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Zimbabwe records surge in human rights violations, says NGO
A staggering 180,184 human rights violations were reported across Zimbabwe in October 2024, affecting nearly 2,000 victims, according to a new report from the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP). The report ...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:54hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Elderly man survives train collision while sleeping on tracks
A 62-year-old homeless man from Bulawayo narrowly escaped death after being struck by a moving train while sleeping on railway tracks under the Luveve Flyover on Saturday morning.The man,...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:42hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council struggles to provide toilets for its residents
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is facing delays in the construction of essential sanitation facilities in Iminyela and Mabuthweni suburbs, where over 1,300 households still rely on communal toilets, putt...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:48hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
Harare launches murambatswina
The City of Harare launched a major demolition operation in Ridgeview, Belvedere on Thursday, destroying several properties that were built without proper approval. The operation left dozens of famili...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:14hrs | 3625 | by Staff reporter
Strong winds leave families stranded in Matopo
Strong winds struck several wards in Umzingwane District on Sunday, leaving a trail of destruction and rendering many villagers homeless. The worst-hit areas were wards 1, 2, 9, and 20, with the villa...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:04hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Russia seeks labour from Zim to boost human capital
Russia is looking to Zimbabwe to bolster its labor force, particularly in the construction sector, as it experiences rapid growth despite Western sanctions. The call for skilled labor emerged from dis...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:49hrs | 32395 | by Staff reporter
Hailstorm leaves 25 homeless in Beitbridge
A severe hailstorm that struck the Luwade area in Beitbridge last Wednesday has left approximately 25 people, including 12 children, homeless. The violent storm caused significant destruction, particu...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:36hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
International orphans shift base to Botswana
Zimbabwe's national football team, the Warriors, are set to relocate to Botswana's Obed Chilume Itani Stadium in Francistown for the first leg of their African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers a...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 07:56hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Poverty drives early marriages in Mzingwane
The prevalence of early marriages in Empisini, Ward 14, has become a pressing issue, as many young girls are being forced into marriage at a young age due to harsh economic conditions. This troubling ...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 21:02hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to honour Homeless World Cup star
The City of Bulawayo is gearing up to celebrate female goalkeeper Linnet Moyo, who made waves at the 2024 Homeless World Cup in South Korea by being named the Goalkeeper of the Tournament. Moyo was th...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 14:08hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa farm battle turns nasty
More than 150 families at Old Citrus Farm, located on the outskirts of Chinhoyi, find themselves homeless after their homes and belongings were destroyed amid a contentious land ownership dispute. The...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:20hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
BCC, CBD tenants clash over evictions
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is locked in a heated dispute with tenants at Lyndhurst flats in the central business district (CBD) over efforts to evict them. The residents are resisting the move, a...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 08:28hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
As Zimbabwe's rail system collapses, vice thrives in the trains left behind
INSIDE the abandoned trains of Zimbabwe's once-proud railway system, sex workers try to catch the attention of passing men, while drug dealers sell codeine-laced cough syrup and homeless families sear...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:22hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Harare police round-up over 22 child street beggars
Police rounded up 22 children who were begging on Harare's streets and handed them over to the department of social welfare.Police carried out an operation in response to a viral social media ...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 21:21hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Harare police round-up over 22 child street beggars
Police rounded up 22 children who were begging on Harare's streets and handed them over to the department of social welfare.Police carried out an operation in response to a viral social media ...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 15:37hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF-linked residents fail to grab stands
The High Court in Harare has dismissed an application by 840 house owners in Msasa Park and Chadcombe who sought to have the land their properties are built on transferred to their names without payin...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 07:48hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
More than 100 street children roam Bulawayo
Bulawayo is experiencing a troubling rise in the number of children leaving their homes to live and work on the streets, often turning to illegal activities such as drug and substance abuse. Over 100 ...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 07:40hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Harare city council workers in residential stands windfall
Workers at Harare City Council (HCC) will benefit from residential stands through an agreement with a local land developer, addressing the issue of many retiring homeless. ...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 06:59hrs | 1069 | by Staff reporter
Lighters and matches are not toys, avoid veld fires
The chill is in the air heralding the onset of the winter season. A time when some orphans, widows, homeless and the aged find themselves with no refuge from the biting cold. You see kids shivering wi...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 14:28hrs | 40 | by Thomas Murisa
I am suffocating and sick of crying
I am suffocating and sick of crying and dying for fresher air. I died in May, June and July, last year, and died forever in a shallow swamp on April 18, 1983. Later on, I died in a river full of class...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 09:17hrs | 28 | by Tafi Mhaka
Homeless woman gives birth in the open
Imagine the terrifying and isolating experience for a woman with mental health challenges repeatedly subjected to sexual assault, resulting in pregnancy.In Bulawayo's Nketa 9 suburb, a homeles...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 10:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo family homeless after arson attack
A family in the Queens Park East suburb of Bulawayo has been traumatized by a house fire caused by arson. An unidentified man used petrol and a mop to set their house ablaze, destroying possessions wo...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:07hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
MK to have an open mind when meeting Ramaphosa's ANC
UMKHONTO WeSizwe (MK) has engaged with the African National Congress (ANC) regarding the formation of a coalition government. These discussions are focused on negotiating with an "open mind, while fir...Published: 07 Jun 2024 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Attachment of residents' houses displays CCC's heartless agenda
The decision by the Harare City Council (HCC) to take drastic measures against low-income residents who are struggling to pay their monthly rates by attaching over 50 properties due to non-payment, ha...Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Tonderai Ndoro
FUNDRAISER: Nkulumane MP Desire Moyo issues SOS after mother and son lose home to fire
In the wake of a devastating house fire that engulfed the residence of a mother and son, the Member of Parliament for Nkulumane Constituency, Honorable Desire Moyo, has issued a heartfelt plea for ass...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 18:11hrs | 23 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe finds a way to turn paper into gold long live Gushungo!!!
