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Zanu-PF councilor arrested over 'Mnangagwa must go' post
Zanu-PF Ward 24 Councillor Zivanai Zvada is currently in police custody after being arrested on April 1 for allegedly inciting public disorder by forwarding a politically charged message in a communit...Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 08:41hrs | 1232 | by Staff reporter
Fierce battle within Zanu-PF
A heated internal contest is unfolding within Zanu-PF as five candidates prepare to battle it out in the party's upcoming primary elections to fill the vacant Gutu East parliamentary seat, following t...Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 08:39hrs | 1792 | by Staff reporter
Hindu Society refurbishes Belvedere clinic
The Hindu Society in Zimbabwe has committed and spent close to US$40,000 in the refurbishment of Belvedere clinic, with Harare Mayor, Councillor Jacob Mafume commenting on the gesture as a genuine and...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 18:13hrs | 364 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Alarm bells ringing as the regime panics: Veteran Activists Association Zimbabwe (Vaaz)
When the Nation's war Chest is paraded on the streets and "Dr Amai The Second" traverse the nation to rave and rant at hastily arranged rallies then you know The house is on Fire .It is an open secret...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 15:18hrs | 2171 | by Mandava Blessing National Spokesperson
The Notorious and Dubious State of ZIFA Southern Region: A Call for Immediate Reform and Accountability
The state of football administration in the ZIFA Southern Region is nothing short of a disgrace. What was once a promising platform for nurturing talent and fostering the growth of the beautiful game ...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 17:53hrs | 560 | by Ezra Tshisa
Tsikamutanda divides families in Zaka
A dramatic tale of deception unfolded in the quiet hills of Zaka District, where a self-proclaimed Tsikamutanda (traditional healer and witch hunter) named Nehemiah Tamanikwa recently stirred both awe...Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 09:35hrs | 1604 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Mnangagwa faction blocks CEO appointment in Bikita
The appointment of Archbald Ncube as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bikita Rural District Council (RDC) has sparked intense controversy, exposing deep-seated factional tensions between group...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 17:01hrs | 2606 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF converts offices, police station into Kindergarten
People in Mhondoro are up in arms with their ward six councillor Sword Dandara (ZANU-PF) who allegedly connived with the former Chegutu mayor's son (opposition) and some village heads to convert ZANU-...Published: 02 Feb 2025 at 11:40hrs | 1329 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole recently in Mhondoro
Redcliff residents betrayed by their local authority's unbridled greed and mismanagement
I recently received some most troubling news from a reliable informant within the Municipality of Redcliff.According to the information, the local authority has allegedly decided to award its ...Published: 31 Jan 2025 at 16:04hrs | 356 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF using rice to sway public opinion on term extension
As the "ED 2030" agenda gains traction, some Zanu-PF Members of Parliament (MPs) are accused of politicizing food aid intended for vulnerable communities. The rice, distributed by President Emmerson M...Published: 25 Jan 2025 at 15:48hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Drama at ZiFA elections as Eastern Triangle official cheats
There was drama at the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) elections in Harare today where an official from Eastern regional Triangle broke the voting rules by taking a photo of his ballot paper...Published: 25 Jan 2025 at 11:38hrs | 1723 | by Simbarashe Sithole/ Gideon Madzikatidze
Cracks in Insiza dam raise alarm among villagers
Villagers from Singwambizi in Insiza District, under Chief Mafu, have expressed safety concerns regarding their local dam, which is spilling water due to a crack in the dam wall.The community ...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:26hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Nqobile Magwizi meets ZIFA Central Region councillors
Aspiring Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president, Nqobile Magwizi, took an important step in his election campaign over the weekend by meeting with the ZIFA Central Region councillors. The meet...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 07:13hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Councilors gobble US$1m to meet Mnangagwa
In a controversial move that has sparked public outcry, Zimbabwe's cash-strapped local authorities spent an estimated US$1 million to fund the travel and allowances of nearly 2,600 councilors who atte...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:35hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's candidate disqualified from Victoria Falls by-election
The independent candidate for the upcoming Victoria Falls council by-election, Ephias Mambume, has been barred from contesting after a court ruled that he was ineligible due to unpaid council rates. T...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 12:58hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
BCC to punish companies discharging acid effluent in sewer system
Bulawayo City Council has been. Asked to consider punishing companies that discharge non complying effluent into the sewer system.Ward ...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 07:24hrs | 67 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF leader in fuel tender scam
A Zanu-PF District Coordinating Committee (DCC) member in Zaka is under fire for allegedly failing to deliver 9,000 liters of fuel paid for by the Zaka Rural District Council (RDC) over the past three...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 16:41hrs | 3293 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councilors snub residents meeting
Mvuma residents are up in arms against the district's councillors who snubbed a meeting that had been called for them to hear grievances from the small mining town.The meeting was arranged by ...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 13:51hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Councilors threaten executive with arrest
Angry Kwekwe councilors fumed during a full council meeting last Thursday and threatened to have Kwekwe City executive arrested for allegedly recruiting new city parking marshals without a resolution....Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 13:50hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Ndebeles commemorate Mzilikazi Day
Ndebele people in Bulawayo, as well as those across Zimbabwe and abroad, are commemorating the 156th anniversary of the death of King Mzilikazi Khumalo, the founder of the Ndebele nation. The commemor...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 15:53hrs | 3330 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa: The Biblical Joshua that never was
With Zimbabwe being largely a Christian nation where religion and politics are juxtaposed, the former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa touted himself as the Biblical Joshua sa...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:17hrs | 645 | by Brighton Chiseva
It's a puppet show at townhouse
Zimbabwe is now well and truly a banana republic,nay, it has moved a notch up to become a certified armpit of the world , thanks largely to ZANU PF's authoritarian rule It is abundantly clear ...Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 16:15hrs | 881 | by Wonder Bvungura
CCC councilors blew US$11m on workshops in 7 months
Incarcerated Harare town clerk, Engineer Hosiah Chisango, has called for external regulation of council operations after revealing that city councillors squandered over US$11 million on weekly wo...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 10:01hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF members use dead people's IDs to steal food aid
Some Zanu-PF supporters in Ward 19 of Zaka Central are up for stealing social welfare food aid by misrepresenting that they have more kids than they actually have, with them even using deceased people...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 12:48hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
SADC Summit brings problems for Zimbabwe vendors
Some 300 vendors operating along main roads in Chivhu will go without incomes for the next three weeks after Government removed them from their stalls to paint a clean picture of the country to delega...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 15:54hrs | 855 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1476 | 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 | 49 | 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 | 3 | 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 | 9 | 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 | 35 | 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 | 8 | 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 | 2 | 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 | 32 | 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 | 3 | 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 | 6 | 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 | 9 | 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 | 1 | 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 | 5 | 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 | 1 | 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 | 6 | 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 | 15 | 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 | 2 | 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 | 2 | 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 | 14 | 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 | 15 | 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 | 21 | 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 | 18 | 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 | 13 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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