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Land dispute and murder allegations stir tensions at Dandrennam farm
A storm is brewing at Dandrennam Farm in Lions Den, Mashonaland West Province, as a long-standing land dispute intensifies amid revived murder accusations and alleged political interference. The 578.5...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:39hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
BCC resumes sorghum production
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resumed commercial sorghum farming at Aisleby Farm after a five-year hiatus, aiming to diversify income sources and reduce dependence on ratepayer funding. The init...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:54hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Chiredzi farm workers hit hard by water crisis
Farm workers in Chiredzi Central's Wards 19, 30, and 31 are grappling with a worsening water crisis, forcing many to drink contaminated water and live without access to proper sanitation facilities. T...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:18hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
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 | 355 | by Moses Mzila Nkalange (Ndlovu)
White and black farmers still bear the scars of Zimbabwe's land grabs
Guy Watson-Smith felt hurt and betrayed when his 5,000-hectare (12,355-acre) farm in Beatrice, in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland East province, was violently invaded by three armed men in the early 2000s....Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:49hrs | 806 | by Farai Matiashe, Al Jazeera
Zanu-PF losing candidate nabbed for farm invasion
The losing Zanu-PF candidate for Bulawayo Central in the August 2023 elections, Tendai Charuka, and his brother Tawanda have been arrested for allegedly invading a farm to conduct mining activities wi...Published: 21 Feb 2025 at 14:32hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
9 Zimbabweans charged with murder of fellow citizen in Botswana
Nine Zimbabwean nationals have been formally charged with murder and illegal entry into Botswana following the brutal killing of fellow Zimbabwean Tavonanashe Mariga. The victim was allegedly assaulte...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 11:31hrs | 642 | 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 t...Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 16:46hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Time Bank offers war vets US$3,5bn
TIME Bank has offered a US$3.5 billion compensation package to Zimbabwe's liberation war veterans as part of its broader US$38 billion loan proposal to the government. This development follows signifi...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 12:33hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Botswana to legalise undocumented Zimbabweans
Botswana’s new president has told the BBC that he wants undocumented Zimbabweans to be legalised by granting them temporary work and residence permits."They do jobs that would otherwise not ...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 05:49hrs | 10712 | by Staff reporter
Used clothes take Zimbabwe by storm
Kimberley Dube takes great care with her appearance. She always looks sharp and fashionable in smart-looking jeans, t-shirts, sweatpants, tops, and designer sneakers."I love jeans - can't get ...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 11:24hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police viral 'potato theft' video
A video circulating on social media has ignited allegations of potato theft at Strathmore Farm in Banket, leading to widespread speculation within the community. However, the Zimbabwe Republic Police ...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 12:59hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
Bags of wheat 'stolen' at food distribution point
Villagers in Chegutu's Ward 21 are accusing local leaders of diverting food aid meant for the most vulnerable in their community, claiming the leaders are manipulating beneficiary registers to benefit...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 10:00hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
Local Bank proposes US$35bn loan to Zimbabwe Government
Time Bank of Zimbabwe has proposed a US$35 billion syndicated loan to the government to address compensation obligations for various groups, including previous farm owners and foreign lenders, as part...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 12:42hrs | 3113 | by Staff reporter
Dr John Hlophe's election to the JSC is most feared by neoliberals
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has welcomed the appointment of Umkhonto weSizwe's parliamentary chief whip to represent the National Assembly in the Judicial Service Commission - the primary body...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 09:59hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Why a farmer is riding from Zimbabwe to Windhoek on a horse
When Ben Freeth headed west on horseback from the derelict Mount Carmel farm near Chegutu in Zimbabwe on 28 November, he had to lay low. For about 800km, Freeth avoided roads and stuck to the bush, fo...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 20:05hrs | 16 | by GroundUp
Farm worker steals 18 cattle
A 21-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man who was employed as a farm worker at Garry Charles Rosenfels's farm allegedly stole 18 cattle from the farm's paddocks before c...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 12:11hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu PF is evicting resettled blacks, Operation Mavhotera Papi mark 2023 in all but name
"HUNDREDS of farmers and villagers in Mashonaland West province are facing eviction from the land they occupied on the strength of offer letters issued by politicians and lands officers during the cha...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 19:17hrs | 10 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF official in land dispute
A RUWA farmer last week accused a Zanu-PF politician of plotting to abduct and kill her in a dispute over control of her late father's properties in Mashonaland East province.Danai Jirira said...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 04:51hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora to compensate land reform displaced farm employees
OPPOSITION MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora says he will compensate black farm workers who lost their jobs when Zanu-PF embarked on a land reform programme if he is elected as president on August 23....Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:41hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo named dogs after Ian Smith and his wife
WHAT Ian Smith and his Rhodesian Government had not anticipated was the resilience of the country's nationalists.They remained courageous and refused to regard the hardships and strenuous chal...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, CIO involvement in voting
In the run up to the June 2000 Parliamentary election, there was noticeable intervention of the army, and alleged war veterans. The election also came after the formation of the MDC, which fielded can...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 13:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers steal 36 tobacco bales
POLICE in Marondera, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt for six armed men who besieged a farm outside Marondera and stole 36 bales of tobacco.The suspects, armed with a rifle, ...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:00hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
SeedCo boss' messy divorce exposed in court
A HARARE magistrate yesterday heard that Seed Co board chairperson Michael Ndoro may have divorced his former wife Precious Jemani Ndoro because of his alleged involvement with a sex worker.Wh...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:27hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF intensifies voter registration
Zanu-PF has intensified the voter mobilisation drive, with Mashonaland West Province's Chegutu district yesterday getting a major boost after taking delivery of an additional 51 bicycles for use....Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:16hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
