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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…
Lithium workers unhappy with embattled Bikita Minerals salary offer
Moses Ziyambi
Bikita Minerals has conceded some ground in its long-running feud with employees over demands for better salaries, with the Chinese lithium miner offering a US100 increment to the lowest paid employees.
The workers,…
INDEPTH: Shocking deaths, freak accidents at Chinese lithium mine expose unsafe working conditions
By Mary Taruvinga
TWO employees have died in a short space of time due to unsafe working conditions at Arcadia Mine, a Chinese-run multi-million open-pit lithium mining company based in Goromonzi, 38km east of Harare, the capital, …
Violence prevalent in LGBTQ+ as partners suffer in silence
Pamenus Tuso
Gay, bisexual, transgender, intersexual and queer people (LGBTIQ+) have for a long time expressed concern over violations of their rights in Zimbabwe, but it has come to light that violence among intimate partners is also…
CIO-linked outfit takes over ahead of watershed elections
THE shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-run Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), which has unconstitutionally seized control of the running of the 2023 elections to retain President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF in power, has…
Coal mines put lives of Hwange villagers, livestock in peril amid deadly pollution
Skefa Tembo on his polluted crop field
Skefa Tembo appears dejected and lost as he inspects his maize field that is enveloped by a cloud of coal dust with prospects of a decent harvest vanishing for yet another season.
BURZIL DUBE…