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Harare owes Ken Sharpe over $23 million
BUSINESS magnate Ken Sharpe and his Augur Investment yesterday claimed that they were owed over $23 million by the Harare City Council.This followed reports that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption C...Published: 12 hrs ago | 515 | by Staff reporter
Harare to roll out pre-paid water meters in January
HARARE City Council says it will roll out pre-paid water meters in January next year, with an initial target of 100 000 households, but this will be on voluntary basis after protestations by residents...Published: 12 hrs ago | 243 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi bar accused of littering, noise pollution
Mount Pleasant residents are up in arms against a trendy upmarket bottle store at Pendenis Shopping Centre - Liquor Boys - owned by socialite Genius Kadungure aka Ginimbi which they allege is responsi...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 10:18hrs | 2319 | by Staff reporter
Zacc hunts for Chombo over airport deal
Fromer Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo's troubles continue to mount this time under the radar of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) over a murky airport deal in which the Harare ...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:58hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe local authorities failing to cope with population explosion'
MOST local authorities are failing to keep pace with the population explosion in urban centres, hence their failure to provide adequate services such as water and sewer reticulation, Auditor- General ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:28hrs | 337 | 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 | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Council retrenchment nullified
SIX Harare City Council senior managers who were 'retired' in 2014 although they were below the age of 65 years are set to bounce back at Town House and pocket huge sums of money after the Supreme Cou...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:31hrs | 1107 | by Staff reporter
Harare council to terminate solar lighting contracts
Under performing companies that were awarded contracts to install solar lights in the capital city risk having these terminated by the Harare City Council (HCC).A few years back, five companie...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 10:12hrs | 1330 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gets Harare lease for a song
Harare City Council has approved a lease of 5 000 square metres to First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's charity organisation, Angel of Hope at a monthly rental of $250 to build an orphanage.Accordi...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:13hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Council to engage Zacc to investigate botched land deals
Harare City Council has resolved to take its employees, Harare business mogul, Ken Sharp and his investment vehicle, Augur Investment to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) over how council...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:00hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Budirio 5 residents evicted at Glen Eagles farm in Harare
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has on 25th of October received reports of evictions and demolitions of three hundred and thirteen (313) houses affecting approximately one thousand two hundred and...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 16:30hrs | 1967 | by NGO Forum
New mall to squeeze out Harare vendors
HARARE City Council (HCC) has approached government seeking approval to construct shopping malls, wholesales and supermarkets as well as establish a long distance bus terminus at the new market stalls...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:44hrs | 2463 | by Staff reporter
Harare councillors demand iPads
Harare City councillors have given town clerk Hosiah Chisango until October 31 to provide them with iPads in a move set to raise the ire of residents receiving poor service delivery from the local aut...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 06:59hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Court rules against demolition of illegal homes
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court has outlawed the demolition of illegal homes or eviction of people from illegal structures in the absence of a court order.The ruling of the court now n...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 08:32hrs | 3252 | by Staff reporter
$2m surveillance cameras for Harare
Harare City Council and its parking unit, City Parking, have embarked on a $2 million programme of installing surveillance cameras at traffic lights in the central business district (CBD) to deal with...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 06:28hrs | 1241 | by Staff reporter
Harare extends discount offer
Harare City Council has provisionally extended to October 31, the window within which ratepayers who settle their debts will enjoy a 50 percent discount of the amount paid following a request from res...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:41hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe motorists sleep in fuel queues
As the fuel crisis continues to worsen, many motorists are sleeping in fuel queues at various pump stations.In a survey, the Daily News observed that hundreds of people are queuing for fuel fo...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 13:50hrs | 1489 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Parking loses $20,000 to errant motorists, political protests
Harare City Council's parking subsidiary, City Parking has reported a $20 000 loss for the six mnths to June this year, which it blames on political disturbances before the July 30 elections and lack ...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:55hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Harare ordered to construct toilets at vending sites
Cabinet has ordered Harare City Council to construct ablution facilities at the new Coca-Cola vending site to avoid another cholera outbreak.Information, Media and Broadcasting Services minist...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:48hrs | 716 | 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 | 1023 | by Staff reporter
Man shot dead over parking space
A 40-YEAR-OLD man died after being shot during a scuffle over parking space in Harare yesterday, police said.Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said five men have since bee...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 06:35hrs | 2128 | 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 | 1167 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants everyone to defend Zimbabwe
The level of confidence and goodwill by civilians towards the uniformed forces continue to improve as shown by the increase in the number of civilian shooting clubs participating at this year's Presid...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 06:05hrs | 1188 | by Staff reporter
Minister defends police brutality on vendors
Home Affairs deputy minister Mike Madiro yesterday said government was unapologetic about the manner in which law enforcement agents were dealing with vendors and commuter omnibus drivers resisting th...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:41hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court allows water disconnections
Municipalities' power to disconnect water supplies to non-paying residents is reasonable and does not in any way contravene Section 77 of the country's Constitution that guarantees the right to clean ...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 22:13hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Flyovers, roundabouts for Harare
Government and Harare City Council have moved to ease congestion through the construction of flyovers, roundabouts and widening of problematic roads. Construction of the Mbudzi flyover is set to begin...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:41hrs | 1086 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chefs milking vendors
