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Govt orders suspension of Bulawayo deputy mayor
The Ministry of Local Government and Public Works has suspended Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Councillor Edwin Ndlovu and Finance and Development Committee Chairperson Clr Mpumelelo Moyo following their arres...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 08:54hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders arrest of culprits
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has expressed deep concern over the increasing corruption within local councils across Zimbabwe, calling for the arrest and prosecution of all officials involved in graft....Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 07:15hrs | 2217 | by Staff reporter
Land developer up for fraud
Directors of Full Life Open Arms Africa (Private) Limited Andrew Chegutu and Godknows Nelson Mandaza have been taken to court for allegedly defrauding Chiredzi Town Council and Chiredzi Rural Council ...Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 11:44hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Fraudsters exploit Zimbabweans seeking UK health and care jobs
When Zimbabwean mother-of-four Eunice Sinoya enrolled in a first aid course near the capital Harare, she was lured by the college's promise of a job in Britain's care sector. But more than a year on, ...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:57hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF disciplines land invaders
The ruling party Zanu-PF has implemented disciplinary measures against the Mutare DCC Chairman and certain party members implicated in the unlawful sale and allocation of land.In a statement f...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 09:01hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF draws line in the sand
Zanu-PF has demanded that all illegal land occupations, sale or parcelling out of land and stands, as well as illegal developments, stop forthwith, as the ruling party only supports planned settlement...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:51hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Historical background of the town of Mvurwi formerly Umvukwes
Mvurwi is a prosperous farming town in Mashonaland Central province. The town is situated about hundred kilometers north of Harare along Kanyemba road, Mvurwi was formally known as Umvukwesi or (Mumug...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 20:02hrs | 288 | by Givestar Kamuzonde
Zimbabwe accused of blocking nurses from taking jobs abroad
Struggling to survive on her meagre salary, Zimbabwean nurse Jane decided to start a new life abroad but, one year after landing a job in Britain, she is still waiting to pack her bags.Jane is...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:59hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa bounces back as councillor
OUTGOING Mashonaland West Provincial resident minister, Mary-Chikoka Mliswa has bounced back as a Hurungwe rural district councillor under the proportional representation quota system.On Sunda...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF pledges to rid cities of opposition mess
The Government has finished a geo-technical survey for a number of irregular urban dwellings which sprouted under the watch of inept opposition led local authorities and will soon move workmen on the ...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Parastatal bosses' wings must be clipped
RECENTLY Harare City Council reported that it is losing a lot of money in double salary payments — paying senior employees who are on suspension while at the same time paying those acting in their p...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Martin Stobart
Town Clerks, Mayors face Zimbabwe government wrath
THE Government says it is disappointed with poor service delivery obtaining in the country's towns and cities that does not signal a collective agenda steeped towards achieving an upper-middle income ...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Boundary dispute stalls Zec delimitation
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has urged the Karoi Town Council and Hurungwe Rural District Council to solve the boundary dispute at Operation Garikai houses to pave way for a delimitation ex...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe healthcare bleeds amid mass nurse exodus
Virginia Mutsamwira says she treats four times the number of patients she should ideally handle at a township clinic in Harare."It's tiring - the nurse-patient ratio is really bad," she says, ...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Transfer of Title Deeds 101
WE have been discussing over the past few weeks' actions that a homeowner can take to help sell their property for the desired price. So you have done all these things, and now you have an offer...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:53hrs | 3 | by Real Estate Issues, with Jonathan Thompson
Nurses bemoan lack of appreciation
NURSES unions have hailed their members for playing a pivotal role in the country's health delivery system, especially during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, although authorities have not appre...Published: 12 May 2021 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gweru City Council employees down tools
