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Motorists evade checkpoints
Motorists are evading police checkpoints and using alternative routes into Harare's central business district (CBD) where vehicular traffic has significantly increased over the past few days despite t...Published: 2 hrs ago | 205 | by Staff reporter
Social distancing worry for Mbare Musika
Zimbabwe's largest fresh produce market, Mbare Musika, officially reopened yesterday, but with social distancing and washing of hands not being observed. Such measures were, however, in ...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:47hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa turns instruments of repression into weapons against coronavirus
Zimbabwe's police began using water cannon on Friday to disinfect markets and bus ranks, turning instruments associated with repression into weapons against the new coronavirus.Zimbabwean poli...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 18:55hrs | 1446 | by Reuters
PHOTOS: ZRP uses Public Order Vehicles to sanitise COVID-19 hotspots
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has partnered Harare City Council in disinfecting suspected Covid-19 hotspots using Public Order Vehicles (POVs).The POVs are being used to disinfect suspect...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 18:37hrs | 2719 | by Staff reporter
Wilkins reopens after refurbishment
Zimbabwe's main COVID-19 isolation and treatment centre, Wilkins Hospital, will reopen its doors to the public at the weekend following a US$500 000 upgrade initiated by the Chinese business community...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:58hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Nurses desert Wilkins
NURSES at the country's main Covid-19 isolation centre, Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital, are resigning as morale hits rock bottom in the crucial health sector, which is in the frontline of Zimbab...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:51hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
All hopes are now on Kasukuwere to carry the cross
Zimbabwe needs a Saviour now, more than ever. Many opposition characters and trusted leaders are crumbling under pressure and selling out, the masses are dejected and alone. Nelson Chamisa is em...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 16:37hrs | 6600 | by Peter Moyo
Council fumigates city
HARARE City Council yesterday deployed teams to fumigate the capital's roads in its fight against Covid-19, which has killed thousands of people worldwide and left thousands others hospitalised. ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:28hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
Green Fuel branches into hand sanitisers
GREEN Fuel, Zimbabwe's biggest ethanol producer, has started producing hand sanitisers to assist in the fight against coronavirus. The company is already in the process of donating over 10 000...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:27hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Water crisis could sabotage Zimbabwe's coronavirus lockdown
Buckets and jerrycans in hand or in wheelbarrows, dozens of Zimbabweans stand close to each other in a long queue, patiently waiting at a borehole in Harare's middle-class Mabelreign suburb to collect...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 16:54hrs | 300 | by AFP
Zimbabwe to monitor returnees from SA
GOVERNMENT has recommended the monitoring of more than 13 000 Zimbabwean nationals who entered the country through Beitbridge Border Post after South Africa entered a three-week lockdown on Friday las...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:00hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown stalls Zimbabwe's 10-year census
A partial lockdown in an attempt to avoid the worst of the Covid-19 virus has stalled the preliminary stages of Zimbabwe's preparations for the 2022 census.However, it is business as usual els...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 19:17hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
Municipal police get arresting powers
HARARE municipal police were given temporary arresting powers through the SI 77 of 2020 as the fight against Covid-19 intensifies in the country with local authorities shutting down vending markets as...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:59hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Harare probes Makamba's death
The Harare City Council will probe broadcaster and socialite Zororo Makamba's death following his family's scathing attack on authorities.Makamba became the first Zimbabwean to succumb to the ...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 07:52hrs | 8075 | by Staff reporter
Wilkins hospital shuts down
ZIMBABWE's largest referral centre for COVID-19 cases, Wilkins Hospital in Harare, was shut down yesterday to "allow for further renovations", but medical staff at the health institution said the clos...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:46hrs | 3287 | by Staff reporter
Doctor speaks on Zororo Makamba's death
Senior Health reporter Wilkins Hospital says it did all it could to save the life of Zororo Makamba, given the resources at its disposal. The hospital said before admission into the isolation facility...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:20hrs | 3431 | by Staff reporter
Council refutes negligence over COVID-19 fatality
The Harare City Council (HCC) has refuted allegations from the Makamba family which insinuate that Zororo Makamba, the first casualty of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in Zimbabwe died due to lac...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 18:24hrs | 755 | by Daniel Itai
