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Zesa blames councils for street light blackout
A wave of violent muggings has hit the cities of Bulawayo and Chitungwiza, plunging residents into fear and frustration as entire suburbs remain in darkness due to street light disconnections....Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:49hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Harare - Chitungwiza railway line latest
The long-awaited construction of the Harare-Chitungwiza railway line has received a major boost following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Zimbabwe and China during the recen...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 08:01hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor arrested for selling Amos Midzi's farm
A Chitungwiza councillor, Patson Chipunza, has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for allegedly subdividing and selling a portion of the late former Mines minister Amos Mi...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 17:15hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Chitungwiza cllr in court for bribery
FORMER Chitungwiza councillor Charamba Mlambo appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court facing a charge of trying to bribe Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officers to stop them from investig...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:11hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala troubles mount
Jailed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala's troubles continue to mount after the politician has been slapped with fresh criminal charge involving alleged violence.The s...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 16:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo probes Chitungwiza councillors
Local Government minister July Moyo has appointed a four-member tribunal to look into allegations of misconduct against six suspended Chitungwiza Municipality Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) counc...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF property baron boasts over illegal occupation of council beer hall
Former Zanu-PF councillor for Chitungwiza Town Council's Ward 7 and property baron Charamba Mlambo has taken to social media to boast about how he will keep clinging to council beer hall without any v...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:38hrs | 1 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors apply for joinder in mayoral election case
THREE Chitungwiza councillors belonging to the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have applied for a joinder in a case where Zanu-PF councillor Reginald Mashingaidze is seeking to block the holding o...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF blocks Chitungwiza mayoral elections
Zanu-PF Chitungwiza councillor Reginald Mashingaidze has filed an urgent High Court application seeking to stop the holding of mayoral elections in the dormitory town.Mashingaidze, who is repr...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chitungwiza councillors suspension exposes July Moyo'
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo has been accused of meddling in the affairs of Chitungwiza municipality after he suspended six Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors while taking sides wi...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo unleashes investigating team on Chitungwiza Councilors
Minister of Local Government July Moyo has set up an investigating team to probe into allegations that certain CCC Councilors were causing despondency in the process of appointment of a Mayor fo...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 10:29hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Muguti blocks Chitungwiza mayoral polls
A BID by Chitungwiza councillors to hold mayoral elections to replace recalled mayor Lovemore Maiko hit a brickwall last Wednesday after Harare Provincial Affairs and Devolution secretary Tafadzwa Mug...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Demolitions of illegal structures to spread across all cities
The government says it will carry out more demolitions of illegal structures in the Harare as part of its ambition to create "smart cities".Over the weekend, the government directed the City o...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Councils should respond to sewer bursts within 24hrs'
THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has said local authorities are obliged to respond to sewer bursts within 24 hours.This was revealed by Ema Harare provincial manager Robson Mavondo du...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Perks to stem doctors, nurses brain drain
A range of non-monetary incentives such as accommodation, transport and vehicle loans for health workers added to their package is seen as a way of retaining health staff and moderating the brain drai...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala accuses the govt of sabotage
ZENGEZA West Member of Parliament Job Sikhala yesterday accused the government and Chitungwiza council officials of sabotaging community development projects in the town.Sikhala said the gover...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 09:57hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa orders schools to reopen
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended level 4 lockdown measures indefinitely to contain the continued surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths, but ordered schools to prepare for reopening.Paren...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trade unions castigate MDC led council demolitions
TRADE unions yesterday blasted the move by Harare and Chitungwiza councils to demolish structures used by informal traders to sell their wares, saying it was going to severely affect their livelihoods...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala dares Chitungwiza council after threats to destroy vendors' markets
ZENGEZA West MP and MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Job Sikhala Tuesday warned Chitungwiza Municipality not to proceed with its plans to dismantle all informal business in the town as the actions will...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 19:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala confronts Parly over blocked CDF project
ZENGEZA West MP Job Sikhala (MDC Alliance) has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda asking him to rein in ruling Zanu-PF party supporters he alleged were stalling a Constitue...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
July Moyo sued over floods
TWO Chitungwiza residents have taken Local Government minister July Moyo and the local authority to court over the poor drainage system in the town, which is causing flooding. Several houses i...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
SACU probes 'land baron' Peyama
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa' Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU) has opened a probe into land deals involving Chitungwiza businessman Wellington Peyama and the local authority.According to do...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza mayor, councillor up for abuse of office
CHITUNGWIZA councillor Question Dingo (MDC Alliance) yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court facing a criminal abuse of office charge after he together with mayor Lovemore Maiko, who is alr...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF skeletons tumble in Chitungwiza demolitions
