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David Conolly’s farm is being taken from him by senior civil servant Ray Ndhlukula.
DAVID CONNOLLY

The farm is mine, insists Mugabe aide

Ray Ndhlukula is resisting an order restraining him from taking over a farm in Matabeleland South, which is owned by a white commercial farmer.

  • Farai Shoko
2 min read
In the dark: Critics say new Zesas chairman Herbert Murerwa can’t turn the utility around.
FARAI SHOKO

‘Recycled patriot’ plugged into a sputtering Zesa

Barely two weeks into Herbert Murerwa’s appointment, the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority implemented power cuts, leading to a national outcry.

  • Farai Shoko
2 min read
Public servants say state inertia is a sign that it doesn’t have the money for their pay raise.
CIVIL SERVANTS

Zim: Doubts over promised pay hike spark civil servant fury

Public servants are angry that the government appears to be reneging on its recent promise to award them a salary increase next month.

  • Farai Shoko
2 min read
Tongue-tied: At least a quarter of MPs in both houses of the ­previous Parliament did not utter a single word for an entire year
FARAI SHOKO

Deafening silence in Zim Parliament

An analysis of Zimbabwe’s former parliament shows that participation in both former houses was poor with 25% of MPs not uttering a word at all.

  • Farai Shoko
3 min read
Tuning in: The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe has so far received 21 applications for 25 new radio stations.
FARAI SHOKO

More radio stations in Zimbabwe

The government plans to issue 25 radio licences for major cities and towns in the next two months but there are fears that airwaves will not be free.

  • Farai Shoko
3 min read
‘We are not a Zanu-PF project’ (Photo Archive)
FARAI SHOKO

‘We are not a Zanu-PF project’

Farai Shoko recently sat down with the National Constitutional Assembly’s Lovemore Madhuku about its political aspirations in Zimbabwe.

  • Farai Shoko
4 min read