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Thursday, 09 May 2013 11:31
HARARE - A scandal is brewing in Harare City Council after councillors and a top official acquired commercial pieces of land for a song. Councillors Girisoti Mandere, Thomas Muzuva and Masiye Kapare and director of Urban Planning Services Psychology Chiwanga have...Read More
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Monday, 06 May 2013 11:32
HARARE - City councilors never cease to amaze. If they are not demanding hefty sitting allowances, they are embroiled in some form of controversy. This is the tragedy of electing fly-by-night people who have no idea of what their relevant office...Read More
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Sunday, 05 May 2013 13:37
HARARE - The Harare City Council account continues to dry up, with mounting debt revenue from water dropping from $6 million to $4 million in the first quarter. “The drop has been gradual since the beginning of the year,” said town...Read More
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Friday, 03 May 2013 10:42
HARARE - Former city treasurer and finance director for Harare Cosmos Zvikaramba has bounced back into council. Zvikaramba unceremoniously left the local authority in 2010 following the return of Misheck Mubvumbi, who had been fired by past Harare deputy mayor Sekesai...Read More
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Monday, 22 April 2013 10:54
HARARE - Two City of Harare employees have appeared in court on allegations of defrauding their employer of $325 114,63. Godfrey Hama, 35, a senior accountant and Dumisani Mgogoshi, 39, a clerical officer were not asked to plead when they appeared...Read More
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Tuesday, 02 April 2013 10:26
HARARE - Harare councillors have approved a $2 million loan the city council intends to borrow from Metbank for the purchase of refuse trucks. Council last year made a resolution to procure 27 refuse removal trucks and five compactors aimed at...Read More
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Thursday, 28 March 2013 09:31
HARARE - As Harare City Council moves to return sanity to the sunshine city by centralising commuter minibuses, the move has caused chaos as the designated places do not have the capacity to accommodate a vast number of minibuses and commuters....Read More
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Thursday, 28 March 2013 09:25
HARARE - Harare City Council has assured its rate payers that water treatment chemicals will be available until a new supplier is found. The State Procurement Board (SPB), on Tuesday flighted a tender for water treatment chemicals for local authorities. This...Read More
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Sunday, 27 January 2013 12:57
HARARE - Communities are not being run smoothly in Harare due to the dismal failure by council to service the people, Precious Shumba, the Harare Residents Trust Coordinator has said. “The City of Harare has dismally failed to address critical service...Read More
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Friday, 11 January 2013 11:59
HARARE - Harare City Council yesterday received borehole water purification gadgets valued at $150 000 from mining giant Mbada Diamonds. The donation of 235 inline chlorinators follows council’s appeal for corporates to assist in purifying polluted boreholes scattered around Harare’s suburbs....Read More
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Wednesday, 09 January 2013 09:58
HARARE - Illegal activities will continue to be rife in the city council until police take action, Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda has said. Masunda expressed disappointment at the behaviour of police personnel whom he alleged are breaking city by-laws in full...Read More
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Friday, 21 December 2012 10:20
HARARE - Harare councillors have demanded an immediate recall of the director of Waste Management and Amenities, Dombo Chibanda, from “annual leave” to deal with piling garbage ahead of Christmas. With the city again falling prey to typhoid and diarrhoea, councillors...Read More
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Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:29
HARARE - The Harare City Council (HCC) is in the eye of a $5,4 million “roads and garbage truck” tender storm, as one of its lead suppliers has been struggling to meet its end of the bargain, and fulfil the key...Read More
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Saturday, 08 December 2012 13:39
HARARE - Harare City Council had enlisted the services of Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to investigate allegations of corruption levelled against officials from the city’s valuation and estate management division. Twenty-seven council workers have since been suspended following a crackdown on...Read More
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Monday, 03 December 2012 13:35
HARARE - Local government minister Ignatius Chombo has instructed Harare City Council to fork out $100 000 as payment for two probe teams he set up in a space of four months. Harare, already battling to contend a typhoid outbreak in...Read More
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