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Mafume slammed for attending training at Zanu-PF Ideological school
Harare mayor, Councillor Jacob Mafume, has been criticised for attending a ZANU-PF indoctrination programme at the party's Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology.Mafume is among a group of mayors,...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 12:48hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over neglect of Mbare Flats
Harare residents are voicing strong concerns over the neglect of Mbare Flats by the City of Harare. Through the Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA), they highlight the severe public health ri...Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 12:56hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's strategic ambiguity made CCC vulnerable to political autoimmunity
THE term "autoimmune disease" refers to a condition whereby the body attacks normal cells by mistake because its natural defence system is unable to distinguish between foreign and body cells....Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 12:45hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
Jacob Mafume's mayoral victory exposes infighting in Chamisa's camp
WE close the year with a circus at Town House in Harare, where Jacob Mafume last week bounced back as Harare mayor.He was elected as the capital city's third mayor in just four months and this...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 17:28hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
'Recalled Makone still running Harare'
RECALLED Harare mayor Ian Makone is still running the municipality behind the scenes advising his inexperienced successor Lovejoy Chitengu.Chitengu was recently elected mayor of Harare after M...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 04:56hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Harare councillors blow US$24,000 in Nyanga despite cholera surge
At a time when cholera is ravaging the capital city, Harare City Council officials have chosen to attend a workshop in Nyanga where they are said to be blowing an astonishing US$24 000 in hefty allowa...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 15:49hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Harare mayor stabbed
Former City of Harare acting mayor, Sekesai Makwavarara, was injured in a robbery attack on her Raffingora farm in Mashonaland West province. Three other individuals were also injured in the attack....Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 06:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Harare deputy mayor Kadzombe released on free bail
The Deputy Mayor of Harare, Councillor Kudzai Kadzombe, who was arrested on Thursday for violating the Electoral Act, has been released on bail.Kadzombe is also facing assault charges and rece...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 17:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Harare deputy mayor assaults a Zanu-PF supporter, arrested
Kudzai Kadzombe, who was recently elected as the deputy mayor of Harare, has been arrested less than a week after taking office. She is facing charges of assaulting a member of Zanu-PF on election day...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC leadership 'crackdown' continues in Zimbabwe
Just days after assuming office as the newly-elected Deputy Mayor of Harare, Kudzai Kadzombe finds herself under arrest on charges of assaulting a member of the Zanu-PF party on election day.K...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 16:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
CCC's Ian Makone elected new mayor of Harare
Ian Makone of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is the new mayor of Harare following a vote by councillors on Monday.He replaces Jacob Mafume, the ward 17 councillor.Makone, of w...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 14:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rufaro Stadium misses target again!
RUFARO Stadium has missed yet another deadline as the Premier Soccer League continues to battle a serious fixture congestion in Harare where almost half of the league teams share one venue. De...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri declares no interest in any post at MDC-T Congress
FORMER Energy and Power Development minister, Elias Mudzuri, has confirmed he is not contesting for any position in the upcoming ‘flawed' MDC-T Congress set for this weekend.Mudzuri served as En...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Harare mayor threatens court action against government
HARARE City Council Mayor Jacob Mafume has threatened legal action over the slow disbursement of devolution funds to the local authority, saying the development is hampering service delivery in the ca...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Puppets will never rule Zimbabwe'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said time has come to vote out corrupt opposition councillors whose parties have not only run down local authorities but are puppets of Western countries that want to rem...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:37hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF mourns Chidawu
Zanu-PF has expressed shock following the death of Minister of State for Harare Metropolitan Provincial Affairs and Devolution Oliver Chidawu.Chidawu collapsed and died this morning at his hom...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 18:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chidawu suffers a heart attack hours after attending event with Mnangagwa
Oliver Chidawu, the provincial affairs minister for Harare collapsed and died this morning at his home.He was 68.Chidawu reportedly suffered a heart attack on Monday night, hours after...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa-run councils will 'reject' July Moyo's fire trucks
The Citizens Coalition for Change which is the majority party in most urban councils says it is prepared to go to court to stop local government minister July Moyo forcing local authorities to buy fir...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 07:48hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Charamba threatens Harare mayor over Pomona deal
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has threatened Harare mayor Jacob Mafume with arrest for opposing Cabinet's decision to endorse the US$240 million Pomona waste management deal for the city....Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Court suspends Mafume's suspension yet again
The High Court has set aside local government minister July Moyo's suspension of Harare mayor Jacob Mafume yet again. Justice Mafusire's ruling confirms Mafume as the substantive mayor of Hara...Published: 31 May 2022 at 13:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo fights back...removes Harare CCC Mayor
The Acting Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government one L. Mudyiwa has written to the Harare Acting Town Clerk Engineer Phakamile Moyo advising him that the recent election of Councillor Enock Mu...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 10:49hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Independent tribunal for Mafume
Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo has set up an independent tribunal to probe suspended Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume, who is facing a litany of allegations, including gross misconduct,...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare mayor Mafume back at Town House after 45-day suspension lapses
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume returned to Town House on Monday after the lapse of his suspension by local government minister July Moyo.Moyo suspended Mafume for 45 days in September over pending ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Harare mayor Mafume fights on
