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1.5 million people are homeless in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has renewed its call for the repeal of the colonial-era Vagrancy Act, arguing that the law unjustly criminalises homelessness and continues to infring...Published: 12 hrs ago | 82 | by Staff reporter
US$1 000 bounty for wanted Chitungwiza fraudster
Police have launched a manhunt for David Matanda, who is wanted in connection with a fraud case currently under investigation by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Commercial Crimes Division...Published: 18 hrs ago | 433 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza continues to battle with sewer challenges
Perennial sewer problems remain one of the most pressing challenges facing Chitungwiza Municipality, although the local authority has recorded some improvements in certain areas, ...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:45hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter
Storm brews over 1 000ha Mashonaland farm
A storm is brewing in Zimbabwe's agricultural sector after the government allocated a farm to businessman Billy Rautenbach, displacing farmers who had been allocated and developed...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:40hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe man kills self after losing $500 bet on Manchester City
While millions around the world celebrated the excitement of the ongoing FIFA Club World Cup in America, a quiet tragedy unfolded in Kuwadzana, Harare, as Taurai Manyepo (34), a passionate football be...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:20hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed three years for robbing EcoCash agent
A 29-year-old man from Chitungwiza, Providence Shumba, has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for robbing an EcoCash agent and her friend of US$2,340 in cash and goods, threateni...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:17hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
MP embroiled in Chitungwiza land dispute
A resident of Manyame Park, Loverjoy Chogugudza, has lodged a formal complaint with the Municipality of Chitungwiza accusing St Mary's Member of Parliament Brighton Mazhindu of corruption, abuse of of...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 14:31hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
No more free water across Zimbabwe
The Government of Zimbabwe is set to begin the nationwide rollout of prepaid water meters in a landmark move aimed at improving water management, curbing wastage, and enhancing revenue collection. The...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 09:38hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Mai Jeremaya bombarded 'lover' with text messages
Social media personality Mai Jeremaya is back in the spotlight just days after a Harare court ruled she was a willing participant in a sex-for-money encounter, which formed the basis of a rape case ag...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 17:16hrs | 1178 | by Staff reporter
Police arrests 12 in Harare car theft and robbery crackdown
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested 12 suspects linked to a string of car thefts and violent robberies that have gripped Harare and surrounding suburbs in recent weeks, in a major operatio...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 18:19hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Residents cry out over escalating sewage crisis
Residents of Chitungwiza have voiced growing frustration and alarm over the local authority's continued failure to resolve the town's worsening sewage crisis, which they say poses a serious threat to ...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:21hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
Seh Calaz to launch much-anticipated album
Zimdancehall star Seh Calaz, real name Tawanda Mumanyi, is gearing up for the launch of his latest album, Noah, in what promises to be a landmark event on Zimbabwe's music calendar. The launch, organi...Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 14:53hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
Robbery cases increasing across Zimbabwe
A surge in violent armed robberies has gripped Zimbabwe, with police confirming two major heists in Mt Darwin and Bulawayo that have left authorities scrambling to track down suspects behind the braze...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 18:22hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Woman dies after swallowing drugs during police arrest in Harare
A 55-year-old woman, Josephine Tinarwo, died on Thursday after swallowing a large quantity of drugs she was attempting to deliver to another peddler, only to fall into a police trap, authorities have ...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:51hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
CID boss assaulted, robbed of service pistol
The head of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) homicide division in Harare, Superintendent Alexandra Jachi, was violently assaulted and robbed of US$140 and his service pistol in a shocking ...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 06:20hrs | 1379 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man uses live snake to scare and rape woman
A 25-year-old man from Chitungwiza has been arrested for allegedly raping a 23-year-old woman multiple times while threatening her with a live snake, a lizard, and alleged ritualistic paraphernalia, p...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 07:13hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
St Paul's Musami turned into referral hospital
