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Gweru proposes 73% vendor penalty fee hike
GWERU City Council has proposed a 73% hike in penalty fees for illegal vending in its next year's budget.Speaking at a budget consultative meeting, assistant finance director Owen Masimba urge...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF MP promises sanity in Mt Pleasant
Aspiring Member of the House of Assembly for Mt Pleasant Constituency, Beadle Musatye Gwasira has promised to bring meaningful development and sanity to the area.Speaking to Bulawayo24.com ahe...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:46hrs | 16 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZANU PF MP promises sanity in Mt Pleasant
Aspiring Member of the House of Assembly for Mt Pleasant Constituency, Mr. Beadle Musatye Gwasira has promised to bring meaningful development and sanity ...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:02hrs | 12 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Funding for Zimbabwe political parties insufficient'
THE Justice ministry has called on Treasury to increase funding for political parties under the Political Parties (Finance) Act as the country heads for the 2023 polls.The ministry, which hand...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC claims over a hundred failed attempts to hack into its voters roll server
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (ZEC) Chief Elections Officer Utoile Silaigwana has told parliament that there has been over a hundred failed attempts to hack into its voters roll server, a day after re...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Council reduces parking fees
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has scrapped the US$1 per 30 minutes parking fee in the city centre to US$1 per hour for the whole city as from Monday, an amount residents say is still high.Wh...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ministries besiege Mthuli Ncube over inadequate budget
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube is under attack from almost all line ministries over the inadequate budget allocations for 2022, with the latest assault coming from the ministry of Primary and Secondary...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:06hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's airports operate without radar systems
THE PARLIAMENTARY Portfolio Committee on Transport says the country's airports are operating without radar systems exposing the country's security aviation systems.During a post-budget consult...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
ZEC warms up to by-elections
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is pushing for additional funding to the $11 billion it was allocated in the 2022 national Budget as the election management body has started making preparation...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo demands improved funding for devolution
BULAWAYO residents have called on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to allocate more resources towards devolution to ensure its full implementation in line with the Constitution.The call was made ...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC to hold WhatsApp budget consultations
BULAWAYO City Council will for the second year running hold WhatsApp-based budget consultation meetings and also present the 2022 budget projections via the social networking platform.Last yea...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 10:13hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Harare mayor's appeal an admission of failure
THE appeal by acting mayor Stewart Mutizwa has been received with mixed reactions by residents of Harare, who feel that it lacks sincerity and practical application.The City of Harare has to i...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 10:03hrs | 12 | by Harare Residents Trust
'Zec funding challenges a threat to democracy'
INADEQUATE funding to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is a threat to democracy as it impedes electoral processes, an independent elections watchdog said yesterday.Zimbabwe Election Sup...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:11hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa deals Chamisa blow
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has dealt opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa another blow after allocating a paltry $2,3 billion to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), an amount inadequat...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to cut military expenditure
CHIREDZI residents last week called on government to reduce military expenditure in the 2021 national budget and channel more resources towards social services.The residents were speaking duri...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents attack MDC's 'authoritarian' mayor
RESIDENTS here have taken a dig at Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni for rejecting objections to his mooted tariff hike.The city fathers have been conducting supplementary budget consultative meeti...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 16:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Budget should address economic fundamentals, Mthuli Ncube urged
REPRESENTATIVES from various sectors of business have challenged Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to address critical issues such as the budget deficit and currency reforms when he presents the 2019 Nati...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Councillor in 'employment scam'
Bulawayo Ward 24 Councillor Arnold Batirai continues to clash with residents in his ward with latest accusations being his alleged employment of members of his 30 July campaign team to the ward's comm...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Angry residents force MPs to end budget consultative meeting
MEMBERS of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance and Economic Development were yesterday forced to prematurely end a national budget consultative meeting in Gwanda after residents c...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Moyo, Chamisa should work with councils
The new minister of Local Government, July Moyo, should put aside his party jacket if he is to successfully oversee the smooth running of councils across the country.He must desist from clashi...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 12:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council farms underutilised
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) farms are underutilised and operating at less than 25% capacity at a time the local authority is drowning in debt, an official has said.Responding to questions from...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vic Falls residents lobby for stiffer penalties against noise-making churches
VICTORIA FALLS ward 11 residents have called on council and police to impose stiffer penalties on noise-makers, including churches built in residential areas.The appeal was made during 2019 bu...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 11:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa forces Victoria Falls mayor to step down
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has ordered Victoria Falls mayor Somvelo Dhlamini to step down and make way for Margaret Varley whose nomination had been rejected by both councillors and residents,...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Once-off Budget Consultations Meaningless to Residents
Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association has said the once off budget consultation y the city of Bulawayo is meaningless to the residents.Around August and September every year, local author...Published: 19 Aug 2017 at 09:26hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Furious citizens burst on budget consultative meeting
Residents of Mvurwi Mashonaland Central province went hey wire in a budget consultative meeting held at Mvurwi community hall this morning.The meeting which was being chaired by Gokwe Legislat...Published: 15 Sep 2016 at 12:56hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
MDC-T councillor suspended for 'insulting' Mugabe
BUBI Rural District Council (RDC) has suspended an MDC-T councillor who was arrested last month for posting a message on a WhatsApp group denigrating President Robert Mugabe.The MDC-T ward 18 ...Published: 14 Nov 2015 at 07:44hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
MPs scramble for Magaya oil
A NUMBER of legislators reportedly scrambled for anointing oil from Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries founder Walter Magaya that was presented to them as gifts accompanying invitations to t...Published: 06 Nov 2015 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare council warn of massive disconnections
Harare City council has warned defaulting residents that it is embarking on intense water cuts with immediate effect."Please take note that with immediate effect the City of Harare will be int...Published: 30 Oct 2015 at 13:54hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
BCC starts massive water disconnections
The Bulawayo City Council has started disconnecting water to defaulting residents as it battles to recover $100 million owed by rate-payers. Yesterday, the city council sent messages to residents info...Published: 22 Oct 2015 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents digs in on prepaid water meters
Some Harare residents have demanded clarity on the major reasons why the Harare City Council wanted to introduce the pre-paid water meters which they think have adverse effects on their livelihoods....Published: 07 Oct 2015 at 07:02hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
City Council fails to learn from budget consultation - Harare Residents Trust
Harare Residents Trust has accused Harare City Council for failing to learn what the residents want beside conducting budget consultations every year where people air their views on how the council mu...Published: 29 Sep 2015 at 07:33hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Harare City Council to conduct budget consultation meetings on September 19
Harare Residents Trust has announced that the Harare City Council will conduct budget consultation meetings in various parts of the city on September 19."The City of Harare will be conducting ...Published: 14 Sep 2015 at 16:04hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Harare City Council to conduct budget consultation with residents
Harare Residents Trust has announced that the city council will be conducting budget consultation in various wards in the city on Sunday."The City of Harare will be conducting Budget Consultat...Published: 13 Sep 2015 at 08:57hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo City Council to auction properties
Bulawayo City Council said yesterday that it will auction about 500 derelict properties whose owners have, for the past five years, failed to pay rates.The local authority's legal officer...Published: 20 Aug 2015 at 11:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda bans food caravans
Gwanda Town Council has ordered food caravan operators to cease operating with immediate effect and threatened to tow away mobile kitchens belonging to those who defy the order.During a budge...Published: 29 Jan 2015 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Marvelous Moyo
MDC hails the local government ministry - Lionel De Necker
Press Statement It is that time of the year when residents across Zimbabwe are again being invited by local councils to take part in Council Budge...Published: 10 Oct 2014 at 14:14hrs | | by Lionel De Necker, MDC Secretary for Local Government
Gweru mayor under fire
THE cash-strapped Gweru City Council (GCC) has come under fire over top of the range cars that the local authority recently purchased for its top brass while workers are not paid and service deliv...Published: 04 Oct 2014 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's road network in a bad state
BULAWAYO'S road network is in a bad state and the city council does not have resources to rehabilitate the infrastructure, a senior official has said.Simela Dube, the city's director of engine...Published: 18 Aug 2014 at 07:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BCC fails to employ 30 general nurses
BULAWAYO - The cash-strapped Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has failed to employ 30 general nurses a year after government authorised them to fill in the vacant posts.This comes at a time when th...Published: 17 Aug 2014 at 11:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mayor receives death threats
Newly-elected Chitungwiza mayor Phillip Mutoti has claimed he is receiving death threats."I am receiving death threats calls on my cellphone. The first one was during our budget consultati...Published: 03 Nov 2013 at 14:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC proposes $156 million budget for 2014
THE Bulawayo City Council yesterday proposed a $156 million budget for 2014 with service charges for residents remaining unchanged up to next year. The budget proposal was brought down by $13 ...Published: 29 Oct 2013 at 18:56hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF directive backfires
THE Zanu-PF move directing local authorities to scrap outstanding rates in the run-up to the July 31 polls has backfired with Harare City Council (HCC) disclosing that it has accumulated debts total...Published: 29 Oct 2013 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T councillor accused of prostitution
THE MDC-T councillor for Ward 29 in Bulawayo, Monica Lubimbi, has been accused by a resident of allegedly destroying a married man's family as she is allegedly spending time with the man resulting in...Published: 25 Oct 2013 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Labour Act to be amended - Biti
THE Labour Act should be amended to balance the interests of both workers and employers while promoting productivity, Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said. Speaking at the 2013 pre-budget co...Published: 29 Oct 2012 at 21:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe set to beg the west for poll funds
Zimbabwe will soon take a begging bowl to Western countries and world bodies for funds to bankroll the constitutional referendum and the forthcoming elections as the country has no money, Finance Mini...Published: 27 Oct 2012 at 13:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Don't buy underwear from flea markets like failures: Biti
KWEKWE — Minister of Finance Tendai Biti has branded men who buy their wives undergarments from flea markets as failures who deserve to have the spouses taken away from them. &n...Published: 21 Nov 2011 at 04:45hrs | 2 | by -
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