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ZACC disowns highway anti-smuggling operation
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has strongly denied any involvement in a reported anti-smuggling operation allegedly being carried out by individuals posing as its officials on major hi...Published: 14 hrs ago | 745 | by Staff reporter
MPs refuse to 'protect and secure' Mnangagwa's Belarus deals
President Emmerson Mnangagwa presided over the signing of several Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the Belarusian government in Minsk on Tuesday, but back home, opposition legislators blocked th...Published: 17 hrs ago | 814 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani project 72% amid concerns over slow progress
The long-awaited Gwayi-Shangani Dam, a cornerstone project of the Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project, is now 72% complete, showing only a modest 2% progress since October 2024. The slow pace has drawn...Published: 21 hrs ago | 323 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga, HStv cases merged
The trial of journalist Blessed Mhlanga and Heart & Soul TV (HStv) will now proceed as a joint matter after the Harare Magistrates Court ruled in favor of the State's application to merge the two ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 301 | by Staff reporter
Alleged drug dealer seeks investigation findings
Tyron Pigors Siegfried, a suspected drug dealer arrested for illegal possession of 1.6 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine valued at approximately US$6,000, has filed a court application demanding ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 140 | by Staff reporter
Wheat progress in Midlands province
Farmers in Zimbabwe's Midlands Province have made impressive strides in the ongoing 2025 winter wheat planting season, with over 1,000 hectares already sown and approximately 800 hectares having germi...Published: 21 hrs ago | 34 | by Staff reporter
Councils dismiss bedbug social media reports
Three local authorities in Zimbabwe's Midlands Province - Redcliff Municipality, Kwekwe City Council, and Gweru City Council - have dismissed recent social media reports alleging a bedbug (insikizi/ts...Published: 21 hrs ago | 88 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe eyes regional manufacturing hub status
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for the swift implementation of agreements between Zimbabwe and Belarus, as he concluded a successful State visit to the East European nation, highlighting Hara...Published: 22 hrs ago | 57 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt abolishes midwifery practice requirement
The Government has scrapped the mandatory two-year post-qualification practice period for registered nurses seeking to enrol in midwifery training programmes, a move set to create more opportunities a...Published: 22 hrs ago | 154 | by Staff reporter
Fresh Harare demolitions loom
Harare City Council has confirmed that a document currently circulating on social media suggesting impending demolitions of illegal structures is still under internal review and has not yet been adopt...Published: 22 hrs ago | 140 | by Staff reporter
FBC blames tight policy for choking transaction volumes
Financial services giant FBC Bank has attributed a sharp decline in transaction volumes to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) continued tight monetary policy, which it says has squeezed liquidity an...Published: 22 hrs ago | 44 | by Staff reporter
Supreme court strikes Tshabangu, Parliament speaker's appeal off the roll
The Supreme Court has struck off the roll appeals filed by self-styled Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu and the Speaker of the National Assembly, who wer...Published: 22 hrs ago | 143 | by Staff reporter
Men be fit in bed to avoid infidelity - says Reverend
The President of Destiny Africa Network, Pastor Reverend Obedia Musindo, has sensationally claimed that men should be fit to satisfy their women in bed to avoid infidelity in the society.Pasto...Published: 15 May 2025 at 17:48hrs | 1796 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Innovate Bulawayo: City Council Calls for Collaboration
The Bulawayo City Council recently concluded the Research and Innovation Seminar, which brought together stakeholders to discuss the role of innovation in driving sustainable urban transformation. ...Published: 15 May 2025 at 16:10hrs | 194 | by Stephen Jakes
A letter to Sengezo Tshabangu
Dear cousin Sengezo Tshabangu,I need to explain why I address you as Mzala. Bulawayo is a village, I am sure you could be related to my cousins, Nomusa and Fikile Tshabangu: daughters of Aunt ...Published: 15 May 2025 at 15:59hrs | 1138 | by Nomazulu Thata
Tshabangu wins Supreme Court battle
The Supreme Court has overturned a High Court ruling that had nullified the controversial changes to the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s parliamentary leadership made by self-proclaimed party se...Published: 15 May 2025 at 15:26hrs | 2239 | by Staff reporter
Litter bin shortage hits Bulawayo
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has sounded the alarm over a severe shortage of litter bins across the city, warning that the scarcity is contributing to rampant littering and deteriorating waste mana...Published: 15 May 2025 at 14:47hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA suspends 3 referees over poor match performances
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has suspended three Premier Soccer League match officials for what it described as substandard officiating in recent top-flight matches.In a rare publi...Published: 15 May 2025 at 14:46hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
