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South Africa set Zimbabwe world record 537 target for victory in Bulawayo

Corbin Bosch claimed the wicket of Zimbabwe opener Takudzwanashe Kaitano in the final over to leave the home team on 32 for one in 18.2 overs in their second innings, still 505 runs shy of the unlikeliest of victories on the third day of t…

Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 21:19hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter

3 elephants shot in Bulilima

A herd of elephants has invaded villages in Bulilima District over the past week, destroying crops and threatening the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in an escalating human-wildlife conflict triggered by water and food shortages.The el…

Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 18:21hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter

Unchecked development eats up wetlands in Harare

What was once a lush expanse of fig trees, wildflowers, butterflies, and vibrant birdlife is now a patch of disturbed land under threat from bulldozers and concrete mixers. The Borrowdale wetland, nestled in a quiet Harare suburb, is being…

Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 12:38hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter

Cereal imports ban looms in Zimbabwe

The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development has recommended a ban on cereal imports in a move aimed at boosting the local grain market and strengthening Zimbabwe's food self-sufficiency. The proposal has been…

Published: 19 May 2025 at 09:18hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter

Boreholes are not the solution to Zimbabwe's water crisis - they may worsen it

There has been a growing disturbing trend.The Zimbabwean government has, in recent years, taken to vigorously drilling boreholes across the country as its signature approach to solving the country's deepening water crisis.Branded as the "P…

Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:30hrs | 991 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Tobacco crop under threat from fungal disease

Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers are facing a major crisis as a destructive fungal disease, Fusarium Wilt and Root Rot (FWRR), spreads across fields, threatening the country's lucrative tobacco industry.Farmers say they are ill-equipped to comba…

Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:24hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter

Stop Prioritising Universities , Zimbabwe Needs Vocational Institutions to Develop

Zimbabwe is facing a looming crisis in the engineering sector, not because it lacks intelligent students or capable minds, but because of a mismatch in its education and skills training priorities. While the country boasts 26 universities,…

Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 13:46hrs | 339 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi

Bulawayo suburbs drown

For Prisca Moyo, a resident of Sizinda, the sight of darkening skies over Bulawayo brings a familiar dread. The thought of another night spent bailing water from her modest two-bedroomed house or drying out her furniture the next day is a …

Published: 15 Feb 2025 at 07:49hrs | 914 | by Staff reporter

Tourists flock to Victoria Falls despite misleading reports

As the festive season unfolded, Victoria Falls, the heart of Zimbabwe's tourism industry, came alive with an influx of visitors from around the world, despite misleading rumors suggesting that the iconic waterfall was drying up. Tourists, …

Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:45hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter

Rains rekindle hope

The recent downgraded Cyclone Chido has brought much-needed relief to farmers in Zimbabwe's southern regions, rejuvenating crops, pastures, and water sources that had been under severe stress due to the dry spell. The cyclone, although wea…

Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 16:46hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter

'Stay indoors during thunderstorms'

In a recent statement, the MSD forecasted a day of mild temperatures and clear skies across Zimbabwe, with the likelihood of showers increasing as the day progresses. "As the day moves into the afternoon, residents in Matabeleland North, a…

Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:34hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter

Harare, Chitungwiza meet over water crisis

The Harare City Council (HCC) is set to hold a crucial meeting with Chitungwiza Municipality this week to address the ongoing water crisis in the dormitory town, which worsened following the decommissioning of the Prince Edward Water Treat…

Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:17hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter

Drying Zambezi river threatens Zimbabwe and Zambia's energy future

The once-mighty Zambezi River, a lifeline for Zimbabwe and Zambia, has been reduced to a bed of sand and small puddles, signaling a severe crisis for the two nations that heavily rely on Lake Kariba for hydroelectric power generation. This…

Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 14:37hrs | 1920 | by Staff reporter

Bulilima villagers flee homes in fear of elephant attacks

In Bulilima, Matabeleland South, villagers are fleeing their homes due to a surge of elephant invasions driven by drought conditions. The elephants, migrating from Botswana, have been seeking food and water, causing significant distress an…

Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:53hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter

Kariba dam faces shutdown

Zimbabwe is facing increased load-shedding due to critically low water levels at Kariba Dam, a consequence of the El NiÃ±o-induced drought affecting the southern Africa region. The country received below-normal rainfall during the 2023/24 …

Published: 03 Sep 2024 at 15:43hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean concerns over condoms cash drying up next year

At a forum organized by SafAids in Harare, concerns were raised by public health practitioners regarding the potential reversal of HIV prevention progress due to the looming end of international funding for condoms in Zimbabwe. Getrude Ncu…

Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 10:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Is an underwear a leading economic indicator?

