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The Slightest Push of a Button: 'Sex' - A Commodified Female Body on Display
Tendai Mbofana's article today was a masterstroke. He is a shining star among gender critics - far surpassing many others we know but won't name. The title of his piece on BYO24, "Can it truly be call...Published: 1 hr ago | 60 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe teachers bemoan poor working conditions
Zimbabwean teachers have raised alarm over worsening working conditions, accusing the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education of piling extra duties on them despite poor pay and lack of resources....Published: 17 hrs ago | 244 | by Staff reporter
Econet employee in court over US $62,000 armed robbery plot
Bindura - An Econet Wireless employee stationed at the Mvurwi branch, Elias Mutonya (39), has been dragged to court after allegedly masterminding an armed robbery that saw over US\$62,000 worth of cas...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 21:33hrs | 763 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa meets Zimbabwean Catholic priests in Vatican
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday met a group of Zimbabwean Roman Catholic priests and seminarians studying in the Vatican City, a day after holding a landmark meeting with Pope Leo XIV.T...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 21:20hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Can it truly be called empowerment if women still believe their worth lies in pleasing men's desires?
I am sure we have all come across the ever-increasing number of pictures and videos flooding our social media timelines. A quick scroll through platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, or eve...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 21:07hrs | 115 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
RBZ's façade of progress and stability is short-sighted and unsustainable
The fairy tales and false assurances continue unabated.The announcement by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) that foreign currency and gold reserves backing the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency h...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 20:46hrs | 118 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Tobacco farmers urged to adopt sustainable practices
Centenary - Tobacco farmers have been called upon to adopt environmentally sustainable farming practices to reduce the adverse effects of tobacco production on Zimbabwe's forests and water bodies....Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 20:27hrs | 71 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Graduate dies in road accident hours after graduation
A Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) graduate tragically died in a road traffic accident just hours after being capped at the institution's 2025 graduation ceremony.The deceased, Panashe ...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 10:37hrs | 1002 | by Staff reporter
Zinara disburses ZiG3,8bn for roadworks
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has released ZiG3,8 billion (about US$140 million) and 746 000 litres of fuel to local and road authorities across the country between January and Ju...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 10:36hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Municipality audit exposes 92 000 litres fuel scandal
A damning internal audit at Chitungwiza Municipality has revealed shocking levels of fraud, mismanagement and possible collusion among officials, with more than 92 000 litres of diesel worth US$138 00...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 10:30hrs | 173 | by Styaff reporter
ZRP confirms 20 road accident deaths in just days
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed that at least 20 people have died in a series of road traffic accidents recorded across the country in recent days, raising fresh alarm over reckless d...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 10:06hrs | 102 | by Styaff reporter
Pope Leo XIV meets Mnangagwa at Vatican
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday, August 30, held a private audience with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the Vatican.Following the papal meeting, President Mnangagwa met with Cardinal Secr...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:58hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
8 killed in Mutare-Masvingo road bus crash
Eight people, including the driver, died in the early hours of Saturday when a Dragon bus collided with a haulage truck carrying timber along the Mutare–Masvingo Road.Zimbabwe Republic Polic...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:57hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo teen sentenced over fatal Luveve road crash
A 19-year-old Bulawayo man, Melusi Nkomo, has been sentenced to an additional 24 months in prison following a fatal road accident that claimed the life of a Zimpapers staff member earlier this month....Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:55hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
7 family members die in kombi crash
Tragedy struck on the Harare–Nyamapanda Road when seven members of the same family died in a crash that left nine others injured.The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirmed that the acciden...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:51hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cracks down on fake medical qualifications
Authorities in Zimbabwe are on high alert as criminal syndicates continue to produce fake medical and academic qualifications, allowing impostors to infiltrate the country's health sector.Inve...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:48hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
Cleansing ritual rape lands prophet in court
