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MDC led Bulawayo Council in fire-fighting mode
THE Bulawayo City Council has adopted a draft communications policy as it seeks to improve its image after attracting the anger of ratepayers over alleged corruption involving city fathers and local g...Published: 15 hrs ago | 393 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Communist Party corners Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Mguni
Controversial Bulawayo Mayor His Worship Solomon Madlala Mguni has received a letter from Zimbabwe Communist party requesting him to publicly publish a paper trail relating to his 4 287 square metres ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1590 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tsvangirai sidelined in new street names
City of Masvingo's quest to rename Hofmeyer Street after Morgan Tsvangirai has failed after the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing ignored the recommendation and gave the ...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 20:58hrs | 2272 | by Staff reporter
MDC mayor in questionable land deal
MAYOR Solomon Mguni is in the news once again after being granted a development permit to construct six townhouses on a piece of land measuring 4 287 square metres.Two months ago, Mguni attrac...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 17:20hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zinara boss cleared of corruption
FORMER Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) finance director, Mr Simon Taranhike, who was on bail pending appeal on his conviction and sentence after being jailed for effective 15 months on...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 08:58hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Mguni gets another huge land from City Council
Bulawayo Mayor His Worship Solomon Mguni has acquired 4 287 square metres of land to construct six townhouses, online publication CITE has reported. According to the publication, the Mayor was...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 14:18hrs | 4809 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ministry cracks whip on council land deals
The Ministry of Local Government and Public Works has directed all local authorities to submit information relating to land deals conducted under the current crop of Councillors whose tenure expires i...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:07hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Vandals worsen Bulawayo water woes
BULAWAYO'S water woes got worse on Friday after thieves vandalised Zesa powerlines at Inyankuni Dam Booster Station, cutting off supplies to the water pump.The city is currently on a six-day w...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:59hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes after MDC councillors
President Mnangagwa's government has set the ball rolling to deal with corrupt councillors.In a letter addressed to all Town Clerks/Secretaries and Chief Executive Officers, the Secretary for ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 17:16hrs | 7548 | by Staff reporter
People emulate leaders behaviour, rotten leaders stir rot in all the nation: APA
Alliance for People's Agenda (APA) has warned that people follow and emulate their leaders adding that rotten leaders bring the rot to the entire nation. The party said when in 1980 Mugabe mad...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:43hrs | 162 | by Stephen Jakes
Job Sikhala ordered to stop illegal construction
THE Chitungwiza Town Council has ordered MDC vice-chairperson, Job Sikhala to stop constructing an illegal industrial structure he is carrying out without required authorisation.Sikhala who is...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 17:12hrs | 4258 | by newzimbabwe
Bulawayo water crisis persists
THE dwindling water levels at the Bulawayo city's supply dams has crippled the pumping of both raw and clean water to the Criterion Raw Water and Tuli Clear Water reservoirs.This was said by t...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 13:07hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Kariba Sparkles But Economic Malaise Dulls The Shine
The Municipality of Kariba is on a charm offensive, softening and winning hearts, grinding impressive results and winning accolades. If this lasts, then the happy days will return to the resort town....Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 20:01hrs | 566 | by Laiton Kandawire: Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio Environment and Tourism Correspondent
Bulawayo's Covid-19 hotspot suburbs revealed
FOUR high-density suburbs have been singled out the hotspots of the Covid-19 pandemic in Bulawayo, with authorities hinting that considerations were being put in place to introduce stiffer lockdown me...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:58hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
Fired MDC MP vows undying Chamisa loyalty
EXPELLED MDC Alliance Bulawayo Senator, Helen Zivira says she would rather lose her luxury car than be forced to join the Thokozani Khupe led MDC.Zivira is among 21 MDC Alliance legislators wh...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:10hrs | 5257 | by newzimbabwe
Expelled MDC Alliance MPs to lose vehicles
MDC Alliance MPs recently expelled from parliament have to endure the double humiliation of losing their membership to the esteemed house and vehicles acquired through parliament's vehicle loan scheme...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 20:30hrs | 2199 | by Staff reporter
Human Rights lawyers take Justice Malaba head on
