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Harare's 'cursed' office
The office of the Town Clerk at Harare City Council has long been mired in controversy, corruption scandals, and political infighting, leading to widespread mismanagement and plunder of council resour...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 11:19hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Harare Mayor avoided Town House meals over poisoning fears
Former Harare Mayor Ben Manyenyeni deliberately avoided eating at Town House during his tenure, fearing possible poisoning after leading a campaign to slash excessive salaries and perks earned by city...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:10hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Harare town clerk acquitted over US$80 million tender scandal
Former Harare Town Clerk Tendai Mahachi has been acquitted of charges relating to the alleged prejudice of the Harare City Council of US$80 million after he hired a foreign firm, Augur Investments, to...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:15hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
Bid to reverse 2007 Harare land deal flops
A group seeking to reverse a 2007 land deal between Harare City Council and Augur Investments has, for the second time, failed to get permission to appeal against a High Court ruling dismissing it for...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti continues ConCourt application
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change executive Tendai Biti yesterday continued with submission of papers in a case he is seeking referral of his assault trial to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt shields dodgy US$400m deal from political scrutiny
THE government has ring-fenced a filthy US$400 million waste-to-energy Pomona dumpsite deal pushed through by Local Government minister July Moyo (pictured) from political scrutiny and possible ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 17:07hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Court acquits ex-Harare town clerk Mahachi
FORMER Harare City town clerk Tendai Mahachi has been acquitted by the Supreme Court in a matter where he was accused of criminal abuse of office by corruptly awarding millions of United States dollar...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
MDC factions have bungled in running Harare
The MDC Alliance (MDC-A) faction leader, Nelson Chamisa, uses every opportunity he gets to pontificate about smart cities each time he has to talk of Zimbabwe's urban areas.Given the fact that...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Simba, Bona's mansion: Monument to corruption
THE huge mansion that former president Robert Mugabe's daughter Bona and son-in-law Simba Mutsahuni have been struggling to complete since the longtime ruler was unceremoniously removed from power thr...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chombo fingered in Augur Investments land scandals
AUGUR Investments, owned by controversial land developer Kern Sharpe, has been caught up in another land scandal involving 239 3923 hectares worth US$$45 428 910.The matter has spilled into th...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council top brass in US$8m binge
FORMER Harare City council top brass are facing arrest for illegally authorising over US$8 million in packages for managers and splashing millions on allowances, personal vehicles and holidays that mi...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Former Harare bosses want their case referred to ConCourt
Former City of Harare bosses, Sekesai Makwavarara, Michael and Tendai Mahachi on Tuesday filed an application to have the matter in which they are facing charges of criminal abuse of office, referred ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa prosecutor bunks Harare City bosses trial
The trial of former City of Harare commission chairpersons Sekesai Makwavarara, Michael Mahachi and former town clerk Tendai Mahachi, who are facing charges of awarding Augur Investment Company a cont...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 19:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Makwavarara's $80m fraud docket to be merged
THE court has ordered that former chairperson of Harare City Council's caretaker commission, Sekesai Makwavavarara, who is accused of awarding a road dualisation tender to Augur Investment Company wit...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:06hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Former parastatal bosses face criminal abuse charges trial
FORMER bosses of Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), National Social Security Authority (NSSA) and City of Harare, who are separately accused of criminal abuse of office, were yesterday given trial da...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes 7 ex-council bosses over salarygate
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has opened investigations into how former Harare town clerk Tendai Mahachi and six other senior council officials allegedly siphoned over $1 million thro...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 05:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3 shortlisted for Harare town clerk post
Harare City Council yesterday approved three names to be submitted to the Local Government Board (LGB) for appointment of a substantive town clerk in a move set to end 30 months of bickering and polit...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Moyo 'orders' Harare to conclude town clerk job fiasco
LOCAL Government minister, July Moyo has reportedly ordered Harare City Council to urgently conclude its disciplinary cases against top city managers to enable some of them to undergo interviews for t...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:34hrs | 3 | by Staff rpeorter
Harare's $32m tender scam, officials' application dismissed
HIGH Court judge Justice Amie Tsanga, has dismissed an application for discharge by former Harare town clerk, Tendai Mahachi, who is charged alongside other officials on allegations of abuse of office...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 08:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
WikiLeaks: 25 most corrupt ministers and public figures in Zimbabwe
These individuals will never be prosecuted by the Mnangagwa government because he is involved with entirely all of them. Either they were in the deal together or they know too much of his own dirty de...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 11:06hrs | 103 | by WikiLeaks
Failure to repay loans derail Zimbabwe mega deals
ZIMBABWEAN government's red tape and failure to adhere to loans repayments is impacting negatively on some of the "mega deals" signed in key economic areas between Zimbabwe and China.Zimbabwe ...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare City bosses in court for $32m scam
FORMER Harare town clerk Tendai Mahachi and three other top council managers were yesterday formally charged with corruptly awarding a tender worth over $32 million.Mahachi, town treasurer Mis...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ncube suspension lifted
Harare Mayor Councillor Bernard Manyenyeni has lifted the suspension of Acting Town Clerk Mrs Josephine Ncube after she challenged him saying he did not have the authority to suspend a chamber s...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF, MDC-T urged to investigate operations of Employment council