A self-proclaimed prophet from Filabusi has been arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old teenager who is also his niece under the pretext of healing her. The prophet who cannot be named for ethica...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:38hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa granted audience with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected today at the Vatican to meet with Pope Leo XIV, marking one of the first occasions an African leader has held an audience with the newly elected pontiff since ...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:29hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Murder-accused officer returns to duty
Residents of Malalume Village in Bulilima District say they are living in fear following the return to duty of a police officer previously accused of murder.Constable Blessed Moyo, stationed a...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:25hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
False murder reports spark panic
Norton residents were thrown into panic this week following the circulation of false reports claiming multiple arrests in connection with the recent gruesome murders in the town. Hundreds of residents...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:21hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter
Businessman, five others die in road accident
Six people, including well-known Mutare transport operator Mr. Godfrey Chikosi, lost their lives in a devastating road accident that occurred last night at the Himalaya Turn-Off along the Mutare-Chima...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 08:52hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Retired police officer launches new political party
Senior retired police officer Togara Fambi has launched a new political party, the National Progressive Democrats (NPD), despite warnings from his mother about the dangers of opposing ZANU PF....Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 22:59hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
We must be careful in interpreting DNA paternity results to avoid unnecessary alarm
When statistics are not handled with care, they can cause more harm than good and even pose real danger.The recent report released by Global DNA Zimbabwe has understandably ignited heated deba...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 21:52hrs | 363 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Woman dies in Eastview cabin fire
Residents of Eastview, Harare, are mourning the death of a woman who perished after a wooden cabin she was sleeping in caught fire.The tragic incident occurred on August 25, 2025, at around 10...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 05:49hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Top Zimbabwe business executive arrested for fraud
Prominent corporate executive Never Mhlanga is expected to appear in court this morning facing fraud charges linked to the controversial sale of Montclair Hotel and Casino in Juliasdale, Nyanga, to th...Published: 26 Aug 2025 at 13:09hrs | 2878 | by Staff reporter
South Africa court refused to hear Lungu case
South Africa's top court dismissed a request by the family of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu to overturn a lower court's decision that he should be buried in his home country.Lungu died ...Published: 26 Aug 2025 at 11:44hrs | 1523 | by Staff reporter
Britain cosies up to Zimbabwe
In early June, Britain's Africa minister Lord Collins flew to Harare to meet Zimbabwe's octogenarian president, Emmerson Mnangagwa.The meeting in the capital city, which focused on trade betwe...Published: 26 Aug 2025 at 08:08hrs | 1709 | by Staff reporter
Thomas Mapfumo bids goodbye to UK fans
It was a night heavy with emotion as Chimurenga music legend Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo bid farewell to his fans in the United Kingdom with a sold-out performance at New Bingley Hall in Birmingham on Sa...Published: 26 Aug 2025 at 08:05hrs | 1237 | by Staff reporter
Stolen Mercedes-Benz intercepted en route to Zimbabwe
A member of the South African Police Service (SAPS) was injured in a shootout during a high-risk joint anti-smuggling operation conducted in Limpopo, where a stolen Mercedes-Benz was recovered....Published: 26 Aug 2025 at 08:01hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth leader dies in car accident
Zanu-PF Midlands provincial youth league deputy secretary for information and publicity, Tinashe Panganai, has died following a tragic car accident on Sunday.Midlands provincial chairperson Er...Published: 26 Aug 2025 at 07:51hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Naledi Pandor blames Ramaphosa
Former International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor said that the African National Congress (ANC) has lost its glory and South Africans now look on the former liberation movement wit...Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 23:02hrs | 716 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to unveil irrigation kits
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will preside over the historic launch of A1 Productivity Booster Kits and the issuance of Land Tenure Title Deeds at Craigengower Farm in Mazowe this Monday.Th...Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 20:44hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Bodies of 3 Zimbabweans recovered from river in Mpumalanga
Police in Elukwatini, Mpumalanga, are investigating the deaths of three Zimbabwean men whose bodies were recovered from the Nkomazi River at a local game reserve.Provincial police spokesperson...Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 20:44hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe demining expert dies in explosive accident in Argentina
