LOCAL NEWS

Despite a slight national improvement in the Grade 7 pass rate from 45.57% in 2023 to 49.01% in 2024, Matabeleland continues to struggle with alarmingly poor results

Edgar Gweshe Harare - A major confrontation is brewing between the government and residents’ associations across the country over a plan to privatise water provision in Harare, Bulawayo, and Victoria Falls. Residents’ associations…

Pamenus Tuso Chimanimani—For generations, the baobab tree has been a vital lifeline for local communities in some parts of arid Chimanimani district in Manicaland province. Villagers in Nyanyadzi and Gudyanga areas off the…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…