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Mliswa blasts July Moyo for Harare's worsening water problems
INDEPENDENT Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has teared into Minister of Local Government, July Moyo for plunging Harare into debilitating water shortages.Most areas in the capital experienced w...Published: 8 hrs ago | 915 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors join gravy train
After the 26 March by-elections in which the then newly formed political party Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) romped to victory in Masvingo Urban which had four vacant wards, the social media was...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1822 | by Staff reporter
Mayor, councillors fume over US$20 monthly allowance
HARARE councillors are seething with anger, describing Local Government minister July Moyo (pictured) as inconsiderate and heartless in failing to review the paltry monthly allowances given to city fa...Published: 19 hrs ago | 209 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo faces 72 hours of water shedding
BULAWAYO residents could soon be faced with a 72-hour water shedding regime as the water situation in the city continues to deteriorate, with vandalism of both electricity instalments and pipes on ser...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:25hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Town house stand for Bulawayo Town Clerk
BULAWAYO Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube has been awarded a 2.4 hectare town house stand in the city as part of his conditions of service. Last year, the Local Government Board endorsed the Bu...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:21hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi snubs agric show amid fears of CCC protest
FORMER State vice president, Kembo Mohadi Friday snubbed the 75th edition of Mashonaland West Agricultural Show 2022 after security details reportedly sniffed an alleged protest plot over his eligibil...Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 17:18hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors want parking system contract revised
Bulawayo councillors on Wednesday hit out at the "unfair" parking system which was imposed on the city's residents, with one warning fellow councillors that they were underestimating the depth of publ...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 22:32hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
BCC offers domestic debtors 50% discount
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is now offering a 50% discount to domestic debtors and 30% to industrial debtors paying their bills in foreign currency.Councils began indexing rates in foreign cur...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Radisson Group of Hotels seal Bulawayo deal
A NEW hotel is set to be constructed in Bulawayo after the local authority granted an international hotel group, Radisson Group of Hotels permission to build the hotel.Consultations have been ...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo borehole water not safe to drink
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has warned that borehole water in the city is not safe for consumption and has advised residents to boil it before drinking it as it is highly susceptible to contaminat...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 19:00hrs | 972 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to honour centenarians
CENTENARIANS represent history, wisdom and morale and their tales of accomplishment as well as milestones highlight and magnify events of the past.As a result, the Bulawayo City Council is inv...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks run out of gold coins
DEMAND for the new Zimbabwean gold coins has been overwhelming and banks have been inundated by their corporate and individual customers seeking a legal and sensible way of preserving value.Th...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 7114 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents up in arms with councillors
BULAWAYO residents have come out guns blazing accusing local councillors of "rubber stamping" any decision made by the council management while ignoring genuine grievances from the people they represe...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Ex-BCC workers resist eviction notices
FORMER Bulawayo City Council (BCC) employees who were recently served with eviction notices to vacate council rented properties in Makokoba have resisted the move arguing that they have housing files ...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:12hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo tightens water rationing
BULAWAYO residents will now go for two days a week without water supplies after the local authority from yesterday effected a 48-hour water shedding schedule. The local authority has further p...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:12hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Bogus ZIFA fighting a losing battle
ZIFA lawyer Chenaimoyo Gumiro insists the association's recent Congress was in line with their constitution, and the April 23 resolutions, which included revoking Felton Kamambo's mandate, are not onl...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:10hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Makokoba residents fight eviction
OCCUPANTS of BMC houses in Makokoba, owned by Bulawayo City Council (BCC), have refused to engage the local authority as individuals to stop their eviction, saying this will promote corruption....Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:08hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa beast to cost villagers R10 each
Zanu-PF councillors and village heads in Mwenezi's Maranda area in Masvingo are reportedly forcing villagers to contribute 10 rand each towards the purchase of a beast to give to President Emmerson Mn...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | 8351 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that opposition councillors are corrupt
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday accused opposition-led local government councils of being "corrupt opportunists".He made the remarks at the burial of the late national hero, Oliver Chid...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes abuse of devolution funds
DEVOLUTION funds are open to abuse and plunder by unscrupulous institutions and individuals who can easily turn them into feeding troughs at the expense of communities, NewsDay has established....Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:40hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Bogus Zifa told not to use CAF funds
CAF have ordered Zifa to stop accessing funds in their coffers that were deposited by the continental football body as well as Fifa, saying a defiance by present office bearers will lead to disciplina...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:37hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
'Puppets will never rule Zimbabwe'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said time has come to vote out corrupt opposition councillors whose parties have not only run down local authorities but are puppets of Western countries that want to rem...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:37hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hits back
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has accused Harare's opposition councillors of being corrupt, at a time his own minister, July Moyo, is being investigated for allegedly forcing council into shadowy deals...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 19:40hrs | 21362 | by Staff reporter
Thieves target city boreholes
BULAWAYO City councillors are concerned about the theft of solar panels and vandalism of the solar powered boreholes at a time when the city is facing acute water shortages.The local authority...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:01hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
POLAD electoral reform declaration forces ZEC to announce results in 72 hours
The Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), a grouping of 16 political parties which took part in the 2018 elections, including Zanu-PF, has released a declaration recommending electoral reforms before nex...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 07:37hrs | 2047 | by Mduduzi Mathuthu
Mnangagwa's govt steps in to honour Pomona obligations
The Pomona dumpsite project has taken a new twist, with the Government, which is the guarantor, now set to honour its obligations as outlined in the contract between Harare City Council and Geogenix B...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Youth League rubbishes factionalism claims
THE Zanu-PF Youth League has dismissed reports of factionalism within the revolutionary party, describing them as hallucinations of expelled persons who have no locus standi to comment on party issues...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:36hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Zacc pounces on councils
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is reportedly targeting local authorities ahead of the 2023 elections in a bid to weed out corrupt elements.Yesterday, Zacc pounced on Guruve chi...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:11hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC in Pomona deal climbdown?
