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Ramaphosa's ANC has not learnt from history
In 2018, ANC chose Cyril Ramaphosa as President because they believed that white capital liked him and thus he would attract western investment into the country. However, things did not quite go accor...Published: 14 Jun 2024 at 13:23hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Harare, Chitungwiza floods a man-made disaster
The incessant rains that pounded the country in the past week have exposed a big problem that has been allowed to fester in Harare and Chitungwiza, which requires decisive action to save lives....Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Stop praying for me and Zimbabwe,' says Sikhala
Dear Zimbabwean and Worldwide FriendsMy dearest friends, today marks exactly one and half years, that is, the full 18 months under persecution, incarceration in a meter by two and half meters ...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 11:04hrs | 1 | by Job Sikhala
Zimbabwe's cyber city: Urban utopia or surveillance menace?
In a fertile stretch of fields and farms dubbed New Harare, Zimbabwe is building a high-tech "cyber city" a world away from the traffic-clogged streets and overcrowded slums of the country's nearby ca...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The poor are on their own in Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was all smiles as he officially opened the privately-developed Aspindale apartments in Harare. His infrastructure programme - housing for all - seemed to be all in order y...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
PHOTO: Mphoko mocks South Africans for staying in shacks
Siqokoqela Mphoko who is a ZANU PF member and son to former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has kicked the hornet's nest after tweeting a picture of tin shack slums in South Africa and caption...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 11:04hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe plans to build new city for the rich
A brochure depicts pristine walkways, towering high rises and shining malls - all to be shared by a multiracial coterie of well-heeled residents. Plans also call for a solar plant, an important draw f...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 15:20hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Govt gets tough on illegal structures
HARARE City Council has distanced itself from an ongoing operation targeting illegal structures, and accused government of being "heartless."Government last week announced a 45-day crackdown a...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Cyber City mirage
I TOLD Mr (Shaji Ul) Mulk that my desire is to build a smart city like Dubai here. He agreed to build a smart city better than "Dubai," President Emmerson Mnangagwa told guests on Wednesday during the...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:29hrs | 11 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
CCC: A Triple Legacy for Zimbabwe
Dying for European perspectiveAMUSING if it was not tragic. The European Union, EU, has granted Ukraine candidate status. It's a remote stage along a very long continuum to eventual EU&n...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Jamwanda
Squatter camp escapes Covid-19
KILLARNEY Squatter Camp in Bulawayo has not recorded any Covid-19 cases since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020.Zimbabwe has recorded more than 233 000 Covid-19 cases since the outbre...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC project exposes Chamisa's poor political pedigree
For the past week the adherence of the MDC faction led by Nelson Chamisa, some interested distant watchers and anti-Government elements have been head over heels in excitement.This follows Cha...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mnangagwa subtly launches 2023 election campaign
POLITICAL leaders gain power to retain it. The power of incumbency is fully exploited to make sure they succeed themselves. They will use subtle means, including dishing out State resources to the peo...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:32hrs | 7 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Child prostitution rampant in Zimbabwe slums
DONNING mini-skirts, popular for being the dress code for the oldest profession, girls as young as 12, file past the railway tracks towards Harare-Chinhoyi Highway, where one after the other, they are...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ngarivhume conflicted or split personality
People are bound to ask the question whether the leader of Transform Zimbabwe, Jacob Ngarivhume, has a split personality or is just straight up conflicted and lacks a vision.This follows messa...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Prosperity Mzila
Africa Gaming Industry and its Potential Growth
