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 […]
Mnangagwa’s succession deadlock threatens November 2017 repeat — Masaraure
By Victor Fanuel HARARE – Zimbabwe is edging toward the same dangerous succession impasse that triggered the 2017 coup, renowned social and economic activist Obert Masaraure warns. In a hard-hitting open letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Masaraure argues that unresolved battles over who should lead Zanu PF are destabilizing governance and forcing ordinary citizens to bear […]
War veterans decry tycoon Rautenbach 1,000ha land grab
By Victor Fanuel Harare – A major land dispute is unfolding in Mashonaland East province, where war veterans and black farmers, many of them beneficiaries of Zimbabwe’s fast-track land reform programme are accusing government officials of aiding the illegal transfer of their land to controversial businessman Billy Rautenbach. At the centre of the storm is Springs […]
Govt orders controversial land compensation to Chiyangwa’s firm amid legal disputes
By Victor Fanuel Harare – The government has directed the City of Harare to compensate Pinnacle Holdings, owned by business and property mogul Phillip Chiyangwa, for land it lost in the capital. In a letter to Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume, Local Government and Public Works Minister Daniel Garwe instructed the city to compensate Pinnacle Holdings […]
Ibhetshu LikaZulu claps back at Garwe over threats to Bulawayo Mayor and ‘King’ Bulelani
By Staff Reporter Bulawayo — Tensions between the Zimbabwean government and cultural advocacy group Ibhetshu LikaZulu escalated this week following strong criticism directed at Local Government and Public Works Minister Daniel Garwe, over a strongly worded letter he issued rebuking Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart, for engaging with Ndebele cultural figure King Bulelani Khumalo. In an sharply-worded […]