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Villagers up in arms with village head
Villagers in Malole B, Chetumbu area, Insiza District, Matabeleland South Province, are urgently seeking assistance due to alleged abuse by their village head, Anton Msimanga. Appointed in 2016 by the...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:59hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Funding delays Gwayi-Shangani dam relocations
GOVERNMENT says it has identified the land to construct houses for the Lubimbi villagers who will be relocated from the Gwayi-Shangani dam catchment area.In an interview with Southern Eye this...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 06:39hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new mines law a welcome game changer, but.....
AFTER years of debates and uncertainty, government finally gazetted the Mines and Minerals Bill in February 2023 to ostensibly replace the current Mines and Minerals Act [Chapter 21:05]. The current A...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by James Tsabora
Jitters over Gwai-Shangani Dam relocations
A MATABELELAND based human rights group has accused government of dithering on plans to relocate hundreds of villagers in Lubimbi, Binga in Matabeleland North to pave way for the Gwayi-Shangani Dam....Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 20:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
MIHR petitions govt on Lubimbi relocations
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has petitioned government through the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) for information on the planned relocations of Lubimbi villagers in Binga....Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt mum on Gwayi-Shangani relocations
BINGA villagers in the Lubimbi area have accused government of not clear on their relocation from the Gwayi-Shangani dam catchment.A total of 2 422 people, whose homes lie in the dam's catchme...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Villagers living in fear of eviction
MUTOKO'S Karimazondo and Chingamuka villagers are living in fear after "some" Chinese officials informed them that they would be relocated to pave way for mining operations.The community membe...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Zela
Gwayi-Shangani Dam: Lubimbi villagers set demands for relocation
THE Lubimbi villagers in Binga are resisting government's move to relocate them from their ancestral land to pave way for the construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam, demanding a clear relocation plan....Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
60% of Bulawayo companies close shop
THE labour movement, consumer rights groups, small enterprises and informal traders have lamented the continuous collapse of Bulawayo industries amid revelations that up to 60% of companies have close...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:04hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Call for revival of Bulawayo industry
CIVIL society organisations have called on the government to formulate a policy aimed at reviving industries in Bulawayo.Zimbabwe's second largest city used to be an industrial hub before a co...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
President's wide powers on mining fuel extractive resources corruption
THE excessive, wide and discretionary powers of the President of Zimbabwe and Minister of Mines over the country's vast mineral resources and their allocation is perpetuating rampant corruption in the...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 17:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Great Zimbabwe: At the centre of Soweto!
As the wave of violence, threats of violence and looting against foreign nationals and their businesses subsided in Johannesburg, it finally arrived in Soweto!Just after sunset on Wednesday 14...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:36hrs | | by Walter Nyabadza
Marvo judicial manager's role must be reviewed
Since the beginning of companies mass closures over a decade ago, with Bulawayo being the hardest hit by closures and relocations. The Judicial managers have been beneficiaries of the crisis. In most ...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 08:11hrs | | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Zimbabwe new dumping ground for second hand Chinese chrome smelters
Zimbabwe has become a target for Chinese companies that are looking at dumping second-hand chrome smelters following the promulgation of an environmental law prohibiting use of heavy environmentally u...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:10hrs | | by Business Times
Donald Trump is black and ugly man
As my father and I had sat high up in the stands at Rufaro Stadium, together with thousands of ecstatic compatriots, we waved small Zimbabwe flags, with vibrant enthusiasm, and enjoyed the wonderful e...Published: 31 Mar 2018 at 07:58hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
BCC makes progress in Egodini relocations
THE Bulawayo City Council says it has made considerable progress in preparing for the relocation of transport operators and informal traders operating at the Basch Street Terminus.The city cou...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Oliver Mtukudzi sheltered a Zimbabwean refugee in downtown Harare
Music is soulful shelter. I became a refugee when I discovered potential life hidden in the works of Mbare-born guitarist Louis Mhlanga and the late Mozambican Afro-Jazz singer Gito Baloi and slowly r...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 17:07hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
200 houses destroyed by floods
Over 200 houses in different parts of Zimbabwe have been destroyed by floods and violent storms since October 2017, leaving families homeless.Insiza accounts for over 58, Mudzi 12, Chipinge 15...Published: 30 Dec 2017 at 22:23hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
KFC apologises for Bulawayo fcuk up?