LEAKED letters addressed to Chitungwiza Town Council bosses have exposed the government's involvement in the demolition of homes and other illegal structures in Harare and the dormitory town with the ...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:34hrs | 2 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza council, residents clash over demolitions
CHITUNGWIZA residents were up in arms with their local authority yesterday after council revealed plans to demolish over 11 000 illegal structures, subject to a court order.The uproar came aft...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Over 11 000 houses face demolition
THE MDC-led Chitungwiza Municipality is set to demolish over 11 000 properties, including houses illegally built on wetlands, railway servitudes and sewer lines, a leaked internal memo shows. ...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza town clerk in stands scandal
EMBATTlED Chitungwiza acting town clerk Evangelista Machona this year allegedly paid $219 227 for a commercial stand measuring 72 839 square metres which was allocated to her in 2015 and was supposed ...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 Chitungwiza councillors arrested
Five of the 33 Chitungwiza Municipality councillors and officials picked up for questioning during a meeting, convened in contravention of the Urban Councils Act to replace the acting town clerk after...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Opposition will never rule Zimbabwe'
ZANU-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa, yesterday declared that the opposition will never rule Zimbabwe as they are allegedly working to reverse the gains of the liberation struggle.Spe...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 17:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls legislated clean-up campaign
LOCAL Government secretary Zvinechimwe Churu yesterday suggested legislated clean-up days to enforce anti-littering, saying that Zimbabweans had a habit of littering.Churu made the call when h...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Moyo, Chamisa should work with councils
The new minister of Local Government, July Moyo, should put aside his party jacket if he is to successfully oversee the smooth running of councils across the country.He must desist from clashi...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 12:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa muddles through mayors drama
MDC president Nelson Chamisa is facing a barrage of criticism from dissenting voices within the country's biggest opposition party for meddling in recent mayoral elections in cities that it controls, ...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 13:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa’s dictatorial tendencies exposed
Following the confirmation of President Mnangagwa's election victory by the Constitutional Court and his subsequent inauguration last month, the nation had one eye on the unfolding mayoral elections a...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa, Chitungwiza councillors clash over mayor
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa was yesterday in the eye of a storm after being accused of imposing a mayoral candidate on Chitungwiza, precipitating a stand-off that almost scuttled the swearin...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Tainted' candidates worry Chamisa
HARARE - Opposition MDC president Nelson Chamisa has headaches over the calibre of some candidates vying to contest as MPs and councillors, as their characters are dodgy after having been fingered in ...Published: 01 May 2018 at 15:09hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa's MDC wins Chitungwiza mayoral race
CHITUNGWIZA councillors yesterday elected MDC-T's Musekiwa Ruzvidzo as acting mayor ahead of Zanu PF's Betty Jasoni Dokora.The move all but sealed the fate of the three-member Madzudzo Pawadyi...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 08:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Ex-Chitungwiza mayor clings to office keys
Fired Chitungwiza mayor Councillor Phillip Mutoti is holding on to keys to his former office that are required by the caretaker commission for use by external auditors.Cllr Mutoti wants to fir...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere sued
Suspended Chitungwiza mayor Phillip Mutoti and 12 councillors - part of officials under investigation for corruptly allocating themselves tracts of land - have filed a High Court application seeking a...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors' resolutions draw MDC-T anger
THE MDC-T is on collision course with its councillors in Bulawayo after reversing two major policies that the councillors adopted recently and calling them to a hearing over allegations of corruptions...Published: 31 May 2017 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza councillors challenge suspensions
Chitungwiza councillors have challenged their suspensions on allegations of corruption amid indications that not all of them would be arraigned before a tribunal hearing.The councillors, accus...Published: 11 May 2017 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere sets police on councillors
Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere says police should now move in to arrest "corrupt" Chitungwiza councillors, who he suspended a fortnight ago on graft charges.Kasukuwere suspended ...Published: 09 May 2017 at 10:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mliswa is a coward'
Following the suspension of the entire Chitungwiza council by Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere on corruption charges, most councils, particularly Norton where residents have staged demonst...Published: 07 May 2017 at 13:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena is not circumcised- Maridadi
MDC-T legislator James Maridadi caused a stir in parliament after making claims that a Zanu PF legislator Mayor Wadyajena was unircumcised.Maridadi made the remarks during the debate con...Published: 06 May 2017 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Maridadi confronts Kasukuwere on allegations of corruption
House of assembly member ofr MDC-T James Maridadi has confronted Local Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere who is also Zanu PF National Commissar asking him why he has not been suspended or fired w...Published: 06 May 2017 at 08:53hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Kasukuwere accused of double standards
LOCAL Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday had a torrid time in the National Assembly when opposition MPs lambasted him for suspending Chitungwiza councillors.Kasukuwere had issued...Published: 05 May 2017 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Kasukuwere shielding Zanu-PF land barons'
ZENGEZA West MP Simon Chidhakwa has castigated Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere's recent move to suspend the entire Chitungwiza council over illegal land deals, without causing the arrest ...Published: 02 May 2017 at 06:49hrs | 1 | 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
MDC-T roasts Kasukuwere
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC yesterday waded into Zanu-PF's ugly factional and succession wars, accusing embattled Local Government minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, of vindictively suspendin...Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
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