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Nigerian man in court over forged Zimbabwe spousal permits
A 52-year-old Nigerian national, Kelechi Godwin, has appeared before the Bulawayo Magistrates' Court facing four counts of fraud after allegedly forging spousal documents to obtain Zimbabwean residenc...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 21:12hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt urged to address Bulawayo de-industrialisation
Former Speaker of Parliament, Lovemore Moyo, has urged the Zimbabwean government to urgently address the ongoing de-industrialisation of Bulawayo, warning that the city's transformation from an indust...Published: 17 Apr 2025 at 09:01hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Tsitsi Dangarembga receives honorary PhD from Rhodes University
Renowned Zimbabwean author, playwright, and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga continues to rise as one of Africa's most celebrated literary icons, cementing her legacy with the conferment of an Honorary Do...Published: 06 Apr 2025 at 16:10hrs | 4839 | by Staff reporter
US dollar suffocates the ZiG
A liquidity crunch in Zimbabwe is deepening the economy's embrace of the US dollar and undermining the bullion-backed currency introduced by the government almost a year ago.The ZiG, short for...Published: 06 Apr 2025 at 11:38hrs | 3602 | by Staff reporter
Mangoma slams ZETDC over US$25 inspection fee
Former Energy Minister Elton Mangoma has criticised the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) over its new policy requiring consumers to pay a US$25 fee for mandatory insp...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 08:24hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa purges CIO Deputy Director-General?
Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Deputy Director-General, retired Brigadier-General Walter Tapfumaneyi, has reportedly been informed of his appointment as the country's next ambassad...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 17:57hrs | 11741 | by Staff reporter
SA extends visa, permit deadline for Zimbabweans
South Africa's Ministry of Home Affairs has granted a temporary reprieve to thousands of foreign nationals, including Zimbabweans, by extending the deadline for visa and permit holders whose documents...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 08:54hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt bemoans rising cancer cases
The Zimbabwean government has raised concerns over the increasing burden of cancer in the country, with both new cases and deaths rising sharply. While experts have suggested a possible link between t...Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 08:44hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
The idea of Zimbabwe and Matabeleland question
I think the best way to understand the present day manifestations and character of Matebeleland politics is to situate them properly historically and politically within the broader terrain of the deve...Published: 29 Mar 2025 at 17:01hrs | 2076 | by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Mnangagwa, Ruto to set terms of reference for DRC mediation panel
Consultations are underway to set a date for a high-level briefing between Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chairperson, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and his East African Community (EAC)...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 06:06hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa drawn into Khumalo Chieftaincy dispute
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been named as a respondent in a High Court case involving a chieftaincy dispute within the prominent Khumalo clan in Lupane, Matabeleland North province. The case, whi...Published: 25 Mar 2025 at 20:06hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe may scrap US$ for local transactions without notice
The government has warned that it may scrap the United States dollar for local transactions without notice in a bid to enforce acceptance of the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency.The ZiG was introd...Published: 22 Mar 2025 at 12:12hrs | 29718 | by Staff reporter
Joining the George Ayittey Society is a step towards fighting for real change in Zimbabwe
My recent acceptance into the George Ayittey Society is an honour that fills me with immense humility and gratitude. To be part of a distinguished group of scholars, intellectuals, and researc...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 17:12hrs | 283 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Jeff Radebe signed IPPs to benefit Patrice Motsepe?
