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JOC blocks ZANU-PF ex-MP, Tongaat Hullets' farmers eviction ploy
Members of the Joint Operation Command (JOC) in Masvingo withdrew and crippled an attempt by former ZANU-PF Chiredzi West legislator and central committee member, Farai Dumo Musikavanhu who in conniva...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 10:37hrs | 2172 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole recently in Chiredzi
Deaths from infrastructure collapse are usually the tragic cost of corruption
There's always a human cost to corruption.The recent tragedy at Bandama Farm Dam in Chipinge, where five lives were lost due to the dam's sudden collapse, is a stark reminder of the perilous s...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 20:14hrs | 374 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe braces for Cyclone Chido's impact
Tropical Cyclone Chido is expected to reach Zimbabwe tomorrow afternoon, bringing strong winds and heavy rains, with authorities on high alert to mitigate potential damage and loss of life.For...Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:13hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa opens SADC meeting
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to officially open the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Committee of Ministers Responsible for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) meeting in Victoria Falls...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 06:56hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Climate finance and mismanagement in Zimbabwe: Bridging the gap between promises and accountability
As the world grapples with the escalating climate crisis, financial commitments to support developing nations in climate change mitigation and adaptation have taken center stage in international negot...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 17:40hrs | 253 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Where are communities affected by climate change in Zimbabwe's bloated COP29 delegation?
The 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), held in Baku, Azerbaijan, is once again the focal point of global climate discussions. ...Published: 13 Nov 2024 at 22:10hrs | 419 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Rwanda donates maize meal to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has received a donation of 1,000 tonnes of maize meal from Rwanda as part of the global response to President Mnangagwa's appeal following the El Nino-induced drought that has affected the co...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 07:54hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe decides own international ties'
Zimbabwe is exercising its sovereign right to independently choose its allies, according to Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science, and Technology Development Minister, Professor Amon Murw...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:33hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe warned to brace for fresh cyclone
ZIMBABWE has been warned to be on high alert for yet another tropical storm, Cyclone Belal, which barrelled down the Indian Ocean island of La Réunion yesterday and is heading for Madagascar's east c...Published: 17 Jan 2024 at 04:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bracing for Cyclone Alvaro
The government of Zimbabwe has said it is taking measures to prepare for Cyclone Alvaro, which formed off the coast of Mozambique. Although the storm initially headed towards Madagascar, there are con...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 08:03hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe braces for another cyclone
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it has escalated its preparedness as Cyclone Alvaro swilled off the Mozambique coast.The Tropical storm formed off the Mozambican coast near Beira and headed towards ...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:24hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Only Matebeleland has less road rehab work?
GOVERNMENT has so far rehabilitated and reconstructed more than 400 kilometres of road network in Manicaland Province under various initiatives, including the Post Cyclone Idai Recovery and Resilience...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:28hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Storms wreak havoc Zimbabwe-wide
HEAVY storms swept across most parts of the country on Monday leaving a trail of destruction with the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) warning of more thunderstorms particularly in eastern and...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 20:14hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Treasury gives priority to Gwayi-Shangani pipeline completion
GOVERNMENT has scaled up investments in the provision of water for domestic, industrial and agricultural use with the Lake Gwayi-Shangani and pipeline construction being one of the priority projects i...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:36hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe National Army gifts eyesight to grannies
GOGO Ellen Nyoni (78) from Chakamanga Village in Shurugwi in the Midlands Province was all smiles and could not contain her excitement after her sight was restored. Sitting with fellow cataract patien...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to meet UAE counterpart
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is set to hold bilateral meetings with United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed Aal Nahyan, as well as with UAE business leaders when he attends the United Nations Climate...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:41hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now like a car made of wire
WHEN we were little boys, we enjoyed playing with our homemade toy vehicles made out of scrap wire.These were usually small cars, buses and trucks — with the most popular being the first two...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mutsvangwa says 'Victory is the only option'
Zanu-PF Women's League national secretary for administration, Monica Mutsvangwa's campaign trail last week saw her addressing three oversubscribed rallies in Manicaland where she urged the electorate ...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 08:06hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
90% of waste in Zimbabwe not being recycled
GOVERNMENT has expressed concern that 90% of waste being generated across the country is not being recycled.Speaking during the World Environment Day commemorations in Harare yesterday, Enviro...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Magwegwe to host gig to fight music piracy
THE Zimbabwe Musicians and General Arts Trustee (ZIMGAT) under the Zimbabwe Musicians Fund (ZMF) has organised a music show on June 10 and 11, 2023 at Magwegwe grounds in Bulawayo aimed at fighting mu...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Oppah Muchinguri backs well trained Zimbabwe Defence Forces
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), backed by good training, remain a critical component in the attainment of national aspirations through the National Development Strategy 1, Defence and War Veterans ...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe acquires 18 copters from Russia
ZIMBABWE yesterday took delivery of 18 brand new helicopters from Russia that will go towards emergency air medical services, law enforcement and tourism, as the efforts at engagement and re-engagemen...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chinese medical teams show fruits of cooperation
Zimbabwe has been a beneficiary of Chinese health assistance under this framework.Recently, China and Zimbabwe marked the 60th anniversary of China medical teams at a colorful ceremony at the ...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:56hrs | 1 | by Elma Zhoya
Cyclone Freddy is now upon us - Is Zimbabwe read?
