Service Delivery & Accountability

3 Masvingo City Councillors face chop            

By TellZim Reporter MASVINGO – Three Masvingo City Councillors are facing imminent recall amid accusations of supporting an independent candidate linked to former opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, exposing the deep...

Late Councilor Masimba’s widow throws hat in ring for by-election

By Staff Reporter In a surprise but bold move, Tsungai Mandati, the widow of late CCC Councilor Tafara Masimba,...

Minister Garwe criticizes councils for financial woes

By Beatific Gumbwanda Minister of Local Government and Public Works, Daniel Garwe, has criticized local authorities for poor service...

Min Mthuli accepts high taxes destroying businesses, promises major cuts within 2 weeks

By Beverly Bizeki Minister of Finance and Economic Development Prof Mthuli Ncube has announced that he will make major...

New battle lines drawn for Nyakunhuwa chieftaincy

By TellZim News Reporter A bitter dispute over chieftaincy was brewing for some time in Zaka District. The appointment...

Bikita RDC embarks on roads rehabilitation project

Innocent Muraiwa Duma- Bikita Rural District Council (RDC) has embarked on a roads construction project through some State devolution funds within the location of Duma...

Govt approves Chipinge Town Council 2022 budget

Melinda Kusemachibi As the battle for council budgets approval from the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing continues, Chipinge Town Council 2022...

Redcliff Council Chairperson assures better service delivery

Branton Matondo Redcliff town which has for decades suffered sheer economic and structural meltdown will soon start developmental work meant to target service delivery and...

Pote hardware workers up for stealing 332 bags of cement

Russell Mapuvire ZVISHAVANE – Three men employed by Pote Hardware as general workers recently appeared in court on allegations of stealing 332 (50) kgs of...

Bureaucratic devolution agenda and local authorities’ incapacitation

…does implementation need revisit? Emmanuel Chitsika The principle of devolution adopted by the Zimbabwean government in 2013 with the aim of decentralising power from central to...

Councils in Masvingo account for 2021 devolution funds

….Zaka, Gutu and Masvingo RDCs refuse to release figures Kimberly Kusauka Access to information on public funds management, specifically the disbursed devolution funds has been critical,...