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OVER 500 families are living in the open along the Bindura-Shamva road after they were evicted from their dwellings at the resuscitated Ran Mine compound. The families were dumped along the highway with their belongings after the High Court issued an order for their eviction following the takeover of the …

Given what we know, I am astounded that there is not some intervention by the New Zealand government into the existence of this museum,” said historian Scott Hamilton. ZIMBABWEAN expatriates based in New Zealand and local diversity experts have called on the government to shut down a Rhodesia museum, describing …

THE Citizens Coalition for Change’s (CCC) now claims the only reason it will not be holding an elective congress anytime soon is because it does not have money. The party’s secretary general, Charlton Hwende said a congress requires large sums of money which they do not have. Hwende’s claims come …

ZIMBABWE’S failure to attain and build a good image in the international community is worsened by hopeless tactics like the hiring of lobbyist organisations, critics have said.  In 2019, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government engaged London-based BTP Advisers — which joined United States-based Mercury International Limited, Ballard Partners and Avenue Strategies …

“WHEN you see a rat running into a fire, then you know that what it is running away from is hotter than the fire.” — African proverb. Zimbabweans, who are in their millions in South Africa — some estimates say 1.5 million and others say three million — are caught …

…Diaspora puts president under fire PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under heavy criticism for wanting to abuse diasporans by luring them into investing millions of dollars in the country, while he continues denying them the right to vote.  Mnangagwa on Monday spoke about diaspora investments while addressing thousands at the …

Two people were killed when a train ploughed into a vehicle at a railway crossing in Harare on Tuesday morning. The driver of a Honda Fit vehicle drove into the path of the train at a railway level crossing on Chiremba Road near OK-Mart. The accident caused travelling chaos for …

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has cancelled a planned trip to Zimbabwe this week where he was due to officially open the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF). Uhuru’s withdrawal follows the April 21 death of former Kenyan leader Mwai Kibaki. Zimbabwe government spokesman Ndavaningi Mangwana said: “President (Emmerson) Mnangagwa has announced …

White Zimbabwean Commercial Farmers Sold A Raw Deal: US Report THOUSANDS of white commercial farmers who lost their land during Zimbabwe’s fast-track agrarian programme are still to receive compensation, two years after the government promised a US$3.5 billion windfall, a US embassy report has revealed. The US Embassy Human Rights …

GOVERNMENT’S failure to provide Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) fuel and the increase in United States dollars fuel prices have triggered the latest rally in the cost of producing bread. As a result, a standard loaf of bread now costs more than US$2 after its price shot up by 30% …