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Recall of MDC-A Councillors
The MDC Alliance condemns the recall of 4 Harare City Councilors by Minister July Moyo of Zanu PF on the instruction of the MDC-T.This ...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 11:33hrs | 2441 | by Sesel Zvidzai
Khupe, Chamisa lock horns over chief whips
MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe and his MDC Alliance rival Nelson Chamisa have opened a new battlefront in their war for the control of the opposition party following their appointment of different set o...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 18:17hrs | 5239 | by Staff reporter
Khupe axes 4 Harare councillors
THE ongoing expulsion of MDC-Alliance officials who are refusing to toe the MDC-T line has extended to municipalities, with the axe yesterday falling on four Harare councillors. This follows t...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:06hrs | 999 | by Staff reporter
MDC fights shift to Zec
NELSON Chamisa's MDC Alliance has vowed to block Thokozani Khupe and her party from replacing proportional representation (PR) legislators and senators recalled by the MDC-T from Parliament over the p...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:03hrs | 2002 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo Council guilty of Luveve water crisis'
Since the outbreak of the waterborne disease in Luveve Old and New that has so far claimed 12 lives, while over a thousand have been hospitalized, Bulawayo City Council management have been busy with ...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1182 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
'MDC Alliance regrets Luveve deaths'
THE MDC Alliance has apologised to Bulawayo families that lost their loved ones to a diarrhoea outbreak that has infected over 1 000 residents to date. Nine people have died from gastrointestinal infe...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 08:04hrs | 1000 | by Staff reporter
Govt ropes in army doctors over Bulawayo diarrhoea outbreak
GOVERNMENT has set up a high-level technical committee to investigate the outbreak of diarrhoea in Bulawayo's Luveve suburb and seconded army doctors to assist the City Council in treating patients. T...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:55hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo leadership must shape up or ship out
I was born at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo during the last decade of the infamous Ian Smith Rhodesian regime. In those days black people were banished to the townships. I am not a fan of the Smi...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:40hrs | 386 | by Kevin S Malunga
Displaced Bulawayo vendors approach High Court
MORE than 600 informal vendors in Bulawayo who were affected by the closure of the 5th Avenue market place in the city centre have approached the High Court challenging Bulawayo City Council's decisio...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea-hit Bulawayo suburb to test for Covid-19
THE diarrhoea outbreak death toll in Bulawayo's Luveve suburb has increased to nine and the city's health services department has treated nearly 1 000 patients since it launched the door-to-door treat...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:12hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ally pockets US$54m in fresh bus deal
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's adviser and Sakunda Holdings boss Kuda Tagwirei, who has been pocketing millions of dollars from dodgy state contracts, will smile all the way to the bank after making a...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 6121 | by Staff reporter
Residents fume over corruption web at Gokwe town
GOKWE residents have petitioned Local Government minister July Moyo to institute investigations into allegations of corruption levelled against town council administrator Alexander Nyandoro.Ac...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:33hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa appeals against councillors' recall
UNDER-SIEGE MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has appealed to Local Government minister July Moyo to thwart efforts by acting MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe to recall his party's councillors, the Da...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 15:12hrs | 7743 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs snub Chiwenga
TOP Zanu-PF officials and legislators from the Midlands province on Friday reportedly snubbed a field day at Lozani Farm, Kwekwe, where Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga was guest of honour as facti...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:58hrs | 6821 | by Staff reporter
Hands-off MDC Alliance councillors, Mwonzora told
MDC Alliance councillors have written to Local Government Minister July Moyo urging him to stop their newest political rival Douglas Mwonzora and his allies from recalling them from their positions....Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:06hrs | 2557 | by newzimbabwe
500 more Zupco buses in next 12 months
Government will buy 500 additional buses over the next 12 months as it redoubles efforts to revamp the public mass transport system.The procurement of the coaches will be made through Landela ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:42hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
High Court dismisses Victoria Falls councillor's bid to nullify poll
