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Gomba's bid to quash charges flops
A BID by former Harare mayor Herbert Gomba and his two co-accused to quash charges against them for corruptly altering an approved layout plan before allocating it to another user, has failed after th...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
High Court reserves Ndewere appeal judgment
THE High Court yesterday heard an appeal by former judge, Justice Erica Ndewere and reserved judgment on the case.Ndewere is challenging her dismissal from the bench after President Emmerson M...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Graves to make way for residential stands
GRAVES in the high-density suburb of Glen Norah in Harare are set to be removed to pave way for the allocation of 300 residential stands.This was contained in a notice of an application for th...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:53hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Binga Chief escapes 'lightning attack'
IN a stranger than fiction story, a traditional leader "escaped" a lightning attack that had been meant to kill him for enforcing customary law in his area of jurisdiction.Chief Siachilaba, bo...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:49hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
Pomona deal exposes MDC councillors
THE names of the Harare City councillors involved in the controversial Pomona waste management deal which will see residents forking out US$22 000 per day have been revealed.The controversial ...Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:51hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
US$250 000 debt chokes Zanu-PF bigwig
FORMER State Security minister and Zanu-PF bigwig Sydney Sekeramayi has been dragged to court over a US$250 000 debt he owes a friend.Sekeramayi, who is also a Mashonaland East senator, was su...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:36hrs | 1344 | by Staff reporter
Sekeramayi falls on hard times, fails to repay US$250,000 debt
ZANU PF politburo member, Sydney Sekeramayi has fallen on hard times and is failing to repay a US$250 000 debt to a friend.This has emerged after the friend, Exevia Maoneke, dragged him to cou...Published: 16 May 2022 at 20:52hrs | 1782 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally denies corrupt sale of golf course stand as trial starts
Former Harare mayor Herbert Gomba denied any role in the sale of a controversial Mt Pleasant golf course stand worth US$2.3 million as his trial got underway on Wednesday.The ward 27 councillo...Published: 11 May 2022 at 19:09hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Former Harare mayor further remanded
FORMER Harare Mayor, Herbert Gomba was yesterday further remanded to May 30 in a case in which he is being accused of flouting Electoral Act regulations.Gomba, who was represented by Garikai M...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:03hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho villagers hold Gukurahundi memorial service
VILLAGERS in Gombalume, Tsholotsho, held a Gukurahundi memorial service last week where the victims were encouraged to share their experiences with the young to ensure the mass killings are not forgot...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:31hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
CCC councillors plot to disregard protocol
CCC members have hatched a plan to make Harare City Council ungovernable through wanton disregard of protocol, sacking of management deemed anti-opposition and imposing their corrupt cronies, The Hera...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:26hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
ZACC arrests 26 Harare, Chitungwiza officials
TWENTY-SIX councillors and officials from Harare and Chitungwiza have been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) working with other law enforcement agencies in the fight against c...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:16hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, July Moyo murky deals under threat
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors say they will immediately swing into action and stop all dubious deals linked to First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and some scandalous agreements involving...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:30hrs | 1485 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors take oath of office
TWENTY-THREE new Harare councillors took oath of office yesterday, with former mayor Herbert Gomba set to be sworn-in today.After the swearing in ceremony, Citizens Coalition for Change's Denf...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:46hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Ref Ndazi bashed in Binga
ZIFA Southern Region Division One side Binga Pirates will be summoned to appear before a disciplinary hearing after the team's fans assaulted referee Hardly Ndazi accusing him of bias in a home match ...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa councillors haunted by shoddy land deals
At least four Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors elected in last week's by-elections could have their joy short-lived following revelations that they face immediate suspension over alleg...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:28hrs | 1465 | by Staff reporter
Is he the young man?
I have lost touch with my Zipra brother Melusi Nkomo. The last time I heard about him, he was doing some lofty business at the International Graduate Centre in Geneva, Switzerland."Robert Muga...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:29hrs | 867 | by Kenneth Mafuka
Chamisa: When the Goliath Complex Afflicts
My early days in primary school were dominated by the story of Goliath, the giant of Philistine.Goliath's name was onomatopoeic; this sonorous name heavily suggested physical hugeness afflicte...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:38hrs | 190 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Gospel Mbirano Master breaks record
SA-based Zimbabwean Gospel artiste, Dj Rabaaz, has broken personal record by releasing 9 musical videos in a single day. Six of the videos are from the new Gospel Mbirano VOL 2 album, which is a...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 09:21hrs | 1049 | by Simbarashe Sithole
CCC's Gomba freed on bail
FORMER Harare mayor Herbert Gomba was yesterday released on $50 000 bail by regional magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje who ordered him not to interfere with witnesses or investigations.As part o...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:29hrs | 123 | by Staf reporter
Ex-Harare mayor in court
FORMER Harare mayor, Herbert Gomba's lawyers yesterday said his arrest on perjury charges was politically-motivated to deny him time to campaign for the March 26 by-elections.Gomba, who was be...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:48hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC chokes on abduction lies?
POLITICAL analysts have described the self-abduction tricks by the former Harare mayor, Hebert Gomba, of the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) last weekend as an overused and outdated scheme meant to...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:43hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Gomba faces 5 years in jail
FORMER Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on allegations of registering himself and 22 others as voters using the same residential address in Harare's Glen N...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:42hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Harare Mayor faces fresh criminal charges
FORMER Harare Mayor Hebert Gomba has appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on allegations of registering 22 people with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission using the same residential address in Glen ...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 17:15hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
'Herbert Gomba arrest; a ploy to embarrass Mnangagwa' Tino Chinyoka says
Former Petrotrade Board Chairperson Tinomudaishe Chinyoka has described the arrest of CCC member and former Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba as a ploy by the Zimbabwe Republic Police and the National prosec...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 11:36hrs | 2976 | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTOS: Former Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba arrives in court
Former Harare mayor and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member Herbert Gomba attended his court hearing at the Harare Magistrates Court to face charges of perjury and contravening section 37(2)(e)...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 11:00hrs | 774 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa election rigging plot boomerangs?
