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Zimbabweans arrested in South Africa over R500,000 mbanje haul
South African police have arrested two Zimbabwean nationals in Thabazimbi, Limpopo Province, after intercepting a truck carrying a consignment of mbanje valued at nearly R500,000. The arrests, facilit...Published: 1 hr ago | 25 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police hunt for journalist Blessed Mhlanga
Zimbabwean police have launched a manhunt for senior journalist Blessed Mhlanga of Alpha Media Holdings, accusing him of distributing content deemed harmful to the state.National Police Spokes...Published: 21 Feb 2025 at 10:59hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Arrest of Blessed Geza wife
Zimbabwean police have detained Roseline Tawengwa, the wife of militant war veteran Blessed Geza, in an apparent bid to force the ex-combatant to surrender. Geza, who recently fled to South Africa, ha...Published: 21 Feb 2025 at 10:56hrs | 2084 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor arrested for stealing agricultural inputs
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested a Zanu-PF councillor and a Karoi-based police officer on allegations of stealing presidential agricultural inputs and Agriculture Rural Deve...Published: 20 Feb 2025 at 18:35hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu expelled from CCC
The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has expelled self-imposed secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu, deepening the party's internal turmoil.Tshabangu's ouster was announced by the...Published: 20 Feb 2025 at 05:08hrs | 2799 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala urges opposition to exploit Zanu-PF factional fights
Firebrand opposition politician and former MP Job Sikhala has called on opposition forces to take advantage of the growing tensions between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino ...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 10:59hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans arrested in SA with R500,000 dagga
Two Zimbabwean nationals have been arrested in South Africa's Limpopo Province after they were allegedly caught in possession of 148.5 kilograms of dagga, valued at nearly R500,000.The suspect...Published: 16 Feb 2025 at 07:45hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Mass NGO, CSO closures loom in Zimbabwe
The Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill, long criticized by rights activists and opposition groups as a tool to suppress dissent and shrink democratic space, has cleared the Senate an...Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 06:08hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Police to impound unregistered vehicles
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has issued a stern warning to motorists driving vehicles without registration plates, emphasizing that such vehicles will be impounded. The warning also applies to g...Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 07:26hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
Police name 17 drug barons arrested in nationwide crackdown
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has released the names of 17 drug barons and suppliers arrested across the country between January 8, 2025, and February 11, 2025, as part of an ongoing operation ta...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 16:36hrs | 1377 | by Staff reporter
Zimra raids smuggling points along Limpopo, destroys boats
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), in a groundbreaking drone-led operation, raided several smuggling points along the Limpopo River on Tuesday, confiscating and destroying boats used to illegally...Published: 11 Feb 2025 at 16:27hrs | 1119 | by Staff reporter
Zinara allocates measly ZiG62 million to Bulawayo
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has allocated a substantial budget of nearly ZiG62 million to the City of Bulawayo for its 2025 road rehabilitation programme.According to th...Published: 11 Feb 2025 at 13:19hrs | 1772 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean remanded in custody for smuggling R14 million cigarettes
A Zimbabwean truck driver, Jiant Janos Bimha (44), has been remanded in custody by the Musina Magistrates Court following his arrest for allegedly smuggling cigarettes worth R14 million into South Afr...Published: 11 Feb 2025 at 13:18hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Zuma cracks down on Duduzile
South African opposition MK leader Jacob Zuma has intervened in the public feud between his daughter, Duduzile Zuma, and party secretary-general Floyd Shivambu, demanding that she retract her insults ...Published: 11 Feb 2025 at 08:12hrs | 1185 | by Staff reporter
In memory of Sam Nujoma: A patriot who built Namibia while his fellow liberators turned into tyrants
It's another sad day for Africa! The death of Namibia's founding president, Sam Nujoma, at the age of 95 years, marks the passing of a man whose legacy transcends national borders. A r...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 23:02hrs | 335 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe central bank cracks down on cash hoarding
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has expressed concern over millions of dollars lying idle in cash deposit boxes across the country, warning that the growing trend is stifling economic growth by dep...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 17:40hrs | 6317 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala arrested over war vets push for Mnangagwa resignation
Opposition politician Job Sikhala and 21 members from his political movement, the National Democratic Working Group (NDWG), were arrested in Penhalonga, near Mutare, on Thursday, February 8, 2025, for...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 11:29hrs | 1115 | by Staff reporter
2 more Zimbabweans resurface from SA mine
Two Zimbabwean nationals have emerged from the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine in South Africa after weeks underground, where they endured harrowing conditions. The survivors surfaced last week, bring...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 11:26hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe struggles to promote ZiG
