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Exam fees scandal rock Hwange school
A number of learners in Hwange District may be unable to take their Grade Seven examinations due to some primary schools demanding fees more than double the amount specified by the Zimbabwe Schools Ex...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 09:46hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland chief in legal trouble over abuse directed at woman
The national Council of Chiefs has been petitioned to act on an errant chief who was filmed verbally abusing a woman during a village court sitting.Chief Nyamaropa, of Shamva in Mashonaland Ce...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 16:56hrs | 1529 | by Staff reporter
We Africans have our way of doing things
The thunderous weather, intensified by blinding lightning, instils fear in many of us. Folklore has it that during such storms, bad debtors and adulterers often tremble to the core, fearing that those...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 14:57hrs | 278 | by Thomas Murisa
Gweru unleashes debt collectors on defaulters
The Gweru City Council has announced that it will employ debt collectors to pursue ratepayers who have defaulted on their payments for more than two months. In a statement released on September 10, th...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 07:15hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Zimra garnishes Gweru Council accounts
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) recently garnished Gweru City Council's bank accounts to recover over ZWG3 million in unpaid taxes, affecting the council's financial transactions. Mayor Martin ...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 10:27hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to recruit 5 000 teachers
At least 5 000 teachers will be recruited next year, with Government expanding its teaching force as it seeks to continue reducing teacher to pupil ratio from 1:45 towards the target of 1:35.P...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:24hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Chief ordered to return a cow and US$1 200
The Bindura Civil Court has ordered Chief Nyamaropa to return a cow and $1 200 forcibly taken from a woman in his village at gunpoint as maintenance for her co-wife's children.The court set as...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 20:54hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Africans are to blame for soon-coming Nuclear World War III
When human beings were created, there was a certain field of knowledge which they were not supposed to extrapolate into. Knowledge was supposed to be limited for the good and continuity of this Planet...Published: 05 Nov 2022 at 05:36hrs | 7 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Zesa bosses acquitted over debt collectors
FORMER Zesa Holdings chief executive Joshua Chifamba and two other senior officials, who were appearing in court on allegations of appointing a Harare law firm as debt collectors paying it US$3 millio...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Councils mustn't attach residents' property'
LOCAL authorities are not allowed to arbitrarily attach property from residents or engage debt collectors to recover outstanding debts of rates and levies, but should pursue other options to recover t...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt making a mockery of democracy
TEACHERS employed by church- run schools do not subscribe to trade unionism. They don't take part in industrial action to press the employer for better conditions of service and salaries that are comm...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:52hrs | | by Martin Stobart
Council unleashes debt collectors
HARARE City Council has unleashed debt collectors on bad debtors owing in excess of $7,2 billion in unpaid rates.The city has been dogged by poor service delivery at a time when government dep...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents to lose houses
Bulawayo City Council is on a collision course with residents after Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube said the local authority will take drastic action that could see ratepayers losing their homes over u...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masvingo Town unleashes debt collectors on ZRP to recover $10m
THE financially-strapped Masvingo City Council has resolved to unleash debt collectors to recover over $10 million it is owed by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in unpaid water bills.The lo...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Gweru Hospital gives patients 48-hour ultimatum
GWERU Provincial Hospital yesterday have given debtors a 24-hour ultimatum to settle their debts or risk having their property attached by the health institution to recover outstanding bills, Southern...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:19hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Matibiri sued over US$189k farming inputs debt
Former Police Deputy Commissioner-General Innocent Matibiri has been taken to the High Court by Tian Ze Tobacco Company (Pvt) Ltd, to recover US$189 083 after he failed to honour an agricultural input...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fake debt collectors flood Chitungwiza
CHITUNGWIZA town council has urged residents to report debt collectors, who demand money for rates, to the police as there is no such arrangement.Debt collectors are moving around or sending m...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 12:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe engages debt collectors
Cash-strapped Kwekwe City Council has engaged debt collectors to recover $45 million owed by ratepayers. Addressing a full council meeting, Kwekwe treasurer Mrs Rejoice Maweni said counc...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Councils warned against engaging debt collectors
GOVERNMENT has warned local authorities against engaging debt collectors saying it is illegal to do. Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister July Moyo said investigations were und...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC, Zesa debt impasse continues
THE Bulawayo City Council is charging the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company more than $800 000 monthly in royalties for the Bulawayo Power Station as the two entities continue...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe linked Well-Cash off the hook
A Harare man who had dragged Well-Cash Debt Collectors to court arguing that its operations were illegal, has withdrawn the case before it could be heard in the High Court.Cephas Madyanyoka di...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 14:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Well-cash case to be heard by High Court
The High Court will sit down to make a determination on a case involving Well-cash Debt Collectors and Mr. Cephas Madyanyoka a member of Community Water Alliance. The case will be heard before Justice...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 10:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Biti, Mashakada table alternative economic policy
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance MPs yesterday tabled their party's alternative economic policy, which includes demonetising the surrogate bond note and for the country to join the Rand Monetary Union....Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala stirs Zanu-PF anger
Opposition Zengeza West MP Job "Wiwa" Sikhala has become well known in the National Assembly for his provocative and controversial statements.Wiwa, who is MP on the MDC Alliance ticket, sees p...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 21:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare City offering discounts to residents
Harare City Council's revenue has improved by up to $5 million monthly after it introduced a 90-day window within which ratepayers who settle their debts in full will enjoy a 50 percent discount. ...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala blast Minister Moyo for sleeping on duty
