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Go Beer to reopen in 8 months
GWERU mayor Martin Chivhoko has announced that the local authority's beer concern, Go Beer will commence production in November this year.Chivhoko said a memorandum of agreement had been signe...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Gweru to revive Go Beer Breweries
Gweru city council is locked in talks with an unnamed investor to revive the local authority's beer concern, Go Beer, in a bid to start operations this year, it has been established.Mayor Mart...Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 21:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Race on for Gweru mayor's post
BATTLE lines in Gweru's upcoming mayoral race have been drawn among CCC councillors amid strong interference from the party leadership which has a preferred candidate.CCC won 18 wards in the c...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 11:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC councillors plot to rip off Gweru
ACTING Gweru district development coordinator Tarisai Mudadigwa has written a letter to acting town clerk Livingston Churu, ordering him to stop plans by councillors from the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:23hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
New faces for CCC in Gweru Urban
Only two candidates from the previous council, Martin Chivhoko (ward 4) and Dani Ndaba (ward 14) have been retained to contest in the harmonised elections scheduled for August 23.The Citizens ...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents boycott paying bills
The mayor of Gweru councillor Hamutendi Kombayi said some residents were now reluctant to pay their water bills because council is failing to provide them with the precious liquid hence the residents'...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Acting Gweru Town Clerk acquitted
FORMER Gweru City Council acting Town Clerk, Mr Douglas Chikwekwe, is now a free man after the state on Wednesday withdrew before plea, charges of criminal abuse of office.His lawyer, Admire R...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 14:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gweru in traffic lights U-turn
GWERU City says it plans to negotiate with a Chinese contractor the local authority had contracted to install traffic lights after the two fell out over the deal and took each other to court.S...Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:05hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Gweru set to duplicate traffic lights
GWERU City Council environment committee chairperson, councillor Trust Chineni (ward 15) says the local authority has approved plans to install traffic lights next to the ones installed earlier by one...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council divided over Go Beer revival
Gweru City councillors have called on management to compile a report on the defunct Go Beer Breweries before the local authority entertains any plans of reclaiming the business.The brewery was...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Suspended Gweru town clerk faces car theft charge
GWERU mayor Hamutendi Kombayi yesterday ordered a senior council official to file a vehicle theft report against suspended acting town clerk Vakai Chikwekwe."We need to make a police report on...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 16:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells councils to consult residents first
LOCAL authorities should continuously consult residents on issues that affect them as opposed to only engaging them during budget formulation when they need money, President Mnangagwa has said....Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gweru readies for Mnangagwa visit
GWERU City Council has embarked on a major facelift of its dilapidated roads and infrastructure ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit tomorrow where he will be conferred with Freedom of the Ci...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gweru City Council to honour Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will tomorrow be conferred with the Freedom of the City by Gweru City Council (GCC).Gweru councillors in December resolved to confer President Mnangagwa with the Freedom of...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
CCC councillors block 'Freedom of City' award for Mnangagwa
CITY of Gweru councillors are locked in a bitter fight over honouring President Emmerson Mnangagwa with a ‘Freedom of the City' award.Mayor, Hamutendi Kombayi (MDC-T) has been pushing to hav...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:44hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Decomposing body found in Gweru mayor's hotel parking lot
GWERU mayor Hamutendi Kombayi's Midlands Hotel was Monday temporarily shut by police after discovery of a decomposing body, belonging to a yet to be identified man in a disused car in its parking lot....Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 19:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Uninsured buses cause for concern
A PROPOSAL to grant President Emmerson Mnangagwa freedom of the city status has divided Gweru city councillors, Southern Eye has learnt.Councillors are arguing over the criteria used to bestow...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gweru divided over Mnangagwa freedom of the city status
A PROPOSAL to grant President Emmerson Mnangagwa freedom of the city status has divided Gweru city councillors, Southern Eye has learnt.Councillors are arguing over the criteria used to bestow...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Uproar as recalled Gweru mayor clings to luxury car
GWERU residents this week came out guns blazing, amid reports that former mayor Josiah Makombe, who was recalled by the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC, is refusing to hand over to council a high-powered Toy...Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zesa switches off Gweru City Council
GWERU residents went for a third straight day yesterday without running water after Zesa cut power supplies at Gweru City Council's water treatment plants over non-payment of a $247 million debt....Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora ally wins Gweru mayorship
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday suffered a blow after former Gweru mayor and Ward 1 councillor, Mr Hamutendi Kombayi, who is aligned to Mr Douglas Mwonzora's MDC-T party, bounced back ...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's ally beaten by Kombayi
HAMUTENDI Kombayi of the MDC-T has bounced back as Gweru mayor following an election held Tuesday after beating Nelson Chamisa's ally, Martin Chivhoko.Kombayi was fired as the mayor of Gweru i...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 18:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa backed, Mwonzora snubbed
MDC Midlands province has nominated party leader Nelson Chamisa for the post of president ahead of next month's elective congress, but denied secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora any post in the standin...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Councillors demand cars
RURAL and urban councillors in the Midlands province are demanding motor vehicles and an upward review of their allowances when they travel away from their stations on business to align their working ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gweru mayor, deputy elected unopposed
WARD Two councillor Josiah Makombe is the new mayor of Gweru after being elected unopposed while Clr Cleopas Shiri will deputise him after also sailing through unopposed. Gweru councillors wer...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance cracks deepen
