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Fake Chamisa intel: riot cops in heavy Kuwadzana deployment
ZIMBABWE Republic Police's (ZRP) anti-riot officers Saturday besieged Kuwadzana community hall, thwarting a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and residents interface after getting ‘false intellige...Published: 15 hrs ago | 2079 | by Staff reporter
Harare cancels Pomona waste deal
The Harare City Council has resolved to cancel the Pomona waste management deal that was imposed on the local authority by the Local Government ministry.Council had resolved to suspend the 30-...Published: 15 hrs ago | 415 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council does not build dams, says Mayor
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday shot back at Zanu-PF claims that the local authority had failed to provide enough potable water to residents because it had not built an adequate number of dams for...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Harare to name streets after mayors
Former and serving Harare mayors since 1980 will now have their names inscribed on selected streets in the city as a way of honouring their contributions, current Mayor Jacob Mafume has said.S...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 20:42hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt steps in to honour Pomona obligations
The Pomona dumpsite project has taken a new twist, with the Government, which is the guarantor, now set to honour its obligations as outlined in the contract between Harare City Council and Geogenix B...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt in Pomona deal climbdown
GOVERNMENT was yesterday forced to make a U-turn on the Pomona waste management deal after the Harare City Council dug in and refused to pay for dumping waste at Pomona, now managed by the Netherlands...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1373 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC in Pomona deal climbdown?
THE opposition CCC-led Harare City Council yesterday made a volte-face on the €304 million Pomona Waste to Energy deal after weeks of politicking trying to reverse an agreement they had earlier sanc...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:09hrs | 2916 | by Staff reporter
'Pomona deal millions can build a new city'
DESPITE threats from Local Government and Public Workers minister July Moyo for Harare to pay a US$1 million debt to Geogenix BV, a Netherlands-based company, under the controversial US$400 million Po...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:35hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally serves Harare council with a default notice on $750,000 fee
HARARE city council has been served with a default notice after failing to pay some US$780,890 to Netherlands-registered company Geogenix BV in the controversial Pomona waste-to-energy deal.Un...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:06hrs | 2866 | by Staff reporter
Mafume sticks to his guns on Pomona
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday said the Harare City Council (HCC) had no capacity to pay in United States dollars the council committee set up to investigate the Pomona waste management deal....Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:47hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Pomona project above board, claims Nguwaya
GEOGENIX BV says it will forge ahead with the controversial Pomona waste management project despite the Harare City Council (HCC) suspending it through a council resolution last month.Speaking...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:36hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council appoints committee to probe Pomona deal
HARARE City Council (HCC) has appointed a special investigation committee to probe the controversial Pomona waste management deal between the Netherlands-based company Geogenix BV fronted by businessm...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:42hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa-run councils will 'reject' July Moyo's fire trucks
The Citizens Coalition for Change which is the majority party in most urban councils says it is prepared to go to court to stop local government minister July Moyo forcing local authorities to buy fir...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 07:48hrs | 4927 | by Staff reporter
Harare boots out city spokesperson
HARARE City Council spokesperson Michael Chideme has been booted out of Town House.Sources close to the matter told NewsDay yesterday that he was paying the price for being sympathetic to the ...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
Hararians hail Pomona deal suspension
HARARE residents and property rights advocates have thrown their weight behind the Jacob Mafume-led council decision to suspend the controversial Pomona waste management deal.The project has c...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt too snoopy'
PARLIAMENT has slammed government's excessive interference in the operations of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) and local authorities across the country.In a report on the state of affa...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:38hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Charamba threatens Harare mayor over Pomona deal
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has threatened Harare mayor Jacob Mafume with arrest for opposing Cabinet's decision to endorse the US$240 million Pomona waste management deal for the city....Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 07:39hrs | 6186 | by Staff Reporter
Harare being run by two mayors
THE High Court may have ruled Local Government minister July Moyo offside on his decision to suspend Harare mayor Jacob Mafume, but the circus at Town House is far from over as government continues to...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:59hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'ignores' High Court ruling
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has "ignored" a High Court ruling which lifted the suspension of Harare mayor Jacob Mafume, recognising councillor Stewart Mutizwa as the acting mayor.It emerged t...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:56hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Harare suspends Pomona deal
A TENSE Harare City Council (HCC) special council meeting yesterday resolved to suspend the controversial Pomoma waste management deal despite spirited resistance from MDC Alliance councillors....Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:50hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Court suspends Mafume's suspension yet again
The High Court has set aside local government minister July Moyo's suspension of Harare mayor Jacob Mafume yet again. Justice Mafusire's ruling confirms Mafume as the substantive mayor of Hara...Published: 31 May 2022 at 13:18hrs | 2196 | by Staff reporter
Harare will not pay even a cent on Pomona deal, Mafume vows
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume (pictured) says the city council will not pay a cent to Geogenix BV, a company fronted in Zimbabwe by businessman Delish Nguwaya, describing the agreement signed by the local...Published: 31 May 2022 at 12:26hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter
Pomona deal exposes MDC councillors
THE names of the Harare City councillors involved in the controversial Pomona waste management deal which will see residents forking out US$22 000 per day have been revealed.The controversial ...Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:51hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo defends Pomona deal
LOCAL government minister July Moyo and Geogenix BV frontman Delish Nguwaya have defended the controversial Pomona dumpsite deal, which they admit did not follow tender procedures.The Harare C...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:48hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
'Harare to pay US$22,000 a day for dumpsite'
ANTI-CORRUPTION watchdogs, civic groups and Harare residents yesterday described as scandalous and shameful the Pomona waste management deal awarded to Netherlands-based company Geogenix BV.Ge...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC distances self from Pomona deal
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors have distanced themselves from the Pomona dumpsite waste management deal currently dogged by corruption allegations.Geogenix BV or Pomona Waste ...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:22hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe freezes registration of new NGOs
THE government has frozen the registration of private voluntary organisations (PVOs) and trusts, stoking fears that the President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has begun a clampdown on non-gover...Published: 10 May 2022 at 17:29hrs | 1389 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blasts compromised minister
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo's interference in the governance of local authorities has infuriated Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa who has called the Zanu-PF politburo...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:04hrs | 3150 | by Staff reporter
Govt crippling service delivery
The brazen interference in the affairs of the Harare City Council by central government is a demonstration of Zanu PF's scorched earth policies that only do harm to long suffering citizens.A r...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:19hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
Moyo divides opposition parties
MDC has come out guns blazing defending Local Government minister July Moyo's directive to stop elections of new mayors and committee chairpersons.This comes after the Citizens Coalition for C...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 14:03hrs | 1868 | by Staff reporter
Moyo shields MDC-T councillors to protect controversial deals?
