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ZESA broke, set to increase tariffs as power cuts worsen: Watchdog
Brenna Matendere
Harare—The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) is battling obsolete equipment and acute financial problems, a situation that will worsen resurgent power cuts, the Harare Residents Trust (HRT)…
Sexual exploitation ruins lives of young girls from poor Chihota families
Mary Taruvinga
Chihota--At the age of 17, Chipo Moyo* is already a mother of two after enduring two failed marriages.
Chipo’s family lives in Mashonaland East’s Chihota area where deep levels of poverty have seen young girls being forced…
Midlands provincial mines office under spotlight for corruption
Brenna Matendere
Harare—The Midlands provincial mining director’s office headquartered in Gweru has come under the spotlight for an alleged raft of corruption and cronyism.
This follows the production of a fresh and damning report by…
Chief dragged to court for threatening CCC supporters
Pamenus Tuso
Chimanimani--Two Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists have dragged to court, a traditional chief from Manicaland province for alleged politically-motivated threats and intimidation.
The duo is now committed to a…
Neglected open pits turn into death traps amidst escalating land degradation in Warren Park
https://youtu.be/P-4-Kk16LYk?si=9m-8VHBBkDUdJQRx
Journalist takes Judicial Services Commission to task over opaque system
Moses Ziyambi
Masvingo—Desmond Chingarande, a senior court reporter with Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), has written to the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) protesting the exclusion of journalists from the Integrated Electronic Case…
Journalists, grassroots communities benefit from investigative reporting collaborations
https://youtu.be/0aQMm2yh2Vk
SADC troika indirectly raps Mnangagwa, Zanu PF for “unwarranted attacks”
Own Correspondent
Harare--The SADC troika held a virtual extraordinary meeting of the ministerial committee last Tuesday, at which it condemned attacks on its chairman and Zambian president, Hakainde Hichilema, following a negative…
Bikita Lithium smuggling rife
DEALERS who boast of close links with powerful Zanu PF politicians and senior employees at Bikita Minerals are making a killing by facilitating the smuggling of truckloads of lithium from Zimbabwe’s biggest lithium producer on a daily…
ZimInd takes legal action against parly over CDF
Harare- THE Zimbabwe Independent has initiated legal action to press parliament to release crucial documents of public interest detailing how legislators in Harare province utilised Constituency Development Funds (CDF) allocated between…