Hillcrest School has approached the Mutare High Court seeking an urgent order to stop gold mining activities at Mt Sinai in Toronto, arguing that dust, noise and heavy machinery are disrupting learning and threatening the surrounding environment.

HARARE – Zimbabwe's local authorities recorded a decline in overall performance during 2025, with the country's largest urban councils failing to significantly improve service delivery despite their critical role in driving economic growth, according to the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works' latest performance evaluation. The Annual Performance Feedback Report for the 2025 Fiscal Year reveals that the average performance score for Zimbabwe's 92 local authorities f