THE Zimbabwean government faces challenges in promoting the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency for financial stability, as some businesses remain reluctant to accept it, preferring the U.S. dollar, which re...Published: 08 Feb 2025 at 12:52hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council cracks down on illegal street vendors
The National Consumer Rights Association (Nacora) has expressed support for the ongoing operation by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) aimed at curbing the growing presence of illegal street vendors in ...Published: 08 Feb 2025 at 12:46hrs | 2374 | by Staff reporter
Democracy and Elections in an Uneven World
Democracy is often presented as the great political ideal—the fairest system of governance, where people choose their leaders, shape their future, and hold their governments accountable. In theory, ...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 10:53hrs | 294 | by Avelina Banda
WATCH: Blessed Geza's murder case to be revisited
Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has raised serious concerns regarding the case of Blessed Geza, accusing the prominent individual of allegedly killing someone at his residence. In a startling develop...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 16:34hrs | 3243 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa touches off storm over US deportations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has caused a stir after publicly backing United States President Donald Trump's decision to deport over 500 undocumented Zimbabweans, as part of the Trump administration's...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 08:19hrs | 705 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cracks the whip on under-performing ministers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has firmly addressed the issue of underperformance among some Ministers of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, holding them accountable for lapses in submitting e...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 07:28hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa supports U.S. deportation of over 500 Zimbabweans
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has publicly endorsed the United States government's decision to deport over 500 undocumented Zimbabwean nationals currently residing illegally in the country.In a...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 14:10hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa returns with battered image?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially returned to active duty after his annual leave, but his comeback is marred by intense political and economic turbulence. While Mnangagwa was on leave, Vice ...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 12:11hrs | 1625 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe central bank widens blitz on defiant business
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has announced an expanded blitz targeting businesses across the country that are refusing to comply with government directives on the use of the multicurrency system...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:42hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
The futility of Zimbabwe's crackdown on the informal sector
The Zimbabwean government has once again embarked on a futile mission to regulate the informal sector, a behemoth that has long outgrown the state's capacity to control it.In a desperate bid t...Published: 01 Feb 2025 at 21:32hrs | 1014 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Tuckshops challenge Zimbabwe's retail giants
A quiet but dramatic shift is unfolding in Zimbabwe's retail sector as large supermarket chains struggle against the rise of informal tuckshops. Established brands such as OK Zimbabwe, Spar, and Chopp...Published: 31 Jan 2025 at 07:31hrs | 551 | by Staff reporter
Police crack down on unregistered kombis
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has reiterated its call for all commuter omnibus operators to register their vehicles, warning that unlicensed kombis will not be permitted to operate on the country...Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 08:45hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Woman awarded US$32,500 in landmark divorce settlement
A Harare woman, Letwin Kadiyo, has been awarded US$32,500 as a divorce settlement from her husband of 10 years, Kudakwashe Naison, in a court ruling that recognised both financial contributions ...Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 08:41hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
ZIMRA warned against intensified anti-smuggling campaign
Experts in the retail sector have called for caution in the government's ongoing anti-smuggling campaign, warning that its current trajectory may lead to sharp increases in the prices of basic commodi...Published: 28 Jan 2025 at 07:07hrs | 1447 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt tightens screws on smuggling rings
The Zimbabwean government has intensified its efforts to combat smuggling with the introduction of new regulations targeting 19 categories of goods often brought into the country illegally. The measur...Published: 28 Jan 2025 at 07:00hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga declares war on 'zvigananda'
Discontent is simmering within the ruling Zanu-PF party and state actors over the antics of politically well-connected tenderpreneurs accused of amassing wealth through dubious public contracts and fl...Published: 27 Jan 2025 at 21:51hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo kombi associations cry foul over police crackdown
Some commuter omnibus (kombi) associations in Bulawayo have raised alarm over a police crackdown on illegal operators, alleging it is a strategy to coerce them into joining rival associations....Published: 27 Jan 2025 at 08:18hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt vows to confiscate and burn second-hand clothing
Tafadzwa Muguti, Permanent Secretary for Presidential Affairs and Devolution in the Office of the President and Cabinet, has reiterated that the importation and sale of second-hand clothing in Zimbabw...Published: 25 Jan 2025 at 15:43hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe strictly enforcing anti-smuggling campaign in 1 region?