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights have condemned the directive by Chief Justice Luke Malaba that judgements of the High Courts and Labour Court be seen by the Head of Court or Division, before such Ju...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 12:11hrs | 3531 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BCC has no money to fix ageing water, sewer systems
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday said it did not have the funds to urgently address the issue of water contamination in Luveve and surrounding suburbs, which resulted in the loss of 13 lives and ...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 08:35hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
MDC council allocates stand in middle of road
Chitungwiza Municipality officials allegedly altered a stand layout plan in Unit N Extension around the Try Again shops, before allocating a residential stand in the middle of the road in existence si...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 08:37hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube in trouble
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube and some officials in his ministry face contempt of Parliament charges after the parliamentary portfolio committee on Public Finance accused them of treating the august H...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:30hrs | 15032 | by Staff reporter
Chinese man who shot 2 black workers released on $10 000 bail
A Chinese mine manager Zhang Xuelin who is accused of shooting two black employees in Gweru has been freed on a ZWL$10 000 bail by a High Court Judge in Masvingo.Justice Garainesu ordered Xuel...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 12:46hrs | 1733 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's associate Nguwaya out on $50,000 bail
DRAX International representative Delish Nguwaya, who recently landed in the dock over a US$60 million drugs procurement scandal, has been freed on $50 000 bail by High Court judge, Pisirayi Kwenda....Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 20:23hrs | 1054 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is a 'liar' who doesn't deserve the presidency, says MDC councillor
The MDC-Alliance Bulawayo East District has allegedly suspended its district chairman, Silas Chigora from his position over allegations of denigrating the party's President Nelson Chamisa and declarin...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 17:05hrs | 2981 | by Staff reporter
BCC goes paperless
BULAWAYO City Council has gone paperless and will be distributing statements via SMS, with ratepayers who have access to the internet viewing their accounts online.Town clerk Christopher Dube ...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:09hrs | 1938 | by Staff reporter
BCC struggles to pay workers
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says its coffers are running dry and as such it is struggling to pay its workers and deliver services effectively. The council which says its revenue declined by 80...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:06hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Chamisa lock horns over chief whips
MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe and his MDC Alliance rival Nelson Chamisa have opened a new battlefront in their war for the control of the opposition party following their appointment of different set o...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 18:17hrs | 5249 | by Staff reporter
Khupe axes 4 Harare councillors
THE ongoing expulsion of MDC-Alliance officials who are refusing to toe the MDC-T line has extended to municipalities, with the axe yesterday falling on four Harare councillors. This follows t...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:06hrs | 1002 | by Staff reporter
MDC fights shift to Zec
NELSON Chamisa's MDC Alliance has vowed to block Thokozani Khupe and her party from replacing proportional representation (PR) legislators and senators recalled by the MDC-T from Parliament over the p...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:03hrs | 2004 | by Staff reporter
Another Chinese up for attempted murder
A CHINESE national appeared at Mutoko Magistrates' Court on Wednesday facing attempted murder charges after he fired four shots at a farmer, but missed, following a land boundary dispute on June 21, 2...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:50hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
Gweru council engineer resigns
GWERU council engineer Robson Manatsa has resigned barely two days after another top official was suspended on graft charges, with sources indicating that more senior employees were likely to quit to ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1221 | by Staff reporter
BCC to bill in forex
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is considering billing residents in foreign currency and has re-adopted selling of residential stands in US dollars. The local authority, in the latest council repo...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:35hrs | 1733 | by Staff reporter
Audit exposes rot in council recruitment
A RECENT audit held at Marondera Municipality has unearthed the rot in its recruitment exercise, including operating without a proper organogram as well as engaging unsuitable candidates in certain cr...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:28hrs | 1298 | by Staff reporter
BCC closes roads to under take sewer rehabilitation
BULAWAYO Water and Sewerage Services Improvement Projects (BWSSIP) declared road closure on Thursday in some parts of the city to avoid disturbance as sewerage works commence are likely to take the wh...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:07hrs | 440 | by Stephen Jakes
Bid to soil ex-lover's academic credentials flops
A JILTED man's attempt to soil his ex-lover with academic fraud allegations, recently hit a snag after the court found no credible evidence against the woman before throwing out his US$1 200 claim for...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1140 | by Staff reporter