GWERU City Council workers have embarked on a strike after salary negotiations between their representatives and their employer collapsed.The two parties had been locked in negotiations since ...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rural Council CEO nabbed
Bindura Rural District Council Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Savie Munoriarwa has been arraigned before Bindura magistrate Tinashe Ndokera today fac...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 14:35hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Fresh details on land scam
Top officials at Rural District Councils (RDC) are conniving with village heads in the illegal sale of State land especially in peri-urban areas across the country, prejudicing the government of milli...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 21:23hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Simba Makoni in Padeswood farm plots scandal
Headlands Community turns to media for support in resolving Padeswood farm plots scandal (water and pasture crisis).We have a terrible situation in Headlands, Padeswood plots Makoni Rural Coun...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 22:44hrs | 3 | by Big Ray
'Zanu-PF officials interfere with prosecution of colleague'
ANTI-CORRUPTION Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) has written a letter of complaint to Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi alleging lack of progress and interference by senior Zanu-PF officials in a fra...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Guruve vendors denounce local council
Guruve vendors have denounced their local council for removing them in the streets where they have been operating in for four years while paying $3 per day saying the move is meant to fix the struggli...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulilima villagers resist relocation
AT least 150 families from Madlambuzi have enlisted the services of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights to help them fight relocation from their homes which were demarcated for the establishment of ...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man survives buffalo attack
A 35-year-old Chipinge man is lucky to be alive after a stray buffalo from Save Conservancy attacked him last Saturday.Mr Mbengo Maphosa of Mutorwa Village under Chief Musikavanhu was admitted...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | 3 | by Staff rpeorter
Mbwembwe, four others scrapped off Zanu-PF primaries
FORMER Tourism minister and Chikomba East legislator Edgar Mbwembwe on Tuesday left Zanu-PF offices in a huff after finding out his name was missing from a list of candidates to battle for the seat in...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Council in $41k scam
The Guruve Rural Council is reportedly failing to account for the vanishing of a sum of $41 000, which was taken under the pretext of purchasing a new vehicle. The vehicle was not delivered. I...Published: 31 Mar 2018 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
POVO to be launched tomorrow
Independent candidates who are running for local government in the upcoming 2018 harmonised elections have formed a coalition which they are calling, the People's Own Voice (POVO). The candidates will...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 13:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa moves to impose cronies
FRESH turmoil has rocked MDC-T over party leader Mr Nelson Chamisa's move to protect sitting MPs from contesting party primary elections.The Sunday Mail understands that MDC-T received applica...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chimene was a menace'
FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa has described former Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Mandiitawepi Chimene as an arrogant leader, who exposed her poor leadership skills through continuously h...Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt to construct over 400 000 houses for low-income earners
Government will construct more than 400 000 houses for low-income earners, with funds already available to kick-start the humongous project.President Emmerson Mnangagwa has set up a ministeria...Published: 30 Dec 2017 at 22:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF councillor arrested for printing counterfeit receipt books
A ZANU-PF Gokwe councillor has been dragged to court on allegations of printing counterfeit council receipt books before collecting levies from unsuspecting villagers and converting the money to his o...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
The People vs A ZANU PF Cult, a Tale of Chipinge's looting club
Hundreds of people were left disappointed after ZANU PF representatives actively stopped a positive engagement that was being made by the Chipinge Stands Beneficiaries Association (CSBA) in relation t...Published: 04 Nov 2017 at 14:39hrs | 4 | by M.C
Donkey abattoir owner hits back
Bulawayo businessman Garrith Lumsden has been in the eye of a storm after his plans to set up a donkey abattoir in the city were made public.Animal rights groups have come out strongly against...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Council bosses should bring sanity in cities and towns
