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Harare council, Zinara trade barbs
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume has threatened to take the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) to court saying its model for road construction is not working, adding that since 2009, Zinara has n...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:34hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Harare fails to account for Zinara funds
Harare City Council has failed to acquit funds that have been allocated to it by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) resulting in the local authority failing to access new disbursements...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:31hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Harare fails to account for Zinara funds
Harare City Council has failed to acquit funds that have been allocated to it by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) resulting in the local authority failing to access new disbursements...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:31hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Harare mayor admits bungling
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume has admitted his council messed up after issuing just 163 stands out of a total 5,000 initially targeted for allocation to home seekers in 2022 by the local authority....Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:34hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC grabs land worth US$5m
LAND worth millions of United States dollars was parcelled among Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors and management at the Harare City Council with the corruption also sucking in legislato...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:38hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Delish Nguwaya scoops award for his Pomona waste project
THE Zimbabwe Integrated Traders Association (ZITA) on Wednesday honoured controversial businessman Delish Nguwaya with a special Innovative Business Award in recognition of his leading role in the Pom...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:14hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
RBZ recues HCC on water crisis
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has agreed to rescue the Harare City Council (HCC) by providing it with foreign currency to buy water treatment chemicals to improve potable water supply in the capi...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Harare
Harare recorded over 1 100 cases of diarrhoea between October 24 and November 20, with the authorities citing the city's failure to provide clean running water, collect refuse and attend to burst sewe...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:52hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Belarus spreads Zimbabwe footprint
BELARUS has increased its footprint in Zimbabwe after cabinet this week announced that it was concluding a framework to award the Eastern European country a tender to construct a 100-megawatt photovol...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:42hrs | 1133 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC raises alarm over new tough electoral law
The Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has expressed concern over amendments to the Electoral Act, which it says could be abused by Zanu-PF to disqualify its opponents from running...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:39hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally under massive pressure over Rufaro
ZIFA has taken a dig at Harare City Council for "dragging politics into sport" after Sakunda Holdings formally withdrew their proposal to modernise Rufaro Stadium, citing "toxicity" in the local autho...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:36hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Dembare blasts CCC led council over collapsed Rufaro Stadium re-development
DYNAMOS has lashed out at Harare City Council for backtracking on its agreement to partner energy company Sakunda Holdings on the renovation of the dilapidated Rufaro Stadium.Dynamos, keen to ...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:36hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
CCC led council scuttles Rufaro Stadium deal
A certain comedian once made a metaphoric comparison of having a vision and the height of people. He said tall people are so tall that they can see tomorrow, while short people are so short th...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Mafume promises to rebuild decrepit Rufaro to international standards
HARARE Mayor Jacob Mafume has declared that council will rehabilitate Rufaro Stadium to world class standards on its own, declaring the local authority has the financial capacity to implement the ambi...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
Town House, Sakunda trade barbs over bungled Rufaro deal
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume has accused Kuda Tagwirei's Sakunda Holdings of attempts snatch Rufaro Stadium from the local authority on the mere promise of terrace bucket seats as the two parties took to...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 19:38hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Sakunda Withdraws Rufaro Stadium Renovation Plan
Fuel giant Sakunda Holdings has announced that it has withdrawn its offer to renovate Rufaro Stadium over what it says was lack of political will to...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 21:34hrs | 652 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Harare
Harare mayor threatens court action against government
HARARE City Council Mayor Jacob Mafume has threatened legal action over the slow disbursement of devolution funds to the local authority, saying the development is hampering service delivery in the ca...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC attacks ZEC
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has come under attack from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) for presiding over what it claims is a flawed delimitation process ahead of next year's polls...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | 1654 | by Staff reporter
No internet at Harare municipality offices
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday grilled the council's Information Communication and Technology department (ICT) after it emerged that the municipality has gone for weeks without internet services....Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC, Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF clash over delimitation
A ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) delimitation exercise for Harare was yesterday characterised by heated clashes between ruling Zanu-PF party members and those opposition Citizens Coalition for Ch...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
Mafume laughs off latest govt salary schedule
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume has laughed off the latest government salary schedule, saying that he is now one of the country's lowest-paid workers.Mafume who labelled the allowances a "mockery" w...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 2885 | by Staff reporter
Harare mayor bans management foreign trips
HARARE City Council yesterday banned foreign trips for councillors and management.This came after mayor Jacob Mafume had his trip to South Korea on council business was blocked by Cabinet....Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo resumes campaign for Redcliff seat after shock 2018 defeat
LOCAL Government Minister July Moyo is dishing out donations in the dormitory town of Redcliff amid reports that the Midlands Zanu-PF godfather has resumed campaigns to regain the peri-urban parliamen...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:30hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
Fresh turmoil hits Mupedzanhamo
EFFORTS to bring sanity at Harare's Mupedzanhamo flea market were dented yesterday after police were involved in running battles with illegal vendors returning to the area.Police had to throw ...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:54hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Harare residents plot garbage blockade
