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Malawi orders troops to withdraw from DR Congo
Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the military to begin preparing to withdraw from their peacekeeping mission in the volatile eastern De...Published: 2 hrs ago | 381 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa fails to explain SANDF deployment in DRC
Independent political analyst and senior lecturer at the University of Limpopo, Dr Metji Makgoba, criticised Ramaphosa for not addressing national con...Published: 2 hrs ago | 344 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's New Start Centre suspends ART, PrEP refills
The Population Solutions for Health (PSH) New Start Centre in Harare's Central Business District (CBD) has temporarily suspended its services for pati...Published: 2 hrs ago | 199 | by Staff reporter
Mafume fingers wife
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has found himself at the center of controversy after a report surfaced implicating his family in the questionable constructi...Published: 2 hrs ago | 576 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa issues strong warning to Donald Trump
President Cyril Ramaphosa used his State of the Nation Address to send a strong message to his country's detractors, warning that the South Africa he ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 372 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe central bank goes after informal traders forex, exporters' proceeds
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has announced a further reduction in export retention proceeds, cutting them by an additional 5%, as part of measur...Published: 2 hrs ago | 257 | by Staff reporter
Masaraure wins prestigious US human rights award
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) president Obert Masaraure has expressed deep gratitude and appreciation for his courageous team m...Published: 2 hrs ago | 92 | by Staff reporter
Harare faces severe water crisis
Harare City Council is struggling to meet the water demands of its residents, pumping less than 400 megalitres of water per day against a daily requir...Published: 3 hrs ago | 79 | by Staff reporter
2 company directors dupe Zimra of R10 million
Two directors of Hilmax, Rugare Murwira and Patrick Musavaya, appeared before Harare Magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa on Wednesday to face seven counts of...Published: 3 hrs ago | 116 | by Staff reporter
8% of school-age children undernourished: Report
A recent report from UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) has highlighted concerning statistics regarding childhood nutrition in Eastern and Sout...Published: 3 hrs ago | 5 | by Staff reporter
'King Munhumutapa' bailed out
Self-proclaimed King Munhumutapa, Timothy Chiminya, has been granted bail by the High Court after spending over a month in remand prison. The decision...Published: 3 hrs ago | 72 | by Staff reporter
Duo arrested for stealing US$19,000 paint
Two employees of a local paint company were arrested for allegedly embezzling paint worth US$19,592, in what appears to have been a systematic theft o...Published: 3 hrs ago | 70 | by Staff reporter
Harare mayor says he has nothing to hide
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has expressed his willingness to face any investigation following confusion over his residential address during a government...Published: 3 hrs ago | 49 | by Staff reporter
Whange community demands action on air pollution
Residents of Whange and workers at the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) are appealing to the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) to address escalatin...Published: 3 hrs ago | 33 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Mayor rules out quick fix for City's deteriorating roads
Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart has acknowledged that the city's worsening road network crisis will not be resolved anytime soon due to a severe financia...Published: 3 hrs ago | 63 | by Staff reporter
Promising findings from Gwanda mining claims
Canadian mining company Pambili Natural Resources Corporation has revealed promising findings from its London Wall group of gold mines and claims in t...Published: 3 hrs ago | 60 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa seeks to silence guns in DRC
SADC Chairperson and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to depart for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, today to attend the joint SADC-East African...Published: 3 hrs ago | 104 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe raises savings rates, cuts POS charges
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has introduced a series of bold monetary policy measures aimed at promoting the use of the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) curr...Published: 3 hrs ago | 109 | by Staff reporter
Hero status sought for Chigudu
The ZANU PF Manicaland Province has formally recommended to the Politburo that Tinaye Elisha Nzirasha Chigudu be declared a national hero in recogniti...Published: 3 hrs ago | 76 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe central bank cuts exporter retention threshold
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has reduced exporters' foreign currency retention threshold from 75% to 70% as part of efforts to promote the use o...Published: 3 hrs ago | 60 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court rules against arbitrary Home demolitions
The Constitutional Court has dealt a decisive blow to local authorities' power to demolish homes without judicial oversight, declaring such actions un...Published: 3 hrs ago | 59 | by Staff reporter
Harare lawyer acquitted
Harare lawyer Stanslaus Munyaradzi Bwanya has been acquitted of perjury, extortion, and forgery charges linked to a prolonged land dispute over stand ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 67 | by Staff reporter
Trump to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court
U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday to sanction the International Criminal Court for targeting the United States and ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 851 | by Staff reporter
Man cuts off wife's ear in beer dispute
The love of beer has landed a Plumtree man in soup after he cut off his wife's ear in a beer argument.The matter came to light at Plumtree mag...Published: 14 hrs ago | 458 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF suspends 2 MPS as leadership fights hots up
Zanu-PF's Masvingo province has suspended two Members of Parliament, Benjamin Ganyiwa (Gutu East) and Roy Bhila (Chiredzi North), for allegedly stokin...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1339 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo has no control over Nyamandlovu aquifer
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has acknowledged that the Nyamandlovu aquifer is operating below its capacity, largely due to non-functional boreholes, fu...Published: 16 hrs ago | 876 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dragged into Masvingo chieftainship dispute
A former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Lieutenant Colonel, Elliot Piki, has approached the High Court seeking to prevent President Emmerson Mnangagwa f...Published: 16 hrs ago | 697 | by Staff reporter
Man kills own mother and attacks niece
Police in Marimba, Harare, have arrested 22-year-old Nyasha Bandawe after he allegedly murdered his mother and viciously attacked his five-year-old ni...Published: 16 hrs ago | 615 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Blessed Geza's murder case to be revisited
Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has raised serious concerns regarding the case of Blessed Geza, accusing the prominent individual of allegedly killin...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1959 | by Staff reporter
Chikanza files formal complaint against Mahere?
