The Harare City Council says Homegram (Pvt) Ltd isn't one of the developers building houses at Donnybrook Farm near Mabvuku. Homegram belongs to Jason Passade, who used to be a member of parliament for Mt Pleasant. He was with the Zanu PF party.
The council had to act after Eastwind Trust, another property development company, accused Passade and his company of moving in on their land.
On August 9, 2024, the council's housing director, Addmore Nhekairo, sent a letter to the police in Ruwa. He said the council has no record of Homegram.
The letter also mentioned that Eastwind Trust wants to make things right with the council. They've asked for approval, but the council is still thinking about it.
It looks like Shelter Zimbabwe's deal...
The Harare City Council wants to make people pay more for water. They say it's to pay back a $144 million loan from the China Exim Bank. But the people who live in Harare aren't happy about it. They feel like they're getting a raw deal.
The loan was supposed to fix up the Morton Jaffray Waterworks treatment plant. But there are rumors that only $77 million of the money actually got used for that. Nobody knows what happened to the rest of the cash. It's all a bit shady.
The Community Water Alliance is pretty peeved about how the City of Harare is handling water stuff. They don't like that the city is making choices without talking to the people first. Hardlife Mudzingwa, the guy in charge of the Community Water Alliance, says they...
ZANU PF is seriously ticked off at Eddie Cross, a big-shot economist who used to be on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's Monetary Policy Committee. They're mad because Cross made some wild claims about Chinese people in Zimbabwe.
Cross wrote an entire article on his website stating that over 85,000 Chinese people are living in Zimbabwe right now. He thinks they're not planning to stay forever, just long enough to make a lot of money off the country's minerals before heading back to China.
He also accused Chinese investors of bringing dirty industries to Africa. Cross says they're taking advantage of the continent's natural resources while dodging the tougher environmental rules back in China. He even traced it all the way back to when...
Eddie Cross, a top economist and former advisor to the President, had to eat his words after saying some stuff about President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sons stealing public money. He got called into the boss's office at State House to explain himself. This all started when Cross interviewed with Newzroom Afrika, a TV station in South Africa, right before the big protests on March 31.
In the interview, Cross claimed Mnangagwa wasn't doing much about corruption because his own family was involved. He said there was a bunch of evidence that the President's family was super corrupt and some of his kids were doing shady things on a huge scale. Cross figured if Mnangagwa would just deal with a few of those issues, it could make a big difference...
Word on the street is that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his wife, Auxillia, went ballistic on Eddie Cross, a big-shot economist and former presidential advisor. Cross had claimed that the First Family was up to its eyeballs in corruption and that the President's kids were involved in illegal activities. He said this after a huge national protest against the government.
Cross tried to smooth things over by meeting with Mnangagwa on Tuesday. But apparently, it was a real showdown. The President was seriously pissed and demanded Cross show him proof of all this corruption. An insider said Cross was either really gutsy or really dumb to say what he did.
Cross apologized to Mnangagwa, admitting he shouldn't have dragged the First...
Hoo boy, it looks like Zimbabwe is playing nice with the U.S., even though President Trump just hit them with some hefty new taxes on their stuff. On Saturday, Zimbabwe's main man, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, said they're going to drop all their taxes on American imports. He announced it on X, which used to be called Twitter.
See, Trump just slapped an 18% tax on Zimbabwean goods, part of his whole "America First" thing. But instead of firing back, Mnangagwa wants to play it cool. He figures being friendly is the way to go, even if it doesn't help Zimbabwe's economy right away.
Trump's new taxes are based on how much more each country sells to the U.S. than it buys. Zimbabwe sold $24.1 million more to the U.S. last year, so it's...
Eddie Cross, a big-shot economist and former advisor to the President, had to say he was sorry to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. He got called to State House after saying some controversial stuff about the President's sons being involved in stealing public money.
Cross had interviewed with Newzroom Afrika, a South African TV station, right before the protests on March 31. In that interview, he claimed Mnangagwa couldn't fight corruption because his family members were part of the problem. Cross said there was a lot of proof that the President's family was super corrupt and some of his kids were doing illegal things on a huge scale.
He even said the amount of corruption in Zimbabwe was probably bigger than the whole national budget. But...
Eddie Cross, a well-known economist and former advisor to the President of Zimbabwe, has apologized for claiming that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's family members were involved in corruption. He made these accusations during a TV interview with a South African news station, which caused a big stir earlier this week during nationwide protests.
In a statement to the press today, Cross retracted his previous statements. He admitted that he shouldn't have pointed fingers at the President's family without having solid proof.
"On Monday the 31st of March, a South African TV station interviewed me," Cross said in his statement. "I mentioned that one of the reasons for the protests was that people were unhappy about the massive corruption...
There's been a big jump in snakebites in Zimbabwe this year. The Ministry of Health says there have been 1,686 cases, and six people have died. Just this week, 147 more people got bitten by snakes. Two of them didn't make it - one in Bindura and one in Chegutu.
It's a scary situation. Snakes are out and about a lot more during the rainy season. They're causing problems all over the country. People are most likely to get bitten when they're farming or walking through bushy areas.
The Ministry of Health is working hard to educate people on how to stay safe around snakes and ensure there is enough antivenom in the places where it's needed most. If someone gets bitten, they need to see a doctor right away. It could save their life...
