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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…
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…
Gokwe town services rot deepens amid cars scandal
MARY Mambondiyani is tired of the poor quality of life she has to endure in the Midlands province’s sprawling town of Gokwe where service delivery is almost non-existent.
BRENNA MATENDERE
Mambondiyani, a resident of Kambasha…
Watch: Gold Mafia – Episode 1 – The Laundry Service
Undercover reporters pose as gangsters with up to a billion dollars of black money that need to be cleaned. They gain remarkable access to members of Africa’s Gold Mafia and film closed door meetings with crime bosses. A senior African…
Gold Mafia: Uebert Angel’s PR disaster
Uebert Angel is, easily, the man of the moment, for all the wrong reasons.
He was recently outed by the Al Jazeera undercover investigative team for trying to aid gold and money laundering using his overestimated diplomatic immunity.…
Giant Masvingo lithium miner at loggerheads with workers over poor pay
MOSES ZIYAMBI
Lithium miner, Bikita Minerals in Masvingo province has been registering steep surges in production of late, but its employees see no reason to celebrate this resurgence as they say working conditions are deteriorating.…