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'Harare to pay US$22,000 a day for dumpsite'
ANTI-CORRUPTION watchdogs, civic groups and Harare residents yesterday described as scandalous and shameful the Pomona waste management deal awarded to Netherlands-based company Geogenix BV.Ge...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC distances self from Pomona deal
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors have distanced themselves from the Pomona dumpsite waste management deal currently dogged by corruption allegations.Geogenix BV or Pomona Waste ...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:22hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe freezes registration of new NGOs
THE government has frozen the registration of private voluntary organisations (PVOs) and trusts, stoking fears that the President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has begun a clampdown on non-gover...Published: 10 May 2022 at 17:29hrs | 1157 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blasts compromised minister
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo's interference in the governance of local authorities has infuriated Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa who has called the Zanu-PF politburo...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:04hrs | 3144 | by Staff reporter
Govt crippling service delivery
The brazen interference in the affairs of the Harare City Council by central government is a demonstration of Zanu PF's scorched earth policies that only do harm to long suffering citizens.A r...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:19hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
Moyo divides opposition parties
MDC has come out guns blazing defending Local Government minister July Moyo's directive to stop elections of new mayors and committee chairpersons.This comes after the Citizens Coalition for C...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 14:03hrs | 1868 | by Staff reporter
Moyo shields MDC-T councillors to protect controversial deals?
AS consistently reported by The NewsHawks prior to the March 26 by-elections, Local Government minister July Moyo (pictured) has stepped in to protect his multi-million-dollar corrupt deals at Town Ho...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:37hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
60 Harare councillors, officials at ZITF
HARARE councillors belonging to Douglas Mwonzora's MDC-T are part of a 60-member elite team from Town House who are going to blow US$136 000 at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF).Thi...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:47hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo fights back...removes Harare CCC Mayor
The Acting Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government one L. Mudyiwa has written to the Harare Acting Town Clerk Engineer Phakamile Moyo advising him that the recent election of Councillor Enock Mu...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 10:49hrs | 3349 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: CCC drags Minister July Moyo to court
The Nelson Chamisa led CCC has announced that it is taking the Minister of Local Government July Moyo to court challenging his directive which bars the Councilors from electing new Mayors and Committe...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 09:42hrs | 2101 | by Mandla Ndlovu
July Moyo cracks whip on Mayors; Councilors
Minister of Local Government July Moyo has written to the Mayors and Councilors advising them that they do not have power to reconstitute the leadership of any Municipality and Chairpersons of Committ...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 19:10hrs | 1776 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jacob Mafume gets High Court reprieve
RECALLED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday won his battle against Local Government minister July Moyo, with the High Court barring both the council and the minister from seeking to replace him....Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:33hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
ZACC arrests 26 Harare, Chitungwiza officials
TWENTY-SIX councillors and officials from Harare and Chitungwiza have been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) working with other law enforcement agencies in the fight against c...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:16hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, July Moyo murky deals under threat
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors say they will immediately swing into action and stop all dubious deals linked to First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and some scandalous agreements involving...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:30hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors take oath of office
TWENTY-THREE new Harare councillors took oath of office yesterday, with former mayor Herbert Gomba set to be sworn-in today.After the swearing in ceremony, Citizens Coalition for Change's Denf...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:46hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's councillors foil plot to side-foot Chamisa
MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora, still smarting from a humiliating defeat in the March 26 by-elections, suffered yet another blow to his political ambitions after his own party's councillors thwa...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:38hrs | 3396 | by Staff reporter
Bid to replace mayor hits snag
A MOVE to replace recalled Harare mayor Jacob Mafume by Douglas Mwonzora's MDC Alliance failed yesterday after a scheduled full council meeting was aborted at the eleventh hour.Some councillor...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Recalled PDP councillors challenge expulsion
RECALLED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume and fellow People's Democratic Party (PDP) councillors Simon Chabuka (Mutare) and Anorld Batirai Dube (Bulawayo) have approached the High Court challenging the...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:49hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa councillors haunted by shoddy land deals
At least four Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors elected in last week's by-elections could have their joy short-lived following revelations that they face immediate suspension over alleg...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:28hrs | 1458 | by Staff reporter
Mafume fights 'null and void' recall as councillor
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume on Wednesday vowed to fight his purported recall as a councillor, describing it as "null and void."Local government minister July Moyo on Tuesday wrote to the local a...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 14:51hrs | 1338 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume expelled
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume has been recalled as Ward 17 councillor and subsequently as Mayor after his former political party the People's Democratic Party wrote a letter to the Local Government Minist...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 12:17hrs | 3856 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt shields dodgy US$400m deal from political scrutiny
THE government has ring-fenced a filthy US$400 million waste-to-energy Pomona dumpsite deal pushed through by Local Government minister July Moyo (pictured) from political scrutiny and possible ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 17:07hrs | 1427 | by Staff reporter
Zec feels the heat over voters roll
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscilla Chigumba yesterday went ballistic during a Multi-Party Liaison Committee (MPLC) meeting in Harare after she was grilled over anomalies in the ...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Suspended mayor wants charges dropped
SUSPENDED Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday applied for the dropping of charges in which he allegedly ordered the city council director of Housing and Community Services to allocate residential stan...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
CCC: Old wine in old wineskins
On 24 January, former MDC Alliance faction leader, Nelson Chamisa announced the formation of a new opposition political party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). During the announcement,...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | 170 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Independent tribunal for Mafume
Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo has set up an independent tribunal to probe suspended Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume, who is facing a litany of allegations, including gross misconduct,...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Biti Parly bounce-back latest
THE High Court yesterday cancelled Monday's ruling stopping by-elections in six constituencies that allowed People's Democratic Party (PDP) members to bounce back to Parliament without being subjected...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:41hrs | 2701 | by Staff reporter
Is Mwonzora playing to his master's tune?
