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'Uneducated' politicians to be locked out of Zimbabwe councils
GOVERNMENT is finalising a new law to bar politicians without tertiary education qualifications from running for local authority seats in a development meant to restore competency and improve service ...Published: 17 Apr 2023 at 06:45hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Council director 'fakes' age to defer retirement
FORMER Harare City Council (HCC) workers want authorities to investigate suspended council's human capital director Cainos Chingombe on allegations of misrepresenting his date of birth to postpone his...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Harare Mayor Manyenyeni Hospitalised With Covid-19
FORMER Former Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni and his wife Francesica have been admitted at a private hospital in the capital city after contracting Covid-19 at a relative's funeral in Murewa....Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 21:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC factions have bungled in running Harare
The MDC Alliance (MDC-A) faction leader, Nelson Chamisa, uses every opportunity he gets to pontificate about smart cities each time he has to talk of Zimbabwe's urban areas.Given the fact that...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:17hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mafume exposes MDC Alliance's poor leadership pedigree
Last week, social media was on fire when the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mr Nick Mangwana revealed that despite getting three times less in ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mr President, review your team & apply Strategy
Not much has been done, since the inception of the so-called new dispensation. Now that you have lost key pillars, the likes of Biggie Matiza, Ellen Gwaradzimba and the coup announcer, S.B Moyo, who w...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 08:31hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
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 | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa led City council in US$1bn tender storm
THE Harare City Council attempted to award water and sewage contracts worth close to US$1 billion to four Chinese firms without going to tender, available information suggests.The council's fi...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council land scam takes new twist
HARARE City Council's head of planning Priscilla Charumbira has denied allegations that she unprocedurally changed land use plans for several open spaces in the capital, accusing fellow employees, alr...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mr. President, Hard Talk builds nations and dreams !!!
In 1994, I was doing my primary education at Nyazura Primary school, a boarding primary school in Manicaland Province. It was the norm back then that you would buy an envelope and get a postage ...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mastering art of 'villagising' cities
In Bishop Lazi's village, there lived this super-reclusive chap who, after a quarrel with his father over witchcraft, decided to build his own hut a spitting distance from the family homestead....Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | | by Bishop Lazarus
Outcry over Khupe recalls
Harare and Bulawayo residents say they have been caught in the crossfire in the ongoing opposition power struggles after the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T engineered the mass recalling of councillors in M...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masarira pays tribute to Dzamara
Linda Masarira, leader of the opposition party, LEAD, has paid tribute to human rights activist, Patson Dzamara who succumbed to cancer earlier on today."26 August will remain forever remain a...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 23:09hrs | | by Daniel Itai
Harare rot, MDC's nadir
ALL things being equal, Harare should be the crown jewel in the MDC administrative crown. The capital is in the 18th year of the opposition administration post-2000, but many things have gone awry and...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
We are all thieves, Zivhu admits
Chivi South Member of Parliament (MP) Killer Zivhu has all but admitted that he and other well-connected ruling party politicians as well as government officials are corrupt and would not miss a good ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 10:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dirty, dirty Harare water
The toxicity levels in Lake Chivero have reached alarming levels, twice the stipulated minimum, with Harare City Council spending US$3 million monthly on a cocktail of water treatment chemicals to rem...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa led MDC looks like a grouping of selfish activists - Manyenyeni
ZIMBABWE's Movement for Democratic Change led by the 41-year-old Nelson Chamisa needs to act like a responsible opposition and less like a grouping of selfish activists, former Harare Mayor Bernard Ma...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Facing national challenges: None but ourselves
In mid-March Zimbabwe together with Malawi and Mozambique fell victim to the violent and destructive Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds of people and left thousands displaced in these three southern A...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 15:31hrs | 6 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Facing national challenges: None but ourselves
In mid-March Zimbabwe together with Malawi and Mozambique fell victim to the violent and destructive Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds of people and left thousands displaced in these three southern A...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:17hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Biti is key to MDC-Alliance, and this congress must be negotiated to avert a split
What MDC Alliance forgets is that you need international recognition and legitimacy after congress. I have earlier on reiterated that Chamisa needs key people around him and he must do away with prais...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 09:58hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
'Chamisa-run councils disappoint'
DESPITE dominating some of the country's biggest municipalities, analysts say the MDC has little to show in terms of achievements since its formation in 1999.They argue that the MDC leadership...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:45hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
Mutamiri new Anglican bishop
Dr Farai Mutamiri was yesterday consecrated as the new bishop of the Anglican Church's Diocese of Harare, Church of the Province of Central Africa at the City Sports Centre. The consecration w...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Govt keeps Harare City Council guessing over fired managers
Government has kept Harare City Council in suspense over its decision to fire senior managers who were found guilty of maladministration and awarding themselves unapproved salaries.Harare mayo...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare City Parking loses $20,000 to errant motorists, political protests
