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Mliswa tasked with finding a Ndebele puppet that will replace Kembo Mohadi?
The position of 2nd vice president that is imposed on Matabele people in Zimbabwe is a symbol of capture, oppression, mockery and an insult to Matabele nation. The children of the stars and the sons a...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 07:15hrs | 13 | by Israel Dube
Soul Jah Love, Dambudzo Marechera: Drawing parallels and their contribution to Zim Culture and Cultural Diplomacy
After an avalanches of tributes have already written on and about Soul Musaka aka Soul Jah Love the Zimdancehall maestro, whose untimely demise on 16 February 2021 gripped the nation with sorrow, ther...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 11:56hrs | 12 | by Taurai Mutoti
Cyberocracy: from prospects to reality?
Implications for Political Communication and Digital Diplomacy for Zimbabwe and the Developing WorldIn 1992, David Ronfieldt writing for the RAND Corpo...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:32hrs | 20 | by Taurai Mutoti
Chiyangwa's security guard killed
TWO men who allegedly disarmed and assaulted guards at businessman-cum-politician Phillip Chiyangwa's Old Citrus farm, killing one of them, appeared in court Tuesday facing murder.Lazarus Zhou...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza mayor, director arrested
Police yesterday arrested Chitungwiza Mayor Lovemore Maiko, a councillor and an engineer on allegations of abuse of office through corrupt activities involving the sale of commercial stands. T...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man catches wife pants down with churchmate
A praise and worship team- member at Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries who lied to her husband that she was going for music practice while she went for trysts at her churchmate's house was ...Published: 25 May 2019 at 15:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer in gun suicide attempt
A ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services officer stationed at Khami Maximum Prison in Bulawayo is battling for life in hospital after he shot himself on the chest in an attempted suicide. ...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's foreign based player pool keeps increasing
AS Zimbabwe brace for the Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations football qualifiers when they take on Mozambique next month, the technical department will have a broad base to pick from following indications...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean goalie joins Spanish side
RISING Zimbabwean goalkeeper Martin Mapisa took a huge leap towards his dream of becoming a fully-fledged professional footballer in Europe when he joined Spanish lower division outfit Velez CF. He si...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 22:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC wins Chitungwiza mayoral race
CHITUNGWIZA councillors yesterday elected MDC-T's Musekiwa Ruzvidzo as acting mayor ahead of Zanu PF's Betty Jasoni Dokora.The move all but sealed the fate of the three-member Madzudzo Pawadyi...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 08:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mayor gets community service for allocating residential stand to 3-yr-old son
SUSPENDED Chitungwiza mayor, Phillip Mutoti, who was convicted together with the town's housing director Kennedy Dube of criminal abuse of office, was yesterday sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment....Published: 06 Jan 2018 at 11:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Chitungwiza workers resist retrenchment
Chitungwiza Municipality has resorted to targeting workers who are experiencing health problems and those nearing retirement in its efforts to right-size the organisation.The local authority i...Published: 01 Aug 2017 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T's Chitungwiza mayor 'bought stand on behalf of 3-year-old son'
Suspended Chitungwiza mayor Philip Mutoti allegedly acquired a residential stand in the name of his three-year-old son which he later resold, the court heard yesterday.Also appearing before Ch...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Chitungwiza mayor clings to office keys
Fired Chitungwiza mayor Councillor Phillip Mutoti is holding on to keys to his former office that are required by the caretaker commission for use by external auditors.Cllr Mutoti wants to fir...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere sued
Suspended Chitungwiza mayor Phillip Mutoti and 12 councillors - part of officials under investigation for corruptly allocating themselves tracts of land - have filed a High Court application seeking a...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suspended mayor sues Kasukuwere
