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Zanu-PF rolls out Mangwe by-election campaign
ZANU-PF has invaded Mangwe constituency, where it has deployed all manner of political arsenal to retain the seat left vacant following the death of deputy chief whip Obedingwa Mguni in April....Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayor speaks on his two days of horror
Bulawayo City Council was recently rocked by unrest after a coterie of councillors led by deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami tried to oust town clerk Christopher Dube.Kambarami last month took adv...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:52hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
'BCC to avoid milking residents'
BULAWAYO Mayor Councillor Solomom Mguni has said for effective service delivery council should embrace international best practices of commercialising some of its entities instead of solely depending ...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:13hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo committee chairpersons another extension of MDC Alliance factional fights
BULAWAYO councillors have elected new committee chairpersons amid factional tussles to control decision-making bodies in the local authority. The elections were held on Thursday last week at a...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 00:05hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Town Clerk's 'hands are clean'
BULAWAYO Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, yesterday said his hands are clean but some officials in the local authority will fall due to their corrupt activities. Mr Dube was recently violently...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:45hrs | 1870 | by Staff reporter
Save Bulawayo from vultures
Bulawayo City Council has for years been considered one of the best run local authorities in Zimbabwe where corruption is regarded as anathema, but that reputation is under serious threat.The ...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 17:19hrs | 2295 | by Editorial - The Standard
Outcry over 'colonial' mayoral regalia
BULAWAYO residents have ridiculed the city's mayoral robe saying it marks colonial heritage that city fathers do not want to do away with.In an official mayoral picture posted by the Mayor, Co...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Fresh MDC plot to oust Bulawayo town clerk
BULAWAYO councillors have initiated fresh attempts to oust the Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, from office despite offering an apology last week over the botched effort by Deputy Mayor, Councillor Ti...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:29hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
BCC councillors bribed by Harare parking company, under probe
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is investigating councillors implicated in a recent bribery junket in the capital to influence the tender process of the city's parking management.Mayor Solomon Mgu...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:15hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
Govt officials loot US$20m farm mechanisation grant
SENIOR government officials, including those from the Ministry of Agriculture, feasted on a US$20 million farm mechanisation grant from China after diverting to personal use some of the farm equipment...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:04hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami apologise for City Hall chaos
BULAWAYO Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni and his deputy Councillor Tinashe Kambarami yesterday apologised for the recent chaos at City Hall saying measures have been put in place to bring sanity and en...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to form GNU with MDC?
Highly placed sources from Harare have indicated that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is vetting MDC MPs who are under consideration to form a quasi-government of national unity. Insiders from th...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 12:55hrs | 14653 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa throws Kambarami under the bus
UNDER pressure MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has thrown Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami under the bus, describing his attempt to suspend Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube as unprocedural....Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | 8739 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa exposes Tabitha Khumalo's hypocrisy
MDC Alliance chairperson Ms Tabitha Khumalo's recent utterances that the troubles faced by her party in Bulawayo are rooted in tribalism are a reckless and divisive spin that should be condemned by al...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:36hrs | 4236 | by Editorial - Chronicle
Chamisa to crack whip on councillors
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa on Sunday threatened to crack the whip on corrupt Bulawayo councillors after accusing them of bringing the party's name into disrepute.Chamisa said the MDC...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:28hrs | 518 | by Staf reporter
9 vie for Glen View South seat
The opposition MDC faces a stern challenge to retain the Glen View South seat with nine candidates having successfully filed their nomination papers last Friday.Vincent, the son of the late MD...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
Team redeployed to further probe BCC
GOVERNMENT has given a probe team that was investigating circumstances leading to the suspension of Bulawayo Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube a new mandate to look into corruption allegations raised aga...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:36hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