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba is fond of political prophecies, usually involving the opposition.One of his "prophesies" came to pass when MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora last week wr...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:49hrs | 5954 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa Chete Chete clears outstanding issues with ZEC
THE Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party last night said it had cleared all "outstanding issues" with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) amid fears there was a sinister pl...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:49hrs | 2706 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC presses for electoral reforms
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has vowed to put pressure on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to implement all the necessary reforms ahead of the March by-elections.ZEC, Thursday me...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:40hrs | 1630 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa a cunning megalomaniac
THERE is a problem that the Zimbabwean electorate is not seeing in the opposition politics of our country.The situation cannot even be explained using the words disaster and catastrophe. Many ...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:34hrs | 1130 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Mwonzora meets pro-Chamisa activist
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora said Thursday that he was "pleased" after a chance encounter with two leading members of the rival Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance.Mwonzora had a brief meeting wi...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | 4111 | by Staff reporter
Harare mayor challenges suspension
SUSPENDED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume has dragged Local Government minister July Moyo to court challenging his latest suspension as councillor and mayor.Mafume has taken the matter to the High C...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:22hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
'Bring back executive mayors'
THE opposition MDC Alliance has called for the return of executive mayors in local authorities to address service delivery issues affecting most urban councils.MDC Alliance secretary-general C...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 18:37hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Mafume denies being HCC employee
SUSPENDED Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume, who is charged with criminal abuse of duty as a public officer, yesterday denied being employed by the Harare City Council although acknowledging that he was a pub...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:49hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Biti blasts Moyo
THE MDC Alliance Vice President Tendai Biti has teared into Local Government Minister July Moyo following the fourth suspension of Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume.Last week, Moyo suspended Mafume pe...Published: 02 Jan 2022 at 09:07hrs | 3723 | by Staff reporter
PG descends on councils
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Kumbirai Hodzi has moved in to finalise a number of corruption cases involving council management and councillors in Harare and Chitungwiza.Some of the cases have been dragg...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 00:08hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe MDC Alliance councillor dies
KWEKWE MDC Alliance ward 9 councillor Sheila Mutirwara has died.Mutirwara passed away on Monday at Kwekwe General Hospital due to heart failure.She has been battling a heart ailment si...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:25hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Harare mayor suspended again
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo has suspended Harare mayor Jacob Mafume for the fourth time and as previously, without convening a disciplinary hearing.Mafume, who is also the MDC Alliance...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:46hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Harare mayor Mafume back at Town House after 45-day suspension lapses
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume returned to Town House on Monday after the lapse of his suspension by local government minister July Moyo.Moyo suspended Mafume for 45 days in September over pending ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:49hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter
Harare mayor Mafume fights on
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume returned to Town House on Monday after the lapse of his suspension by Local Government minister July Moyo.Moyo suspended Mafume for 45 days in September because he wa...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:19hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe case deferred
THE matter in which MDC-Alliance members are facing charges of staging an illegal demonstration during the national lockdown period sometime last year in Harare, was yesterday deferred to December 7 t...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mafume wants charges dropped
SUSPENDED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume plans to ask the courts to drop charges of attempting to defeat the course of justice, in which he is accused of attempting to interfere with a witness in the trial...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZEC ready for elections under Covid-19
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has come up with a policy that will ensure the country resumes electoral processes even under the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, which previously affected the...Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 08:51hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Woman loses freedom bid in $35m fraud case
THE woman who allegedly duped a local businessman of $35 million in a botched mining chemicals deal sometime last year, yesterday lost her freedom bid after the court dismissed her application for exc...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mafume seeks recusal of magistrate
SUSPENDED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday applied for recusal of the magistrate presiding over his charges of allegedly defeating the course of justice after interfering with a key witness, saying...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mafume cleared to return to Town House
Local government minister July Moyo on Wednesday imposed Stewart Mutizwa as acting mayor of Harare, even as a court threw out an application for Harare mayor Jacob Mafume to be barred from Town House....Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 21:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
July Moyo fuels Town House wars
LOCAL GOVERNMENT minister July Moyo yesterday appointed Stewart Mutizwa acting Harare mayor despite a court ruling on the same day that blocked the State from stopping incumbent mayor Jacob Mafume (MD...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents welcome end to mayoral chaos
Residents have hailed the Government's appointment of Harare councillor Musarurwa Stewart Mutizwa yesterday as the acting mayor following the suspension of mayor Jacob Mafume as a councillor a fortnig...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chaos at Harare House
HARARE City Council (HCC) is reportedly on autopilot after a special council meeting called on Monday to elect an acting mayor failed to constitute a quorum.The situation is said to be dire to...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
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