A few years back, Africa seemed a less profitable market for most online businesses, especially overseas brands that had their sights on more developed markets. However, time has shaped the continent'...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:16hrs | 42 | by Staff Writer
Zimbabwe cities plagued by open defecation
WITH flies hovering all over the vicinity of the crowded slums of Epworth, an urban settlement approximately 25km east of the Zimbabwean capital Harare, laden plastic paper bags lie scattered on stree...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 21:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo slum dwellers survive on sewer water
OVER 2 000 squatters at Bulawayo's three slums have resorted to fetching domestic water from sewage ponds and open pits oblivious of the health implications, NewsDay Weekender has learnt.A sur...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 20:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC failure-bound foray to the countryside
MDC-Alliance's youth assembly held a national executive council meeting in Bulawayo two weeks ago where it resolved to boost the party's electoral fortunes in 2023 by moving to rural areas to recruit ...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:24hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
A country in 'crisis' cannot guarantee access to land
The term "crisis" is the latest buzzword in Zimbabwe meriting the attention of scholarly researches to establish if it is being used in the proper context. Opposition political parties are in overdriv...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:52hrs | | by Pardon Muzavazi
Mastering art of 'villagising' cities
In Bishop Lazi's village, there lived this super-reclusive chap who, after a quarrel with his father over witchcraft, decided to build his own hut a spitting distance from the family homestead....Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | | by Bishop Lazarus
Lessons from Singapore on economic development
Singapore is a tiny island-city state in Southeast Asia with a total area of 718km2 (543 times smaller than Zimbabwe) and part of the four Asian Tigers (Others include Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Kore...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
Chicken project thrives on human waste
Kenyan farmer Victor Kyalo's chickens have doubled the number of eggs they are laying. The reason: Human excrement.He is feeding them food from a Nairobi-based organics recycling company. Sane...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reportrer
Enact sanction-busting measures
Editor,Following the Unilateral Declaration of Independence by Ian Smith on November 11, 1965, the international community imposed economic sanctions on Rhodesia. The Rhodesian said, "if we ha...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 14:28hrs | | by Nyonyana Gwabini
Building national confidence
And so the old Indian tale is told. When the country became infested with venomous cobra snakes, government, in its wisdom, reacted with a smart snake stabilisation programme.A dollar for ever...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Zifiso Masiye
Violence must be condemned at all levels
We have endured a week such as no nation should live through: a time of violence and tragedy. The country suffered losses to human life and to property. Zimbabwe needs to think about that trag...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 09:51hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Masiyiwa Saga: A different perspective
In your response to Human Rights Watch's Ken Roth in the context of the unedifying Dewa-Masiyiwa episode that opened our new year, you say:"Consider, Mr Roth, that it is possible that we Z...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 12:15hrs | 1 | by Tawandah Mutasa
Commission raises eyebrows over Bulawayo slums
THE Land Commission on Tuesday expressed concern over the mushrooming of slum settlements during a tour of some farms in Bulawayo and Matabeleland North, which were acquired by government for urban ex...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU, why spare Bulawayo council over rates hike
That the United States has not seized a great opportunity to walk the talk on its human rights mantra shows that things are not what they appear to be.It was always too much to expect US Presi...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 11:32hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Water is a human right, It is illegal to disconnect domestic taps: a Petition to the UN
Water is a human right: It is illegal to disconnect domestic tapes: a Petition to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the way to UN...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 20:11hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Don't blame Zanu-PF and Mnangagwa for Zimbabwe's problems!
