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Undocumented Zimbabweans arrested in SA for immigration violations
AT least 380 Zimbabweans and Malawians were recently arrested in South Africa for allegedly violating the immigration laws.They failed to produce documentation authorising their stay in South ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 2586 | by Staff Reporter
Gweru residents plot siege on council offices
RESIDENTS from Gweru's Mkoba and Woodlands Park high-density suburbs have threatened to protest against the city council's failure to provide water to ratepayers and deal with its dumpsite, which is s...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Councils demand garnishee powers
LOCAL authorities are seeking garnishing powers to deal with defaulting ratepayers who are reluctant to pay their bills in the absence of such authority.This was highlighted at the Urban Counc...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa divides Chamisa's councillors
PRESIDENT will today address predominantly MDC councillors in Bulawayo amid divisions in the opposition party over the Zimbabwean leader's legitimacy.T Emmerson MnangagwaIronically, MDC Member...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:41hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to address urban councils
URBAN local authorities are set to brief President Mnangagwa on how they are embracing Government programmes while working to ensure that the nation attains an upper middle-income status by 2030, an o...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING:Tinashe Kambarami wins court case
Reports coming from Tredgold building indicate that the former Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami and Councillor Silas Chigora have been acquitted by magistrate Shepherd Mjanji on a charge ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 10:08hrs | 4664 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Suspended Gweru town clerk salary perks exposed
SUSPENDED Gweru town clerk Elizabeth Gwatipedza drew over $100 000 in gross salary and led a luxurious lifestyle paid for by ratepayers until her suspension by mayor Josiah Makombe last month, investi...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1546 | by Staff reporter
MPs challenged over Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project
Legislators from across the political divide, who hail from Matabeleland have been urged to unite in rejecting the 2020 budget if it does not address the need to implement the long mooted project to p...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:45hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Another Bulawayo water supply dam to be 'decommissioned'
BULAWAYO dam water levels have dropped to below 37 percent with council saying one dam may be decommissioned by early 2020 if the situation does not improve. Council has so far decommissioned ...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:07hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records spike in diarrhoea cases
BULAWAYO councillors have expressed concern over a spike in diarrhoea cases in the city amid revelations by the health department that the source of the disease remains unknown.A recent report...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 06:02hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Council nurses trickle to work
Harare Municipal medical staff are trickling to work following engagements between representatives and the municipality, which has seen October salaries paid on Wednesday and commitments for a salary ...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 04:51hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Ex Vic Falls Mayor cleared of poaching charges
Matabeleland North Magistrate Livard Philemon has acquitted former Zanu-PF Victoria Falls Mayor Sifiso Mpofu of poaching charges.Mpofu, a relative of Zanu-PF Politburo member and former minist...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 17:32hrs | 844 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo supply dams run dry
Bulawayo City supply dams are running dry, and if the rains do not fall in the next few weeks, the water situation in the city will become dire, mayor Solomon Mguni has warned.Mguni advised re...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:52hrs | 1190 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Victoria Falls mayor acquitted
FORMER Victoria Falls mayor Sifiso Mpofu (Zanu PF) and his two alleged accomplices have been acquitted on charges of poaching after they were found in possession of elephant tusks.Mpofu, Milto...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:51hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Govt sets up probe team for Chitungwiza
Government has set up a probe team to investigate allegations of corruption and mismanagement at Chitungwiza Town Council following the controversy that surrounded the recent suspension of town clerk ...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:39hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Mayor tell MPs to reject Mthuli Ncube's budget
The Bulawayo Mayor His Worship Solomon Madlala Mguni has called upon the Members of Parliament to reject the 2020 budget if it does not spell out how the more than 100 years old Zambezi-Water pr...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 17:49hrs | 4011 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe plunges into health crisis, as nurses in council clinics strike
Zimbabwe's health sector is headed for collapse after nurses from council run clinics embarked on a strike that is expected to spread country wide. On Monday, the nurses did not report for wor...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 10:16hrs | 2345 | by Staff Reporter