HARARE residents have threatened to block garbage collection in the city to stall the controversial Pomona waste management deal.The Geogenix BV-run US$340 million project is sustained by proc...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police smoke out Mbare violence leaders
POLICE yesterday went door-to-door arresting Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and Zanu-PF suspects who have since Friday been causing mayhem at Mupedzanhamo flea market in Mbare, Harare — b...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 877 | by Staff reporter
Harare mayor demands autonomy of local authorities
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume has demanded autonomy of local authorities saying there is need to be set free from central government interference.Addressing delegates during a discussion to raise ...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
'Residents charged for unconsumed water'
Civil society organisations (CSOs) have accused local authorities of charging residents for water not consumed.Speaking at the Harare Water Justice Symposium on Friday in Harare, Combined Hara...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Mupedzanhamo set ablaze
SUSPECTED Zanu-PF youths on Friday night and Saturday went on a rampage, torching vending tables and secondhand clothes at Mupedzanhamo flea market in what is believed to be a revenge mission against ...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 1060 | by Staff reporter
Nurses desert Harare Council clinics
HARARE City Council clinics have a shortfall of at least 300 nurses, crippling health delivery services in the capital as more health workers continue to quit their jobs over poor pay.Mayor Ja...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:54hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt doles out US$6m in Harare rubbish saga
A company awarded the controversial 30-year Pomona waste management deal in Harare may have pocketed at least US$6 million since March from government as the City of Harare has refused to pay a single...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 11:26hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
Harare mayor climbs down on steep building inspection fees
CITY of Harare has rescinded an earlier resolution to hike building inspection fees, which were unattractive and pushing away investors in infrastructural development.Speaking during a special...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 20:25hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Biti files for ConCourt referral
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) vice-president Tendai Biti has completed giving evidence for referral of his matter to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) on a charge of verbally assaulting a Russ...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council resumes US dollar charges
THE Harare City Council (HCC) has reissued its request for United States dollars (US$) payments for on-demand services after it stopped taking foreign currency due to a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) ...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Harare infrastructure now 20 years behind maintenance, says mayor
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume says the city's infrastructure is now 20 years behind its rehabilitation schedule and regrets the authority's endless financial woes that have made it impossible to undertake...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:13hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dangles duty-free cars for councillors
GOVERNMENT has reviewed councillors' allowances as President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he had approved a scheme to import vehicles duty free.Mnangagwa also said councillors would get special ter...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:48hrs | 3096 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Zanu-PF youths in violent clashes
VIOLENCE flared up between Zanu-PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) youths in Harare yesterday morning as they fiercely fought for control of flea market spaces in Mbare's Mupedzanhamo area....Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 1260 | by Staff reporter
Harare councillors waste thousands on trips outside capital
HARARE residents have accused City of Harare councillors of wasting taxpayers' money and fattening their pockets at the expense of essential service delivery to the general populace grappling shoddy, ...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 06:06hrs | 1056 | by Staff reporter
Harare scraps US$100 towing fees
HARARE City Council (HCC) has scrapped towing fees for impounded vehicles that are driven by their owners to council's storage depot, mayor Jacob Mafume announced yesterday.Mafume also said ow...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Councils defy govt fire tender directive
MAJOR local authorities have united in rejecting fire tenders imposed on them by Local Government minister July Moyo.Minister Moyo drew the ire of local authorities in June this year after ord...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:09hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Parly grills Harare over missing US$200m
PARLIAMENT yesterday opened an inquiry into the disappearance of US$200 million from Harare City Council coffers after the local authority terminated a contract with its financial software supplier....Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:15hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
CCC councillors appointed to plum posts in Harare
Harare Mayor, Jacob Mafume has reshuffled council's committees in a development which has seen Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors appointed to influential posts.Eight committee c...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 1389 | by Staff reporter
We know our heroes
THOUSANDS of people yesterday thronged the National Heroes Acre to remember the country's luminaries who sacrificed limb and life to liberate Zimbabwe and deliver freedom that flourishes today....Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:17hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai deserves national hero status, says Mafume
HARARE Mayor, Jacob Mafume Monday called for the recognition of the late former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai as a national hero for his unequivocal role in opening up democratic space in the count...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 23:16hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
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: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:52hrs | 2070 | by Staff reporter
Harare residents go 5 days without water
Heroes' Day will be celebrated in Zimbabwe on Monday — a time to celebrate the liberation war heroes and heroines of the country. But for more than one-million people in the capital, Harare, who hav...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:51hrs | 592 | 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: 07 Aug 2022 at 18:49hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Fake Chamisa intel: riot cops in heavy Kuwadzana deployment
ZIMBABWE Republic Police's (ZRP) anti-riot officers Saturday besieged Kuwadzana community hall, thwarting a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and residents interface after getting ‘false intellige...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:44hrs | 2350 | by Staff reporter
Harare cancels Pomona waste deal
The Harare City Council has resolved to cancel the Pomona waste management deal that was imposed on the local authority by the Local Government ministry.Council had resolved to suspend the 30-...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:28hrs | 1128 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council does not build dams, says Mayor
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday shot back at Zanu-PF claims that the local authority had failed to provide enough potable water to residents because it had not built an adequate number of dams for...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
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