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Harare's 'cursed' office
The office of the Town Clerk at Harare City Council has long been mired in controversy, corruption scandals, and political infighting, leading to widespread mismanagement and plunder of council resour...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 11:19hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
'John Moxon tried to sell Victoria Falls Hotel stake without board approval'
Tensions at Meikles Limited have reached a boiling point, as a group of four directors has accused the company's non-executive chairman, John Moxon, of attempting to sell the group's 50% stake in the ...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 09:21hrs | 1747 | by Staff reporter
John Moxon calls meeting to sack his Meikles board
John Moxon was in a hospital bed when Meikles directors met to sell off a key asset and fire the CEO - and he claims someone lied that his phone had been "compromised" to keep him in the dark about it...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 08:47hrs | 2799 | by Staff reporter
Justice Mushore still Awol after ruling against Malaba
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is keen on establishing why High Court judge Edith Mushore (pictured) has not been reporting for duty for weeks on end, amid concerns over the safety and health o...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 17:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ex-top banker speaks on daring escape
NMBZ Holdings founder James Mushore has spoken of how he evaded arrest and fled to exile over a decade ago after being accused of externalising foreign currency.Mushore (JM) told Alpha Holding...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:12hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's 'caught pants down'
Zimbabweans have been shocked by blatant lies said by the MDC A leader when he went on defensive denying his ugly hand in the demolition of properties in Budiriro. The under fire leader tried to blame...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 17:13hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Harare pays Mushore $113 000 in damages
HARARE City Council has finally paid about $113 00 to former town clerk Mr James Mushore, whose appointment they bungled in 2016. The city, which was allegedly reluctant to pay its former boss, finall...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC aspirants chopped down to 35
NEARLY 100 individuals, who applied to sit on the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), have been chopped from the nomination list after failing to meet expected attributes, The Sunday Mail has ...Published: 27 May 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Heavyweights vie for ZACC posts
High-profile figures are among the list of 133 people who have been nominated for interviews to become commissioners of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC). Following the resignatio...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parliament releases list of 133 applicants for 9 ZACC posts
Former Zimpapers board chairman Tommy Sithole and former Chronicle editor Geoffrey Nyarota are among a list of 133 people who have applied to become commissioner of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commis...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 09:44hrs | 10 | by ZimLive
Mushore wins case against council
Mr James Mushore, who was appointed Harare town clerk in April 2016 before Government rescinded his appointment, has won his case against Harare City Council after a labour officer ruled that his cont...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 15:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare City misses its deadline
HARARE City Council has missed the deadline it had set for recruitment of a town clerk, with the human resources committee blaming the mayor, Bernard Manyenyeni, for the delay.Council, three w...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mashakada deal could hand Hatfield to Zanu-PF
MDC-T legislator Dr Tapiwa Mashakada could have handed Zanu-PF the Hatfield seat on a silver platter after successfully filing his papers on an MDC Alliance ticket, knowing fully well that he might ha...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staffr eporter
Mr President I propose an economic advisory council of Zimbabwe
One thing you should take note of is that the economy is different from politics. Politics is politics, but when it comes to the issue of economic recovery, this is a technical area which needs techni...Published: 11 Jan 2018 at 11:04hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mnangagwa must make inspiring appointments based on merit
After this political phase many people have high expectations on ED and he should not disappoint Zimbabwe who put high hopes on him. Appointments should be done on merit and performance based on histo...Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 11:49hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
'MDC-T bigwig prepared to dump politics, constituency'
HATFIELD legislator and economic advisor to MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai, Dr Tapiwa Mashakada, is prepared to dump his constituency and politics to land the coveted position of Harare town clerk, it...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere disqualifies MDC-T's Mashakada
Local Government, Rural Development and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday effectively disqualified MDC-T legislator Dr Tapuwa Mashakada, who had been short-listed for the position...Published: 14 Oct 2017 at 17:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chanakira vies for Harare town clerk job
Nigel Chanakira headlines a stellar cast of top names vying for the coveted Harare town clerk Job.The Daily News can report that Chanakira, founder of the now defunct Kingdom bank and current ...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 17:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere suspends Harare councillors
Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has suspended three Harare City (HCC) councillors over their alleged involvement in a $31 million tender scam.Councillors Wilton Janjazi, Urayayi M...Published: 07 Aug 2017 at 14:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare to appoint new town clerk
Harare City Council is set to appoint a substantive town clerk this month, with council authorising officials to advertise the position with immediate effect.The city is parting ways with form...Published: 05 Aug 2017 at 09:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare cancels Mushore contract
MDC-T-led Harare City Council has finally terminated the contract of former NMBZ Bank chief executive James Mushore and the former banker will smile all the way to the bank as the municipality owes hi...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Councillors are a threat to Zimbabwe democracy, whose interest are they serving?