Henry Martin Douglas Macharaga, a 52-year-old Zimbabwean explosives and demining expert, died in Argentina on 19 August after an explosive detonated accidentally while he was conducting extraction wor...Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 20:42hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco producer seeks ban on public smoking
The Zimbabwean Parliament is considering a proposal to amend existing tobacco control regulations to ban smoking in high-traffic public areas, amid growing concerns over the health risks associated wi...Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 05:59hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's gold boom masked by environmental ruin
Zimbabwe's gold sector is experiencing one of its strongest rallies in years, but behind the production surge lies a darker reality of smuggling, lawlessness, and environmental collapse that threatens...Published: 24 Aug 2025 at 19:22hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Former Senator dies
Former Senator for Kwekwe, Silobela and Chirumhanzu, Clarissa Vongai Muchengeti (76), a trailblazing educationist and politician, has died.Muchengeti, who was also the mother of Manyame Rural ...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 20:00hrs | 1134 | by Staff reporter
Zvigananda laugh while words replace justice in Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe, corruption is no longer an occasional scandal; it has become a daily torment. Every time Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga steps up to speak, Zimbabweans are treated to fiery speeches c...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 18:01hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to tighten gun licensing
The Government of Zimbabwe has pledged to tighten gun licensing laws and crack down on criminals using illegal firearms, following growing concerns over a surge in gun-related murders.During W...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 14:52hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
4 dead in separate tragedies in Manicaland
Two separate incidents in Manicaland Province on Thursday claimed the lives of four people, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed.In Chimanimani, two-year-old twin brothers Jacob an...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 09:13hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
2 killed, 10 injured in Honda Fit accident
Two people died and 10 others were injured on Thursday evening after a Honda Fit carrying 11 passengers overturned along the Nyanga–Rwenya Road.Police said the accident occurred around 5pm n...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 09:11hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
AFM pastor in land ownership dispute
Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) church advisory board chairperson and pastor, Titus Murefu, is facing accusations of harassing former farm workers by cutting off their water supplies despite allegedly f...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 09:11hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Love rival stabbed and stoned to death
Two men from Inyathi are facing murder charges after allegedly killing a man in a brutal attack that has left the local community in shock.Kudzie Takaendesa (24) and Fanuel Moyo (30) appeared ...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 09:09hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Woman Killed in gory highway crash
A Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway trip ended in tragedy on Thursday evening when a 29-year-old woman was flung out of a speeding commuter omnibus and crushed to death after the vehicle overturned in Gwand...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 18:34hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Man dies after bizarre self-harm incident in Budiriro
A 21-year-old man from Budiriro, Harare, has died after reportedly inflicting severe injuries on himself in a shocking and disturbing incident last Saturday.Aaron Mutize was seen by neighbours...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 09:49hrs | 914 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean student dies after brutal attack in India
A Zimbabwean student, Ziweya Leeroy, has died after spending eight days in hospital following a violent attack outside Guru Kashi University in Talwandi Sabo. Leeroy, 22, passed away on Thursday at AI...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 09:46hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Nearly four years on, still no answers to Douglas Munatsi death
IT is now three years and nine months since the tragic and mysterious death of Douglas (Doug) Tawanda Munatsi, yet the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and the government of Zimbabwe have offered no off...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 09:34hrs | 619 | by Eng. Jacob K Mutisi
Naked night brawl lands Bulawayo men in court
Bulawayo's nightlife descended into chaos after a bizarre street brawl involving a half-naked man, two sex workers, and a would-be Good Samaritan — a scene that has since gone viral on social media....Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 09:30hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Academic manipulation scandal rocks top Harare college
The Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) has been plunged into fresh controversy following allegations that acting pro-vice chancellor for academic affairs, Willard Gwarimbo, is manipulating academic ...Published: 21 Aug 2025 at 16:18hrs | 1094 | by Staff reporter
Are Zimbabwe economic growth rates real?
Every year, the Zimbabwean government and multilateral financial institutions project that the economy will grow by huge margins, yet the current economic situation does not meaningfully change, and i...Published: 21 Aug 2025 at 13:08hrs | 290 | by Delani Mangena
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