Suspended Chitungwiza mayor Philip Mutoti has dragged Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere to the High Court in a bid to set aside the minister's decision to set up an independent tribunal to ...Published: 01 Jul 2017 at 12:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF youth disrupt Chitungwiza residents meeting
Report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project claims that the ruling Zanu PF youth recently disrupted a meeting organised by Chitungwiza residents to resolve corruption in the local authority.ZPP said ...Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 07:05hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chitungwiza councillors challenge suspensions
Chitungwiza councillors have challenged their suspensions on allegations of corruption amid indications that not all of them would be arraigned before a tribunal hearing.The councillors, accus...Published: 11 May 2017 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Kasukuwere shielding Zanu-PF land barons'
ZENGEZA West MP Simon Chidhakwa has castigated Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere's recent move to suspend the entire Chitungwiza council over illegal land deals, without causing the arrest ...Published: 02 May 2017 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere eys Norton, Chiredzi
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere, who last week fired the mayor and all 24 councillors at Chitungwiza Municipality, will soon descend on Norton and Chire...Published: 01 May 2017 at 12:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chitungwiza councillors' suspension unlawful'
Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere's suspension of Chitungwiza councillors is unconstitutional, the Chitungwiza Residents Trust (Chitrest) has said.Last week, Kasukuwere suspended th...Published: 01 May 2017 at 12:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T roasts Kasukuwere
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC yesterday waded into Zanu-PF's ugly factional and succession wars, accusing embattled Local Government minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, of vindictively suspendin...Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere dissolves Chitungwiza Town Council
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has suspended Chitungwiza Mayor Phillip Mutoti and all 24 councillors for allegedly corruptly allocating themselves trac...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Village head bans wearing of non Zanu PF regalia
As the political situation continues to worsen ahead of the 2018 elections, a Muzarabani ward 19 Village head Passmore Mutoti reportedly barred villagers in the ward from wearing any polit...Published: 23 Oct 2016 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Town clerk sued for sexual harassment
Former Chitungwiza Municipality chamber secretary Ms Pricilla Vengesai has taken her former boss, town clerk Mr George Makunde to court claiming $20 000 in sexual harassment damages.Ms Vengesa...Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Nyemudzai Kakore
Chitungwiza Municipality retrenched workers not paid
Harare Residents Trust has claimed that Chitungwiza Municipality workers who were retrenched in August 2015 have not been paid up to now.The trust said one of the former workers who was at the...Published: 09 Jun 2016 at 15:06hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chitungwiza mayor 'survives' ouster
THERE was drama at Chitungwiza Municipality when a bid by Zanu-PF councillors to pass a no-confidence vote in Mayor Phillip Mutoti for his alleged failure to run the affairs of the municipality was th...Published: 11 Apr 2016 at 10:00hrs | | by Nyemudzai Kakore
'Govt to restore order in Chitungwiza,' says Kasukuwere
Government yesterday vowed to restore order in Chitungwiza, describing it as one of the worst-run local authorities.Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuw...Published: 05 Jan 2016 at 06:04hrs | | by Lovemore Meya
Zanu-PF officials 'harass' party member
The Zanu PF chairperson for Guruve North Steward Kunatsa and his deputy Learnmore Muzava allegedly harassed Bernard Munda of Kazunga village for not attending a Zanu PF meeting."On 5 November ...Published: 20 Dec 2015 at 09:16hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Go-between attacked over divorce token
Chitungwiza Mayor Phillip Mutoti's (pictured right) go-between on Wednesday narrated how he was attacked by the former's in-laws when he went to give them a token of divorce following the dissolution ...Published: 23 Oct 2015 at 06:26hrs | | by Lovemore Meya
Kasukuwere sets eyes on Chitungwiza
Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has set his eyes on Chitungwiza following chaotic events in the last few weeks that led to the firing of chamber secretary Priscilla Vengesai. ...Published: 21 Sep 2015 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mayor's wife refuses to surrender the Mayoress chain
