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Harare owes Ken Sharpe over $23 million
BUSINESS magnate Ken Sharpe and his Augur Investment yesterday claimed that they were owed over $23 million by the Harare City Council.This followed reports that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption C...Published: 23 hrs ago | 884 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and the politics of paranoia
Yours truly was one of the vociferous critics of a proposition proffered by some Zanu-PF legislators on the need to have a 55 year- threshold for a presidential hopeful.The events of Saturday,...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 13:20hrs | 1488 | by Tafara Shumba
Ginimbi bar accused of littering, noise pollution
Mount Pleasant residents are up in arms against a trendy upmarket bottle store at Pendenis Shopping Centre - Liquor Boys - owned by socialite Genius Kadungure aka Ginimbi which they allege is responsi...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 10:18hrs | 2361 | by Staff reporter
Khumalo unhappy with Chamisa
MDC national chairperson Thabitha Khumalo yesterday expressed her unhappiness on being left out in Nelson Chamisa's choice of vice presidents.Chamisa's MDC has a male-bloated presidium with El...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:32hrs | 5606 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says there is no agreement on national issues with Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa believes that the country's economic situation will remain dire until a solution is found to the legitimacy question that he is currently pursuing. In this wide-rangi...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:31hrs | 1430 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo 'foreign' Mayor circus continues
THE ongoing fight for the Bulawayo Deputy Mayor position appears to be far from over, with one of the aspiring candidates vowing to ignore the party leadership's decision to endorse last week's vote w...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:28hrs | 1017 | by Staf reporter
Councillors must declare assets
Newly-formed watchdog group on local government, City Watch said they are going to push for all councillors to declare assets in order to cub corruption in councils.In a statement, City Watch ...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:35hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Govt officials summoned over illegal land sales
The Land Commission has summoned government and local authorities' officials to a public hearing, to give evidence on the illegal acquisition and allocation of State land reserved for urban developmen...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:16hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
Gweru mayor rejects $150,000 Mercedes Benz
Gweru Mayor Josiah Makombe has rejected a $150 000 Mercedes Benz earmarked for him as an official vehicle and also vowed to block plans to buy top-of-the-range vehicles for the city's top six director...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:14hrs | 1248 | by Staff reporter
Komichi ditches Chamisa, endorses Kambarami as Bulawayo Deputy Mayor
MDC vice president, Mr Morgen Komichi, yesterday said the Bulawayo Deputy Mayor issue is a closed case and Ward 3 councillor, Tinashe Kambarami, remains the city's Deputy Mayor. Mr Komichi set...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:56hrs | 2110 | by Staff reporter
Banda ropes in Fifa to challenge Chiyangwa's dirty tactics
ASPIRING Zifa vice-president, Gift Banda, who was disqualified from the race, says he will not hesitate to approach the courts in the event that the national football association does not hear his app...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:37hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Tinashe Kambarami faces fresh legal headache
Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami is headed for a legal battle after revelations that a rival MDC faction opposed to his election has hatched a plan to sponsor a voter from his w...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 20:54hrs | 3472 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Shoes for votes in BCC elections
BULAWAYO City councillors - the City Fathers tasked by residents to run the second largest municipality in the country - were allegedly bribed with shoes in the run up to the hotly contested Deputy Ma...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 06:19hrs | 1313 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo deputy mayor exposes Chamisa, survives ouster plot
UNDER-FIRE Bulawayo deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami was this week re-elected to his post despite efforts to recall him from the position, Southern Eye has learnt.Kambarami on Sunday stepped dow...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:15hrs | 6401 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza mayor bounces back in acting capacity
Chitungwiza Town Council has elected suspended mayor Gift Tsverere to act in the same position pending finalisation of a High Court challenge brought up by Zanu PF councillors.Kiven Mutimbanyo...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:14hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Of corruption, misplaced priorities and inefficient service delivery
There are quite a number of factors that affect service delivery in most towns and cities. Mostly, service delivery is as a result of poor management, corruption and misplaced priorities by local muni...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 13:53hrs | 1051 | by Sibusiso Ndlamini
I'm not a dictator, claims Chamisa
MDC president Nelson Chamisa, has rubbished accusations that he is a dictator, saying he is only out to protect his party from Zanu-PF's bid to overtake MDC party mayors.Chamisa recently axed ...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 13:49hrs | 3707 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance led Gweru council to splash $600,000 on executive perks
