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BCC under pressure to publish assets register
BULAWAYO City Council has come under pressure to publish a list of its properties to enhance transparency and accountability. The call by civic society group Habakkuk Trust came in the wake of...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:32hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Bulilima teenager survives hippo attack
A 16-YEAR-OLD schoolboy from ward 22, Bulilima in Matabeleland South province survived a hippopotamus attack that left him severely wounded while on his way to school on Wednesday.Villagers sa...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:19hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo vendors appeal to govt over lockdown
BULAWAYO vendors have appealed to the government to consider their plight during the newly introduced lockdown measures which they say will subject them to further poverty.Vice-President Const...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:31hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree road fencing tender reeks of corruption
CIVIC society organisations (CSOs) have raised concern over the $320 000 Plumtree road fencing tender process, which they think was not transparent after villagers complained of a shoddy job.T...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:12hrs | 1253 | by Staff reporter
'Truth-telling can put closure to Gukurahundi'
CHIEF Nyangazonke of Kezi, Matabeleland South province, yesterday urged Gukurahundi victims to speak out and air their views on the issue before their traditional leaders.The traditional leade...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:15hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Food crisis worsens in rural Matabeleland
THE food security situation in most parts of Matabeleland has reportedly worsened amid reports that some families are now only surviving on a single meal a day.According to the latest survey b...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 10:51hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa insincere on Gukurahundi
THE Matabeleland Forum (MF), a consortium of civic society organisations (CSOs), which recently snubbed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's meeting with other regional civic groups, has dismissed governmen...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:33hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pledges IDs for Gukurahundi genocide victims
GOVERNMENT has committed itself to immediately roll out a process of issuing identity documents to victims of Gukurahundi who were rendered stateless by government-sanctioned mass killings.Pre...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:16hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Communities plunged into vulnerability
The prevailing harsh economic conditions coupled with the devastating impacts of climate change have plunged communities into the doldrums of vulnerability. Habakkuk Trust in its latest ...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:46hrs | 313 | by Stephen Jakes
Border-lying communities get tough on returnees
RURAL communities in Matabeleland provinces have taken it upon themselves to curb the increase in imported COVID-19 cases by apprehending returnees from South Africa and Botswana sneaking into the cou...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:39hrs | 828 | by Staff reporter
Border jumping escalates at Beitbridge
THE number of desperate Zimbabweans using illegal entry points along the Limpopo River to access medical treatment and cheap basic commodities and drugs from South Africa has shot up, a Beitbridge leg...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 08:01hrs | 2027 | by Staff reporter
Illegal returnees besiege Matobo, Bulilima
A SURVEY by civil society group, Habakkuk Trust, has revealed that Matobo and Bulilima districts in Matabeleland South were receiving an influx of illegal returnees, mostly from Botswana and South Afr...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 08:48hrs | 1812 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland South Covid-19 situation worrying
The Covid-19 situation in Insiza district is fast developing into a crisis as the number of cases soars. The rise in the number of local cases was alleged...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 07:49hrs | 1091 | by Stephen Jakes
'Nkomo joined Zanu-PF to stop Mugabe's killings'
THE late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo and his lieutenants only joined the Zanu-PF government to stop the Gukurahundi massacres that were being perpetrated by then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe.T...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:04hrs | 906 | by Staff reporter
Retail shops reject local currency
Reports from Habakkuk Trust Community Advocacy Action Teams in Matabeleland Province indicate that a significant number of shops are refusing to transact in local currency.The trust in a repor...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 08:24hrs | 4028 | by Stephen Jakes
Public hearings to proceed: High Court
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Nokuthula Moyo yesterday dismissed the urgent chamber application filed by Habakkuk Trust seeking an interdict barring Parliament from conducting public hearings on t...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:09hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Bid to stop Bill hearings hits brickwall
THE High Court has dismissed an urgent chamber application filed by Chitungwiza and Manyame Residents Association (Camera) and Alice Kuvheya, seeking to stop Parliament from conducting public hearings...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:33hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
