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Heads roll at RIDA over Kariba ferry disaster which claimed 97 lives

September 28, 2026

MORE than a month after the Mbuya Nehanda ferry sank on Lake Kariba killing 97 people, the first head has rolled at the Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (RIDA) with more set to go.

Photographed and filed as evidence, the plaque states that “this golf estate” was officially opened by the commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe, Air Marshal Jacob Nzvede on 12 September 2026

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Air Force, Defence Minister sued over ‘brazen’ seizure of Harare golf club

September 18, 2026

Brenna Matendere The Air Force of Zimbabwe has been dragged to the

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The Warnings Zimbabwe Ignored: How the Mbuya Nehanda Sank, Killing 97

September 11, 2026

The Kariba Lake Captain Adam Nyekete confirmed receiving their warnings in a 16 August 2026

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On hollow ground: Zimbabwean mining town on the brink of collapse

August 29, 2026

The ground underneath Shurugwi is riddled with tunnels By Brenna Matendere and Mary Taruvinga Decades

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Mining company linked to Zimbabwean president is destroying famous landmarks

August 21, 2026

By Brenna Matendere and Mary Taruvinga Chenxi Investments has been fined but

Diamonds to Dust: How Broken Promises and Job Losses Are Stripping Chiadzwa Bare

July 31, 2026

ONCE hailed as Zimbabwe’s great diamond frontier, the forests of Chiadzwa are being quietly consumed — felled by axe or chainsaw, reduced to charcoal,

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Heads roll at RIDA over Kariba ferry disaster which claimed 97 lives

September 28, 2026

MORE than a month after the Mbuya Nehanda ferry sank on Lake Kariba killing 97 people, the first head has rolled at the Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (RIDA) with more set to go.

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Air Force, Defence Minister sued over ‘brazen’ seizure of Harare golf club

September 18, 2026

Brenna Matendere The Air Force of Zimbabwe has been dragged to the High Court for allegedly seizing Falcon Golf Club in Harare, with the club accusing the military of a “brazen hostile takeover” that ended with the Air Force commander unveiling a

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The Warnings Zimbabwe Ignored: How the Mbuya Nehanda Sank, Killing 97

September 11, 2026

The Kariba Lake Captain Adam Nyekete confirmed receiving their warnings in a 16 August 2026 meeting with Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona. This revelation peels back the government’s earlier account putting the blame for the tragedy solely on the late Mbuya Nehandaferry captain Sign Patsikadova.

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On hollow ground: Zimbabwean mining town on the brink of collapse

August 29, 2026

The ground underneath Shurugwi is riddled with tunnels By Brenna Matendere and Mary Taruvinga Decades of mining have created a maze of tunnels beneath Shurugwi town in Zimbabwe. Ongoing blasting and unregulated mining are raising fears that the ground beneath homes, hospitals and infrastructure could

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Mining company linked to Zimbabwean president is destroying famous landmarks

August 21, 2026

By Brenna Matendere and Mary Taruvinga Chenxi Investments has been fined but continues stripping vegetation and polluting rivers – Open-cast mining by Chenxi Investments has stripped about 12km² of vegetation in Shurugwi, leaving parts of the Boterekwa Escarpment and Dunraven Falls scarred

Diamonds to Dust: How Broken Promises and Job Losses Are Stripping Chiadzwa Bare

July 31, 2026

ONCE hailed as Zimbabwe’s great diamond frontier, the forests of Chiadzwa are being quietly consumed — felled by axe or chainsaw, reduced to charcoal, and carried away through one of the country’s most heavily guarded security zones. A Pachena investigation has found that

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“Step down or face Mugabe’s fate”: Ngobese-Zuma warns Mnangagwa

July 28, 2026

By Brenna Matendere The South African firebrand whose movement has terrified African migrants has a blunt warning for Zimbabwe’s president: leave power in 2028, or end up like the man you helped overthrow. In a recent exclusive interview with Pachena from her Durban

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Steel and Broken Promises: How China’s Billion-Dollar Plant Left Zimbabwe’s Furnaces Cold

July 28, 2026

THREE years after China’s Dinson Iron and Steel Company set up a US$1.5 billion plant in Manhize with grand promises to revive Zimbabwe’s collapsed steel industry and transform local communities, an investigation finds that blast furnaces remain cold, exports flow to China

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Peace on the World Stage, Repression at Home: Zimbabwe’s UN Security Council Seat Masks a Rights Crisis

July 28, 2026

AS Zimbabwe celebrated its election to the UN Security Council, a new report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) reveals that April 2026 saw 145 documented human rights violations affecting nearly 4,000 victims with the ruling Zanu PF party and state security

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Heads roll at RIDA over Kariba ferry disaster which claimed 97 lives

Air Force, Defence Minister sued over ‘brazen’ seizure of Harare golf club

The Warnings Zimbabwe Ignored: How the Mbuya Nehanda Sank, Killing 97

On hollow ground: Zimbabwean mining town on the brink of collapse

Mining company linked to Zimbabwean president is destroying famous landmarks

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Diamonds to Dust: How Broken Promises and Job Losses Are Stripping Chiadzwa Bare

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Heads roll at RIDA over Kariba ferry disaster which claimed 97 lives

Air Force, Defence Minister sued over ‘brazen’ seizure of Harare golf club

The Warnings Zimbabwe Ignored: How the Mbuya Nehanda Sank, Killing 97

On hollow ground: Zimbabwean mining town on the brink of collapse

Mining company linked to Zimbabwean president is destroying famous landmarks

Diamonds to Dust: How Broken Promises and Job Losses Are Stripping Chiadzwa Bare

“Step down or face Mugabe’s fate”: Ngobese-Zuma warns Mnangagwa

Steel and Broken Promises: How China’s Billion-Dollar Plant Left Zimbabwe’s Furnaces Cold

Peace on the World Stage, Repression at Home: Zimbabwe’s UN Security Council Seat Masks a Rights Crisis

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