GWERU City Council management has put forward an expenditure of $660 000 to go towards the purchase of all-terrain 4×4 vehicles for top officials and a posh Mercedes Benz for mayor Josiah Makombe....Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho RDC CEO suspended
Tsholotsho Rural District Council has suspended its chief executive officer Themba Moyo over allegations of corruption and embezzlement of funds.A forensic report presented on the 30th of Octo...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 14:34hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
Mayors selected in accordance to party procedures and processes
The MDC takes this opportunity to put on record the process which the MDC followed in electing mayors in various municipalities across the country.1. The party called for expression of interes...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 11:18hrs | 1115 | by Clr Jacob Mafume MDC National Spokesperson
Mnangagwa's govt reviewing city by-laws to manage vendors
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo says government is reviewing harsh by-laws targeted at managing vendors in a bid to contain cholera outbreaks.Addressing councillors from across the Midland...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:23hrs | 1053 | by Staff reporter
Elected officials should shun sense of entitlement
PUBLIC officials in Zimbabwe appear to have increasingly grown a sense of entitlement where they feel, because of their positions, they must have free access to certain amenities and other luxury perk...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:58hrs | 181 | by Editorial - newsday
Kambarami never resigned as Bulawayo deputy mayor
BULAWAYO Mayor, Clr Solomon Mguni, has said there is no vacancy for the deputy mayor's post as the MDC yesterday insisted that Clr Tinashe Kambarami who was re-elected to the post on Monday must step ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:52hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube, Tabitha Khumalo clash over Kambarami
The Bulawayo deputy mayor fiasco has created an acrimonious fight between MDC Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube and National Chairperson Tabitha Khumalo.The facts are that Welshman Ncube...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 17:15hrs | 4572 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Ndebeles will never rule Zimbabwe'
Now that I have your attention may I say that Im very disappointed with some Ndebele fools who have been flooding my inbox with insults saying that I am a sponsored Zanu PF thug.I will underst...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 11:45hrs | 3938 | by Rabson Mwenda
Chamisa's MDC Alliance rocked by confusion over expulsions
Confusion has rocked the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC amid conflicting signals from senior officials over suspended mayors as well as the fate of those who stood as independent candidates in the July 30 ele...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 11:43hrs | 3278 | by Staff reporter
Councillors demand cars
RURAL and urban councillors in the Midlands province are demanding motor vehicles and an upward review of their allowances when they travel away from their stations on business to align their working ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:46hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to fire corrupt officials
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has urged his party's Members of Parliament and councillors to shun corruption saying those found wanting will be fired. Speaking at a "Thank You'' rally at ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:29hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami retains Deputy Mayor position
Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami has democratically retained his position as Deputy Mayor of Bulawayo uncontested after Councillor Mlandu Ncube chickened out of contesting him in a mock e...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 19:32hrs | 3450 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kambarami is still 'Deputy Mayor'
Ousted Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami is still Deputy Mayor at law until such a time that he formally sends a notice in writing to the Town Clerk, Bulawayo24 has heard. Kambarami alle...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 13:10hrs | 1518 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Beitbridge can have spaghetti roads, says Chamisa
BEITBRIDGE has the potential to become a model port city in Africa, "with high-rise buildings and spaghetti roads" if city authorities and councillors commit themselves to work for the people and shun...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:32hrs | 2188 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's 'foreign' mayor confirms resignation
BULAWAYO Deputy Mayor Councillor Tinashe Kambarami yesterday resigned from the post, days after he was ordered by his party, MDC Alliance, to do so. His enforced resignation paves way for fresh polls ...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:26hrs | 1846 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami's ouster recieved with mixed feelings
The resignation of Bulawayo Deputy mayor at the behest of MDC President Nelson Chamisa has been received with mixed feelings by residents of Bulawayo. Some have welcomed the development calling it a p...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 18:54hrs | 3612 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kambarami resigns as Bulawayo Deputy Mayor
Embattled Deputy Mayor of Bulawayo Tinashe Kambarami has resigned. He verbally resigned during an interface meeting between Bulawayo Councillors and MDC Leader Nelson Chamisa on Sunday at the MDC Bula...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 11:57hrs | 4933 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Masvingo mayor a product of Zanu-PF,' says Chamisa
