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Residents Slam Prepaid Water Meter Rollout Amid Worsening Water Crisis
Marshall Bwanya
Harare — Residents have come out guns blazing over the government’s imposition of pre-paid water meters on them.
The multi-million programme is planned to commence in Harare and then spread to other cities and towns like…
Zanu PF elites feast on Chinhoyi council properties
Chinhoyi – Chinhoyi Town Council is under scrutiny for alleged mismanagement of municipal properties, with investigations revealing that politically connected individuals and Zanu PF officials have been occupying municipal…
Mbada Diamonds’ ‘Forgotten’ Workers Fight for Benefits
Marshall Bwanya
Harare — Over 400 former Mbada Diamonds workers are still fighting for their terminal benefits and unpaid salaries following the closure of the company close to a decade ago.
Mbada was among several diamond…
US$160m scandal as Geo Pomona smiles all the way to the bank
James Phiri
Harare-Harare ratepayers will be forced to pay almost US$3 million per month for refuse collection and street cleaning through a murky deal between the government, the capital’s municipality and Geo Pomona Waste…
Mutsvangwa’s Mugabe ‘dynasty’ critique boomerangs as Mnangagwa’s ‘monarchy’ bid looms…
Marshall Bwanya
Harare — Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa has laid bare the reasons behind Robert Mugabe's dramatic fall from power in November 2017.
Mutsvangwa’s remarks, dripping with revolutionary rhetoric, exposed…
Double allocation of stands rocks Chinhoyi
Nunurai Jena
Chinhoyi—A recent fraud conviction involving Chinhoyi deputy mayor, Chipo Mlotshwa, has unearthed a deeply entrenched culture of corruption and double allocation of stands in Mapako and Riverside low-density suburbs…
Farmer Battles Chief Gwesela Over Dam Destruction in Court
Brenna Matendere
Zhombe—A farmer whose privately-owned dam is being invaded by the traditional paramount leader, Chief Gwesela, and his compatriots in Zhombe who are clandestinely conducting illegal alluvial gold mining under the guise…
Alleged Zanu PF murderers indicted 5 years on
Brenna Metendere
Kwekwe-The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has moved to finalise an unresolved politically motivated murder case involving opposition supporter Joseph Kadozo, 21, who was slain in Kwekwe in 2019, allegedly by young…
Chinhoyi municipality awards itself unauthorised terminal payouts
Nunurai Jena
Chinhoyi – Top management at the Chinhoyi municipality allegedly outfoxed unsuspecting councillors to secure unauthorised lucrative gratuities upon resignation, retirement, or death in office.
The matter came to…