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Zimbabwe gold shaft collapse kills seven people
Police in Zimbabwe said on Monday that seven artisanal miners were killed in a disused gold shaft when it collapsed at the weekend.Few details were given on the circumstances of the collapse o...Published: 10 hrs ago | 638 | by Staff reporter
Hawks arrest man with explosives in his luggage at South Africa-Zimbabwe border
A 53-year-old foreign national is expected to appear in the Musina Magistrate's Court in connection with alleged possession of explosives.The Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation (kno...Published: 10 hrs ago | 326 | by Staff reporter
War veteran warns against Constitutional amendments to extend Mnangagwa term
Outspoken war veteran Andrew Ndlovu has issued a strong warning to the government against attempts to amend the Constitution, arguing that such actions will lead to chaos and negatively impact future ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1047 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge armed robber jailed for 12 years
A Beitbridge armed robber, Azwindini Kwinda, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted of armed robbery and illegal possession of a firearm.Kwinda was also ordered to pay ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 173 | by Staff reporter
Harare official fired to facilitate recruitment
During a recent inquiry, serious allegations emerged against Harare councillors, claiming they fired the city's acting human capital director, Bozman Matengarufu, just ahead of the August 2023 electio...Published: 10 hrs ago | 112 | by Staff reporter
2 Zanu-PF activists convicted of cyber bullying and harassment
Two Zanu-PF activists, Lovemore Reketai Dhingaka and Bernard Tsotsi, have been convicted of cyber bullying and harassment for targeting the party's aspiring candidate for the Gweru Urban constituency,...Published: 10 hrs ago | 92 | by Staff reporter
Over 6,500 arrested in crackdown on illegal transport operators
Authorities have arrested more than 6,500 commuter omnibus drivers, pirate taxi operators, and touts under the ongoing nationwide operation code-named "No to mushikashika, pirate taxis, and lawlessnes...Published: 10 hrs ago | 73 | by Staff reporter
45 years of Zanu PF misrule have been 'season of darkness' and even darker years ahead if 2028 elections are postpone
Zimbabwe is one of the world's suppliers of cheap labour and our contribution is not always appreciated.I was talking to a Zimbabwean Doctor who has worked in SA. His pay and working condition...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 22:16hrs | 529 | by Wilbert Mukori
What's so special about two more years, Mr. Mnangagwa?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's maneuvers to amend Zimbabwe's constitution and extend his stay in office beyond the constitutionally mandated two five-year terms have left many Zimbabweans perplexed. ...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 21:44hrs | 1050 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Police recover stolen Boer goats
Police in Mashonaland East have launched a manhunt for a suspect who stole nine Boer goats from a farm in Beatrice on Sunday. The suspect reportedly gained entry to the farm by cutting through the sec...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 19:32hrs | 1393 | by Staff reporter
Sengenzo Tshabangu dumped by lawyers
The lawyers representing self-styled CCC Interim Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu and his colleague Senator Nonhlanhla Mlotshwa in the battle for the soul of CCC Messrs Ncube Attorneys firm have du...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 19:00hrs | 3064 | by George Tshuma
ZRP, ZPCS own informal bus terminus, pirate taxis
Officers from both the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) and some government officials are operating parallel ranks with their immune-to-arrest fleet (M...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 14:20hrs | 1409 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Macheso to kick off 2025 showbiz calendar with free Rufaro Stadium bash
Sungura maestro Alick Macheso is set to kick off his 2025 showbiz calendar with a spectacular free bash at Rufaro Stadium in Harare on January 25.The event, which coincides with the launch of ...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 14:20hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu refile appeal
Senator Sengezo Tshabangu and Senator Nonhlanhla Mlotshwa have confirmed the withdrawal of their previously filed notice of appeal in respect of Harare High Court case number 5606/24. The wit...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 13:46hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
Sengezo Tshabangu withdraws his Supreme Court appeal