South African-based armed robbers, team up with locals to terrorise Harare residents
FOUR South Africa-based Zimbabweans appeared in court today on allegation of teaming up with six locals and committed a spate of armed robberies in and around Harare.Deborah Mukambachaza, Gadi...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
10 farm workers killed while battling veld fire in Esigodini
Ten people were confirmed dead and at least five others were treated for smoke inhalation at a farm in Esigodini, Matabeleland South, on Monday while battling to put out a veld fire, the environmental...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 18:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I earned more as a farmworker in South Africa than as a maths teacher in Zimbabwe'
A teacher living in Zimbabwe says he made more money working as a citrus farm labourer in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape than he does teaching mathematics in his hometown.Nhamburo (not his real name) ...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 08:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fears expressed over Zimbabwe Extension Permit cancellation
Zimbabwean expatriates are scrambling to apply for a visa to continue living in South Africa after their Zimbabwe Extension Permits (ZEP) expired in December.If they are unsuccessful, in some ...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 09:02hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farmers urged to implement climate change proofing Agricultural practices
Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged tobacco farmers to plan thoroughly and elevate their agricultural practices as mitigation measures to cou...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 08:39hrs | 22 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Graves to make way for residential stands
GRAVES in the high-density suburb of Glen Norah in Harare are set to be removed to pave way for the allocation of 300 residential stands.This was contained in a notice of an application for th...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MP pays fees for striking farm workers' children
Mazowe North legislator Campion Mugweni (ZANU PF) has paid tuition fees for 600 farm workers' children at Forester Estate in Mvurwi.The...Published: 16 May 2022 at 21:42hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Govt urged to address issues fuelling inflation
TRADE unions have urged Government to promote dialogue among social partners to address issues revolving around the welfare of workers and whip into line cartels which are fuelling inflation.T...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:59hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala mobilises youths to defend Chin'ono goat project
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy chairperson, Job Sikhala, claimed Saturday to have mobilised scores of people to sleep at journalist and government critic Hopewell Chin'ono's Murehwa home....Published: 01 May 2022 at 12:32hrs | 11 | 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...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 20:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa boycotts, Nhlanhla Ndiweni calls for sanctions on Zimbabwe
On Wednesday this week, the Mike Campbell Foundation (MCF), held its 10th Anniversary Celebrations at the Royal Geographical Society in London, themed: "An exciting journey of hope: Stories from the p...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Armed robbers kill farm security guard
Police in Mashonaland Central have launched a manhunt for a gang of 11 robbers that pounced on three security guards at Harvey Farm in Glendale annd fatally assaulted one them.Provincial polic...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 05:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Glen Norah graves to be relocated
Over 40 graves are set for exhumation from an old cemetery in Glen Norah B to pave way for the construction of houses by private property developers.The exhumed bodies will be reburied at Gran...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe linked to child labour storm
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe allegedly instructed Zanu-PF youths to block an investigation into allegations of child labour at white-owned farms in Mazowe district, Mashonaland Central provin...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF reads riot act
THE Zanu-PF leadership in Mashonaland East province has blocked the planned eviction of scores of families from Mlanje Estates which is at the centre of an ownership wrangle between Godfrey Gonese and...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Presidential Guard soldiers arrested in Beatrice gun robbery
Two soldiers from the Presidential Guard have been arrested after a family was robbed at gunpoint at a farm in Beatrice, Mashonaland East.Police are also holding a third man, who retired from ...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe and Smith denied povo title deed, 'not to relinquish control over them' revealed late John Robertson
"John Robertson (85), a highly respected Zimbabwean economist who lived through the rise and fall of the country's increasingly volatile economy and three successive governments, passed away in Harare...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 18:03hrs | 9 | by Wilbert Mukori
Farm workers jobless as Mpofu defies High Court
DOZENS of workers at Esidakeni Farm, located about 67km from Bulawayo, are said to have lost their jobs after Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu defied a court order to vacate the farm....Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu turns to armed militia to evict Siphosami Malunga from Esidakeni farm
Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu has deployed armed men to evict a prominent human rights activist and his partners from a coveted farm in Nyamandlovu, thumbing his nose at a court ord...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 06:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mystery deaths deepen in Zimbabwe
DEATH is never easy and, whenever it strikes, the grief it causes is traumatic for family and friends who would have lost a loved one.This encounter with mortality always leaves the surviving ...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 18:49hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Farm workers reject US$30 monthly wage
FARM workers have frowned at the paltry wage increment approved by some unions in the agricultural sector that will see most of them getting $6 400 (US$30) per month at a time when the family monthly ...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:29hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mafios chases ZANU PF supporters out of his farm
Residents at former ZANU PF Mashonaland Central chairman Dickson Mafios Insingiza farm, Bindura yesterday raised a red flag over their illegal eviction from the farm compound on alleged political grou...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 14:05hrs | | by Lloyd Rabaya/Simbarashe Sithole
Plan to stabilise bread flour prices
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) is in talks with Government to stabilise the prices and supplies of bread flour until the end of the year.Speaking in Bindura, GMAZ national ch...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High Court bars Madzivanyati from interfering at Esidakeni Farm
The Bulawayo High Court has granted an order barring Dumisani Madzivanyati from interfering with operations at Kelshmar Farms in Nyamandlovu.Siphosami Malunga, who is the son of late nationali...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 21:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere's brother evicts families from Insingiza Farm
Hundreds of families were yesterday evicted from Insingiza Farm in the Mapunga area on the outskirts of Bindura, owned by expelled former Zanu-PF provincial chairperson Dickson Mafios and his half-bro...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
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