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Health officials stuck in 4-year court limbo
Three former senior officials at Masvingo Provincial Hospital remain trapped in a legal battle that has dragged on for four years, highlighting long-standing concerns about Zimbabwe's sluggish justice...Published: 02 Sep 2025 at 05:55hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Motorists hails Zinara
Motorists across the country benefited from promotions rolled out by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) during the recently concluded Zimbabwe Agricultural Show.As part of the ...Published: 01 Sep 2025 at 11:52hrs | 1497 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Milton High teacher acquitted of sodomy charges
A male teacher at Milton High School in Bulawayo has been acquitted of all charges relating to alleged improper conduct with learners at the boys-only school.Bulawayo magistrate Beverly Madzik...Published: 28 Aug 2025 at 22:32hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe activists acquitted after year-long trial
A Harare magistrate has acquitted human rights activists Robson Chere, Namatai Kwekweza, and Samuel Gwenzi of disorderly conduct, bringing to an end a year-long trial that drew criticism from rights g...Published: 21 Aug 2025 at 08:47hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
EMA orders halt of cement plant over violations
The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has ordered Wih-Zim Cement to immediately stop construction of its Magunje plant after inspectors found the company violated Environmental Impact Assessment (...Published: 21 Aug 2025 at 08:29hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo deputy mayor cleared of bribe allegations
Bulawayo's deputy mayor, Edwin Ndlovu, was acquitted on Wednesday of corruption charges linked to a proposed cement plant investment, bringing to an end months of court proceedings that had placed him...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 11:50hrs | 340 | by Mandla Moyo
Man acquitted of dagga possession charges
A 33-year-old man accused of possessing 53 sachets of dagga has been acquitted after a court ruled that there was insufficient evidence linking him to the drugs.Western Commonage Magistrate Mr...Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 18:55hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Rand manipulators taken to ConCourt
The Constitutional Court will hear the Competition Commission's bid to overturn a ruling that cleared major banks of wrongdoing in a decade-long rand manipulation case. The proceedings are scheduled f...Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 11:04hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
BCC raises US$3,500 from environment violation fines
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has collected just over US$3,500 in environmental violation fines since January this year, despite escalating cases of illegal gold panning, sand poaching, wood harvesting,...Published: 18 Aug 2025 at 08:38hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Caf expert impressed by progress at Magaya's stadium
Caf stadium expert Muhammad Feizal Sidat has expressed satisfaction with the progress being made at Chahwanda Stadium, saying the facility is firmly on track to meet the requirements for Category 2 ma...Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 15:30hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs patron for speaking to his bartender ex-wife
A Heroes' Day celebration in Chiredzi ended in tragedy after a violent incident at Farai Bar in Tshovani on Monday evening left a young man dead.Cornelius Garawaziva, 20, was fatally stabbed o...Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 13:34hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
Teen cleared after nightclub stabbing incident
A 19-year-old Mashava man, Collen Majoni, has been acquitted of murder charges after a sex worker used a knife he had provided to fatally stab a patron at Legacy Night Club.Majoni appeared bef...Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 13:34hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Joel Luphahla eyes Caf Champions League group stages
SIMBA Bhora coach Joel Luphahla has expressed satisfaction with his team's draw in the upcoming Caf Champions League, where they will face Eswatini's Nsingizini Hotspurs in the preliminary round....Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 11:44hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges ZDF to confront emerging security threats
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) to broaden their operational scope beyond traditional military defence to address evolving security challenges, including c...Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 09:15hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
2 dead, 2 injured in fiery Plumtree road crash
Two people lost their lives and two others sustained serious injuries in a horrific early morning crash on Monday involving a Botswana-registered haulage truck and a Honda Fit along Plumtree Road, jus...Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 19:35hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
NSS clearance delay persists
Zimbabwe's hopes of hosting the Warriors and CAF Champions League representatives Simba Bhora on home soil have been dealt another setback after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) clarified t...Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 08:33hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Legal clerk in impersonation storm