Urban and rural council bosses should heed Local Government, Rural Development and National Housing Minister, Saviour Kasukuwere's advice of restoring and maintaining sanity and order in cities and to...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 14:02hrs | 1 | by Peacemaker Zano
Zimbabwe bans golden handshakes for executives
THE Government has, with immediate effect, banned all local authorities countrywide from paying gratuities and golden handshakes to executives and senior employees following outrageous demands in exit...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bodies of 8 miners retrieved from collapsed mine
Eight bodies of miners have been retrieved from the collapsed Masasa mine in Mazowe. The mine collapsed on Wednesday trapping about ten people.A source told Bulawayo24.com that from the eight ...Published: 27 May 2017 at 11:08hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
NRZ asset register in shambles
THE rundown National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is sitting on countrywide real estate estimated to be worth more than $150 million, with the potential to raise at least $5 million in rentals monthly....Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 10:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba fighting to retain control of workers union
Buhera South legislator Joseph Chinotimba is fighting to retain control of the Zimbabwe Urban and Rural Council Workers Union as the president and is challenging national congresses held in Masvin...Published: 20 Mar 2017 at 14:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba's life presidency bid challenged
Buhera South Zanu-PF MP Joseph Chinotimba's bid to become a life president of the Zimbabwe Urban and Rural Council Workers' Union (ZURCWU) has been challenged by the union's current executive....Published: 06 Mar 2017 at 16:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Twenty arrested over Inyathi bloody tribal clashes
ABOUT 20 gold panners have been arrested in Inyathi following violent clashes involving rival gangs.Clashes at Senco Night Club, Mahamba Business Centre at about 11PM on Saturday saw some patr...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The voices of former farm workers
The growth of a nation must be measured by the degree at which it enlarge the capabilities and enrich the lives of all peoples. Consumption must be shared; it must strengthen social growth and facilit...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 14:37hrs | | by Kudakwashe Chakabva
The State of the Dream: The voices of former farm workers
The growth of a nation must be measured by the degree at which it enlarge the capabilities and enrich the lives of all peoples. Consumption must be shared; it must strengthen social growth and facilit...Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 16:22hrs | 5 | by Kudakwashe Chakabva - Director, Zimbabwe Dream Project
Gukurahundi trails: I would have killed Bill Saidi
Our African culture strongly warns against speaking ill of the deceased more so before they are laid to rest but sometimes it really gets unavoidable. I have been following many people speak p...Published: 10 Jan 2017 at 14:23hrs | 2 | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo
Land barons splash cash
Masvingo's land barons are splashing cash on the trendiest cars and constructing state of the art houses while the City Council which is supposed to earn revenue from disposed State land has not been ...Published: 30 Dec 2016 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Farmers win awards at Oatlands Irrigation Scheme
Some 12 farmers at Oatlands Irrigation Scheme in Ward 13 Masvingo Rural were last week awarded with various prizes after a weed management competition that saw them being pitted against each other....Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Sepp Chinotimba accused of fraud
Zimbabwe Urban and Rural Council Workers' Union accuse Joseph Chinotimba MP, who is a former president of the union, of siphoning funds from the labour body. Despite the fact that he is no...Published: 23 Jun 2015 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru game-plan exposed
THE putschist cabal led by former Vice President Dr Joice Mujuru has developed a four-pronged strategy in a bid to realise its objective of trying to take over leadership of Zanu-PF having failed to...Published: 22 Jan 2015 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joseph Chinotimba wins
A BID by the Zimbabwe Urban and Rural Council Workers Union executive led by Mr Bernard Dhanda to bar Buhera South legislator Joseph Chinotimba from taking over leadership of the union hit a snag whe...Published: 13 Sep 2014 at 12:24hrs | 1 | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Union drags Joseph Chinotimba to court
Zimbabwe Urban and Rural Council Workers Union has taken Buhera South legislator Joseph Chinotimba to court seeking an order barring him from masquerading as the union's president. The union a...Published: 02 Aug 2014 at 08:06hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Outgoing Gwanda town clerk attacks Southern Eye
Outgoing Gwanda town clerk Gilbert Mlilo has accused Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), publishers of the Southern Eye of launching a smear campaign against him.Mlilo who retires at the end of this m...Published: 24 May 2014 at 05:31hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
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