Court reserves judgment on Parly constitutional challenge
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Nokuthula Moyo has reserved judgment in the matter in which a local non-governmental organisation is seeking an order to stop Parliament from conducting public hearin...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 19:18hrs | 1015 | by Staff reporter
'Test all who go to public health institution for Covid 19'
THE Bulawayo Christian based civic organisation, Habakkuk Trust has appealed to the Inter-ministerial National Covid 19 Taskforce chaired by Vice President Kembo Mohadi to scale up the Covid testing p...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 13:29hrs | 221 | by Stephen Jakes
Parliament defends Bill public hearings
PARLIAMENT of Zimbabwe yesterday challenged the urgent chamber application filed by Habakkuk Trust seeking an interdict to stop the august House from conducting public hearings on Constitution of Zimb...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:35hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to stop it
RESIDENTS associations and civil society organisations have ganged up to stop President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government from rushing through a controversial constitutional amendment under the cover of...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 08:00hrs | 5985 | by Staff reporter
Farmers start preparing for dry season
Farmers in Bulilima are seized with gathering hay and maize stalks to avert an impending drought crisis attributed to the effects of climate change.Over a thousand cattle and donkeys in the di...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1329 | by Stephen Jakes
Small scale miners struggling to adhere to COVID-19 regulations
Some small scale mining companies are seemingly struggling to adhere to COVID-19 safety precautions at a time when positive cases are on the rise.These revelations came after a snap surv...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 13:24hrs | 253 | by Stephen Jakes
Preparation for schools opening commences in Matobo
Preparations for the reopening of schools are underway in some rural communities amid fears of an increase in COVID-19 infections. ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 07:44hrs | 336 | by Stephen Jakes
Justice in traditional courts put on hold
The Covid-19 pandemic has placed the justice system in limbo as traditional courts remain closed in response to the global pandemic.Traditional leaders play a key role in dispute resolution an...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 10:12hrs | 458 | by Stephen Jakes
Villagers stranded with HIV medication
Antiretroviral drugs are reportedly piling up in rural areas as parents are failing to send the critical drugs to their children and grandchildren in neighbouring South Africa and Botswana due to the ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 09:56hrs | 1543 | by Stephen Jakes
'Bulawayo returnees sharing buckets, crowded facilities'
RETURNING citizens housed at the United College of Education (UCE) and the Bulawayo Polytechnic College are sharing buckets, crowded bath facilities, not observing social distancing during meals and h...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:54hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
'Let's unite to end Zimbabwe crises'
SEVERAL organisations from labour, lawyers, academics and churches under the National Convergence Platform banner have resolved to unite citizens in a non-partisan manner to end the country's worsenin...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 2443 | by Staff reporter
Food aid transport fee, a burden to the vulnerable
Rural communities in Matabeleland have expressed concerns over the transport costs incurred in receiving food handouts from Social WelfareAccording to reports obtained from Habakkuk Trust Communit...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:46hrs | 616 | by Stephen Jakes
Dumiso Dabengwa - Tribute from a civic and personal perspective
The first time I had a close engagement with the late iconic hero Dr Dumiso Dabengwa was when he was Minister of Home Affairs and I was President of the Junior Association of Christian Communica...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:34hrs | 628 | by Dumisani Nkomo
Health experts, CSOs warn of spike in COVID-19 cases
HEALTH experts and civil society organisations have warned of a possible spike in COVID-19 cases due to reckless behaviour by citizens who are moving around without masks and ignoring social distancin...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:01hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Bus queues a ticking time bomb for Covid-19
The extended lockdown period coupled with the opening of industry and commerce has seen the reintroduction of long winding bus queues as the city has been hit by an acute shortage of ZUPCO buses and k...Published: 21 May 2020 at 09:46hrs | 994 | by Stephen Jakes
Illegal entry points a cause for concern
Illegal entry points along the Zimbabwe-Botswana Boundary line in Bulilima may result in the unchecked community spread of Covid-19.According to Habakkuk Trust report villagers who are engaged...Published: 18 May 2020 at 15:45hrs | 940 | by Stephen Jakes
Illegal entry points a cause for concern
Illegal entry points along the Zimbabwe-Botswana boundary line in Bulilima may result in the unchecked community spread of Covid-19. Local villagers, who are engaged in menial jobs as maids and herd b...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:29hrs | 323 | by Habakkuk Trust
