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Chinese firm ventures into prohibited sector
Brenna Matendere
Redcliff—Livetouch Investments (Pvt) Ltd, a Chinese cement manufacturer based in the Midlands town of Redcliff, has ventured into retail that is reserved for locals, in contravention of Zimbabwean law.
The first…
Farming takes women off the harsh informal streets
Kelvin Wilson Kasiwulaya
Gweru--Go Beer Breweries was once the talk of town in Gweru and surrounding places in the Midlands provinces.
Famed for its bulk beer, the company owned and run by the Gweru City Council (GCC) entertained…
Hundreds given notice to evacuate Chitungwiza flats
Edgar Gweshe
Harare--Hundreds of residents in Unit G, Chitungwiza, could soon be homeless after the municipality issued a notice for them to vacate the dilapidated flats that they have occupied for decades.
An estimated 64…
Residents groups fight arbitrary water disconnections
Edgar Gweshe
Harare—Residents’ associations in Harare have presented to the capital’s municipality, a draft by-law which seeks to challenge legislation governing water disconnections.
The disconnections are provided for under…
Chinese cement manufacturer killing Redcliff residents slowly
Brenna Matendere,
Harare--AIR pollution caused by a Chinese cement manufacturer operating close to a residential area in the Midlands town of Redcliff could have contributed to the death of several persons due to silicosis.…
Mt Pleasant land scam leaves home-owners high and dry
MARSHALL BWANYA
HUNDREDS of Mount Pleasant Heights Phase 2 (Lot 4 Zizalisari) property buyers are enduring a 17-year land scam which has implicated Anthony Taengwa Parehwa, a local land developer with links to Zanu PF.
Homeseekers…
Manicaland grassroots communities geared to combat disinformation
Sofia Mapuranga
Harare—There is need to equip grassroots and marginalised communities with skills and knowledge to fight all forms of disinformation and misinformation, according to Tawanda Majoni, an advocate of sustainable…
Victims of Rhodesia’s ‘worst’ massacre live in abject poverty
Stanley Gutu
Masvingo--Winter had just arrived in mid-May 1978 as the war of liberation against the Ian
Smith-led Rhodesian Front was intensifying to a crescendo.
A small group of Zimbabwe National Liberation Army (ZANLA) fighters…
Traditional leaders demand hunting quotas for communities
Nokuthaba Dlamini
Hwange—Traditional leaders in Matabeleland North’s Hwange district, a hot spot of human-wildlife conflict, are demanding hunting quotas for communities adjacent to game reserves and Forestry Commission areas as…
Deka River: Matabeleland North’s river of pain
LULU BRENDA HARRIS
Deka River, a tributary of the Zambezi River, has been heavily polluted with metals, industrial pollutants released by local and foreign-owned coal mining as well as power generating companies, compromising the health of…