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Zaoga's Ezekiel Guti University faces demolition?
The Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa (Zaoga) has filed an urgent chamber application with the High Court seeking to halt the eviction and demolition of the Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University (Zegu) in ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1899 | by Staff reporter
China donates US$16 million in food aid to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe received US$16 million in emergency food assistance from China in 2023 to cushion vulnerable communities from the impact of the El Niño-induced drought, Chinese Ambassador Zhou Ding revealed...Published: 21 hrs ago | 53 | by Staff reporter
Notorious robbers jailed 87 years
Two serial robbers who unleashed a reign of terror across rural Makoni District in 2024 have been convicted and sentenced to a combined 87 years in prison after being found guilty of 14 counts of robb...Published: 23 hrs ago | 175 | by Staff reporter
AU pushes for increased maize, sorghum production
Africa University has launched a major initiative aimed at enhancing food security in Manicaland by training thousands of smallholder farmers in improved maize and sorghum farming techniques. The prog...Published: 23 hrs ago | 35 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ups wheat production momentum
As early morning mists lift over Zimbabwe's farming belts, tractors roar to life and irrigation pivots sweep across golden fields, signaling the start of the 2025 winter wheat season. The Government b...Published: 23 hrs ago | 62 | by Staff reporter
Midnight raid exposes backyard dagga farm in Gwabalanda
A Bulawayo man's secret cannabis cultivation scheme came crashing down in the early hours of Friday morning after a midnight tip-off led police straight to a thriving backyard dagga farm in Gwabalanda...Published: 23 hrs ago | 113 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes daughter (14)
A 33-YEAR-OLD man from Simona farm, Bindura was arraigned before Bindura regional magistrates courts after he allegedly raped his 14 year old daughter....Published: 17 May 2025 at 08:28hrs | 360 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Delta highlights Zimbabwe's economic
Delta Corporation, Zimbabwe's leading brewer and soft drinks manufacturer, has painted a stark picture of the nation's economy, highlighting its persistent fragility despite signs of resilience in con...Published: 16 May 2025 at 15:03hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
MPs refuse to 'protect and secure' Mnangagwa's Belarus deals
President Emmerson Mnangagwa presided over the signing of several Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the Belarusian government in Minsk on Tuesday, but back home, opposition legislators blocked th...Published: 16 May 2025 at 14:10hrs | 1065 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani project 72% amid concerns over slow progress
The long-awaited Gwayi-Shangani Dam, a cornerstone project of the Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project, is now 72% complete, showing only a modest 2% progress since October 2024. The slow pace has drawn...Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:40hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Villagers resist proposed land use change
VILLAGERS from three wards along the Zvishavane-Shurugwi Highway in Runde Rural District Council (RDC), Zvishavane District, have voiced strong opposition to a proposal to convert their communal land ...Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:19hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Wheat progress in Midlands province
Farmers in Zimbabwe's Midlands Province have made impressive strides in the ongoing 2025 winter wheat planting season, with over 1,000 hectares already sown and approximately 800 hectares having germi...Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:13hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Businessman threatens to kill estranged wife
A Harare businessman, Nyasha Masoka (44), who owns Grill Shake and Liquor Park, has appeared in court facing serious allegations of violating a protection order and threatening to shoot his estranged ...Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:02hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe eyes regional manufacturing hub status
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for the swift implementation of agreements between Zimbabwe and Belarus, as he concluded a successful State visit to the East European nation, highlighting Hara...Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:00hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Setting the record straight on Qoki Zindlovukazi Land Projects
I would like to set the record straight on the opinion piece by Solabanye Nqabeni titled The Uphill Battle of Economic ...Published: 15 May 2025 at 18:19hrs | 1578 | by Yolandah Nyathi
Ex-ZIPRA veterans, widows, and children demand return of seized properties
Former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) combatants, alongside widows and children of fallen fighters, have spent three cold nights camping on a piece of land in Chinhoyi, Mashonaland West,...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:46hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
The Uphill Battle for Economic Freedom: The Story of Qoki Women of Zimbabwe
The challenges of trying to gain economic freedom as women in Africa are not limited to having to fight against some men who are bent on denying you that freedom to keep you dependent and subservient....Published: 14 May 2025 at 21:30hrs | 731 | by Solabanye Nqabeni