Crafty Zanu-PF politicians are making a killing by allocating space at sites designated by the Harare City Council (HCC) for vendors who are being moved from the central business district (CBD) follow...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 12:26hrs | 1807 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council, Chitungwiza, Epworth and Ruwa Town Boards to be mainstreamed
Local Government Minister July Moyo has admitted that Harare has four local authorities and an effort was being made to mainstream them."There is the Harare City Council, Chitungwiza Municipal...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 09:10hrs | 1455 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa banks on Chinese bailout
Harare City Council says it is yet to receive the remainder of a loan to upgrade its water infrastructure from a Chinese bank, seven years after the deal was struck.Mayor Herbert Gomba said co...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 08:00hrs | 1276 | by Staff reporter
Harare Mayor challenges govt to fund Harare decongestion
HARARE mayor Herbert Gomba has challenged government to avail funds towards decongesting Harare roads, saying the situation was unattainable, with traffic accidents now rampant.Speaking after ...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:52hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Industrialists demand power, water tariff cuts
INDUSTRIALISTS have called for a reduction of electricity and water tariffs, which they said are the major cost drivers crippling their operations. Speaking during a Proplastics Limited annual...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:02hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Harare Council locks out Matapi Hostel tenants
Harare City Council has locked out tenants at Matapi Hostel in a bid to recover rental arrears, amid reports that some of its occupants have "not paid a cent" since the 2013 debt write-offs. C...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police here to stay
The police will continue to patrol the streets of Harare while confiscating wares of those vendors resisting relocation to designated vending sites."We have commitment from the Zimbabwe Republ...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 16:26hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Row over new Harare roundabout
A row over a new roundabout shows the deep political divide persists in Zimbabwe, two months after disputed polls.The roundabout on Harare Drive – the road that rings the capital - has captu...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 11:47hrs | 10437 | by Staff reporter
Raw sewage in streets of Harare
Raw sewage flows freely in some streets of Zimbabwe's capital, posing a deadly challenge to the recently elected president who has promised the troubled country a new dawn.A cholera outbreak h...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 12:28hrs | 4206 | by AFP
Police escalate fight against vendors
POLICE yesterday reinforced their security, with some police details getting onto the streets armed with AK-47 rifles, as the law enforcement agency upped its effort to evict defiant vendors from Hara...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:28hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
Cops, vendors clash
VIOLENCE rocked Harare yesterday as police and vendors fought running battles as informal traders resisted efforts by government and council to remove them from the central business district as part o...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1698 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council to apologise to Econet
The Harare City Council has said it will apologise to Zimbabwe's largest mobile telephone company Econet Wireless after municipal officials attempted to steal humanitarian aid meant to stem Zimbabwe's...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:37hrs | 3424 | by Staff reporter
Cholera fund cheats named and shamed
Harare City Council has named the four officials it suspended on allegations of inflating the prices of goods that were supposed to be bought to combat the cholera outbreak. The four are Phili...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | 1333 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council bans school feeding programme
Bulawayo City Council has temporarily banned the school feeding programme amid reports that the number of suspected cholera cases in the city has risen to 21.Speaking during a Zimbabwe Medical...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:24hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tours Glen View cholera centre
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is currently touring the two cholera treatment centres in Harare – Glen View 1 Polyclinic and Beatrice Road Infectious Diseases Hospital.Speaking in Glen View, P...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:03hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over govt spending
Zimbabweans have expressed outrage over the government's poor planning and unnecessary expenditure at the expense of preventing medieval diseases like cholera, which has so far claimed the lives of at...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 16:30hrs | 551 | by Staff reporter
Cholera: Harare City Council caught sleeping on the job
The ongoing cholera outbreak started on 1 September in Glen View 3, Harare and has since spread, killing 30 people with 5 463 cases having been reported to date. As usual opposition elements hav...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 14:28hrs | 4246 | by Elijah Chihota
Cholera fund 'fraud', Harare City Council workers suspended
SOME Harare City Council officers have been suspended from work with immediate effect following allegations of overcharging for goods and services to cash in on a $10 million donation from Econet Grou...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
Residents attack MDC Alliance mayor over cholera remarks
THE Zimbabwe Combined Residents and Ratepayers' Association has chided newly-appointed Harare mayor Herbert Gomba for making "inflammatory and reckless statements" after the latter blamed central gove...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:08hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
Cholera death toll hits 30
THE number of people who have died of cholera has risen from 28 to 30 as Government, Harare City Council, the police and other stakeholders continue to make concerted efforts to curb the spread of the...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Police enforce vending ban
A SMALL group of illegal vendors yesterday engaged in running battles with the police as they refused to leave the streets as part of Government efforts to contain the cholera outbreak, which has so f...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:36hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance led Harare City Council raids vendors
Harare City Council and the national police yesterday launched raids against vendors in the central business district after pleas for the informal traders to leave the streets due to a cholera outbrea...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:57hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Poor urban service delivery leads to disease outbreak
POOR service delivery in towns and cities has been the major cause of diseases such as cholera and typhoid.It is a pity that residents in most urban centres in the country have since the turn ...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:51hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Government secures $940m lifeline for Harare water
Government has secured funding commitments worth $940 million from China to overhaul Harare's water and sewer system, which is in a state of disrepair and has been blamed for the current cholera outbr...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | 1720 | by Staff Reporter
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