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Medical sector warned against illegal disposal of medical waste in Bulawayo
The medical sector in Zimbabwe could soon face legal action following reports of illegal disposal of hazardous medical waste at Bulawayo City Council's Richmond landfill site.Shocking revelati...Published: 19 hrs ago | 75 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa action undermines parliamentary independence
On the 9th July 2025 President Emmerson Mnangagwa received some praises from an opposition leader and the government spokesperson Nick Mangwana for attending a sitting of the National Assembly unannou...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 17:17hrs | 292 | by Dr Musa Kika
Brendan Taylor set to face New Zealand after 3-year ban
Former Zimbabwe cricket captain Brendan Taylor is set to face the Black Caps just days after his three-and-a-half-year ban from cricket is lifted, according to reports.Taylor was handed the ba...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 15:13hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Silent Killer snubs Durban event
The much-anticipated performance by Zimdancehall artist Silent Killer ended in frustration over the weekend after the musician failed to show up for a live event at Cool Runnings in Durban, South Afri...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 13:28hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
EUZ president in soup over missing funds
The president of the Educators Union of Zimbabwe (EUZ), Tafadzwa Munodawafa, has been reported to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) amid allegations of embezzlement involving missing teac...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:17hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
ZINWA cracks down on illegal bulk water dealers
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has initiated a comprehensive countrywide operation targeting illegal bulk water dealers in a bid to restore order within the water delivery sector and pr...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:12hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City food outlets violate regulations
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has flagged more than 90 food establishments for various operational violations, issuing warnings, condemnation orders, and fines following a series of recent inspectio...Published: 20 Jul 2025 at 09:19hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Transport Ministry publishes tender awards
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development this week published its first quarter notice of tender awards, outlining contracts awarded for road maintenance, construction works, equipment...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 14:48hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Woman stealing US$24,000 after armed robbery at workplace
A 35-year-old Bulawayo woman, Nothando Banana, has been sentenced to an effective six years in prison after she took advantage of an armed robbery at her workplace to steal US$24,400 in company funds....Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 13:10hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi doorsteps Ramaphosa over denied health services
Matabeleland-based secessionist political outfit, the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), on Friday petitioned South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, calling for urgent intervention to stop the barring ...Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 08:28hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
Fadzayi Mahere v Edmund Kudzayi - Plea to set aside proceedings
Return correspondence to the address on record (Ref: .H4531/22). High Court of Zimbabwe Civil Division Mapondera Building Corner 3rd Street & Samora Machel Aven...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 10:03hrs | 1262 | by Edmund Kudzayi
Zimbabwe's 2 rotten apples
One of life's greatest follies is assuming that what matters to us matters equally to others. That our fears are shared, our desires understood, our sense of decency mutual. Quite the contrary, realit...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 09:35hrs | 3042 | by Edmund Kudzayi
Students union in fresh row over suspensions at UZ
The Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) is once again at odds with university authorities, demanding the reinstatement of members suspended from state universities. The union has accused Midland...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 09:04hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Zida warns US$43,12m at stake in haulage, logistics industry
The Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (Zida) has raised alarm over the potential loss of US$43.12 million in foreign investment in the haulage and logistics sector, following the implementati...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 08:52hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Popular liquor chain closure linked to Zanu-PF wars
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has declined to comment on the abrupt closure of a popular liquor retail chain in Harare owned by a senior Zanu-PF youth leader, sparking a flurry of speculation...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 08:48hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
CZR calls for crackdown on rampant sale of counterfeit electronics
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has raised alarm over the growing sale of counterfeit and fraudulently marketed electronic goods across the country, calling for an urgent multi-agency la...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 14:31hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Zinasu condemns 'illegal and undemocratic' expulsions of students
The Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) has condemned what it describes as an orchestrated assault on student activism, following a spate of suspensions and expulsions at major state universitie...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 12:07hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
