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Lithium curse: Bikita Minerals isolates villagers from water source
Morris Bishi
Masvingo—Residents of Murape village are facing a severe crisis due to the construction of a slime dam by the nearby Bikita Minerals, which has not only cut off their access to clean water but also poses a threat to their…
ZINWA takes over relocations of thousands Kunzvi villagers but plans remain vague
Brenna Matendere
Harare—The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) has taken responsibility for the relocation and compensation of 450 families affected by the construction of the Kunzvi Dam project in Goromonzi, some 70km northeast…
Sino-Hydro under spotlight for labour violations
Brenna Matendere
Harare—Sino-Hydro Corporation, one of the biggest Chinese construction conglomerates in Zimbabwe, Africa and China itself, is under the spotlight for labour practices that legal experts are condemning as illegal.…
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…
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…
Eureka Gold Mine admits to cyanide discharge into major river
Because of the latest cyanide discharge, potable water supply to domestic and commercial points was suspended
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…
Manicaland leverages on Zim Sino Relations
Ray Bande
Mutare- Manicaland is working towards becoming Zimbabwe’s top investment destination amid growing Chinese interest in the province.
According to the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA)’s 2023 Fourth Quarter…
Metallon vows to restore order at Redwing Mine
Mthandazo Nyoni
Harare--GOLD miner Metallon Corporation has resolved to end unsafe mining practices, including all small-scale mining at Redwing Mine following a shaft collapse last week, which resulted in 15 miners being trapped…