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Gweru fails to confirm receipt of ZWL$226,9m govt grant

Gweru City Council has once again come under scrutiny after the Auditor-General's (AG) 2024 report revealed serious financial irregularities, including failure to confirm receipt of a ZWL226,9 million government grant, overpayment for equi…

Published: 18 Aug 2025 at 08:39hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter

Gweru City Council in financial scandal

A damning 2024 Auditor-General's report has exposed deep-seated financial mismanagement at Gweru City Council, revealing unreconciled bank variances amounting to ZWL$4,9 billion, missing asset records, and unauthorised journal entries - ra…

Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 08:41hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter

Gweru couple found dead in suspected murder-suicide

Police in Gweru are investigating a suspected murder-suicide after a couple was found dead in separate locations on Tuesday.Midlands provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko, said the woman, identified as Definite Musomekw…

Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 14:49hrs | 937 | by Staff reporter

Marshals hijack Gweru bus terminus toilets

The Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has confirmed widespread concerns over the deteriorating state of bus terminuses across the country, highlighting ongoing complaints from travellers being denied access to free public toilets at…

Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 08:32hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter

Woman throws herself under truck in Gweru

Gweru was left shaken this afternoon after a woman from Bulawayo allegedly threw herself under a moving haulage truck at the busy intersection of Lobengula Avenue and 8th Street, in a tragic event that stunned onlookers.Moments before the …

Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Consumer watchdog wants tough stance against substandard products

The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has urged the government to strengthen enforcement of the Consignment-Based Conformity Assessment (CBCA) programme to shield consumers from substandard, counterfeit, and mispriced goods flooding the m…

Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:26hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter

Gweru, Kwekwe flagged as hotspots for fuel adulteration

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has raised alarm over rampant fuel fraud in Gweru and Kwekwe, identifying the two Midlands cities as high-risk zones where unscrupulous traders are adulterating fuel with paraffin, posing ser…

Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:30hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter

Gweru launches revenue collection blitz, rejects payment plans

Gweru City Council has launched a revenue collection blitz that started on Monday and will run until May 23, 2025, with a firm stance against accepting payment plans during this period. The operation aims to recover outstanding debts owed …

Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:00hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter

Gweru gets new vehicles

The Gweru City Council has taken delivery of four brand-new vehicles valued at approximately US$165,000, marking a significant step toward improving service delivery in the city.The new fleet includes a 25-seater minibus and three pick-up …

Published: 21 May 2025 at 19:50hrs | | by Staff reporter

Gweru residents petition council over debt blitz

Gweru residents have petitioned the local authority to postpone a planned revenue collection blitz  -  which includes water disconnections and possible property attachments  -  from today to June 16, 2025, to allow time…

Published: 19 May 2025 at 09:22hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter

Garwe challenged to release Gweru report

Residents in the City of Gweru have called on the government to release the findings of an investigation launched earlier this year into allegations of mismanagement and abuse of office by management and councillors in the Midlands capital…

Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 06:54hrs | 960 | by Staff reporter

Teachers condemn mandatory civic days to fund Independence Day Celebrations

The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has strongly opposed a government directive mandating schools in Gweru district to hold civic days aimed at raising funds for the upcoming Independence Day celebrations.Zimbabwe's 45…

Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

Gweru police officer commits suicide

A Gweru-based police officer, Constable Claude Jele, tragically died while receiving treatment at Gweru Provincial Hospital (GPH) on Sunday after allegedly consuming a yet-to-be-identified poison. The 38-year-old officer, who was stationed…

Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 11:41hrs | | by Staff reporter

Gweru City Council under fire for US$155,000 mayoral vehicle purchase

The cash-strapped Gweru City Council (GCC) has ignited outrage among residents and ratepayers by purchasing a US$155,000 mayoral luxury vehicle, a Land Cruiser Prado, amid pressing service delivery issues.The expenditure has drawn sharp cr…

Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 06:57hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter

Gweru City Council under investigation for mismanagement

Local Government and Public Works Minister Daniel Garwe has appointed an investigation team to probe allegations of abuse of office and mismanagement by Gweru City Council management and councillors.The investigation team will be led by Ms…

Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 09:00hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter

Gweru's Go Beer bounces back after decade

Gweru City Council's beer concern, Go Beer, has reopened after a decade-long closure, bringing fresh hope to the local economy. The local authority confirmed that operations had resumed last week, with beer now being supplied to the Midlan…

