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Huge turnout for elections countrywide
Thousands of people thronged polling stations across the country to cast their votes for their preferred candidates for Presidential, National Assembly and local authority elections.A peaceful...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
CCC, Zanu-PF clash over violence
Opposition Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) Matebeleland North chairperson Prince Dubeko Sibanda was recently summoned by the police over a political violence incident that was recorded in Umguza....Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC, Zanu-PF activists clash in Umguza
CITIZENS Coalition for Change activists in Umguza, Matebeleland North province, clashed with Zanu-PF activists while conducting a door-to-door campaign as violence escalates going into the election pe...Published: 18 May 2023 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare City Council explodes
FACTIONALISM has rocked Mutare City Council and is now affecting service delivery at the eastern border town.This was disclosed by ward one councillor Thomas Nyamupandedengu, who called for ur...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mutare town clerk defies suspension
MUTARE acting town clerk Tinashe Mtetwa has continued reporting for work in defiance of a suspension order, setting the stage for a potentially bruising boardroom fight.Mayor Blessing Tandi su...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:18hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mutare acting town clerk suspended
MUTARE acting town clerk Tinashe Mtetwa has been suspended for allegedly calling off interviews for the position at the eleventh hour.The interviews were slated for Monday this week, but Mtetw...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidates hijacks Council-ZINARA project
The Ministry has started the construction of Destiny road to Hob House tarred road.The construction of Hob House road was initiat...Published: 22 Sep 2021 at 06:25hrs | | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Town clerk candidates stampede at healer's shrine
SOME of the 43 candidates eyeing Mutare City Council town clerk's position are reportedly making nocturnal visits to a local traditional healer in a desperate bid to enhance their chances, NewsDay rep...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Council splashes on luxury cars
MUTARE City Council has bought luxury vehicles for its top executives amid reports that at least US$320 000 has been set aside for the exercise.Mayor Blessing Tandi told Standard- people on Fr...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutara appointed Mutare acting town clerk
THE Mutare City Council has appointed Antony Mutara its acting town clerk following the death of Joshua Maligwa.Maligwa succumbed to COVID-19 a fortnight ago.Mutara, who is the city he...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally died of COVID-19
MANICALAND State and Devolution minister Ellen Gwaradzimba yesterday became the second high profile government official to succumb to COVID-19.This followed the death of Lands, Agriculture, Wa...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare council closes offices for fumigation
MUTARE City Council yesterday shut down its main offices for disinfection against possible COVID-19 infection following the death of town clerk Joshua Maligwa on Tuesday.Mayor Blessing Tandi s...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare town clerk Maligwa dies
MUTARE town clerk Joshua Maligwa died at his home yesterday amid speculation that he could have succumbed to COVID-19.Mayor Blessing Tandi confirmed Maligwa's death, but said he was yet to eng...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare probes MDC, Zanu-PF councillors over stands
Mutare City Council is probing councillors and officials who were implicated in the forensic land audit for allegedly corruptly allocating themselves land cheaply.The investigations come after...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare town clerk defends $120 000 defamation lawsuit
MUTARE town clerk Joshua Maligwa, who was last month slapped with a $120 000 lawsuit for allegedly defaming Shitazburg Enterprises director Anderson Mwashita, has filed a notice to defend himself....Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare eyes smart city status
MUTARE City Council has engaged ratepayers and the business community to map the way forward towards achieving a smart city status as part of efforts to restore residents' confidence in the local auth...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
New councillors warned against taking politics into chambers
INCOMING Mutare councillors have been warned against taking their MDC Alliance matters into council chambers following Blessing Tandi's unopposed election as mayor on Thursday.Councillor Kudak...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Don't evict tenants, council warned
Zanu-PF aspiring candidate for Mutare Central constituency Dr Nancy Saungweme has said she will take legal action against Mutare City Council in the event that it evicts Sakubva residents who fail to ...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maligwa applies for discharge
Mutare Town Clerk Joshua Maligwa who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office he allegedly committed while heading Rusape town council has applied for discharge at the close of the state case....Published: 25 May 2018 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare to name road after Tsvangirai
Mutare City Council has resolved to rename a street in the city's central business district after the country's late former prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai.Council made the resolution to ren...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 11:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mayor, councillors clash over stands
MUTARE mayor - Councillor Tatenda Nhamarare - has ordered the Town Clerk, Mr Joshua Maligwa, to immediately present a report that details all the stands that were allocated to sitting councillors at t...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mayor in stand scam
SOME Mutare councillors have drawn daggers against mayor Tatenda Nhamarare, whom they accused of arm-twisting management to allocate himself a residential stand that was earmarked for a church buildin...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Irene Zindi faces ZACC probe