The Harare Residents Trust (HRT) is urging the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) who are running the Harare City Council to insti...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 10:07hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Probe team unearths rot at Harare City Council
A PROBE team tasked to investigate Harare City Council's accounts has unearthed a can of worms with top management said to have grossly mismanaged public funds while neglecting service delivery....Published: 22 Dec 2017 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by staff Reporter
Over $3 billion externalised, excluding the $15 billion
Zimbabwe's foreign currency shortages are worsening over massive capital flight amid indications corporates and business tycoons have externalised $3 billion between 2015 and June 2017 mainly to Mauri...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 05:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'MDC-T bigwig prepared to dump politics, constituency'
HATFIELD legislator and economic advisor to MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai, Dr Tapiwa Mashakada, is prepared to dump his constituency and politics to land the coveted position of Harare town clerk, it...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chanakira vies for Harare town clerk job
Nigel Chanakira headlines a stellar cast of top names vying for the coveted Harare town clerk Job.The Daily News can report that Chanakira, founder of the now defunct Kingdom bank and current ...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 17:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere issues ultimatum
A TRIBUNAL set up to investigate Harare City Council's salary scandal has, up to today, to table its findings after they failed to meet their deadline by two months.The probe team, chaired by ...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere orders suspension of Harare MDC-T councillors
LOCAL Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has ordered Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni to suspend four MDC-T councillors until their corruption cases have been finalised by the courts.Kasuku...Published: 21 Jun 2017 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
Tsvangirai's daughter in tender scandal
The Harare City Council allegedly awarded a water treatment contract to MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's daughter and her husband without going to tender, it has emerged.Mrs Vimbai Tsvangir...Published: 28 May 2017 at 09:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Harare Town Clerk Mahachi up for $31 million fraud
Former Harare Town Clerk, Tendai Mahachi, Harare City Council waste water manger, Simon Muserere, former director of Public Works, Christopher Zvobgo appeared before Harare Magistrate, Ms ...Published: 20 May 2017 at 18:18hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mushore's salary arrears rise to over $130 000
Harare City Council now owes suspended town clerk James Mushore more than $130 000 in unpaid salaries for the past 13 months as the government and the local authority continue to squabble over his app...Published: 10 May 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mahachi fingered in city scandal
FORMER Harare City Town Clerk, Tendai Mahachi, has been fingered in a city parking scandal involving US$800 000 which was fraudulently awarded to a local company after misrepresented that it was into ...Published: 08 May 2017 at 11:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Dr Joice Mujuru
16 March 2017...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 05:59hrs | 2 | by Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena
Open letter to Dr Joice Mujuru
16 March 2017...Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 17:03hrs | | by Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena
Harare executives' salaries being investigated
Harare City Council has set up a tribunal chaired by former High Court judge, Justice George Smith, to probe allegations that top executives at Town House were still getting hefty salaries at a ti...Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
$1.5 million sewage ghost haunts Mahachi
The Harare City Council could have been prejudiced of roughly US$1,5 million when it paid inflated sums for rehabilitation of Firle Sewage Works, it has emerged.This allegedly occurred und...Published: 05 Feb 2017 at 07:10hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF, MDC-T councillors portraying themselves as super councillors
Harare Residents Trust has accused the Zanu PF and the MDC-T councillors in the city of Harare of pretending as if they are super councillors running the council through some council managers....Published: 02 Dec 2016 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Residents want city directors taken to account
Harare Residents Trust has said City of Harare Directors must be taken to task for their lack of attention to their service delivery mandate.The trust listed the names of the directors to ...Published: 18 Nov 2016 at 08:01hrs | 13 | by Stephen Jakes
Harare Residents Trust to petition parly for a probe of council projects
The Harare Residents Trust (HRT) has said it will be writing a letter to the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing and the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee, and the Au...Published: 16 Nov 2016 at 07:40hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Harare residents urged to boycott paying rates
The Harare Residents Trust has urged residents to discontinue payment of their rates until the directors who received excessive salaries and allowances have returned it to the council. The tru...Published: 13 Nov 2016 at 08:29hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Big Scandal Unfolding at Harare Town House over Salaries scandal
Harare Residents Trust has claimed that there is unfolding scandal at the Harare town house amid indications millions of dollars might have been squandered in an unclear manner.The trust said ...Published: 11 Nov 2016 at 10:06hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
Mayor, acting town clerk in public spat
Harare mayor, Bernard Manyenyeni last Thursday dressed down acting town clerk, Josephine Ncube, in full glare of residents, councillors, journalists and senior management over alleged maladministr...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
Mahachi accrues $100,000 leave days
Former Harare Town Clerk Dr Tendai Mahachi is set to pocket over $100 000 in accrued leave days. Dr Mahachi reportedly accrued over 150 days of leave which amounts to more than $100 000. He left Townh...Published: 08 Jul 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Nyemudzai Kakore
Mugabe takes over Anti-Corruption Commission
FACED with a rapidly advancing scourge of corruption, President Robert Mugabe has assumed full control of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), which had apparently became a victim of feral ...Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 11:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Easipark dissolved in Harare
Harare Residents Trust has revealed that the EasiPark which was dealing in the Haraere City has been dissolved as the City parking has a new board."EasiPark is now dissolved. City Parking has ...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mushore in battle to control Harare
James Mushore embattled Harare town clerk, has instructed chamber secretary, Josephine Ncube to stop acting in his (Mushore) position and start reporting to his office immediately, as the ex-banke...Published: 02 Jun 2016 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
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