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Parly committees probe Chiredzi child prostitution
THREE parliamentary thematic committees on Tuesday descended on Chiredzi on a fact-finding mission on child prostitution as well as sexual reproductive health and rights.The committees that ca...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:13hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
MDC councillors using out-of-town workshops to syphon funds
Harare City Council has conducted more than 10 out-of-town workshops in blatant defiance of a ministerial directive proscribing the costly training programmes. Over the last two weeks, council...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 13:35hrs | 975 | by Staff reporter
MDC councillors vote for Zanu-PF mayoral candidate
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has embarked on a witch-hunt in Chitungwiza to sniff out councillors who voted for an aspiring mayoral candidate from Zanu-PF during Wednesday elections in the dormitory tow...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:47hrs | 2381 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chickens out on renegades
The Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial disciplinary committee has rescinded plans to expel two Chiredzi councillors who were facing allegations of going to bed with the Nelson Chamisa-led opposition MDC....Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:22hrs | 930 | by Staff reporter
Councillors reject water disconnections as debt recovery strategy
BULAWAYO City councillors have rejected a proposal by the finance department to resume water disconnections as a debt recovery strategy citing the prevailing socio economic challenges faced by residen...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:11hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
MDC councilor elected as the mayor of Chitungwiza
OPPOSITION MDC councilor Lovemore Maiko was Wednesday elected as the mayor of Chitungwiza Town after beating Kiven Mutimbanyoka of Zanu-PF.He will be deputised by Musa Makweza also of the MDC....Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 16:48hrs | 1766 | by newzimbabwe
MDC nominates corrupt former councillor for Chairman
MDC Bulawayo Province has alleged nominated for Provincial Chairmanship former Ward 7 Councillor James Sithole who was once convicted of abusing public office and stealing funds before being pardoned ...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 10:40hrs | 2821 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo council crafts toilets policy
THE Bulawayo City Council is crafting a policy to deal with residents who construct or occupy houses and churches without ablution services. This comes at a time councillors have raised ...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:50hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa blasts MDC Alliance councillors
INDEPENDENT Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has petitioned MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa over "rampant corruption" at the opposition-run Norton Town Council (NTC) after Zimplats Holdings Limite...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 14:42hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
When Zanu-PF used Cowdray Park to show intent
THE recent ward by- election in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo all but showed that people can take charge of their destiny if they choose to open their eyes.It is not a secret that service delivery in...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:08hrs | 588 | by Sunday News
Bulawayo councillors push for exclusive forex suburb
BULAWAYO councillors are reportedly pushing for the establishment of an exclusive suburb in the city where stands will be sold in hard currency while rates and rentals will also be strictly in forex....Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:07hrs | 949 | by Staff reporter
Chinhoyi set for city status
Local Government minister July Moyo this week dispatched a commission of inquiry to determine the suitability of Chinhoyi being bestowed city status.Town clerk Maxwell Kaitano confirmed the de...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:59hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Council defies ministerial directive
HARARE City Council (HCC) has rejected a directive by Local Government minister July Moyo to rescind a decision to appoint councillors as board members in companies the municipality has interests....Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:09hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in historic Bulawayo poll win
The win by Zanu-PF candidate Kidwell Mujuru in Bulawayo's Ward 28 by-election over the weekend by 670 votes demonstrates that the MDC's dominance of urban areas is coming to an end, an official has sa...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 23:46hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Councillors scramble for heavily discounted stands
COUNCILLORS in Bulawayo have started getting land with most of them identifying residential stands in some of the city's affluent suburbs, Sunday News can exclusively reveal.The scheme meant t...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:59hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai aid looters to face the music
Government will decisively deal with irresponsible individuals who abuse or distribute aid along partisan lines, Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has said.The Vice President said this ye...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:43hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Council kicks out Mnangagwa's minister from its offices
