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Hwende joins Zanu-PF
Former Chiredzi Town Council (CTC) Chairperson, Alderman Gibson Hwende has officially joined Zanu-PF after serving two decades as opposition's Ward 1 councilor in Chiredzi Urban.Hwende confirm...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 10:47hrs | 1412 | by Staff reporter
Ex-CCC Council chair Gibson Hwende joins Zanu-PF
Former Chiredzi Town Council (CTC) Chairperson, Alderman Gibson Hwende has officially joined Zanu-PF after serving two decades as opposition's Ward 1 councilor in Chiredzi Urban.Hwende confirm...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 12:22hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor denied bail
Seke Ward 11 councillor Patson Chipunza (Zanu-PF) appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Dennis Mangosi on charges of fraud related to the subdivision and sale of land belonging to the late form...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Councillor starts street lights repairs programme
Councilor Dumisani Nkomo of Bulawayo's Ward Five has launched an ambitious initiative to repair 1,000 streetlights using funds allocated from the city council's Ward Retention Fund.Nkomo repor...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bishop Msindo Ncube shot dead in Johannesburg
Bishop Mkhululi Msindo Ncube, a revered spiritual leader and community advocate in uGodlwayo, met a tragic end when he was fatally shot in Johannesburg, South Africa. Born in 1973 and known fondly as ...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:36hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
BCC warns against connecting private water sources to city system
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has cautioned residents not to connect water tanks and boreholes to the council system as it may be difficult to trace water contamination. This comes as the local ...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 14:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Attachment of residents' houses displays CCC's heartless agenda
The decision by the Harare City Council (HCC) to take drastic measures against low-income residents who are struggling to pay their monthly rates by attaching over 50 properties due to non-payment, ha...Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 08:28hrs | | by Tonderai Ndoro
African countries assisted South African independence; payback is Xenophobic actions: blacks on blacks' violence
I quote from Byo24: Former ANC MP and Abantu Batho Congress Councilor in eThekwini, Makhosi Khoza, says South African natives have been shortchanged. Close quote. This is a statement that could cause ...Published: 14 Apr 2024 at 18:55hrs | 4 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zanu-PF wins Redcliff council by-election
The ruling Zanu-PF's candidate Christine Sigauke is the new councilor for Redcliff Municipality's Ward 3 after being victorious in the by-election held on Saturday.Sigauke shrugged off competi...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 19:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF manipulates Govt structures to abuse public funds
The ruling party Zanu-PF is allegedly using government structures to manipulate councils to advance the ruling party's programmes.This was evidenced by the mystery surrounding a meeting that t...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 15:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Redcliff council defrauding residents!
It never rains but pours for residents of the small town of Redcliff.We face the dilemma of the proverbial smoking pipe – burnt on one en...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
People will follow Chamisa everywhere he goes
Former MDC Alliance and the Citizens Coalition for Change Organizing Secretary Amos Chibaya has claimed that Zimbabweans do not follow political parties but people.Chibaya who was speaking to ...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 10:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa linked faction recalls Tshabangu linked senators from Parliament
Chaos continues in the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change following the recall of four senators who were sworn in Tuesday after they were chosen by a faction led by Welshman Ncube, Tendai Biti a...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo landlords renting out verandas and toilets raises concerns
In Old Lobengula, Bulawayo, reports indicate that some property owners are resorting to renting out their verandas and toilets to desperate individuals seeking housing, raising concerns about the pote...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 09:23hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Recall law aiding death of democracy'
The constitutional provisions which allow legislators and councillors to be recalled should be revisited as they are aiding the death of democracy in Zimbabwe, The Carter Center has said.The U...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF official jailed for stealing
Mazowe Ward Six councilor Shamie Sande (51) and his district chairperson Tichaona Sorotiya (41) have been arrested for allegedly stealing 100 bags of fertilizer valued at US$4600.The duo were ...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 13:55hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Tshabangu facing the axe
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu is now facing the axe from the same opposition party that he snatched from its former leader Nelson Chamisa for allegedl...Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 21:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Donkey meat concerns surfaces in Bulawayo
Ward 15 councilor Ashton Mhlanga has encouraged Cowdray Park residents to buy their meat from reputed licensed butcheries rather than backyards, following complaints of individuals selling donkey meat...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 18:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
The shameless road to Political Dominance: Zanu pf unwanted but in power
The 2023 elections should all be a forgotten story, a brazen electoral theft but the story is not coming to an end.The CCC MPs and councilors recall by a pseudo-Secretary General is a drama fi...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 08:46hrs | | by Albert Madya
'Chamisa has no power to fire, recall Harare Mayor'
SELF-styled Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu has written to Local Government Minister Winston Chitando dismissing a decision by his party leader Nelson Chamisa t...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 17:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mafume survives a vote of no-confidence as Harare mayor
An attempt to remove Harare mayor Jacob Mafume failed today as councilors defied Chamisa and voted against vote of no confidence motion.As Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) factionalism expl...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 18:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park residents face flooding due to Mthuli Ncube's shoddy road construction project
Cowdray Park's Ward 6 residents face flooding due to shoddy road construction rushed through by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube before the 2023 elections, a local councillor revealed.Speaking at...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's Cowdray Park projects in limbo after Zanu-PF bags seat
After witnessing a flurry of rare development projects in the run-up to the August elections, residents of Bulawayo's sprawling high-density suburb of Cowdray Park are now facing the reality of the re...Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drama-filled 2023 ends in tears for CCC
POLITICS, according to social scientists, is loosely translated as a battle to control resources with man putting political contestation as a means to ensure equitable distribution of whatever is foun...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NGOZI MINE HEALTH DISASTER: Councilor Ntando Ndlovu steps in
In a proactive move to address the longstanding environmental and health concerns of his constituents, newly elected Ward 28 Councillor Ntando Ndlovu has taken decisive steps to mitigate the impac...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Voter apathy gives Zau-PF an upper hand in Zimbabwe by-elections