Zimbabwe land reform scam - 13 years after the genocide in Matebeleland and Midlands
This article intends to capture the poignant moment when Zanu began its unpunished abuse of public office soon after Zimbabwe's independence.All along Zanu felt a false sense of achievement in...Published: 14 May 2025 at 21:00hrs | 333 | by Moses Mzila Nkalange (Ndlovu)
Vigilant Gwanda anti-stock theft group recover 16 stolen donkeys
Gwanda South villagers operating under the Gwanda Anti-Stock Theft Association (GASTA) have recovered 16 donkeys that were stolen in Sinayi area when the vigilant community members embarked on a...Published: 13 May 2025 at 14:19hrs | 325 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe's repetitive licensing fees to stop in 6 months
Industry and Commerce Minister, Mangaliso Ndlovu, has pledged that the government's efforts to reduce the burden of repetitive business licenses will come to fruition within the next six months, a mov...Published: 13 May 2025 at 10:32hrs | 10679 | by Staff reporter
17 tonnes of T-shirts land Zimra officials, NGO director in court
Two Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials, along with five other individuals, have been arrested and brought before the Harare Magistrates' Courts following allegations of smuggling 17 tonnes o...Published: 13 May 2025 at 10:25hrs | 5758 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe title deeds within Constitutional framework'
The issuance of title deeds to A1 and A2 farmers, a policy introduced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last year, is being carried out in full compliance with Zimbabwe's Constitution, Minister of Lands...Published: 13 May 2025 at 10:12hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zimbabwe farmer reflects on lost legacy
For Rory Duncan, a former commercial farmer in Zimbabwe, memories of the Eastern Highlands are both vivid and painful - a haunting contrast between prosperity and the aftermath of a country's failed l...Published: 12 May 2025 at 20:03hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter
Why Zimbabweans should worry about our relationship with Belarus
How is it that Zimbabwe consistently chooses to engage with questionable figures?President Emmerson Mnangagwa is in Minsk for a working visit, marking his third trip to Belarus since assuming ...Published: 12 May 2025 at 19:32hrs | 698 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
A narrative is created around Mrs. Auxilia Mnangagwa!
Auxilia married a murderer Emmerson Mnangagwa, a minister for security back then who went on a killing frenzy in Matabeleland and Midlands and left a carnage, curiously never acknowledged by the ICJ i...Published: 11 May 2025 at 13:32hrs | 944 | by Nomazulu Thata
Woman accused of forcing herself on visually impaired man
A 44-year-old woman from Mazowe has been accused of forcibly engaging in sex with a visually impaired man, an incident that unfolded on February 27 at Netherlands Farm. The shocking incident was broug...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:46hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Giant lithium miner displaces villagers in Zimbabwe
A tense standoff is unfolding in Bikita, where eight families settled on George Nollen Farm under Chief Marozva in the year 2000, as part of Zimbabwe's land reform programme, are now facing eviction. ...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:44hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition power struggles a gift to Zanu-PF
Zimbabwe's opposition movement is increasingly being torn apart by internal power struggles and factionalism, raising fears it could soon collapse altogether, analysts warn.The Citizens Coalit...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:39hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's beef output rises 5.1% in 2024
Zimbabwe produced 94,600 tonnes of beef in 2024, a 5.1 percent increase from 90,000 tonnes in 2023, driven by drought-induced emergency destocking and a steadily growing national herd, according to th...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:37hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Winter wheat production takes off in Matabeleland South
Matebeleland South Province is ramping up preparations for the 2025 winter wheat season, with land preparation currently underway and a target of cultivating 2,300 hectares - a modest increase fro...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:36hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
Mzinyathini gardens housing project halted
Hundreds of home-seekers involved in the multi-million-dollar Mzinyathini Gardens housing project are facing uncertainty after the Umguza Rural District Council (RDC) ordered an immediate halt to all ...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:33hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Guyu youth training centre set to reopen after 19-year hiatus
The National Youth Service (NYS) training programme is set to resume this month at the Guyu Youth Training Centre in Gwanda, Matabeleland South, following nearly two decades of dormancy. The revival c...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:32hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
6 arrested for smuggling 17,5 tonnes of T-shirts
Six individuals, including two ZIMRA officials and a clearing agent, appeared in court yesterday facing charges of fraud after allegedly orchestrating a scheme to evade more than US$78,880 in customs ...Published: 10 May 2025 at 20:48hrs | 1664 | by Staff reporter
Brother murdered over dog fight