8 to contest in Mangwe Constituency by-election
EIGHT candidates will contest the Mangwe Constituency by-election set for 7 September.The candidates successfully filed their papers to the Nomination Court which sat on Friday at the Gwanda M...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:59hrs | 1211 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF MP's widow faces seven challengers
The widow of the late Zanu-PF Mangwe MP Obedingwa Mguni, Hlalani, faces a challenge from seven other candidates at the constituency's by election on 7 September. Mguni died at a Harare hospita...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 17:53hrs | 6864 | by Staff Reporter
Harare mayor speaks on Bulawayo Council fiasco
Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba has opened up on allegations that City Parking a company linked to Harare City Council is angling to takeover parking business in Bulawayo. The controversial matter ...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:52hrs | 4351 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa visits turmoil-riddled MDC-Alliance Bulawayo province
MDC Alliance president, Mr Nelson Chamisa, visits Bulawayo this weekend amid turmoil in his party which faces rejection by Bulawayo residents over recent attempts by the party's councillors to suspend...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
'We are not afraid of you' MDC told
Human Rights activist Dr Pedzisai Runhanya has told MDC activists that he is not afraid of them and he will not stop criticising them if they follow the same undemocratic actions done by the ruling ZA...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 13:45hrs | 8352 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MDC accuses Bulawayo residents of pushing a Zanu-PF agenda
TEMPERS are flaring in the country's second largest city with the opposition MDC which runs council accusing a local residents association of political posturing.MDC provincial spokesperson Sw...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | 2934 | by newzimbabwe
By-elections take centre stage
The ZANU-PF Politburo yesterday extensively discussed the forthcoming by-elections in Lupane East, Glen View South and Mangwe constituencies in which the revolutionary party is eyeing resounding victo...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Will the High Court lift Bulawayo Town Clerk suspension?
Today the Chronicle is saying BCC Town Clerk had filed a case at the High Court challenging his suspension from his post by the Deputy Mayor who was the Acting Mayor during the time the Mayor was outs...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 14:01hrs | 1171 | by Etiwel Mutero
MDC stupidity hands Bulawayo to Mnangagwa
AFFAIRS of the City of Bulawayo might soon be run by an administrative commission if a government probe rolled out last week finds councillors and officials guilty and complicit in corruption activiti...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 10:56hrs | 3284 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube defends corrupt councillors
The once darling on Matebeleland people and now the buttress of all joke about position seeking Professors, Welshman Ncube, has warned Bulawayo residents and pressure groups against pushing for a gove...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 10:37hrs | 1667 | by Staff reporter
Welshamn Ncube warns Mthwakazi
MDC Vice President Welshman Ncube says Bulawayo pressure groups and some political parties calling for the appointment of a Commission to run the city‘s affairs are playing into the hands of Zanu-PF...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:34hrs | 5250 | by newzimbabwe
Corrupt MDC Chamisa against Commission running Bulawayo
MDC deputy president Welshman Ncube has warned Bulawayo residents and pressure groups against pushing for a government-appointed commission to the run the city's affairs, describing the move as misgui...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:28hrs | 946 | by Staff reporter
Factionalism in Bulawayo MDC led council exposed
BULAWAYO city councillors have ratified a decision by Mayor councillor Solomon Mguni to reinstate Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube to his position following his short-lived suspension by then acting May...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Tribalism rocks MDC Bulawayo
Tribalism within the MDC Bulawayo chapter has threatened to tear apart the already distressed opposition party as leadership and councillors trade accusations of tribalism, The Harare Post can reveal....Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 19:21hrs | 5603 | by Christopher Makaza
REVEALED: More Bulawayo councillors sucked in parking tender scam
A storm has been brewing in the second largest city of Zimbabwe Bulawayo as residents express their anger over an unsolicited bid by Harare based city parking to take over parking space in Bulawayo. ...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 14:27hrs | 2618 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Full list of Commissioners to take over Bulawayo City Council
Bulawayo residents gathered at the Bulawayo City Hall on Monday and resolved to request Minister of local government July Moyo to suspend councillors and replace them with a Commission to run the affa...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 10:09hrs | 6809 | by Mandla Ndlovu
AUDIO: Town clerk tried to warn Kambarami and his sidekick
BULAWAYO Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube reportedly tried to warn the city's Deputy Mayor Councillor Tinashe Kambarami and his sidekick Councillor Silas Chigora, among others, against flouting procurem...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 09:57hrs | 1651 | by Staff reporter
