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Trump, Chamisa birds of the same feather
Outgoing United States (US) president, Donald Trump and Zimbabwe's opposition MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa both refused to concede defeat, in their separate elections. The world is surprised by...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 14:38hrs | 774 | by Prosperity Mzila
Kambuzuma residents swimming in sewerage
AT a community meeting facilitated by Combined Harare Residents Association in (CHRA) Kambuzuma last week, it emerged that res-idents are living with raw sewage due to the failure by the City of Harar...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:08hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors in deadlock over posts
BULAWAYO councillors reportedly reached a deadlock over the position on chairperson of the Finance and Development Standing Committee, with a run-off now expected to be held in the next couple of week...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:41hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Vic Falls City to bestow highest honour on Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to be accorded the freedom of the city by the Victoria Falls Council, which is the highest honour that can be bestowed by a municipality on a dignitary in recogniti...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 12:00hrs | 4268 | by Staff Reporter
Kamambo's trial postponed again
THE trial of Zimbabwe Football Association boss Felton Kamambo on allegations of vote-buying failed to take off yesterday as his lawyer demanded certified minutes of the election to enable the footbal...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:34hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges Zanu-PF vigilance on Chamisa's councils
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged his Zanu-PF party to monitor corruption by MDC Alliance dominated local authorities.He was addressing a Mashonaland East Provincial Coordinating Committe...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 13:50hrs | 2206 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants everyone to expose corruption
The Zanu-PF leadership must help Government to closely monitor local authorities using devolution funds and expose corruption as well as poor service delivery, President Mnangagwa has said. Ad...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:43hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi Commission mandate expires
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) is set to be reconstituted following the expiry of the tenure of the Justice Selo Nare-led commission. Parliament's Committee on Standin...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:41hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
PDP to revisit Harare Mayor's recall
SELF-STYLED People's Democratic Party (PDP) official Benjamin Rukanda who could not be located when the High Court barred his attempt to recall Harare mayor Jacob Mafume and two councillors has now su...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 16:17hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
BCC investigates United Refineries water cuts
THE Bulawayo City Council has ordered an investigation into circumstances that led to one of the city's largest companies, United Refineries Limited (URL) suspending operations due to water challenges...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 06:17hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora 'backtracks' on new purge?
A letter purportedly signed by disputed MDC-T secretary general Douglass Mwonzora notifying the Minister of Local government, Public Works and National Housing of the recall of 87 MDC Alliance council...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:35hrs | 4273 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa stuns key associates
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, is facing a rebellion from former legislators and councillors who were recently recalled from their positions by Thokozani Khupe - after he ordered them t...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:30hrs | 8913 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally loses Parliament recall challenge
MDC Alliance proportional representative for Bulawayo Metropolitan Province Dorcas Sibanda has lost a bid to challenge her recall from Parliament after the High Court dismissed her application....Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 20:24hrs | 2335 | by Staff reporter
BCC rejects Mrs Mnangagwa donation request
BULAWAYO City Council has expressed reservations over expending resources to a project spearheaded by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa to transform a refugee centre at Chambuta in Chiredzi into a rehabil...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:48hrs | 7640 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors push for legalisation of shebeens
SOME Bulawayo city councillors have said it is better to license shebeens, rather than bottle stores calling for policies to make them legal. According to the latest council report, councillor...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe and Mnangagwa must leave politics; the people shall govern
Failed politicians must pack and go! What a breath of fresh air to read your todays article "No single or individual group can stage a revolution on its own".An Alliance of Democratic ...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:56hrs | 4868 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bhebhe trounces Khupe, Mwonzora
MDC-T organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has reportedly secured Bulawayo nomination for the party presidency after trouncing four other candidates, among them acting president Thokozani Khupe and in...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:53hrs | 18584 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces tougher Covid-19 lockdown
ZIMBABWE may be forced into implementing more stringent measures, possibly another lockdown, if Covid-19 cases continue to rise, an official has said.The chief coordinator for the National Res...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1249 | by Staff reporter
Govt probes land deals in Bulawayo
THE Government probe team that was recently in Bulawayo, was among other things, tasked with investigating whether Bulawayo City Council officials or councillors were taking bribes in the sale of coun...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:12hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Residents reject BCC 2021 budget
THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) has rejected the council's 2021 budget proposal, arguing that the budget formulation process was flawed.Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is pro...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:52hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea hits Bulawayo
MORE than 1 300 Bulawayo residents have been treated for diarrhoea since July this year with reports that cases are still on the rise owing to erratic water supplies. The city recorded its fir...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:51hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC still probing party official over abduction gang link
REPORT on the investigation of suspended MDC Alliance senior member, Tendai Masotsha, who is alleged to have been involved in the abduction of journalism student Tawanda Muchehiwa, is yet to be made p...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:43hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's allies in secret unity talks with Khupe
TENSIONS are running high in the structures of the Midlands provincial of the MDC Alliance after former Kwekwe Central MP, Blessing Chebundo led some senior party officials to secretly meet with MDC-T...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:41hrs | 8552 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zimbabwe needs exorcism
MAIN opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said Zimbabwe needs to be exorcised by the church as it is too polarised and cannot move forward as a nation.Chamisa said this while addr...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:31hrs | 1475 | by Staff reporter
By-elections moved to 2021, says Ziyambi
JUSTICE Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi confirmed Sunday the government had decided to shelve holding parliamentary and council by-elections while it focuses on fighting the spread of the coronavirus....Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:26hrs | 573 | by Staff writer
