The Harare City Council is spending several thousands of dollars monthly on “training workshops” for councillors and senior management with the city having already conducted 30 such ‘talk shops’ since coming into office last year, a residents’ watchdog has alleged. The Harare Resident Trust (...
The Harare City Council (HCC) is grappling with a severe financial crisis, resulting in delayed salary payments for the first time in many years. In response to this crisis, Town Clerk Hosea Chisango convened a meeting with district officers to brainstorm ideas for improving revenue collection....
HARARE City Council (HCC) faces a potential $7 million defamation lawsuit from Paulos Construction over an audit report which accused the company of fraud. Paulo Construction has hit back at HCC, saying the allegations contained in their audit report were false and had taken a political twist. ...
A crack team from President Emmerson M n a n g a g w a ’ s office is probing the Harare City Council (HCC) amid revelations the local authority could have been prejudiced of US$6m in underhand deals involving the procurement of water pumping machines and treatment chemicals. The investig...
The Harare City Council has today approved a steep hike in rates, with refuse collection increasing with at least nine fold, water and sewer charges having quadrupled. The new tariffs are with effect from November 1. Harare announced the new fees contained in a supplementary water, sanitation ...
HARARE City Council’s former top brass are facing arrest for illegally authorising over US$8 million in packages for managers and splashing millions on allowances, personal vehicles and holidays that milked the local authority coffers dry. Anti-corrupti
"Urban local government finance in Zimbabwe: The case of Harare City Council" in Public Administration and Development, 12(1): 97-110.Wekwete K, (2012) Urban local government finance in Zimbabwe: the case of Harare city council‟ 12 Public Administration and Development 97-110...
The Paper seeks to trace how the Local Government Minister Honourable Chombo of Zanu PF had over the years contributed to the catastrophic decline in service delivery by the Harare City Council (HCC) as measured between 2002 and 2014. The decade long period is dominated by three Movements for...
killing 30 people with 5 463 cases having been reported to date. As usual opposition elements have been blaming Government for not doing enough yet the capital city falls under the jurisdiction of the MDC-dominated Harare City Council (HCC), a local authority which runs on an annual budget of...
The Harare City Council has resolved to also penalise government departments who owe the city in a bid to match the harsh treatment by government entities such ...