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Zanu-PF title deed bait misfires
The ruling ZANU-PF party's election pledge to regularise informal settlements is progressing slowly, with only 11,000 title deeds issued in Harare's Epworth suburb since the start of 2023, according t...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:49hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
184 arrested for illegal land allocations
In a significant crackdown on illegal land allocations, Zimbabwean police have arrested more than 184 individuals across the country for allegedly parceling out land unlawfully. The operation comes as...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:40hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt launches major housing project in Matabeleland North
In a significant step toward its goal of providing affordable housing for all citizens, the Zimbabwean government has launched a new housing project in Emthunzini Township, Matabeleland North Province...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 12:05hrs | 5800 | by Staff reporter
Over 1,000 beneficiaries receive title deeds in Epworth
More than 1,000 people in Epworth, Harare Metropolitan Province, have received title deeds under the Presidential title deeds and regularisation programme, offering homeowners security over their prop...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:32hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa did not cause Harare land regularisation scandal
Independent Councillor Kudzai Kadzombe has dismissed allegations that former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa advocated for the regularisation of unoccupied land in Harare. Ka...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 10:34hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt blindsides title deed seekers
The government has reversed its earlier commitment to distribute title deeds to informal settlers, now requiring affected homeowners to undergo a formal application process. This shift comes after Pre...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:00hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to process 1 000 title deeds per day
Zimbabwe is set to launch a digital land administration system in November, which will play a crucial role in speeding up the issuance of title deeds under the Presidential Title Deeds Programme. This...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:28hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Old Mutual's O'mari launches home insurance solution
O'mari, the fintech subsidiary of Old Mutual Zimbabwe, has announced the launch of its new digital-first, low-cost home insurance product 'O'mari HomeCare', underwritten by Old Mutual Zimbabwe Insuran...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 17:56hrs | 379 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Tackling Zimbabwe's property price surge
The Zimbabwean property market is facing significant challenges, marked by skyrocketing property prices that seem incongruous when compared to those in neighbouring South Africa.These challeng...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 10:13hrs | 79 | by Dr Bekithemba Mpofu
18 000 to get title deeds in Epworth
The Presidential title deeds programme has intensified, with 18,000 title deeds issued in Epworth this month. The programme, launched by President Mnangagwa, aims to secure property rights for homeown...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 08:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
18 000 to get title deeds in Epworth
The Presidential title deeds programme has intensified, with 18,000 title deeds issued in Epworth this month. The programme, launched by President Mnangagwa, aims to secure property rights for homeown...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Attachment of residents' houses displays CCC's heartless agenda
The decision by the Harare City Council (HCC) to take drastic measures against low-income residents who are struggling to pay their monthly rates by attaching over 50 properties due to non-payment, ha...Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Tonderai Ndoro
Mambo Dhuterere, wife scam church
The Dare Guru frontman, Darlington Mutseta (popularly known as Mambo Dhuterere) and his wife have been facing numerous threats of imminent arrests following their alleged failure to either allocate re...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:07hrs | 16 | by Paul Ndou in South Africa
17 houses to be demolished in Cowdray Park
SEVENTEEN houses in Cowdray Park will be demolished to make way for the construction of a proposed storm water drain.The drain, according to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) will alleviate pere...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 16:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Farmers, lithium miner clash
HORTICULTURE farmers in Goromonzi have accused the Platinum Lithium Zimbabwe (PLZ) mine of negatively affecting their socio-economic life, while others have welcomed the miner's activities in the area...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's digital title deeds on the cards
THE Presidential Title Deeds programme will soon unveil a digitalised and securitised document that is tear and water proof as the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa moves to curb cases of fra...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt opposed to the demolition of people's homes
Government is opposed to the demolition of people's homes and will continue regularising informal settlements, with over 1,5 million homeowners set to receive title deeds under the Kwangu/Ngakwami Pre...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Major shake-up at Deeds Office
A MAJOR shake-up to eliminate corrupt activities in the Department of Deeds, Companies and Intellectual Property is underway, The Sunday Mail has learnt.This follows a series of complaints and...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 08:59hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Only 30% of Bulawayo residents own houses
THE majority of Bulawayo residents live in rented houses amid revelations that only 30 percent are homeowners as the city council is struggling to clear the housing backlog of about 120 000 units....Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Over 40 Chitungwiza houses to be demolished to pave way for a company
The High Court has mandated the demolition of 18 houses in Chitungwiza to facilitate the interests of a private company. In response, the affected homeowners urgently petitioned the High Court to halt...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govtto roll out rural housing designs
THE Government will soon roll out the rural housing architectural transformation in the country's eight rural provinces after securing 15 best designs from local tertiary institutions as it moves to s...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 11:44hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa promises projects already delivered by Zanu-PF?
CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa took his campaign trail to Gadzema grounds in Chinhoyi yesterday, where he promised to undertake developments that have already been implemented or are being undertaken by...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:28hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's title deeds programme goes national
Over 11 200 Epworth residents have so far benefited from the Presidential title deeds and settlement regularisation programme with Government now working on rolling out the programme countrywide....Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
74 estate agents blacklisted over dodgy deals
The Estate Agents Council of Zimbabwe (EACZ) has blacklisted 74 real estate companies operating in parts of the country for failure to register with the council and crimes such as fleecing unsuspectin...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 19:51hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere dangles title deeds
INDEPENDENT presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere has pledged to dole out title deeds to house owners in urban areas if he wins the August 23 plebiscite.President Emmerson Mnangagwa has al...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Absence of property rights eroding investor confidence'
UNAVAILABILITY of title deeds and property rights is eroding investment confidence in Zimbabwe, the Coalition for Market and Liberal Solutions (Comaliso) has said.Currently thousands of urban ...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to benefit from Presidential Title Deed and Settlement Regularisation Programme
COWDRAY Park residents in Bulawayo will be issued with title deeds for their properties "very soon", Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said.It will become t...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park residents to get title deeds soon
COWDRAY Park residents in Bulawayo will be issued with title deeds for their properties "very soon", Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said.It will become t...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo CBD expansion to cover Suburbs, Kumalo
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is considering extending the Central Business District (CBD) into residential areas such as Suburbs and Kumalo in line with current trends that have seen some companies and...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:25hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens murambatswina II?
Unplanned and chaotic urban settlements without proper sewers, water supply roads and social amenities and with building on land totally unsuitable for human habitation are a serious risk to public he...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:17hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
So, in Zimbabwe, exposing corruption is 'unpatriotic'!
I did not know whether to be shocked or not, when I read the news report!As it turns out, apparently there have been calls by some sycophantic ruling ZANU PF supporters - namely, ZBC presenter...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 11:53hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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 | | 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 | | 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 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | 2 | 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 | | 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 | 1 | 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 | 2 | 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 | | 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 | 5 | 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 | 19 | 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 | 3 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
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