Former Energy Minister Jeff Radebe is still irritated by claims that by authorising Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to supply the government, he was creating a market for his brother-in-law Patrice...Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 20:40hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Fresh wrangle rattles Mabhikwa chieftaincy
The appointment of Ms. Zanele Khumalo as Regent Chief Mabhikwa has sparked fresh controversy, with 32 family members approaching the High Court to challenge her ascension to the chieftaincy.Za...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 09:22hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate issues arrest warrant for top lawyer
Prominent lawyer Wilson Manase is now a wanted man after Harare magistrate Clever Tsikwa issued a warrant for his arrest following his failure to appear in court to face fraud charges involving nearly...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 13:25hrs | 1045 | by Staff reporter
Decoding and explaining the co-existence between Nelson Chamisa and ZANU-PF
Decoding and explaining the co-existence between Nelson Chamisa and ZANU-PF in the Zimbabwean authoritarian context: A case of captured popular opposition leadership1. Introduction...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 09:34hrs | 2008 | by Justice Alfred Mavedzenge
Chamisa in the shadows of political darkness
Justice Alfred Mavedzenge has done a very informative analysis on the behavior of Nelson Chamisa, and the radical change in his political personality since his ZINASU days of a firebrand student polit...Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 15:08hrs | 618 | by Reason Wafawarova
Former ZIFA President faces maintenance lawsuit
Former ZIFA president, Gift Banda, is embroiled in a maintenance dispute after being accused by a South Africa-based Zimbabwean woman, Kholiwe Sitshoni, of failing to fulfill his parental responsibili...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 07:00hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
16 Zimbabweans among dozens arrested in Pretoria major crime crackdown
The City of Tshwane's weekly "Reclaim our City" crime operations have led to the arrest of 61 illegal immigrants in Sunnyside, Pretoria.Sixteen of the apprehended illegal immigrants are from Z...Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 09:04hrs | 1206 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF returns Zimbabwe to the stone age
That Zimbabwe's health sector is broken is a public secret, but the alarming decline under Zanu-PF's 45-year rule has reached new depths of crisis.A widely circulated photo showing a patient a...Published: 16 Feb 2025 at 14:57hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai memorial lecture postponed to March
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has announced the postponement of the Morgan Tsvangirai Memorial Lecture, initially scheduled for 15 February 2025. The event will now take place on 8 March 202...Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 10:39hrs | 255 | by Mandla Bhebhe
Zimbabwe diplomat defrauded of US$1.3 million in international scam
Interpol London has confirmed that Richard Kaye, the alleged mastermind behind an elaborate investment scam that defrauded the late Zimbabwean diplomat Ambassador Hurudza Punungwe and his wife of US$1...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 06:35hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe struggles to promote ZiG
THE Zimbabwean government faces challenges in promoting the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency for financial stability, as some businesses remain reluctant to accept it, preferring the U.S. dollar, which re...Published: 08 Feb 2025 at 12:52hrs | 583 | 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 91 in Carrick Creagh Estate, Borrowdale. Magistrat...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 06:33hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt accused of Intellectual Property theft
Zimbabwe's government is embroiled in a heated dispute with Time Bank after the financial institution accused authorities of infringing on its intellectual property rights. The bank claims that govern...Published: 01 Feb 2025 at 14:03hrs | 2008 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy implodes
Analysts and opposition political parties have raised alarm over a surge in job losses as companies downsize or shut down due to the prevailing tough economic environment in Zimbabwe. The formal retai...Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 08:49hrs | 1353 | by Staff reporter
Kennedy Ndebele aims to revive Zimbabwean football
Kennedy Ndebele, a candidate for the ZIFA vice-presidency, has pledged to use his extensive experience and passion for football to rejuvenate the sport in Zimbabwe. As the January 25 elections approac...Published: 16 Jan 2025 at 07:08hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Why Zimbabweans keep watching their money go up in smoke
It was 10 p.m. when a frantic pounding on Modester Nyangoni's door dragged her out of a deep sleep.That hot October day, she had been on her feet manning her stall at the largest market in Zim...Published: 25 Dec 2024 at 08:24hrs | 3082 | by Staff reporter
EXCLUSIVE: Nelson Chamisa appeals to Mnangagwa for GNU in Open Letter
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Advocate Nelson Chamisa has reportedly penned an open letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, calling for the establishment of a Government of Nationa...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 15:07hrs | 3528 | by Staff Reporter
Highlanders in advanced talks with Ariel Sibanda
Highlanders Football Club are in advanced discussions with their long-serving captain, Ariel Sibanda, regarding the extension of his contract, which is set to expire on December 31. This comes as the ...Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:17hrs | 1271 | by Staff reporter
Biti criticizes Zimbabwe's economic policies
Former finance minister Tendai Biti has strongly criticized the economic policies under the current administration, describing them as "fictitious" and blaming them for Zimbabwe's ongoing de-industria...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 12:34hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland projects have remained stagnant for years
