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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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Saturday, 01 December 2012 13:05
HARARE - Central government is responsible for problems currently being faced by local government entities in the country, because of an ineffective fiscal transfer framework, a Cabinet minister said. Addressing delegates at the recently-ended Economic Empowerment Conference in the capital, Local...Read More
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Wednesday, 28 November 2012 10:19
HARARE - Harare City Council is moving to demolish 150 illegal cars sales and billboards after invoking its by-laws. In a statement published yesterday, town clerk Tendai Mahachi said the cash-strapped municipality was now cracking down on the illegal entities. “Following...Read More
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Monday, 26 November 2012 10:26
HARARE - Marian Chombo, estranged wife of Local Government minister, Ignatius Chombo, wants to contest against her ex-husband in Zvimba North Constituency. Marian will likely square off with her ex-hubby in the forthcoming Zanu PF primary elections. Marian could neither...Read More
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Monday, 26 November 2012 10:11
HARARE - Harare businessman Alex Mashamhanda is claiming financial damages from the city council for loss of profit. A $1,2 million service station and food court that Mashamhanda was building in Mbare was stopped by Harare town clerk Tendai Mahachi in...Read More
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Wednesday, 07 November 2012 10:41
MASVINGO - Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo’s onslaught on MDC councillors has claimed one official here. Chombo has suspended MDC Ward 8 councillor Misheck Gapare on allegations of mismanagement of council property and unprofessional conduct. The suspension is meant to pave...Read More
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Sunday, 04 November 2012 14:15
HARARE - Harare City Council has lost more than $100 000 in less than four months to two investigating teams set up by Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo, the Daily News on Sunday can reveal. The money paid out to the...Read More
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Tuesday, 30 October 2012 10:49
HARARE - Six people left homeless after their houses were demolished in Epworth are demanding $60 000 as compensation from government. The six have now approached the Supreme Court to fight the “constitutionally reprehensible” actions of the police and Epworth local...Read More
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Tuesday, 16 October 2012 13:44
HARARE - Harare multi-millionaire and MT&N Distributors Alex Mashamhanda is the next target on the hit list of Zanu PF hardliners with a grudge against big businesses and the wealthy men who run them, the Daily News can report. After the...Read More
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Friday, 31 August 2012 10:09
HARARE - A battle is looming between Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC and minister of Local Government, Urban and Rural Development Ignatius Chombo over 12 recently expelled councillors from MDC. The 12 councillors were expelled on corruption charges. Chombo has in...Read More
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