THE High Court has dismissed Victoria Falls councillor Richard Mguni's bid to stop the nullification of his election as mayor by fellow MDC-Alliance councillors after Government reinstated Clr Somvelo...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:43hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
Hlalani Kuhle beneficiaries take July Moyo to court
FOUR Gwanda residents who are beneficiaries of residential stands under the Government funded Hlalani Kuhle housing scheme have taken Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo and Gwanda Mu...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 16:51hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga hints on displacement of 2 500 Chilonga villagers
Vice-President Constantine Chiwenga on Wednesday told Chiredzi villagers that changes on their current settlement would be made after the COVID-19 crisis in a clear sign that government was determined...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 18:26hrs | 3729 | by Staff reporter
Chiredzi villagers demonstrate at VP Chiwenga over ancestral land
Chiredzi South villagers on Wednesday raised placards in the presence of vice president Constantino Chiwenga to protest a lucerne grass farming project which is bound to displace over 1 000 families f...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 07:59hrs | 5483 | by Staff reporter
Who is responsible? Ministers evasive on procurement
THE Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) yesterday distanced itself from the murky Covid-19 medical equipment procurement scandal, which is now at the centre of a wide-ranging investiga...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:22hrs | 1542 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube not involved in murky govt payments
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday absolved himself from the murky procurement of Zupco buses and supply of COVID-19 protective equipment by companies whose owners are linked to President Emmerso...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:29hrs | 1181 | by Staff reporter
Workers walk to town: Zupco fleet overwhelmed
THE transport crisis has been tabled before the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) as the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) bus fleet is overwhelmed, leading to workers walking to and from Bul...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:01hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Govt to decongest Bulawayo
GOVERNMENT is working on a new strategy of decongesting Bulawayo following an increase in the number of illegal vending activities in the Central Business District (CBD). Briefing journalists ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
High Court challenge for Zupco 'monopoly'
COMMUTER omnibus owners in Bulawayo, operating under the banner 'Tshova Mubaiwa Transport Co-operative Company' have approached the High Court challenging Government's decision to have their kombis op...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:32hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders Plumtree High reconstruction
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has ordered the immediate reconstruction of Plumtree High School dining hall which was gutted by fire on Thursday. The President yesterday sent two Cabinet Ministers to the...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:46hrs | 995 | by Staff reporter
No 5-star treatment for returnees, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said Zimbabweans should brace for more COVID-19 infections as more locals continue to trick-le in from different countries. Mnangagwa was addressing dono...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:35hrs | 2070 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls mayoral dispute spills into court
VICTORIA Falls councillor Richard Mguni, who was recently elected the town's mayor by councillors aligned to an MDC faction led by Mr Nelson Chamisa, has gone to court challenging Government's decisio...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:32hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
Biti freezes in court as judge tears into his arguments
THERE was drama in the High Court of Zimbabwe last night when MDC Alliance lawyer Tendai Biti froze after being shown the MDC Alliance agreement by Justice Tawanda Chitapi, moments after he had counte...Published: 21 May 2020 at 19:47hrs | 11268 | by Staff reporter
BCC rubbishes Paul Kruger's nonsensical water report
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) insists that consultants brought in by government to assess the city's water situation did not present an honest report. The city fathers still want the State to declar...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1186 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC seeks court interdict to stop more expulsions
The High Court will rule on Friday next week on preliminary issues raised by lawyers representing MDC-Alliance and MDC-T in a suit brought by MDC-A seeking a ban on the MDC-T recalling from Parliament...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:10hrs | 2102 | by Staff reporter
No water crisis in Bulawayo, says Engineers
INDEPENDENT engineers hired by government to assess the water situation in Bulawayo have disputed council position that the city was facing an acute water crisis, arguing instead that the city lacked ...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1608 | by Staff reporter
End of road for private kombis
PRIVATELY-RUN commuter omnibuses will not return to the road even after the national lockdown as part of Government measures to bring sanity into the urban transport sector.Before the lockdown...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:22hrs | 1742 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance takes govt to court over Vic Falls mayor
