Brenna Matendere THE exploitation and mining of rough diamonds by Chinese firm Anjin Diamond Company in the Chiadzwa area of Manicaland province has led to a sharp rise in malaria cases due
Harare land barons rule the roost
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Winston Antonio Harare– Harare City Council is too compromised to take action against land barons behind the illegal settlements sprouting around the capital, including ecologically-sensitive areas such as wetlands, it has been
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Lulu Brenda Harris Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been a lifeline to the marginalised Binga community in Zimbabwe, stepping in to provide education and support where the government has failed. Despite the district’s
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Thandiwe Garusa The exploitation and mining of gravel by the City of Harare (CoH) in Warren Park, a high-density suburb in Harare, has led to massive environmental damage, air pollution and death due
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Jeffrey Moyo HARARE—A 60 year-old Zimbabwean engineer, Vupenyu Zhou, has accused Shapoorji Pallonji, an Indian company contracted to build the regional headquarters of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in the capital, Harare,
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Tafadzwa Muranganwa Harare—A Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist, Tapfumaneyi Masaya, who was recently abducted as he campaigned for his party’s parliamentary candidate ahead of the 9 December by-elections is believed to
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By-elections marked by below-par voter turn-out
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Brenna Matendere Harare—All the wards recorded below-par voter turnout during the council by-elections that were conducted last Saturday in different parts of the country, a report by the Zimbabwe Election Support Network
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By Own Correspondent- Twenty years after formally adopting the Look East Policy in the face of economic sanctions by the West, Zimbabwe is finally reaping rewards from its strong ties with China as
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Tafadzwa Muranganwa/Brenna Matendere Harare—Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe is increasingly tapping into opportunities provided by Chinese investments. China’s growing presence in Africa is attracting the attention of other established financial institutions too. The Absa
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Belarus mining investor sub-contracts the Chinese
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Kenneth Matimaire THE highly publicised Belarusian investors that were awarded a special mining grant amassing vast tracts of mining land along Mutare River have been sub-contracting other firms to undertake alluvial gold
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By Thando Khumalo SCORES of villagers in Mutoko, a mineral-rich district about 140 kilometres east of Harare, said they were being haunted by prospects of displacement by Chinese investors searching for lithium
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