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Harare City Council is dead, needs complete overhaul
Former chairperson of Harare City Council's audit committee, Councillor Blessing Duma, has delivered a scathing indictment of the local authority, declaring that "the council is dead" and requires not...Published: 31 May 2025 at 14:03hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's housing waiting list surges to over 130,000
The housing waiting list in Bulawayo has reached a staggering 130,000 as of November last year, slightly rising from 129,000 in the previous month. This development highlights the escalating demand fo...Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 07:21hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF MP, G40's Mashayamombe co-ordinate machete gangs, ready to kill
ZANU-PF legislator for Harare South constituency, Trymore Kanopula and a current secretly serving member of the Generation40 faction, Shadreck Mashayamomb...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 23:49hrs | 2717 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Zacc arrests 235 public officials for land deals
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) reports the arrest of 235 public officials for various offenses, including illegal land deals, criminal abuse of office, and fraud.Zacc Commissio...Published: 23 May 2024 at 10:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt orders illegal settlers off State land
FOLLOWING the recent up-tick in illegal settlements on agricultural land and pastures across rural and urban areas, Government has ordered the concerned culprits to promptly vacate the areas or face t...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to issue withdrawal letters for underutilised farms
the Government will soon issue letters of withdrawal to anyone found to have been underutilising farms allocated under the Land Reform Programme, a senior Government official has said.The Land...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt warns corrupt land officers
THE Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Professor Obert Jiri has warned land officers against engaging in corrupt activities when dischar...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 07:05hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide over land dispute
A family land dispute turned tragic when a man from Hurungwe committed suicide last Friday. Lovemore Mbasera reportedly took his own life at his homestead in Chakupamwari village, Masokoti, ward 9, Hu...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC transfers 2 000 houses to sitting tenants
The Bulawayo City Council has transferred close to 2 000 houses to sitting tenants under home ownership scheme following years of haggling over the issue.The 1 978 houses are in Iminyela, Mabu...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
CCC promises stands
CCC councillors and previous opposition parties that controlled urban councils have been grossly abusing stand allocations on council land, allowing themselves, other party officials and girlfriends o...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court stalls eviction of 4 000 Harare families
THE High Court has granted an interim relief to over 4000 families from Spitzkop Farm in Zvimba who were facing eviction after a company linked to Zanu-PF youth Vevhu Resources, was stopped from...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mbudzi US$88m controversy: Mthuli Ncube told to explain
PARLIAMENT'S Public Accounts Committee chairperson Brian Dube says Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube should explain the decision to borrow US$88 million to fund the construction o...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:18hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe land reallocations to benefit 260 000 people
Up to 260 000 people on the waiting list for farms are expected to benefit when the Government begins to reallocate abandoned plots, underused farms and farms that are lying idle.Those with mu...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
2 000 hectares of land for Gwanda housing
GWANDA Municipality has said it will prioritise those on the housing waiting list in the allocation of residential stands after Government allocated 2 000 hectares of land to the local authority....Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Double allocations rock Cowdray Park stands
NEW residential stands being unveiled in Cowdray Park's Hlalani Kuhle/ Garikai housing scheme in Bulawayo have been tangled up in a double allocation boob.Out of the 130 cases of double alloca...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Manager in court over US$3m scam
A MANAGER of a local company, Delatfin Engineering was arraigned before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda yesterday on allegations of defrauding his employer of US$3 million.Jacob Muyambo (47) wa...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Urban home-seekers invade rural area land
The rising cost of land in urban centres such as Harare has pushed desperate home seekers to invade adjacent rural areas, which are now experiencing increasing pressure on demand for social services....Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:00hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Council inspects houses and fines offenders
BULAWAYO City Council has been carrying out strict house inspections over time and this time slapping offenders with heavy duty penalties espe...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 12:57hrs | 15 | by Stephen Jakes
Double allocation worries Bulawayo councillors
BULAWAYO councillors have expressed concern over double allocation of stands at Cowdray Park's Hlalani Kuhle/Garikai housing scheme, where about 41 duplicate forms were approved.In the latest ...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's fired ally allocated cheap industrial stand by Bulawayo City Council
THE uproar that resulted in former Bulawayo deputy mayor, Mr Tinashe Kambarami attempting to bulldoze a full council meeting despite his recalling has been exposed as a "mere smokescreen", as during t...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 19:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's lands commission handling over 1 000 disputes
THE Zimbabwe Lands Commission (ZLC) says it is handling over 1 000 disputes involving farm allocations and boundary rows.The ZLC has also admitted the fast-track land reform programme created ...Published: 04 May 2021 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF minister pledges to work with MDC councillors
NEWLY-APPOINTED Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Nokuthula Matsikenyere has pledged to work with Mutare City councillors despite their political party differences.Matsikenyere, who is al...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 Chinese nationals severely injured fighting artisanal miners
Four Chinese nationals working under the controversial Zhong Jian mining company sustained severe injuries this week after they were attacked by artisanal gold miners over mining rights dispute....Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
President's wide powers on mining fuel extractive resources corruption
THE excessive, wide and discretionary powers of the President of Zimbabwe and Minister of Mines over the country's vast mineral resources and their allocation is perpetuating rampant corruption in the...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 17:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fresh details on land scam