Presidential Affairs and Devolution Permanent Secretary, Engineer Tafadzwa Muguti, has applauded Bulawayo Metropolitan Province for spearheading the most effective anti-smuggling campaign in the count...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 17:39hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Truck driver dies in anti-smuggling high-speed chase
A haulage truck driver has tragically lost his life in a head-on collision while being pursued by suspected Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) and State security agents on an anti-smuggling patrol abo...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 08:01hrs | 752 | by Staff reporter
7 arrested a few hours after robbery
Seven suspected armed robbers were arrested in Harare on Monday, just hours after they raided a Southerton-based company and made off with a Nissan NP300 vehicle, a safe containing US$12,000, and othe...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 07:27hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'mischief makers' cautioned afresh
Law enforcement authorities have issued a stern warning against individuals organizing unsanctioned protests and those engaging in disruptive behavior on social media, vowing to crack down on such act...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 05:43hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
CCC MP dies
Glenview South Member of Parliament, Grandmore Hakata, has died. Hakata, a dedicated member of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), made headlines in the 2023 general elections when he ...Published: 23 Jan 2025 at 18:44hrs | 1745 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle rebate abuse: 34 convicted, 3 000 cases under probe
Authorities in Zimbabwe are investigating over 3,000 cases of alleged abuse of the civil servants vehicle rebate scheme, with 34 individuals already convicted. The government is intensifying its effor...Published: 21 Jan 2025 at 13:42hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Over 6,500 arrested in crackdown on illegal transport operators
Authorities have arrested more than 6,500 commuter omnibus drivers, pirate taxi operators, and touts under the ongoing nationwide operation code-named "No to mushikashika, pirate taxis, and lawlessnes...Published: 21 Jan 2025 at 13:39hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi deployed on this day in 1983
January 20, 2025 marks the somber 42nd anniversary of one of the darkest chapters in Zimbabwe's history - the Gukurahundi genocide. This atrocity, carried out by the North Korea-trained Five Brigade u...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 11:09hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
Tshwane clamps down on Zimbabwean women exploiting children for begging at intersections
Tshwane Mayor Dr. Nasiphi Moya has announced a crackdown on women who exploit children for begging at traffic intersections, a practice that has drawn widespread criticism.Dr. Moya took to Twi...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 11:03hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Cracks in Insiza dam raise alarm among villagers
Villagers from Singwambizi in Insiza District, under Chief Mafu, have expressed safety concerns regarding their local dam, which is spilling water due to a crack in the dam wall.The community ...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:26hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa loyalists 'targeting' diaspora activists propping Chamisa?
Reports have emerged of a clandestine campaign by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's loyalists to crack down on diaspora activists allegedly funding opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's efforts to form a ne...Published: 18 Jan 2025 at 18:56hrs | 1466 | by Staff reportetr
Experts reveal real causes of retail giants woes
Industry experts have emphasized that Zimbabwe's retail giants, including OK Zimbabwe, are not struggling because of the government's ongoing anti-smuggling crackdown, but due to their over-reliance o...Published: 18 Jan 2025 at 18:33hrs | 2202 | by George Tshuma
Police target 13 550 unregistered kombis
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched an extensive operation targeting more than 13,500 unregistered commuter omnibuses (kombis) and pirate taxis in Harare. The crackdown aims to restore ord...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 05:49hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
South Africa border authorities intercept R500k Zimbabwe-bound contraband
South African border authorities thwarted a major smuggling operation on Saturday, intercepting goods valued at approximately R500,000 being transported into Zimbabwe via the swollen Limpopo River on ...Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 17:34hrs | 1256 | by Staff reporter
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