Simbarashe Chikanza, the publisher and founder of ZimEye, has lodged a formal complaint with the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) against Advocate Fadzay...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1054 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo council to spend $16,900 on Samsung phones
Masvingo City Council is facing public scrutiny after announcing plans to spend $16,900 on 13 Samsung S24 Ultra phones for its councillors, citing the...Published: 17 hrs ago | 304 | by Staff reporter
US$4.5 million mysteriously disappeared from Harare City Council
More than US$4.5 million has inexplicably vanished from the Harare City Council (HCC) through its subsidiary, Harare Quarry, sparking an investigation...Published: 17 hrs ago | 294 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dumps colonial mayor's robes
Bulawayo councillors have resolved to retire the colonial-era mayoral gown in favor of a design that reflects the city's rich cultural heritage. The n...Published: 17 hrs ago | 477 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe introduces automated e-Gates at Beitbridge Border Post
The Department of Immigration has launched automated gate systems, commonly known as eGates, to facilitate faster and more secure travel for individua...Published: 17 hrs ago | 858 | by Staff reporter
Former Manicaland Governor dies at 83
Former Manicaland Provincial Governor and decorated liberation war veteran, Tinaye Elisha Nzirasha Chigudu, has passed away at the age of 83.C...Published: 17 hrs ago | 495 | by Staff reporter
Airforce of Zimbabwe pilot dies in Gweru jet crash
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has confirmed the tragic death of Air Lieutenant Nesbert Tambudza, a pilot with the Air Force of Zimbabwe, following...Published: 17 hrs ago | 706 | by Staff reporter
Harare councillors push for Town Clerk's assistant to be fired
Harare city councillors have reportedly resolved to dismiss Matthew Marara, the executive assistant to the town clerk, amid allegations that he expose...Published: 17 hrs ago | 149 | by Staff reporter
Borrowdale man arrested for alleged rape of girlfriend over money dispute
A 62-year-old man from Borrowdale, Masimba Chandavengerwa, has been arrested for allegedly raping his 34-year-old girlfriend after accusing her of tak...Published: 17 hrs ago | 345 | by Staff reporter
Bard Santner growing in leaps and bounds
Fast-growing asset management firm Bard Santner Investors (Private) Limited has been appointed as the new fund manager for three unit trusts: Tetrad G...Published: 19 hrs ago | 111 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabwean candidates remain in the race for AU Commissioner positions
Zimbabwe has two prominent candidates still in the running for key positions within the African Union Commission (AUC).Dr. Agness is vying for...Published: 23 hrs ago | 716 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa allies intensify attacks on war veterans
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's allies and supporters have intensified their attacks on war veterans, particularly focusing on the outspoken Blessed Ru...Published: 24 hrs ago | 1646 | by Staff reporter
Mayor Mafume's luxurious home funded by shady deals?
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume is facing serious allegations after a Commission of Inquiry, investigating the operations of the City Council, suggested tha...Published: 24 hrs ago | 1267 | by Staff reporter
Shunned by the West, Zimbabwe's UAE gamble hands economy a lifeline
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's six years of wooing the United Arab Emirates has given a lifeline to a nation that the West has ostracised f...Published: 24 hrs ago | 1136 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's retail sector faces crisis
Zimbabwe's retail sector is in crisis, with more than 1,000 jobs lost so far this year due to an escalating economic downturn, as several key players ...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 09:11hrs | 1142 | by Staff reporter
Will SA become the next Zimbabwe with Expropriation Act?
The signing of the Expropriation Act into law has been one of the most topical subjects of 2025 so far, with the recently elected US President Donald ...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 09:08hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Prince Dube nets brace in Yanga's thrashing of KenGold FC
Tanzanian topflight football powerhouse, Young Africans (Yanga SC), continued their dominant run in the league on Wednesday evening, with Warriors str...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 09:08hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Mambo's takes jab at Zanu-PF factional wars in satirical post
Zimbabwe's popular fast-food chain, Mambo's Chicken, has stirred the political pot with its latest satirical post, taking aim at the ongoing factional...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 09:06hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Geza defiant as Mnangagwa returns
Former Zanu-PF member Blessed R. Geza has declared he will fight to reclaim his place within the ruling party despite news of his expulsion. Geza, a v...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 08:22hrs | 2628 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa touches off storm over US deportations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has caused a stir after publicly backing United States President Donald Trump's decision to deport over 500 undocumented ...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 08:19hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Prophet denied bail on rape charges
A 55-year-old self-proclaimed prophet from Chief Nyajina area in Uzumba has been denied bail after being accused of raping a female member of his chur...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 08:19hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
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