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Warren Park: Neglected pits turn into death traps amid escalating land degradation
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 to drowning in un-reclaimed pits, an…
Indian investor building Afreximbank complex accused of discrimination
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, of…
Resurging abductions worry human rights defenders
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 have…
By-elections marked by below-par voter turn-out
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 (ZESN) shows.…
Zimbabwe’s Look East Policy bears fruit as Chinese investments spike
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 evidenced by the rolling out of big…
Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe taps into Chinese investments
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…
Belarus mining investor sub-contracts the Chinese
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 mining, it has…
Zacc yet to act on Gokwe corruption
Brenna Matendere
THE Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) has castigated the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) as well as the Local Government ministry for failing to act on a two-month probe which revealed growing…
LGBTIQ+ community still singing the blues
Pamenus Tuso
Bulawayo—Hopes of inclusion of the Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersexual and Queer Plus (LGBTIQ+) community in different aspects of life that include electoral processes and social services delivery are fading…
Harare city boss in nepotism storm
Tafadzwa Muranganwa
Harare—The City of Harare (CoH) acting human capital development director, Matthew Marara, a former senior soldier, is in the limelight for alleged nepotism in job appointments at Town House.
Five years ago,…