Bulawayo named best run city in Zim
The Local Government Investment Conference (Logic) has named the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) as the best run among the country’s 32 local authorities.
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The Local Government Investment Conference (Logic) has named the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) as the best run among the country’s 32 local authorities.
Newly-elected Harare mayor Councillor Herbert Gomba has said council is keen to mend relations with the parent ministry (Local Government, Public Works and National Housing) for the good of the city.
Harare and Chitungwiza residents associations have taken Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister July Moyo to court over his decision to appoint caretaker commissions to run councils on an interim basis until new councils are sworn in.
Across Zimbabwe’s municipalities, the mayoral race is getting intense, with twists and turns anticipated as the voting day draws nearer. Despite the appalling service delivery in Zimbabwe’s major cities and towns, the office of mayor continues to generate a lot of interest due to the featherbeddings that comes with it.
Government has ruled out a municipal debt write-off for ratepayers ahead of next year’s general elections.
Dozens of local authorities, among them Harare and Bulawayo, face uncertainty as operations risk collapse under a mountain of debt. Already there are fears that failure to inject cash to sustain the councils will see operations grind to a halt in the next two months.
A 16-year-old-boy has been installed as a chief in Gwanda becoming the youngest chief in Zimbabwe. The Minister of Local Government Ignatius Chombo officially installed Ouheng Nare as substantive Chief Marupi of Dililashaba communal lands in Gwanda District.
HARARE – Zanu PF-aligned UPfumi Kuvadiki is having the last laugh. The group which has been involved in a fight with the Harare City Council challenging the rationale behind the council’s decision to partner a South African company in a car parking business in central Harare , will now take over the business.
MUTARE – Mutare mayor, Brian Leslie James, has “temporarily” stepped down from the city top job citing resistance by councillors and management to “bring sanity” to the border city.
It has come to my attention that Chief Lucious Negomo, of Chiweshe has allegedly served summons on the Prime Minister of the Republic of Zimbabwe, the Rt. Honourable Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, to appear before his court for allegedly breaking local traditional rules at the home of one Locadia Karimatsenga, in Christon Bank.