Search / National housing ministry
High Court orders urgent overhaul of Mbare flats
In a landmark decision, the High Court has directed the Harare City Council and key Government ministries to urgently renovate the dilapidated Mbare flats, a move aimed at restoring dignity to thousan...Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 11:00hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF demands better allowances for councillors
A Zanu-PF legislator has pleaded with the Local Government and National Housing ministry to improve the plight of local authority councillors by offering them competitive conditions of service....Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on BCC over water crisis
BULAWAYO residents have given Bulawayo City Council (BCC) a one-week ultimatum to resolve the water crisis bedevilling the city.The residents represented by Bulawayo Progressive Residents Asso...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt warns corrupt councillors
NATIONAL Housing and Social Amenities minister Daniel Garwe has warned corrupt councillors against illegally giving out land in their respective local authorities.Garwe said this while commiss...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Home Affairs secretary in meddling storm
HOME Affairs permanent secretary Gerald Gwinji has been accused of meddling in a case where he made attempts to summon his counterpart, secretary for Local Government ministry Zvinechimwe Churu, on be...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ailing govt splurges millions on ministers
GOVERNMENT will soon splurge millions of United States (US) dollars to buy luxury homes for Cabinet ministers and their deputies at a time President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is ...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 19:45hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge cuts water supplies to Mnangagwa commissioned houses
The Beitbridge municipality has cut water supplies to the government houses commissioned by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week, citing lack of specific occupants.Mnangagwa commissioned 28 ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:11hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Gweru fails to meet Mtapa rehab deadline
GWERU City Council has failed to meet government's two-week ultimatum to put up structures at the new Mtapa market, Southern Eye has established.Midlands Provincial Affairs minister Larry Mavi...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF skeletons tumble
The government stopped the demolition of fancy houses at an alleged illegal settlement on the outskirts of Harare after it emerged that Zanu-PF bigwigs owned some of the housing stands.Several...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF in dramatic U-turn
UNDER-FIRE Zanu PF yesterday made a dramatic U-turn and ordered a stop to the demolition of all illegal structures in the country, including in Harare, Chitungwiza and Melfort in Mashonaland East prov...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 13:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa abandons building houses for chiefs
THE government says it has no capacity to construct houses for each and every traditional chief across the country. This comes after Chief Ephraim Chikwaka, last week, pleaded with the National Housin...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 19:09hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami suspends Bulawayo Town Clerk, trying to capture City council
Acting Bulawayo mayor Tinashe Kambarami has reportedly suspended the city's Town Clerk Christopher Dube on allegations of misappropriating council funds.In a letter dated July 11, 2019, Cllr K...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 17:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Greedy MDC councillors plan to oust top BCC management
THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) claims that a faction of corrupt MDC councillors in the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) who appear to have...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 23:12hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
MDC MPs, councillors in $60m scandal
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has opened an investigation against 23 MDC councillors and two National Assembly members implicated in a $60 million tender scandal.Other charges...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 18:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reduce military budget: Beitbridge residents
PARLIAMENT's Finance and Economic Development and Sustainable Development Goal Thematic Committee chairperson Matthew Nyashanu last week said a cross-section of Zimbabweans had recommended a massive c...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents pressure Mnangagwa on devolution
The Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ) and the Harare Residents Trust (HRT) have challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently implement devolution and expedite the establishmen...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira faces ouster
SOME traditional leaders have reportedly started pushing for the ouster of the Chiefs' Council president Fortune Charumbira, whom they accuse of frog-marching them into Zanu-PF politics when they were...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
War vets, IDBZ headed for showdown
THE Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) is headed for a showdown with war veterans, resettled on the periphery of Masvingo, after the institution was offered 100 hectares of their land ...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 09:09hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Chief Khayisa Ndiweni installation stalled again
THE government has postponed the installation of Chief Felix Nhlanhlayemangwe Khayisa Ndiweni indefinitely under unclear circumstances, amid suspicion that internal wrangles, political interference an...Published: 03 May 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa seeks deed of transfer cancellation
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has approached the High Court seeking cancellation of a deed of transfer, which had allegedly taken away his rights and ownership to a Borrowdale property.Through ...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 12:11hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe ally seeks soft bail terms
Former Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo, who is facing a litany of corruption charges, on Friday applied for the relaxation of his bail conditions since he is now a full-time farmer.Through hi...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 06:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Reshuffle cuts Mnangagwa's powers
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe announced a long-awaited reshuffle of his Cabinet last night and axed five ministers as he moved to freshen up his government.Mugabe, whose three decade-plus g...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 13:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kasukuwere stalls Gweru housing project
