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OK Zimbabwe's poor performing executives fired on the spot
Veteran business executive Mr. Willard Zireva has returned as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of OK Zimbabwe, one of the country's largest retail chains. Zireva, who previously led the company from ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 442 | by Staff reporter
Tungwarara fails to impress ex-combatants, event flops
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisor, Paul Tempter Tungwarara has suffered another embarrassment after failing to lure more war veterans in Harare this Tuesday, with his teams distributing regalia a...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 20:38hrs | 1861 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Residents decry surge in sex work in Bulawayo CBD
Residents of Ward 1 in Bulawayo's Central Business District (CBD) are sounding the alarm over the increasing presence of sex workers between 8th and 9th Avenue and along Lobengula Street, expressing c...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 16:59hrs | 1901 | by Staff reporter
Corporate Raiding Plot Unraveling: Nssa and RTG Directors Meet to Tackle Manipulation of Share Prices and Takeover Attempt
NATIONAL Social Security Authority (Nssa) and Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) directors and management executives are set to meet today to deal with the plot to take over the tourism and hospitality giant...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 13:16hrs | 204 | by NewsHawks
Man dies in revenge mission
A 33-year-old man from Silobela has been arrested after a revenge attack he orchestrated led to the fatal stabbing of a fellow villager at Msilahobe Business Centre last week.Midlands Provinci...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 13:05hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs defraud Parliament
A group of ZANU-PF urban lawmakers including Martin Matinyanya (Mbare constituency), Trymore Kanopula (Harare South), and opposition legislator Richard Tsvangirai (Norton) among others, are embroiled ...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 11:02hrs | 1394 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
G40, Opposition plot to fight pro-ZANU PF clergyman
A foiled ploy to embarrass all clergymen aligned to ZANU-PF has been exposed, with this weekend's smear campaign to distract Destiny of Africa Network boss, Reverend Obediah Musindo at a local hotel b...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 10:57hrs | 1484 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
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 | 716 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa set to honour Sam Nujoma at burial
ADC Chairman and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to arrive in Namibia on Friday to attend the burial of the country's founding father and revered liberation struggle icon, Dr. Sam Nujom...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 06:59hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors push for stricter enforcement of bylaws
Bulawayo councillors are calling for tighter enforcement of health regulations to curb the growing number of unhygienic food outlets operating in the city.Ward 28 Councillor Ntandoyenkosi Ndlo...Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 18:20hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Chimombe falls sick, trial postponed
Jailed businessman Mike Chimombe failed to appear for trial on Monday in a case where he is accused of defrauding the state of US$7 million under the Presidential Goats Scheme.According to a m...Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 17:46hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe expands steel industry as global plants shut down
While steel plants worldwide face closures, Zimbabwe is making significant strides in expanding its steel industry. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony for the U...Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 17:01hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo gifts Leonard Dembo's widow a Toyota Fortuner and US$50,000
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has gifted a brand-new 2024 Toyota Fortuner and US$50,000 in cash to Eunice Dembo, the widow of Zimbabwean music legend Leonard Dembo, in response to her pub...Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 16:29hrs | 991 | by Staff reporter
Crisis meeting over RTG alleged takeover plot
Directors and senior executives from the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) and Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) are set to meet today in an urgent bid to address a suspected plot to manipulate the ...Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 09:25hrs | 1583 | 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 | 1196 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch US$3.6 billion energy industrial park in Beitbridge
President Mnangagwa is expected in Beitbridge today for the ground-breaking ceremony of the Palm River Energy and Metallurgical Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a collaborative project between the Governm...Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 08:48hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Journalist Maynard Manyowa goes after VP Chiwenga and First Lady over PhDs
Veteran investigative journalist Maynard Manyowa, the lead producer of Dug Up, has announced his intention to investigate the academic credentials of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and First Lady...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 18:24hrs | 4699 | by George Tshuma
Goods train derails in Kadoma
In the early hours of this morning, a dramatic derailment occurred when an NRZ goods train came off the tracks near Jangano, just outside the busy Central Business District of the gold-rich city. Eyew...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 18:13hrs | 1688 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's UAE investment adviser swindled Indian man $2.3 million
In a shocking revelation, Tempter Paul Tungwarara, the investment adviser to President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the United Arab Emirates, has been accused of swindling an Indian investor, Razaa Jishan, ...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 12:25hrs | 962 | by Staff reporter
