferring more than US$130 000, which was was meant for the provision of water, ...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 16:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare HR boss re-arrested
As the fight against corruption continues, Harare City Council human capital director Cainos Chingombe spent less than 24 hours as a freeman after having been freed by the courts on Thursday before be...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council bosses off the hook
MAGISTRATE Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday refused to place City of Harare bosses Cainos Chingombe and Tendai Kwenda on remand, saying the charges levelled against them were "incomplete and meaningless"....Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Harare deputy mayor faces arrest
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is investigating cases of alleged abuse of office involving Harare deputy mayor Luckson Mukunguma, who has since gone into hiding.Zacc spokespers...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:54hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Council top brass in US$8m binge
FORMER Harare City council top brass are facing arrest for illegally authorising over US$8 million in packages for managers and splashing millions on allowances, personal vehicles and holidays that mi...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Harare HR director arrested for corruption
HARARE City Council's recently reinstated human resources director Cainos Chingombe was yesterday arrested by police working with the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) for alleged criminal abuse of ...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes 7 ex-council bosses over salarygate
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has opened investigations into how former Harare town clerk Tendai Mahachi and six other senior council officials allegedly siphoned over $1 million thro...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 05:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt keeps Harare City Council guessing over fired managers
Government has kept Harare City Council in suspense over its decision to fire senior managers who were found guilty of maladministration and awarding themselves unapproved salaries.Harare mayo...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare City Parking loses $20,000 to errant motorists, political protests
Harare City Council's parking subsidiary, City Parking has reported a $20 000 loss for the six mnths to June this year, which it blames on political disturbances before the July 30 elections and lack ...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Moyo 'orders' Harare to conclude town clerk job fiasco
LOCAL Government minister, July Moyo has reportedly ordered Harare City Council to urgently conclude its disciplinary cases against top city managers to enable some of them to undergo interviews for t...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:34hrs | 3 | by Staff rpeorter
Harare City misses its deadline
HARARE City Council has missed the deadline it had set for recruitment of a town clerk, with the human resources committee blaming the mayor, Bernard Manyenyeni, for the delay.Council, three w...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mashakada deal could hand Hatfield to Zanu-PF
MDC-T legislator Dr Tapiwa Mashakada could have handed Zanu-PF the Hatfield seat on a silver platter after successfully filing his papers on an MDC Alliance ticket, knowing fully well that he might ha...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staffr eporter
Ncube suspension lifted
Harare Mayor Councillor Bernard Manyenyeni has lifted the suspension of Acting Town Clerk Mrs Josephine Ncube after she challenged him saying he did not have the authority to suspend a chamber s...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Probe team unearths rot at Harare City Council
A PROBE team tasked to investigate Harare City Council's accounts has unearthed a can of worms with top management said to have grossly mismanaged public funds while neglecting service delivery....Published: 22 Dec 2017 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by staff Reporter
Cainos Chingombe deserves town clerk post
It is a very disappointing thing that Kasukuwere and the Local Government Board which has the political muscles and influence of who should occupy the town clerk post for have disappointed the whole n...Published: 29 Nov 2017 at 17:04hrs | 3 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
'MDC-T bigwig prepared to dump politics, constituency'
HATFIELD legislator and economic advisor to MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai, Dr Tapiwa Mashakada, is prepared to dump his constituency and politics to land the coveted position of Harare town clerk, it...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere disqualifies MDC-T's Mashakada
Local Government, Rural Development and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday effectively disqualified MDC-T legislator Dr Tapuwa Mashakada, who had been short-listed for the position...Published: 14 Oct 2017 at 17:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chanakira vies for Harare town clerk job
Nigel Chanakira headlines a stellar cast of top names vying for the coveted Harare town clerk Job.The Daily News can report that Chanakira, founder of the now defunct Kingdom bank and current ...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 17:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF, MDC-T councillors portraying themselves as super councillors
Harare Residents Trust has accused the Zanu PF and the MDC-T councillors in the city of Harare of pretending as if they are super councillors running the council through some council managers....Published: 02 Dec 2016 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Residents want city directors taken to account
Harare Residents Trust has said City of Harare Directors must be taken to task for their lack of attention to their service delivery mandate.The trust listed the names of the directors to ...Published: 18 Nov 2016 at 08:01hrs | 13 | by Stephen Jakes
Harare water works employees go on strike
Harare Water works employees have gone on strike with effect from October 24 demanding their over due salaries.Harare Residents Trust said said the Harare Water employees are on strike s...Published: 01 Nov 2016 at 09:07hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Council employee to get windfall, to pocket $24,000
A Harare City Council employee is set to pocket more than $24 000 in locomotion allowance for using his vehicle for council business for a period of three years.The unnamed employee in the Har...Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Innocent Ruwende
Mushore saga opens can of worms
Recent interviews for the selection of the town clerk for Harare were merely a political act designed to impose an individual who had already been chosen by MDC-T, the Harare Residents Trust has said....Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 06:45hrs | | by Innocent Ruwende
James Mushore hired, fired same day
FORMER NMBZ Holdings group chief executive officer James Mushore wrote a piece of history for himself yesterday by becoming the shortest serving Harare town clerk after he was appointed and fired the ...Published: 25 Mar 2016 at 11:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Southlea saga: seven more arrested
Police in Harare yesterday arrested seven more Odar Housing Co-operative executive members as the fight for ownership of Odar Farm in Southlea Park between a co-operative and businessman Phillip C...Published: 25 Aug 2015 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Leslie Gwindi booted out
Harare City Council has booted out its spokesperson Leslie Gwindi and three other senior managers whose positions were made redundant by the city's restructuring programme.The city is now nego...Published: 24 Nov 2014 at 07:07hrs | | by Innocent Ruwende
Chombo reverses decision to suspend Mahachi
LOCAL Government, Public Works and National Housing minister Ignatius Chombo has reversed the decision by Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni to suspend town clerk, Tendai Mahachi....Published: 01 Feb 2014 at 13:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obscene council salaries exposed - Pic
Harare Town Clerk Tendai Mahachi and his 18 member management team at Town House are gobbling close to $500 000 in monthly salaries. According to a December 2013 Harare City Council salary sc...Published: 28 Jan 2014 at 10:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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