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Bulawayo dams were decommissioned owing to low water levels
THE Bulawayo City Council said it decommissioned its three supply dams due to dwindling water levels, contrary to reports that it was because of siltation.Early this year, council decommission...Published: 5 hrs ago | 349 | by Staff reporter
Woman shot dead in police, kombi high-speed chase
ONE person was shot dead and another seriously injured in Harare yesterday as police pursued an unregistered commuter omnibus.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi la...Published: 5 hrs ago | 2412 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents hail Zacc probe
BULAWAYO residents have hailed the move by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate reports of alleged land scams involving city fathers, saying this would help bring sanity at th...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:03hrs | 2536 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa attends virtual UN General Assembly
President Mnangagwa will today join other Heads of State and Government in the virtual opening meeting of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The opening proceedings, whic...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Villagers resist eviction for city expansion
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally and Masvingo district development co-ordinator (DCC) Ray Hove was on Saturday reportedly booed by over 300 resettled farmers who refused to be forcibly evicted from...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:10hrs | 2544 | by Staff reporter
Heavily armed robbers in Emakhandeni night raid
MORE than 10 armed men raided three houses in Emakhandeni suburb at around 2AM yesterday, forcibly gaining entry into homes to rob residents after destroying doors and windows with axes in terrifying ...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 1945 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factions hold key to ending Zimbabwe problems
FORTHRIGHT former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube, says the push by South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa and his ruling African National Congress (ANC) to end Zimbabwe's decades-long political and ec...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 17:28hrs | 3869 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T clears air on recalled councillors
THE MDC-T has vowed to monitor operations of their candidates who were deployed to local authorities in the country, vowing to recall those who are involved in corrupt activities.This comes af...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:33hrs | 2094 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2018 | by Staff reporter
City fathers under fire over water
SOME former Bulawayo councillors say the current council leadership cannnot escape blame for the grave water shortages in the city amid accusations the local authority is failing to manage the limited...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:45hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Zacc quiz mayor, BCC bosses - Town Clerk refuses to comment
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has quizzed Bulawayo City Council managers and the Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni as it probes alleged corruption in the sale of stands as well as in pro...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:16hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe unpacks hemp/ mbanje growing regulations
It is now legal to grow, process and sell mbanje in Zimbabwe, but this does not mean throwing a few seeds in your backyard and waiting for a crop: There is a 32-page statutory instrument giving the ru...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:12hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents demand the ouster of MDC Councillor Mcdonald Chunga
Bulawayo residents are baying for the blood of Ward 14 Councilor Mcdonald Chunga who is being accused of deserting the ward and relocated to South Africa where he has been residing for the past eight ...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 11:10hrs | 5329 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Residents demand prosecution of council fraudsters
CHIVHU residents have called on Chikomba Rural District Council (RDC) authorities to press charges against four revenue clerks who were recently dismissed from the local authority on fraud charges....Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:54hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Mayor alleges Zacc witch-hunt
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) recently offered mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni a piece of land where he intended to build six town houses for an unjustifiable amount of US$2 500. According to cou...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
Zacc swoops on Bulawayo City Council
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has descended on Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to investigate alleged corruption in the municipality. A team of ZACC investigators are said to have...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:45hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
'Police Boss Godwin Matanga selling fraudulent stands' Mliswa says
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has accused Commissioner General of the Police Godwin Matanga of working with Minister of Local government July Moyo to sell fraudulently acquired stands...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 10:51hrs | 4433 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC-T recalls Gwanda mayor
THE MDC-T has recalled Gwanda Mayor, Councillor Jastone Mazhale as the party continues in its quest to remove all members aligned to the MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa. Local Government...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:03hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mafume puts on brave face
NEWLY-ELECTED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume is putting on a brave face, saying the city's operations will not be affected significantly by the recent recall of 21 councillors as they will be replaced soon...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 22:09hrs | 1993 | by Staff reporter
ANC bullish on Zimbabwe crisis
SOUTH Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) said yesterday that it was hopeful that it could help end Zimbabwe's decades-long political and economic crises. In addition, the ANC heap...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 22:07hrs | 2343 | by Staff reporter
Another Council Boss reported to ZACC for coruption
Residents in Mazowe under the Mazowe Agenda for Development and Empowerment (MADE) banner have resolved to stage a protest to voice their displeasure against the rural district council chairman ...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 09:16hrs | 2410 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BCC launches virtual 2021 budget consultations
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has launched a virtual 2021 budget consultation programme with residents through its WhatsApp platform as public gatherings remain banned under government's COVID-19 contai...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Judge summons AG Machaya to court over devolution
ATTORNEY-GENERAL (AG) Advocate Prince Machaya has been summoned to appear in court today and explain himself on government's delays in acceding to a court application filed by water rights campaigners...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 09:05hrs | 1243 | by Stephen Jakes
'Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF happy to engage opposition'
THE ruling Zanu-PF says contrary to claims by its opponents, it is happy to engage with the opposition in a bid to find solutions for Zimbabwe's decades-old political and economic crises. In a...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:06hrs | 3383 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs opposed to national dialogue
SHARP differences have emerged in Zanu-PF over the push by South Africa and its ruling African National Congress (ANC) to help end Zimbabwe's decades-long myriad crises. At the same time, poli...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:03hrs | 2527 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council admits pumping bacteria-infected water
