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Harare mayor admits bungling
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume has admitted his council messed up after issuing just 163 stands out of a total 5,000 initially targeted for allocation to home seekers in 2022 by the local authority....Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:34hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Title deeds mapping underway
The Government has enlisted the services of two local companies to develop basic infrastructure in informal settlements currently undergoing geospatial mapping, a process that will expedite the issuan...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:15hrs | 191 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt starts issuing title deeds
Government has started regularising informal urban settlements by issuing title deeds, with residents in Caledonia, Harare, being the first to benefit following the completion of aerial mapping of the...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 08:59hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
Murder, racism claims rock Borrowdale Brooke
GLIDING though the smooth roads lined with a fusion of indigenous and exotic trees marching virtually without interlude but for the occasional glamorous, plush homes, any first timer to this exquisite...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:26hrs | 1552 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena defeats Munyeza, regains access to Borrowdale Brooke
Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena (Zanu-PF) has won a case against the Borrowdale Brooke Homeowners Association (BBHOA) that was accusing him of violating rules governing the residence....Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:37hrs | 880 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt starts issuing title deeds
Government has started regularising informal urban settlements by issuing title deeds, with residents in Caledonia, Harare, being the first to benefit following the completion of aerial mapping of the...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:11hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
Wadyejena threatens to sue Borrowdale Brooke Homeowners Association
GOKWE Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyejena has threatened to drag the Borrowdale Brooke Homeowners Association (BBHOA) to court for illegally deactivating his vehicle tags and relegating him ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 19:41hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Census in bumpy ride
THE past seven days of the 2022 national population and housing census have been bumpy for some Zimbabwe Statistical Agency (ZimStat) enumerators who have been reportedly threatened and mugged in the ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:48hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Buying a housing stand
Around the world, most homeowners make use of mortgages and traditional financing to purchase homes and properties.However, for many years, this option has not been widely available to most Zi...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:28hrs | 282 | by Jonathan Thompson
July Moyo Orders Councils To Stop Paying Top Managers With Land
LOCAL Government, Public Works and National Housing minister July Moyo has written to local authorities around the country instructing them to stop using land to settle salary arrears for senior manag...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Top billing homes sprout in western suburbs
DRIVING through the high-density areas in Bulawayo one notices some stunning and magnificent houses that rival and even overshadow many in the low-density areas.Trendy neighbourhoods have spro...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:32hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF has nothing new to offer
The Zimbabwe revolutionary party popularly known as Zanu PF has dismally failed to maintain its status quo and has lost its credibility in implementing sound developmental policies and good governance...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 13:15hrs | 1052 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF endorses primary elections roadmap
Zanu-PF's Politburo yesterday endorsed the primary elections roadmap for members interested in representing the party in the March by-elections and also approved a list of the remaining cadres elected...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:53hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Title deed fraudsters on the prowl, Check if you still own your property
If you own a vacant or an unoccupied property in Zimbabwe my suggestion is verify if you still own that property. With the Zimbabwean property market being dominated by absent buyers, due to over four...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 23:34hrs | 377 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
A snake catcher's advice to homeowners, residents
SNAKES are increasingly invading homes in Bulawayo as the rains have disturbed their habitats, forcing them to seek refuge elsewhere.Experts say the country is in the snake season as the repti...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:05hrs | 1386 | by Staff reporter
BCC reverses CBZ, FBC housing stands deal
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has reversed its decision to sell some residential stands to two financial institutions after the parties failed to agree on the purchase price.According to lat...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 879 | by Staff reporter