St Paul's Musami Hospital, a Catholic Church-run health facility in Murewa West, has officially attained referral hospital status and is already conducting major surgical procedures, in what local aut...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:31hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's health system profits from the dead
Blessing Mucharambei's uncle was just having lunch when he stood up, then collapsed. "[He] started bleeding from the nose," she says, "and died on the spot."As far as his family knew, he had no he...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 08:03hrs | 352 | by Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe
Mum hangs self after killing 2 kids
A wave of shock and horror has swept through Besa Village after a young mother and her two young children were found dead in a suspected double child murder followed by suicide, in a chilling incident...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:18hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
3 suspects arrested after high-speed chase
A major police operation in Headlands last week culminated in the arrest of three suspected copper cable thieves and the seizure of two vehicles, including a Toyota GD6 truck loaded with stolen cables...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:19hrs | 826 | by Staff reporter
3 women flee sangoma's shrine naked
Three women from Chitungwiza fled in a state of undress from a sangoma's shrine in Goromonzi on Saturday after a disturbing cleansing ceremony left them frightened and confused.Pamela Bako, Sh...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:17hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
3 arrested in connection with copper cable theft
In a separate incident, Zimbabwe Republic Police arrested three individuals on Monday over the theft of copper cables belonging to the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA).The suspects...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:03hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Student nurses use fake O-Level certificates to enrol at Chitungwiza Hospital
Two student nurses enrolled at Chitungwiza Central Hospital have been exposed for using fake Ordinary Level certificates to gain admission into a nursing course. Paidamoyo Samantha Muchira and Makanak...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 18:54hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC presses on with prepaid street lighting
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has vowed to press ahead with its installation of smart prepaid meters for public lighting, despite complaints from local authori...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 09:10hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Zebra Kiss gang appears in court
Six employees of long-distance bus operator Zebra Kiss appeared before the Mbare Magistrates' Court on Tuesday facing assault and theft charges after allegedly launching a vicious attack on a female p...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 09:08hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
NetOne's unwavering commitment to a clean and healthy Zimbabwe
In a powerful display of corporate responsibility and national pride, NetOne, in partnership with POTRAZ, the Ministry of ICT, and the Harare City Council, led a highly successful nationwide clean-up ...Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 18:55hrs | 153 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe: A country where a Ferrari can't travel!
We live in a curious country.In traversing Zimbabwe's diverse and often rugged landscapes, one cannot help but notice the overwhelming presence of Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs). F...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 22:30hrs | 8662 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zesa blames councils for street light blackout
A wave of violent muggings has hit the cities of Bulawayo and Chitungwiza, plunging residents into fear and frustration as entire suburbs remain in darkness due to street light disconnections....Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:49hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe expands access to advanced surgeries
Zimbabwe's public health sector is making major strides in specialist healthcare provision, with the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals having successfully conducted 62 open-heart surgeries to date, whil...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:05hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promises 6 more interchanges in Harare
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has unveiled ambitious plans to expand Harare's road infrastructure, including the construction of multiple new interchanges and the introduction of smart traffic manageme...Published: 31 May 2025 at 14:00hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza Mayor vows to tackle sewer crisis
Chitungwiza Mayor Rosaria Mangoma has declared solving the town's long-standing sewerage problems as her legacy goal, as she rallies support under the African Mayoral Leadership Initiative (AMALI) to ...Published: 31 May 2025 at 13:42hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Former Chitungwiza deputy mayor's home bombed
The home of former Chitungwiza deputy mayor and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member Rangarirai Mutingwende was bombed late Thursday night, in what appears to be a politically motivated attack....Published: 30 May 2025 at 09:57hrs | 1384 | by Staff reporter
Trabablas Interchange opens today
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to officially open the Trabablas Interchange today, a major infrastructure project that replaces the notorious Mbudzi Roundabout, long known as a traffic bottleneck...Published: 30 May 2025 at 09:24hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Woman poisons hubby, drinks same poison