A legal clerk with Munangati and Associates, Adiel Shingai Mushore, appeared in court over the weekend charged with impersonating a police detective in an alleged scam targeting a commuter omnibus ope...Published: 11 Aug 2025 at 08:46hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Woman chops own mum with machete
A 30-YEAR-OLD woman from Ntabazinduna hacked her mother with a machete after a bitter row over a child's birth certificate.Aydah Tshuma flew off the handle on 4 July after her mother, Reginah ...Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 13:23hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF propaganda stormtroopers raise alarm over infiltration, impostors
The ZANU-PF party's Mashonaland East social media propaganda unit under Varakashi4ED stormtroopers banner has raised alarm over infiltration by greedy political impostors, declaring that the character...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 16:17hrs | 250 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Marondera
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 | 267 | by Staff reporter
Police shut down men's wellness Conference in Kadoma
A men's conference aimed at raising awareness on prostate cancer and wellness was abruptly shut down by an anti-riot police unit in Kadoma on Saturday, in a move that has triggered strong condemnation...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 11:25hrs | 868 | by Staff reporter
Harare drug kingpin convicted over 175kg of cannabis
Notorious drug trafficker Ali Allan Mamudu (55), who was found in possession of a trailer-load of 175kg of mbanje smuggled from Eswatini and headed for Malawi via Zimbabwe, has been convicted and is a...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 15:12hrs | 485 | 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
Murdered taxi driver's family demands death sentence for ex-wife
Grief has turned into fury for the family of murdered taxi driver Aleck Sinoia, who believe his ex-wife, Apirizi Sekai, masterminded his gruesome killing. The emotional toll of the tragedy was laid ba...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 11:24hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Pirate taxis resurface at Harare City Council offices
Pirate taxis, commonly known as mushikashika, have resurfaced at an illegal rank along Leopold Takawira Street in Harare's central business district (CBD), operating openly just metres from municipal ...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 19:42hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
CCC councillors snub Tshabangu
Councillors from the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) in Chinhoyi largely boycotted a meeting convened last week by the party's self-proclaimed secretary-general, Sengezo Tshabangu, amid deep factio...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:17hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Harare plunged into darkness as Zesa switches off tower lights
Harare's last remaining tower lights were switched off this week, plunging Zimbabwe's capital further into darkness - a stark metaphor for the city's deepening governance crisis and financial dysfunct...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 14:46hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
US deports five 'barbaric' migrants to Eswatini
The US has deported five people who it described as "criminal illegal aliens" to the southern African kingdom of Eswatini.On board the flight were five deportees from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, C...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 21:11hrs | 991 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge clearing agent's vehicle import scam trial postponed again
The trial of Evans Nzara (28), a Beitbridge-based customs clearing agent accused of defrauding a Harare civil servant of US$15,700 in a botched vehicle import deal, has been postponed to August 7 afte...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 19:12hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Court ruling reopens Norton land dispute
A protracted legal battle over land rights in Norton has been reignited after the High Court ordered the reinstatement of a previously dismissed case between two rival property development companies l...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 07:40hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt racks US$3m from nurses, blocks their diaspora dreams
The government is facing sharp criticism for withholding crucial verification letters from thousands of Zimbabwean nurses seeking to work abroad, despite collecting more than US$3.6 million from healt...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:31hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Zacc raises red flag over corruption in shipping and forwarding sector
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has raised alarm over a growing number of corruption cases linked to the shipping and forwarding of goods, warning that such practices are costing the co...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 18:32hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Bosso hopeful over Chihweta
Highlanders attacking midfielder Mafios "Junior" Chihweta faces a late fitness test ahead of their crucial Castle Lager Premier Soccer League clash against GreenFuel at Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 18:08hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
X-rated confession: What were Mai Jeremaya and DJ Ollah 7 thinking?