ZIMSEC set exams on a holiday
The Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) is in a race against time to notify candidates sitting for the mid-year Ordinary Level examinations about a sudden change in the exam schedule after t...Published: 15 May 2025 at 14:12hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
High Court grants bail to 89 March 31 'protesters'
The High Court has granted bail to 89 individuals who were arrested on March 31 during anti-government protests, ending a month-and-a-half-long incarceration after they were initially denied bail by a...Published: 15 May 2025 at 14:11hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious Fire at house of a Johane Masowe member
A mysterious fire has been burning in the home of a Johane Masowe Apostolic Church member in Chegutu since last Thursday, leaving residents puzzled and prompting an appeal for assistance from spiritua...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:43hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter
Illegal miners threaten Gwanda State University's land
The Portfolio Committee on Higher and Tertiary Education has expressed serious concerns over the illegal occupation of Gwanda State University's land by unauthorized miners. The committee's worries em...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:33hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Man avoids prison sentence for 'borrowing' bike
A 22-year-old Zambian man, Sure Munengo, narrowly avoided a custodial sentence after receiving a wholly suspended one-month prison term for using a bicycle without the owner's consent. Munengo, from M...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:32hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
State assisted funeral for late Alfred Nikita Mangena's widow
The Government has accorded a state-assisted funeral to the late Sikhubekiso Madeya Mangena, widow of national hero and former commander of the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra), Rodgers Al...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:24hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe steps up domestic HIV/Aids funding drive
The Government of Zimbabwe is intensifying efforts to mobilize domestic resources to sustain HIV and AIDS prevention programs following significant cuts in international funding, Health and Child Care...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:22hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
Judgment date set for Mpilo fake doctor
Bulawayo magistrate Mrs. Eva Matura has scheduled May 30 for delivering judgment in the case of Prosper Vanhuvaone, a 29-year-old man charged with fraud for allegedly impersonating a medical doctor at...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:20hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt owes Zisco pensioners US$38 million
The Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion is reportedly in arrears of US$38.7 million owed to former ZiscoSteel workers, according to a damning report by Parliament's Port...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:17hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga trial stalls
The trial of Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist Blessed Mhlanga and Heart & Soul TV (HStv) failed to kick off at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday after the State made a last-minute bid to...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:15hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Lusengo's surname will cost him at Dembare
A faction of disgruntled Dynamos Football Club supporters has called for a boycott of all home matches, starting with this Sunday's highly anticipated Harare Derby against arch-rivals Caps United, in ...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:14hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
ZACC raises red flag over rampant corruption in schools
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has sounded the alarm over a surge in cases of financial misconduct in schools, implicating school heads and School Development Committee (SDC) chairpers...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:12hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
CCC factions reject Tshabangu's GNU with Zanu-PF
Deepening divisions within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have erupted over a controversial proposal by self-proclaimed secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu to extend President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:08hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo tops crime charts amid surge in daylight robberies
Bulawayo residents have raised alarm over a growing wave of daylight robberies, as new crime statistics reveal the city now leads the country in reported criminal activity.Victims and eyewitne...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:04hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean villagers climb mountains to make phone calls
Villagers in Nekavandama, Ward 12 of Hwange District, are enduring extreme hardships to access mobile phone network coverage, often scaling mountains and climbing trees in areas infested with wild ani...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:02hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
University students urged to drive innovation
Masvingo Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister, Ezra Chadzamira, has called on university students to embrace innovation and transform research into viable business ventures that can drive Zimbab...Published: 15 May 2025 at 08:59hrs | 43 | by Staff reporter
Is the Trabablas Interchange a monument to Zimbabwe's misplaced priorities and corruption?