Harare City Council's parking subsidiary, City Parking has reported a $20 000 loss for the six mnths to June this year, which it blames on political disturbances before the July 30 elections and lack ...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Row over new Harare roundabout
A row over a new roundabout shows the deep political divide persists in Zimbabwe, two months after disputed polls.The roundabout on Harare Drive – the road that rings the capital - has captu...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 11:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Cholera: Harare City Council caught sleeping on the job
The ongoing cholera outbreak started on 1 September in Glen View 3, Harare and has since spread, killing 30 people with 5 463 cases having been reported to date. As usual opposition elements hav...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 14:28hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
New Harare mayor seeks to mend bridges with govt
Newly-elected Harare mayor Councillor Herbert Gomba has said council is keen to mend relations with the parent ministry (Local Government, Public Works and National Housing) for the good of the city. ...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Councils offer discounts to ratepayers
Zimbabwe's local authorities which are owed over $2 billion are now desperately discounting their ratepayers in a bid to recover some of the money.Since the beginning of the year, most council...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 12:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Gomba tipped for Harare mayor post
Glen Norah councillor and one of the longest-serving city fathers in Harare, Herbert Gomba, is now tipped to land the capital city's mayoral post after receiving support from residents' groups, MDC Al...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to embrace MDC councils
ZANU-PF says it is ready to work with the MDC Alliance that won the majority number of urban local authorities in the just-ended harmonised elections.Since the formation of the MDC in 1999, th...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 15:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 MDC Alliance councillors eye Harare mayor's post
THE newly-elected MDC Alliance councillors in Harare have reportedly started jostling for key positions, with former chief adviser to the late MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai, Ian Makone, being tipped ...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa should accept defeat, says MDC-T
THE 2018 harmonised elections were free and fair and MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa should accept defeat, MDC-T vice-president Mr Obert Gutu has said.Disputing elections, Mr Gutu added,...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Leaked - Chamisa's Cabinet
Before reading: Please note that these are Sam Wezhira's views and they do not represent those of Bulawayo24.com...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 20:09hrs | 2 | by Sam Wezhira
Harare, workers declare deadlock
Harare City Council and its workers have declared a deadlock over demands by the employees for a pay rise at a time the local authority is planning to cut salaries.Harare Municipal Workers' Un...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 shortlisted for Harare town clerk post
Harare City Council yesterday approved three names to be submitted to the Local Government Board (LGB) for appointment of a substantive town clerk in a move set to end 30 months of bickering and polit...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Councillors demand monthly salaries
Councillors have asked Government to treat them like Members of Parliament who receive a salary and sitting allowances, saying they deserve similar remuneration as their responsibilities are the same....Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Moyo 'orders' Harare to conclude town clerk job fiasco
LOCAL Government minister, July Moyo has reportedly ordered Harare City Council to urgently conclude its disciplinary cases against top city managers to enable some of them to undergo interviews for t...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
'Reckless and retrogressive' Chiwenga slammed
Local authorities have warned Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga against inciting residents to boycott paying rates, saying his recent call for a rates boycott was "reckless and retrogressive"....Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:26hrs | | 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
Chiwenga under fire over 'reckless' talk
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has come under heavy criticism for advising residents not to pay for services they do not receive.In the heat of electioneering, Chiwenga told Zanu-PF supp...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 15:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Councillors demand hefty allowances
COUNCILLORS from various local authorities have demanded similar allowances paid to mayors and deputy mayors, arguing there was no justification in paying them less as they performed almost similar du...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Most aspiring councillors just after jobs
URBAN Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) president Bernard Manyenyeni has taken a dig at the majority of aspiring councillors in this month's polls, saying they were driven by greed and not commi...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Staffr eporter
Gen Mujuru, Tsvangirai to receive freedom of the city honour
THE late MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has been shortlisted to posthumously receive Harare City Council's freedom of the city status.Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni confirmed the development early t...Published: 26 May 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa comes under fire
MDC Alliance presidential candidate and leader of the main faction of the MDC, Nelson Chamisa, has come under fire for not condemning the abuse of sacked former deputy leader, Thokozani Khupe, who was...Published: 24 May 2018 at 15:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Councillors accused of vote-buying
Harare Residents' Trust director Mr Precious Shumba has accused some sitting MDC-T councillors of vote-buying and pocketing thousands of dollars from desperate home-seekers after promising to allocate...Published: 23 May 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Forex shortages hobble delivery of garbage trucks
Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has been tasked by councillors to follow up on the delivery of refuse compactors that were purchased last year.According to ordinary council minutes, acting tow...Published: 05 May 2018 at 14:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
No debt write-offs again, govt tells residents
THE Local Government ministry has called on all ratepayers to pay up their bills at their respective councils to improve service delivery, saying there would be no debt write-off ahead of this year's ...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Councils have 40-year infrastructure gap'
LOCAL authorities have an infrastructure development gap of 40 years and require quick interventions to stimulate growth and improved service delivery, the Urban Councils' Association of Zimbabwe (UCA...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
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