Published: 01 Jan 2025 at 10:22hrs | 1364 | by Staff reporter

Go Beer Breweries nears revival

Gweru residents are anticipating a brighter festive season with the imminent revival of Go Beer Breweries, which has been dormant for nearly a decade. The Gweru City Council has committed US$2.3 million to resuscitate the brewery, once a v…

Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 09:29hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter

Double murder accused businessman's trial stalls again

The murder trial of former fugitive and Gweru businessman Peter Dube, accused of killing two people and attempting to kill two more in a suspected love triangle, has hit another roadblock after he exhibited signs of mental instability.Dube…

Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 12:04hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo-Gweru Road stray livestock accidents spike

Police have expressed concern over a rise in road accidents along the Gweru-Bulawayo Highway, attributing the increase to villagers allowing their livestock to graze near the road.According to Midlands Police Spokesperson Inspector Emmanue…

Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 13:01hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter

Gweru airport project stalls

Plans by the Gweru City Council to transform its aerodrome into a fully operational airport have hit a snag, with delays at the Deeds Office cited as the primary obstacle. This revelation emerged during a recent 2024 budget review meeting,…

Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:53hrs | 1934 | by Staff reporter

Murder accused Gweru businessman strips in court

The trial of Peter Dube, a Gweru businessman accused of double murder and two attempted murders, was delayed this week after he displayed erratic behavior in court, raising concerns about his mental state. The trial, set to begin at the Gw…

Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 14:55hrs | 1555 | by Staff reporter

Go Beer to reopen in 8 months

GWERU mayor Martin Chivhoko has announced that the local authority's beer concern, Go Beer will commence production in November this year.Chivhoko said a memorandum of agreement had been signed with a local investor that he could not discl…

Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Gweru to revive Go Beer Breweries

Gweru city council is locked in talks with an unnamed investor to revive the local authority's beer concern, Go Beer, in a bid to start operations this year, it has been established.Mayor Martin Chivhoko said the resuscitation of Go beer w…

Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 21:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Gweru City Council struggles to pay December salaries

THE cash-strapped Gweru City Council (GCC) is struggling to pay its workers their December salaries including bonuses.The failure by the local authority to pay its 1 200 employees has had a negative impact on most of them who are now strug…

Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Gweru's stranger-than-fiction robbery

In the quiet cemetery-like ambiance of the Northlea Suburb in Gweru, during the night, a group of audacious robbers forcefully entered a residence. They corralled the occupants into a corner, rummaged through the refrigerator and pantry, i…

Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:45hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean man comes back from the brink after open heart surgery in India

WHEN Mr Wilberforce Matashu (46) of Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo arrived in India early this year for open heart surgery, which saw him implanted with artificial heart valves to assist the aorta, he had 12 days to live, according to doctor…

Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Race on for Gweru mayor's post

BATTLE lines in Gweru's upcoming mayoral race have been drawn among CCC councillors amid strong interference from the party leadership which has a preferred candidate.CCC won 18 wards in the city during last month's harmonised elections.Wi…

Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 11:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

MDC councillors plot to rip off Gweru

ACTING Gweru district development coordinator Tarisai Mudadigwa has written a letter to acting town clerk Livingston Churu, ordering him to stop plans by councillors from the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-Alliance to rip off the council through…

Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:23hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

New faces for CCC in Gweru Urban

Only two candidates from the previous council, Martin Chivhoko (ward 4) and Dani Ndaba (ward 14) have been retained to contest in the harmonised elections scheduled for August 23.The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party has fielded mo…

Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Gweru residents boycott paying bills

The mayor of Gweru councillor Hamutendi Kombayi said some residents were now reluctant to pay their water bills because council is failing to provide them with the precious liquid hence the residents' debt has ballooned to $12 billion.Last…

Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Acting Gweru Town Clerk acquitted

FORMER Gweru City Council acting Town Clerk, Mr Douglas Chikwekwe, is now a free man after the state on Wednesday withdrew before plea, charges of criminal abuse of office.His lawyer, Admire Rubaya of Rubaya and Chatambudza Legal Practitio…

Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 14:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

A cry for help â€“ Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education

Today is day 2, since the opening of schools; learners are stranded by the main gate of Fletcher High School in Gweru, a school located in the Zone area of Senga High density suburb. The learners are being denied entry into the school…

Published: 09 May 2023 at 08:45hrs | 30 | by Concerned Parents

Gweru set to duplicate traffic lights

GWERU City Council environment committee chairperson, councillor Trust Chineni (ward 15) says the local authority has approved plans to install traffic lights next to the ones installed earlier by one Chines investor.Seven years ago, counc…

Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter

Suspended Gweru town clerk faces car theft charge

GWERU mayor Hamutendi Kombayi yesterday ordered a senior council official to file a vehicle theft report against suspended acting town clerk Vakai Chikwekwe."We need to make a police report on the theft of the vehicle which the suspended a…

Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 16:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Gweru readies for Mnangagwa visit

GWERU City Council has embarked on a major facelift of its dilapidated roads and infrastructure ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit tomorrow where he will be conferred with Freedom of the City status.In a notice, acting town cler…

Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Gweru City Council to honour Mnangagwa

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will tomorrow be conferred with the Freedom of the City by Gweru City Council (GCC).Gweru councillors in December resolved to confer President Mnangagwa with the Freedom of the City award for his contribution to the gro…

Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

For such underperforming local authorities ...how do they afford such luxuries?