'Subsidised mealie-meal not reaching remote areas'
BULAWAYO residents and villagers in parts of Matabeleland South, who have not benefitted from the subsidised roller meal are facing starvation.In urban areas, the government, working with Grai...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:58hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South villagers in the dark about pandemic
parts of Matebeleland South are in the dark about the spread of the Covid-19 disease as they have no access to local media, including radio and television stations, it has emerged.Villagers in...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:30hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
'Civic education needed to enforce lockdown'
CIVIC society organisations yesterday expressed concern over what they termed reckless behaviour by residents, particularly youths, in most high-density suburbs of Bulawayo who are defying the lockdow...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 22:34hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
Residents sleeping in water queues
RESIDENTS in Bulawayo's Pumula South, Old Magwegwe and Emganwini high-density suburbs are reportedly sleeping in queues at boreholes and bowser delivery points as the water crisis in the city worsens....Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 08:34hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Bubi artisanal miner killed by machete gang
In another bizarre incident of artisanal gold mining wars, villagers in Bubi ward 19 were left shell shocked, on Thursday when a local young artisanal miner was viciously attacked by a machete and axe...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 16:38hrs | 1147 | by Stephen Jakes
CSO baffled by citizens failure to maintain social distancing
The Christian based civic organisation, Habakkuk Trust has expressed concerns over citizens failure to maintain social distancing requirement as one of the measures to prevent the spread of Covid 19....Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 10:17hrs | 572 | by Stephen Jakes
CSO baffled by citizens failure to maintain social distancing
The Christian based civic organisation, Habakkuk Trust has expressed concerns over citizens failure to maintain social distancing requirement as one of the measures to prevent the spread of Covid 19....Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 09:49hrs | 230 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe diaspora remittances take a knock
COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on diaspora remittances in Zimbabwe where some households, which depend on assistance from relatives abroad, are in dire straits, the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Developm...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:07hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Govt managing COVID-19 information: CSOs
GOVERNMENT has been challenged to come clean on COVID-19 by disseminating correct information on the pandemic in Zimbabwe amid concerns that testing centres were only in Harare and Bulawayo, leaving t...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:44hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
BCC violating its own by-laws
A BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) engineer has revealed that houses were being built without inspection, violating council by-laws which stipulate that city authorities should approve every stage of const...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 15:43hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Gukurahundi fast-track programme draws fire
THE recent announcement by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he would soon convene a "consensus-building meeting" with Matabeleland traditional leaders to co-ordinate and fast-track exhumations and re...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:57hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Drought fuels gold wars
Villagers in Bubi district, one of the areas affected by gold wars, have blamed drought for fuelling artisanal miners' conflicts.This was revealed in the latest Habakkuk Trust report following its...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:56hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Nyongolo Nkomo launches new book
HUMAN rights activist and Habakkuk Trust chief executive Dumisani Nyongolo Nkomo, launched his new book, No Holds Barred, on Friday night at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Museum.Nkomo shared his ex...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:48hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland Collective collapses
Seventeen civil society organisations in Bulawayo have broken away from Matabeleland Collective (MC), a network of the clergy and civic society groups in the region, to form a new platform known as Ma...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 16:17hrs | 1752 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe needs new political ideas'
The government must allow the free exchange of ideas if the country is to develop, said Dumisani Nkomo a prominent social activist at the launch of his new book, titled No Holds Barred in Bulawayo on ...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 16:15hrs | 1591 | by Staff reporter
Habakkuk boss to launch book
HABAKKUK Trust chief executive, Dumisani Nyongolo Nkomo (pictured) has said he will be launching his book titled No Holds Barred - a collection of cutting edge articles which he has been writing for a...Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 12:46hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
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