What began as a quarrel over fighting dogs between two brothers in Ziyapenduka Village under Chief Mutema, Chipinge, has ended in tragedy, with one of the siblings brutally murdered and the other now ...Published: 10 May 2025 at 17:50hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sees sharp rise in malaria cases and deaths in 2025
Zimbabwe has recorded a significant spike in malaria cases and deaths in 2025, with the Ministry of Health and Child Care confirming an alarming 180% rise in infections and a 218% surge in fatalities ...Published: 10 May 2025 at 13:03hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
Woman (44) rapes visually impaired man (27) in the garden
A Mazowe woman is in soup after she allegedly force marched a visually impaired man and raped him in the garden.The matter came to light at Bindura regional court yesterday, where Fatima Kamup...Published: 09 May 2025 at 12:10hrs | 2112 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sanyatwe tours Magaya's Heart Stadium
Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture Minister Anselem Sanyatwe on Tuesday visited The Heart Stadium at Yadah Hotel in Waterfalls, Harare, in a tour aimed at assessing the progress of one of Zimbabwe's ...Published: 08 May 2025 at 16:59hrs | 1465 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth kingpin's attempted hijack of Bulawayo building fails
A politically charged attempt by Milton Maposa, a self-styled Zanu-PF youth figure, to forcibly reclaim a building from which he was legally evicted has failed, sparking outrage over the abuse of poli...Published: 08 May 2025 at 14:08hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter
Man kills father after theft accusation
A 25-year-old man from Sabhuku Sanyika Village in Chief Nyamweda's area, Mhondoro, allegedly killed his father by beating him with a pestle and stabbing him in the chest with a knife after being accus...Published: 08 May 2025 at 12:12hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Hard work pays - farming is good business
The 1924/25 tobacco farming season was a resounding success for both the farmers and country. Growing tobacco is labour intensive but the rewards and profits far outweigh the moments when shoulders ar...Published: 07 May 2025 at 19:42hrs | 691 | by Tondo Murisa
Catch and release: Mnangagwa's Minister walks free again
In a development that has reignited concerns about Zimbabwe's compromised legal system, the High Court in Masvingo has removed from the roll a high-profile land dispute case involving Masvingo Pro...Published: 07 May 2025 at 15:53hrs | 2699 | by Staff reporter
Ex-farm manager up for stealing 100 cattle, 38 Boer goats
Police have arrested a former farm manager in connection with the suspected theft of 100 cattle and 38 Boer goats from a farm in Mvurwi, in a case that has shocked the local agricultural community....Published: 07 May 2025 at 15:49hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Agricultural Show begins preparations for 2025 agric show
The Zimbabwe Agricultural Society (ZAS) has commenced preparations for the 115th edition of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show, with this year's event set to run from August 25 to 30 under the theme "Buil...Published: 07 May 2025 at 09:35hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has huge export potential in floriculture'
Zimbabwe's national trade development and promotion agency, ZimTrade, has spotlighted floriculture as a profitable and viable agricultural venture, urging farmers to diversify into flower production t...Published: 07 May 2025 at 09:21hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Herd boy caught stealing cattle
A 25-year-old herd boy employed at Bravo Farm in Figtree appeared before the Plumtree Magistrates Court last week facing allegations of stock theft after he was allegedly caught driving five stolen ca...Published: 06 May 2025 at 11:57hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe goes hi-tech
In a major boost to Zimbabwe's agricultural sector, President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially commissioned a state-of-the-art 56,000-tonne smart-grain storage silo complex in Kwekwe, a move set to save ...Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:52hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
3 more suspects in Chivayo in-laws farm robbery appear in court
Three more suspected armed robbers linked to the violent raid on businessman Wicknell Chivayo's in-laws' farm in Marondera have appeared in court, bringing the total number of arrested suspects to 18....Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:47hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe invents herbal antivenom
In a potentially life-saving scientific breakthrough, Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) has made significant progress in the development of a herbal-based polyvalent antivenom, with promising pr...Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:41hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe adapts to use technology in agriculture
Zimbabwe is rapidly transforming its agricultural sector through the adoption of agritech and climate-smart solutions as it works to combat the effects of climate change, improve yields, and reclaim i...Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:40hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Police re-arrest Chikurubi prison escapee after nearly 3 years
A man who escaped from Chikurubi Prison Farm almost three years ago has been re-arrested, police confirmed Friday, ending a long-running manhunt for a suspect linked to multiple crimes.The Zim...Published: 05 May 2025 at 13:43hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
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