5 professional cleaning advantages for homeowners
Keeping the home clean from top to bottom takes a lot of work. While one can do surface cleaning every day, it would be pointless if the home doesn't receive a much-needed and thorough cleaning. Hirin...Published: 24 Aug 2021 at 18:13hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Things you should know about engineered wood flooring
There are many reasons to choose engineered oak flooring over solid hardwood floors. Engineered wood floors are becoming more popular because they have a top layer made of concrete and natural oak woo...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 10:53hrs | 38 | by Staff Writer
Home wedding venues banned
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has barred homeowners from turning their properties in the city into weddings and functions venues amid revelations that only 21 of such venues are legally registered w...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Land tenure reform to transform Zimbabwe rapidly
Two historical notes confirm the importance of land tenure and secure property rights. In the world today, only 18% of all agricultural land is privately-owned under freehold title. Yet this small are...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:58hrs | 5 | by Eddie cross
6 elements of the ideal modern house
Living in your ideal home is one of the most satisfying feelings. We don't all live in our ideal home, but we can make our home better by incorporating various elements that make the house more functi...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 08:42hrs | 86 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa blames MDC dominated urban councils for housing chaos
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has maintained his spotlight on MDC dominated urban authorities he blames for poor planning to a point where some homeowners have been settled on wetlands.In the p...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 07:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
15 years on, no sanitation for Hlalani Kuhle beneficiaries
Thabo Siziba of the Garakai/ Hlalani Kuhle area, ward 8, in Gwanda Urban, has stayed for the past 14 years without access to water. Residents in the area have waited for the past 15 years for the Gwan...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare home demolitions 'A Zanu-PF govt-MDC Alliance council resolution'
HARARE Provincial Development Coordinator Tafadzwa Muguti says recent demolitions on homes in Budiriro were part of a government and council resolution to rid the city of some illegal structures....Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 14:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Govt should compensate owners of demolished homes, says Chinamasa
THE government has an obligation to compensate all home owners whose illegal houses were demolished by local councils after they were duped by land barons to build homes in undesignated areas....Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
A country in 'crisis' cannot guarantee access to land
The term "crisis" is the latest buzzword in Zimbabwe meriting the attention of scholarly researches to establish if it is being used in the proper context. Opposition political parties are in overdriv...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:52hrs | | by Pardon Muzavazi
Why you should consider adding Engineered Oak Flooring to your home
When you are living somewhere for many years, it can be easy to get bored with your flooring. Have you had the same carpet for many years? Are you thinking about getting some engineered flooring in yo...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | 592 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa's big-man politics of populism
FRENCH West Indian political philosopher and revolutionary, Frantz Fanon made an interesting observation in his book, The Wretched of the Earth that those who took over leadership were envious of the ...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:09hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Top tax tech tip` for savvy citizens
Tax time is over for this year, but it'll be around again soon enough. For quarterly filers, filing season is never more than a few weeks away, so now might be the best time to check out some tech tip...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1065 | by Staff Writer
BCC hikes stands prices by 50%
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has hiked by 50% the cost of residential stands to hedge against inflation and lifted the suspension it had imposed on prospective homeowners buying stands using RTGS d...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Interbank rate sparks row
Aspindale Park owners, Marimba Industrial Properties Limited, have come under fire from homeowners who purchased stands at their property after it allegedly revalued outstanding instalments for stands...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:27hrs | 1047 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge houses built on collapsing mine tunnels
A DOZEN families in the HaMbedzi section of Dulivhadzimo suburb in Beitbridge are living in fear of an imminent disaster after they were allocated stands and built their houses above a disused mine wh...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
You need these qualities to be a successful cleaning franchise holder
Both residential and commercial establishments need cleaning services. These places need maintenance, and cleaning takes time. Homeowners and business managers often outsource the work to a cleaning c...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 10:58hrs | 1240 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's Smelly legacy of patronage