MDC Alliance Nelson Chamisa has fired another salvo at Masvingo mayor Collen Maboke, saying the beleaguered city father was a product of some Zanu-PF arrangement and not the party's choice for the cov...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 16:12hrs | 4677 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora flexes his muscles, shows Chamisa the middle finger
MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has flexed his political muscle and nullified all the mass expulsions announced by the party's provincial executives as the Nelson Chamisa-led opposition outfit ...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:48hrs | 4031 | by staff reporter
Komichi sucked in MDC Mayors Saga
The fight over suspension of mayors by the Chamisa faction of MDC has got more uglier with Co-Vice President Morgan Komichi entering the fray.Speaking to our correspondent in Harare today, Kom...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 15:26hrs | 4468 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mwonzora nullifies Bulawayo 'foreign' mayor's expulsion
MDC Alliance national secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has nullified the expulsion of Bulawayo's deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami.Mwonzora told Southern Eye yesterday that the party stood guid...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:16hrs | 2677 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Bulawayo deputy mayor quits supermarket full-time job
A LOSING Bulawayo deputy mayoral aspirant Mlandu Ncube has quit his job at a local supermarket amid indications that he is set to take over from deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami, who was recently given ...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:14hrs | 1589 | by Staff reporter
Council to engage Zacc to investigate botched land deals
Harare City Council has resolved to take its employees, Harare business mogul, Ken Sharp and his investment vehicle, Augur Investment to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) over how council...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:00hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo celebrates 75 years
BULAWAYO is set to celebrate its Annual Civic Service to celebrate the 75th anniversary of its declaration as a city on Sunday, November 4 at the Celebration Church at 1000hrs. City Council Se...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Binga CEO arrested
BINGA Rural District Council chief executive officer, Joshua Muzamba, and two senior council officials have been arrested on charges of criminal abuse of office and fraud. Muzamba (53), who re...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 05:53hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora and Chamisa fight for MDC Presidency sucks in Mayors
The battle for the MDC Presidency has been fingered as the cause behind the squabbles involving mayors in the opposition MDC. The 40 year old President Nelson Chamisa recently sanctioned the purging o...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 19:37hrs | 4429 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mwonzora blocks Chamisa from firing Mayors?
MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora has moved in to stop the removal of Mayors and Deputy Mayors who were elected by Councillors outside Party whipping system.In letters in possession of Bu...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 11:10hrs | 8707 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiyangwa using unorthodox ways to bar his rival from Zifa poll
ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa has been accused of rigging the soccer mother body's presidential elections set for next month by employing unorthodox ways to bar his rival, Felton Kamambo, from conte...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:44hrs | 972 | by Staff reporter
BCC to hold 75th anniversary of declaration of Bulawayo as a city
The City of Bulawayo will be holding a Service to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the declaration of Bulawayo as a City on Sunday 4th November 2018 at the Celebration Church at 10:00 hours.C...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 16:35hrs | 630 | by Stephen Jakes
Tsholotsho Stadium money ‘disappears'
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council (RDC) is setting up a Commission of Inquiry into possible embezzlement of hundreds of thousands of dollars, including $360 000 that was meant for the construction of ...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 06:45hrs | 1387 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Deputy mayor gets 7-day ultimatum to step down
MDC Alliance has given Bulawayo deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami a seven-day ultimatum to step down from his position or face expulsion for defying a party directive on the election of the deputy mayor....Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:28hrs | 1554 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fires Bulawayo's Shona mayor
THE Mr Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has ordered Bulawayo Deputy Mayor councillor Tinashe Kambarami to step down from his post or risk being expelled from the party and recalled from council. Ward 3 ...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:22hrs | 2836 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fires Bulawayo's 'foreign' mayor?
MDC Chief of staff Sesil Zvidzai today issued a letter to Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami instructing him to resign from his position paving way for the election of a New deputy Mayor by the C...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 18:32hrs | 3155 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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