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Aid withdrawal causes mayhem in Mat North
Nokuthaba Dlamini
Victoria Falls—President Donald Trump’s abrupt suspension of foreign aid has left hundreds of women and children who were dependent on support from a US-funded programme in Matabeleland North stranded.
In January,…
Drugs causing mayhem in Victoria Falls
Nokuthaba Dlamini
Victoria Falls—The scourge of drugs and substance abuse is tearing families apart in the city of Victoria Falls as young people resort to dangerous substances to cope with mounting economic problems.
Victoria Falls,…
High Court quashes magistrate’s ruling to evict Masvingo villagers
Godfrey Mtimba
Masvingo—The High Court in Masvingo has quashed a ruling by a Bikita magistrate to evict about 27 families from Murape village to pave way for Bikita Minerals, a Chinese lithium entity.
The villagers were arrested and…
Local authorities receive only 2% of devolution funds
Fortune Nkosi
Bulawayo—The government allocated only two percent of the expected devolution funds to local authorities last year, a figure far below the constitutionally mandated five percent, as treasury diverted resources to address…
Gwanda Shuts Down Crime-infested Youth Centre
Kovedzayi Takawira
Gwanda—The Gwanda municipality has announced the closure of the Greenland Youth Centre, located in Phakama Township, following years of complaints from residents about rampant drug abuse, violent crime, and illegal…
Security agents coerce displaced villagers to sign unfair compensation deal
Brenna Metendere
Mvuma—Residents of Mushenjere village in rural Mvuma, Midlands province, have been coerced by suspected state security agents into accepting inadequate compensation for displacements from their ancestral land to…
Media, human rights watchdogs condemn Blessed Mhlanga arrest
Staff Reporter
Harare—Local and international media and human rights watchdogs have condemned the arrest of senior Zimbabwean journalist, Blessed Mhlanga.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) on Monday, 24 February 2025, arrested and…
Bulawayo residents force postponement of water utility
Fortune Nkosi
Bulawayo—Residents of Zimbabwe’s second capital are challenging a proposed water utility model put forward by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) whose details they maintain are still vague.
It has emerged that the council…
Zim Faces Scrutiny Over Chinese Firm’s Hwange Park Coal Bid
Kovedzayi Takawira
Hwange--The Zimbabwean government is under scrutiny after it emerged that Sunny Yi Feng, a Chinese-owned company, has applied for a coal prospecting permit in Hwange National Park’s buffer zone.
Sunny Yi Feng has…
Calls for Justice in Unresolved Political Murder Cases
Brenna Matendere
Harare—Former Mbizo Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Settlement Chikwinya, has called on the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to process and finalise unresolved politically motivated murder cases…