Old Ghosts Haunt Harare As Gvt Declines 2024 Budget
By Correspondent Harare City Council’s 2024 budget proposal has been declined by Central Government over a range of old issues. Foremost is the absence of plans to find a new Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP). Since the withdrawal of Quill Associates’ BIQ billing system in 2019, Council’s billing has been shambolic. The local authority has […]
Can Mafume Be Doink The Clown And Deliver?
By Pieter Ziegler “Even better politics would be to re-appoint Doink, Mafume- to lead the new rescue creature under Presidential Powers zvizhakane ikoko.” The statement was George Charamba at the height of his imperial pettiness, grafting partisan politics into his starched official position. The import of his idea was that using the Presidential Powers, President […]
ZINARA Admits Underfunding Councils
By Correspondent Zinara Board Chairman Dr George Manyaya has admitted to his organisation underfunding various road projects in the cities. Manyaya revealed this on Wednesday while giving an update on their operations. “As we continue to fund these key road projects, I urge our esteemed councils or rather road authorities to uphold the highest standards […]
Download: Harare Mayor’s New Year Message
I feel deeply humbled to present this New Years’ Message on behalf of the City of Harare and in my Capacity as the Mayor of the Capital City of the Republic of Zimbabwe. I was re-elected the Mayor of the Capital City on the 21st of December 2023 and I would like to pay tribute to my predecessors for holding fort and ensuring that the City remains afloat. Council has had many challenges relating to service delivery
Norton Blames Harare For Exorbitant Bills
By Correspondent Norton Town Council (NTC) has come under fire from local residents over exorbitant rates which they say are beyond their reach. The local authority hiked its rates for both residential and commercial places and has since defended the move. NTC Chairperson Sylvester Gumisirai said they had been victims of Harare’s rebasing in 2022. […]
Politics of Garbage
By Correspondent Harare has become the unfortunate victim of political power play between the ruling ZANU PF and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) which have steadily desecrated its state. Uncollected garbage has become both the abiding motif of Harare’s landscape and the fruition of the political wrangling between the parties. Whereas a simple plan […]
Opposition In Stand-Off Against Gvt Over $16B Debt
By Correspondent The opposition controlled Harare City Council is owed over $16 billion by central government raising fears that the ZANU PF Government may be sabotaging them. Speaking to the media this week Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume said the failure by government to pay its dues had resulted in Council failing to pay for its […]
Once Mafume Was A Sitting Duck, What Has Changed?
Pienet Zouar In May 2022, High Court judge, Justice Joseph Mafusire reinstated Jacob Mafume as the Mayor of Harare after setting aside a letter by the Local Government Minister, July Moyo, suspending him for the fourth time. This followed a successful appeal filed by Mafume through his lawyer, Tonderai Bhatasara. The judge issued an order […]
Geogenix’s Pomona Business Site Burnt
By Correspondent Geogenix has accused saboteurs of setting fire to its business premises in Pomona after a mysterious fire broke out at the dumpsite on Monday. In statement the company said it was yet to identify the cause of the fire in Pomona but suspected that it was the work of “saboteurs of the project”. […]