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume returned to Town House on Monday after the lapse of his suspension by Local Government minister July Moyo.Moyo suspended Mafume for 45 days in September because he wa...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:19hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Munatsi: A smart distinguished banker
Zimbabwe is witnessing one of the largest outpourings of grief following the tragic loss of Douglas Tawanda Munatsi (‘DTM') on Monday November 29, 2021.It is definitely a tragedy of unspeaka...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:17hrs | 13 | by Muchadeyi Ashton Masunda
Mafume cleared to return to Town House
Local government minister July Moyo on Wednesday imposed Stewart Mutizwa as acting mayor of Harare, even as a court threw out an application for Harare mayor Jacob Mafume to be barred from Town House....Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 21:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Residents welcome end to mayoral chaos
Residents have hailed the Government's appointment of Harare councillor Musarurwa Stewart Mutizwa yesterday as the acting mayor following the suspension of mayor Jacob Mafume as a councillor a fortnig...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's 2 mayors tussle for official vehicle
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo has been accused of fueling the administrative and policy crisis in Harare where MDC Alliance officials Jacob Mafume and Stewart Mutizwa are both claiming the mayor...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC turns Town House into a circus
MDC-Alliance has thrown Harare City Council into a circus after the party's suspended Mayor Mr Jacob Mafume bounced back at the town-house, clashing with the acting mayor Musarurwa Mutizwa who insists...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Augur Investments dismisses land theft scandal
LAND developer Kenneth Raydon Sharpe's Augur Investments has dismissed allegations of misappropriation of council land in its response to the High Court challenging its mention in a land dispute....Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sued over 'illegal' land deal
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been cornered to explain a secret land deal with controversial millionaire businessman Ken Sharpe after a Harare MP and two others went to court to get it reversed....Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 20:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa loyalist appointed City mayor
THE Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance has retained control of the Harare City Council after Ward 9 councillor and party loyalist Stewart Mutizwa was Tuesday appointed acting mayor by acting Local Govern...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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
President E.D engage your political nemesis
ContextIn 1999, the then MDC leader and former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Dr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, whilst he was addressing more than 20 000 supporters in Rufaro stadium, called for the ...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 21:24hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Chamisa fumes over Mafume's health situation
INCARCERATED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume's health condition continues to deteriorate with MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa taking to Twitter to claim the tormented city father was being denied access ...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mafume's health deteriorates
INCARCERATED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume's condition reportedly further deteriorated yesterday morning amid fears he could have contracted the deadly COVID-19 virus, NewsDay reported.Mafume's la...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:01hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
A tribute to fallen journalists in 2020
December has definitely been the worst month of the year 2020, which has really turned out to be the annus horribilis for virtually all Zimbabweans, especially members of the proverbial fourth estate ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:18hrs | 6 | by Muchadeyi Ashton Masunda
'Mafume targeted for exposing Mnangagwa capture of urban councils'
MDC Alliance deputy president Tendai Biti has lashed out at the Zanu-PF-led government for allegedly victimising Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume through arrests and lengthy detentions saying the ward 17 cou...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mafume must stop shifting blame
Since his election as the Mayor of Harare in September this year, MDC Alliance Ward 17 Councillor, Jacob Mafume, has not done anything to resolve Harare's woes except to shift blame on central Governm...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:48hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Former Harare Mayor distances himself from Budiriro demolitions
Herbert Gomba, the former Mayor of Harare and Councillor of Ward 27 in Glen Norah B has distanced himself from the recent Budiriro housing demolitions.This follows a letter that has been making ro...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 14:21hrs | | by Daniel Itai
Chamisa ally apologises for 'heartless' demolition
THE Mayor of Harare, Councillor Jacob Mafume apologised for the "heartless" ongoing demolition of houses in Harare. Mafume said he is sorry for the pain that has been caused to the victims who have be...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 21:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare houses demolitions, a heartless act, says MDC Alliance
The Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance has released the following statement condemning the demolition of houses in Harare by The Harare City Council. Read the full statement below which notes tha...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 21:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Mayor to spend third night in custody
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume will spend a third night in custody after his bail ruling was postponed to this Saturday by Harare magistrate Bianca Makwande.Mafume is facing criminal abuse of offic...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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
ZACC sends 50 corruption cases to NPA
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has sent 50 dockets to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) since January, putting it on track to reach its target of 80 prosecutions by year-end....Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Mafume clash over legitimacy of 2017 MDC Alliance agreement
LAST week's Harare in-house mayoral election conducted at Town House by the City Fathers to select former mayor Herbert Gomba's replacement (following the latter's ejection from office) may have left ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sports Clubs under siege
A syndicate of MDC Alliance councillors, some sports club members and council employees are targeting sports clubs around the country for sale with a larger chunk of the proceeds allegedly going into ...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by John Sigauke
Zanu-PF warns corrupt law officers
Zanu-PF party has warned that it is ready to have law enforcement agents conniving with opposition MDC Alliance-led councils in the rampant illegal allocation of residential and commercial stands in u...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:21hrs | | 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 | 1 | by Daniel Itai
Tenderpreneurship delivers sewer water at the tap
Community Water Alliance has served letters to the Chief Executive Officer of Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe, Mayor of Harare His Worship Councilor Hebert Gomba and the Ministry of Local...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:11hrs | 10 | by Community Water Alliance
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