A political confrontation is looming in Marondera town after the local authority dominated by the opposition MDC's councilors, blocked Mashonaland East resident Minister Apollonia Munzverengwi, from u...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:37hrs | 195 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangawa bans political meddling in aid distribution to Cyclone victims
GOVERNMENT has banned political parties from any interference with the distribution of food and other forms of aid to Cyclone Idai survivors in parts of Manicaland.Responding to questions from...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:41hrs | 699 | by newzimbabwe
Moonlighting council drivers suspended
Harare City Council has suspended 26 refuse compactor drivers who were moonlighting while on council duty and using the city's vehicles, compromising waste collection. This led to garbage pili...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:09hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
Preacher heaps praises on Mnangagwa, Mayor storms out
Mayor Solomon Mguni stormed out of an interdenominational Cyclone Idai memorial prayer meeting held here on Sunday after one of the preachers poured scorn on Zanu-PF's rivals.The youthful mayo...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 14:18hrs | 3767 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF grabs cyclone aid
THERE are fears that relief aid meant for cyclone victims is being "looted" after eight branded Zanu-PF vehicles yesterday drove off with foodstuffs from Silver Stream distribution centre in Chimanima...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 14:17hrs | 2565 | by Staff reporter
Mayor storms out of prayer meeting
Mayor Solomon Mguni stormed out of an interdenominational Cyclone Idai memorial prayer meeting held here on Sunday after one of the preachers poured scorn on Zanu-PF's rivals.The youthful mayo...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:39hrs | 2778 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa says army should have been used to forcefully remove villagers
INDEPENDENT legislator for Norton Temba Mliswa has questioned why government failed to deploy the army to drive away villagers who allegedly ignored calls by authorities to vacate their areas ahead of...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:05hrs | 1781 | by newzimbabwe.com
Victoria Falls residents ring-fences jobs
THE VICTORIA Falls community has warned investors to give qualified locals preference for jobs at their businesses, including at the new Sawanga Mall.The residents under the banner Victoria Fa...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 05:54hrs | 3595 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association elects new executive
THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) has elected a new 19-member executive for a four-year term, with labour expert and human rights defender Ambrose Sibindi landing the chairmanship....Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 08:06hrs | 1024 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over illiterate councillor
Resident from Gwanda town's ward 1 have slammed the opposition, MDC for seconding an illiterate councillor to represent their community.According to sources, the councillor, Mkhululi Tshuma al...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:05hrs | 1801 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa attacks Mwonzora ally
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa railed at party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora's ally in Masvingo last weekend, blaming him for the opposition party's poor showing in the region during last year's harmo...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 18:34hrs | 5738 | by Staff reporter
Gift Banda to stay in the cold for much longer
ON Saturday, the clock marked exactly two months since ZIFA vice-president Gift Banda was suspended and, with the association postponing the Congress where his fate was meant to be discussed this week...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:26hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rekindles his fight with Masvingo mayor
MDC president Nelson Chamisa has rekindled his fight with Masvingo mayor Collin Maboke, ordering him to resign within a week to save his council seat or face expulsion for defying party directives....Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 10:35hrs | 1959 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in pole position as MDC Alliance congress beckons
The MDC Alliance will elect new leaders at congress in May - a process which will make or break the country's biggest opposition party. While the nomination process has not yet started, party leader N...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 09:45hrs | 1930 | by Staff reporter
Egodini Mall project stalls
ZIMBABWE's financial meltdown has brought the construction of the Egodini Mall — set to be the biggest public transport terminus boasting a retail section and parking bays in Zimbabwe's second large...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:09hrs | 1547 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri takes aim at Chamisa
MDC vice-president Elias Mudzuri has given the clearest indication yet that he will challenge the main opposition party's leader Nelson Chamisa at the party's congress in May.Mudzuri (EM) (pic...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 14:44hrs | 4881 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai hits Zimbabwe
THE eastern parts of the country should expect rainfall and windy conditions with effect from today as Cyclone Idai hits the country, the Meteorological Services Department, said yesterday. In a...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:52hrs | 2658 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents fear 'Harare disease' outbreak