Town clerk suspension challenge flops
GWERU town clerk Elizabeth Gwatipedza's bid to challenge her suspension has hit a snag after an independent tribunal, led by Melusi Moyo of Dube-Banda Nzarayapenga legal practitioners, dismissed the a...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:58hrs | 756 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo running dry
BULAWAYO will run out of water in seven months if it does not rain and residents fail to conserve available supplies, the Mayor, Councillor Solomon Mguni has said. Speaking during the 76th Ann...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:55hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
City bigwigs blow cash on banned trips
Harare City Council has held two workshops at Kadoma Ranch Motel in the past three weeks, blowing thousands of ratepayers money at the expense of service delivery. The jaunts are in defiance of a Gove...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:44hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Zapu to picket over Dabengwa status
ZAPU has resolved to besiege Bulawayo council offices to push city fathers to name one of the city's streets after their late leader and national hero Dumiso Dabengwa.Zapu in June wrote to the...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:24hrs | 2362 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's blue eyed boy in trouble again
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating suspended Bulawayo Deputy Mayor, Tinashe Kambarami and Ward 4 councillor, Silas Chigora for allegedly vandalising council property during violent protests which ro...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:23hrs | 2749 | by newzimbabwe
Harare City faces collapse
HARARE CITY Council will stop sponsoring their flagship sports team, Harare City Football Club, starting next season.In his State of the City address today, Harare mayor, Councillor Herbert Go...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 17:13hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
BCC to intensify water rationing
BULAWAYO City Council has extended its water rationing period beyond the published schedule in some parts of the city due to reduced electricity supply to the pump stations.Town clerk Christop...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:58hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo extends water shedding to 3 days
Bulawayo has extended its water shedding regime to 72 hours per week from 48 hours after demand outpaced pumping capacity while water levels at its dams have severely reduced.The BCC says cons...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 07:08hrs | 1358 | by ZimLive
US sanctions on Zimbabwe, a regime change agenda, says Wadyajena
Zanu-PF legislator for Gokwe-Nembudziya, Justice Mayor Wadyajena says economic sanctions imposed on the country by western nations are hurting ordinary Zimbabweans and the United States of America is ...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 12:29hrs | 2206 | by Staff reporter
BCC extends water shedding period to 72-hours
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has expanded its weekly water shedding programme from 48 to 72 hours as water levels continue to decline in the city's supply dams. Addressing the media yesterd...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 07:49hrs | 943 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo to experience 72 hours water shedding
The City of Bulawayo would like to advise residents, stakeholders and members of the public of the revision of the current 48 hour water shedding programme to 72 hour water shedding programme with imm...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 13:23hrs | 2864 | by BCC
MDC mourns political violence victim
The MDC Mashonaland East province has been plunged into mourning following the death of party stalwart Obed Pindu Muchabaiwa who died at Marondera Provincial Hospital on Sunday at the age of 81....Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 11:08hrs | 1786 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa demands Parly committee chair reshuffling
Norton MP Temba Mliswa (independent) yesterday called for rotation of parliamentary portfolio committee chairpersons in a move targeted at removal of Gokwe Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena, who l...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 07:01hrs | 1515 | by Staff reporter
AVM to assemble 300 Zupco buses
Local bus manufacturing company AVM Africa, has been roped in to assemble 300 of the 500 buses that will be supplied from Belarus, while negotiations with Chinese investors to set up local assembly pl...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:37hrs | 549 | by Staff rpeorter
Naming and shaming corrupt Bigwigs is not enough: They ought to rot in jail - Nomboka
Responding to a question posed by this reporter during a live interview on ‘what should have been done by seating parliamentarians which they were apparently not doing to put an immediate stop to ra...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:24hrs | 435 | by Agencies
Town Clerk faces more charges
SUSPENDED Gweru town clerk Ms Elizabeth Gwatipedza, will soon have more charges preferred against her, Gweru Mayor, Councillor Josiah Makombe has said.Ms Gwatipedza was suspended last week by ...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 08:39hrs | 3049 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo Mayor rebels against MDC
BULAWAYO Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni has thrown into the drain attempts by his party MDC-Alliance to reinstate embattled former Deputy Mayor Mr Tinashe Kambarami, in a latest twist that shows fissu...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 07:49hrs | 8140 | by Staff Reporter
