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Zanu-PF in title deeds vote-buying storm
THE ruling Zanu-PF party is allegedly registering people who are at least 55 years and above for possible issuance of title deeds in Chitungwiza.The registration exercise reportedly took place...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cash shortage hits Zimbabwean banks
THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans lined up outside banks and currency exchange offices across the country on Thursday, some for days, in a desperate bid to get cash before Christmas.Most are unlikely t...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 16:36hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC wants July Moyo arrested for land corruption
MDC Alliance has called for the arrest of Local Government minister, July Moyo over alleged corruption and flouting tender procedures at the expense of the taxpayers.This follows reports linki...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Poisoning scare as land barons' war turns nasty
GOVERNMENT'S fight against land barons, accused of illegally parcelling out State land in urban areas, has turned nasty amid reports that Harare's provincial development coordinator (PDC) Tafadzwa Mug...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mabamba collapses, dies
Fredrick Mabamba, who was in remand prison in Harare following his arrest over alleged illegal land deals has reportedly collapsed and died today.One of his close aides who preferred anonymity...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 17:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF land baron Chivhanga in dramatic 'catch and release'
ZANU-PF Chitungwiza youth leader Taurai Chivhanga was last week involved in a dramatic ‘catch and release', when he was arrested and released with no charge under unclear circumstances on the next d...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 20:13hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
SACU probes 'land baron' Peyama
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa' Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU) has opened a probe into land deals involving Chitungwiza businessman Wellington Peyama and the local authority.According to do...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Land probe opens can of worms
GOVERNMENT'S latest blitz on land barons has exposed serious political undercurrents, with one of the suspected barons, Wellington Peyama, sensationally claiming that he was being hounded by Housing a...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Land for votes haunts Zanu-PF
FORMER Labour and Social Welfare minister and ex-Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Goromonzi, Petronella Kagonye (pictured) was yesterday arrested over alleged illegal land dealings.Kagonye ser...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 19:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must not politic amid disaster
WHILE touring houses affected by flash floods in Chitungwiza last week, Local Government minister July Moyo said government was in the process of scouting for alternative land to resettle people who b...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Mutiusinazita
4 armed robbers shot dead
FOUR suspected serial armed robbers - out on bail facing 24 armed robbery charges involving cash, vehicles, guns and jewellery - were shot dead during a shootout with police in Kwekwe. The sus...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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
'New dispensation', same old lies
Ag shame! On the 6th of July I came across a shocking Sunday Mail headline screaming ED creates 60,000 jobs. I was in the sprawling border town of Beitbridge. Being one not to quickly believe or write...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 09:44hrs | 3 | by Ishemunyoro Mupokosera: MDC Alliance Candidate for Mudzi South Constituency
Prophet Wimbo embroiled in a bitter land wrangle
Johane Masowe Vadzidzi VaJesu (Apostles of Christ) Church, an apostolic sect led by Mr Aaron Mhukuta popularly known as Mudzidzi Wimbo, is embroiled in a bitter land wrangle with land baron Dr Fredric...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 06:54hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
10 000 houses spared demolition
About 10 000 houses in Chitungwiza, which were constructed on undesignated land, have escaped demolition following an agreement reached between one of the land barons, Mr Fredrick Mabamba, and the cas...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's shameless land barons hypocrisy
It boggles the mind how the queen of illegal eviction has suddenly became the Guru of moral regeneration in the country.The first lady from hell yesterday called for decisive action against la...Published: 03 May 2017 at 10:13hrs | | by PDP
'Kasukuwere shielding Zanu-PF land barons'
ZENGEZA West MP Simon Chidhakwa has castigated Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere's recent move to suspend the entire Chitungwiza council over illegal land deals, without causing the arrest ...Published: 02 May 2017 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere admitting to Zanu-PF messy not good enough - PDP
The recent statement made before parliament by Saviour Kasukuwere in which he confessed that ZANUPF is involved in illegal land deals is an indictment on his part and that of ZANUPF at large including...Published: 10 Feb 2017 at 13:41hrs | | by Jacob Mafume PDP Spokesperson
Mugabe must provide 2,2 million jobs he promised - MP
Glen Norah MP Webster Maondera has told parliament that people in his constituency were demanding that President Robert Mugabe should provide the 2,2 million jobs he promised during the 2013 elections...Published: 14 Mar 2016 at 05:28hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Gono appears in court over botched stands deal
A Chitungwiza Town Council employee allegedly connived with land baron Fredrick Mabamba to swindle a home-seeker of a car worth $7 000 in a botched deal over a residential stand.Gilbert Gono (...Published: 04 Jan 2016 at 06:30hrs | 2 | by Fungai Jachi
