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Tsvangirai admits MDC-T councillors, particularly in Harare, are corrupt and is considering firing them if the scourge continues

Posted on December 15, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai has admitted that his councillors, particularly in Harare, are corrupt and is considering firing them if the scourge does not stop. Delivering a Christmas message to the opposition party structures in Harare yesterday, Mr Tsvangirai warned the councillors that he would expel them the same way he did the Chitungwiza municipality where the entire council was fired for corruption. “I want to warn Harare City Council, that they must decisively deal…

‘ZACC must investigate Kasukuwere over possible abuse of office and misleading Mugabe about a US$50 million pledge’ – Parliament

Posted on October 26, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

THE Zimbabwe Republic Police, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission and the Auditor-General should move in to investigate Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere over possible abuse of office and misleading President Mugabe about a $50 million pledge ostensibly made by Chiadzwa diamond firms towards the Marange-Zimunya Community Share Ownership Trust, legislators have said.The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment chaired by Gokwe Nembudziya MP Cde Justice Mayor Wadyajena recommended that…

‘Consider erecting toll gates in cities so rich urbanites can contribute to road development’- Saviour Kasukuwere

Posted on October 20, 2016October 20, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Major urban centres have been urged to consider erecting toll gates as majority of rich urbanites were not contributing to development of road infrastructure. Former Transport minister Obert Mpofu first made the suggestion igniting heated debates. However, Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister, Saviour Kasukuwere is now reignited the issue. “The influx of imported second hand vehicles has seen an unprecedented increase in volume of traffic on our roads resulting in road…

MATEBELELAND SOUTH: Gwanda Provincial Hospital has started discharging ill patients and may close due to acute water crisis

Posted on October 9, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

MATABELELAND South’s biggest public health institution, Gwanda Provincial Hospital, on Friday discharged patients admitted for various ailments due to water shortage with indications that the hospital might be forced to close if the situation does not improve. Gwanda is facing acute water shortages with some areas in the town having gone for more than a week without water forcing them to fetch the precious liquid from unprotected sources. The hospital superintendent, Dr Pugie Chimberengwa…

Mugabe furious with Kasukuwere, that stands earmarked for Zanu PF youth were sold to Prophet Walter Magaya

Posted on September 8, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere is in trouble with President Robert Mugabe over clandestine sale of land earmarked for youths housing to Prophet Walter Magaya. Rape accused Magaya plan to build 20 000 housing units in Harare ,Bulawayo and Mutare. According to the Herald, Mugabe grilled Kasukuwere before Wednesday politburo session. “Ko nyaya yevakomana yemastands iri kufamba sei?” (What’s the latest on the residential stands issue) Mugabe asked.”I heard…

‘High Court Quashes Kasukuwere’s Unlawful Directive For Gwanda Municipality To Re-advertise Post’,

Posted on May 24, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

THE High Court has quashed a directive by Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere ordering Gwanda Municipality to re-advertise for the filled chamber secretary’s post. Hlupho Mhlanga, who was successful in the interviews conducted last year, took Kasukuwere and the local authority to court challenging the Minister’s decision to cancel his appointment. Mhlanga sought an order interdicting Gwanda Municipality from re-advertising the post. Justice Martin Makonese ruled in Mhlanga’s favour following…

Audit Exposes Bulawayo Buildings Without Approved Plans, On Land Unsuitable For Development

Posted on April 24, 2016April 30, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

A MASSIVE housing scam has been unearthed in Bulawayo where council officials are ignoring proper procedures in the allocation and development of stands with a number of buildings being built without plans while infill stands are still being allocated despite a ban effected in 2010. Surprisingly the local authority, already at loggerheads with its parent ministry — Local Government, Public Works and National Housing — over provision of housing in the city, said…

12 Dead, 45 Injured In MB Transport Bus And Haulage Truck Beitbridge Head On Collision

Posted on April 15, 2016April 15, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Emergency workers retrieve bodies from the wreckage. Picture by Thupeyo Muleya The Beitbridge accident that has killed twelve people and injured 45 when an MB Transport bus they were travelling in collided head on with a haulage truck today 45 km outside Beitbridge town has been declared a national disaster. From left Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere, State Security Minister Kembo Mohadi and CPU Beitbridge chairman Simon Muleya. Local Government,…

VP Mphoko, Has Spent 400 Days So Far , Living In A Hotel, Costing Taxpayers An Estimated US$280 000

Posted on March 6, 2016March 6, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko is still holed up at five-star Rainbow Towers hotel — three months after the government bought him a house in the city’s leafy suburb of The Grange near Chisipite. The Chisipite house cost US$3,5 million. The VP has been staying at the hotel since December 2014, soon after his appointment as one of President Robert Mugabe’s deputies following an elective Zanu PF congress. Local Government, Public Works and National Housing permanent secretary…

‘My US$4,500 /Month Salary Is Peanuts’-Chitungwiza Town clerk George Makunde

Posted on February 10, 2016February 10, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Chitungwiza town clerk George Makunde yesterday told parliamentarians that the US$4 500 monthly salary he was receiving from the local authority was not commensurate with the nature of his job. Presenting oral evidence before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, Makunde said government last year slashed his salary from US$10 000 to US$4 500, which he described as “not a living salary for a man with so much pressure””….

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