Minister of Local Government Ignatius Chombo of Zimbabwe

Cde Chombo said should council pass a resolution that he deems unfit or not in the public interest, he retains the power to cause its suspension, rescission or reversal.

Chombo was Minister in the last government where he became notorious for maintaining Zanu (PF) control of local authorities against peoples wishes by firing whole councils in cities and towns where the then opposition MDC councillors were in the majority.

Chombo is already facing a court battle with another councillor in Bulawaya who has referred his attempt to impose special councillors in Bulawayo to the courts.

He cannot be allowed to do that, said Chamisa, adding that MDC controls all urban local authorities and Chombo is making sure that the day-to-day operations of the MDC councils are disrupted.

Chombo was nominated as ZANU-PF's candidate for the House of Assembly seat from Zvimba North, in Mashonaland West, in the March 2008 parliamentary election.

Chombo said Zimbabwe wanted to benefit from China's experiences in housing, road construction and public service delivery.

Chombo said the Zimbabwean government was interested in the building expertise and technology employed by China.

Meanwhile, Chombo is fighting another battle with the Local Government Board over who should be Harare’s next town clerk.

Sources say Chombo is backing former Air Zimbabwe chief executive Tendayi Mahachi, while the majority of Local Gvernment Board members want to see Kariba town clerk George Makunde hired.

Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo said Zimbabwe's housing programme was one of the best in Africa, the official Herald newspaper reported.

from my home, then the saga will continue.

Chombo said the government was also involved in setting up 17 education institutes to provide skills to those who wanted to change professions.

Addressing a press conference, local government Minister Ignatius Chombo said he had removed Makwavarara from the commission and replaced her with Engineer Michael Mahachi.

Summary: Despite a UN report condemning the Zimbabwean governments programme of forced evictions that has affected 700,000 people, Local Government and Housing Minister Ignatius Chombo has defended the operation.

JOHANNESBURG, 22 Jul 2005 (IRIN) Despite a UN report condemning the Zimbabwean governments programme of forced evictions that has affected 700,000 people, Local Government and Housing Minister Ignatius Chombo has defended the operation.

Observers also questioned why Chombo was in the city because the Zupco buses had already been commissioned in Harare while Mathema was appointed governor in February.

Chombo said the Zimbabwe authorities were becoming interested in the high-rise models of low-cost Chinese housing.

the ZBC's former news anchor Nanette Silukhuni.

Zimbabwean Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo has warned councilors in the rural Mashonaland West district of Zvimba not to let non-governmental organizations distribute food in the area, telling local officials such groups intend to use food aid to destabilize the government, local and other sources said.

This programme is for those without residential addresses, Chombo was quoted as saying.

Chombo was addressing a monitoring team for the Operation Garikai programme in Matabeleland North province, in the west of the country.

As far as the MDC is concerned, Cabinet ministers have not yet been announced and Chombo has no right to be interfering with council operations.

The MDC controls more local authorities than Zanu PF and Chombo is making sure that the day-to-day operations of the MDC councils are disrupted.

The Mutare Mayor refused to swear in the pair because Chombo was imposing them as special interest councillors when they did not bring in any special expertise or add value to the popularly elected MDC-dominated council.

The MDC controls all urban local authorities and Chombo is making sure that the day-to-day operations of the MDC councils are disrupted.

THE Minister of Local Government, Ignatius Chombo has instructed all executive mayors to return to work until all election results have been announced.

One post remains to be filled, and Chombo said the candidate he had in mind for the slot is a lawyer.

Political observers said said Chombo was punishing the two ZANU-PF officials for efforts by the ruling partys Harare office to remove Makwavarara.

Zimbabwe Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo has warned politicians against interfering with municipal authorities, saying this undermines city operations.

SpeakingWednesday night in Highfield, Harare, Chombo said some senior politicians from the ruling ZANU-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change have involved themselves so far as to supervise council employees.

Harare North member of parliament Trudy Stevenson told reporter Jonga Kandemiiri of VOAs Studio 7 for Zimbabwe that when it comes to interfering with local councils Chombo is the worst offender of all and should himself stop his meddling.

Chombo is accused of having masterminded the removal in 2004 of Harares last elected mayor, Elias Mudzuri, who is now organizing secretary of the Movement for Democratic Change faction led by MDC founding president Morgan Tsvangirai.

The army will provide necessary transport and infrastructure,'' Chombo was quoted as saying.

Minister of Housing and Public Works Ignatius Chombo said that by the end of the week it would release more details of the plans to resettle thousands of people.

by distributing food in local communities.

For starters, the actual surname of Ignatius Chombo is Chiminya and the Dynamos chairman Richard is Dr Chombos brother.

Zanu PF insiders revealed this week that Chombo had been pressured to sever ties with Makwavarara, whom he installed as chairperson in 2004 after dismissing popularly elected Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) executive mayor Elias Mudzuri.

That is all I know, I have nothing to do with her resignation,” Chombo said on allegations he pushed Makwavarara out.

Firstly, they said, Chombo had been under incessant pressure from his party’s Harare provincial leadership to kick out the former MDC councillor from council to give the ruling party a better chance to wrestle control of the capital from the opposition.

Chombo had again undermined the Urban Councils’ Act (Chapter 29:15) and ignored the five court judgments that declared the commission illegal.