Harare blows millions on bloated trips
THE cash-strapped Harare City Council (HCC) has splurged ZW$1,6 million and US$69 000 on local and foreign travel at a time it is battling to provide treated water and other essential services to resi...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:23hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Big shots to lose Bulawayo properties
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko's wife Laurinda is among bigwigs that include former ministers, business people and sport personalities who stand to lose their properties if they do not pay B...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:02hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Law firm in stands scam
A BULAWAYO law firm, Vuyile Jamela Mpofu and Associates and a local resident have been dragged to court for their alleged involvement in a residential stands scam.The law firm's two lawyers Vu...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:02hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's nephew dumps Harare water project
LATE Former President Robert Mugabe's nephew, Leo Mugabe is under fire over failure to complete the Oddis Plant project his company and some Israelites were long contracted to work on by the Harare Ci...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:02hrs | 40 | by newzimbabwe
BCC questions govt sincerity to capacitate council clinics
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has cast doubt on government's offer to capacitate local authority clinics that are overwhelmed by patients after doctors at State institutions downed tools last month....Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Top Bulawayo lawyer up for fraud
A PROMINENT Bulawayo lawyer allegedly ganged up with an alleged bogus estate agent and defrauded four home seekers of more than R200 000 in botched residential stand deals. Vuyile Jamela Mpofu...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa MDC orders Bulawayo mayor to reinstate Kambarami
THE opposition MDC has ordered Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni to re-instate his expelled deputy Tinashe Kambarami, despite a High Court ruling that the latter's election was a nullity.Kambarami ...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:29hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
Council seeks garnish powers
HARARE mayor Herbert Gomba yesterday appealed to Parliament to make legislative reforms that will give powers to the city council to execute garnishing orders just like the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority ...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:28hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
FSG distances itself from a funeral business
Fert Seed and Grain (FSG) managing director Steve Morland yesterday distanced his company from a funeral business with a similar name as Parliament grilled him over the $400 million the fertiliser fir...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:25hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Gweru councillors endorse town clerk's suspension
GWERU councillors yesterday upheld the suspension of town clerk Elizabeth Gwatipedza over allegations of sleeping on the wheel.Mayor Josiah Makombe handed Gwatipedza the suspension letter on M...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:25hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena, Tagwirei kiss and make up
Businessman and legislator Mr Justice Mayor Wadyajena has withdrawn a $3,6 million suit against fellow businessman Mr Kudakwashe Tagwirei over some fuel tankers' rental debt that had spilled into the ...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:09hrs | 4640 | by Staff reporter
Harare mulls new tax for businesses
MDC-Alliance-run Harare City Council is mulling a new tax under which all registered businesses in the capital will contribute a certain percentage for capital development. In a tacit admissio...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 06:59hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Mayor refuses to re-instate Kambarami
Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Madlala Mguni has refused to bow down to pressure from the MDC Provincial structure which instructed him to re-instate under fire Councillor Tinashe Kambarami to the Deputy Mayo...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 05:10hrs | 4110 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans bused to vote for Frelimo in Mozambique?
Calls for calm and warnings against voter intimidation marked a closely watched election day in Mozambique on Tuesday that is crucial in consolidating a wary peace in the southern African nation of ne...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:41hrs | 1047 | by AP
Peace through jazz music - The trumpet is a 'cool' instrument to unite people
Each year, on 30 April, music lovers around the world celebrate International Jazz Day to "honour jazz and its enduring legacy, as well as its power to bring people together," says Audrey Azoulay, the...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:26hrs | 2940 | by Frank Kuwonu
Chemplex to supply water chemicals to all local authorities
Government has reappointed Chemplex Corporation, the country's largest chemical and fertiliser maker as the sole water chemicals' provider for all local authorities as a measure to promote import subs...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 14:25hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
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