The city of progress has failed to live to it's name unless "Progress" has another meaning.How does Gweru local authority afford such a luxurious car worth USD176,000.00 (over 3 million if converted to South African Rands) for the one occu…

Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 12:01hrs | 1 | by AT Kadada

Zanu-PF and the opposition fooled by the vendors in virtually every urban area

Vendors have turned most urban centres into markets as they sell anything from food stuffs, clothing, cellphones and accessories. This is all done in the side walks commonly referred as pavements thereby making movement difficult along the…

Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 16:28hrs | 2 | by AT Kadada

Gweru businesswoman bags another global award

Barely two months after winning an international business awa rd in the United Kingdom, Gweru-based businesswoman Dr Smelly Dube has bagged another prestigious global award, the Pan African Changemaker Award in Enterprising and Community D…

Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole

CCC councillors block 'Freedom of City' award for Mnangagwa

CITY of Gweru councillors are locked in a bitter fight over honouring President Emmerson Mnangagwa with a â€˜Freedom of the City' award.Mayor, Hamutendi Kombayi (MDC-T) has been pushing to have the Zanu-PF leader granted the status but the…

Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:44hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Service delivery is not a favour but a mandate for Gweru City council

The erratic water supplies in Gweru as well as non-collection of garbage in Gweru has exposed the local authority.The Midlands capital city is surviving on the edge and it's a miracle that no water bourne disease has hit Gweru. Water hardl…

Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 09:36hrs | 5 | by AT Kadada

Youths shoot down national service

YOUTH organisations say they do not want to partake in the National Youth Service (NYS) programme which they say is associated with lawlessness and terror.The youths, who took part in the NYS earned the moniker "Green Bombers" after being …

Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter

Demand for Covid-19 jabs overwhelms Gweru nurses

GWERU City Council has 31 vacant positions for nurses at its clinics, a development that has contributed to delays in the mass vaccination drive in the Midlands Capital. Council clinics serve about 50 people a day and in some cases, those …

Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Can Mnangagwa declare a war against potholes' - Mzembi

Former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to deal with potholes which are now a menace in the country's various roads.Mzembi said it takes the leadership commitment for the problem to be solved."Can …

Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 15:22hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole

We remain behind the leadership elected in Gweru in 2019-South Africa MDC Alliance Secretary

MDC Alliance South Africa Provincial Secretary Nhamo Chikoworo issued a statement on Thursday vowing  to jealously guard MDC Alliance  zones of autonomous from Zanu pf and MDC T led by Douglas Mwonzora.In his statement Chikowero …

Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 20:29hrs | | by Fanuel Chinowaita

Gweru council top brass faces arrest

GWERU City Council's top brass faces arrest by the Zimbabwe AntiCorruption Commission (Zacc) over a slew of graft cases, Southern Eye can reveal.According to sources, a number of officials have already been taken to Bulawayo for questionin…

Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter

Gweru shelves prepaid water meter project

GWERU City Council says it has shelved plans introduce prepaid water meters this year as the local authority is facing serious financial challenges.Town clerk Elizabeth Gwatipedza said prepaid meters require a lot of money, which council c…

Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Anti-Mnangagwa demo in his backyard of Gweru

A POLICE ban on an anti-government demonstration in Harare has not broken the spirits of party loyalists in Midlands who have vowed to stage their own protest in Gweru, the capital of Midlands, widely considered President Emmerson Mnangagw…

Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Ensuring clean environment is individual responsibility

All though we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery (Deepak Chopra). The word sanitation also refers to the maintenance of hygienic co…

Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 12:14hrs | 3 | by Erick Matotoba

Cleansing ceremony for Gweru- Kwekwe highway black spot

Redcliff town is set to conduct a cleansing ceremony along the 20km stretch from Hunters bridge flyover to Kwekwe bridge flyover along the Gweru-Kwekwe highway to curb the surge in fatal road traffic accidents.In an interview following a f…

Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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