ZimStat boss anti-graft trial opens
The high-profile anti-corruption case involving Naomi Wekwete, chairperson of the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) board, finally opened in Harare yesterday. Wekwete pleaded not guilty to...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 08:03hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Health Director's corruption case flops
The much-anticipated trial of Portia Manangazira, Health Director responsible for planning, coordination, and management of health programs at the Ministry of Health and Child Care, once again failed ...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 08:02hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei's risky play in Zimbabwe's Game of Thrones
Business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei's dramatic ejection from Zanu-PF's 126th Ordinary Session of the Central Committee has thrown a harsh spotlight on the formidable political headwinds he faces as he...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 07:57hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
UZ suspends student for breaching Ordinance 30
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has indefinitely suspended a final-year student from the Faculty of Business Management Sciences and Economics, accusing him of leading an unlawful protest on campus la...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 23:34hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
ZRP bans officers from kombi business
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has imposed an immediate ban on all its officers from participating in the passenger transport sector, following a damning internal inquiry that revealed rampant mis...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 19:14hrs | 1772 | by Staff reporter
Security firm sues +HIV ex-employee
Seasec Security Company has filed a US$16,000 defamation lawsuit against a former female employee who accused the company of firing her due to her HIV-positive status. The company's secretary, Ms Prec...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 19:13hrs | 917 | by Staff reporter
Madhadha closure, Zanu PF Manicaland factional fights turns nasty
Zanu PF Manicaland factional wars have spilt into business, with companies owned by some members close to Sports Minister Anselem Sanyatwe being targeted over allegations of backing Vice-President Con...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 17:18hrs | 1088 | by Staff Reporter
Securico ordered to pay mine US$675,000 over gold bullion heist
Security firm DDNS Security Operations, trading as Securico, has been ordered by the High Court to pay US$675,000 to How Mine after it lost nearly 12 kilograms of gold bullion in an armed robbery whil...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 14:35hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Ousted NSSA boss tags Mnangagwa in letter blasting ministerial move
Emmanuel Fundira, the recently dismissed chairperson of the National Social Security Authority (Nssa), has mounted a bold legal challenge against his abrupt termination, casting a spotlight on governa...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 12:29hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Scammers breach CVR database
A sophisticated scam targeting newly licensed drivers has rocked Zimbabwe's Central Vehicle Registry (CVR), with fraudsters allegedly breaching the agency's database and sending fake messages demandin...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 19:16hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter
German firm wins Zimbabwe trademark dispute
German pharmaceutical giant Bayer Aktiengesellschaft has emerged victorious in a landmark trademark dispute after the High Court of Zimbabwe, sitting as the Intellectual Property Tribunal, ruled in it...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 09:22hrs | 4453 | by Staff reporter
'Unregistered pharmacies serious health threat'
A growing number of pharmacies in Bulawayo and the Matabeleland North and South provinces are reportedly operating without licenses from the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ), raising ala...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 09:21hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
No water from the tap. They're asked to pay a tax anyway
HARARE, ZIMBABWE - The cholera outbreak that swept through Zimbabwe in 2008-2009 killed more than 4,000 people and sickened nearly 100,000. Parts of Harare and its surrounding suburbs were especially ...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 10:02hrs | 448 | by Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe
Mliswa fired as CP Chemicals Chair
Outspoken politician and businessman Temba Mliswa has been dismissed from his roles as Director and Chairperson of CP Chemicals (Private) Limited with immediate effect, amid serious allegations of mis...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 18:21hrs | 2181 | by Staff reporter
Potraz certifies 700 data protection officers
In a parallel development focused on digital regulation, the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has announced that over 700 data protection officers (DPOs) have be...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 17:20hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
There's nothing visionary about a president who only acts after public pressure
It is hardly praiseworthy for a father to feed his family only after their cries of hunger grow too loud to ignore.I was watching a news report on the state broadcaster this evening, and by th...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 11:05hrs | 332 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Dynamos second from bottom after ZPC Kariba draw
