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Ex-CCC MP jailed for 2 years for defrauding Bulawayo woman
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Obert Manduna has been sentenced to an effective two years in prison after being found guilty of defrauding a Bulawayo woman of US$5,900 in a fail...Published: 2 hrs ago | 97 | 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 | 68 | by Staff reporter
The rise of short-term loans in the UK
In recent years, financial flexibility has become increasingly important for individuals facing unexpected expenses or temporary cash flow challenges. One popular solution is to ...Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 23:12hrs | 491 | by Staff Reporter
Government debt cripples Masvingo City
Masvingo City Council is facing mounting challenges in delivering basic services due to the government's failure to settle substantial debts owed to the local authority, with claims that various gover...Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 13:04hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Harare working to clear payroll backlogs
The City of Harare has confirmed that it has completed its June payroll and is in the process of finalizing July payments in both Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) and United States dollars.Speaking at the ...Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 13:01hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
UZ lecturers withdraw application to stop graduation ceremony
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has confirmed that an urgent court application seeking to block its upcoming 44th Graduation Ceremony has been withdrawn.In a statement issued on Tuesday, 12 Au...Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 13:45hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Water supply disrupted in Gweru due to burst pipe
Gweru City Council has temporarily stopped pumping water from Gwenhoro Dam following a major pipe burst along the main supply line.In a statement issued on Tuesday, the local authority confirm...Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 13:39hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe allocates US$25 million to compensate civil servants
The Zimbabwean government has earmarked US$25 million to compensate civil servants for pension losses incurred before 2009 due to the country's period of hyperinflation. This move follows recommendati...Published: 11 Aug 2025 at 09:08hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe repays US$176 million in external debt
The Zimbabwean government has made notable progress in repaying its external debt, with a total of US$176.28 million paid during the first six months of 2025, according to data released by the Ministr...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 12:12hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZIPRA commander raises alarm over mysterious deaths
As Zimbabwe prepares to mark Heroes Day on August 11, a former ZIPRA commander has raised the alarm over what he describes as a disturbing and unexplained pattern of deaths among veterans of the count...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 10:16hrs | 620 | 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 | 1078 | by Zimfieldguide
Mechanic sells client's wheels to pay rent!
A Bulawayo mechanic, Mukanwa Mathe (33) of Thorngrove, found himself in trouble with the law after selling a client's set of wheels for US$680 and vanishing with the money.Mathe appeared befor...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 08:52hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water crisis now more than a national disaster
Bulawayo councillors have raised alarm over the deepening water crisis in the city, warning that the situation poses serious risks to residents' livelihoods and the city's long-term development....Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 16:48hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally disburses nearly US$200K to Zanu-PF affiliates
Special Advisor to the President, Dr Paul Tungwarara, has disbursed nearly US$200,000 from the Presidential Revolving Fund to eight Zanu-PF-affiliated groups in Masvingo Province, urging beneficiaries...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 13:33hrs | 490 | 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
Zimbabwe revises upwards agric sector growth to 21.1%
The government has sharply revised upwards its projected growth for the agricultural sector to 21.1% in 2025, up from an earlier forecast of 12.8%, largely due to the positive impact of the La Niña w...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 08:58hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
US$0.597 billion paid by Zimbabwe Treasury unaccounted for
The latest report from Zimbabwe's Auditor General has exposed serious violations of public finance management laws, revealing that more than US$597 million in Treasury payments remain unaccounted for ...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 21:21hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's office blows 81% of budget in 6 months
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Office had already spent 81 percent of its 2025 budget by the halfway mark of the year, while the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development exceeded its full...Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 12:19hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Lake Gwayi-Shangani project to begin round-the-clock operations
Construction at the Lake Gwayi-Shangani multi-purpose dam has entered an intensive new phase, with contractors set to begin round-the-clock operations as government funding ensures uninterrupted progr...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 08:51hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's half-truths and the need for fact-checking
Mutsvangwa was in his element with half-truths and mistruths, but the tragedy of it all is that no journalist held him to account or even fact checked some of the things he said.The needy and ...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 15:11hrs | 510 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Stunner, Olinda rekindled romance rumours
Controversial ex-lovers Stunner and Olinda Chapel are once again at the centre of public attention after being spotted getting cozy at this year's edition of Zimfest in the United Kingdom. The sightin...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 10:01hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Burial abandoned after relative goes berserk
A burial ceremony in Village Njobela under Chief Chisadza in Lower Gweru ended in chaos on Thursday after a close relative of the deceased went on a violent rampage, attacking mourners, including the ...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 10:00hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Economists slam Mthuli Ncube's budget
Economists have sharply criticised Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's 2025 mid-term budget and economic review, accusing the government of failing to deliver the structural reforms needed to address Zimb...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 09:59hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Funding delays teacher recruitment in Zimbabwe
The government's ambitious plan to recruit 8,000 new teachers to address Zimbabwe's critical teacher-to-student ratio has hit a major snag, with delays in the disbursement of funds from the Treasury s...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 19:14hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Fresh displacement looms under Tugwi-Mukosi development plan
A new wave of forced displacements is set to strike Chivi and Masvingo Rural districts, with over 17,000 people-estimated to be from 3,652 households-expected to be relocated under the Government's Tu...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 13:24hrs | 254 | 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's budget falls short of Abuja health target funding
Zimbabwe's 2025 Mid-Year Budget Review has again revealed the country's continued failure to meet the Abuja Declaration commitment of allocating at least 15% of the national budget to health, despite ...Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 13:42hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF promises music after Epworth victory, as commissar loots
