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Council keeps jailed directors on payroll
Zvishavane Town Council is set to pay a combined US$108,000 in back pay to three senior directors currently serving jail terms for corruption, after failing to formally terminate their contracts follo...Published: 10 May 2025 at 14:19hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
831 graduate from rebranded Border Gezi program
A historic milestone was achieved as 831 young Zimbabweans graduated from the rebranded Dadaya National Youth Service training centre in Zvishavane, marking the inaugural graduation ceremony of the re...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 06:45hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
831 graduate from rebranded Border Gezi program
A historic milestone was achieved as 831 young Zimbabweans graduated from the rebranded Dadaya National Youth Service training centre in Zvishavane, marking the inaugural graduation ceremony of the re...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 06:45hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Massive corruption at Zvishavane town council
Dear Editor, Please publish this exposé which involves the Zvishavane town planner who is selling public roads to business people without full council approval. At least 3 public roads have b...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 18:55hrs | 650 | by Concerned Zvishavane Resident
Mnangagwa's govt employs national youth service graduates
The Zimbabwean government has begun employing graduates from the National Youth Service (NYS) program in line with a Cabinet directive that prioritizes the recruitment of these trainees into the civil...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 10:35hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
By-elections date for recalled Bulawayo councillors set
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said by-elections for eight recalled Bulawayo Citizen Coalition for Change councillors will be held in December while the nomination court will sit next mon...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC gazettes local authority women's quota
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has gazetted the actual numbers of additional councillors at each local authority to meet the 30 percent of the total membership of each local authority now reserved ...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Villagers lose land to bank
VILLAGERS in Mudereri, Zvishavane, have lost part of their land to FBC Building Society after it was sold to the bank by the rural district council.It is alleged that the bank has started deve...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Illegal miners collapse university road
STUDENTS, teachers and residents using a road that links Midlands State University (MSU) Zvishavane campus and Noelvale suburb woke up to find a section of the road collapsed into an underground tunne...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
12-member armed robbery gang arrested
Midlands police have rounded up and arrested a notorious 12-member gang terrorising villagers in Zhombe, and as convictions are secured several assault, attempted murder, public violence and rape case...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Police identify dangerous pick-up points
Police in the Midlands province have identified more than 10 undesignated pick-up points in Gweru, Gokwe and Zvishavane which have become a haven for criminals.With a reported surge in robberi...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Africa'second revolution whose time has come: Breaking-away from oppressive partisan poverty politics
The high-sounding and inspirational liberation of the entire of Africa by political parties and liberation movements that lost its cause! The law-abiding citizens that have been reduced to the level o...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | 7 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Calm returns to Midlands
Calm returned to most parts of the Midlands province yesterday following opposition MDC-Alliance sponsored violent protests and looting of shops, especially in high density suburbs on Tuesday. ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Court scraps way leave tax on ZETDC
Local authorities across the country are set to lose a combined $16 million annually in potential revenue after the High Court scrapped way leave tax on the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distr...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Residents reject proposed budget
The Zvishavane Town Council has been conducting 2019 budget consultations with stakeholders.However, Zvishavane Residents and Rate Payers Association say they will not give the proposed ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 15:22hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mavhima blasts Kwekwe mayor
MIDLANDS Provincial Affairs minister Larry Mavhima has expressed disappointment with Kwekwe mayor Angeline Kasipo's failure to attend meetings to discuss issues affecting residents in the city....Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zvishavane completes first phase of roads rehab
ZVISHAVANE Town Council has completed rehabilitating 10 kilometres of roads in Mandava and Makwasha high density areas at a cost of $1,2 million.Town secretary Mr Tinoda Mukutu said the local ...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga calls for credible polls
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has urged Zimbabweans to prove the country's detractors wrong by conducting free and fair elections.Addressing thousands of people from all walks of life ga...Published: 24 May 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC T suspends Zvishavane councillors
The MDC T Midlands Provincial Assembly has fired the acting Zvishavane Town Council chairperson and suspended all its four remaining councillors for joining Zanu PF in pushing out the substantive town...Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 07:34hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
Kasukuwere strikes again
LOCAL Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere this week suspended Zvishavane Town Council chairperson, Esau Gwatipedza Dube on allegations of gross misconduct.In suspending Dube, Kasukuwere...Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa sues parastatals, councils over $1bn debt
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company, which is battling to recover over $1 billion in unpaid power bills, has approached the High Court suing at least 200 local authorities, ...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 11:19hrs | 1 | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Town council employee jailed 2 years for fraud