FRESH fissures have emerged in MDC-Alliance party over the selection of Gweru's next mayor today. The opposition won all i8 council seats in Gweru in the just-ended July 30 harmonised elections, which...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 13:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC accused of imposing mayoral candidate
MDC-Alliance has been accused of trying to impose its choice for the Gweru mayoral post after inviting only five of the 16 MDC-Alliance councillors interested in the post for interviews in Harare last...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:13hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'I want to continue as Gweru Mayor'
GWERU mayor Charles Chikozho has expressed interest in retaining his mayoral post should he win the upcoming elections where he is standing as MDC Alliance candidate for ward 10.Chikozho said ...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama as councillors demand removal of Mugabe portrait
THERE was drama at the Gweru City Council chambers on Thursday when MDC-T councillors demanded that former President Robert Mugabe's portrait be taken down, as he was no longer head of State.T...Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere challenges Kombayi reinstatement
UNDER-SIEGE Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has threatened to appeal a High Court order compelling him to reinstate Gweru mayor Hamutendi Kombayi and ward 4 councillor Kenneth Sithole, fi...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Satff reporter
Kasukuwere ordered to reinstate Kombayi
THE High Court has directed the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, Saviour Kasukuwere, to immediately reinstate fired Gweru Mayor Mr Hamutendi Kombayi and Councillor Kenn...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 05:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Windfall for MDC-T councillors
The 10 MDC-T councillors who were suspended in August 2015 from Gweru City Council and were reinstated in March this year, will receive about $4 500 each in backdated allowances.City mayor Cou...Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere eys Norton, Chiredzi
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere, who last week fired the mayor and all 24 councillors at Chitungwiza Municipality, will soon descend on Norton and Chire...Published: 01 May 2017 at 12:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T roasts Kasukuwere
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC yesterday waded into Zanu-PF's ugly factional and succession wars, accusing embattled Local Government minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, of vindictively suspendin...Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere dissolves Chitungwiza Town Council
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has suspended Chitungwiza Mayor Phillip Mutoti and all 24 councillors for allegedly corruptly allocating themselves trac...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kombayi seeks to block ZEC
Fired Gweru mayor Hamutendi Kombayi and former councillor Kenneth Sithole have approached the High Court seeking an order to block the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) from holding by-elections...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T Chikozho appointed Gweru mayor
MDC-T Councillor Charles Chikozho was sworn in as the new Gweru mayor yesterday - the same day that his predecessor Mr Hamutendi Kombayi went to court challenging Local Government, Public Works an...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factions clash over Gweru mayoral elections
Two Zanu-PF factions are reportedly jostling to field candidates for the post of Gweru mayor, which recently fell vacant following the sacking of MDC-T's Hamutendi Kombayi on allegations of gross ...Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombayi appeals at High Court
FIRED Gweru mayor, Hamutendi Kombayi, who was recently fired by Local Government minister, Saviour Kasukuwere will appeal against the decision at the High Court, the Southern Eye has established....Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T scramble for Gweru mayoral post intensifies
JOSTLING for the Gweru mayoral post has intensified ahead of elections set for tomorrow following the firing of former mayor Hamutendi Kombayi two weeks ago.Town Clerk Ms Elizabeth Gwatipe...Published: 06 Mar 2017 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
I am getting better wth age, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I don't know how to thank you for honouring me in such a disarming way as you continue to do… the latest being the unforgettable birthday present ...Published: 02 Mar 2017 at 05:48hrs | | by CZ
Deputy mayor fired for gross misconduct
BULAWAYO deputy mayor, Councillor Gift Banda and ward 21 Councillor Reuben Matengu have been fired from their council positions following recommendations made by an independent tribunal.Clrs B...Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 01:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai blew $1,339 for lunch in Gweru
A TRIBUNAL that recommended the axing of Gweru Mayor Councillor Hamutendi Kombayi has said he should reimburse the municipality $1 339 which he used to pay for MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's ...Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 09:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere fires Gweru Mayor
LOCAL government minister Saviour Kasukuwere on Thursday fired Gweru mayor, Hamutendi Kombayi, and councillor Kenneth Sithole over gross misconduct and mismanagement of council funds and affairs....Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 16:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai 'marks' MDC-T MPs' performance
The 70 MDC parliamentarians, both in the National Assembly and Senate, as well as councillors and mayors, will tomorrow come under the spotlight as party leader Morgan Tsvangirai evaluates their p...Published: 13 Dec 2016 at 12:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru mayor appears in court
SUSPENDED Gweru Mayor Hamutendi Kombayi has appeared in court for sending insulting messages through the phone to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and Nati...Published: 29 Oct 2016 at 16:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets MDC-T councils
Fast-tracking of the Local Government Amendment Bill is a ploy by the Zanu-PF government to take over MDC-run local authorities before the 2018 elections, pressure groups have said.Centre for ...Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 15:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere distance himself from the arrest of suspended Harare Mayor
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has distanced himself from the arrest of suspended Harare Mayor Cllr Bernard Manyenyeni saying his ministry is only ...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 08:21hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Gweru councillors seek to block Kasukuwere appeal
GWERU Mayor Hamutendi Kombayi and 10 councillors are seeking to block a Supreme Court appeal by the Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere who is challenging a...Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 09:31hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Kasukuwere, MDC-T war escalates
MDC-T has accused Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere of abusing his position to further Zanu-PF interests as the country's major opposition party continues its fight to stop the minister's a...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 12:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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