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Zanu PF-linked co-op, land developers leave Harare home seekers high and dry
Marshall Bwanya
HARARE – Thousands of Hatcliffe residents in Harare have been living at the mercy of Zanu PF aligned land barons and unscrupulous housing cooperatives who sold them houses in irregular settlements in the aftermath of…
NGOs provide lifeline to marginalised Binga community
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 wealth…
President Mnangagwa hosts dissolved, financially struggling UK investors
Sofia Mapuranga
Harare—Two of the three British business entities that President Emmerson Mnangagwa hosted in early October are either dissolved or facing serious financial problems, NewsHub has established.
The president bragged…
Minister evicts resettled farmers, gives land to Zanu PF youths
Pamenus Tuso
Lupane—The Zanu PF Matabeleland North chairperson and provincial government minister, Richard Moyo, has been accused of dispossessing land from at least 35 A1 farmers who were resettled on the Emmergron Estate—rich in timber…
Undocumented Chinese national unleashes terror at lithium plant
Jeffrey Moyo
Goromonzi—An undocumented female Chinese national illegally working as a human resources officer at Shengxiang Lithium Processing Plant in Goromonzi’s Nora Valley is at odds with local workers at the giant firm east of the…
Whistleblowers suffer victimisation—ZACC
Staff Reporter
Harare—The former Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson, Loyce Matanda-Moyo, has revealed that witnesses and whistleblowers contributing information for criminal prosecution are being victimised by…
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…
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.…
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,…