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Mnangagwa, Rautenbach land seizure sparks outcry
The contentious seizure of productive farmland in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East, meant to benefit close business associate of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Muller Conrad "Billy" Rautenbach, has taken a ...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 12:11hrs | 2937 | by Staff reporter
Deep-rooted corruption at Harare City Council
Harare City Council has for decades been run by unscrupulous individuals whose corrupt activities continue to cripple service delivery, a damning Commission of Inquiry report has revealed. The finding...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:29hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under fire over controversial land to Rautenbach
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing mounting criticism after it emerged that his close business associate, Muller Conrad "Billy" Rautenbach, is receiving over 1,000 hectares of productive farmland ...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 10:01hrs | 1820 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council is dead, needs complete overhaul
Former chairperson of Harare City Council's audit committee, Councillor Blessing Duma, has delivered a scathing indictment of the local authority, declaring that "the council is dead" and requires not...Published: 31 May 2025 at 14:03hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF intensifies campaign in Glen View
Zanu-PF has ramped up its campaign efforts in Glen View South as the party prepares for a decisive by-election on April 12. With all structures mobilized, teams have been deployed for roadshows and do...Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 08:13hrs | 178 | by Staff reported
Zanu-PF MP implicated in housing cooperative scandals
Harare South legislator Trymore Kanopula, popularly known as TK, faces allegations of corruption and misuse of authority in connection with the Simon Muzenda Housing Cooperative. The Zanu-PF lawmaker ...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 13:14hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa grilled over illegal land allocation scandal
Former CCC leader Nelson Chamisa faced tough questioning from the Harare Commission of Inquiry yesterday over allegations of involvement in the illegal allocation of over 5,000 residential stands and ...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 06:37hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa directed Harare's councillors to fast-track processes
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa is appearing before the Commission of Inquiry into the affairs of the Harare City Council, chaired by retired High Court Judge Justice ...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 16:32hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's pre-election tricks uncovered
Former CCC leader Nelson Chamisa allegedly directed Harare city councillors to fast-track the regularisation of housing cooperatives in the lead-up to the 2023 harmonised elections. This move was repo...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 07:46hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Harare Commission uncovers massive land looting
The Commission of Inquiry into Harare City Council operations has revealed that ahead of last year’s harmonised elections, councillors from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) engaged in a large...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 07:50hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Harare, Chitungwiza floods a man-made disaster
The incessant rains that pounded the country in the past week have exposed a big problem that has been allowed to fester in Harare and Chitungwiza, which requires decisive action to save lives....Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:57hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
CCC promises stands
CCC councillors and previous opposition parties that controlled urban councils have been grossly abusing stand allocations on council land, allowing themselves, other party officials and girlfriends o...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kagonye accused of duping housing cooperatives
FORMER Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Petronella Kagonye yesterday denied allegations of duping two housing cooperatives of US$38 500 in the sale of residential stands at Solomio F...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Thousands face eviction from council farm
Harare City Council has secured a court order to evict thousands of families who were settled illegally on its Crowborough Farm's Lot 2 of Parkridge Estate by land barons.The matter has been w...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga must crack the whip!
THE government last week set up a Cabinet Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management to bring sanity and order in urban areas by deregistering housing cooperatives being run by corrup...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:19hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Demolition of houses: An insensitive and unjustified gesture
In the past years, Zimbabweans have witnessed the demolitions of houses on the grounds that the houses were built illegally. The city council is instrumental in the destruction of the structures deeme...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 09:45hrs | 3 | by Joseph Yamikani Mvero
'Chamisa's MDC council mistimed Budiriro demolitions'
The recent Budiriro demolitions carried out by Harare City Council workers acting under a court order almost two years old were legal, but had nothing to do with the Government. Harare Provinc...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:20hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Harare home demolitions 'A Zanu-PF govt-MDC Alliance council resolution'
HARARE Provincial Development Coordinator Tafadzwa Muguti says recent demolitions on homes in Budiriro were part of a government and council resolution to rid the city of some illegal structures....Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 14:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stern warning to State land sellers
All those invading State, council and private land and creating bogus housing cooperatives are criminals that deserve to be arrested and prosecuted for fraud, corruption and land invasions, despite th...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parties internal strife not restricted to MDC Alliance
Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that the party internal strife which rocked the MDC Alliance from the time during the run up to the July 30 elections was not limited to the main opposition party a...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Provide affordable houses to the people
Housing stock remains depleted and not significant enough to bring prices down or change the majority of tenants to landlords. The glaring gap provided the window of opportunity for land barons to fle...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 21:22hrs | | by Thomas Murisa.