Is Zimbabwe's so-called ‘spaghetti road' just another highway to corruption?The recent announcement by Zimbabwe's Ministry of Transport that the long-awaited Mbudzi Interchange - now curious...Published: 15 May 2025 at 08:08hrs | 294 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The war in Sudan is still happening and the world has moved on
Somewhere between the latest tech layoffs, celebrity gossip, and viral TikToks about how to season your trauma with lavender oil and affirmations, a war is still raging in Sudan. Yes, still. Not metap...Published: 14 May 2025 at 23:00hrs | 335 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Midnight Rapist Caught in the Act
Mount Darwin - A suspected rapist was caught in the act by the victim's mother during a midnight attack on May 11.Trust Miriki (28) was apprehended by local villagers after the victim's mother...Published: 14 May 2025 at 21:39hrs | 1663 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe land reform scam - 13 years after the genocide in Matebeleland and Midlands
This article intends to capture the poignant moment when Zanu began its unpunished abuse of public office soon after Zimbabwe's independence.All along Zanu felt a false sense of achievement in...Published: 14 May 2025 at 21:00hrs | 312 | by Moses Mzila Nkalange (Ndlovu)
BREAKING: Mawarire says Mnangagwa now part of the criminals
Jealousy Mawarire, former spokesperson to the late President Robert Mugabe, has launched a blistering attack on President Emmerson Mnangagwa, accusing him of surrendering executive power to a clique o...Published: 14 May 2025 at 19:13hrs | 3577 | by Staff reporter
Battle over new NSSA boss intensifies
The fight to appoint a new general manager for Zimbabwe's US$1.2 billion National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has descended into a chaotic and politically charged standoff, marked by corruption a...Published: 14 May 2025 at 15:35hrs | 1221 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos supporters call for boycott of matches
In a bold and impassioned statement, the Dynamos Football Club Supporters Association Harare Chapter, self-described as "The Mother of All Chapters," has announced a boycott of all home matches, citin...Published: 14 May 2025 at 15:24hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
Bekithemba 'SaMaNdloe' Ndlovu takes over at Bulawayo Chiefs
Bulawayo Chiefs Football Club has announced the resignation of head coach Maxwell Takaendesa Jongwe, who has stepped down to focus on his family commitments in Harare.In a statement released b...Published: 14 May 2025 at 15:05hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
$5 bribe cops' trial opens
Five Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers appeared in court yesterday as their trial opened over allegations that they accepted a US$5 bribe from a truck driver during an anti-sand poaching operati...Published: 14 May 2025 at 12:49hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa pledges to overhaul Zimbabwe's public healthcare system
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has pledged to overhaul Zimbabwe's crumbling public healthcare system, describing it as a "leadership task" that demands urgent and visionary intervention to save live...Published: 14 May 2025 at 12:27hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Train collides with ZRP vehicle
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) vehicle was severely damaged in Gweru today after it was struck by a train at a level crossing, in an incident that has raised renewed concerns over road safety awaren...Published: 14 May 2025 at 10:15hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
Mbare Musika model to go national
The government has announced plans to replicate the modern Mbare Musika Traders Market model across Zimbabwe's 10 provinces as part of a nationwide initiative to provide safer and more dignified vendi...Published: 14 May 2025 at 08:49hrs | 564 | by Staff reporter
5 women fined for running a brothel in Harare
Five women who operated a brothel under the guise of a massage parlour have been convicted and fined by the Harare Magistrates Court, with each receiving a suspended prison sentence for their roles in...Published: 14 May 2025 at 08:46hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
Guvamatanga denies snubbing Parliament
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development George Guvamatanga has refuted claims that he is avoiding appearing before Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to expla...Published: 13 May 2025 at 19:39hrs | 1050 | by Staff reporter
Moses Mpofu's fraud charges mount
It never rains but pours for embattled Harare businessman Moses Mpofu, who now finds himself entangled in a growing web of criminal allegations, many of which are being linked to his bitter fallout wi...Published: 13 May 2025 at 19:37hrs | 3093 | by Staff reporter
Land earmarked for public schools sold to land barons
Residents of Eastview and Caledonia in Harare have called for an urgent investigation into the alleged illegal sale of State land, initially earmarked for the construction of a public school, to a pri...Published: 13 May 2025 at 18:29hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
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