A 34-year-old woman from Waterfalls was arrested on Monday after allegedly poisoning the food she prepared for her husband, before swallowing the same poison herself.Abigail Mukono Rusape is a...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:59hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
MDC factions intensify battle over party properties
Rival factions within the fractured Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have reignited hostilities over control of the party's properties, chief among them the iconic Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) ...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:19hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza eyes growth with town expansion project
Chitungwiza is gearing up for a major transformation aimed at shedding its longstanding image as merely a dormitory town for Harare and emerging as a self-sustaining, resilient urban centre by the yea...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:34hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to officially open $88 million Trabablas Interchange
Zimbabwe is poised to celebrate a landmark achievement in its ambitious road infrastructure overhaul as the state-of-the-art Trabablas Interchange is set to officially open to traffic this Friday. The...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:12hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Lake Chivero water crisis deepens, cancer risk soars
Once a cherished symbol of Zimbabwe's natural heritage and a critical lifeline for the capital's water supply, Lake Chivero is now the epicenter of a deepening public health crisis, with new research ...Published: 22 May 2025 at 11:35hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Woman admits forging O-Level certificate to gain nurse training spot
A 29-year-old woman from Greendale, Harare, has pleaded guilty to forging an Ordinary Level certificate in a desperate attempt to secure a place in a nursing training programme.Tendai Florence...Published: 19 May 2025 at 09:24hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Prophetic rituals led to children's deaths and haunting by snake spirit
A 53-year-old woman from Hatcliffe, Harare, originally from Marembera in Uzumba, Murehwa, says two of her children mysteriously died after a prophet poured two buckets of water over her in a ritual me...Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:30hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Woman raped while praying at graveyard
Police are investigating two disturbing incidents that occurred over the weekend in Harare, involving the rape of a young married woman at a graveyard in Chitungwiza and the violent robbery of a Rusap...Published: 13 May 2025 at 10:04hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Body of toddler disappears at Chitungwiza central hospital
Officials at Chitungwiza Central Hospital have launched an internal investigation following the mysterious disappearance of the body of an eight-month-old baby, Emmanuel Charindapanze, who had been ta...Published: 12 May 2025 at 08:44hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Eat n Lick hits troubled times
Popular fast-food chain Eat n Lick is facing internal turmoil amid rising worker dissatisfaction over unpaid salaries and poor welfare conditions, raising questions over the company's aggressive expan...Published: 09 May 2025 at 16:09hrs | 1594 | by Staff reporter
Man regrets affair with 'married' woman
A 31-year-old man from Chitungwiza, Tatenda Makosa, says an affair with a woman he believed was married has turned his life into a legal nightmare - leading to arrests, time in jail, and a string of a...Published: 09 May 2025 at 10:57hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
Mystery surrounds 'haunted' bus
In the Chitungwiza area near a car repair garage at Chikwanha Shopping Centre, there is a parked bus that residents claim has not moved for several months - but has been displaying strange and mysteri...Published: 08 May 2025 at 12:19hrs | 2883 | by Staff reporter
Man fined for biting brother over US$30 dispute
A man from Chitungwiza was dragged to court after biting his younger brother's hand during a fight over US$30 that had been sent by their mother.Obrient Chirungwa (25) bit Dylan Tembo (22) on ...Published: 08 May 2025 at 12:14hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Teen jailed for stealing potatoes while high on marijuana
A 19-year-old boy from Unit J in Chitungwiza was recently jailed for a year after breaking into a neighbor's house and stealing a small pack of potatoes worth US$8, while smoking marijuana during the ...Published: 08 May 2025 at 12:13hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sued
Heal Zimbabwe Trust has filed a constitutional application against President Emmerson Mnangagwa, alleging that he violated principles of public procurement accountability by enacting a law that makes ...Published: 07 May 2025 at 09:40hrs | 3547 | by Staff reporter
Man attempts to kill cop
A 26-year-old man from Ziko Farm in Chitungwiza has been sentenced to five years in prison after he brutally assaulted a police officer during a violent incident at a nightclub.Wellington Moyo...Published: 04 May 2025 at 20:22hrs | 1124 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for attempting to kill cop
A Chitungwiza based man who severely assaulted a member of Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) at 007 Night Club in Glendale has been sentenced to ...Published: 02 May 2025 at 17:47hrs | 792 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
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