Chinhoyi Council Blames Covid-19 For Poor 2020 Budget Performance

9th September 2020 THE prevailing Covid-19 pandemic has had a negative effect on the Chinhoyi Municipality’s revenue collection efficiency, a development that has led to poor service delivery and slow pace in implementing capital projects. Projects still to be completed include clinic and stadium renovations, installation of solar streetlights and the overhaul of the water [...]

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Expelled MDC Alliance MPs Ask For Judge’s Recusal In Appeal

9 September 2020 EXPELLED MDC Alliance MPs, Charlton Hwende, Prosper Mutseyami, Thabitha Khumalo and Lilian Timveous Tuesday filed an application with the High Court seeking Justice Pisirayi Kwenda to recuse himself from presiding over appeal against their expulsion from Parliament. The four politicians were the first MPs to be recalled early this year on the [...]

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Police warns vehicles with no number plates

  September 9, 2020 The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has issued a warning to motorists whose vehicles are not displaying number plates. ZRP advised motorists with vehicles who are displaying temporary plates for 2019 and backwards to visit Central Vehicle Registry offices and acquire the permanent plates with immediate effect. The police said any vehicles seen on the [...]

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Leaked audio exposes ZESA tender corruption under Gata

September 9, 2020 A TOP official working for Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Industry Trust (ZESIT) has exposed suspended ZESA Holdings executive chairman Sydney Gata and given a sneak peak into the rampant underhand deals being done by senior managers in State enterprises. The audio, leaked on social media, exposes the manipulation of tendering procedures and how [...]

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Be wary of Ponzi schemes: Comesa

09 Sep, 2020  Consumers in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) have been told to be wary of pyramid schemes that are defrauding people. In a statement, the Comesa Competition Commission said its attention had been drawn to the activities of a scheme known as “Crowd1”, which markets itself as a digital [...]

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Priest loses US$1,5k to daring burglar

09 Sep, 2020  A Hwange man broke into a Catholic priest’s home and stole US$1 500 before showering his girlfriend with gifts from the proceeds while on a spending spree in Victoria Falls. Admire Gwenzi (34) of 651 Baghdad in Empumalanga suburb used US$400 to buy an iPhone, two other cellphone handsets and clothes. He [...]

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Zanu PF, ANC in crucial talks

09 Sep, 2020 DELEGATION of the South African ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, which arrived in Harare last night, will today hold a crucial indaba with the Zanu PF Central Committee to discuss challenges bedevilling the region and come up remedies of tackling them. Upon arrival at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, ANC secretary-general [...]

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