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Jonathan Moyo's Praise-Singing to Return: It's Cold Outside the ZANU PF Bubble
I strongly advise Jonathan Moyo never to make the mistake of thinking he can return to Zimbabwe. Makuruwane is still alive and kicking. Dr. Walter Mzembi's incarceration is a clear warning of what awa...Published: 15 hrs ago | 858 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mzilikazi commemorations roar into life
The Ndebele Nation in Zimbabwe will this Friday and Saturday commemorate the 157th anniversary of the death of its legendary founding king, Mzilikazi kaMashobane, at Mhlahlandlela, just outside presen...Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 08:09hrs | 947 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-Sino ties reach new heights to the chagrin of malcontents
Earlier today, Deputy Chief Secretary for Presidential Communications George Charamba posted an insightful thread on X detailing the pivotal meeting between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Chinese Pr...Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 07:55hrs | 397 | by Jonathan Moyo
Gideon Gono's bid to avoid trial flops
Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono has suffered a setback in his bid to avoid trial in a US$3 million debt case, after the High Court dismissed his latest application for absol...Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 07:39hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
7 illegal forex dealers await bail ruling
Seven suspected illegal foreign currency dealers accused of engaging in money laundering and running an underground forex trading operation are expected back in court today for their bail ruling....Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 07:32hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Revolt grows against Zimbabwe's punitive tax regime
Zimbabwe's fragile fiscal environment is fast morphing into a full-blown corporate crisis, with major companies publicly condemning government's "highly complex and punitive" tax system and increasing...Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 07:26hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Businesses ordered to place bins at premises
GWERU City Council has directed business operators and property owners to place bins outside their premises as part of efforts to promote cleanliness in the Midlands capital.In a public notice...Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 07:25hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
US$18,000 bureau de change heist in Bulawayo
Three armed robbers staged a daring daylight heist at a bureau de change in Bulawayo's central business district on Wednesday, fleeing with more than US$18,000 and R151,000 after disarming a security ...Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 07:24hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Harare seeks US$500,000 for drug rehab centres
HARARE Metropolitan Province urgently needs at least US$500 000 to build and equip rehabilitation centres for drug addicts, as authorities warn that substance abuse has reached crisis levels.W...Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 07:16hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
Woman performs oral sex on 5-year-old boy
A 25-YEAR-OLD woman appeared in court after she allegedly performed oral sexual acts on a five-year-old boy, who is an ECD pupil at a Bulawayo school.Veronica Sibanda from Mzilikazi appeared b...Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 07:08hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe nears launch of NHI
The Government of Zimbabwe has finalised the draft bill for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), with expectations it could become law by the end of this year.Speaking at the official ...Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 07:07hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Children of war veterans call for 'fallen heroes exhumation tax'
Children of liberation war veterans are appealing to the Government to introduce a "Fallen Heroes Exhumation Tax" aimed at supporting the welfare, exhumation, and reburial of departed freedom fighters...Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 06:59hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Man's driver's licence cancelled over fatal crash
A Harare man has been sentenced to 36 months imprisonment, with 12 months suspended, after causing a crash in Borrowdale that claimed the life of a 53-year-old passenger.According to the Natio...Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 06:57hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori assault passerby over witchcraft, jailed
Two Solwezi-based (Plumtree) apostolic prophets, Eriya Magumise (25) and Trevor Mandishona (29) under the Johane Masowe eChishanu Nyenyedzimomwe wer...Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 06:09hrs | 291 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree
Bicycle thief nabbed
A 31-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man is in trouble after he allegedly stole a butcherman's bicycle at midnight and vanished from the scene of the crime.Nqabutho Ncube appeared before Magistrate Joshua N...Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 21:46hrs | 230 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe police arrest 748 in firearm crackdown
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have arrested 748 suspects in a nationwide operation targeting illegal firearms, toy guns, and other dangerous weapons.The crackdown, launched on 1 September...Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 13:16hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe unveils US$1.4 billion agric package
ZIMBABWE has launched a US$1,4 billion agricultural investment package aimed at attracting global financiers to seven high-impact value chains, as the country seeks to meet domestic demand and expand ...Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 13:03hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri tries to dodge court ruling
Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri is seeking to overturn a High Court ruling compelling her to compensate the widow of a Harare resident who was killed by soldiers during the August 1, 2018 post-elect...Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 12:50hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Confusion over CCC political fund allocation
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has raised concerns over the disbursement of state funds under the Political Parties (Finance) Act, with party spokesperson Willias Madzimure accusing the gover...Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 08:34hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants falling prey to loan sharks
Thousands of Zimbabwean civil servants are falling prey to loan sharks, with some operating through the Salary Service Bureau (SSB) to directly access workers' salaries. A recent survey by Business Ti...Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 08:31hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
SA axe murder suspect arrested while fleeing to Zimbabwe
Police in Limpopo have arrested a 51-year-old Zimbabwean man who had been on the run after a violent love triangle turned deadly at Wegdraai Village, Maleboho.On Wednesday morning, IOL reporte...Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 07:57hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
Binga replaces shona names with BaTonga heritage sites, icons
Binga has taken a historic step in reclaiming its cultural identity by renaming key areas and roads, replacing colonial-era designations with BaTonga heritage titles and icons.The initiative, ...Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 07:42hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Cash dependency threatens Zimbabwe's digital economy goals
Banking experts have warned that Zimbabwe's heavy reliance on cash is undermining the country's push towards a digital economy, despite widespread mobile penetration and modern payment infrastructure....Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 07:41hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu PF youth leader in court over land grab
Former Zanu PF youth leader Jimu Kunaka and his co-accused, Cuthbert Molisen Finiyasi, will spend the night in Harare Remand Prison after a magistrate deferred their bail application to tomorrow....Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 07:37hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Man's child maintenance reduced from US$300 to US$50
A Harare man who was previously paying US$300 per month in child maintenance will now pay US$50, after Harare Civil Court Magistrate Ms Faina Makumbe granted his application for a downward variation....Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 07:35hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Rotten beef bust in Bulawayo
Bulawayo health authorities have destroyed more than 700 kilograms of beef, including meat sourced from a major fast-food chain and a city police station, after it was deemed unwholesome and unfit for...Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 07:33hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Charamba in Court for stealing and slaughtering 6 cattle
A Bulawayo man accused of stealing six cattle and selling their meat appeared in court on Wednesday to face stock theft charges.Ignatius Charamba, 44, was represented by his lawyer, Prince But...Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 07:30hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate postpones decade-old sibling feud case
A Harare magistrate has postponed to September 11 a case involving two brothers embroiled in a legal battle dating back more than a decade.The matter, presided over by Magistrate Amanda Dhlami...Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 07:29hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa joins global heavyweights in China
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday joined 26 Heads of State and Government at Tiananmen Square in Beijing for commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's ...Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 07:27hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cricket star becomes World No. 1 ODI all-rounder
Zimbabwe cricket star Sikandar Raza has climbed to the top of the ICC Men's ODI all-rounder rankings for the first time in his career, following a stellar performance in the two-match series against S...Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 07:26hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Hwange power station hits record output
Zimbabwe's flagship Hwange Power Station expansion has achieved its highest electricity output since coming online last year, producing 498 million kilowatt hours (kWh) in August, project contractor P...Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 07:26hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Next they will ban sunglasses and pockets
The government has found a new enemy. It's neither hunger nor corruption. It's not the crumbling clinics that turn the sick into corpses either. It's tint.Permanent Secretary for Presidential ...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 19:53hrs | 1908 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Man axed for refusing to give villagers scotch cart lift
A 38-year-old man, Tabona Ndlovu from village 13, Dombodema (Plumtree), under headman Khesari Nkomo, was heavily assaulted and struck with an axe by other villagers for allegedly turning down their de...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 13:56hrs | 683 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree
UK court rejects Zimbabwean father's bid to bring son home
The United Kingdom High Court has dismissed a Zimbabwean father's attempt to secure the return of his 11-year-old son, ruling that his parental rights under a Zimbabwean court order amounted only to a...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 09:29hrs | 1373 | by Staff reporter