Chamisa's Mayor arrested
POLICE Monday arrested Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko on criminal abuse of office charges.Information ministry spokesperson Nick Mangwana confirmed the arrested Monday evening."Chitu...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 20:36hrs | 2736 | by Staff writer
Mthwakazi wants non-Ndebele administrators thrown out of Matebeleland
FIREBRAND pro-Matebeleland pressure group, Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has demanded the immediate departure of a number of individuals of Shona origin who are now in charge of administrative functi...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:49hrs | 2168 | by Staff reporter
Why police stormed Harare Town House
POLICE stormed Harare City Council chambers to stop the city fathers from passing a resolution that would have seen suspended executives returning to work as fears of government interference in the op...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:33hrs | 2146 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs in a state of shock
MANIC Zanu-PF youths wielding machetes recently ran amok in the Midlands - assaulting party bigwigs and police officers, while also sowing terror among supporters of the former liberation movement in ...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 17:44hrs | 1465 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa led City council in US$1bn tender storm
THE Harare City Council attempted to award water and sewage contracts worth close to US$1 billion to four Chinese firms without going to tender, available information suggests.The council's fi...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
Luveve residents demand resignation of councillors
LUVEVE residents are up in arms with councillor for ward 16, Febby Msipha, whom they want to recall for failing to resolve the area's water crisis.However, the councillor said the water crisis...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:24hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Zacc uncovers rot in BCC land allocation and sales
MORE arrests over corruption are imminent at Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and other local authorities following a series of investigations on land allocation and sales by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption C...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:21hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
21 Harare councillors arrested
SECURITY officers in plain clothes yesterday swooped on Harare Town House and rounded up 21 councillors and three journalists attending a full council meeting, in a dramatic search for the deputy Mayo...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:18hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Corruption in councils riles Mnangagwa
Unprecedented levels of corruption and poor governance bedevilling local authorities across the country, particularly Harare, are worrying President Mnangagwa and the Government, a Cabinet Minister ha...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:17hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Sacu storms Harare full council meeting, detains councillors
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) has reportedly stopped an on-going full Council meeting Thursday detaining all in attendance.City Deputy Mayor Luckson Mukung...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 21:14hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
War veterans demand automatic entry to elections
War veterans are demanding automatic tickets to represent the governing Zanu-PF party in the by-elections to fill vacant parliamentary and municipal seats.They want the same to be done in the ...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1249 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe mayor reaffirms support for Chamisa
KWEKWE mayor Angeline Kasipo has dismissed reports that she had crossed over to the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T, saying she would remain loyal to the MDC Alliance party led by Nelson Chamisa.Kas...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1613 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets Harare seats
THE Zanu-PF Harare province has completed primary elections and is now geared for by-elections following the recall of seven MDC-T legislators and 22 councillors. The party's provincial interi...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:25hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC in massive voter education exercise
THE MDC Alliance in Marondera has embarked on a massive voter education exercise ahead of the hung local authority and constituency by-elections.The Marondera Central seat fell vacant after th...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:25hrs | 5940 | by Staff reporter
Town clerks under spotlight
Government has directed town clerks, town secretaries and chief executives for Harare, Chitungwiza, Ruwa and Epworth councils to sign performance-based contracts so that their work can be evaluated an...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 18:56hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must lift by-elections ban'
THE government must lift the suspension on by-elections as the ban stifles democracy and violates the rights of Zimbabweans to express themselves politically, analysts contend.Statutory Instru...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 18:53hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors in corruption storm
GOKWE residents have complained about abuse of funds by five MDC Alliance councillors who allegedly forced council management to sponsor a trip to Harare which cost $235 000.The five councillo...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:50hrs | 3486 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa not losing sleep over Khupe
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa said he was not losing sleep over manoeuvres by the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T to decimate his MDC Alliance.Mnangagwa last week formally recognised Khupe as t...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:02hrs | 3618 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC debates official's involvement in abduction
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance is today expected to seal the fate of a senior party official, Tendai Masotsha, accused of conniving with State security agents in the abduction of a Bulawayo-based...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1514 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sweats over Harare structures turmoil
THE Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance leadership in Harare province is sweating over the turmoil that has engulfed party structures in the capital with accusations and counter-accusations of defections ...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 17:13hrs | 4231 | by Staff reporter
Battle for control of MDC-T intensifies
Rival candidates have heightened their campaign activities ahead of MDC-T's extraordinary congress as the battle to control the party intensifies.Early this month, the Supreme Court gave MDC-T...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 11:27hrs | 7326 | by Staff Reporter
Harare City chefs dupe govt
Harare City Council (HCC) bosses could have fleeced the government of ZWL$12m after selling acres of State land in the capital as the illegal parcelling out of land in the capital reaches a new low....Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 07:26hrs | 2430 | by Staff Reporter
Political parties go all out campaigning for by-elections
Zimbabwe's political parties - Zanu-PF, MDC-Alliance and MDC-T - are going all out campaigning ahead of anticipated by-elections to fill vacant parliamentary and municipal seats.The Zimbabwe E...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1241 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF primaries worsen party wars
ZANU-PF has failed to announce the results of its elections to choose the party's parliamentary and council candidates for Harare, amid claims that the polls were riddled with bribery and rampant chea...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 22:19hrs | 1293 | by Staff reporter
Mayor assaulted by deputy
Bindura Mayor Councillor Carlos Tokyo was slapped in public by his deputy, Nobert Dokotera, on Monday afternoon for allegedly telling a team investigating land management by Bindura Municipality that ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:45hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
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