THE official opening of the United States-headquartered fast-food concern, KFC in Bulawayo under its local franchise, KFC Zimbabwe did not go well Saturday as police clashed with Bulawayo residents wh...Published: 05 Aug 2017 at 19:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
'KFC ignores jobless locals in Bulawayo,' Cries Mthwakazi party
Mthwakazi Republic Party has accused KFC, a newly opening fast food outlet in Bulawayo of letting down the local people by employing outsiders when the locals are job less.MRP spokesperson Mbo...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 14:08hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Gold panners can invade farms--minister
Gold panner's are empowered to invade farms to pan for gold without the consent of the owner, Mines minister Walter Chidhakwa has said.Chidhakwa said the notorious gold panner's can only do so...Published: 12 May 2017 at 07:09hrs | 3 | by Alice Dube
Villagers trapped in Marange diamond fields
Thousands of families are trapped in Marange diamond fields with their long wait for relocation dragging despairingly into an unknown future.Locals and human rights groups now hold gover...Published: 24 Feb 2014 at 13:01hrs | | by Bernard Chiketo
Chiadzwa diamond miners dump families
More than 3 000 families in and around the Chiadzwa diamond fields face hunger after their farmland was barricaded by mining concessions leaving them with nowhere to grow crops for sustenance, it has ...Published: 06 Jan 2014 at 11:17hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Small businesses being forced off the CBD in Bulawayo: Survey
BULAWAYO - A recent survey by the Southern Eye in the City of Kings and Queens showed that small businesses and organisations were relocating from central business district (CBD) to the east...Published: 17 Jun 2013 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Buy Only Bulawayo Made products' campaign launched
A GROUP of Bulawayo youths have embarked on a Buy Only Bulawayo Made products campaign to save the few remaining operating companies in the city.The youths move around the central business dis...Published: 30 Apr 2013 at 03:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Powerspeed building its business around retailing, says MD
Powerspeed has been building its business around retailing, through the Electrosales brand, as the operating environment has been difficult for manufacturing, MD Hilton Macklin told an analyst br...Published: 04 Jan 2013 at 13:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T Minister blames Matabeleland residents for relocations
There are reports that Minister Joel Gabbuza of MDC-T and MP for Binga,is blaming the people of Matabeleland for not supporting musicians, Mfanyana Dube and Lovermore Majaivana. His party is having ...Published: 23 Jul 2011 at 08:57hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Welshman Ncube tours Bulawayo industries
MDC-N President Prof Welshman Ncube who is also the Minister of International Trade, Industry and Commerce began a tour of the Bulawayo industries yesterday and today held a meeting ...Published: 17 Jun 2011 at 16:20hrs | | by MDC-N Department of Information and Publicity
Let's rally behind Ibhetshu Likazulu on de-industrialisation of Bulawayo
Ibhetshu Likazulu, says it will petition principals to Global Political Agreement to stop the tide of big companies' relocating from Bulawayo to Harare.The group said the relocation of these c...Published: 27 Jan 2011 at 00:13hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
MDC president Welshman Ncube wants Hunyani Printpak to stay in Bulawayo
Industry and Commerce minister Welshman Ncube is trying to block Hunyani Printpak, from relocating to Harare.Hunyani Printpak is the country's leading manufacturer of cardboard cartons and lab...Published: 27 Jan 2011 at 00:13hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Matabeleland pressure group initiates anti de-industrialisation petition
Local pressure group Ibhetshu likaZulu is working on presenting a petition to leaders of the inclusive government to register their disgruntlement over the relocation of major companies from Bulawayo ...Published: 23 Jan 2011 at 17:09hrs | | by Byo24NEWS | Bhebhe Mandla
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