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Harare submits long-delayed masterplan proposal
After missing the initial June 30 deadline, the Harare City Council and Chitungwiza Municipality have finally submitted their masterplan proposals, Local Government and Public Works Minister Daniel Ga...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 10:56hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council gets ultimatum
Harare City Council (HCC) is under mounting pressure from the government to submit a comprehensive master plan, with a stern ultimatum set by the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works. In a le...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 06:59hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Advantage Welshman, Tshabangu as Timba CCC suffers setback
The Citizens Coalition for Change party led by Jameson Timba on Wednesday suffered a setback in its bid to claim ZiG 22.1 million under the Political Parties (Finance) Act after a judge ruled that its...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 10:10hrs | 1538 | by Staff reporter
Top Zimbabwe lawyer given ultimatum
The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has given prominent lawyer Wilson Manase a deadline of ten days to provide an explanation for his failure to finalize the estate of the late businesswoman Jane Maisir...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 12:43hrs | 1428 | by Staff reporter
Collen Malatji issues fiery warning to Ramaphosa
In a passionate and defiant address during a march from Luthuli House to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in Sandton, African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President Collen Malatji deliv...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 17:17hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Zille warns ANC of Ramaphosa
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has laid down the gauntlet and demanded the reinstatement of Cilliers Brink as Tshwane mayor.After holding the mayoral office in the City of Tshwane since March 20...Published: 28 Sep 2024 at 20:18hrs | 2304 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans fret over army hand in politics
A growing number of Zimbabweans are expressing alarm over the increasing involvement of the military in civilian life and politics, raising concerns about its impact on democracy and public trust. Thi...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 09:54hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Late businesswoman's family pushed for top lawyer's arrest
The family of the late businesswoman Jane Maisiri is calling for the arrest of prominent lawyer Wilson Manase, accusing him of mismanaging her estate since her death in 2002. Manase, appointed as the ...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 15:16hrs | 1898 | by Staff reporter
Over 100 at risk of losing Cowdray Park stands
More than 100 beneficiaries of the Government-funded Hlalani Kuhle housing project in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb risk losing their properties due to the lack of proper council documentation. ...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 11:28hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa lawyer's ultimatum to Sanyatwe ends without a retraction
After receiving a letter from prominent lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu demanding a retraction of unconstitutional remarks, Zimbabwe National Army commander Lieutenant-General Anselem Sanyatwe faces the...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 17:00hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's lawyer wants Army Commander to withdraw his statements
Prominent lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu has issued a stern ultimatum to Zimbabwe National Army commander Lieutenant-General Anselem Sanyatwe, demanding the retraction of controversial statements withi...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 16:54hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
ZINASU wants CVs of recently appointed Judges
The Zimbabwe National Students Union president, Allan Chipoyi, has issued an ultimatum to the Judicial Service Commission, demanding that they provide the CVs and scoresheets of the recently appointed...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 14:49hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Referees afraid of officiating Black Rhinos matches
The ZIFA Referees Committee has decided to boycott officiating any Northern Region Division One league matches involving former Premier Soccer League side Black Rhinos. This decision follows an incide...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 06:58hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's ANC issues deadline to DA for new Cabinet proposals
Sources within the ANC have revealed that the party has issued a deadline of 5pm on Sunday for the DA to accept new cabinet proposals.The ultimatum comes after protracted negotiations between ...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 15:42hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over neglect of Mbare Flats
Harare residents are voicing strong concerns over the neglect of Mbare Flats by the City of Harare. Through the Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA), they highlight the severe public health ri...Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 12:56hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobia brewing in KwaZulu-Natal as foreigners given May 20 deadline
The town of Ulundi in northern KwaZulu-Natal is on edge following a directive from an anonymous business forum demanding all foreign spaza shop owners cease trading by Sunday, May 19.The omino...Published: 17 May 2024 at 19:56hrs | 18 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Social media comes to cop's rescue
A POLICEMAN who was facing imminent forced retirement for requesting to be transferred to Kadoma to look after his disabled child has been granted his will after Zimbabweans took to social media to fi...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Historical documents destroyed as Town House floods
THERE are fears that historical documents dating back to the colonial era belonging to the City of Harare were destroyed when a river flowing along Julius Nyerere Way recently flooded the basement of ...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foreign currency dealers ditch trading spots
MOST illegal money changers popularly known as "Osiphatheleni" have abandoned their traditional trading spots in Bulawayo following the launch by the Government of the new gold-backed currency, the Zi...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Harare building collapse victim named
A woman killed during the collapse of part of a building in Harare on Saturday has been named as Yolanda Hodzi of Norton.Hodzi and dozens of people had taken cover from rain on the sidewalk of...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 11:20hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Harare buildings are death traps'
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday said several buildings in the capital were death traps and facing closure because of dilapidation.Mafume made the remarks after visiting a building that col...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare gives ultimatum to CBD property owners
THE City of Harare has warned owners of dilapidated buildings in the central business district (CBD) to refurbish their properties.The city also advised the proprietors to make written present...Published: 05 Apr 2024 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sir Wicknell, actually you're the poorest man in Zimbabwe!