Chitungwiza Mayor Mr Phillip Mutoti, has filed a case with the police against his former wife, Alice Kuvheya (31), accusing her of refusing to surrender the Mayoress chain she got during the time they...Published: 16 Sep 2015 at 06:39hrs | | by Lovemore Meya
Chitungwiza faces collapse
CHITUNGWIZA Municipality faces total collapse amid revelations that its monthly revenue collections have dwindled to between $700 000 and $900 000 against a wage bill of $1,4 million. This leaves the ...Published: 15 Sep 2015 at 06:31hrs | | by Lovemore Meya
Chitungwiza Town Council to fire 624 workers
The axe is hovering over 624 Chitungwiza Town Council workers.The council is said to have spent the day in meetings discussing terminating of employees' contracts on three months' notice....Published: 24 Aug 2015 at 21:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
HIV+ Mayor accused of bedding 15 women, in nasty divorce
Chitungwiza mayor, Philip Mutoti, 45, is embroiled in a nasty divorce with his wife amid revelations that he was bedding at least 15 women and paying for the services.The town father allegedly...Published: 12 Jul 2015 at 10:23hrs | 1 | by Chiyedza Matenga and Mercyline Hunye
MDC-T youths trade blows in front of Tsvangirai
MDC-T rival youths exchanged blows as violence broke out in full glare of party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai during his familiarisation tour of Chitungwiza Municipality yesterday.Youths, who a...Published: 27 Feb 2015 at 12:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai spends day in Chitungwiza
President Morgan Tsvangirai spent the whole day in Chitungwiza today interacting with residents and assessing the state of the MDC-led council's delivery of services to the residents of this town of o...Published: 26 Feb 2015 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Salarygate: 10 ghost managers exposed
Management at Chitungwiza Town Council is in the eye of a salary storm following revelations that they operated secret bank accounts and a payroll clogged with 10 ghost managers. The local aut...Published: 18 Mar 2014 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai tells Biti to leave his MDC-T
PROBLEMS bedevilling the crumbling MDC-T continue to mount as the party leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, yesterday openly told those pushing for his ouster to leave the party.In his address at th...Published: 09 Mar 2014 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza residents vow to resist 2nd Murambatsvina
HARARE - Government's plans to demolish houses in Chitungwiza faces stiff resistance as residents in Seke Unit 'O' Extension have vowed to strongly resist any such move.This follows a co...Published: 16 Dec 2013 at 02:23hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Mayor receives death threats
Newly-elected Chitungwiza mayor Phillip Mutoti has claimed he is receiving death threats."I am receiving death threats calls on my cellphone. The first one was during our budget consultati...Published: 03 Nov 2013 at 14:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to roll out Murambatsvina part 2 in two weeks
Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo has revealed that a nation wide demolition of illegal settlements in Zimbabwe is expected to start soon in Chitungwiza and Seke communal lands in two weeks ti...Published: 31 Oct 2013 at 13:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mayor arrested for assaulting a municipal employee
MDC-T Chitungwiza mayor Councillor Phillip Mutoti was last night arrested for allegedly assaulting a municipal employee in the town.Police spokesperson chief superintendent Paul Nyathi confir...Published: 10 Oct 2013 at 23:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's bid to impose mayors flops
The swearing in of councillors who won in the July 31 harmonised elections in all the 92 local authorities across the country saw the election of mayors for various towns around the country, a develop...Published: 16 Sep 2013 at 19:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mayors, council chairpersons to be elected into office today
MAYORS and chairpersons for Zimbabwe's 92 local authorities will be elected into office today as Government moves to foster good governance in local authorities.Initial resistance by MDC-T - w...Published: 16 Sep 2013 at 03:52hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T councillors celebrate govt's decision on mayors
MDC-T councillors' elects yesterday celebrated Government instruction that mayors should be chosen from elected councillors amid renewed jostling by councillors for the post.Four re-elected co...Published: 06 Sep 2013 at 15:12hrs | 2 | by Mafu Sithabile
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