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Fuel shortage grounds council refuse trucks
Harare City Council has run out of fuel to collect garbage, raising fears of another cholera and typhoid outbreak.At least 55 people succumbed to cholera in Harare late last year.Counc...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:34hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Vandals target solar lights
Thieves are helping themselves to solar street lights installed along Harare's Airport Road while others have fallen prone to vandalism despite a decision by Harare City Council to conceal batteries t...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 12:26hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Harare won't charge in US dollars
Despite the continued economic hardships, Harare residents will not be compelled to pay their water bills solely in United States dollars.In an interview with the Daily News, Harare City Counc...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:16hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Harare, Chinese firm negotiate $350m deal
The Harare City Council is negotiating a deal with a Chinese firm, China Gezhoba Group International Engineering, to replace or upgrade the city's existing water mains, connections, fittings and other...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:45hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife meets church leaders
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday met church leaders from across denominations and impressed upon them the need to embrace the national clean-up campaign launched by President Mnangagwa last mon...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:33hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers demand to be served first at fuel garage
Some members of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces in Bulawayo arrived at a Puma garage in Bulawayo and demanded to be served first ahead of other motorists who had been queuing for more than five hours. ...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 19:44hrs | 10645 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Harare City Council runs out of fuel
Harare City Council has announced that it has run out of fuel hence it is not able to continue with garbage collection.In a statement issued on Wednesday the Council said:...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 17:57hrs | 3186 | by Mandla Ndlovu
RBZ fails to release money for refuse trucks
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is yet to release the money required by Harare City Council (HCC) to pay duty for the 15 refuse trucks that have been stuck in South Africa.The trucks which ...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 12:52hrs | 808 | by Staff reporter
Harare, water purification dealer fight over $500k project
Harare City Council and a local water purification dealer are embroiled in a dispute over a $500 000 mobile water treatment plant meant to provide water to Mabvuku, Tafara and nearby suburbs.C...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:25hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Harare left with 18 months' water supply
Harare's main water supply dam, Lake Chivero, is now left with water to last only 18 months largely due to siltation, droughts and algae, which has also affected water quality. Harare city off...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:00hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Harare rations water
Residents of the Zimbabwean capital Harare have begun to experience water rationing as part of a local government preservation measure during a drought.The rolling cuts to water service will a...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:09hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Harare sued over $1,3m water levy debt
THE Harare City Council has been hauled to court over a $1 386 832 water levy debt owed to Upper Manyame Sub-Catchment Council (UMSCC) for water drawn from Chivero, Manyame, Seke and Harava dams....Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:46hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Dry weekend for Harare
The Harare City Council is set to introduce a water rationing system which will see some suburbs getting water three days in a week following this season's low rainfall. This weekend, suburbs ...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 21:52hrs | 1643 | by Staff reporter
Vendors return to Harare's CBD
Illegal vending in the Harare Central Business District (CBD) has been described as a major blow to the city council's objective of attaining a world-class city status by the year 2025.The con...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 19:12hrs | 3381 | by STaff reporter
'Good Samaritan' pothole patchers causing more damage: Harare Council
The continued illegal road maintenance by supposed Good Samaritans has created more damage than good on most roads.The groups target eastern suburbs where the elite would not hesitate to part ...Published: 25 Dec 2018 at 21:57hrs | 6218 | by Staff Reporter
Harare City Council repossessing stands
Harare City Council advises residents that it is in the process of repossessing the stands depicted in Tafara Township from beneficiaries who have defaulted in paying both intrinsic land price and dev...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 11:58hrs | 8608 | by Ndou Paul
Harare City Council sells land to raise salaries
HARARE City Council has resolved to sell a prime piece of land in Mount Pleasant to a property developer to raise money for salaries.The land is currently being used by the ruling Zanu PF part...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 06:30hrs | 832 | by Staff reporter
ZIMRA goes after Harare City Council
The Harare City Council has resolved to also penalise government departments who owe the city in a bid to match the harsh treatment by government entities such as the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 18:00hrs | 3130 | by Collen Ncube
Harare City Council owes $ 792 million
Harare City Council has announced that it has reduced the debt it owes $809 million to $792 million. The Council reported that was aided by the 50 percent discount campaign which it ran, where residen...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 10:27hrs | 2080 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa still in a state of denial
MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa lost the 2018 Presidential race to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and it has become a tall order for him to accept that his bid for the State House has gone down the electoral...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 15:03hrs | 1612 | by Elijah Chihota
Chamisa desperate for talks
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday appealed for dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stabilise the faltering economy, but the Zanu-PF leader ruled out such a possibility, saying h...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 10:06hrs | 1671 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in own ground-breaking event as Mnangagwa tit-for-tat continues
Nelson Chamisa, leader of Zimbabwe's opposition MDC, turned up unexpected at a Harare city council event Wednesday and took over the ground-breaking formalities for the construction of a primary schoo...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 07:53hrs | 5288 | by Staff reporter
Harare seeks $3,1m forex for refuse trucks
HARARE City Council has engaged the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to facilitate the release of $3,1 million meant for 16 refuse compactors being held by the supplier, FAW Group Corporation.Harare h...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 05:37hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Makokoba, Sakubva, Mbare set for a facelift
GOVERNMENT has mobilised $139,24 million to regenerate the country's oldest urban settlements, with Mbare, Makokoba and Sakubva suburbs set to benefit, a Cabinet minister has said.Addressing j...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:20hrs | 1725 | by Staff reporter
Government to solve Cowdray Park sewer problems
THE Government has set aside over $45 million targeted at improving the country's water and sewer infrastructure, a move which will see 90 percent of all urban dwellers having access to safe drinking ...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:09hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Government to solve Cowdray Park sewer problems
THE Government has set aside over $45 million targeted at improving the country's water and sewer infrastructure, a move which will see 90 percent of all urban dwellers having access to safe drinking ...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 08:09hrs | 651 | by Staff Reporter
Exposé : The rot in Harare city council explained
Whistleblower Prisca Mutema has detailed how Michael Mahachi who was former chairperson of Harare City Council Commission fraudulently benefited close to USD $9 million from the City council. Mahachi ...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 09:44hrs | 3653 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Red tape stalls Harare roads rehabilitation
THE resurfacing of roads in Harare under the emergency roads rehabilitation programme has stalled in other parts of the city after contractors pulled out, citing non-payment by the local authority....Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 06:07hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Japajapa, Kunaka: A case of sour grapes
In a love affair between a man and a woman, they live each day seeing themselves as soul mates without thinking anything sinister would happen to their till death do us part vow. The same scenario hap...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 19:34hrs | 2539 | by Elijah Chihota
Japajapa lived up to comical antics yesterday
NOTORIOUS attention-seeker Mr Paddington Japajapa lived up to comical antics yesterday when he told the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 shootings that he was an independent observer during the...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 05:34hrs | 2823 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Deadly fire burns Siyaso home industries
State Media has reported that Siyaso Home Industries has been gutted down by fire and several cars reportedly caught fire. The Harare City council have however said the fire has been contained....Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 09:55hrs | 7970 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt keeps Harare City Council guessing over fired managers
Government has kept Harare City Council in suspense over its decision to fire senior managers who were found guilty of maladministration and awarding themselves unapproved salaries.Harare mayo...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 06:07hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Councils warned against engaging debt collectors
GOVERNMENT has warned local authorities against engaging debt collectors saying it is illegal to do. Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister July Moyo said investigations were und...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 06:01hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
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: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:04hrs | 1495 | 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: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:58hrs | 323 | 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 | 2516 | 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 | 528 | 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 | 350 | 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 | 1213 | 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 | 1114 | 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 | 1362 | 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 | 979 | 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 | 268 | 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 | 2049 | 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 | 2470 | 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 | 3257 | 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 | 1323 | 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 | 548 | 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 | 1548 | by Staff reporter
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