It is about time we stopped blaming our government, Mugabe and now ED for the appalling woes we suffer in Zimbabwe. Because while we keep doing that, we will never address the real cause of our dreadf...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 09:28hrs | | by David Barber & Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa visits cholera victims
Today MDC president Chamisa visited the cholera affected area of Glen View where he interacted with the affected community members and families. His first port of call was the Glen View Clinic before ...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 15:18hrs | | by MDC Communications
Identity crisis of the urban planning profession in Zimbabwe: a tragedy of 'politics in planning'
Since 1980s urban planning profession has been groping in the dark, still, it could not find light anymore. Planning in the face of political power has become troubling and injurious to the soul of th...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 08:09hrs | 8 | by Kelvin Zhanda
The People Vs Obert Mpofu and Emmerson Manangagwa: We must march for Zephaniah Nhamo and finish what Morgan Tsvangirai started
A casual attempt to buy toothpaste and camphor cream two weeks ago, on a Sunday morning, was welcomed by demonstrators gathered outside Dischem Pharmacy in Midrand, Johannesburg. Undeterred by...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 08:33hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Bringing youth back to agriculture in Southern Africa
Harare - Making agriculture more attractive to young farmers and creating decent employment opportunities in rural areas could reverse migration of youth to urban centres and abroad. The migration of ...Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 15:43hrs | 1 | by FAO
Odinga does a Tsvangirai, wants to be declared the winner
Nairobi - Kenya's main opposition coalition demanded on Thursday that its candidate Raila Odinga be declared president, claiming it had evidence he had won an election that has already led to angry pr...Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 17:24hrs | | by AFP
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November 2016
Even in death the women are violated in Zimbabwe. I have in mind not so long ago, a body of a woman sex worker who was murdered, her body was found alongside the road, was photographed and was ditched...Published: 26 Nov 2016 at 11:22hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
WATCH: Karate grannies
Meet Kenya's karate grannies - the women who fight off sex attackers in the slums of Nairobi....Published: 02 Nov 2016 at 10:11hrs | | by facebook
Urbanization is a tool for development
Joan Clos is the Executive Director of the Nairobi-based United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). In this interview with Newton Kanhema for Africa Renewal, Dr. Clos talks about the eff...Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 21:41hrs | 1 | by Joan Clos
Africa's cities of the future - Proper planning key to sustainable cities
With an annual economic growth rate of about 5% over the last decade, driven mainly by the commodities boom, African cities have seen skyrocketing population growth, forcing governments to face a host...Published: 09 Apr 2016 at 09:01hrs | | by Busani Bafana
The African Messiah is not yet born
The Africans are still finding it problematic to settle themselves with the reality of Africa after it gained political independence. Some African leaders like Nkwame Nkrumah, Samora Machel, Thomas Sa...Published: 19 Nov 2015 at 09:43hrs | | by Adam Sibuyi
South Africa's born-free generation is not happy
A new black consciousness movement is emerging in South Africa 21 years after its first democratic elections - most recently seen in nationwide student protests. The BBC's Alastair Leithead considers ...Published: 26 Oct 2015 at 09:34hrs | 1 | by Alastair Leithead
Bulawayo squatter camps to be turned into suburbs
AS the Bulawayo City Council continues to struggle to further expand the city to cater for a growing population, it has since taken the unprecedented move of formalising six squatter camps and two inf...Published: 25 Oct 2015 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe land reform a shining example for African countries
Zimbabwe's Land Reform Programme is a shining example of how African countries can ease the pressures of migration to urban centres by creating economic reasons for people to remain in, and develop ru...Published: 26 Sep 2015 at 11:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Sahara News
Dear Sahara News Righteous anger and an overwhelming sense of disappointment are the motivating factors for the origination of this article. What brought about these strong emotions is the...Published: 04 Jun 2015 at 08:18hrs | | by Nicole Hondo
Xenophobia: Zimbabweans must learn SA languages
THE South African campaign against foreign black Africans is now over, and that country's social and political atmosphere has returned to normal.The campaign caused a great deal of emotional o...Published: 02 May 2015 at 20:05hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Mujuru was using Rugare Gumbo and Didymus Mutasa
It must be a very difficult period for America, Obama especially. There is no rhyme, no reason, to the workings of the world that America has made.Everything looks Frankensteinian, all proving...Published: 05 Apr 2015 at 17:59hrs | 2 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zanu-PF membership a right for some, Cdes
CABINET FILES AND CZ's NOTEBOOKDear Cabinet andPolitburo membersCOMRADES, like I said at the weekend, we should not be losing sleep over the frivolous court challenge being mounted...Published: 12 Mar 2015 at 10:09hrs | 1 | by CZ
Former civil servants live like squatters
Over 200 families residing in appalling community blocks in the city's oldest suburb of Mtapa, have accused government of neglecting their housing crisis since 1980.A visit to the community bl...Published: 07 Feb 2015 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Raila Odinga's son in mystery death
NAIROBI - Fidel Odinga, the eldest son of Cord leader Raila Odinga, was yesterday morning found dead in his house at Windy Ridge, Karen after a night out with friends.The lifeless body of Raila's ...Published: 04 Jan 2015 at 21:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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