I was unfamiliar with the Men's Underwear Index - the MUI - until I heard it discussed this week on National Public Radio. Perhaps on the Marketplace Morning Report on WAMC. Or some similarly unassailable repository of economic news and an…

Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 13:42hrs | 7 | by Ralph Gardner Jr.

Zimbabwe seeks US$2b to avert famine

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday extended the begging bowl to raise over US$2 billion to avert starvation in Zimbabwe after declaring the El NiÃ±o-induced drought a state of disaster.The SOS comes after Zimbabwe appeared to be thr…

Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 06:02hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Matebeleland villagers appeal for govt intervention

VILLAGERS in Matebeleland region are appealing to the government to immediately intervene and save them from starvation as the food crisis reaches alarming levels.Several villagers have already lost livestock due to the El NiÃ±o-induced dr…

Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa says no one will die of hunger

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has assured the nation that no one will die from hunger and that his administration has put in place adequate measures to guarantee food for all communities.This comes as the nation is experiencing one of its driest yea…

Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Food crisis escalates in Matebeleland region

A food crisis is worsening in the Matebeleland region owing to erratic rains with hunger already stalking villagers in drought-prone provinces, including the Bulawayo metropolitan province.Community members, farmers and agricultural expert…

Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

9 year old boy 'hangs self' over missing socks

A 9-year-old Gokwe boy was found hanging from the home's dish drying rack in a suspected case of suicide that left the community shocked.The incident occurred on 7 February 2024 at about 8AM.Police confirmed the incident saying they are in…

Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 14:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Grains importing Zimbabwe claims to have enough grain until next harvest

ZIMBABWE has 240 000 tonnes in its Strategic Grain Reserves which is enough to take the country to the next harvest, according to a report released by the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture Fisheries, Water and Rural Development.The country re…

Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Matebeleland South farmers start losing livestock to drought

Matebeleland South has reactivated the provincial livestock drought taskforce, acting provincial director of agricultural Rural Development and advisory services, Mr Mkhunjulelwa Ndlovu has said.He said the committees have been reactivated…

Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:26hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Zinwa disconnects supplies to irrigation scheme, demands US$300 each from rural folk

The maize crop at Silalatshani Irrigation Scheme in Insiza South, Matebeleland South province, is wilting before maturity after the Zimbabwe National Water Authority disconnected water supplies due to an estimated US$255 000 debt.The farme…

Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 20:40hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Cooler temperatures following afternoon showers in Bulawayo

AFTER days of high temperatures and blue skies, afternoon shoppers and schoolchildren in Bulawayo were caught unaware when the heavens opened this afternoon, albeit briefly.On Tuesday, experts warned of life-threatening illnesses including…

Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 12:36hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans warned about heatwave effects

HEALTH experts have warned of life-threatening illnesses, including deadly heat stroke due to the extreme temperatures being recorded in most parts of the country recently, as they urged members of the public to stay hydrated among other p…

Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:06hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe wheat farmers urged to expedite harvesting ahead of rainy season

Wheat farmers have received an urgent appeal to accelerate the harvesting of their winter crop in anticipation of the upcoming rainy season next week. The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development issued a sta…

Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 18:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

City council to auction 142 clamped vehicles

HARARE City Council is set to auction at least 142 vehicles impounded for violating traffic laws and never claimed by their owners who would have to pay fines and charges to get them back.The municipal yesterday published a list of all unc…

Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

Huge outcry over CCC led city vehicle clamping fine

While the outcry over Harare City Parking's fines continues to grow and a Government investigation has opened, a motorist is trying to get the High Court to rule that Harare City Council has no legal right to charge US$132 clamping fees fo…

Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter

Fort Rixon cattle carnage: Ward records 262 deaths in 1 month

A 65-year-old Fort Rixon widow has so far lost more than 50 cattle as the dreaded theileriosis, commonly known as January disease, has ravaged through the area leaving peasants and small scale farmers wallowing in abject poverty.Clr Jostin…

Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 08:12hrs | 190 | by Staff Reporter

'Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo' insist Mnangagwa - Reality, Zimbabwe is a failed state in ruins, mocks him

On Monday, 12 December 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated four Zimbabwean individuals and two Zimbabwean entities and removed seventeen Zimbabweans from the Specially Designated N…

Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai

Zimbabweans mock Mnangagwa over election promises as blackouts worsen

The announcement by the Zambezi River Authority, which runs the Kariba Dam, that Zimbabwe had used up its share of the water in the world's largest man-made reservoir sounded a death knell to an already desperate power generation sector.Wh…

Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter

US pours US$647,000 into anti-Zimbabwe NGOs' coffers

THE United States government, through the US embassy's Ambassador's Self-Help Programme, has provided US$647 000 to 19 civil society organisations across the country to undertake various empowerment projects.Announcing the awards, chargÃ© …

Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Esidakeni farm invader ordered to pay US$340,000 to Malunga and partners

THE Bulawayo High Court has ordered Zanu-PF linked Bulawayo businessman Dumisani Madzivanyathi to pay US$340,000 to Esidakeni farm owners in Nyamandlovu in Matebeleland North.Madzivanyathi and Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration, Obert Mp…

Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:58hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Flash floods hit Beitbridge

DOZENS of Beitbridge families were left without food on Wednesday night following a violent storm that blacked out the border town and flooded several houses.No deaths or injuries were reported, although several Zimbabwe Electricity Transm…

Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe inflation tumbles to 3,5%?

ZIMBABWE'S month-on-month inflation rate has drastically dropped to 3,5 percent in September, shedding 8,9 percentage points on the August rate of 12,4 percent as price stability persists across the market in response to Government measure…

Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter

Kusukuwere's once thriving orange estate now lies desolate

MAZOWE district war veterans' chairman Ephanos Mudzimunyi, who grabbed former cabinet minister and Zanu-PF supremo, Saviour Kasukuwe's Concorpia farm in Mazowe, has run the once thriving estate down.The roadside farm, like similar neighbou…

Published: 31 May 2022 at 13:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Pupils to receive amacimbi fortified porridge

GOVERNMENT is set to introduce a school feeding programme for pupils aged between seven and 11 years who will receive mopane worms fortified porridge in a bid to address the pupils' nutritional challenges.The school feeding programme will …

Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

University lecturer who led Esidakeni Farm invasion sued for US$340,000

A Zanu-PF-linked university lecturer who invaded a farm part-owned by a prominent human rights lawyer has been sued for loss of potential income to the tune of US$340,000.Dumisani Madzivanyati, according to a High Court filing, "forcefully…

Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 20:41hrs | | by Staff reporter

Health disaster looms for expecting mothers at Plumtree Hospital

PLUMTREE Hospital workers have expressed concern over the safety of expecting mothers at the institution.A senior employee at the health institution, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the situation was getting dire for pregnant wom…

Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter

Cloud seeding starts as crops suffer growing moisture stress

THE Meteorological Services Department has commenced cloud-seeding in order to encourage rainfall after crops, especially late-planted crops, are showing signs of growing moisture stress due to a prolonged dry spell.In some areas, farmers …

Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Malunga's lawyers intensify court attle over seized Esidakeni farm

ATTORNEYS representing human rights lawyer Siphosami Malunga and his business partners are intensifying their court battle against Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu over the illegal seizure of their farm in Nyamandlovu, Mata…

Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 19:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Esidakeni Farm owners demand compensation

Esidakeni Farm owners are demanding nearly US$340 000 in compensation for the destruction of their crops during the time Dumisani Madzivanyati 'illegally occupied' the farm.Esidakeni, also known as Kershelmar Farms (Private) Limited is own…

Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 18:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

ABC boosts mango production

FOR several years, Dickson Mabuto would plant a variety of fruit trees, including mangoes at his homestead in Gokwe South out of passion.In his community, mangoes are not sold, but are given to passers-by and visitors.This is because mango…

Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Reasons for buying a stainless steel wall shelf

Previously, stainless steel furniture could only be found in kindergarten kitchens or school canteens. Today, such furnishings are widely used both for equipping a professional kitchen area in various catering establishments, and for equip…

Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 19:02hrs | 19 | by Staff Writer

Value addition: Driving the youth towards a post-harvest sustainable culture

Action Aid Zimbabwe (AAZ) together with Global Platforms Zimbabwe, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya successfully held the International Youth Day commemorations under the theme "Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary…

Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Roselilly Ushewokunze

Hand me down knowledge is drying up

Emotionally strong village elders are being quickly gathered to their ancestors, may be tell tale signs of the end times. Echoes from the corridors of time had very mature people guiding young generations on how things were done. In the ab…

Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:42hrs | 7 | by Tondo Murisa Chinehasha

Are ZANU PF and MDC shameful governance failures proving Rhodesia's Smith right that Blacks not ready to govern themselves?

There are issues that are so emotive and sensitive, that even I try my best not to provoke them unnecessarily - or, at least, tread very carefully, being alive to their potential explosiveness - nonetheless, a time eventually comes when wh…

Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 11:21hrs | 19 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Methods for Controlling the Spread of Germs during the Covid-19 Pandemic

There was a time when people didn't know why they became ill. They had no idea that germs that the naked eye couldn't see were the cause of most of the sicknesses they experienced. The first bacteria was discovered by scientists in 1676, a…

Published: 19 May 2021 at 09:00hrs | 15 | by Staff Writer

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