COMMUNITY NEWS

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Miriam Mangwaya Harare—The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) headquarters in Harare’s Belvedere suburb resembles a junkyard with broken down buses taking up most of the space at the depot. Tens of buses awaiting repair are…

Moses Matenga CHEGUTU- Traditional leaders, whose communities were meant to benefit from the Zimplats Chegutu-Mhondoro-Ngezi-Zvimba community share ownership scheme, have expressed concern over the 12-year delay by the platinum giant to…