Nkulumane Member of Parliament, Desire Moyo, has made a passionate plea to Finance, Economic Development, and Investment Promotion Minister Mthuli Ncube to allocate funding for critical infrastructure...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 09:43hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Botswana to document Zimbabwean nationals
Botswana will soon regularize the stay of undocumented Zimbabweans living within its borders, with President Duma Boko highlighting the skilled human resources from Zimbabwe as an asset that the count...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:44hrs | 1105 | by Staff reporter
Council file disappears as Chadzamira grabs widow's property
Masvingo Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Ezra Chadzamira, is at the center of a legal dispute involving an 8-hectare plot in Morningside, Masvingo, owned by widow Farai Mazeng...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 13:24hrs | 1140 | by Staff reporter
Late former ambassador, wife lose US$1,3m in investment scam
Authorities in Zimbabwe are intensifying efforts to recover nearly US$1.3 million defrauded from the late Ambassador Hurudza Gift Punungwe and his wife, Runako Beauty Punungwe, in an investment scam d...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 12:50hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
2025 Budget: A shallow, hollow, narcissistic and dishonest anti-people ritual
THE 2024 budget statement was presented in backdrop of a tough and challenging year for the working people of Zimbabwe. A year in which the citizen had been abused by extreme levels of inflation, emas...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 18:47hrs | 736 | by Tendai Biti
ZiG spawns upheavals in insurance industry
Insurers have been scrambling to reassure policyholders as market jitters resurface in the wake of the introduction of Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) in April. With memories of the devastating currency shifts in...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:13hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
UK, Czech Republic investors in Bulawayo
Investors from the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom (UK) visited Bulawayo on Monday to explore opportunities in various sectors as the city grapples with the challenges of de-industrialisation....Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 06:27hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt sinks in deep financial hole
The recent 43% devaluation of Zimbabwe's Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency has exacerbated the government's financial crisis, leaving it struggling to meet its obligations while civil servants and other pu...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 13:38hrs | 7763 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa takes 238 people to UN climate summit
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has drawn scrutiny after bringing a delegation of 238 people to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. According to data from...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 13:19hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe battles cholera outbreak in Kariba
Zimbabwe is grappling with a new cholera outbreak in the fishing town of Kariba, just a year after it declared an end to the previous outbreak. The current wave has resulted in 21 confirmed cases, wit...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:50hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Kuruneri's widow in legal battle to evict miners from farm
Paidamoyo Patience Kuruneri, widow of former Finance Minister Christopher Tichaona Kuruneri, is embroiled in a legal battle to evict two gold miners, Sipho Mlalazi and Thabani Ndlovu, from Ascotvale F...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 10:58hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Automatic voter registration for 18-year-olds in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is set to introduce an automatic voter registration system for citizens turning 18, aiming to boost voter participation and streamline election processes ahead of the 2028 elections. The gove...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:46hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Bosso striker favourite for Golden Boot
Highlanders striker Lynoth Chikuhwa has surged to the top of the Premier Soccer League's Golden Boot race, reaching an impressive 15 goals following his hat-trick against Greenfuel on Sunday at Barbou...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:10hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Windfall for 33,000 pensioners
The Mining Industry Pension Fund (MIPF) is preparing to compensate pensioners who lost benefits during Zimbabwe's hyperinflationary period between 2006 and 2009. The initiative comes amid reports that...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:49hrs | 4337 | by Staff reporter
Harare select booted out of CHAN qualifiers
Former Warriors' coach Zdravko Logarusic expressed his delight on Saturday evening as his Eswatini side secured a decisive 1-0 victory over Zimbabwe in the second leg of the 2025 African Nations Champ...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:25hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Dr Nkululeko Sibanda's assets to be forfeited
The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) has filed a High Court application to seize properties worth millions of dollars from the estate of the late businessman Dr. Nkululeko Sibanda, ac...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:03hrs | 3310 | by Staff reporter
Cheap mobile and fintech innovator a solution for the Zimbabwe market
Greydot Telecommunications Zimbabwe, a subsidiary of Greydot Telecommunications Africa, is making significant strides in the telecommunications and fintech landscape across Southern Africa. Establishe...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 14:32hrs | 832 | by Staff reporter
IMF cautions Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE won't solve its economic challenges via the gold-backed ZiG currency that it launched in April and has since had to devalue, the International Monetary Fund said."There's a tendency t...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 12:30hrs | 4017 | by Staff reporter
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