Munesu Nyakudya The incarceration of Makomborero Haruzivishe is not the epitomisation of President Mnangagwa’s transformation from the false hero of 2017 into the abject African hardman of sterile politics drip-fed life by old tales and subsisting on coercion and fear-mongering. The August 1 killings in the streets of Harare revealed the enormity of the wrong…
By Correspondent MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has flexed his powers whilst seeking to pick out any remnants of Nelson Chamisa support within his party by converging a meeting of all Councilors. In a notice the MDC-T leader invited all sitting Councilors to a meeting at Harvest House today whilst giving no allowances for excuses, in…
By Correspondent This week the MDC Alliance Secretary for Local Government Sesel Zvidzai released a statement in which he lamented about the plight of the party through its Councillors at Town House. It was a thorough litany of lamentations and accusations against ZANU PF and MDC-T, how they have combined to make the functions of…
By Correspondent Chitungwiza Council is currently divided over the fate of some suspended top managers who are currently facing charges of corruption. This publication is reliably informed that some Councilors want them back at Head office against the directive by Provincial Development Coordinator (PDC) Tafadzwa Muguti. Muguti has ordered that those managers should not report…
Own Correspondent There has been noise and contestation over who is responsible for the provision of water in urban areas with both MDC-Alliance and ZANU PF accusing each other of dereliction of duty. Much of the debate has become bogged down in cheap politicking with little legal backing. Here we lay out what the Water…
Correspondent The fate of the recalled Harare Councilors appears sealed after MDC Aliance lawyers failed to appear in court to challenge an earlier ruling on their matter. According to sources, “MDC Alliance lawyers failed to appear in the Supreme Court today for challenging the ruling by Justice Chitapi that MDC Alliance is not a legal…
Correspondent MDC Alliance Councilors recalled by the MDC-T have received a ray of hope in their quest to return to Town House following Parliamentary Speaker Jacob Mudenda’s ruling on the suspension of elections. In Parliament on Thursday, Mudenda said statutory instruments can only be acted upon after the Parliamentary Legal Committee has issued a non-adverse…
By Wisdom Mumera The Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T was supposed to be the righteous political outfit maligned by populists but following the chaste dictates of the law. It was supposed to operate at a level above the moral and legal atrophy of Chamisa’s supposedly wayward and reckless mob. Alas Khupe’s party has itself decayed into a…
By Correspondent Residents and local governance experts have called for a change to the system allowing the recalling of Councilors by other politicians. Instead they say referendums, involving the voters, should be used to decide whether a Councilor can be recalled. Residents Orgs Are Shocked at the Abuse of Power The sentiments were expressed during…
By Correspondent Masvingo Mayor Collin Maboke, who is the third speaker at this year’s Mayor’s Forum, is most famous for his defying of party leader Nelson Chamisa. Defying Chamisa The Mayor allegedly threw his hat in the ring to challenge preferred mayoral candidate Godfrey Kurauone and went on to win the post. Maboke vowed to…