Pick n Pay store shutdown over cockroach infestation
The mayor of Tshwane, Dr Nasiphi Moya announced that a Pick n Pay store at the Blu Valley Centre, in Centurion Gauteng, has been shut down due to non-compliance with health regulations. In a v...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 10:54hrs | 1507 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt defends arrests of homeless people
The government has strongly defended its practice of routinely arresting homeless individuals, describing them as a "nuisance" and potential suspects for petty crime. In a recent statement before the ...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 09:53hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman gives birth outside Cape Town home while husband dies next to her
While a pregnant woman in labour was waiting for an Uber to take her to hospital, her husband was brutally stabbed to death in front of her in the Joe Slovo informal settlement in Cape Town.Ta...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 09:52hrs | 1128 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches Zimbabwe digital skills training programme
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday launched the Zimbabwe Digital Skills Development Programme, an initiative aimed at equipping 1.5 million young Zimbabweans with essential digital skills to thriv...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 09:50hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Shock as Minister Mavetera takes Fadzayi Mahere; Chin'ono head on over PhD Fraud Claims
In a dramatic public showdown on X (formerly Twitter), Honourable Tatenda Anastacia Mavetera, ZANU PF Minister of ICT and founder of Young Women for Economic Development, boldly challenged opposition ...Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 17:00hrs | 10945 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
We need to reset Zimbabwe
IT'S undeniable that Zimbabwe, as a country, needs change.This is not about delving into politics, but rather about reaching a consensus as leaders and people where we agree to work together....Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 11:46hrs | 1026 | by Jonah Nyoni
Chiredzi SMEs complement Vision 2030, empower less privileged
Over a thousand members drawn from Chiredzi rural and urban districts operating micro, small to medium enterprises are complementing government efforts to attain upper-middle income economic status by...Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 11:07hrs | 693 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole recently in Chiredzi
Why Transparency International’s flagship Corruption Index falls short
For nearly 20 years, Transparency International has published a Corruption Perceptions Index that ranks countries (176 last year) according to how corrupt they are perceived to be by a small group of ...Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 09:54hrs | 210 | by Alex Cobham
Zimbabwe ranks highest corrupt country in SADC for 2024 by TI
Zimbabwe has come out as the worst corrupt country in SADC in 2024, according to the latest data from discredited Transparency International coming only ahead of a war-torn DRC.This was also t...Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 09:52hrs | 1186 | by Staff reporter
Blow for regime change tool USAid
A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for one of the Trump administration's remaining steps in its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, allowing it to move forward with pu...Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 09:44hrs | 1068 | by Staff reporter
RBZ dismisses fake news of POSB sale
The Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), John Mushayavanhu, has dismissed claims that the People's Own Savings Bank (POSB) is up for sale. This follows reports suggesting that the state-own...Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 09:24hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt moves to directly procure fuel
The Zimbabwean government intends to directly procure fuel for its own use and key economic sectors to lower costs and enhance competitiveness, Energy and Power Development Minister July Moyo has anno...Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 09:23hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
Courtroom drama intensifies in Chimombe, Mpofu fraud trial
The legal battle between business partners Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe took a dramatic turn yesterday, as the defence team successfully challenged the inclusion of two assessors who were set to over...Published: 21 Feb 2025 at 12:41hrs | 2997 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash Holdings to rebrand
EcoCash Holdings Limited has announced plans to rebrand following a corporate restructuring that has left Steward Bank as its only remaining unit. This follows the takeover of the company by businessm...Published: 21 Feb 2025 at 11:12hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Khaya Cement to de-list on ZSE
KHAYA cement is set to de-list on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) as part of the resuscitation strategy amid indications that the major shareholder, Fossil Mines, will sale its shares at a loss as s...Published: 19 Feb 2025 at 20:21hrs | 388 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe Must Seize the Opportunity to Attract Investment as South Africa Faces Agricultural and Economic Shifts
The ongoing upheaval in South Africa regarding the removal of white farmers and the broader implications for the country's investment climate present a unique opportunity for Zimbabwe. While the polit...Published: 19 Feb 2025 at 13:13hrs | 488 | by Marilyn Mutize
How Trump's Paris Climate Agreement withdrawal impacts Zimbabwe and the path forward
THE decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement this year has once again sent shockwaves across the global community.While the move w...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 20:16hrs | 902 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
I'm sure if Wicknell criticized Mnangagwa, evidence of corruption will suddenly be found!