Bulawayo residents say they are at grave risk of contracting deadly diseases such as cholera and typhoid, unless the government urgently bails out their city council to replace its decrepit sewer and ...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 06:59hrs | 3370 | by Staff reporter
Gweru council, workers in salary deadlock
AN ad-hoc committee has been appointed to look into the impasse between Gweru City Council workers and their employer.The development comes hardly a week after the restive workers issued a not...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 06:02hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Police release MDC leader
The MDC National Spokesperson Cllr Jacob Mafume has been released by the police after spending hours being interrogated.Mafume was released without charge after police indicated they would cal...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 14:08hrs | 2840 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fresh arrests as Ramaphosa jets in
MDC national spokesperson Jacob Mafume has been confined at ZRP Law and Order section for the whole day in the company of his attorney Advocate Bhatasara of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights.T...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 12:05hrs | 6884 | by Hon Bekithemba Mpofu
Chamisa warns Mutare councillors
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has read the riot act on local authorities led by his party to stop engaging in corrupt activities, claiming that members implicated in the vice face the chop.He made...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:10hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
The disconnect in electoral democracy
Every four years the world is drawn to watch in awe as the United States chooses their next president, even to the point of fanatically following the bi-partisan primary election races, prominent of w...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:06hrs | 176 | by Reason Wafawarova
Botswana is going backwards, says Ian Khama
Botswana's former president, Ian Khama, has vowed not to rest until stability in his country is restored.Speaking to City Press on Friday night at the Intercontinental Hotel at OR Tambo Inter...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 15:44hrs | 9516 | by City Press
UK takes interest in MDC Alliance court cases
THE United Kingdom says it is following closely how the Zimbabwean government is handling the various cases of opposition legislators and pro-democracy defenders arrested and charged for participating...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:29hrs | 2042 | by Staff reporter
CMED tasked to supply fuel, equipment to road authorities
Government has tasked CMED to supply fuel and road equipment to local authorities to help speed up road infrastructure projects currently underway.Speaking to local authorities from Midlands p...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:23hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
MDC condemns arrest of Hon Mamombe
The MDC condemns the arrest of Hon Joanna Mamombe which is nothing but an act of political persecution.The MDC is concerned by the unrepentant behavior of the military State which continues to...Published: 02 Mar 2019 at 07:27hrs | 2538 | by Jacob Mafume
Education 5.0 - towards problem-solving and value creation
Many thanks to a serious and strong hint by His Excellency President ED Mnangagwa, Education 5.0 is now a reality having been adopted by the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Tech...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 09:22hrs | 2685 | by Enock Jonathan
Govt concerned over delays in Egodini Mall project
GOVERNMENT has expressed concern over delays in the construction of Bulawayo's proposed Egodini Mall, more than three years after South African firm Terracorta won the tender to undertake the project....Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:18hrs | 1223 | by Staff reporter
Debt-ridden Zifa 'splurge on SA trip'
DEBT-ridden Zifa allegedly blew over half a million rand in allowances for a 12-member entourage that went for a five-day capacity-building and benchmarking interactive workshop at the South African F...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:10hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Mushore wins case against council
Mr James Mushore, who was appointed Harare town clerk in April 2016 before Government rescinded his appointment, has won his case against Harare City Council after a labour officer ruled that his cont...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 15:32hrs | 1583 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors blast own MP over fake promises
MDC Alliance councillors last week took a swipe at Marondera Central legislator Caston Matewu, accusing him of failing to honour promises he made in the run-up to the July 30, 2018 elections.S...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:23hrs | 1117 | by Staff reporter
Councillors block road project
BEITBRIDGE councillors have resisted the development of a road they say had "jumped the queue", because it does not serve residents.The road links the Shule Shule Shopping Centre, goes past a ...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:17hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to fire lazy MPs and Councillors
MDC President Nelson Chamisa on Sunday issued a warning to all MDC Members of Parliament and Councillors who are not performing that the party will not hesitate to fire them.Chamisa who was ad...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 07:19hrs | 927 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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