Interim Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu has withdrawn his Supreme Court appeal against a High Court judgment that nullified his changes to the party's parliamen...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 12:49hrs | 1640 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi deployed on this day in 1983
January 20, 2025 marks the somber 42nd anniversary of one of the darkest chapters in Zimbabwe's history - the Gukurahundi genocide. This atrocity, carried out by the North Korea-trained Five Brigade u...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 11:09hrs | 655 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gears for referendum
ZANU-PF is preparing to amend the Constitution and mobilize its members to resoundingly vote in favor of the amendment in a referendum to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term until 2030, Justi...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:53hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
G40 haunts Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF is mulling a policy on social media to curb the influence of its exiled members in the looming battle over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's succession, it has emerged.The plan was disclo...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:29hrs | 1525 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's tax plan has informal traders tangled up
Mediline Sibanda opened her hairdressing business 13 years ago in Bulawayo's bustling central business district where she operates alongside other vendors and traders that are part of the country's th...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:28hrs | 1588 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU launches new grassroots engagement plan
ZAPU has announced a renewed political strategy focused on direct engagement with people at the grassroots level, emphasizing the importance of collective action in addressing Zimbabwe's current socio...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:25hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Chenhamo Chimutengwende remembered for alleged election violence
ZANU-PF nationalist and former Cabinet minister Chenhamo Chimutengwende, who passed away last week at the age of 81, has been remembered for his controversial involvement in orchestrating violence dur...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:18hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
CIO security aide pleads guilty to unlawful entry and theft
A Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) security aide has admitted to three counts of unlawful entry and theft after breaking into Home Affairs ministry offices in Harare.George Marufu (32) ...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:16hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's son files $500,000 lawsuit over rape allegations
Siqokoqela Mphoko, son of the late former vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko, has filed a $500,000 lawsuit against a relative who accused him of raping her then 12-year-old daughter, as deepening famil...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:09hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: 'We refused to be lured by trappings of power' - Why did you fail to implement even one token reform in 25 years?
The people of Zimbabwe have risked livelihoods, limbs and even their lives (over 500 were murdered by Zanu PF during the 2008 presidential run-off alone) to elect MDC/CCC leaders not power on the unde...Published: 19 Jan 2025 at 19:57hrs | 767 | by Wilbert Mukori
Ncube and Chamisa are one coin with two sides: Gugugu Magorira
Please do not play with our intelligence. Welshman Ncube is the worst politician we can think of today. Ncube is part of the problem too, just like Chamisa. Professor Mandaza told Chamisa to come clea...Published: 19 Jan 2025 at 19:50hrs | 654 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe's cycle of betrayal
Is it not a pity how the people of Zimbabwe have been duped not once, but twice? The first betrayal came from figures like Cecil Rhodes and his clansmen, who, under the guise of imperialism, promised ...Published: 19 Jan 2025 at 14:23hrs | 624 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabwe's high economic growth rate actually shows a struggling economy
The government of Zimbabwe has consistently paraded the positive economic growth rate experienced over the past few years as a sign of a robust and thriving economy. To bolster its narrative, ...Published: 19 Jan 2025 at 12:23hrs | 411 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa is a CIO Project: Blue Movement a Zanu-PF creation
In CCC we have a very safe haven under the leadership of Professor Welshman Ncube and those waiting for yet to be launched political groups can wait as we move forward. The struggle is still on and fr...Published: 19 Jan 2025 at 11:59hrs | 1801 | by Gugugu Magorira
Mnangagwa loyalists 'targeting' diaspora activists propping Chamisa?