Chiwenga warns lawyers
Vice President General Constantino Chiwenga (Retired) yesterday warned lawyers against making reckless statements with the effect of inciting political violence.He said lawyers must uphold the...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga defends ZEC
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is an independent body and should not be directed by anyone in its work. This was said by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga while addressing a Zanu-PF rally i...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
'It's time to clear MDC-T rot,' says Chiwenga
It is now time to clear the rot perpetrated by MDC-T councils in cities and towns and President Mnangagwa's administration will not evict residents duped and illegally settled by land barons before Go...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga puts land barons on notice
It is now time to clear the rot perpetrated by MDC-T councils in cities and towns and President Mnangagwa's administration will not evict residents duped and illegally settled by land barons before Go...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth chair acquitted of extortion charges
ZANU-PF's Harare provincial youth chairperson Godwin Gomwe and two other persons, Josephine Hadziindi and Norah Toranga, who were facing extortion charges involving US$46 000 in shady housing deals ha...Published: 18 May 2018 at 16:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
How to smoke out Zanu-PF in Harare
Come 2018 general elections, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) must win resoundingly in Harare Metropolitan to stand a chance to win the Presidency and govern.It is an opposition tradit...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Phillan Zamchiya
City council to repossess stands
Harare City Council (HCC) is set to repossess residential stands issued to cooperatives and housing assistance pay schemes, which are failing to pay for the allocated land.The stands wer...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Corruption arrests should not be done on factional lines
While Zimbabweans are agreed that corruption is the number one cancer eating the fabric of the nation and that those responsible have to be brought to book, analysts are of the opinion that if there a...Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 13:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bogus land developers swindle Diasporans
Home seekers, especially those in the Diaspora, are losing thousands of dollars to bogus land developers, who are selling non-existent residential stands after using social media to post beautiful pic...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Conflict in Kingsdale Housing Cooperative, Norton
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has noted with concern the increasing conflict in Housing cooperatives the latest of which is Kingsdale Housing Cooperative in Norton where a few residents had their houses ...Published: 28 Jun 2017 at 10:25hrs | 8 | by Stephen Jakes
Chiyangwa to get compensatory land
Government is finalising the transfer of Tanlallon Estate in Manyame to businessman and property mogul, Dr Phillip Chiyangwa, in compensation of land he lost in Stoneridge after it was occupied by...Published: 12 Apr 2017 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T councillor jailed for swindling housing co-ops
FORMER Masvingo Urban MDC-T councillor Misheck Gapare has been slapped with an effective two years in jail for swindling two housing cooperatives of 50 residential stands worth about $200 000....Published: 10 Oct 2016 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Outsiders' running cooperatives in Binga - MP
The fishing cooperates in Binga are reportedly not owned by locals amid concerns by the locals that their resources were being looted out of the district.An MP B. Tshuma said he have heard of ...Published: 28 Jul 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe ranked number one in housing cooperatives - Zanu-PF Minister
Despite the alarming housing crisis in Zimbabwe - Small to Medium Enterprises Minister Sithembiso Nyoni has claimed that the country is ranked number one in the issue of housing cooperatives.S...Published: 28 Jul 2016 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Tsvangirai clueless on stopping Zanu-PF
A MEMBER of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T)'s shadow cabinet has admitted that his party does not know how to deal with Zanu-PF's strategy of meddling with urban constituencies....Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 09:37hrs | | by Own Correspondent
Statement by the MDC-T Secretary for local government
Since MDC won control of the urban Councils the Minister of Local Government has abused his powers under the Urban Councils Act and the Town and Country Planning Act to subvert and control the MDC...Published: 16 Jun 2016 at 15:12hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Fighting corruption needs combined effort from everyone
Zimbabweans have been made to believe that the scourge of sanctions imposed in the country by the western countries more than a decade ago were behind the demise of the Zimbabwean economy yet corrupti...Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 09:57hrs | | by Mukachana Hanyani
Grace Mugabe allies facing arrest as Mnangagwa faction seeks to destroy G40
Politicians and business people targeted by a current government anti-corruption blitz say it is nothing more than" a sham and factional hatchet job" targeted at perceived political opponents of v...Published: 06 Jun 2016 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Protect wetlands and protect lives!
