Nqobile Tshili nqobile.tshili@chronicle.co.zw THE 2025 legal year in Zimbabwe begins this morning under the theme: Building Public Confidence in the Judiciary through Stakeholder Participation. Marking a historic first for Bulawayo as it hosts the main event, Chief Justice Luke Malaba, Malaba emphasised the critical role of collaboration in ensuring the effective delivery of justice, asserting […] …
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Rural development challenges in land reform areas of Zimbabwe
We have recently produced three new booklets summarising our work on themes relating to rural development challenges based on our work across our sites. The booklets contain lots of photos and draw from blogs published earlier on this site. They … Continue reading → …
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Mozambique’s Election Body Set to Destroy Ballot Papers
Richard Muponde-Zimpapers Politics Hub In accordance with Mozambique’s electoral law, the country’s National Elections Commission (CNE) has scheduled 17 January for the destruction of ballot papers from the general election held on 9 October. A statement issued by Mozambique’s electoral body on Thursday stated that the process involves the “destruction of validly expressed, blank, void, […] …
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Adopt target hardening techniques, police urge public
Sikhumbuzo Moyo, smoyo@chronicle.co.zw MEMBERS of the public have been urged to adopt target-hardening techniques to secure their homes and also utilize the house under supervision scheme which is available at all police stations in the country. The call was made by the acting Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele, following the arrests of […] …
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Ervine praises Chevrons
Brandon Moyo, brandonmalvin9@gmail.com ZIMBABWE Test captain, Craig Ervine, praised his team for playing positive cricket after drawing against Afghanistan in the Boxing Day Test match that was played at Queens Sports Club. Records were shattered in the game where both Zimbabwe and Afghanistan scored their highest Test scores on a wicket that offered nothing to […] …
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Zimbabweland’s festive top 20 for 2024
As has become the tradition at this time of year, this week I am sharing a list of top posts for the year. This time it’s not just ones published this year, but any post viewed by the 27.7k visitors … Continue reading → …
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A new land administration system for Zimbabwe
This blog was originally published on this site in July 2017 and was followed by another one in The Conversation as part of a series on priorities for the Mnangagwa administration. As the previous blogs on ‘new entrants’ have highlighted … Continue reading → …
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COMMENT: End of blackout era, the birth of a regional energy hub
ZESA Holdings Executive Chairman Dr Sydney Gata yesterday put his head on the block during a ground-breaking ceremony for a 720MW thermal power plant and 200MW solar project in Hwange by declaring that the event signified the end of Zimbabwe’s blackout era. “I am tired of being insulted for the energy crisis,” he boldly declared, […] …
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A new tenure regime for Zimbabwe’s land reform areas?
On 8th October, an unexpected cabinet announcement laid out plans for a completely new tenure regime in the land reform areas. This was to provide a secure form of tenure arrangement; not necessarily title but with an arrangement that was … Continue reading → …
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An exploding land market in Zimbabwe’s rural areas
In the period after 2017, the land market across Zimbabwe’s land reform areas has exploded. Continuing on from the periods discussed in the last blog, this post explores what has happened across our study sites and the consequences for the … Continue reading → …
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