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'Gold war' in Filabusi
Residents of Filabusi in Matabeleland South are calling on the Ministry of Mines and other authorities to urgently address deep-rooted problems driving violence in the gold mining sector.They ...Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 19:51hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Court trashes lecturer application
The Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe has dismissed former Chinhoyi University of Technology lecturer Godfrey Mugari's application challenging his dismissal, ruling that he had waived his right to a fa...Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 10:35hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Road accidents spike over Heroes & Defence Forces holidays
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has reported a worrying increase in road traffic accidents during the 2025 Heroes and Defence Forces holidays, with fatalities and injuries rising sharply compared t...Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 10:34hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Roadblocks do not prevent accidents; they annoy motorists
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) approach to road safety continues to rely heavily on static roadblocks manned by police officers, often positioned along major highways and inner-city roads....Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 09:06hrs | 472 | by Engineer Jacob K Mutisi
ZCC blames Zimbabwe govt for road carnage
The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has urged the government to take responsibility for the recent surge in road traffic accidents, pointing to the failure to resuscitate a reliable public transpor...Published: 11 Aug 2025 at 08:57hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Garwe warns greedy municipality over 'foolish fights'
Local Government and Public Works Minister Daniel Garwe has delivered a scathing rebuke to Beitbridge Municipality councillors, accusing them of turning the country's busiest border town into a "circu...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 19:21hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Harare accounts for most accidents in Zimbabwe
Harare Metropolitan Province accounted for more than half of the road traffic accidents recorded across Zimbabwe in 2024, according to the latest Extreme Events and Disasters Report released this week...Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 09:50hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
How Mutare and Manicaland were annexed from the Portuguese
First - a tributeIn carrying out the background research I have been greatly impressed by the articles written by J.C. Barnes, who taught at Umtali Boys' High School and published both in Rhod...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 21:43hrs | 1079 | by Zimfieldguide
Zimbabwe tightens Mpox surveillance at borders
Zimbabwe has intensified disease surveillance and screening at all ports of entry in response to renewed global outbreaks of Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, even though no new local cases have been...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 17:40hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Machakaire lashes out at 'lazy, rogue' govt officials
Youth Empowerment minister Tinoda Machakaire has launched a blistering attack on corrupt health professionals and underperforming government officials, blaming them for the collapse of Zimbabwe's publ...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 09:42hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Police warn Bulawayo school children against gang fights
As the end of the school term approaches, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in Bulawayo has issued a stern warning to schoolchildren to avoid engaging in public fights and gang-related activities....Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 22:09hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Man bashes nephew over ex-wife
Jealousy can lead one to be in soup, as shown by Daniel Dube's actions, who assaulted his nephew for talking to his ex-wife.The matter came to light at Plumtree Magistrates Court, where Dube a...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 23:10hrs | 907 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man (30) severely bashes suspected witch (70)
A man from Mutizhe compound, Scott farm in Chipinge has been caged after he severely assaulted his neighbour after accusing her of bewitching his mother.Thomas Sithole was sentenced to one yea...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 21:44hrs | 648 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Chipinge
New Zanu-PF boss tackles factionalism
Newly-elected Zanu-PF Manicaland Women's League chairperson Dorothy Mabika has launched a province-wide unity campaign aimed at healing deep-seated divisions following her narrow and controversial ris...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 15:11hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Custodial sentences, demerit system for Zimbabwe reckless drivers
Drivers responsible for fatal accidents could soon face custodial sentences, while serial traffic violators may have their licenses suspended or revoked under new, more stringent measures being consid...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 09:57hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Harare Council crackdown leaves hundreds stranded
In a sweeping move aimed at restoring order in the central business district, the City of Harare has shut down hundreds of shops, launching an operation dubbed "Operation Restore Order." The crackdown...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 09:51hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe crumble to 9 wicket defeat
