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Stop Prioritising Universities , Zimbabwe Needs Vocational Institutions to Develop
Zimbabwe is facing a looming crisis in the engineering sector, not because it lacks intelligent students or capable minds, but because of a mismatch in its education and skills training priorities. Wh...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 13:46hrs | 339 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zanu-PF MP accused of extorting funds from land-seeking citizens
BUHERA North legislator Philip Guyo (Zanu PF) is facing accusations of looting and extorting funds from desperate land-seekers in Chitungwiza to finance his 2023 electoral campaign, according to membe...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 15:08hrs | 474 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
David Coltart raises concerns over proposed wealth tax
Bulawayo mayor, David Coltart, has expressed concerns that the proposed Wealth Tax by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube will encroach upon local councils' authority to levy rates against property owners w...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 05:36hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF blames opposition for poor service delivery in urban areas
The ruling party Zanu-PF has accused Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) for poor service delivery in urban areas.Speaking at the press discussion organized by TellZim News held at Chevron Hot...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:24hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zinara, Harare mayor war over road funds escalates
THE war over road rehabilitation fund disbursements between Harare mayor Jacob Mafume and the Zimbabwe National Roads Association (Zinara) yesterday escalated, with the latter releasing a schedule of ...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:07hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents in anti-council protest
BULAWAYO residents yesterday demonstrated against the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) outside the Large City Hall over poor service delivery and ever-rising water bills.The residents who were wavi...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF members attacked
Opposition activists in Bulawayo yesterday attacked and injured members of Zanu-PF elections campaign team who were going about their business peacefully.The ruling party yesterday condemned t...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to proclaim by-election dates next month
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he would proclaim by-election dates in early January next year.Mnangagwa, who was addressing journalists after a politburo meeting, said he was not ...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance Ward 17 Councillor maintains roads in his Ward
MDC Alliance Councillor for ward 17, Chikanga Dangamvura Constituency and other Party members maintain roads in their ward yesterday.Unlike Zanu pf members who are highjacking government proje...Published: 19 May 2021 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Residents must resist road levy
THE Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) is calling all residents of greater Harare and motorists to resist the introduction of a roads levy by the City of Harare.The move comes at a t...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Combined Harare Residents Association
Zimbabwe's vehicle licensing, registration must be devolved
GOVERNMENT'S recent declaration of a "national disaster" on roads is a ploy to centralise road maintenance.This is against the principle of devolution as enshrined in chapter 14 of the Constit...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Mable Murambiwa
Harare roads funds need audit
The heavy rains have highlighted the lack of maintenance and lack of required rebuilding on many Harare roads, with the city council getting its fair share of Zinara funds and having access to parking...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge municipality hit by mass resignations
BEITBRIDGE municipality has been hit by mass resignations of key staff amid allegations of conflict of interest and abuse of office.It is understood that despite having been swept under the ca...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
State of Bulawayo roads worry human rights group, BCC petitioned
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has expressed concern over the state of roads in Bulawayo which are littered with potholes.This has prompted the civic society group to petit...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls sells stands in forex
VICTORIA Falls Municipality has resolved to sell all residential stands on offer in foreign currency saying the local authority desperately needs forex for service delivery. The council's land...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:31hrs | | by Staff reportet
Distressed firms splash costly Mnangagwa adverts
Distressed companies, some of which are on the verge of collapse, have dug deep into their nearly empty pockets to join the bandwagon and congratulate President Emmerson Mnangagwa who was sworn in as ...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 14:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe visit awakens Bulawayo city fathers
DESPITE pleading bankruptcy each time residents of the second largest city demand improved service delivery, money has been found to impress President Robert Mugabe who will soon be visiting the "City...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 17:35hrs | 4 | by staff reporter
Accident victims' relatives want govt charged
The Mvuma accident victims' relatives say they want the government charged for negligently failing to provide adequate emergency infrastructure along the country's highways.Fortune Mandipi...Published: 12 Apr 2017 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council covering potholes using gravel
THE Bulawayo City Council has proposed an "Adopt a Road" policy to enlist residents in rehabilitating roads in the outskirts of the central business district and residential areas.The sche...Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
State of Bulawayo city roads irks councillors
The deplorable state of Bulawayo city roads following the heavy raids which hits the country recently has irked the Councillors who have recommended that the local authority should try to regrade 5km ...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 13:47hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
City Council should improve service delivery
Service delivery is an essential function in the relation between local authorities and rate payers. The MDC-T led Harare City Council (HCC) should be encouraged to effectively improve its service del...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 13:05hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
MDC-T MP targets Zinara
AS the government runs around to get funding to rebuild the country's dilapidated road infrastructure, an opposition lawmaker has given notice to move a motion that will stop a State parastatal fr...Published: 04 Feb 2017 at 12:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere, Gumbo meet over Zinara
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere and his Transport and Infrastructural Development counterpart Dr Joram Gumbo have engaged over the tiff between loca...Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
New road fee for motorists?
Harare motorists are set to fork out more for using city roads as the local authority mulls introducing a fee for road maintenance following inadequate allocations from the Zimbabwe National Road ...Published: 09 Jan 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe hit nail on the head
PRESIDENT Mugabe last week implored authorities to engage contractors with the capacity to deliver quality work on our roads after noting that a lot of money had been spent on some shoddy work in the...Published: 29 Nov 2015 at 10:04hrs | | by Comment
Government abandons plans to set up Obert Mpofu's urban tollgates
THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has abandoned plans to set up urban tollgates but will now prioritise the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Chirundu and Beitbridge-Victoria Falls...Published: 22 Nov 2015 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Munyaradzi Musiiwa
Govt to take over tollgates from Zimra
GOVERNMENT is now finalising for the full takeover of toll gates manning by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration from the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, an official has said.Secretary for T...Published: 01 Oct 2013 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC gets $5 million for road rehabilitation
THE Bulawayo City Council has received $5 million to be used in the rehabilitation of the city's dilapidated road network.A total of $2 million has been given to the council as a loan from the...Published: 05 May 2012 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
New vehicle licence discs: Zinara
Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has introduced new vehicle licence discs with more security features as part of efforts to curb the illegal reproduction of the permits.This fol...Published: 15 Jan 2012 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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