Chitungwiza municipality has succumbed to pressure from advocacy groups to withdraw a demolition Order which it issued on 30 December 2021 threatening to raze down structures illegally built by residents at one of the dormitory town's Shopping Centre. In a letter to Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human
The majority of recalled MDC Alliance Harare Councillors have condemned the ongoing demolition of informal business structures in Harare dubbing the operation; “Murambatsvina 2. In a joint statement, the Councillors said it was a crime against humanity at the instigation of the ruling Zanu PF to
Government has given Harare informal traders operating on road servitudes up to Sunday to vacate and remove their properties in line with the Roads Act. The Road Act in section 48 states that it is prohibited to trade on roads unless with written permission from the
It has been days now since the demolitions took place and heaps of broken glass and bricks lie scattered all over the vast space just behind St Mary’s Chitungwa Police Station. According to Cecilia Muchemwa, a housewife who witnessed the tragic events unfold over a week
A Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe's 2020 transparency assessment has identified the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) as the most open institution in Zimbabwe while Chitungwiza Municipality emerged as the most secretive. The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA Regional), has been conducting research and
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