Chegutu fails to bill US$61,000 in adverts, audit exposes financial and water failures
By Staff Reporter HARARE — Chegutu Municipality failed to bill more than US$61,000 in billboard fees, left ZWG29.4 million in deposits unallocated and supplied residents with a water system losing more than half of treated water, Auditor-General Vimbai Chikwenhere has found. Chikwenhere issued a qualified audit opinion on the municipality’s 2024 financial statements, citing multiple departures […]
Four-year succession vacuum revives battle over Mashayamombe’s ancestral authority
By Victor Fanuel CHEGUTU — A vacancy of more than four years in the Mashayamombe chieftaincy has reignited a long-running struggle over traditional authority, sacred shrines, and ancestral land in Mhondoro and Chegutu. Members of the Mashayamombe royal family accuse senior traditional leaders of undermining efforts to install an acting chief while encroaching on territory they […]