Its high time Zimbabwe must elect honest people in office. The current hullabaloo surrounding governance issues at town house is of serious concern and this should be addressed urgently. When these co...Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 14:06hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mushore's salary arrears rise to over $130 000
Harare City Council now owes suspended town clerk James Mushore more than $130 000 in unpaid salaries for the past 13 months as the government and the local authority continue to squabble over his app...Published: 10 May 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T roasts Kasukuwere
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC yesterday waded into Zanu-PF's ugly factional and succession wars, accusing embattled Local Government minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, of vindictively suspendin...Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere blocks Mushore return
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has blocked attempts by some councillors at Harare City Council to bring back banker Mr James Mushore to Town Ho...Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 06:29hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mushore's salary balloons
Harare City Council now owes Mr James Mushore over $125 000 in salary arrears after the former NMBZ bank chief executive officer was sent on forced leave after signing a two-year contract with the...Published: 30 Mar 2017 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T forces Harare deputy mayor Mbanga to resign
The MDC-T has forced the resignation of Harare deputy mayor Christopher Mbanga over his decision to side with Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere in the battle for the town clerk's post....Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa push reluctant Strive Masiyiwa for president
Telecommunications mogul, Econet boss Strive Masiyiwa and a host of international renowned business-people are being courted to vie for the country's presidency in 2018.Banker Mthuli Ncu...Published: 18 Jan 2017 at 04:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Divisions rock Harare City Councillors
The MDC-T dominated Harare City Council is reportedly rocked by divisions among the Councillors due to emerging factions in their political party.Harare Residents Trust reported that as the sh...Published: 12 Nov 2016 at 09:04hrs | 1 | by Stephen
Tsvangirai to read the riot act on errant councillors
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has reportedly summoned his party's councillors from across the country for an indaba to discuss local government policy and deal with rampaging corruption.T...Published: 11 Nov 2016 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council employees counted among top earners
Harare City Council top managers and its thousands of workers are among the highest earners in the country, as they continue receiving mega salaries and other generous perks, despite the local aut...Published: 27 Oct 2016 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mushore remains Harare town clerk
Harare mayor, Bernard Manyenyeni has said the city will continue accumulating the salary bill for suspended town clerk James Mushore until the court has decided his fate. He said council w...Published: 24 Oct 2016 at 11:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mushore fluff haunts Harare
Harare City Council cannot appoint another town clerk until the courts deal with two pending matters which are before the Constitutional and Supreme Courts, Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has said. ...Published: 06 Oct 2016 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mayor, acting town clerk in public spat
Harare mayor, Bernard Manyenyeni last Thursday dressed down acting town clerk, Josephine Ncube, in full glare of residents, councillors, journalists and senior management over alleged maladministr...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai imposes Mupamawonde to Harare councillors
MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai has reportedly ordered Harare City councillors to drop Chris Mbanga as the deputy mayor and vote Enock Mupamawonde as his replacement due to the former's alleged as...Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
City of Harare, City of 'Actors'
The cameras will not stop rolling at Harare City Council, at least for now. The council is known for creating drama - at one point allowing its elected members to shower at Town House only to late...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T demands resignation of Harare deputy mayor
The MDC-T is demanding the resignation of Harare deputy mayor Chris Mbanga pending the outcome of his disciplinary hearing over allegations that he defied a party directive not to suspend James Mu...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe takes over Anti-Corruption Commission
FACED with a rapidly advancing scourge of corruption, President Robert Mugabe has assumed full control of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), which had apparently became a victim of feral ...Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 11:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Manyenyeni faces more charges
Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni failed to appear in court yesterday because the State is still adding more charges, his lawyer Professor Lovemore Madhuku said.Addressing journalists at the...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 08:19hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Harare mayor win suspension battle at High Court
Suspended Harare mayor, Bernard Manyenyeni has been reinstated by the High Court.Manyenyeni, an MDC-T official was initially suspended on April 20 this year on allegations of insubordinati...Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 10:28hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
D-Day for Manyenyeni suspension challenge
HIGH Court judge Justice Lavender Makoni is today expected to hand down judgment on an urgent chamber application filed by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) seeking an order to stop Local G...Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 06:59hrs | | by Ivan Zhakata
Court set back for Mushore
The High Court has dismissed, with costs, Harare town clerk James Mushore's urgent chamber application seeking an order forcing acting mayor Councillor Chris Mbanga to unlock his office at Town House....Published: 28 Jun 2016 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Court Reporter
Zanu PF targets Mushore
Embattled Harare town clerk James Mushore tops the list of city administrators Zanu-PF does not want to stay a day longer in their positions because they may frustrate the party's power-retention ...Published: 23 Jun 2016 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Judgment reserved on Manyenyeni suspension case
HIGH Court Judge Justice Lavender Makoni on Friday 17 June 2016 reserved judgment on an urgent chamber application filed by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) seeking an order to stop Local Gove...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 13:01hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Kasukuwere, MDC-T war escalates
MDC-T has accused Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere of abusing his position to further Zanu-PF interests as the country's major opposition party continues its fight to stop the minister's a...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 12:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T takes on MDC-T as Mushore sues Mbanga
The battle for control of Harare Town House has taken a new twist with the embattled James Mushore taking the Acting Mayor Councillor Christopher Mbanga to court claiming that his dismissal from c...Published: 17 Jun 2016 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare council power games spill to court
The battle for control of Harare Town House has taken a new twist with the embattled James Mushore taking the Acting Mayor Councillor Christopher Mbanga to court claiming that his dismissal from city ...Published: 17 Jun 2016 at 17:31hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T disowns troubled Harare Town Clerk
Opposition MDC-T has disowned embattled Harare town clerk, James Mushore saying he is not a party member. MDC-T Secretary for Local Government Eddie Cross issued a statement on Thursday saying...Published: 17 Jun 2016 at 09:47hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Statement by the MDC-T Secretary for local government
Since MDC won control of the urban Councils the Minister of Local Government has abused his powers under the Urban Councils Act and the Town and Country Planning Act to subvert and control the MDC...Published: 16 Jun 2016 at 15:12hrs | | by Eddie Cross
MDC-T bowed to Mushore
In one of the public seminars organized by the Mass Public Opinion Institute in Harare recently, the MDC-T spokesperson Obert Gutu who was one of the panelists on that day, told the audience with auth...Published: 15 Jun 2016 at 14:42hrs | | by Rufaro Mufundirwa
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