Now that another cyclone is on its way to manicaland, my home province. Cyclone Freddy has made me ask a lot of questions including, are we saying Zimbabwe has known about these cyclones in the last t...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 17:53hrs | 1 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Schools shut as Cyclone Freddy approaches Zimbabwe
As the fringes of Tropical Storm Freddy reached Chipinge and Chimanimani yesterday, adding to the already heavy rain and lightning that earlier in the week struck and killed one person, Zimbabwe went ...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:01hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is safe from tropical storms - Dingani, Freddy
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) says the country is safe for now from tropical storms Dingani and Freddy which are evolving and intensifying some 4 600km away in the Indian Ocean....Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 19:38hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Govt channels US$800,000 towards floods
LOCAL Government Minister July Moyo says government has channelled US$800 000 worth of fuel to the Airforce of Zimbabwe for flood disaster management activities."We have capacitated the Airfor...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 17:05hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's Meteorological Dept issues floods warning
THE Meteorological Services Department has warned of increased risk of floods in river basins, wetlands and low-lying areas such as Muzarabani and Mbire in Mashonaland Central with the Department of C...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic Bank celebrates 3o years of driving Zimbabwe's growth
HARARE - 16 NOVEMBER, 2022 - Stanbic Bank, is this month celebrating 30 years of service provision which has seen the leading financial services institution contributing significantly to the socio-eco...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 09:27hrs | 9 | by Agencies
WATCH: Chilling prophetic warning to SA singer Makhadzi
Imperial City Church leader Prophet Isaiah Brian Sovi has sent a chilling prophetic warning to South African top singer Makhadzi (real nameNdivhudzannyi Ralivhona) warning of a harmful plot agai...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 10:56hrs | 7 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Defence Forces chief in SA for meetings with counterpart
Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander, General Philip Sibanda, is visiting South Africa as a guest of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), authorities across the Limpopo have confirmed....Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
'Chinese consider Zimbabwe as second home'
Chinese nationals living in Zimbabwe now regard the country as their 'second home' and vouch that no slander or smear can undermine thectraditional friendship between the two countries.Speakin...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 14:47hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ministry fails to account for donated fuel
THE Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare has failed to account for thousands of litres of fuel donated to the government to alleviate the effects of drought and other natural hazards ...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Public procurement loopholes enable looting of Covid-19 goods
THE absence of statutes aimed at managing the procurement of goods and services and their issuance in times of emergency in Zimbabwe led to the country not getting value for the funds it invested towa...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 20:02hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic sponsors Central-South Africa hockey qualifiers for all Africa games
Stanbic Bank, is headlining the sponsorship of the Central-South Africa Hockey Qualifiers for All Africa Games AAG 2023 through a ZWL 18 million outlay.The qualifiers are pitting Zimbabwe (men...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt must liberalise airwaves for development
A FREE Press is essential in holding those in power accountable.The Press is a tool that can be used in connecting and building nations.It is the Press which exposed Willowgate, Salary...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:36hrs | 4 | by Muzokomba villager
Mnangagwa talks tough on illegal mining
THE Government will not tolerate timber poaching, illegal mining, settlements in plantations, and deforestation as that will impede the rural industrialisation agenda being driven by the Second Republ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants plot massive demonstration against poor wages
CIVIL servants under the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) are this Friday set to march against government's continued reluctance to pay them in US dollars.Worries ...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Hit hard by storms and forest loss, Zimbabweans building stronger homes
For Florence Panda, the best thing about her new house in eastern Zimbabwe is not the modern design or the size, big enough for her family of nine.It's the fact that the house is built with ce...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to deploy pathologists to Mozambique
GOVERNMENT will deploy a team of pathologists to Mozambique in June to start the exhumation and repatriation of more than 157 Zimbabwean nationals who were swept away by the Cyclone Idai floods in 201...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt reviews primary, secondary curriculum
GOVERNMENT yesterday launched a review of the 2015 curriculum framework for the Primary and Secondary Education ministry following the end of its seven-year circle which was marred by several challeng...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UN donates 4 ambulances to govt
THE United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) yesterday donated four fully equipped ambulances to boost government's disaster preparedness in areas vulnerable to natural disasters.Spe...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'You are failing to sell Mnangagwa' Nick Mngwana told
Zimbabweans in Dubai have told Government Spokesperson Ndavaningi Nick Mangwana that the government was failing to market the great works that were being done by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in rebuil...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 10:35hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zinara unveils $17bn roads war chest
Another $17 billion will be distributed mid-next month by Zinara to all provinces and local authorities for road maintenance under the next phase of the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP)....Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
6 more cyclones forecast to hit Zimbabwe
At least six more tropical cyclones that will develop in the south-west Indian Ocean this season are expected to reach Zimbabwe during the current rainy season, although there are no predictions of th...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt moves to promote use of Zimdollar
THE Government has instituted measures to promote wider use of the Zimbabwe dollar in transacting, which will see some exporters settling up to 50 percent of their taxes in local currency.Trea...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 21:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Political finance: Don't put money to waste
SOME expecting mothers have petitioned Parliament over inadequate, inaccessible, and unaffordable maternity facilities in Harare due to the closure of nine clinics that offered post-natal health...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe braces for second cyclone
ZIMBABWE is bracing for another devastating tropical cyclone, christened Batsirai expected to hit the country Tuesday February, barely a week after its precessor, Ana left a trail of destruction....Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 15:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains sweep away bridge, damage houses
A bridge was swept away while a number of houses collapsed and roads damaged mainly in Manicaland due to heavy rains caused by the overland Tropical Depression Ana.Muchira Bridge in Chimaniman...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Ana hits Zimbabwe
THE country's Department of Civil Protection (DCP) has set up 394 evacuation centres in Manicaland province to deal with the impact of Cyclone Ana, amid reports that parts of Mutasa and Chimanimani di...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:47hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
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