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Community trusts struggle to survive
Fortune Nkosi
Bulawayo—Zimbabwe’s community share ownership trusts (CSOTs), once hailed as a ‘revolutionary’ tool for empowering local communities through the exploitation of natural resources, are now facing significant challenges that…
Residents’ heads poke holes in Harare commission of inquiry
Brenna Matendere
Harare—The Mafios Cheda commission of inquiry into the affairs of the capital must broaden its focus to include central government, which is also responsible for the rot at the Harare municipality, observers have urged.…
Chinese miner violates ancestral graveyard, banned by EMA
Kovedzayi Takawira
Zvimba—The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has halted the operations of a Chinese-owned quarry miner, Berrytech Investments, amid an uproar from residents of Ward 25 in Zvimba East district in Mashonaland West…
Potential VOA Shutdown Threatens Information Blackout for Zimbabwe’s Marginalised Communities
Martin Sithole
Harare—As the world commemorates World Radio Day under the theme "Radio and Climate Change: A Powerful Tool for Climate Action", Zimbabweans who rely on Voice of America’s (VOA’s) Studio 7 are bracing for a potential…
Harare Quarry Scandal: A typical tale of mismanagement and embezzlement
Takunda Mandura
Harare—A multi-million loan, a forensic audit, missing funds and just about nothing to show for anything.
This sums up the scandal involving Harare City Council’s quarry business entity.
In 2017, the City of Harare…
Mount Pleasant Land Saga: Residents Decry Failed System
Marshall Bwanya
Harare - The long-standing Mount Pleasant Heights Phase 2 land scandal has taken a new twist as land developer Anthony Taengwa Parehwa negotiates out-of-court settlements with some property…
Gokwe paramount chief raises dust over illegal cattle seizures
Marshall Bwanya
Gokwe—A paramount chief, Misheck Njelele of Gokwe, recently seized 16 cattle belonging to eight residents of Zebedia Village for purported offences that never went to trial, it has emerged.
Traditional justice requires…
Leaving the disadvantaged behind: Mnangagwa mantra falls short for PWDs
Godfrey Mtimba
Masvingo—When President Emmerson Mnangagwa came to power after the 2017 military assisted takeover from the late Robert Mugabe, he introduced his much-touted mantra, “Leaving No One, No Place Behind.”
This slogan was a…
Zanu PF Accused of Using Food Aid as Bait for 2030 Agenda
Tonderai Saharo
Masvingo—The ruling Zanu PF is bribing people with food to garner political support for President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s contentious 2030 agenda in Masvingo province.
The claims come amid a severe El Niño-induced…
New clinic brings relief to villagers
Brenna Matendere
Chirumanzu—A new clinic built with devolution and council funds in rural Chirumanzu in the Midlands province has come as a relief to thousands of villagers who had been travelling long distances to access health care.…