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Destruction of wetlands fuelling Harare water crisis: EMA

Source: Rejoice Chingwaru, NewsDay Original article URL Local authorities have been urged to stop development of residential stands on wetlands in order to critical water sources in the face of climate change. Speaking at a local residents’ forum in Harare on Thursday, Combined Harare Residents’ Association, director, Mfundo Mlilo said local authorities should ensure the […]

CSOs plan mass demonstrations

Source: Nqobani Ndlovu, NewsDay Original article URL CIVIC society organisations (CSOs) under the banner This Constitution, Our Constitution Campaign, are organising a mass demonstration in Bulawayo next week to protest against the wanton violation of the country’s laws by top government and Zanu PF officials. The demo, set for next Thursday, will see various civic […]

Police block demo over council bosses’ mega salaries

Source: Obey Manayiti, NewsDay Original article URL Riot police yesterday broke up a demonstration at Town House in Harare organised by several residents’ groups which were protesting against astronomical salaries that the city’s top managers continue to award themselves. After successive years of milking local authorities, Cabinet issued a directive in 2014 putting a cap […]

Lupane ‘protesters’ freed as court raps police

Source: Silas Nkala, NewsDay Original article URL LUPANE villagers arrested for protesting against the deployment of a non-Ndebele headmistress at Mlamuli Secondary School have been acquitted. They were cleared of charges of intimidating the headmistress and inciting other villagers to protest against school authorities. School Development Association chairperson Mbuso Nkomo and villagers Mbonisi Khoza, Peter […]

Water shortages threaten Delta operations

Source: Fidelity Mhlanga, Zimbabwe Independent Original article URL BEVERAGE-MAKER Delta Corporation says water supply shortages besetting the country could cripple its operations as demand for its products declines due to a weakening economy. In a statement accompanying its financial results, the company’s chairman Canaan Dube said the erratic water shortages would hit the business going […]

Bond notes a complete disaster for Zim: Hanke

Source: Zimbabwe Independent Original article URL ZIMBABWE Independent business writer Taurai Mangudhla (TM) interviewed world-renowned currency expert Steve Hanke (SH), a professor of Applied Economics and co-director of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, United States, on the implications of Zimbabwe’s […]

Military key in Zim political matrix, says UK think-tank

Source: Kudzai Kuwaza & Wongai Zhangazha, Zimbabwe Independent Original article URL AS Zimbabwe’s multi-faceted crisis worsens with no solutions in sight, Chatham House, a leading think-tank close to the British establishment, has played up the role of the military in the much-needed re-engagement process to halt the nation’s downward spiral. The security forces are widely […]

‘Zim must abandon bond notes proposal’

Source: Taurai Mangudhla, Zimbabwe Independent Original article URL ZIMBABWE must abandon plans to introduce bond notes and maintain the multiple currency regime to avoid economic demise, a top global currency expert has said. The bond notes, a surrogate currency to be backed by a US$200 million Afreximbank loan, will trigger enormous instability in the economy […]

Cash transactions down 8% as money shortages intensify: RBZ

Source: Zimbabwe Independent Cash transactions declined by 8% from US$5,3 billion in July to US$4,9 billion in August, as an acute shortage of bank notes forces more people to use online payment methods, data from the central bank has shown. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) noted that the total value of mobile and internet-based […]