BULAWAYO – The second largest city of Bulawayo finally successfully elected Solomon Mguni, as its mayor ending weeks of speculation and bickering. Mguni, a practising lawyer polled 17 votes ahead of ward 26 councillor Norman Hlabani who polled 12 votes, in an election that was presided over by provincial administrator Khonzani Ncube. Mguni who received…
HARARE – A properties executive appeared in court yesterday after reportedly swindling a home-seeker of $35 000 in a botched residential stands sale. Tendai Spancer Mukwani, 42, who was once employed by Danai Properties, appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzyi Mugwagwa charged with fraud and was released on bail. He will be back in court on…
HARARE – The fight between Southlea Park Home Owners Association and businessman Philip Chiyangwa has resurfaced after the parties went back to the High Court on Thursday, seeking the court to make a determination of the Southlea Park land ownership. This comes after the association filed an application in 2016, seeking an order setting aside…
MUTARE – Mutasa Central MDC Alliance MP-elect Trevor Saruwaka has accused Zanu PF of abusing the country’s legal system to haunt his supporters following his July 30 re-election through a blitz of arrests that has seen four wallowing in prison with eight-month sentences while five are still on trial. Saruwaka told Eastern News this week…
HARARE – Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ) and the Harare Residents Trust (HRT) are calling upon President Emmerson Mnangagwa to implement devolution and expedite the establishment of provincial and metropolitan councils as provided for in Chapter 14 of the Constitution. “We welcome the recent pronouncement by the Local Government, Public Works and National…
MUTARE – Residents of Chimanimani are bitter that the timber industry that used to sustain thousands of lives and support the growth of its urban settlement in Ngangu has been destroyed because of government’s poor land policies. Although its tourism sector was only second to Victoria Falls in 1999 it has suffered due to the…
BULAWAYO – One of the losing presidential candidates Blessing Kasiyamhuru has urged Zimbabweans to rally behind the current leadership of Emmerson Mnangagwa. Kasiyamhuru said this while in Matabeleland North where he is meeting his party’s structures and congratulating them for standing with Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity (ZIPP). “We are moving around thanking our voters and…
BULAWAYO – Residents here have appealed to the City Fathers to ensure the incoming councillors declare assets and interests as a way of curbing corruption that has been synonymous with local authorities in the past. Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) acting coordinator Emmanuel Ndlovu said registering of assets should be mandatory as it will help…
HARARE – MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa, will today hold a rally in Chitungwiza where he is set to engage his supporters on the way forward. The rallies, to be held throughout the country, are meant to afford Chamisa an opportunity to consult his supporters on the way forward in the wake of the July…
HARARE – The multi-tier exchange rate system is negatively affecting the pricing system of both goods and services, the Zimbabwe Association of Microfinance Institutions (Zamfi) has said. In its microfinance sector performance report for the first half of this year, Zamfi said the multi-tier exchange rate system was undermining economic performance. “Like other sectors in…