Zimbabwe's Test cricket struggles continued on home soil as they slumped to a nine-wicket defeat to New Zealand inside three days in the opening match of their two-Test series at Queens Sports Club in...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 10:15hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Govt to widen Seke Road, introduce dedicated bus lanes
The Government is moving to widen Seke Road and construct dedicated bus lanes in response to a surge in deadly accidents along the busy highway linking Harare and Chitungwiza.The announcement ...Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 15:47hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe deploys +150 breathalysers
The Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) has acquired more than 150 breathalysers to crack down on drink-driving, with the devices set to be deployed during the upcoming Heroes and Defence Forces...Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 13:22hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe road accidents drop 12,5%
Zimbabwe has recorded a notable decline in road traffic accidents during the first quarter of 2025, according to the latest Transport Statistics Report released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Age...Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 08:15hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
Operation Dudula perpetrating genocide: Black on Black violence in SA
Operation Dudula is hunting down people and killing them by burning and stabbing them to death. Zimbabweans, together with other foreign nationals, all blacks are hunted down by criminals - Operation ...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 17:12hrs | 871 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe smashes tobacco records again
Zimbabwe has reached a historic milestone in its agricultural sector, recording an all-time high tobacco output of 350 million kilogrammes for the 2025 marketing season. This unprecedented achievement...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 10:08hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt halts state seizures of peri-urban land without compensation
In a watershed decision with major implications for property rights and urban development, Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court has ruled that the government cannot compulsorily acquire peri-urban land und...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 20:43hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
Whipping system in Parliament silencing Matebeleland MPs
The parliamentary whipping system employed by Zimbabwe's political parties is stifling the voices of legislators from the Matebeleland region, contributing to the region's continued marginalisation an...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 08:32hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Harare gets another interchange
The construction of the Mabvuku Traffic Interchange along the busy Harare-Mutare Road is now underway, with bush clearing and the creation of detour roads in full progress as the Government pushes ahe...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 08:40hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe road traffic accidents jump to 28,159 in 6 months
A deadly collision along Harare's Seke Road on Tuesday has once again spotlighted Zimbabwe's deepening road safety crisis. The horrific crash, which claimed 17 lives-including two pedestrians-has beco...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 11:21hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Woman hires people to assault ex-husband, the taxi driver killed
A woman from Chegutu, Sekai Apinzi (41), and her lodger Munyaradzi Munyaradzi (24), have been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of taxi driver Alec Sinoia, whose body was discovered three ...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 09:05hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
High Court slashes harsh 15-year jail term for cannabis dealer
The High Court has sharply criticised and overturned a 15-year prison sentence imposed on a Beitbridge man convicted of dealing in cannabis, citing gross misapplication of the law and failure to consi...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 18:07hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Vendors bemoan exorbitant licensing fees at new Mbare Musika market
The Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (Viset) has urged authorities to slash vending licensing fees at the newly-constructed Mbare Musika Market, warning that current costs are...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 08:34hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC-T says Mudzuri is wayward
Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai (MDC-T) has described its vice president, Elias Mudzuri, as "wayward" following violent clashes at the party's Harare headquarters on Thursday.Riot ...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 08:29hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers (39) bashes wife (44) for leaving him behind in the bar
A member of Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts after he assaulted his wife for leaving him behind while going to a bar.Arnold Nyoni (39) pleaded guilty to ...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 13:45hrs | 970 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree
Man Roasted on Braai Stand for Drinking Alone
A Bindura man is recovering from severe burns after narrowly escaping death when he was allegedly grilled over open flames on a braai stand by fellow patrons, reportedly as punishment for drinking alo...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 22:22hrs | 1862 | by Gideon Madzikatidze and Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Harare pilot collapses after losing US$724
A Harare-based pilot collapsed on Tuesday evening after reportedly losing US$724 while gambling (flying) on the popular online betting game Aviator, locally referred to as Chindege.According t...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 22:12hrs | 2662 | by Staff reporter
Tenant bashes landlady