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent remarks seemingly defending controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo have once again laid bare the selective nature of justice in Zimbabwe.During a meet...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 20:09hrs | 1513 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans have penchant for sugar-rush solution of Mnangagwa must go even at the cost of retaining the dictatorship yet again
"Zimbabwe is in desperate need of transformative leadership, not the routine recycling of failed politicians," argued Trevor Ncube. "A change in leadership might offer temporary relief, Zimbabwe's iss...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 20:04hrs | 870 | by Wilbert Mukori
NSSA chairman embroiled in underhand Rainbow Tourism Group takeover bid
NATIONAL Social Security Authority (Nssa) chairman Emmanuel Fundira, who is former chairman of African Sun Limited, and an ex-Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) senior executive Paula January are accused of ...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 20:01hrs | 1409 | by NewsHawks
Businessman loses US$8,000 to bogus VID officer
A businessman in Zhombe has been defrauded of US$8,000 by a fake Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) officer who falsely claimed to be in charge of disposing vehicles forfeited to the State.Mi...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 14:26hrs | 1121 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa denies links to Chivayo's lavish spending
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has dismissed claims that controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo is splurging money, donating luxury cars, and showering individuals with expensive gifts for political...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 14:05hrs | 1662 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife drops fraud charges
The State on Monday withdrew criminal charges against Harare couple Annavestah Mudiwa (39) and her husband, Gray Mudiwa, who were accused of defrauding Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's wife, Mini...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 03:45hrs | 4574 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo wades into Zanu-PF factional wars
Controversial businessman and tenderpreneur Wicknell Chivayo has thrown his support behind the extension of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidency beyond the constitutionally mandated two terms, in...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 03:44hrs | 5831 | by Staff reporter
Illicit wealth case resumes in Zimbabwe court
The trial of Dennis Madondo, a 33-year-old man from Murehwa accused of acquiring property using illicit funds, resumed yesterday, with the prosecution presenting evidence on his unexplained wealth....Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 03:30hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Truck submerged in Tshangani River after sudden water rise
A truck loading river sand at Tshangani River near Zinyangeni Business Centre in Nkayi District, Matabeleland North, was completely submerged last Friday when water levels unexpectedly surged....Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 12:47hrs | 1907 | by Staff reporter
OK Zimbabwe begins restocking after weeks of empty shelves
Troubled retailer OK Zimbabwe has announced that it has started restocking its outlets following weeks of empty shelves and temporary closures due to macroeconomic challenges, particularly exchange ra...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 12:37hrs | 1668 | by Staff reporter
Jailed Buyanga in critical condition
Lawyers representing incarcerated businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi have raised concerns over the impact of his continued detention on his health. Reports from South Africa indicate that Buyanga has fa...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 09:03hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
World Bank implores Zimbabwe to maintain tight money supply
The World Bank has urged Zimbabwe to maintain its tight monetary policy stance and resist spending pressures to control inflation and ensure lasting exchange rate stability.Inflation in Zimbab...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 09:00hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei expands humanitarian work
Zimbabwean business mogul Kudakwashe Tagwirei's Bridging Gaps Foundation (BGF) has intensified its humanitarian initiatives in Mutoko district, Mashonaland East Province, by drilling boreholes and ins...Published: 16 Feb 2025 at 16:45hrs | 1656 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's son moves to block Choppies sale to Raji Modi
Siqokoqela Mphoko, son of the late former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, has filed an urgent chamber application seeking to prevent the sale of Choppies Zimbabwe to Bulawayo businessman and Deputy...Published: 16 Feb 2025 at 16:42hrs | 1925 | by Staff reporter
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