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Arda Transau residents still high and dry
Marshall Bwanya
Harare—Relocated residents of Arda Transau in Manicaland have complained bitterly over the government’s failure to meet their social and economic needs, amid a litany of broken promises.
Arda Transau is a 12000 hectare…
Political violence victims in fresh pursuit of justice
Mirriam Mangwaya
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Mabvuku-Tafara legislator, James Chidhakwa, has decided to take his abduction case to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, citing police inaction in investigating the matter.…
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…
Troubled Nyaminyami: Violent competition, corruption threaten fishing on Lake Kariba
Elvis Dumba
Kariba— Piracy, internecine wars over fishing space and widespread corruption involving parks officials have become a daily occurrence on Lake Kariba whose water levels have been fast receding over the years due to climate…
Harare council given ultimatum to decontaminate Lake Chivero
Brenna Matendere
Harare—The Harare Wetlands Trust (HWT), through the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), has separately written to the Harare City Council, Environmental Management Agency (EMA) and the Upper Manyame Sub-Catchment…
Illegal miners back off invaded school
Brenna Matendere
Harare—Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) late last week deployed its senior members to Sanyati where at least 80 Illegal gold miners had invaded Dalny Mine 2 Primary School in Mashonaland West…
Perpetual outcasts: The plight of Bulawayo ‘villages’ reeling from neglect
Senzeni Ncube
Bulawayo--Reginald Mkhosana and his subjects from St Peters village on the outskirts of Bulawayo are classified as urbanites in terms of Zimbabwe’s political boundaries, but their living conditions undoubtedly mirror the…
Council lose millions in dodgy operations
Moses Matenga
Investigations show that a cartel comprising both ruling Zanu PF party aligned activists, opposition senior officials, councillors and council officials are involved in the illegal letting and subletting of Rufaro Marketing…