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Zimbabwe govt raises alarm over skills gap

The Zimbabwean government has raised alarm over the widening gap between academic qualifications and practical skills in the country, warning that the mismatch is stalling economic growth and leaving many graduates unfit for the demands of…

Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 19:11hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo residents raise alarm over council procurement processes

Bulawayo residents have voiced growing concern over the Bulawayo City Council's (BCC) procurement and tender procedures, accusing the local authority of a lack of transparency that has led to shoddy work, abandoned projects, and financial …

Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 08:45hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter

Police raise alarm over transformer theft

Police in the Midlands Province have raised concern over a growing trend of electricity infrastructure vandalism following the theft of two transformers in the Mutenderende and Chirumhanzu areas.Midlands Provincial Police Spokesperson, Ins…

Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 12:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

CZI sounds alarm over substandard goods in Zimbabwe

The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has raised concern over the continued flood of substandard and mispriced goods entering the country, despite the existence of the Consignment-Based Conformity Assessment (CBCA) programme â€” a…

Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 06:05hrs | 130 | by Christopher Mutambirwa

Zimbabwean communities raise alarm over lithium mining impacts

As global demand for lithium surges to power electric vehicles and household solar batteries, the scramble for Zimbabwe's rich lithium deposits is exposing deep-rooted tensions between economic interests and the rights of rural communities…

Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

Matabeleland faces severe shortage of Headmaster?

Matabeleland is grappling with a critical shortage of school heads, with 173 vacancies needing urgent filling across both primary and secondary schools in the region - a reflection of Zimbabwe's ongoing education sector brain drain fuelled…

Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

MP raises alarm over overcrowded classrooms

Opposition legislator for Mkoba South, John Kuka, has raised concern over the worsening pupil-teacher ratio in Zimbabwe's schools, which has forced many institutions to adopt hot-sitting due to classroom shortages.Speaking during a visit t…

Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter

Council bleeding funds over unrepaid travel allowances

Chinhoyi Municipality could be losing thousands of dollars amid revelations that councillors are benefiting from advance subsistence allowances for official trips they never undertook - and are not repaying the funds as required.According …

Published: 30 May 2025 at 08:54hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter

Alarm over Zimbabwe's new media blueprint

Media advocacy groups have raised serious concerns over what they describe as the veiled criminalisation of journalism in Zimbabwe's new National Media Policy, launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday at State House in Harare.…

Published: 30 May 2025 at 08:53hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter

Alarm over major city dam's low water inflows

Bulawayo's water supply faces a growing crisis as one of its main water sources, Inyankuni Dam, has received only 6% of its designed inflows, a situation worsened by rampant illegal gold mining in the dam's catchment area. With the rainy s…

Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:20hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's lawyer writes to Sanyatwe, demands Genaral sit down

Nelson Chamisa's lawyer and close ally, Thabani Mpofu has written to army commander Lt Gen Anselem Sanyatwe demanding that he retracts statements made at a rally where he vowed that 'Zanu-PF will rule until donkeys grow horns' by using 'co…

Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

Alarm as private aircrafts sneak in, out of Zimbabwe undetected

PRIVATE aircraft have been sneaking in and out of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe (RGM) International Airport and other Zimbabwean flight ports without detection due to poor air traffic control, investigations have revealed. An association of lo…

Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:51hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Alarm over Harare flyover bridge

HARARE City Council yesterday admitted it was not inspecting its infrastructure due to resource and skills constraints, a development that could prove disastrous following claims that a bridge on a busy Harare road has developed structural…

Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

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ZETDC MD fired after SONA power outage

Mliswa likens Tagwirei to Chamisa

Harare adopts a 'Pay first, drink later' strategy

Police foil launch of movement against Mnangagwa term extension

Parliament apologises to Mnangagwa

Mnangagwa the merchant of darkness

ZimRights condemns arson attack on SAPES Trust

Mnangagwa praise singers lie for a living

MPs slam peak-hour roadblocks, demand reform on spot fines

Public hospitals under fire for medication gaps

Minister Mhona: No tollgate money? Leave your car at home

MP Kuka raises alarm over unrepaired bridges Swept Away by Rains

Zifa accused of running illegal election process

Trainee nurse disappears over fake O' Level certificate

Local content law set to slash oil, seed imports

Buyanga dealt a court blow

Zimbabwe records historic wheat harvest

ZiG inflation plunges by 5000 basis points to 32,7%

Petra College faces backlash over teacher retrenchments

Title deeds for beneficiaries of Operation Garikai

Some companies tender for road rehabilitation without capacity to deliver: Minister Mhona

Ziyambi accused of shielding Judge Katiyo

Zimbabwean drivers arrested in KZN

Zimbabwe Deserves Freedom From ZANU-PF

South Africa Is a Confirmed Criminal & Mafia State - Only Second to Colombia!

Dear Chief Justice Maya

Mnangagwa delivers SONA in darkness

Teachers vow to resist Mnangagwa's bid to extend rule

Harare chicken farmer loses 250 birds and US$1,500 to scam

Ledwaba misapplied Rule 62(7): Was CR17 unlawfully sealed?