MUTARE City Council has resolved to rope in the services of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) in a matter in which Mutasa South legislator Irene Zindi is alleged to have corruptly acquire...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zindi faces ZACC probe over council property
MUTARE City Council has resolved to rope in the services of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) in a matter in which Mutasa South legislator Irene Zindi is alleged to have corruptly acquire...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 01:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Council director resigns after arrest
Rusape Town Council Housing director Lawrence Mushayabasa, who is on trial for criminal abuse of office, has resigned from his post after being suspended following his arrest.In a resign...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Maligwa granted bail, Mushayabasa suspended
Mutare City Clerk Joshua Maligwa, who is facing charges of criminal abuse of duty when he was Rusape Town Secretary, was last week granted $300 bail when he appeared before a Rusape magistrate togethe...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
NPP youths mourn late Ndlovu
Revolutionary greetings dear comrades. Compliments of the new year. I hope 2018 is going to be a golden year which will confirm that NPP is a formidable political outfit in the Zimbabwean political te...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 13:52hrs | | by Khulani David Ndhlovu
Govt to construct Mutare airport
Transport and Infrastructure Development minister Joram Gumbo has said the government will soon construct Mutare Airport, which is expected to boost tourism investment opportunities in the province....Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
City of Mutare town clerk pledges cement to Devine Harvest Ministries
Mutare City Council town clerk Joshua Maligwa pledges 20 bags of cement to Devine Harvest Ministries at it's fourth Anniversary celebration in Hobhouse yesterday. Devine Harvest Ministri...Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 13:00hrs | | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Mutare roads get facelift
MUTARE City Council is racing against the clock to carry out a $1,3 million emergency roads rehabilitation programme in Dangamvura and Chikanga suburbs that is expected to be complete before the onset...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motorist sues council over spikes
A MUTARE motorist, Nyasha Kavhukatema, has sued the local authority for $400 following the deflation and puncture of his vehicle tyres by spike-throwing municipal police officers.Kavhukatema, ...Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Liar' Kasukuwere rapped
FORMER Mutare town clerk Obert Muzawazi has rapped Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere for allegedly tricking him into resigning from the local authority on false promises that he would walk ...Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T blasts Mutare town 'clown'
DAGGERS have been drawn between the MDC-T Manicaland provincial executive and the newly-appointed Mutare town clerk Joshua Maligwa, after the latter recently publicly declared his allegiance to Zanu-P...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere hails Maligwa
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has applauded Mutare town clerk Joshua Maligwa for working hard to turn around the fortunes of the municipality at a tim...Published: 07 Aug 2017 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex pests worry female tenants
RESIDENTS in this eastern border city are pointing fingers at immoral municipal police officers and meter readers who are demanding sexual favours from female tenants who fail to honour their dues in ...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 15:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top official acquires 10 - 15 business stands for a song
Mutare City Council could have been prejudiced of millions of dollars by some of its senior employees who allocated themselves several commercial and industrial stands.Most of the stands are n...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare council is 'corrupt'
Zanu-PF MP Esau Mupfumi has accused the Mutare City Council (MCC) of engaging in rampant corruption that has seen thousands of dollars being looted from its coffers.Addressing a rally in Danga...Published: 23 May 2017 at 13:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Angry residents barricade roads with huge stones and logs in Rusape
A TENSE atmosphere engulfed Rusape's sprawling Vengere high-density suburb as angry residents barricaded roads with huge stones and logs protesting over dusty red soils being used by the local authori...Published: 02 Jul 2016 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Didymus Mutasa in $400,000 bank loan scandal
ARDA Board chairman and businessman Mr Basil Nyabadza has been sucked into a billion-dollar scandal that involves axed Presidential Affairs Minister Didymus Mutasa in which he sourced a $400 000 loan ...Published: 06 Jul 2015 at 07:25hrs | | by Takunda Maodza
Story behind the house Didymus Mutasa grabbed
AN upmarket property - Number 4 Mbuya Nehanda - at the centre of dispute pitting Rusape Town Council and former powerful cabinet minister Didymus Mutasa was one of the houses grabbed by the latter c...Published: 03 Jul 2015 at 11:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Didymus Mutasa defaults on rentals for 30 years
Fired former Zanu PF member Didymus Mutasa has reportedly not paid rentals for past 30 years in Rusape.The house in question is said to be a mansion by Rusape's standards.Mutasa occupi...Published: 30 Jun 2015 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mutasa used his political clout as a shield and survival arsenal
FORMER Zanu-PF secretary of Administration and ex-Presidential Affairs Minister Mr Didymus Mutasa is broke and is being pursued by creditors and service providers.It has emerged that Mr Mutas...Published: 26 Jun 2015 at 06:25hrs | | by Takunda Maodza
'Town secretary wanted sexual favours'
THE trial of former Rusape Town Council employee Priscilla Nhachi over forgery allegations took a dramatic twist as she made sensational sex allegations against town secretary Mr Joshua Maligwa....Published: 14 Feb 2014 at 06:38hrs | | by Lovemore Kadzura
Mugabe approves Rusape town expansion
PRESIDENT Mugabe has approved the incorporation of Tsanzaguru and several surrounding farms into Rusape Town Council - in a positive development that will see the urban council possessing more land fo...Published: 13 Sep 2013 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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