Apathy rocked parliamentary and council by-elections held Saturday with Citizens Coalition for Change led by Nelson Chamisa saying Zimbabweans were denied an opportunity to pick representatives of the...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
By-elections were not necessary: Freedom Alliance
Freedom Alliance spokesperson Nhlanhla Moses Ncube has described the just-ended by-elections in which Zanu PF scooped 7 seats out of the nine that were won by Citizens Coalition for change in the Augu...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 14:10hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
EXPOSED: Jonathan Moyo unearths Chamisa's Chekuseri strategy
Former Zimbabwean government minister and academic, Professor Jonathan Moyo, has exposed what he describes as a fraudulent and criminal legal strategy employed by the smaller faction of the Citizens C...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Voter apathy rocks Zimbabwe's by-elections
Zimbabwe held special elections on Saturday for nine seats in Parliament after opposition lawmakers were removed from their positions and disqualified from running again.The opposition called ...Published: 10 Dec 2023 at 18:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's rule may be grabbed by corporals: War vet
An ex-Zipra war veteran Max Mkandla has warned that if Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa were to win the presidential elections his rule would be overthrown by a mere army corporal c...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 13:58hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bikita RDC heeds community calls for schools and clinic construction
Following many years of continuous engagement by Citizens Action Southern Africa Zimbabwe (CIASA) community structures in Bikita, a series of community scorecards on the state of education and health,...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 08:24hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa loyalist threatens councillors
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Masvingo City Councillors are under fire from the party and were threatened for failing to attend the ward 2 by-election campaign launch last weekend by the par...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 19:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillors clash over funeral speech
Two Zanu-PF councilors from ward 9 in Zaka District recently clashed over a funeral speech in which the sitting councillor Livison Paradza felt threatened by fellow councillor Beauty Musunda who got i...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 19:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC councillors chase stakeholders before boycotting same meeting
There was drama last week at Chiredzi Town Council Boardroom where the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors chased all stakeholders from a special full council meeting to elect a new town c...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'David Coltart faces opposition as some councillors refuse to disclose assets'
Some councillors are apparently dragging their heels in complying with Bulawayo mayor, Councillor David Coltart's call to disclose their assets, CITE has learnt.When Coltart assumed office, he...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare councillors blow US$24,000 in Nyanga despite cholera surge
At a time when cholera is ravaging the capital city, Harare City Council officials have chosen to attend a workshop in Nyanga where they are said to be blowing an astonishing US$24 000 in hefty allowa...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 15:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kamuzonda distances self from Tshabangu
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Masvingo West ward 2 candidate Roki Kamuzonda has distanced himself from the self-proclaimed interim party secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu who recalled a sizeab...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Losing Zanu-PF candidate reclaims donation
A Zanu-PF losing council candidate has been accused of demanding goal posts which he donated to a school in Plumtree, Matebeleland South, ahead of the disputed August 23 elections.Richard Khum...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another Strategic Ambiguity from Chamisa's CCC?
The upcoming mayoral elections in Masvingo are posing a fresh challenge for Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa as the party seeks to determine a successor for the shortest-servi...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 21:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu makes more recalls
Opposition CCC's interim Secretary General Sengezo Shabangu has issued a recall for Kwekwe Mayor Henry Madzorera, Deputy Mayor Melody Chingarande, and another councilor, Simon Machisvo.This mo...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC faces new headache
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councilors in Masvingo are already divided on who will replace former Mayor Shantiel Chiwara who broke three records in a space of one month by becoming the you...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 16:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu recalls Harare Mayor, deputy
EMBATTLED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has once again been thrown into a political tailspin as self-imposed secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu has recalled Harare Mayor Ian Makone and his depu...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
By-elections Nomination Court sits next week
The Nomination Court is scheduled to convene next Tuesday to accept nomination papers from potential candidates for the December 9 by-elections. These by-elections aim to fill nine vacant National Ass...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 12:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC update on disengagement
On the 11th of October 2023, the Citizens Coalition for Change announced that it would be disengaging from Parliamentary and Local Authorities sittings for a temporary period of 14 days. This ...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 15:19hrs | | by Ostallos Siziba
By-elections date for recalled Bulawayo councillors set
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said by-elections for eight recalled Bulawayo Citizen Coalition for Change councillors will be held in December while the nomination court will sit next mon...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masvingo celebrates Chiduwa's fall from grace
While many people often celebrate the success of their kinsmen and feel sad when bad things happen, the story is different for the Zaka South legislator Clemence Chiduwa whom people in Zaka and ...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 21:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs, councillors ordered to report for duty or risk more recalls
Sengezo Tshabangu, who has assumed the role of "interim secretary general" amid controversy, has issued a communication instructing all legislators and councilors affiliated with the Citizens Coalitio...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 15:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in strategic blunder
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa announced that his party would temporarily withdraw from all council and parliamentary business in protest over the recall of 15 MP...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Binga villagers cry foul
VILLAGERS in Chinego area in Chief Pashu area, Binga have appealed to the government to urgently rehabilitate a road that links to Kariangwe which was damaged by rains last rainy season.Govern...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 20:02hrs | | by Peter Matuka
Ward 28 Councilor Ntando Ndlovu rallies residents for Big Spring Cleaning Day
In an effort to rejuvenate the Cowdray Park suburb and contribute to the restoration of the city's charm, Ward 28 Councilor Ntandoyenkosi Ndlovu has called upon the community to come together for a mo...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 13:41hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
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