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US$160m scandal as Geo Pomona smiles all the way to the bank
James Phiri
Harare-Harare ratepayers will be forced to pay almost US$3 million per month for refuse collection and street cleaning through a murky deal between the government, the capital’s municipality and Geo Pomona Waste…
Investigating Social Accountability in Marginalised Communities
This compelling collection brings together 14 rigorously fact-checked investigative stories from seven provinces across Zimbabwe.
Supported by the Information for Development Trust (IDT), the reports were produced by a vibrant group…
NSSA chairman embroiled in underhand RTG takeover bid
Nathan Guma
Harare - NATIONAL Social Security Authority (Nssa) chairman Emmanuel Fundira, who is former chairman of African Sun Limited, and an ex-Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) senior executive Paula January are accused of…
Chief, illegal gold mining syndicate, wreak havoc in Zhombe
BY BRENNA MATENDERE
Zhombe, Midlands - A syndicate of miners led by Chief Gwesela of Zhombe, in the Midlands Province, has left a trail of damage inside a privately owned dam, which is also used by the community, after embarking on…
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…
Self-imposed headman turns land baron, sells 70% of village
Pauline Chateuka
Seke—Takesure Tichana, a self-appointed village head, has been accused of facilitating illegal communal land sales in his village located in Ward 6, Chirimamhunga of rural Seke.
As a result, reports indicate, 70…
Lifeline for Kariba fishmongers battered by effects of drought
Elvis Dumba
THE Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has reduced the minimum allowable fishing depth in Lake Kariba from 20 to 17 metres to alleviate the plight of fishmongers who were struggling to survive…
Climate change induced droughts fuel exodus of young people in Matabeleland South
Lulu Brenda Harris
Lwazi Ndebele says she decided to join the great trek to South Africa after her village located along Zimbabwe’s border with Botswana experienced two years of successive droughts and putting food on the…
Exposed: Inside Manyame shady land deals . . . Zanu PF MP implicated . . . villagers resist land…
Pauline Chateuka
A PROMINENT ruling Zanu PF party lawmaker has been implicated in disputed plot allocations which have exposed the involvement of the Manyame Rural District Council (MRDC) in questionable land deals.
MRDC jurisdiction…
Double allocations scam rocks Hopley
Thando Khumalo
Dreams of home ownership have turned into a nightmare for nearly 50 Hopley residents, who now face the unsettling reality of potential eviction due to alleged double allocation of the stands they purchased in the area.
The…