Technical glitch adds to Bulawayo water woes
BULAWAYO City Council has shut down water pumps supplying water from Ncema Dam to the Tuli Reservoir due to a technical fault, forcing prolonged water supply interruption in the city. The problem come...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:37hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Students, unionist set free for protesting against detention of abductees and demanding US$ salaries
CHINHOYI Magistrate Felix Mawadze on Tuesday released eight Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) students, who had been arrested for allegedly protesting against the clampdown on human rights defen...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 14:08hrs | 1329 | by Stephen Jakes
'Bulawayo Council guilty of Luveve water crisis'
Since the outbreak of the waterborne disease in Luveve Old and New that has so far claimed 12 lives, while over a thousand have been hospitalized, Bulawayo City Council management have been busy with ...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1188 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Bulawayo residents petition over mayor's US$2 land deal
Residents dumped mock coffins at the Luveve housing offices in Bulawayo in protest against contaminated water, which has resulted in 60 diarrhoea cases being reported, while five people have died as a...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Rampant selling of land in Harare irks the trust
Harare Residents Trust has expressed concerns that there is so much selling of council land in Harare such that town planning officials now report that there is no longer land for housing in Harare....Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 2205 | by Stephen Jakes
Obadiah Moyo produced a box full of cash payment for his $50 000 bail
AMID a worsening cash crisis in Zimbabwe, onlookers were Saturday left dumbstruck after Health Minister Obadiah Moyo produced a box full of cash payment for his $50 000 bail.Ordinary people in...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1335 | by newzimbabwe
Obadiah Moyo arrest drama: Details emerge
Government officials allegedly put pressure on police to release Health minister Obadiah Moyo after his detention on Friday over the $60 million Covid-19 medical supply scandal amid fears his case wil...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:47hrs | 9035 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo leadership must shape up or ship out
I was born at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo during the last decade of the infamous Ian Smith Rhodesian regime. In those days black people were banished to the townships. I am not a fan of the Smi...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:40hrs | 391 | by Kevin S Malunga
There should not be any outcry over the offer of land to the mayor of Bulawayo
Whilst the Bulawayo residents must not condone corruption by the city council managers, this case can be distinguished from others, as it does not fall under the ambit of corruption. Here there is tra...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:03hrs | 145 | by Njabulo
Diarrhoea-hit Bulawayo suburb to test for Covid-19
THE diarrhoea outbreak death toll in Bulawayo's Luveve suburb has increased to nine and the city's health services department has treated nearly 1 000 patients since it launched the door-to-door treat...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:12hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents to object to Chamisa mayor's land offer
THERE has been a public outcry after the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) offered the Mayor, Councillor Solomon Mguni 3,5 hectares of agricultural land in Lower Rangemore under a 25-year lease at $165 per ...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:32hrs | 1203 | by Staff reporter
Man steals Bible, earns 2-year jail term
A CHIPINGE man was sentenced to an effective two years in prison for stealing a Bible.Dingani Mucheto (21) of Musimbo village under Chief Mapungwana was sentenced together with Simon Gwenzi Ch...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1469 | by Staff reporter
Council launches door-to-door diarrhoea treatment
Bulawayo City Council's Health Services Department has embarked on a door to door campaign to identify diarrhoea patients following the death of five people in Luveve suburb. The door to door ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:43hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Accept sewage polluted Khami water, BCC pleads with residents
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is pleading with residents to accept the recycling of Khami Dam water as it works on alternative solutions to the city's water crisis. The city is facing a serious ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:42hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Court reserves judgment on Parly constitutional challenge
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Nokuthula Moyo has reserved judgment in the matter in which a local non-governmental organisation is seeking an order to stop Parliament from conducting public hearin...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 19:18hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
No takers for Gweru mayoral mansion
BIDDERS who last year expressed interest in renting the Gweru mayoral mansion are yet to respond to requirements laid down by council more than seven months after they applied, council spokesperson Vi...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:05hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
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