A 43-year-old Plumtree lady is in trouble after she assaulted her landlady in a domestic dispute.The matter came to light at Plumtree magistrates courts where Bekezela Sibanda appeared before ...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 22:02hrs | 1007 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Backyard breeding sparks vicious dog attacks
The alarming increase in dog attacks across Harare has been directly linked to the growing trend of illegal backyard dog breeding, according to the Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Crue...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 14:28hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cricket hapless and hopeless
It was a comprehensive and ruthless display of cricketing dominance at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo today, as South Africa completed an innings and 236-run demolition of Zimbabwe to seal a 2-0 Test ...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 15:58hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
How Tagwirei's ascent threatens - and could reward - investors
Zimbabwe's political landscape has erupted into a new era of factionalism, with sanctioned tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei's meteoric rise within the ruling ZANU-PF party becoming a flashpoint. As the 2028...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 15:18hrs | 577 | by Harrison Brooks
Gambling is devouring Zimbabwe's youth faster than drugs
Zimbabwe is witnessing a disturbing surge in gambling addiction, a crisis that is fast becoming as destructive as the country's long-running drug epidemic. The explosion of betting, particularly among...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 08:42hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
'Bring in ZACC to clean up Highlanders'
Highlanders Football Club is currently engulfed in a storm of controversy following the sudden resignation of Acting CEO Kindman Ndlovu, who last week submitted a scathing letter citing a toxic workin...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 13:14hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Zanu-PF's Muchinguri Kashiri
Tensions are rising within Zanu PF as party insiders openly criticize national chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri for failing to organise overdue district coordination committee (DCC) elections, a k...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 09:07hrs | 918 | by Staff reporter
Book Review - A 'Job' that you don't really know
This coming Friday, 27 June 2025, at 17:30hrs Central Africa Time, SAPES Trust, located on number 4 Deary Avenue, (just after Parirenyatwa Main Gate on Mazowe Street) Belgravia, Harare witnesses launc...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 11:53hrs | 137 | by Rejoice Ngwenya, book editor
Chamisa's sneak back to politics sparks more infighting
Nelson Chamisa's sneak back to politics has sparked more infighting than inspiration. It feels less like a political revival and more like a kindergarten drama play. Instead of healing the fractured o...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 14:35hrs | 1744 | by Dereck Goto
Fire ravages Harare grocery outlets
Small business owners in downtown Harare are appealing for government intervention after a devastating fire tore through a block of grocery shops in the early hours of Sunday morning, reducing their l...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 10:27hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Man bashes young brother to death
MATOBO - Blinded by love and unable to stand the sight of his younger brother's right to life over suspicious involvement towards a previous divorce with his former wife, lands Xolani Dube (36) in cus...Published: 14 Jun 2025 at 20:34hrs | 1858 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Kezi
Gold rally is bringing new riches to rural Zimbabwe
In Filabusi, the streets are packed with BMW X5s and Land Rover Defenders, modern houses paid for in cash are springing up and whisky is only sold by the bottle in the small town's bars.The th...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 09:43hrs | 2407 | by Ray Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's whites are more patriotic than the majority blacks
I am a black Zimbabwean, born and bred in this land of striking beauty. But in my lived experience, I have observed something that continues to trouble me. Among my circle of friends, it is often my w...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 21:59hrs | 1090 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Harare Select crashes out of COSAFA Cup
Harare Select clothed as Zimbabwe's Warriors bowed out of the 2025 COSAFA Cup in heartbreaking fashion despite securing a 3-1 win over Mozambique in their final Group A match played in South Africa on...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 17:54hrs | 900 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga clash over war veterans as succession battle intensifies
The war veterans' constituency has emerged as a crucial battleground in the escalating political succession struggle between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, as th...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 16:34hrs | 2599 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe drivers will need medical report to renew licences
Seventy-year-old Sekuru Moyo was unsettled when he read a newspaper report suggesting that all local drivers might soon be required to undergo mandatory retesting. For Moyo, whose daily life revolves ...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 13:31hrs | 16729 | by Staff reporter
Free emergency medical care for road accident victims
In a major overhaul of Zimbabwe's post-accident emergency response system, the Government is proposing a new law that will ensure road traffic accident (RTA) victims receive free emergency medical att...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 11:56hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
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