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High Court quashes magistrate’s ruling to evict Masvingo villagers
Godfrey Mtimba
Masvingo—The High Court in Masvingo has quashed a ruling by a Bikita magistrate to evict about 27 families from Murape village to pave way for Bikita Minerals, a Chinese lithium entity.
The villagers were arrested and…
Local authorities receive only 2% of devolution funds
Fortune Nkosi
Bulawayo—The government allocated only two percent of the expected devolution funds to local authorities last year, a figure far below the constitutionally mandated five percent, as treasury diverted resources to address…
Gwanda Shuts Down Crime-infested Youth Centre
Kovedzayi Takawira
Gwanda—The Gwanda municipality has announced the closure of the Greenland Youth Centre, located in Phakama Township, following years of complaints from residents about rampant drug abuse, violent crime, and illegal…
Security agents coerce displaced villagers to sign unfair compensation deal
Brenna Metendere
Mvuma—Residents of Mushenjere village in rural Mvuma, Midlands province, have been coerced by suspected state security agents into accepting inadequate compensation for displacements from their ancestral land to…
Inside Chinhoyi’s Demolition of ‘Illegal Structures’
Nunurai Jena
Chinhoyi, Mashonaland West – The Chinhoyi Municipality last week carried out a clean-up operation in the Central Business District (CBD) and high-density areas, demolishing vendors' so-called 'illegal…
Bulawayo residents force postponement of water utility
Fortune Nkosi
Bulawayo—Residents of Zimbabwe’s second capital are challenging a proposed water utility model put forward by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) whose details they maintain are still vague.
It has emerged that the council…
Zim Faces Scrutiny Over Chinese Firm’s Hwange Park Coal Bid
Kovedzayi Takawira
Hwange--The Zimbabwean government is under scrutiny after it emerged that Sunny Yi Feng, a Chinese-owned company, has applied for a coal prospecting permit in Hwange National Park’s buffer zone.
Sunny Yi Feng has…
Calls for Justice in Unresolved Political Murder Cases
Brenna Matendere
Harare—Former Mbizo Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Settlement Chikwinya, has called on the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to process and finalise unresolved politically motivated murder cases…
Bulawayo municipality supports youth-led climate responses
Pamenus Tuso
Bulawayo—The Bulawayo City Council has allocated 30 percent of its climate finance to youth- and women-led climate change mitigation projects.
Speaking at the launch of the city’s sustainability monograph on Monday, the…
ZESA sweats under mega-million debt
Fortune Nkosi
Bulawayo—The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA Holdings) is grappling with a huge debt that includes US$350 million incurred in the refurbishment of Kariba South Power Station (KSPS) units, the power utility has…