There has been widespread outrage across social media, on the streets of Harare, and various public forums following an X-rated podcast episode aired on Tuesday featuring DJ Ollah 7 and Mai Jeremaya. ...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 09:07hrs | 1715 | by Staff reporter
AMH Crisis Rages On: Journalists humiliated as marketing and distribution staff treated better
The crisis at Zimbabwe's leading privately owned media house, Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), continues to deepen, with journalists bearing the brunt of the company's financial turmoil.Only editor...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 14:04hrs | 580 | by Staff Reporter
PHOTOS: Mzansi Express bus crash in Musina claims lives
A devastating road accident early Tuesday morning has claimed multiple lives after a Mzansi Express bus traveling from Johannesburg to Zimbabwe was involved in a horrific crash in Musina, Limpopo Prov...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 07:58hrs | 3551 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders' goal drought continues
Kwekwe United 0-0 HighlandersHighlanders' goal drought stretched to a third consecutive game on Sunday as they were held to a goalless draw by bottom-placed Kwekwe United in a Castle Lager Premier...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 09:10hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei blundered, says Mutsvangwa
Business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei's presence at a recent Zanu-PF central committee meeting has been described as a violation of the party's constitution, potentially complicating his swift rise into...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:15hrs | 1233 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei sparks Zanu-PF factional tensions
Business mogul Kudakwashe Tagwirei's bid to join Zanu-PF's powerful Central Committee has stirred controversy within the ruling party, with senior officials declaring his recent attendance at a party ...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:01hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
CEO acquitted of criminal abuse of duty
Zvimba Rural District Council (RDC) chief executive officer, Enias Chidhakwa, has been acquitted of criminal abuse of office charges after the Harare Magistrates' Court found no evidence of wrongdoing...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 10:21hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe pays $1mn to rejoin GDSs
Air Zimbabwe has settled more than US$1 million in outstanding debts to key international service providers, a development that paves the way for its reintegration into global ticketing and code-shari...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 12:56hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Mutare unveils ambitious water project
The City of Mutare is set to establish a wholly council-owned water utility company aimed at improving service delivery, addressing decades-old infrastructure challenges, and ensuring a sustainable an...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 12:35hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Dr Malusi Gigaba has completed his PhD
Former finance minister Knowledge Malusi Nkanyeni Gigaba has achieved a significant academic milestone by completing his PhD at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), with his graduation confirmed for 2...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 10:57hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Ministry fails to pay US$180 000 CDU workshop allowances to teachers
Nearly a year after hosting nationwide syllabus review workshops, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE) is yet to pay over US$180,000 owed to participants, sparking outrage among edu...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 12:03hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Edgar Lungu: untidy facts surrounding his burial place?
The death of former President of Zambia, Advocate Lungu is opening a can of worms. How did he get a Zimbabwean diplomatic green passport from Zimbabwe. This question must be asked by Zimbabweans too, ...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 10:17hrs | 1586 | by Nomazulu Thata
Pervert uncle jumps from 3rd Floor in wild suicide bid
In a jaw-dropping courtroom spectacle, a 38-year-old man convicted of attempted rape shocked onlookers at the Bulawayo Magistrates' Court on Thursday by hurling himself from the third floor in a despe...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 15:02hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road reconstruction begins
The Government has launched the long-anticipated reconstruction of the 435-kilometre Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road, a vital economic and tourism corridor, with expectations that the project will create...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 09:05hrs | 10030 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's online visa system now fully operational
Zimbabwe's Online Border Management System (OBMS) is now fully operational, ushering in a new era of digitised immigration services that allow travellers to apply for visas and complete border formali...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 17:12hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
MWOS' invincibility crumbles at Baobab
The fairytale debut campaign of MWOS in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League came to a dramatic end on Saturday as the newly promoted side suffered a 3-1 defeat to a motivated Ngezi Platinum Stars. ...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 10:54hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
ZIMRA waives fines for undeclared vehicles
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has rolled out a special moratorium inviting individuals, companies, and organisations in possession of improperly cleared motor vehicles to regularise their imp...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 10:23hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
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