Zimbabwe's Water Crisis: Boreholes will cause more harm than good

This morning, as I watched a news report on the ongoing so-called ‘Presidential Borehole Drilling Scheme', my heart was troubled. Just how sustainable is the drilling of boreholes all over t...

A city at risk of collapsing: The cost of the search for gold in Zimbabwe

DOROTHY Moyo says a prayer every time she walks, runs, or drives around her neighbourhood in central Zimbabwe - afraid that the earth will give away from beneath her feet, dragging her underground....

Gas explosion leaves sink holes in Johannesburg

There has been a massive gas explosion in the Johannesburg CBD, causing substantial damage to nearby roads and sinkholes.Videos seen on social media showed cars toppled along Johannesburg's Br...

Panic over Hwange underground fires

Decades-old infernos spewing ash and smoke are causing sinkholes that have subsequently consumed a key trunk road linking Makwika Village (Number 3) and Hwange town.The road, which also links ...

Coal fires swallow children in Hwange

THE Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) has raised the alarm over the effects of underground coal fires on children in Hwange, urging the government to speedily act on the issue.In a...

When local authorities become hopeless laggards

IF Bishop Lazarus' great-grandfather were to rise from the dead today God forbid! The man was just an unbearably torturous disciplinarianhe would pretty much be able to figure his way around Harare....

Saving ourselves, Saving Zimbabwe from further destruction (Bowling ZANU PF all out for 36 runs)

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Dr Martin Luther King Jnr.Who is Zimbabwe? It is all those who are inhabitants (different colours [one people], diff...

Sinkholes alter landscape in Harare - ZLHR

This photo was shared by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights organization on Twitter with the caption: Buildings, vehicles, & pedestrians are at the risk of bei...