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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…
EU mission deploys observers, promises impartiality
Sofia Mapuranga
Harare—The European Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) on Wednesday deployed 46 observers who it said would ensure non-interference as they carry out their mandate ahead of, during and after the 23 August harmonised…
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…
CCC supporters attacked over regalia
Sofia Mapuranga
Harare—Ruling Zanu PF supporters on Tuesday attacked five Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) members in Epworth for wearing their party regalia in public.
The victims successfully filed a block report against the…
Traditional chief spearheads job recruitment for Chinese mine
Moses Ziyambi
Bikita, Masvingo—Chief Marozva of Bikita—real name Ishmael Mudhe—and local Zanu PF members are acting as recruiting agents for Bikita Minerals, a mega-million Chinese-dominated lithium mine in Masvingo, locals have said.…
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…
Mutodi gun case: ZEC awaits court outcome
Moses Ziyambi
Masvingo—The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) Masvingo office says it will decide on what action to take on the aspiring Bikita South lawmaker, Energy Mutodi, after the finalisation of a criminal case in which he is…
Human rights commission exposes Zanu PF violations
Pamenus Tuso
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) says it received a total of 61 election-related human rights violations between January and June this year, with the ruling party Zanu PF fingered in most of the cases.
The ZHRC…
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…