AS consistently reported by The NewsHawks prior to the March 26 by-elections, Local Government minister July Moyo (pictured) has stepped in to protect his multi-million-dollar corrupt deals at Town Ho...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:37hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
60 Harare councillors, officials at ZITF
HARARE councillors belonging to Douglas Mwonzora's MDC-T are part of a 60-member elite team from Town House who are going to blow US$136 000 at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF).Thi...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:47hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo fights back...removes Harare CCC Mayor
The Acting Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government one L. Mudyiwa has written to the Harare Acting Town Clerk Engineer Phakamile Moyo advising him that the recent election of Councillor Enock Mu...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 10:49hrs | 3351 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: CCC drags Minister July Moyo to court
The Nelson Chamisa led CCC has announced that it is taking the Minister of Local Government July Moyo to court challenging his directive which bars the Councilors from electing new Mayors and Committe...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 09:42hrs | 2101 | by Mandla Ndlovu
July Moyo cracks whip on Mayors; Councilors
Minister of Local Government July Moyo has written to the Mayors and Councilors advising them that they do not have power to reconstitute the leadership of any Municipality and Chairpersons of Committ...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 19:10hrs | 1777 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jacob Mafume gets High Court reprieve
RECALLED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday won his battle against Local Government minister July Moyo, with the High Court barring both the council and the minister from seeking to replace him....Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:33hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
ZACC arrests 26 Harare, Chitungwiza officials
TWENTY-SIX councillors and officials from Harare and Chitungwiza have been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) working with other law enforcement agencies in the fight against c...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:16hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, July Moyo murky deals under threat
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors say they will immediately swing into action and stop all dubious deals linked to First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and some scandalous agreements involving...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:30hrs | 1487 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors take oath of office
TWENTY-THREE new Harare councillors took oath of office yesterday, with former mayor Herbert Gomba set to be sworn-in today.After the swearing in ceremony, Citizens Coalition for Change's Denf...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:46hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's councillors foil plot to side-foot Chamisa
MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora, still smarting from a humiliating defeat in the March 26 by-elections, suffered yet another blow to his political ambitions after his own party's councillors thwa...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:38hrs | 3397 | by Staff reporter
Bid to replace mayor hits snag
A MOVE to replace recalled Harare mayor Jacob Mafume by Douglas Mwonzora's MDC Alliance failed yesterday after a scheduled full council meeting was aborted at the eleventh hour.Some councillor...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Recalled PDP councillors challenge expulsion
RECALLED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume and fellow People's Democratic Party (PDP) councillors Simon Chabuka (Mutare) and Anorld Batirai Dube (Bulawayo) have approached the High Court challenging the...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:49hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa councillors haunted by shoddy land deals
At least four Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors elected in last week's by-elections could have their joy short-lived following revelations that they face immediate suspension over alleg...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:28hrs | 1465 | by Staff reporter
Mafume fights 'null and void' recall as councillor
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume on Wednesday vowed to fight his purported recall as a councillor, describing it as "null and void."Local government minister July Moyo on Tuesday wrote to the local a...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 14:51hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume expelled
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume has been recalled as Ward 17 councillor and subsequently as Mayor after his former political party the People's Democratic Party wrote a letter to the Local Government Minist...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 12:17hrs | 3868 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt shields dodgy US$400m deal from political scrutiny
THE government has ring-fenced a filthy US$400 million waste-to-energy Pomona dumpsite deal pushed through by Local Government minister July Moyo (pictured) from political scrutiny and possible ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 17:07hrs | 1447 | by Staff reporter
Zec feels the heat over voters roll
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscilla Chigumba yesterday went ballistic during a Multi-Party Liaison Committee (MPLC) meeting in Harare after she was grilled over anomalies in the ...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
Suspended mayor wants charges dropped
SUSPENDED Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday applied for the dropping of charges in which he allegedly ordered the city council director of Housing and Community Services to allocate residential stan...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
CCC: Old wine in old wineskins
On 24 January, former MDC Alliance faction leader, Nelson Chamisa announced the formation of a new opposition political party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). During the announcement,...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | 171 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Independent tribunal for Mafume
Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo has set up an independent tribunal to probe suspended Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume, who is facing a litany of allegations, including gross misconduct,...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
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