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

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

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…

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

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

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…

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

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

  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…

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

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

  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…

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

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…

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Kasukuwere To Evict Tsvangirai From Highlands Government Mansion, Soon.

Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leader  Morgan Tsvangirai face imminent eviction  from a State mansion in Highlands, Harare over the appointment of Harare town clerk, James Mushore, which is being fiercely contested between ZANU-PF mandarins and officials from the country’s main opposition party. Local Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere Kasukuwere had given the MDC-T leader an ultimatum to ensure the dismissal of the former NMBZ Holdings chief executive officer from the Harare City Council (HCC), failure…

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MDC-T Blocks Forensic Audit Of Harare Council Owned Firms And Joint Ventures

MDC-T Blocks Forensic Audit Of Harare Council Owned Firms And Joint Ventures

MDC-T has blocked a forensic audit at Harare City Council- owned firms and joint ventures, dismissing the exercise as a witch-hunt by Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere. The entities have never declared a dividend to council, raising fears of either mismanagement or looting. MDC-T, which dominates council, has reportedly connived with workers at firms supposed to be audited to frustrate the audit. Price Waterhouse Coopers, which was appointed by the…

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

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,…

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Supa Mandiwanzira, Prof Moyo, Zhuwao, Kasukuwere, Misihairabwi -Mushonga, Douglas Mombeshora & Wife Millicent Enrolled To Study Law At The University of Zimbabwe (UZ

MORE ministers have enrolled to study law at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), it has emerged. The Minister of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services, Supa Mandiwanzira; Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister, Douglas Mombeshora, his wife Millicent; several magistrates and prosecutors have registered for the special programme which can be completed in six years as opposed to the conventional four years. The UZ’s Senior Assistant Registrar’s Office did not respond to questions sent to…

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Saviour Kasukuwere And Justice Mayor Wadyajena In Nasty Verbal Exchange

Saviour Kasukuwere And Justice Mayor Wadyajena In Nasty Verbal Exchange

A war of words erupted during a parliamentary committee meeting yesterday between Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere and chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment, Justice Mayor Wadyajena over the work of the committee. Kasukuwere was appearing before the committee to give oral evidence on the circumstances surrounding the establishment of the Zimunya-Marange Community Share Ownership Trust that was established in 2012. Kasukuwere insisted the…

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