When I read a recent diatribe by self-proclaimed businessman Wicknell Chivayo, I felt like puking.He exhibited zero shame berating and disparaging legendary musician Thomas Mapfumo, as well as...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 08:12hrs | 129 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZANU PF is the black sheep of liberation movements
So, Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU PF is currently hosting a conference of former liberation movements.Nonetheless, just how is the party viewed by their colleagues in the region?Are they trul...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:48hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZBC, ex-workers fight over apartments
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has given its former employees a 90-day ultimatum to vacate some apartments they have been staying at for decades to pave way for "renovations."The ...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:15hrs | 13 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC orders vendors to vacate 5th Avenue by tomorrow
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has issued a stern warning to vendors who are operating illegally along 5th Avenue. They have until tomorrow to leave the road or have their wares confiscated b...Published: 17 Feb 2024 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt mass evictions raise dust
HUMAN rights lawyers have lobbied Members of Parliament (MPs) to push for the repeal of the Communal Lands Act amid the mass eviction of people accused of illegally occupying state land across Zimbabw...Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 21:05hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council not going back on decongesting CBD
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says there is no going back in decongesting the city centre and has directed informal traders and taxi operators to move to newly upgraded Egodini Terminus and other de...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Push carts and washing of cars in city centre illegal, says BCC
The Bulawayo City Council has further clarified the issue of bringing sanity within the central business district stating that push carts are illegal and that long distance buses also have designated ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 17:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC moves to stem dirt, chaos and decay in CBD
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has given informal traders, kombi, bus and pushcart operators, and those involved in illegal car wash business in the city centre an ultimatum to cease their illegal activi...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC gives vendors ultimatum
INFORMAL traders have been given up to next week Friday to move to designated vending bays and pay for their licences or risk losing their wares.In consultation with the Office of the Minister...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mbalula exposes Ramaphosa's plan to arrest Zuma since 2018
Former minister of sports and recreation, Fikile Mbalula, has revealed that the African National Congress (ANC) has been plotting to arrest former president Jacob Zuma from as early as 2018. Mbalula c...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 13:25hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Cholera is wreaking havoc in Harare's poor suburbs
TWO men struggle to push a rusty wheelchair over quarry stones into one of the tents at a clinic in Kuwadzana phase 4, one of Harare's densely populated suburbs.In the wheelchair is an elderly...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:35hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Vendors defy govt directive
HARARE fruit vendors have defied a government directive to vacate the streets as a way of curbing the spread of cholera which has claimed more than 150 lives.Government last week ordered urban...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gets ultimatum
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been threatened with a lawsuit for failing to hold accountable members of the security forces accused of human rights violations including killing civilians.Mn...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:24hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa given a 30 November ultimatum
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights has issued President Mnangagwa a 30 November ultimatum to appoint commissioners to the Independent Complaints Commission. Mnangagwa has dragged his feet for more ...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 17:47hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reverses PV Sibanda appointment
President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on Saturday that he had "stayed" his controversial appointment of Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Philip Valerio Sibanda to the Zanu-PF politburo, just...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 19:43hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Council gives businesses bins ultimatum
Businesses in Harare are under a 14-day ultimatum to place bins outside their premises to enhance cleanliness within the city. Hosiah Chisango, the Town Clerk, warned that non-compliant businesses wou...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 12:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC to launch nationwide protests starting Monday
The opposition party Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has declared its intention to launch nationwide protests starting on Monday in response to the recalls of its Members of Parliament (MPs) and c...Published: 21 Oct 2023 at 18:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa learning that politics is not child's play
POLITICS is no child's play. The opposition CCC are learning that now, the hard way, and they rightfully should. There are always consequences for every action. Miscalculations can be extremely costly...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 08:59hrs | 1 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu
CCC crisis deepens
Sengezo Tshabangu, the 'interim secretary general' of the CCC, has declared his intention to initiate more recalls of opposition legislators who follow the party's directive to abstain from parliament...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs, councillors ordered to report for duty or risk more recalls
Sengezo Tshabangu, who has assumed the role of "interim secretary general" amid controversy, has issued a communication instructing all legislators and councilors affiliated with the Citizens Coalitio...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 15:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa vows dire measures
Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the CCC (Citizens Coalition for Change), has taken action by withdrawing all party legislators and councillors from both parliamentary and council positions in response t...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 15:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa orders CCC to disengage from Parliament, Councils
Nelson Chamisa, the President of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has announced his party's withdrawal from Parliament and Councils across the country in a concise statement that poses a signi...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 17:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF reverses land grab
Zanu-PF has instructed its Mutare district co-ordinating committee chairperson, Binali Yard, to rescind the offer letters he recently distributed to individuals who had encroached upon council land....Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Property owners given ultimatum
HWANGE Local Board (HLB) has issued an ultimatum to property owners to pay their bills or risk their properties being attached.HLB spokesperson Dumisani Nsingo said the local authority was owe...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare juju takes centre stage
THE Dynamos leadership has come out against the use of juju amid reports of a dressing room split over some unorthodox practices pushed by members of the technical department.Dynamos fired coa...Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 21:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Dembare coach fired
Dynamos have sacked coach Herbert Maruwa following the club's 0-0 draw with Hwange on Sunday.The club also announced the suspension of assistant coach Murape Murape and manager Richard Chihoro...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 22:32hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prison boss shields partisan officer
ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services has ignored a letter written to it by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights attorney Innocent Gonese over the misconduct of ZPCS officer Caroline Manjongo who ha...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 19:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
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