THE opposition CCC-led Harare City Council yesterday made a volte-face on the €304 million Pomona Waste to Energy deal after weeks of politicking trying to reverse an agreement they had earlier sanc...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:09hrs | 2916 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF forces teachers to rig polls
Zanu-PF councillors in Mberengwa have fallen out with teachers after they forced them into a series of meetings to arrange how to rig the 2023 elections in favour of the ruling party.Progressi...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:37hrs | 2564 | by Staff reporter
'Pomona deal millions can build a new city'
DESPITE threats from Local Government and Public Workers minister July Moyo for Harare to pay a US$1 million debt to Geogenix BV, a Netherlands-based company, under the controversial US$400 million Po...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:35hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
135 properties to make way for Mbudzi interchange
At least 135 residential, industrial and commercial properties built near Mbudzi roundabout in Harare will have to be demolished to pave way for the construction of 14 bridges and bridge-like structur...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:03hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza demolishes illegal structures
Chitungwiza Municipality started destroying illegal structures, often tuckshops, at the start of a 30-day blitz on Wednesday to remove them, especially those under power lines and over sewers. ...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:03hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Mutare mayor, councillors fleece council of $12m
MUTARE Mayor Simon Chabuka and 11 other councillors yesterday appeared in court on allegations of fleecing the local authority of more than $12 million in travel and subsistence allowances after defyi...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:03hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
ZEC to embark on 10-day voters roll inspection
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) will embark on a 10-day voters' roll inspection ahead of the delimitation exercise which shall be conducted in terms of Sections 160 and 161 of the Constitution...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:17hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ally, Zanu-PF implicated in gold leakages
A FRESH report has put President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Pedzisayi "Scott" Sakupwanya at the centre of gold leakages and violence at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga and surrounding areas in Manicaland pr...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 18:16hrs | 1448 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC reverses recall of Manyame councillors
MDC Alliance has cancelled the recall of its two councillors in Manyame and forced the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to call off a by-election set for September, according to documents seen by N...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 18:08hrs | 3993 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe puts demolition of illegal tuck shops on hold
KWEKWE City Council has put the demolition of illegal tuck shops on hold pending consultations with stakeholders.The local authority had given an ultimatum to illegal tuck shop and gas vendors...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:57hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Uninsured buses cause for concern
A PROPOSAL to grant President Emmerson Mnangagwa freedom of the city status has divided Gweru city councillors, Southern Eye has learnt.Councillors are arguing over the criteria used to bestow...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:25hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Gweru divided over Mnangagwa freedom of the city status
A PROPOSAL to grant President Emmerson Mnangagwa freedom of the city status has divided Gweru city councillors, Southern Eye has learnt.Councillors are arguing over the criteria used to bestow...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:24hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP fumes over demolition of illegal tuck-shops
KWEKWE Central legislator Judith Tobaiwa is up in arms with council city management following the latter's decision to demolish some illegal tuck-shops and gas cages.In a recent notice, counci...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:50hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says he is no longer free
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday says he no longer enjoyed public life because he was always surrounded by more than 100 security personnel.Addressing businesspeople at the official open...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 19205 | by Staff reporter
Mafume sticks to his guns on Pomona
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday said the Harare City Council (HCC) had no capacity to pay in United States dollars the council committee set up to investigate the Pomona waste management deal....Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:47hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Fifa set to snub bogus Zifa board's request for recognition
For the first time, since the Felton Kamambo-led leadership was illegally elbowed out by the political machinations at ZIFA, and replaced by an illegitimate committee led by Gift Banda, FIFA have ackn...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:42hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
2 Zanu-PF members die in Nyatsime after CCC skirmishes
TWO Zanu-PF members have died in succession in the Nyatsime area since the murder of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali early this month.Ali was allegedly murdered b...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:24hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
CCC councillors in bribe storm over Pomona
A group of CCC councillors is allegedly set to pocket US$12 000 in fees from Harare City Council for "investigating" the Pomona waste management deal, now a done deal with Government backing.T...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:07hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
BCC to offer discount for forex payments
Bulawayo councillors have proposed to offer residents that are willing to settle their bills in foreign currency a 50 percent discount.This follows a public outcry after the local authority, a...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:15hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Bosso chairman co-opted onto bogus Zifa board
FORMER Highlanders Football Club chairman, Kenneth Mhlophe has been co-opted onto the Zimbabwe Football Association executive committee.Mhlophe was co-opted into the Zifa leadership structures...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:14hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
We Must all Condemn the Imprisonement of Mthwakazi Activists in Zimbabwe
Greetings to all! As I greet you all, I am saddened by the silence of all our people at the sentencing to long imprisonment of more than three (3) years recently of Mthwakazi activists by Zimb...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 14:17hrs | 624 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Pomona project above board, claims Nguwaya
GEOGENIX BV says it will forge ahead with the controversial Pomona waste management project despite the Harare City Council (HCC) suspending it through a council resolution last month.Speaking...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:36hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
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