Money, the market, free enterprise, free trade, law, and justice, among others - existed in other forms before the colonialists introduced paper currency. The natives had their own functional institut...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 16:58hrs | 2 | by Sam Wezhira
Zimbabwe Warriors likely to play their home matches in SA
HOMELESS Warriors are likely to play their next 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifying home match against Lesotho in South Africa after the government failed in its promise to rehabilitate the National Sports...Published: 05 Apr 2024 at 06:00hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'Street men' in nasty fight over girlfriend
A HOMELESS man in Harare's city centre appeared in court for allegedly trying to kill another man in a nasty fight over a girlfriend. Albert Mlambo (20) appeared before Harare regional magistr...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Homeless Dembare return to BF for 'home' fixture
Homeless Harare giants Dynamos return to Barbourfields stadium in Bulawayo this weekend for their home fixture against Hwange.Dynamos have once again been forced to use Barbourfields stadium i...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 17:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Church condemns Zimbabwe heartless evictions
THE government has taken a leaf from the colonial regime which prevented landless blacks from accessing productive land, a fellowship of Christian churches has said.In a statement, Zimbabwe Co...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:03hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt's ‘Zionist' approach to land evictions condemned
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has condemned the government's heavy-handed approach to dealing with illegal land occupations, likening it to past controversial actions and expressing con...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt accused of injustices
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) yesterday said it was regrettable that Zimbabwe commemorated World Day of Social Justice amid ongoing injustices against alleged illegal settlers across th...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR demands social rights for ordinary citizens
ON World Day of Social Justice, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has said they stand in solidarity with ordinary citizens who are enduring unprecedented injustices, that are being perpetrated ...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 15:30hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa lieutenant labels him a gospel-backed dictator
LOVEMORE Chinoputsa, a longstanding ally of opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, has announced his departure from politics in a forthright six-page resignation letter. In the letter, he criticizes the fo...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over inhumane evictions
GOVERNMENT has been criticised for carrying out inhumane mass evictions in Masvingo and Chiredzi, among other areas, leaving families homeless.The latest wave of farm evictions targeting land ...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 19:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fear grips rural and peri-urban areas in Zimbabwe
Fear has gripped many rural and peri-urban areas in Zimbabwe after the authorities unleashed a new wave of house demolitions leaving countless families homeless. Already, stranded people are counting ...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 20:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF is evicting resettled blacks, Operation Mavhotera Papi mark 2023 in all but name
"HUNDREDS of farmers and villagers in Mashonaland West province are facing eviction from the land they occupied on the strength of offer letters issued by politicians and lands officers during the cha...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 19:17hrs | 10 | by Wilbert Mukori
MASVINGO LAND EVICTIONS: Ibhetshu likaZulu steps in
In a shocking turn of events, the Ibhetshu Lika Zulu organization has issued a press statement decrying the eviction of villagers in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. Distress calls have flooded in from Ma...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:07hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe govt mass evictions raise dust
HUMAN rights lawyers have lobbied Members of Parliament (MPs) to push for the repeal of the Communal Lands Act amid the mass eviction of people accused of illegally occupying state land across Zimbabw...Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 21:05hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Donkey remains irk Bulawayo residents
RESIDENTS of Cowdray Park in Bulawayo have raised a red flag over fresh donkey parts found in the suburb, raising suspicions that the animals could have been stolen from surrounding areas and slaughte...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala, Sithole sentencing today
CCC senior member Job Sikhala and his accomplice, former Chitungwiza North Member of Parliament Godfrey Sithole, will be sentenced today on a charge of inciting the public violence that broke out in N...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 04:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Over 700 houses collapse due to heavy rains in Zimbabwe
Since the onset of the rainy season, over 700 houses in Epworth have crumbled, leaving hundreds homeless and in desperate need of assistance due to the relentless December rainfall.Despite a d...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe braces for another cyclone
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it has escalated its preparedness as Cyclone Alvaro swilled off the Mozambique coast.The Tropical storm formed off the Mozambican coast near Beira and headed towards ...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:24hrs | 11 | 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
Rains sweep away bridges, roads
INCESSANT rains being experienced across the country have left a trail of destruction with reports of bridges and school infrastructure being swept away by the heavy storms.In Harare, the city...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:23hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Rains leave trail of destruction in Zimbabwe
A SIX-year-old lost his life while infrastructure that includes bridges, roads, houses and electricity poles were swept away due to incessant rains that pounded most parts of the country during the we...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Hwahwa Prison roof blown off
A thunderstorm accompanied by strong winds blew off the roofing of a section of Hwahwa Prison in Gweru last Friday, prison authorities said.Prisoners were moved to buildings that remained inta...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 09:29hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Rains leave trail of destruction
TORRENTIAL rains accompanied by strong winds left a trail of destruction in Dete, Hwange District in Matebeleland North and Masvingo where several homes had their roofs blown off and other property da...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:53hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Hailstorm leaves trail of destruction
A HAILSTORM that hit parts of Hurungwe in Mashonaland West province on Monday left a trail of destruction and some villagers homeless.District development co-ordinator Andrew Tizora said they ...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Over 40 Chitungwiza houses to be demolished to pave way for a company
The High Court has mandated the demolition of 18 houses in Chitungwiza to facilitate the interests of a private company. In response, the affected homeowners urgently petitioned the High Court to halt...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
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