Mawarire labels Mnangagwa's title deeds programme 'fraudulent'
Political commentator Mbizvo Jealousy Mawarire has criticized the Presidential Title Deeds Programme, launched last week by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, describing it as fraudulent and illegal. The i...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 09:28hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Tinted windows confusion: Motorists fined despite government denial of ban
Zimbabwean motorists are caught in a fog of conflicting government statements over the legality of tinted vehicle windows - and this morning, some drivers found themselves on the receiving end of poli...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 09:27hrs | 1258 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean refugee family resettled in the US
A family that spent the last 20 years in Tongogara Refugee Camp in Zimbabwe has finally been resettled in the United States, marking a new chapter in their lives, according to The New England Media....Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 09:26hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Sekai Holland praises Chiwenga
Zimbabweans were offered insight into the military and nation-building achievements of Vice President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga during testimony by Hon. Sekai Holland at the 2019 Nation Bui...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 09:25hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
Norton roads reopened after 3-year rehabilitation
Two major link roads in Katanga, Norton - Shonhiwa Drive and Koshen Drive - have officially reopened to traffic following over three years of rehabilitation under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Pro...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:48hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster jailed for embezzling pupils' exam fees
A Bindura headmaster has been sentenced for misappropriating funds meant for pupils' examinations. Kudakwashe Tivarige (35), head of Sunrise Group of Schools in Maravanyika Village under Chief Masembu...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:46hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Funding cuts threaten decades of HIV progress in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's hard-won gains in HIV care are under serious threat as funding cuts from the U.S. and other donor nations disrupt critical treatment and support services. Community advocates, including Ang...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:45hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Dispute over Spitzkop property continues in court
The legal battle over a $29 million property in Spitzkop, Harare, continued on Tuesday at the Harare Magistrates Court, with Thomas Masango alleging that his brother-in-law, Tendai Jemwa, fraudulently...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:43hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu faction to receive US$1.7 million
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction leader Sengezo Tshabangu is set to receive US$1,696,166 from Parliament after a government notice confirmed allocations to political parties for 2025....Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:39hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's urban cash transfer scheme collapses
In the heart of Bulawayo, where daily life is already defined by struggle, the collapse of the government's Urban Cash Transfer Programme has left families facing deepening hunger and despair. Once ha...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:37hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
White SA party criticises Ramaphosa's Zimbabwe land reform praise
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has strongly criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa's remarks praising Zimbabwe's land reform programme during his visit to Harare last week.IOL reported last week t...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:36hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Record gold prices brighten Zimbabwe's trade outlook
Gold surged to a new all-time high on Tuesday, lifting Zimbabwe's economic prospects as the country continues to benefit from strong exports of the precious metal.Spot gold climbed 0,8 percent...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:31hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Businesswoman in court over illegal forex scheme
Harare businesswoman Tariro Masiwa Musekiwa has been hauled before the courts alongside her company, Chrisha Boutique, on allegations of running an unlicensed foreign currency transmission business in...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:28hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Court ends 15-year service station dispute
A protracted 15-year legal battle over ownership of a Mutare service station has finally been resolved, with the High Court ordering Nashcrystal Motors to vacate the property and accept an US$80,000 r...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:26hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man based in the UK jailed for £490,000 bank fraud
A Suffolk man has been jailed for nearly five years after stealing more than £490,000 from bank customers by impersonating them over the phone.Blessing Mudzinge, 41, was sentenced to four yea...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:25hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Is ZB Life Assurance a trap for exploitation and abuse?
When the powerful prey on the poor and desperate, it ceases to be business and becomes sheer bullying.There is a disturbing trend taking place at ZB Life Assurance, the insurance subsidiary of...Published: 02 Sep 2025 at 16:52hrs | 510 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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