Scramble for land in Zimbabwe's new capital city
At the centre of a vast swathe of magnificent landscape of prime farming land north-west of Harare lies a mountain that dwarfs its lush green environs. The rich red soils, have for years, been the hal...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:46hrs | 2060 | by Staff reporter
MDC councillors cheat their way into enrolling for degree programmes
Two MDC councillors Kudzai Kadzombe and Denford Ngadziore have lost their places with the Catholic University of Zimbabwe (CUZ), following revelations that they had cheated their way into enrolling fo...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:32hrs | 2345 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe confronts coronavirus
TWO Chinese nationals were yesterday admitted at Wilkins Hospital for coronavirus tests, while a tourist who visited the premier tourist resort of Victoria Falls tested positive soon after returning t...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:41hrs | 1550 | by Staff reporter
Objection letter to illegal land seizure by Harare City Council
Dear City Council of Harare,I was a former Prince Edward Schoolboy and I was a Member of the Old Hararians Association which I shall refer to as Old Hararians Sports Club (OH) . It has been ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 06:58hrs | 272 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Chamisa to follow up on MDC councillors' declared assets
MDC president Nelson Chamisa has promised to make a follow up on the personal assets declared by his councillors Thursday at the party's Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House headquarters in Harare....Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 07:03hrs | 1324 | by newzimbabwe
No PSL games in Harare this season
NO Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match will be played in Harare this season unless the National Sports Stadium and Rufaro Stadium meet minimum requirements to host football matches. Pirai...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:56hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus suspect flees from Zimbabwe hospital before tests
Police said on Monday they are urgently trying to locate a 26-year-old man who was due to undergo tests for coronavirus at Wilkins Hospital in Harare, but left before the tests could be conducted....Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 20:21hrs | 1737 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR, Harare Wetlands Trust hails parly over report on wetlands
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and Harare Wetlands Trust (HWT) has welcome the report of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Environment and Tourism on Wetlands Management, presented to...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 08:33hrs | 483 | by Stephen Jakes
Harare runs out of water treatment chemicals
Water shortages worsened in most Harare suburbs at the weekend due to inadequate treatment chemicals, with council reportedly pumping less than 100 mega-litres daily against a demand of 1 200 mega-lit...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 05:24hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Wilkins coronavirus bombshell
ZIMBABWE'S health facilities are woefully equipped and would be unable to adequately respond to a coronavirus outbreak, at a time neighbouring South Africa has confirmed its first case of a patient wh...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 09:51hrs | 3408 | by Staff reporter
Councillors demand data bundles
Harare City Council has approved the splashing of US$14 000 on four foreign trips between February 3 and March 13, at a time when residents face the prospect of going without water owing to the shorta...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 05:55hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Ray of hope for Warriors
A RAY of hope has filtered through the dark cloud hanging over Zimbabwe football with revelations the Warriors' blockbuster 2021 AFCON qualifier against Algeria could still be played at Barbourfields ...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 09:01hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe isolates 2nd coronavirus suspect
A SECOND case of suspected coronavirus has been put under isolation at Wilkins Hospital while tests are being conducted. Harare City Council Health Services director Dr Prosper Chonzi confirme...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 07:32hrs | 1503 | by Staff Reporter
Harare fails to account for US$9,3m
Harare City Council is under scrutiny for allegedly abusing US$9,3 million availed to it by Government last year for urgent works at Manyame and Warren Control Pump stations that should have been comp...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 13:14hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Harare residents sue 'nosy' minister
Harare residents have taken Local Government minister July Moyo to court to stop him from allegedly interfering with operations of the local authority.The residents under the Harare Metropolit...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:57hrs | 1924 | by Staff reporter
10 firms bid for Bulawayo parking tender
TEN companies, including TelOne had by close of business on Thursday submitted their papers for consideration for the long-standing Bulawayo parking management tender, Sunday News can reveal.T...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 16:27hrs | 1979 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo's $78m order raises eyebrows