HARARE - Several disgruntled ZANU-PF supporters are up in arms with Harare provincial political commissar, Voyage Dambuza whom they are accusing of allegedly looting thousands (US$) meant for Epworth ...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 21:57hrs | 588 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Mthuli Ncube declares surplus despite only 35% of budget spent
Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube on Thursday declared a budget surplus of ZWG3.3 billion for the first half of 2025, despite revealing that just 35.5% of the approved National Bu...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 15:46hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa demands accountability
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed government departments and programme coordinators to produce detailed, province-by-province reports on the impact of the Presidential empowerment funds disbur...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 13:56hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Top banker exposed in land deal
A senior official at FBC Bank, Rena Kunonga Sambaza, is currently embroiled in a legal dispute involving allegations of fraud related to the acquisition and subsequent exchange of a residential stand ...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 08:19hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Spiritual cleansing sought after deadly Chitungwiza road accident
A wave of fatal accidents on the Harare-Chitungwiza highway has prompted a rare spiritual alliance, as religious and traditional leaders unite in calling for a cleansing ceremony to end what many beli...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 15:10hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Cop jailed for demanding US$15 bribe
A police officer stationed at ZRP Milton Park in Harare has been jailed for 10 months after he was convicted of criminal abuse of duty for attempting to extort just US$15 from a motorist during an ill...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 15:09hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
My take on Tendai Biti and the scarcity of visionaries
Biti, by all means, embodies the archetype of the political activist: vocally critical of power, sharply articulate, and willing to agitate against institutional decay. He thrives on confrontation wit...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 10:55hrs | 482 | by Charline P Chikomo
Mnangagwa orders monthly funding to revive Gwayi-Shangani dam project
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has instructed the Finance Ministry to ensure a monthly disbursement of USD 5 million toward the completion of the long-delayed Gwayi-Shangani Dam, government spokesperson...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 19:12hrs | 855 | by Staff reporter
Cash flow constraints hamper devolution funding
Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has attributed the government's failure to meet the constitutionally mandated five percent allocation of national revenue towards devolution to cash flow constr...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 18:29hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
+20 injured in another Seke Road commuter omnibus crash
More than 20 people were injured on Tuesday morning when a commuter omnibus travelling from Ziko to Harare's central business district veered off Seke Road and crashed near Chinhamo Service Station af...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 18:22hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Top health council official in court over alleged abuse of funds
A senior official at the Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe (MDPCZ) is facing serious allegations of criminal abuse of office after reportedly authorising the use of public funds to ...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 18:53hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Financial mismanagement at Parliament of Zimbabwe exposed
The Auditor-General has exposed alarming financial irregularities at the Parliament of Zimbabwe, including unauthorised fuel allocations, ballooning payment arrears, and undelivered government vehicle...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 08:49hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
GMB maize intake rises 100%
The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has recorded a 100 percent surge in maize intake between April 1 and July 24 this year, compared to the same period in 2024, signalling improved grain deliveries amidst...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 21:01hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbery spree grips Bulawayo
A chilling wave of armed robberies has shaken Zimbabwe's second-largest city, with four shops - including three Sai Mart outlets and one Hamara store - hit in a string of co-ordinated attacks that hav...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 21:00hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec amendment bill, 2025 falls short of expectations
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council Amendment Bill, 2025, which seeks to amend the existing ZIMSEC Act [Chapter 25:18], fails to tackle the legislative gaps arising from changes and needs in the ...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 20:57hrs | 100 | by Obert Masaraure
Zimbabwe civil servants fume over unpaid 2023 allowances
Civil servants engaged in the 2023 mobile registration exercise are expressing mounting frustration over unpaid allowances owed by the Civil Registry Department. Despite completing the program two yea...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 11:16hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
'Better Schools Program Zimbabwe, a huge scam'
A damning audit has revealed that the Better Schools Program Zimbabwe (BSPZ) Fund in Masvingo Province is operating illegally, lacking a registered constitution and failing to secure mandatory approva...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 15:12hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Govt increases BEAM disbursements to ease pressure on rural schools
The Zimbabwean government has doubled monthly disbursements under the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM) from ZiG200 million to ZiG400 million, in a move aimed at clearing arrears and easing mou...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 11:28hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Top lawyer in court over US$85,000 property scam
Prominent Harare lawyer Jacqueline Sande has appeared in court facing allegations of swindling Inter Africa boss Leonard Mukumba out of US$85,000 in a botched property deal.Sande was arraigned...Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 14:03hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
AG exposes massive financial mismanagement
A damning report by Acting Auditor-General Rhea Kujinga, tabled in Parliament this week, has uncovered widespread financial mismanagement, weak internal controls, and systemic accounting failures ...Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 09:24hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF-affiliated informal traders receives relief funds
Informal traders aligned with Zanu PF’s affiliate group Vendors for ED have begun receiving financial support through the Presidential Revolving Fund, disbursed via the Empowerment Bank.The ...Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 12:57hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park residents drowning in sewage
Residents of Section 1A in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb say they are living in increasingly unbearable conditions as raw sewage floods their homes, a result of a crumbling drainage system that has l...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 13:25hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Minister Nguluvhe's humble bus ride wins praise
In a rare display of humility, dedication, and accessibility, Matabeleland South Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Albert Nguluvhe stunned many last week when he abandoned the comfort of gove...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:28hrs | 1780 | by Staff reporter
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