IN what could be a tip of the iceberg, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidate in the upcoming March 26 by-elections, Herbert Gomba, has been arrested for fraudulently facilitating registration ...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Former Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba arrested
Online publication Zimlive has reported that former Harare mayor Herbert Gomba has been arrested after attending a police station with his lawyer Harrison Nkomo. He faces 2 charges under the E...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 19:22hrs | 1089 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Missing former Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba found
Former Harare mayor Herbert Gomba has been found after reports that unknown men allegedly stormed into his house before seizing and driving off with him Saturday afternoon.On Saturday CCC nati...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 11:00hrs | 5432 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ex-Harare Mayor found alive
Former Harare Mayor, Herbert Gomba, who was reportedly abducted from his home on Saturday by suspected State security forces has been found in police custody.Gomba who was allegedly kidnapped ...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 19:28hrs | 3249 | by Staff
Chamisa ally feared abducted
UNKNOWN men stormed into former Harare mayor Herbert Gomba's house before seizing and driving off with him Saturday afternoon, raising fears he may have been abducted.Gomba is running for a mu...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:12hrs | 1599 | by Staff reporter
Something stinks in Nelson's yellow shack
The fissures in the country's opposition party recently ruptured as Mr Nelson Chamisa formed a new political party going by the ideologically-barren name; Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), but ther...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:26hrs | 701 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Chamisa retains current councillors
OPPOSITION leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has sparked public outcry after his party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), nominated persons with corruption charges hanging over their heads to be candida...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:27hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Harare mayor Gomba trial in false start
THE High Court trial of former Harare mayor Herbert Gomba and three council officials on graft charges failed to kick off yesterday and was deferred to March 14.Gomba, who is being charged tog...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:43hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Harare mayor Gomba indicted for trial
FORMER Harare mayor Herbert Gomba and other council officials accused of criminal abuse of office have been indicted to the High Court for trial.Gomba is being jointly charged with suspended t...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 18:36hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
2 murder suspects arrested police hunt for 3 more
TWO men who had been on the run after allegedly stabbing to death a 39- year- old man have been arrested.The body was discovered in a bushy area near Alarm 3 Mine compound in Kwekwe on January...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:53hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Gomba, six councillors lose recall challenge
Former Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba and six other councillors have lost their bid for reinstatement to the city council after the High Court threw out their petition to invalidate their recall by the MD...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:13hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Nehanda shrine under siege from illegal gold miners
SITUATED 30km north of Harare is an area of rocky hillsides overlooking the Mazowe River.The area boasts several botanical interests.However, Gomba, as the area is also known, is...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:05hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Councils should respond to sewer bursts within 24hrs'
THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has said local authorities are obliged to respond to sewer bursts within 24 hours.This was revealed by Ema Harare provincial manager Robson Mavondo du...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mosquitoes give Bulawayo residents sleepless nights
HOVERING seamlessly at ear level with a persistent and incommodious whine, mosquitoes leave you with bites that subsequently lead to itchy and puffy welts.With their slender segmented body, a ...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Residents welcome end to mayoral chaos
Residents have hailed the Government's appointment of Harare councillor Musarurwa Stewart Mutizwa yesterday as the acting mayor following the suspension of mayor Jacob Mafume as a councillor a fortnig...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC mayoral fights hold city to ransom
MDC-Alliance has simply turned Harare into a circus. Mayoral fights pitting councillors Jacob Mafume and Musarurwa Mutizwa, both claiming to be in charge of the city, have further exposed the shortcom...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare aborts full council meeting again
Harare City Council has failed to convene a full council meeting for the second time in a week largely because of the chaos surrounding the mayors, although officials blamed it on a lack of quorum due...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors abort full council meeting over mayoral chaos
Beleaguered Harare City Council yesterday had to postpone the critical decision making full council meeting due the ongoing mayoral chaos.Management was in confusion on whether to report to th...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 17:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
I'm back at Town House, says Mafume
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume, who was suspended last December by Local Government minister July Moyo, is back in office, triggering confusion at Town House over who is in charge between him and acting ma...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suspended Harare Mayor, aide have invades mayoral office
Suspended Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume and his aide have occupied the mayoral office, claiming that his suspension has ended, but his vehicle and the driver are still working for the acting mayor, Stewar...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi's Bentley, Rolls Royce still impounded
THE death of Harare hustler and socialite Genius Kadungure (pictured) has scuttled investigations into his alleged tax evasion, as it emerges that two of his luxury cars are still impounded by the pol...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 18:26hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Circus as 2 Chamisa aligned mayors 'run' Harare
THE battle for the control of Harare City Council is raging with suspended mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday saying he was now back in office alongside acting mayor Stewart Mutizwa.Mafume yesterday...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Trio arrested over ivory
THREE men have been arrested after they were found in possession of five elephant tusks weighing 6,7 kg and valued at US$1143,93.The trio, Godknows Nyoni (32) from Insiza, Admire Gomba (44) an...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops impound imported mealie-meal
POLICE, in conjunction with the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), have launched a nationwide blitz aimed at confiscating imported mealie-meal from retailers that have defied the ban on the import of the st...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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