In Harare’s Rugare Granites, livelihoods depend directly on human loss. Here, carvers negotiate prices while grieving clients pray over freshly cut granite. It is called business yet nothing about the day-to-day work feels ordinary.

Harare provincial minister Charles Tawengwa has referred a petition by Zanu-PF DCC 6 over the proposed demolition of Rugare Granite Works to the Permanent Secretary for action.

Harare – Tensions are rising in western Harare after residents and small-scale granite workers raised alarm over a planned relocation from the long-established “Pamatombo” site, in Rugare, at the corner of Douglas Road and Lytton Road. The site, widely known across suburbs such as Mufakose, Kambuzuma, and Warren Park, has for years been a hub for tombstone production, supplying cemeteries across the capital.