Smelly Dube, a businesswoman from Midlands province who was once close to former president Robert Mugabe's family, has been throwing a stink over a controversial housing project that is now giving the...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:22hrs | 1935 | by BRENNA MATENDERE
Mnangagwa's land audit team descends on Manicaland
A GOVERNMENT commission of inquiry tasked to probe illegal sale of State land, including residential stands pegged on sites reserved for schools, clinics and recreational facilities, will this week de...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: don't play with fire in a village so full of thatched roundavels
Where I come from you don't begrudge a child for darning clay into a mighty 'bull'. That is called creative play, for clay hurts no living being, and does not add one beast more into the kraal. So you...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:33hrs | 369 | by Igomombe
Vendors, high rentals drive companies out of CBD
THERE is a growing trend in Harare where an increasing number of companies is seeking to buy or rent property in residential areas on the periphery of the central business district (CBD), a property e...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 20:01hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
White South African farmers packing for Perth
Australian Minister of Home Affairs Peter Dutton on Wednesday said his department is looking into methods that would facilitate the fast-tracking of visas for white South African farmers who want to r...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 12:29hrs | 11333 | by Staff reporter
SA white party support land redistribution
The Democratic Alliance announced on Monday that it would support land restitution and redistribution."We support efforts to undo the terrible legacy of forced land dispossession, which still ...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 14:45hrs | 825 | by Staf reporter
Nkomo develops greywater system to aid crisis
Cape Town - A third-year civil engineering student at the University of Cape Town, Nkosinathi Nkomo, was unable to register in 2017 due to lack of funds. To raise funds, he decided to apply some of th...Published: 17 Oct 2017 at 16:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans big spenders, says Mangudya
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya says the country has big spenders of foreign currency who lack the entrepreneurship to generate export receipts.Mangudya told guests at a ...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 12:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru aide up for fraud
National People's Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru's spokesperson Gift Nyandoro has reportedly defrauded a Harare woman of $10 000.Nyandoro, a lawyer with Hamunakwandi, N...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 04:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
BCC issues eviction notice to Mabutweni homeowners
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has issued a 30-day eviction notice to scores of Mabutweni residents- including a woman who owes the local authority 47 cents- to vacate the municipality-owned hous...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Makokoba overcrowded
ONE of Bulawayo's oldest suburbs - Makokoba - has been red flagged with investigations revealing that it is overcrowded where in some circumstances over 15 people share a single room, Sunday News ...Published: 29 Jan 2017 at 10:06hrs | 915 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF conference roars into life
The Zanu-PF 16th Annual National People's Conference kicks off today with the Politburo meeting at the party's headquarters in Harare followed by the Central Committee tomorrow.President M...Published: 13 Dec 2016 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
20 suburbs face water disconnections
Harare city council on Monday began disconnecting water to thousands of residents from 20 suburbs due to non payment.Council is owed $331 million."Residents of these suburbs owe th...Published: 07 Nov 2016 at 17:04hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Harare homeowners scramble to submit plans
There has been a massive response by residents from six suburbs that were warned by Harare City Council to either get their housing plans regularised or risk demolitions.The city's acting corp...Published: 30 Jan 2016 at 08:05hrs | 2257 | by Rutendo Rori
Stanbic bank Zimbabwe introduces mortgage loans
STANBIC Bank Zimbabwe has introduced home loans repayable up to 20 years to the market to enable potential homeowners in the country to realise their dream. The bank's head of personal and business ba...Published: 01 Dec 2015 at 05:46hrs | 6225 | by Brighton Gumbo
A Sangoma can be a witch at the same time Pt 1
I was born in 1956 the City of kings and Queens, Bulawayo. My parents lived in Njube Township. I had two siblings, both boys. I finished my primary education and got a division two. I was over the...Published: 16 Jun 2015 at 14:45hrs | 6571 | by Nomazulu Thata: taken from eBook 'Sweetmother'
BCC servicing of water, sewer and roads at Emhlangeni - Photos
Servicing of water, sewer and roads at Emhlangeni Medium Density Suburb has been finalised. Stands will be commissioned on Thursday, 5th March 2015.Some homeowners have already started buildi...Published: 04 Mar 2015 at 17:55hrs | 8909 | by Staff Reporter
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