MDC Alliance legislator Job Sikhala has blasted Local Government MInister July Moyo for sleeping on duty after he displayed ignorence that some debt collectors were contracted during the previous Mini...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 14:57hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Grace Mugabe owns Wellcash'
Local Government minister July Moyo was yesterday grilled in Parliament over government's engagement of a company owned by former first lady Grace Mugabe as debt collectors in several local authoritie...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 14:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Councils offer discounts to ratepayers
Zimbabwe's local authorities which are owed over $2 billion are now desperately discounting their ratepayers in a bid to recover some of the money.Since the beginning of the year, most council...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 12:56hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Matibiri in trouble over $190 000
Police Deputy Commissioner-General, Innocent Matibiri, has been taken to court by Tian Ze Tobacco Company over a $190 000 farm inputs debt.Through its lawyers Muvingi and Mugadza, the tobacco ...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Calibre of Councillors elected for Bulawayo City Council are mere debt collectors
_ _ _mayor must be appointed from outside elected councillors Ex Zipra cadre Max Mkandla has said the calibre o...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 09:04hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo attack act of terror, says VP Chiwenga
Vice President General Constantino Chiwenga (Retired) yesterday described as an act of terrorism the explosion that rocked White City Stadium in Bulawayo on Saturday soon after President Mnangagwa add...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
No load shedding, says Zesa
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) says there will not be any load shedding this winter.Speaking on the sidelines of a symposium held in Gweru, Zesa subsidiary, Zimbabwe Transmis...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere commission accused of sabotaging govt
CHITUNGWIZA residents have rapped the Madzudzo Pawadyira-led caretaker commission for unleashing debt collectors on them.The three-member commission was appointed last year by then Local Gover...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 06:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
BCC abandons property auctions
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has abandoned its confrontational approach towards recovering over $170 million owed by residents, in favour of a conciliatory approach where payment plans are made....Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents protest over smelly Harare water
Residents of Glen Norah today 13 November 2017, protested against poor quality of Harare water which is coming from the tap with a sewer smell. The protest was also triggered by engagement of ...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 10:11hrs | | by Community Water Alliance
Councillors, officials clash over debt collection
COUNCILLORS and council officials were last week at each other's throats over the engagement of debt collectors and attachment of property to recover what residents owed them, it has been learnt....Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T accused of politicking on debt firm
MDC-T councillors have been accused of politicking at the expense of service delivery after their renewed effort to cancel Wellcash Debt Collectors' contract barely a month after re-engaging them. ...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 05:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital's Welcash debt collecting company a thorn to the flesh in Matabeleleland
Presia Ngulube, Mthwakazi Republic Party Vice President has said Welcash debt collectors is causing unnecessary panic to our people, over Mpilo Hospital's debts."We have been receiving numerou...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 06:42hrs | 10 | by Stephen Jakes
Engagement of Wellcash Debt Collectors raises eyebrows
A motion moved last week by Matabeleland South Proportional Representative MP Mrs Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (MDC) on the virtual presence of Wellcash Debt Collectors in most local authorities an...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 01:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Misihairabwi-Mushonga brings handcuff to illustrate marginalisation
THE National Assembly on Tuesday debated a motion on regional inequalities, with mover of the motion, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga bringing handcuffs to illustrate marginalisation.The MDC l...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere grilled over Well Cash legality
LOCAL Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere was yesterday grilled in the National Assembly over the legality of Well Cash debt collectors that has been contracted by several local authorities and pub...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mushonga stop stoking tribal fires, unemployment is a serious national problem and not a regional one
Moses led the Children of Israel from Egypt, a land in which they were slaves for generations, to the Promised Land flowing with milk and honey. Of course, no one can ever say for certain, but one can...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 18:35hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Gwanda council unleashes debt collectors on residents
COUNCIL has unleashed debt collectors on residents as part of efforts to boost revenue collections in a move that has court the ire of residents in the Matabeleland South capital.Disgruntled G...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 14:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil war looms over marginalisation of Matabeleland
MPs have warned the government of a looming civil war if it fails to address the marginalisation of Matabeleland region and other marginalized groups.Priscilla Misiharabwi-Mushonga launched th...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 09:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'No marginalisation in Zimbabwe,' claims Mphoko
All Zimbabweans are equal regardless of one's province, region, language or tribe of origin and are entitled to the same service which every citizen should enjoy, Acting President Phelekezela Mphoko h...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare debtors given 48-hour ultimatum
Wellcash Debt Collectors is giving Harare debtors 48 hours to pay their Harare City Council (HCC) debts or face losing their property.HCC re-hired the debt collectors after their contract had ...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 14:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zodwa Wabantu single but not searching
Zodwa Wabantu, who has had a meteoric rise to fame during the past year with the showbiz spotlight shining brightly on her, wants to bask in that glory for as long as possible without being controlled...Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo stops attaching residents' assets
Councillors here have resolved that the municipality stops attaching property from residents defaulting on payments but find other avenues to make them settle their bills.The resolution was ma...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
+100 indigenous companies collapse in Bulawayo
MORE than 100 indigenously-owned companies in Bulawayo are on the brink of collapse after loans and rentals that they have accrued since dollarisation in 2009 have come back to haunt them with banks a...Published: 02 Jul 2017 at 10:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Billing scandal hits Mpilo
THE country's second largest medical centre, Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo has been overbilling patients by margins as high as $6 000, creating fictitious debts at the same time unleashing debt c...Published: 02 Jul 2017 at 10:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
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