Glen Lorne residents have asked Government to halt a disputed 89-unit housing development, citing alleged environmental damage, boreholes and earthworks near the Umwinsi River.

Government has announced a nationwide crackdown on land barons, warning that traditional leaders and illegal land dealers involved in unlawful land sales will be arrested and prosecuted.

HARARE – In the corridors of the High Court of Zimbabwe, justice is often treated as a game of technicalities. Last week, Justice Joel Mambara struck down an opposing affidavit from the Minister of Local Government and Public Works simply because a state lawyer forgot to insert a date on the document. With that single procedural blunder, a massive 30.773-hectare prime piece of land in Mabelreign Township was effectively handed over to a private entity, Cabletron Enterprises (

There is a quiet, ecological execution taking place on the fringes of Harare, and it is being rubber-stamped by our own courts and municipal offices. Week after week, the Southerton Business Times has documented a horrifyingly selective application of the law: ordinary citizens are watched over by state bulldozers in high-density suburbs like Stoneridge, while wealthy, well-connected entities are quietly handed the keys to our city’s life support systems.