Inside the St Martin’s demolition saga — court order, stolen materials and a disputed housing scheme
By Marshall Bwanya HARARE — When bulldozers and other heavy machinery arrived at St Martin’s Phase 2 last Friday, residents watched as homes they say they had built on land purchased from the City of Harare were abruptly razed to the ground. For some residents, years of payments and construction costs, along with hopes of […]
Govt machinery moves to protect Kaguvi, Nehanda shrines amid mining row
By Marshall Bwanya MHONDORO — Government agencies have moved to investigate and safeguard the Sekuru Kaguvi, Mbuya Nehanda and Chinengundu Mashayamombe heritage sites after communities raised alarm over mining-linked developments they fear could damage sacred shrines and ancestral sites in Mhondoro. Ahead of Heroes Day commemorations, when Zimbabwe honours heroes of the First and Second Chimurenga, […]
Residents embrace municipal police bill, but warn against abuse, corruption and state overreach
By Victor Fanuel HARARE — Zimbabwe’s residents’ organisations have broadly backed the government’s proposed Municipal Police and Courts Bill, arguing that councils need stronger powers to enforce by-laws. However, they are demanding safeguards against abuse, corruption and what some fear could be an expansion of central government control into local governance. Cabinet this week approved the […]
Community appeals to Mnangagwa to save Kaguvi, Nehanda shrines amid mining-linked destruction fears
By Marshall Bwanya MHONDORO — Descendants of First Chimurenga heroes Sekuru Kaguvi, Mbuya Nehanda and Chief Chinegundu Mashayamombe have appealed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa and government to urgently intervene over what they say is the destruction of sacred cultural sites by Chinese mining company GritMine Minerals. Community leaders fear excavation works linked […]
Beyond the bin — How Dr Dilesh Nguwaya wants Harare to rethink waste
By Marshall Bwanya HARARE — Every morning, refuse trucks from Geo Pomona snake through Harare’s suburbs collecting yesterday’s leftovers. Plastic bottles, food scraps, cardboard, broken furniture and garden waste all end up in the same place. For the past two decades the City of Harare’s relationship with rubbish has been simple, collect it, dump it […]
Four-year succession vacuum revives battle over Mashayamombe’s ancestral authority
By Victor Fanuel CHEGUTU — A vacancy of more than four years in the Mashayamombe chieftaincy has reignited a long-running struggle over traditional authority, sacred shrines, and ancestral land in Mhondoro and Chegutu. Members of the Mashayamombe royal family accuse senior traditional leaders of undermining efforts to install an acting chief while encroaching on territory they […]
Stitched in Empire: Why Zimbabwe’s Uniform Policy Demands Decolonisation
By Obert Masaraure OPINION — As schools prepare to reopen for the second term on 12 May 2026, a familiar anxiety is settling over many Zimbabwean households. It is not the anticipation of a new academic term, but the financial strain associated with meeting school requirements, chief among them, the cost of uniforms. Framed by […]
Presidential Empowerment Schemes here to stay, vows Tungwarara as accountability structures are finalised
By Staff Reporter MUTARE — President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s empowerment programmes are not being abandoned but are set to continue under tighter accountability frameworks, according to the President’s special investment adviser, Paul Tungwarara. Tungwarara said the Presidential Empowerment Schemes (PES), remain a core pillar of the government’s development agenda but were temporarily slowed to allow the ruling […]
Inside the ploy to silence Tungwarara – because he exposed ‘exaggerated’ political entitlement
By Political Editor Political Opinion — As the old adage goes, “politics is a dirty game,” and those with the dirtiest hands are often the first to manoeuvre, deploying sponsored political pawns to launder their tarnished images and deflect scrutiny away from themselves. It is usually a sign not of strength, but of diminishing relevance. That […]
They Lost Everything but Their Courage: Zimbabwe’s Connection to the Human Toll of War in Palestine
By Marshall Bwanya Harare— As Gaza braces for yet another cycle of devastation, its echoes are increasingly felt in Harare’s diplomatic circles, civic spaces, and faith-based organisations. The war has become not just a distant tragedy but a moral test for humanity — and Zimbabweans are refusing to stay silent. In May 2025, civic groups, […]