In the sub-Saharan region of Africa, Wetlands are vast and have been playing a major role in the patterns of our climate , water ecosystems as well as eco-tourism. Industrial civilization , infrastruc...Published: 05 May 2016 at 12:51hrs | 3 | by Mbizo Chirasha
'Too small' stands deprive Bulawayo residents of their privacy
HOUSING stands being allocated by the Bulawayo City Council are too small, a Cabinet minister said yesterday. Small to Medium Enterprises and Cooperative Development Minister Sithembiso Nyoni made the...Published: 26 Apr 2016 at 07:07hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Bloated govt workforce: we are our own enemy
Out of ignorance, I recently teased my friend who used to drive a Land Rover Discovery 4 but is now driving a Toyota Corolla Bubble shape with an engine size of a mere 1.4 liters. I changed my attitud...Published: 18 Mar 2016 at 06:54hrs | | by Rufaro Mufundirwa
Housing Cooperative Officer of City of Harare Unmasked
Parkridge Estate, Housing Consortium near Kuwadzana Extension has reportedly continued to demand money from beneficiaries in total defiance of the Harare City Council new Housing Policy which has bann...Published: 16 Mar 2016 at 05:51hrs | 9 | by Stephen Jakes
End of Mnangagwa?
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's chances of succeeding President Robert Mugabe have hit turbulent times after the latter mauled his alleged key henchman - ousted war veterans' leader Christopher Mu...Published: 21 Feb 2016 at 11:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council must not hide behind a finger
The recent claim by Harare Mayor, Bernard Manyenyeni that Government ordered demolitions of houses at Arlington Estate which is close to Harare International Airport exonerating council involvement is...Published: 16 Feb 2016 at 12:07hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
Govt working with clandestine housing cooperatives- Harare Residents Trust
Harare Residents Trust has accused the Harare City Council for working with the clandestine cooperatives which allocate residents stands at un designated places where the local authority has not...Published: 01 Feb 2016 at 05:36hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Harare homeowners scramble to submit plans
There has been a massive response by residents from six suburbs that were warned by Harare City Council to either get their housing plans regularised or risk demolitions.The city's acting corp...Published: 30 Jan 2016 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Rutendo Rori
Banning housing Co-ops is the wrong solution
This government never ceases to amaze me. We have a situation where thousands of aspiring home owners where clearly duped by ZANU(PF) property barons in cahoots with ZANU(PF) youths and the ministry o...Published: 29 Jan 2016 at 07:20hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Govt must stop regarding voters as illegal land occupants
Harare Residents Trust has warned the government and the local authorities to stop taking people who vote for Zanu PF and the MDC-T who control Harare City as illegal land occupants."Harare Ho...Published: 28 Jan 2016 at 09:46hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Govt bans housing co-ops
Government has stopped allocating land to developers and housing co-operatives with immediate effect, while all servicing and housing development on State land will be done by the Urban Development Co...Published: 28 Jan 2016 at 05:20hrs | 3 | by Innocent Ruwende and Farai Mukuwane
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