LOCAL Government, Public Works and National Housing minister Saviour Kasukuwere is still to reverse a directive stopping Gweru City Council from selling stands at the new Mkoba 21 housing scheme, almo...Published: 12 May 2017 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Councils to blame for demolitions, says Grace Mugabe
First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe yesterday said authorities responsible for land allocations in urban areas must be held accountable for their cruelty in watching people build houses on illegal land without...Published: 03 May 2017 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
New housing scheme set for civil servants
Civil servants will buy residential properties under the State-administered National Housing Scheme at between US$5 100 and US$72 000.A schedule from the Local Government, Public Works and Nat...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 00:58hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
New Makombe Building nears completion after 20 years
Construction the new Makombe Building, which has taken 20 years is nearing completion Home Affairs ministry secretary, Melusi Matshiya told Parliament recently.The multi-storey complex is ...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 05:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Government approve Bulawayo budget in record time
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing ministry has pulled a surprise by speedily approving Bulawayo City Council 2017 budget well on time.The budget was given a nod on 16 D...Published: 03 Jan 2017 at 14:46hrs | | by Alice Dube
We're on top of the game, says Chombo
When you want to win an election, there is need to interact with the people in a language they understand and that's what we do as a party. We interact with the people in the language they understand ...Published: 27 Nov 2016 at 09:17hrs | | by Dr Ignatius Chombo
Harare residents threaten rates boycott
Harare residents have threatened to boycott payment of rates until the directors who received excessive salaries and allowances have reimbursed council. More than 40 city executives allege...Published: 17 Nov 2016 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Illegal settlements irk residents
Harare Residents Trust has said the alarming rate of illegal settlement in Harare are rising concern of residents amid concerns most of them were parcelled out by the Local Government, Public Works an...Published: 01 Oct 2016 at 06:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo kick starts budget consultations
BULAWAYO City Council has began its 2017 budget consultations with various stakeholders in the city.In a brief note, acting town clerk Sikhangele Zhou said "Industry and Commerce, Civil Societ...Published: 17 Sep 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
City of Harare, City of 'Actors'
The cameras will not stop rolling at Harare City Council, at least for now. The council is known for creating drama - at one point allowing its elected members to shower at Town House only to late...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suspended Harare Mayor to bounce back
Suspended Harare Mayor Councillor Bernard Manyenyeni is set to bounce back at Town House today after the Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Ministry failed or decided not to set up an...Published: 06 Jun 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Innocent Ruwende
Govt directive irks BCC
Bulawayo City Council reluctantly paid an estimated $18 000 allowances to a government initiated probe team on the local authorities alleged mishandling of contracts and tender procedures and improper...Published: 02 Jun 2016 at 13:19hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Vendors flood streets - again
A year after being allocated selling points, vendors are back on the pavements of Harare's central business district, raising questions about Town House's commitment to enforcing by-laws.In 20...Published: 17 Apr 2016 at 09:51hrs | | by Shamiso Yikoniko
Housing co-operatives NOT banned
HOUSING Co-operatives were not banned but were prohibited from occupying state land, a senior Government official has said.SMEs and Co-operatives Development Deputy Minister Noveti Muponora sa...Published: 28 Feb 2016 at 08:11hrs | | by Tafadzwa Kadani
Kasukuwere reject Bulawayo budget
Bulawayo City Council has been ordered to re-work its 2016 budget by Local Government, Public Service and National Housing Ministry.Also affected are Harare, Mutare, Masvingo and Gweru....Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 10:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
NCA shocked over Army directive on vendors
The National Constitutional Assembly party has expressed its deepest shock over the directive given by the Zimbabwe National Army and the Local Government Public Works and national Housing ministr...Published: 03 Jun 2015 at 13:35hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chief demands $600k for construction of his house from villagers
A storm is brewing between Chief Makoni of Rusape and his subjects following the traditional leader's directive to each household pay US$10 towards construction of his house.The Sunday Mail cl...Published: 10 May 2015 at 09:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Homelink stands mired in confusion
THERE is confusion over development of stands owned by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe subsidiary, Homelink, in Parklands, Bulawayo after it emerged that some residents have occupied and erected structur...Published: 15 Mar 2015 at 09:21hrs | 6 | by Roberta Katunga
Obert Mpofu defends Grace Mugabe picture on Zupco
TRANSPORT minister Obert Mpofu on Wednesday defended the pasting of First Lady Grace Mugabe's pictures on Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) buses saying advertisers were free to place their ad...Published: 12 Sep 2014 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF invaders thrown out of Dabengwa's farm by police
ABOUT 150 Zanu-PF supporters that invaded Denver Farm in Nyamandlovu last week were yesterday evicted by the police.According to Ndodana Sibanda, son of the farm owner Majele Sibanda, the inva...Published: 29 Aug 2014 at 08:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chombo takes keen interest on awarding of Bulawayo tenders
LOCAL Government and National Housing minister Ignatius Chombo has reportedly taken keen interest on the awarding of tenders for renovations of stadiums in Bulawayo earmarked for use during the Zone ...Published: 08 Jul 2014 at 05:13hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF minister exposed
BULAWAYO Provisional Affairs minister Eunice Sandi Moyo has been exposed as the force behind the controversial takeover of a farm near Cowdray Park by a private company.Helenvale Block Farm is...Published: 30 Jun 2014 at 08:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Three new suburbs for Bulawayo
PROPERTY development firm MSN Properties that was granted permission to develop three residential settlements in Bulawayo, is set to embark on a public environmental impact assessment engaging stakeho...Published: 18 Mar 2014 at 06:52hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Load More Stories