Zverisha Mateya who was a cashier at Zvishavane Town Council (ZTC) was convicted and sentenced to two-and-half years in prison for defrauding the local authority of US$12 918.Mateya was dismis...Published: 27 Jul 2016 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Town Council managers stay away from work
Three senior Zvishavane Town Council managers have been accused of spending most of their time on trips, sick leave or other missions despite that it is now seven months into the year and the 2016 ann...Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zvishavane TC employee jailed 2 years for fraud
Zverisha Mateya who was a cashier at Zvishavane Town Council (ZTC) was convicted and sentenced to two-and- half years in prison for defrauding the local authority of US$12 918.Mateya was dismi...Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Masvingo Province gets $335 000 road allocation from ZINARA
Masvingo Province has been allocated $335 773, 80 for road maintenance for the first quarter of 2016 by ZINARA.According to Masvingo Mirror, ZINARA chief executive officer, engineer Julius Jum...Published: 09 May 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'I am descending on Zvishavane Town Council' - Kasukuwere
THE Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Saviour Kasukuwere is set to visit Zvishavane following allegations of corruption and infighting at the MDC-T run Town Council....Published: 07 May 2016 at 07:58hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Kasukuwere sends team to investigate Zvishavane Town Council
The Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Saviour Kasukuwere is this week sending a team to investigate allegations of corruption at Zvishavane Town Council.Masvingo ...Published: 01 May 2016 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zvishavane town clerk, accountant fired
ZVISHAVANE Town Council has suspended town secretary Tinoda Mukutu for alleged insubordination after he allegedly dithered on implementing several council resolutions.Sunday news reporte...Published: 25 Apr 2016 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zvishavane town clerk, accountant fired
ZVISHAVANE Town Council has suspended town secretary Mr Tinoda Mukutu for alleged insubordination after he allegedly dithered on implementing several council resolutions. Director of housing M...Published: 24 Apr 2016 at 17:12hrs | | by News Reporters
Zvishavane council manager faces 251 counts of theft
Raphael Karanda, a former Zvishavane Town Council (ZTC) beer halls manager is back in the courts facing 251 counts of theft, fraud and forgery.A total sum of $75 000 is said to be missing....Published: 23 Mar 2016 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Community, Shop owners cry foul over Baccosi goods Hawkers
Zvishavane - Shop owners in some rural parts of Zvishavane and Chibi are crying foul over the influx of cheap goods from hawkers from Masvingo and Zvishavane town who usual come and operate at their p...Published: 01 Oct 2015 at 18:01hrs | 1 | by Musavengana Hove
Zvishavane pays women less than male counterparts
TWENTY women have dragged Zvishavane Town Council to court over unfair labour practice after they were allegedly paid less salaries and wages compared to their male counterparts of the same grade....Published: 14 Jun 2015 at 11:23hrs | | by Lungile Tshuma
No more 'obscene salaries' as govt unveils new salary scale for councils
THE era of obscene salaries which saw top council bosses earning around $30 000 per month, is over as government has unveiled a new salary structure which will see council chefs getting between $1...Published: 24 Oct 2014 at 04:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Town Council chairperson attacks Messenger of Court
ZVISHAVANE Town Council chairperson Councillor Esau Gwatipedza allegedly ran amok and attacked a Messenger of Court who wanted to attach his property in a labour dispute. The new Zvishavane To...Published: 26 Sep 2013 at 02:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zvishavane-Ngezi candidate seriously injured in accident
FORMER Zvishavane Town Council chairman Mr Alluwis Zhou is reportedly battling for life at Zvishavane District Hospital after he was involved in an accident along the Masvingo-Zvishavane highway on Su...Published: 09 Jul 2013 at 04:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube's lawyers win Nomination Court appeals
THE Electoral Court sitting at the High Court in Bulawayo yesterday heard 24 appeals by aspiring candidates whose nomination papers were rejected by the Nomination Court on 28 June. The appel...Published: 09 Jul 2013 at 05:46hrs | 4 | by Court Reporter
Electoral Court hears over 20 petitions
THE Electoral Court sitting at the High Court in Bulawayo yesterday heard 24 appeals by aspiring candidates whose nomination papers were rejected by the Nomination Court on 28 June. The appell...Published: 08 Jul 2013 at 21:07hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Councillor takes on MDC-T on expulsion
Zvishavane Town Council chairman Alewis Zhou, who was among the 12 councillors fired by the MDC-T two months ago over allegations of corruption, has challenged his expulsion.Zhou has since wri...Published: 25 Oct 2012 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Town Council tender scandal unearthed
A SERIOUS tender scandal has been unearthed in the Zvishavane Town Council where the municipality’s tender committee has been allegedly inflating figures f...Published: 12 Aug 2012 at 02:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T members survive traffic accident
SIX MDC-T members including suspended Zvishavane Town Council chairman Councillor Alluwis Zhou cheated death by a whisker when a Mercedes Benz they were travelling in burst one of its front tyres, res...Published: 18 Jul 2012 at 05:07hrs | | by Midlands Correspondent
MDC-T Intra-party fighting spills into church
INTRA-party fighting within the Morgan Tsvangirai-led Movement for Democratic Change in Zvishavane district between main rivals Mrs Lillian Acropol and former Zvishavane Town Council chairman Councill...Published: 08 May 2012 at 00:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T stalwarts jostle for seats as party is rocked by fresh infighting
THE MDC-T has been rocked by fresh infighting with some big wigs in the party already jostling for parliamentary seats considered safe ahead of possible elections to be held either later this year or ...Published: 13 Jan 2012 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporters
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