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STUDY: Purses and Curses- Impact of Chinese Mining on Local Communities in Zimbabwe
Below is a study report published by Information for Development Trust (IDT) in June 2024. The report exposes the socio- economic and environmental and legal violations associated with Chinese mining activities in Zimbabwe.
Gukurahundi: The election dilemma for undocumented victims
The birth date irregularities were the result of a chaotic civil registration effort conducted shortly after the Gukurahundi horrors
BY MARSHALL BWANYA
LUPANE – Elections come and go, but there is a fraction of Gukurahundi…
CDF fault lines exposed as MPs seek fresh mandates
AGGRESSIVE surges in annual inflation are battering Zimbabwe’s currency, frustrating legislators’ undertaking to utilise the constituency development fund (CDF) allocations on community projects that can help alleviate a myriad of crises…
Mayhem as Zanu PF linked barons use polls as cover to grab land, vending stalls in Harare
Winstone Antonio
Harare—Land barons in Harare are taking advantage of the ruling Zanu PF party’s desperation to claw its way back into urban areas by parcelling out illegal housing stands to prospective home seekers ahead of the August…
Belarusian firm Goldfields wreaks havoc in Manicaland
ZIMBABWE Goldfields (Private) Limited, a joint venture between the state-owned Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) and Midlands Goldfields Limited is violating mining laws while its operations have resulted in massive…
Goromonzi lithium miner defies authorities, angers locals with controversial project
A plume of dust can be seen rising into the sky a distance from the Harare-Mutare highway in what used to be a thriving commercial farming area between Melfort and Ruwa in Mashonaland East province.
The area at the foot of the affluent…
Minister July Moyo named in controversial land deal
NKULUMANI MLAMBO
Local Government minister July Moyo facilitated a controversial takeover of land belonging to the Masvingo City Council by a Midlands based giant steel maker at below market rates in a deal that has deprived poor…
Displaced villagers bitter with lithium miner
Sofia Mapuranga
Parched rural Buhera in Manicaland province, southeastern Zimbabwe, witnessed rare pomp and glitz in December 2022 when President Emmerson Mnangagwa came down with a high-powered delegation.
The entourage included the…
Foreigners ‘invade’ retail space reserved for locals as Zanu PF officials cash in on exorbitant…
Thandiwe Garusa
ZIMBABWEAN authorities have been allocating retail licenses to foreigners in contravention of the law, investigations have established.
Retail space in the capital Harare is now dominated by Indians, Chinese,…
Unmasking land barons’ modus operandi: A case of Hopley’s desperate home seekers facing eviction
As a staunch Zanu PF supporter my eviction has become one of the most embarrassing moments in my life'
BY MARSHALL BWANYA
HARARE – At a time President Emmerson Mnangagwa is touting his administration’s commitment to flush out land…