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Warren Park sewer bursts update

By Nixon Nyikadzino Disease outbreak crisis looming in Warren Park The constant and yet unwanted sewer bursts are now a cause for concern for Warren Park residents. While the City fathers stand arms akimbo without a lasting solution, residents are…

Community Focus

Murambinda 23 relocated compensated for short changed land.

By Mannex Mauya The air in Murambinda, usually thick with the low hum of Sabi Star Mine operations, carried a distinct tension. Twenty-three families, uprooted and relocated, had waited years for the promise of a stable new beginning to be…

Manenberg Steps into Peace: Community Clean-Up Establishes Second Peace Zone

Manenberg, Cape Town – On 31 May 2025, residents of Manenberg, along with local officials and peace advocates, gathered to commemorate the 12th Anniversary of the Declaration of World Peace by HWPL through an energetic community clean-up and engagement event….

HWPL Holds 12th Anniversary Peace Clean Up for Declaration of World Peace, Launches New Peace Zone for Community Unity  

  Bonteheuwel, Cape Town – On 24 May 2025, the streets of Bonteheuwel resonated not with fear but with hope, as more than 130 participants gathered to commemorate the 12th Anniversary of HWPL’s Declaration of World Peace through a community…

Community Focus Gender

Epworth’s unsung heroines in fighting GBV

  Judith Ngozo, A small two roomed  cottage in Epworth has become a center of hope and rejuvenation for victims and perpetrators of Gender Based Violence. Instant Truth and Justice Forum educates the community members on Domestic Violence, Women’s Rights…

Civil society Community Focus

Sand mining on Cleveland Dam wetland threatens environment

Edgar Gweshe, Mabvuku residents are concerned by adamant sand miners on the Cleveland Dam wetland area despite numerous efforts to have the illegal act stopped. “Our engagements and interventions seem to be fruitless as it is business as usual for…

Chitungwiza issues stern warning to residents as houses are demolished in Manyame Park

Edgar Gweshe Houses that were under construction near Manyame River in Chitungwiza were demolished last Thursday as the local authority moves to stop illegal housing developments. About four houses that were still under construction were demolished. The houses are located…

Harare residents continue to reject Council’s proposed prepaid water meters

  Judith Ngozo, Epworth Residents in parts of Harare continue to reject the Council’s proposition of regularizing water consumption by installing prepaid water meters. The Harare Residents Trust, in a statement says the notion that the introduction of prepaid water…

Civil society Community Focus

Council Decommissions Prince Edward water-works, CHRA raises red flag on public health

Owen Dhliwayo, The Harare City Council issued a statement this Wednesday informing residents of the temporary de-commissioning of Prince Edward water treatment plant near Chitungwiza as the two dams that feed into waterworks have dried up. According the HCC statement…

Hopley residents forced to water ration as scarcity bites

  Logic Chatikobo, In the low-income community of Hopley, residents are suffering from water stress, whereby the resource has become scarce due to both climate change factors such as prolonged dry periods and erratic rainfalls that have led to the…