Top officials at Rural District Councils (RDC) are conniving with village heads in the illegal sale of State land especially in peri-urban areas across the country, prejudicing the government of milli...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 21:23hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF Moguls cross swords over land
Tussle over the Deelfontein farm has reached unprecedented levels with ZANU PF Chipinge District Vice Chairperson Dorothy Manila pulling all stops to avoid three ZANU PF Youth League members from occu...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:17hrs | 3 | by Taruberekera Masara
Housing project divides Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF Mashonaland West provincial political commissar, Simon Solomon, has come out guns blazing, accusing party bigwig, Jimayi Muduvuri, of coercing beneficiaries of Pixie Combie Housing Scheme in K...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP's warrant of arrest cancelled
Harare magistrate Ms Yeukai Chigodora yesterday cancelled a warrant of arrest she had previously issued to Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for t Chakari Constituency Andrew Nkani (55) after he failed to ...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Warrant of arrest for Zanu-PF MP
A warrant of arrest was issued for Andrew Nkani, the Zanu-PF MP for Chakari on Monday after he failed to show up in court to face fraud charges.Nkani, a director of Forward Housing Cooperative...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 15:00hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Second land audit on cards
Government is expected to start rolling out the second phase of the national agricultural land audit, which is expected to rationalise farm ownership and sizes. Farmers, on the other hand, are expecte...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge councillors breathe fire
BEITBRIDGE town councillors have allegedly unsettled sections of the executive in the local authority with numerous strict demands for clarity, accountability and transparency.The councillors,...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe machete war claims 14
The machete wars that have been going on for the past two years in the Midlands Province mining town of Kwekwe have so far killed 14 people and injured over 100 others so far, government has confirmed...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 12:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cries
Harare South legislator, Tongai Mnangagwa broke down in parliament this morning as he narrated how the government has left land seekers at the mercy of land barons.Narrating to the situation i...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 19:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe land audit begins next week
The Zimbabwe Land Commission will embark on a national land audit from the 22nd of October to the 24th of November to establish a full account of all agricultural land.The long awaited land na...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 15:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Land barons' homes demolished
THERE was palpable fear in Harare's sprawling Glen View suburb after hundreds of riot police accompanied the Deputy Sheriff to evict notorious land baron Michael Mutandwa.Mutandwa, a losing Za...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo ratepayers table demands
BULAWAYO residents have listed a cocktail of demands they want the incoming councillors to address, chief among them uprooting debilitating corruption and addressing double allocation of stands....Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tenders fresh agric land audit
ZIMBABWE will be commissioning a fresh agricultural land audit, about 15 years after the Charles Utete Commission report whose findings were never implemented, which will run alongside a review of the...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga warns lawyers
Vice President General Constantino Chiwenga (Retired) yesterday warned lawyers against making reckless statements with the effect of inciting political violence.He said lawyers must uphold the...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga urges supporters to stop paying rates
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday dangled a carrot to Zanu-PF supporters in Harare by urging them to stop paying council rates if they were aggrieved by services provided by the local au...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 16:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zvimba CEO in trouble
Local Government minister July Moyo has ordered the suspension of Zvimba Rural District Council chief executive officer, Peter Hlohla who is facing a litany of corruption charges involving land....Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hlalani Kuhle project to be completed in 16 years
SERVICING of the Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle housing scheme in Cowdray Park is likely to remain a pipe-dream with revelations that a total of $49 million is required for the suburb to be fully promoted from...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cholera resurfaces in Harare
Fears of a new cholera outbreak are abound in Harare after council confirmed the death of a 46-year-old man in Stoneridge as a result of the water-borne disease, while the man's sibling who got in con...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 10:35hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Dispute hinders NRZ exploit SA mineral claims
THE exploitation of National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) mineral claims in South Africa is being hampered by a dispute with another company over a double allocation of exploration rights, a Cabinet Min...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Government to downsize farm sizes
GOVERNMENT is continuing to reduce farm sizes and redistributing land to curb multiple farm ownership and ensure maximum utilisation of land to enhance productivity.In an interview, the Minist...Published: 07 Dec 2017 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe land tenure systems under review
The Zimbabwe Land Commission is reviewing all land tenure systems in the country to ensure they promote investment and security of tenure. This is contained in the 2016 Zimbabwe Land Commission annual...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council avails 5,000 housing stands
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has availed more than 5 000 housing stands in the city as they push towards addressing the ever ballooning housing backlog, a senior council official has said.T...Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 17:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza stands scandal unearthed
Councillors and some staff of Chitungwiza Municipality identified land and allocated themselves for free or for as little as US$200 before reselling the stands for US$5 000 and above, an audit has rev...Published: 01 May 2017 at 16:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Government is updating its land reform database, fallow land up for grabs
Government is updating its land reform database through evaluation and marking of boundaries using a global positioning system, while reallocating underutilised land, a Cabinet Minister has said....Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 11:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko hauled to court
BULAWAYO - Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has been hauled before the courts by villagers in Tshayile in Bubi, Matabeleland North, who are seeking to block the 76-year-old diplomat from extendin...Published: 09 Feb 2017 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
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