“It would be easier for Chamisa to oust Zanu PF than Garwe to evict vendors” — Masaraure
By Victor Fanuel HARARE — Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) leader Obert Masaraure has delivered a brutal verdict on Local Government and Public Works Minister Daniel Garwe’s latest attempt to clear Harare’s streets. Masaraure said Garwe’s crackdown would do little more than clear the streets temporarily if government failed to tackle the unemployment, low […]
Garwe orders fresh crackdown on Harare vendors
By Victor Fanuel HARARE — Local Government and Public Works Minister Daniel Garwe has ordered a fresh crackdown on illegal vending in Harare, declaring that the deterioration of urban order is no longer acceptable. However, the latest enforcement drive risks repeating a cycle of evictions and returns that has persisted under successive governments. Garwe’s order follows […]
We The People pressure Garwe over September 9 vendor eviction deadline
By Victor Fanuel HARARE — We The People, through its self-styled People’s Parliament, is pressuring Local Government and Public Works Minister Daniel Garwe to suspend a September 9 deadline for the eviction of informal traders from undesignated trading sites, arguing that government has not provided enough alternative vending spaces. The pressure group’s Social Services, Labour and […]
Vendors face September 9 eviction as government orders nationwide crackdown
By Victor Fanuel HARARE — Informal traders operating from undesignated sites in Harare and other urban areas face eviction by September 9 after the government issued a final warning ahead of a nationwide crackdown. Local Government and Public Works Minister Daniel Garwe said vendors trading outside designated markets must vacate their sites voluntarily before a “comprehensive, […]
More anguish as Kariba ferry death toll rises to 95
By Naledi Nyoni HARARE — Zimbabwe’s darkest transport tragedy has claimed 95 lives, with the death toll continuing to rise nine days after the Mbuya Nehanda ferry capsized on Lake Kariba. A formal investigation is now probing how about 180 people and goods came to be aboard the vessel, after government initially said 119 people were […]
Govt says 180 aboard Kariba ferry as probe begins, death toll hits 94
By Naledi Nyoni HARARE — Government has launched a formal investigation into the Lake Kariba ferry disaster after revising the number of people aboard the ill-fated Mbuya Nehanda to about 180, as the death toll rose to 94. The August 11 tragedy is now Zimbabwe’s deadliest transport disaster on record, surpassing the 1991 Nyanga bus crash […]
Mnangagwa declares disaster after SA bus crash kills 11 Zimbabweans
By Naledi Nyoni HARARE — President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a state of disaster following a bus crash in South Africa that claimed the lives of 11 Zimbabweans travelling home from Cape Town. Government said the declaration, made under Section 27(1) of the Civil Protection Act, will speed up the mobilisation of resources to assist […]
“I’m Zimbabwean, beat me if you can,”Malema taunts anti-migrant groups over Afrophobic tensions
By Victor Fanuel HARARE — Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has declared himself “Zimbabwean” in remarks widely interpreted as a rebuke of South Africa’s resurgent anti-migrant campaign. His comments come as Zimbabwe says it has repatriated more than 115,000 citizens from South Africa amid growing concerns over hostility and uncertainty facing migrants in the […]
Inside the Seke land wars — Garwe under fire over Magaya, Mabhiza allegations and explosive patronage claims
By Victor Fanuel HARARE — Local government minister Daniel Garwe is facing mounting pressure following his recent explosive remarks he made at Gilstone Farm in Seke, where he appeared to implicate prominent religious leader Walter Magaya and Attorney-General Virginia Mabhiza in alleged illegal land allocations. Garwe’s comments, delivered during a government operation targeting alleged land […]
Harare residents outraged as Developers invade Monavale and Meyrick Park Wetlands
By Staff Reporter HARARE — Residents of Monavale and Meyrick Park have raised alarm over the ongoing destruction of protected wetland areas in their communities, accusing private developers of illegally clearing land within the internationally recognised Monavale Wetland Ramsar Site. The outcry comes amid allegations that vast portions of State land within the wetland were irregularly […]