BULAWAYO City Council has admitted that residents could be receiving bacteria infected water, but said this was not life-threatening.This came after residents last week complained of receiving...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:37hrs | 949 | by Staff reporter
Student nurses hold strip party at hospital
A group of female student nurses at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) has been detained for a week as punishment after it held what authorities said was a wild striptease party in one of the hostels...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:03hrs | 1572 | by Staff reporter
High noon for Zimbabwe's most wanted criminals
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police is actively pursuing criminals that have been evading the clutches of the long arm of the law for a long time.Their latest mission involved a joint operation with ...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:02hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF at risk of incurring 'white controlledr' SA's wrath
ZANU-PF yesterday risked creating an unexpected diplomatic tiff between Harare and Pretoria after it accused South Africa - the regional power and Zimbabwe's biggest trading partner - of being under t...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 20:39hrs | 4020 | by Staff reporter
Opposition, civil society groups embrace ANC's Zimbabwe mediation
THE continued push by Pretoria to help Zimbabwe overcome its decades-long political and economic crises has created an air of optimism among opposition parties, civil society groups and the Church....Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 13:02hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Housing nightmare for Beitbridge civil servants
SCORES of Beitbridge civil servants continue to live in squalid conditions because government is taking long to officially hand over a cluster of houses built for its workers four months ago.S...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:45hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Corruption at City of Harare continues unchecked
CORRUPTION at the City of Harare continues to go unchecked. We have noted a number of irregular allocations of stands which have been swept under the carpet without serious investigations. Som...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:40hrs | 495 | by Concerned Residents
Chinamasa issues chilling Chamisa, Biti warning
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa and one of his co-vice presidents, Tendai Biti have been warned to stop behaving like little children and immediately close their party's violent cells before the...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:37hrs | 2045 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors frets over recurrent sewer pipe bursts
BULAWAYO councillors have appealed for central government intervention into the recurrent sewer pipe bursts which have been blamed on lack of adequate water to flush the sludge.Debating the is...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:22hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
MDC councillor manhandled at funeral wake
KWEKWE's Ward 2 Councillor Future Titora was on Tuesday manhandled by rowdy youths belonging to the MDC-Alliance for allegedly dumping the party to join the Dr Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T. Clr T...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:12hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council to blame for water crisis
WATER at Bulawayo's remaining three supply dams can last the city for 11 months without council implementing the water shedding programme but lack of investment in a bulk water delivery system has con...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:10hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo rules out taping into CBD aquifer
BULAWAYO City Council has ruled out chances of drawing water from an aquifer underneath the central business district (CBD) citing technicalities as the process involves destroying some buildings....Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:56hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
Residents jostle for water in Magwegwe
CHAOTIC scenes were witnessed at Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s Magwegwe reservoir as scores of thirsty residents stampeded to fetch treated water which gushed out of the 140-megalitre overnight storag...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:49hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
Chivhu shooting: Details emerge
Chivhu residents were left in awe of the manner in which security services tracked, shot and killed two gunmen who had attacked two other soldiers on Saturday, killing one and seriously wounding anoth...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:48hrs | 3169 | by Staff reporter
Bouncers hired in nasty house wrangle
A PROMINENT Bulawayo businessman and his ex-wife allegedly hired bouncers on Monday to prevent a woman the couple sold a house to, from occupying the property.The stage was set for an epic cla...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 20:01hrs | 1790 | by Staff reporter
New Harare Mayor decries archaic billing system
In a veiled admission of failure, Harare's new Mayor Councillor Jacob Mafume said the capital was behind in terms of development and was riddled with corruption.The MDC has been in charge of H...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
NatBake donates to Chitungwiza's famous soup kitchen
Thousands gathered in Chitungwiza to witness a local bakery NatBake, donating five tonnes of mealie meal and bread to a local kitchen that has been feeding thousands of vulnerable residents during the...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 08:35hrs | 914 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Residents demand Chamisa's Mayor, town clerk assets register
BULAWAYO residents have piled pressure on mayor Solomon Mguni and town clerk Christopher Dube demanding that they declare their assets following reports that they were recently clandestinely awarded c...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1604 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 measures relaxed
Returning residents tested within 48 hours before their return have since last Friday been allowed to self-quarantine at home if that test was negative rather than stay in a quarantine centre while th...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1851 | by Staff reporter
Gweru City officials illegally allocate stands to each other
GWERU City Council (GCC) officials allegedly allocated each other more than two stands against rules and regulations permitting them only one stand per person.According to employment condition...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 14:57hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to set up social media teams
ZANU-PF is set to come up with provincial social media teams to defend the party and Government programmes on social media following campaigns by opposition elements fomenting violence while tarnishin...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promises funds for Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised to release funds for Bulawayo to address its perennial water challenges.According to the latest Bulawayo City Council minutes, Mnangagwa wants an end ...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 20:10hrs | 2330 | by Staff reporter
Khupe plot thickens
MDC-T is plotting a wholesale recall of Harare and Bulawayo councillors after its candidate was defeated in mayoral elections in the capital city in a move observers say will virtually collapse the tw...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 09:08hrs | 7623 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T has to put voters first
The ongoing destabilisation of opposition-controlled urban councils as part of a battle for power in the MDC ranks is one of the most cynical attacks on Zimbabwe's nascent democracy.Following ...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 09:02hrs | 1798 | by Staff reporter
Fury over Bulawayo town clerk's 24,407sqm land offer in plush suburb
Bulawayo residents have reacted with anger after town clerk Christopher Dube was offered a stand measuring 24,407 square meters as part of his new four-year contract with the local authority.T...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 18:27hrs | 3802 | by Staff reporter
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