News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Tuesday, 07 May 2013 13:56
HARARE - Falling temperatures have exposed victims of the Chitungwiza bomb blast — who still live in tents that rumble with the wind and leak whenever it rains — to the ravages of weather and disease. There is no electricity, nor...Read More
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Monday, 29 April 2013 13:57
HARARE - Hundreds of people who built houses on land illegally acquired in Chitungwiza are set to pay double. After buying land to build houses from a local housing cooperative, the residents are now being asked to fork out more by...Read More
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Sunday, 14 April 2013 14:39
HARARE - The disappearance of the body of a five-day-old baby at Chitungwiza Hospital has raised fears that the bodies are being used for ritual purposes in the satellite town. Sharon Muponda’s baby is said to have been brought to Chitungwiza...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Friday, 12 April 2013 12:46
HARARE - Rapid urbanisation has forced the sprawling town of Chitungwiza to tuck in communal lands in order to address the sharply rising demand for houses. This week the cash-strapped council resolved that houses which were built illegally would now be...Read More
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Wednesday, 10 April 2013 12:14
HARARE - Chitungwiza municipal workers, who in January resolved to forego their allowances to ensure regular payment of their salaries, are still singing the blues after going seven months without pay. It seems there is no solution in sight for the...Read More
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Tuesday, 26 February 2013 11:38
HARARE - Shock, fear and despair have engulfed the community surrounding the Chitungwiza blast scene, in which five people perished in mysterious circumstances. Four houses were razed to the ground while several others had windowpanes shattered. The fear and anger from...Read More
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Monday, 11 February 2013 12:12
HARARE - High Court judge Joseph Musakwa has slapped a Chitungwiza businessman with a five-year jail term for shooting and killing a commuter omnibus conductor over 5 Rand change. Lazarus Tichatonga Mabika, however, escaped a lengthy custodial sentence after Musakwa found...Read More
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Monday, 11 February 2013 10:15
HARARE - Chitungwiza Municipality — battling a $6m water debt owed to City of Harare — has been hit by another lawsuit after failing to pay for electrical goods worth over $11 000 acquired from a local firm. The court heard...Read More
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Sunday, 03 February 2013 14:54
HARARE - A deadly explosion yesterday hit Mt Hampden — about 20km northwest of Harare — ripping off a tobacco processing barn and killing three people. One person sustained serious injuries. The explosion left the small farm compound in grief as...Read More
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Wednesday, 30 January 2013 11:07
HARARE - Chitungwiza South legislator Misheck Shoko claims he found a bullet in his letter box on January 15, allegedly from his MDC counterparts as rivalry escalates in the party over primary elections. The MP, who is also a veteran of...Read More
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Wednesday, 30 January 2013 10:36
HARARE - Police have expressed alarm over the proliferation of explosives in the hands of civilians and warned members of the public to exercise caution. Last week, a deadly blast resulted in the death of six people in Chitungwiza. National police...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Tuesday, 29 January 2013 11:19
HARARE - The horrific Chitungwiza blast has claimed yet another life. Tembo Magaya, a 65-year-old has died — apparently from the effects of the explosion suspected to have been caused by a bomb and his family is in agony. Although Magaya...Read More
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Monday, 28 January 2013 11:30
HARARE - Hundreds of people drawn from different Christian denominations yesterday descended on Chitungwiza’s “house of death” for a cleansing ceremony, blaming traditional healers for the death of five people in a suspected bomb blast. Church leaders described traditional healers, popularly...Read More
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Monday, 28 January 2013 10:56
HARARE - Chitungwiza Municipality has ignored recommendations by a committee set by government to investigate former deputy mayor Fredrick Mabamba on allegations of corruptly acquiring over 1 000 commercial and residential stands in the sprawling town. According to the July 2012...Read More
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News » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Sunday, 27 January 2013 13:02
HARARE - It is 15:44 on Monday, January 21. My phone rings and I realise it is a colleague calling but would never have prepared myself for what I was to see in the next three hours. At first my informant...Read More
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