Land baron faces $7 million fraud
Alleged land baron Frederick Mabamba who was arrested by the police on charges of swindling desperate home seekers of $7 million in dubious stands sales on state land appeared before a Harare magi...Published: 27 Sep 2015 at 13:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa not Justice minister'
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, but was simply assigned by President Mugabe to oversee the functions of the ministry in terms of the Constit...Published: 02 Jul 2015 at 08:31hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Woman fatally stabs hubby over infidelity
A 33-YEAR-OLD Chitungwiza man was fatally stabbed with a kitchen knife in the abdomen by his wife on Thursday night at the height of a domestic dispute over suspected infidelity.Darlington Fel...Published: 11 Oct 2014 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Lovemore Meya
Zanu-PF trounces MDC-T in by election
THE embattled MDC-T party led by Morgan Tsvangirai lost Chitungwiza Ward 25 by-elections over the weekend giving the ruling party yet another sure-sign that it has slowly retaining the one party-state...Published: 06 Oct 2014 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chidyausiku blasts lawyer
The by-election for Chitungwiza's Ward 25 will now go ahead following the dismissal of a constitutional application filed by fired councillor Dr Fredrick Mabamba challenging his ouster. W...Published: 04 Sep 2014 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chombo summoned by Parliament over demolitions
Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo has been summoned to appear before a parliamentary committee to explain a recent decision to demolish unplanned houses in Chitungwiza and other towns....Published: 21 Jul 2014 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
15 000 houses face demolition (photos) - WhatsApp update
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number. ...Published: 11 Jul 2014 at 07:29hrs | | by Gilbert Dzikiti, DARE President
Press Statement by the MDC-T Shadow Minister for Local Government, Sesel Zvidzai
The MDC-T is strongly concerned by the continued delays in establishing an Act of Parliament that will result in the birth of metropolitan and provincial councils as enshrined in the country's new...Published: 12 Feb 2014 at 11:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe could benefit from stricter firearm regulation
Tawanda MusarurwaYou definitely know something is wrong when a woman is robbed of a mango she is eating at gunpoint.This is the ridiculous incident that occurred recently along the Masvingo-Be...Published: 10 Jan 2014 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Musarurwa
Armed robbers get away with $47 000
A Harare man lost $47 000 cash to four armed robbers who raided his Mabelreign house last Friday afternoon.The robbers arrived in a silver Toyota Spacio and told Elijah Mabamba that they wante...Published: 18 Dec 2013 at 02:29hrs | 3 | by Crime Reporter
Chitungwiza residents vow to resist 2nd Murambatsvina
HARARE - Government's plans to demolish houses in Chitungwiza faces stiff resistance as residents in Seke Unit 'O' Extension have vowed to strongly resist any such move.This follows a co...Published: 16 Dec 2013 at 02:23hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Punish the land barons'
Chitungwiza residents whose houses might be demolished after they failed to follow the proper procedures in acquiring stands have pleaded with government to punish land barons as well as find ways of ...Published: 13 Dec 2013 at 12:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
8 260 illegal structures to be be demolished in Chitungwiza and Seke
The audit team on land management and allocations in Chitungwiza and Seke has recommended the relocation of more than 8 000 families to pave the way for the demolition of illegal structures.Th...Published: 11 Dec 2013 at 15:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chombo suspends Zanu-PF councillor over illegal land allocations
Local Government and Public Works Minister Dr Ignatius Chombo has suspended Zanu-PF councillor for ward 25 in Chitungwiza Fredrick Mabamba for alleged illegal land allocations in the dormitory town....Published: 09 Dec 2013 at 01:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chombo protecting ill-gotten properties'
ZENGEZA East MP Alexio Musundire (MDC-T) yesterday accused Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo of "micro-managing local authorities" in order to protect his ill-gotten properties, especially in...Published: 05 Dec 2013 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murambatsvina demolitions starts in Harare
GOVERNMENT yesterday started demolishing illegally built housing structures including tuck-shops in Ruwa and Damofalls warning that the programme would be rolled out in all urban centres throughout t...Published: 07 Nov 2013 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's bid to impose mayors flops
The swearing in of councillors who won in the July 31 harmonised elections in all the 92 local authorities across the country saw the election of mayors for various towns around the country, a develop...Published: 16 Sep 2013 at 19:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bail denied, woman collapses
PROCEEDINGS came to a standstill in court when a woman charged with theft of US$400 collapsed in the dock after being denied bail.Constance Kazviyo (35), who was employed as a marketing office...Published: 21 Nov 2011 at 04:30hrs | 1 | by Court reporter
Makandiwa's church in danger, MDC-T MP seek court order to stop work
THE construction of a multi-million-dollar 30 000-seater chapel in Chitungwiza by Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa's United Family International Church is in danger after an MDC-T politician and some ...Published: 02 Nov 2011 at 04:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
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