HARARE – Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has bemoaned the absence of a substantive town clerk for the city following the suspension of James Mushore. He said politics was interfering with Harare City Council (HCC)’s affairs and functions. While giving a State of the City Address recently, Manyenyeni said Mushore — a former top banker —…
MUTARE – At least 265 Mozambican child refugees have missed class during the last term due to staff shortages at Tongogara Primary School (TPS), despite the United Nations offering to pay teachers’ salaries, a senior government official has said. Tongogara Refugee Camp administrator Meshack Zengeya told Social Welfare minister Prisca Mupfumira during a tour of…
HARARE – The burial of long-serving former top civil servant Charles Kuwaza in Harare yesterday was most notable for the absence of senior Zanu PF and government officials. The 63-year-old Kuwaza — who died on Independence Day under disputed circumstances — was interred at the Glen Forest Memorial Park. A surprisingly small gathering, predominantly made…
HARARE – As President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu PF’s deadly tribal, factional and succession wars continue to escalate, valued long-standing relationships among the party’s bigwigs are coming under increasing strain. This comes as flamboyant Harare businessman Phillip Chiyangwa, pictured, has had a stunning fallout with his longtime friend and party senior, Saviour Kasukuwere — amid…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his former secretary-general, Welshman Ncube, yesterday ended their long stand-off when they signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work together in the watershed 2018 national elections. This comes after Tsvangirai signed a similar deal with former Vice President Joice Mujuru on Wednesday, as the opposition edges closer…
HARARE – Zimbabweans reacted with both shock and anger yesterday to the controversial decision by President Robert Mugabe’s warring ruling Zanu PF to declare the late party bigwig, Kizito Chivamba, a provincial hero. This is despite the fact that Chivamba was in 1991 sentenced to seven years in prison for attempted murder, together with the…
BULAWAYO – Falcon College (Falcon)’s estate manager, Murray Ross Osborne, has been dragged to court for allegedly insulting President Robert Mugabe. While the insult allegations arose last December, the case was only brought before the courts yesterday as the State was still waiting for Attorney-General’s authority to prosecute in terms of Section 34 of the…
HARARE – All Harare municipal employees will soon be wearing work uniforms after a full Council resolution to implement a new dress code. This comes as Harare City Council human capital director Cainos Chingombe has complained that some employees dressing was inappropriate. According to human resources committee minutes, Chingombe said in the 90s, all council…
HARARE – A court case in which a Mazowe couple is accused of criminal trespass and assaulting a cop has confirmed that President Robert Mugabe and his family have interests in Arnold Farm, and are behind the villagers’ eviction from the property. For over a year, speculation has been rife that the Mugabes were behind…
HARARE – A residents’ group has demanded the implementation of a pledge by Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni that the Harare City Council will immediately stop charging fixed water charges to ratepayers who have not received council water from the years preceding 2014. Manyenyeni told the council meeting last week that the 2014 resolution will be…