THE MDC Alliance has taken Local Government minister July Moyo to court challenging his directive to reinstate former Victoria Falls mayor Somvelo Dlamini.Dlamini was replaced as mayor after c...Published: 15 May 2020 at 07:39hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo taps to run once a week
BULAWAYO residents will now receive running water only once a week after council announced that it will decommission Lower Ncema Dam today, as the city grapples with one of its worst water crises in r...Published: 15 May 2020 at 06:55hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo lab stops Covid-19 tests
THE Covid-19 testing laboratory in Bulawayo, which has been struggling to clear a backlog of about 700 cases, has stopped conducting tests due to a critical shortage of consumables, but Government is ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:28hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
Moyo blocks Chamisa ally
LOCAL Government Minister July Moyo has nullified the election as mayor, of Victoria Falls Ward 5 Councillor Richard Mguni and reinstated Somveli Dlamini, who was fired from the job by embattled MDC A...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1269 | by newzimbabwe
Dhlamini bounces back as Victoria Falls mayor
Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo has reinstated Somvelo Dhlamini as Victoria Falls mayor, barely a week after the councillors had moved in to appoint Ward 5 Councillor Richard Mgun...Published: 12 May 2020 at 16:38hrs | 2052 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls mayor disowns resignation letter
REINSTATED Victoria Falls Mayor Councillor Somveli Dlamini has disowned a letter he reportedly wrote resigning from the mayor's position, saying the MDC Alliance leadership drafted it and forced him t...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
MDC mayor happy with Hwende's Parly expulsion
CHEGUTU mayor Henry Muchatibaya has described the expulsion of MDC Alliance secretary-general and Kuwadzana East MP from Parliament, a relief as the latter had written to the Local Government Minister...Published: 11 May 2020 at 19:56hrs | 4018 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa's councillors defy Mwonzora
MDC Alliance councillors in Victoria Falls defied a directive by MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora to reinstate the resort town's mayor, who was fired by the Nelson Chamisa led party.Th...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:22hrs | 3438 | by Staff reporter
Second-hand clothes ban sparks outrage
NOMORE Nsingo has for the past eight years been surviving by selling second-hand clothes at one of Mutare's busiest informal markets.Nsingo, like most Zimbabweans running informal businesses, ...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1105 | by Staff reporter
BCC to build water kiosks
THE Bulawayo City Council will this week construct water kiosks in areas that are worst affected by water shortages as the local authority works on implementing short term solutions to the crisis that...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:35hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo resumes Covid-19 testing
TESTING of the coronavirus at the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory in Bulawayo resumed yesterday after a two-day stoppage that was triggered by shortages of consumables.The centre, h...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:33hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls councillors sucked into Chamisa, Mwonzora fight
VICTORIA FALLS: Councillors here are headed for a nasty showdown with former mayor Somveli Dlamini, who was reinstated last week as councillor, has clashed with fellow councillors claiming he remains ...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:24hrs | 476 | by newzimbabwe
UAE donates PPE to Zimbabwe
The United Arab Emirates has donated an eight-tonne consignment of Personal protective equipment to assist in the fight to contain the Coronavirus in Zimbabwe.The equipment comprising gloves, ...Published: 06 May 2020 at 15:36hrs | 823 | by Staff reporter
Ban on second-hand clothes to be enforced
The ban on second-hand clothes imports must be strictly enforced after Cabinet was briefed on smuggling rackets in south-eastern Zimbabwe that could see more Covid-19 cases as a result. ...Published: 06 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 positive man declines to be quarantined
A BULAWAYO man who tested positive for COVID-19 last week caused a stir at his place of residence at the weekend as he declined to get into an ambulance and ferried to an isolation centre.The ...Published: 05 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 1259 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus screening at Bulawayo flat
BULAWAYO residents living in a seven storey flat in the city centre were yesterday subjected to Covid-19 screening after one of the occupants tested positive for the virus. On the other hand, ...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:19hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
The lost industrial glory of the city of Bulawayo
AFRICAN nationalism demands that the history of British colonialism must be condemned at every opportunity and I must be counted among those who lose no opportunity to condemn this phenomenal episode ...Published: 01 May 2020 at 07:53hrs | 873 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
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