Correspondent A total of 5 councillors, including Mayor Chengetai Murowa, were recently recalled by the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T accusing them of being aligned to MDC-Alliance’s leader Nelson Chamisa. Murowa has since been replaced by Simbarashe Nyahuye (Ward 2) an MDC-T candidate who got four votes against MDC-Alliance’s candidate Bornface Tagwirei who polled three votes. Below…
By Correspondent MDC-T’s Simbarashe Nyahuye emerged the winner on Tuesday during a tight contest for the post of Marondera Mayor left vacant following the recent expulsion of five councillors. Nyahuye garnered four votes while MDC-Alliance preferred candidate Bornface Tagwireyi polled three. MDC Alliance Shocked Nyahuye’s victory came as a shock to many MDC-Alliance party members…
By Staff Reporter The Municipality of Marondera is struggling to recover its land offered to government for the construction of a Minister for Provincial Affairs’ house, Open Council has learnt. The land in question is Stand No. 2936 in the plush suburb of Winston Park measuring 4000sqm. It was given to the government to pave…
By Staff Reporter The MDC-T has expelled five Marondera councillors including Mayor Chengetai Murowa for allegedly being aligned to the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC-Alliance. Total of 5 Councilors Recalled Apart from Murowa, the other councillors who were fired include Size Vilela (ward 11), Charles Ngwena (ward 4), Wonder Siriya (ward 6) and Misheck Manyere (ward 5).…
Staff Reporter The Municipality of Marondera has given the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) more than 200 stands as part of its debt settlement. According to the latest full council minutes, the deal has already been finalised with council releasing a total of 206 residential stands from the Elmswood Housing Project to the water management…
Staff Reporter The Municipality of Marondera has decided to stop contracting grave diggers saying council is losing revenue unnecessarily. The grave diggers charged ZWL$40 per each grave. Instead Council will replace them with voluntary workers who have been part of council’s workforce for some time. The voluntary workers are paid ZWL$60 per day. Council Said…