Dynamos' nightmare 2025 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League campaign deepened yesterday after they were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw by ZPC Kariba, a result that leaves the Harare giants languishing ...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 19:03hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Harare company director dupes Chinese investors
A local businesswoman, Lilian Nyamasoka, is now a fugitive from justice after a Harare magistrate issued a warrant for her arrest on Thursday for failing to appear in court to answer to two counts of ...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:03hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Harare company director dupes Chinese investors
A local businesswoman, Lilian Nyamasoka, is now a fugitive from justice after a Harare magistrate issued a warrant for her arrest on Thursday for failing to appear in court to answer to two counts of ...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:03hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe among most targeted in cyber attacks
Zimbabwe is increasingly becoming a hotspot for cyberattacks, with experts warning of rising threats to data security and urging urgent action to strengthen the country's digital defences.Spea...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:27hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Armed trio escapes with over US$500,000 in daring Bulawayo mine heist
Three suspected armed robbers carried out a daring heist at the Old Nic Mine in Killarney, Bulawayo, on Wednesday, making off with over US$500,000 in cash.The robbery took place shortly before...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 10:39hrs | 1849 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's lawyer threatens legal action over SDA pulpit 'desecration'
Prominent lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu has demanded a formal apology and disciplinary action from the leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Zimbabwe following an incident he has described...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 17:24hrs | 1468 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo exposed as the beneficiary of cancer machine contract
Embattled businessman and ZANU PF-linked tenderpreneur Wicknell Chivayo has been exposed as the beneficiary of a staggering US$437 million government contract for the supply of cancer treatment equipm...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 13:15hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fake ID syndicate busted
Two men who operated a fake identity card manufacturing scheme from inside a government registry office in Bulawayo have been jailed following a sensational exposé and police crackdown.Brian ...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 12:37hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Fuel tanker leaks thousands of litres near Umguza river
A potentially devastating catastrophe was narrowly avoided on Saturday when a fuel tanker carrying 37,000 litres of petrol and diesel was involved in a road accident along the Bulawayo-Harare Highway,...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:07hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Even the government's own excuses prove it's to blame for drug shortages in hospitals
When incompetence runs deep, even your excuses end up exposing you. The recent state-sanctioned explanation in The Sunday Mail on why public hospitals in Zimbabwe are running out of basic...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 11:12hrs | 164 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Police officers jailed for receiving bribes at roadblock
Two Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers, Dennis Takudzwa Chivaku and Sharon Madondo, have been convicted of criminal abuse of duty and sentenced to imprisonment. This week, Harare Magistrates Cour...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:49hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teachers take salary dispute to ILO
Zimbabwean teachers have escalated their long-standing labour dispute with the government to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), citing deteriorating working conditions, low pay, and continue...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 19:15hrs | 3580 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi to stand trial from prison after bail revoked
Former Cabinet minister Walter Mzembi will face trial from behind bars after a Harare magistrate revoked his bail on Monday, ruling that the ex-diplomat had wilfully defaulted court proceedings in 201...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 17:22hrs | 808 | by Staff reporter
Family of torture victim to sue Zimbabwe police
The grieving family of Blessed Believe Juruvenge, who died after allegedly being tortured by a police officer at Ruwa Police Station, has formally notified authorities of their intention to sue for da...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 08:06hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
New Zimsec Bill proposes stiff penalties for exam cheats
Examination candidates caught cheating or engaging in other malpractices could face up to five years' imprisonment under the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Amendment Bill recently gazet...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:34hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi seeks cancellation of arrest warrants on medical grounds
Former Foreign Affairs and Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi appeared before Harare regional magistrate Donald Ndirowei yesterday, requesting the cancellation of three outstanding warrants of arrest on t...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:29hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe human rights violations in decline by 10%
The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has reported a slight improvement in the country's human rights situation, noting a 10 percent decrease in violations during May 2025 compared to the previous month....Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:04hrs | 79 | by Staff reporter
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