Glen View 8 Complex Fire: Government Steps In, Dispatches High-Level Delegation

By Dickson Bandera For the umpteenth time, fire has razed the Glen View Area 8 Home Industry Complex, destroying goods worth millions of dollars and leaving traders counting heavy losses yet again. The recurring infernos highlight a long-standing failure to find lasting solutions to safety challenges at one of Harare’s busiest informal trading hubs which…

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Be Guided By Interests of Ratepayers, President Urges Councils

President Emmerson Mnangagwa By Dickson Bandera President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabwe’s 92 local authorities to urgently address service delivery failures and refocus on the needs of the ratepaying public, warning that continued negligence and poor performance by some councils is unacceptable. Speaking at the All-Councillors Indaba held in Bulawayo this Thursday, which brought…

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Water and Sanitation: A Pillar of Africa’s Development Goals

Hon. Vangelis Haritatos, Zimbabwe’s Deputy Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development. By Edward Makuzva Water and sanitation are fundamental to Africa’s development ambitions, as they directly impact key social and economic indicators, according to Hon. Vangelis Haritatos, Zimbabwe’s Deputy Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development. Speaking at the official…

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