A letter by Local Government minister July Moyo directing the Harare City Council to pay the state-linked Chemplex a staggering $78 million for water treatment chemicals has sent tongues wagging with ...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:39hrs | 2607 | by Staff reporter
Harare city desperate to make money
Harare City Council is reportedly desperate for money yet it is accused of caring less for the ratepayers.Harare Residents Association in a statement said the City of Harare is too desperate t...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 14:08hrs | 1139 | by Stephen Jakes
Harare fails to pay $11m debt
HARARE City Council is battling to settle a $77 million debt owed to the local authority's sole water treatment chemicals supplier, Chemplex, and this has seen taps running dry for several days....Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:46hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC rocked by serious internal fissures
SERIOUS divisions pitting the old guard and emerging young academics have erupted in the main opposition party MDC, with party leader Nelson Chamisa being accused of siding with the Young Turks....Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:57hrs | 3909 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Council dumps Harare firm
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has dumped a company owned by the Harare City Council (HCC) it had awarded a tender to provide money-spinning parking metier services in the city under controversial circum...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 06:12hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Shambolic billing system cripples Harare
For the past four months, Harare City Council (HCC) has been struggling to provide bills to ratepayers owing to billing system glitches.City fathers decided to ditch the BIQ billing system aft...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 05:56hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Harare dry taps vomit filth
IN the dead of night on Sunday in the shanty Lusaka area of Harare's Highfield suburb, a group of women carrying torches gather around a tap at one of the few centres which gets regular water supply....Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:00hrs | 1743 | by Staff reporter
Harare goes electronic
HARARE City Council has adopted the e-Agenda to enable active stakeholder participation and achieve the mid-term goal of reaching 75 percent customer satisfaction by year end. The e-Agenda is ...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 05:43hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe budgets US$5m for coronavirus
Over US$5,2 million has been earmarked for screening and monitoring suspected cases of the Novel (2019) coronavirus that has been declared a global public health emergency.Speaking at an inter...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:15hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Theft of spares grounds refuse trucks
HARARE City Council has most of its fleet grounded because of minor faults and theft of vehicle parts by workers.The capital's city fathers are angry and demanding immediate disciplinary actio...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 12:19hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa goes after corrupt officials
A FIVE-MEMBER integrity panel set up by MDC leader Nelson Chamisa last year to probe corrupt activities involving party deployees in local authorities will target Harare City Council as its first assi...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:19hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's stadium bid rubbished
Independent observers and sports analysts have poured cold water on Philip Chiyangwa's audacious plans to build a multi-purpose stadium saying such a venture needs a massive financial injection of hun...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:10hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Mbare structures face demolition
Harare City Council wants to evict a group that illegally grabbed council land opposite Stodart Police Station two months ago and built houses. They also started a tombstone-making business. The city ...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 00:59hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
City of Harare & Clean City sign landmark service delivery MOU
The City of Harare and Clean City Private Limited today signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) that will allow the two parties to collaborate in service delivery to the city.Areas of collabora...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 11:56hrs | 1610 | by Agencies
Council workers demand 6-fold salary increment
Municipal Correspondent Stung by the alleged quadrupling of salaries for top council management, ordinary Harare City Council workers are now demanding a six-fold rise in their earnings to beat inflat...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:16hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
MDC led Council threatens legal action against Zanu-PF
HARARE City Council has threatened legal action against Zanu-PF, government departments, parastatals and other entities owing the local authority more than $1 billion in unpaid rates.Council i...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:07hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Parents force open incomplete school
CONTROVERSY-riddled Glaudina Primary School in Harare yesterday opened its doors to students amid a misunderstanding between the parents and responsible authorities over inadequate infrastructure, wit...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:52hrs | 213 | by Staff rpeorter
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