MDC stupidity hands Bulawayo to Mnangagwa's govt, as Commission steps in
AFFAIRS of the City of Bulawayo might soon be run by an administrative commission if a government probe rolled out last week finds councillors and officials guilty and complicit in corruption activiti...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:28hrs | 2336 | by Staff reporter
Save Bulawayo from vultures
Bulawayo City Council has for years been considered one of the best run local authorities in Zimbabwe where corruption is regarded as anathema, but that reputation is under serious threat.The ...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:21hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents call for dissolution of council
BULAWAYO residents have called upon Government to dissolve the Bulawayo City Council and appoint a commission to run the local authority saying they have lost faith in the councillors amid allegations...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:07hrs | 1109 | by Staff reporter
3 Bulawayo councillors sucked in parking tender scam
Three Bulawayo councilors have been fingered in an elaborate plan to award a tender for parking space in the City. A leaked audio recording that is in possession of this publication reveals th...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 19:40hrs | 8521 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mohadi warns drug dealers
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has warned drug dealers and organisers of Vuzu parties, saying those doing so will face the full wrath of the law. VP Mohadi was speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony of...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:24hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
MDC councillors in bid to oust Bulawayo Mayor
THE MDC Alliance has resolved to investigate corruption allegations against Bulawayo Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube while city Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni reportedly survived an ouster bid by counc...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 08:56hrs | 5047 | by Staff Reporter
Late Zanu-PF MP's widow selected for by-election
ZANU-PF Matabeleland South Province has selected the widow of the late Mangwe MP, Obedingwa Mguni, Hlalani Mguni to represent the party in the upcoming by-election in the constituency.The Nomi...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 3087 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC to investigate Bulawayo Town Clerk
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party has ordered Bulawayo councillors to set up a committee to investigate corruption allegations against the Town Clerk, Christopher Dube.This was re...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 18:11hrs | 1661 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC underplays tribalism in Bulawayo
A Bulawayo based analyst views the fracas involving the second capital's deputy mayor and the town clerk as evidence that the Nelson Chamisa led MDC has underplayed the issues of tribalism in the prov...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 09:12hrs | 3164 | by Staff reporter
'Don't expect decent salaries from Mnangagwa govt'
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC yesterday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, in its present form, does not have the capacity to decently reward its employees unless there is change in the poli...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1677 | by Staff reporter
MDC actions invites Mnangagwa govt to interfere with Bulawayo affairs
GOVERNMENT has appointed a team to investigate the circumstances leading to the suspension of Bulawayo Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube. The team is expected to arrive in the city today an...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:47hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to fire Kambarami?
THE MDC Alliance has summoned Bulawayo councillors to its headquarters in Harare where party president Mr Nelson Chamisa is expected to deal with the chaos and alleged corruption dogging the local aut...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:45hrs | 2297 | by Staff reporter
'Kambarami has a string of legal battles'
1893MRM lodged a case against Tinashe Kambarami following the 31 July 2018 Zimbabwe harmonized national and municipal government elections. The movement had discovered that Mr Kambarami, the councilor...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 20:55hrs | 2555 | by 1893MRM
Chamisa summons Bulawayo 'puppet' councillors to Harare
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has summoned Bulawayo councillors to an urgent meeting in Harare over the recent spat over the suspension of Town Clerk Christopher Dube.The councillors trav...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 19:07hrs | 3504 | by Staff reporter
Minister July Moyo sends team to deal with Bulawayo Council
The Minister of Local Government July Moyo has dispatched a team from his Ministry to investigate the issues surrounding the suspension of Bulawayo Town Clerk by the Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kam...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 17:11hrs | 3667 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mayor exposes Kambarami, says, 'I was not on leave'
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni yesterday denied claims he was on leave last week when town clerk Christopher Dube was suspended by his deputy, Tinashe Kambarami.Kambarami and other councillors l...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 08:47hrs | 7846 | by Staff reporter
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