Reports have emerged of a clandestine campaign by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's loyalists to crack down on diaspora activists allegedly funding opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's efforts to form a ne...Published: 18 Jan 2025 at 18:56hrs | 1394 | by Staff reportetr
ED2030 agenda gains momentum
The ruling Zanu-PF party is pressing ahead with efforts to amend Zimbabwe's Constitution to allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in office beyond 2028, despite mounting opposition from politic...Published: 18 Jan 2025 at 06:33hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cops drop bribe money and flee as ZACC officials close in
Two police officers stationed in Mutare have appeared before the Mutare Magistrates' Court on charges of demanding a bribe from an illegal taxi driver. The officers, Dudzai Jennifer Chiponda (47) and ...Published: 18 Jan 2025 at 06:26hrs | 1840 | by Staff reporter
Until Zanu PF amend constitution to postpone 2028, subject is mumbo jumbo; Chapungu focus on free elections guarantees
Zimbabwe has many economic, social and political problems to be dealing with. The country is a failed state for Pete's sake. So why is parliament wasting time, energy and God only knows the amount of ...Published: 16 Jan 2025 at 22:22hrs | 1312 | by Wilbert Mukori
Man burns tuckshop after stealing groceries
A suspected thief allegedly set a tuckshop on fire after stealing groceries in Plumtree.Tavingeli Soul (30) appeared before Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembaware.He pleaded not guilty t...Published: 16 Jan 2025 at 09:43hrs | 1268 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Harare council official earns US$12,000 monthly amidst poor service delivery
Mathew Marara, a top official at Harare City Council, has come under scrutiny after it was revealed that he earns a substantial US$12,000 monthly, while the local authority struggles with poor service...Published: 16 Jan 2025 at 07:17hrs | 1988 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo left to count the cost
Torrential rains accompanied by strong winds wreaked havoc in Bulawayo on Tuesday afternoon, leaving scores of families homeless as roofs were ripped off homes, schools, and a church. The storm, which...Published: 16 Jan 2025 at 07:06hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe banks can't seize farmers' land'
The introduction of bankable title deeds for State-owned land will not result in financial institutions seizing control of land or reverse the gains of Zimbabwe's Land Reform Programme, according to M...Published: 16 Jan 2025 at 07:04hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Chimombe, Mpofu's bail application expected today
The High Court will today deliver its ruling on the fresh bail application by business partners Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, accused of misappropriating US$7.7 million from the Presidential Goat Pas...Published: 16 Jan 2025 at 06:59hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Innocent Mpoki, Zimbabweans do not deserve academic insults
Whoever read your today's article on Bulawayo24 is wondering on what planet you live on. I realized you live in USA: The hardships Zimbabwean are going through in that hellhole in Zimbabwe, you have n...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 21:23hrs | 904 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Banks can't seize farmers' land,' says Tagwirei
The recently introduced bankable deeds for state-owned land will not result in banks seizing control of large tracts of land, or in a de facto or de jure reversal of the Land Reform Programme....Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 20:05hrs | 996 | by Paul Ndou
Mozambique's 24% candidate threatens to intensify protests
Daniel Francisco Chapo, 47, was sworn in as the fifth president of Mozambique during a public ceremony in Maputo's Independence Square today. The event, overshadowed by political tensions and conteste...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 18:48hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP implicated in housing cooperative scandals
Harare South legislator Trymore Kanopula, popularly known as TK, faces allegations of corruption and misuse of authority in connection with the Simon Muzenda Housing Cooperative. The Zanu-PF lawmaker ...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 13:14hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional coup looms in Zimbabwe
A controversial proposal to amend Zimbabwe's Constitution and extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term of office by up to five years beyond the 2028 constitutional limit has sparked heated debate. T...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 12:09hrs | 2518 | by Staff reporter
Please, ZANU-PF, don't lie: The ED 2030 campaign never came from Zimbabweans
ZANU-PF Chief Whip Pupurai Togarepi recently claimed that the push for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend his term beyond 2028 originates from the people of Zimbabwe. Speaking at a gatheri...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 11:25hrs | 695 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The dangers of colonial nostalgia and Amnesia
The legacy of colonialism remains a stain on our society - something that cannot be whitewashed. It remains a source of trauma - a source of collective pain. Four decades after independence, its...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 11:21hrs | 424 | by Innocent Mpoki
SA in record-high grain exports to Zimbabwe
The Port of Durban is currently receiving a shipment of imported white maize, marking the first import of the grain since March 2017 when South Africa was grappling with a severe drought.The A...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 06:44hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Foreign funded NGO questions Tshabangu's motive
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has expressed concerns over the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s support for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid for a third term, questioning the moti...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 06:43hrs | 1918 | by Staff reporter
SA govt allowing undocumented aliens' children in schools
The South African government has been commended for resisting calls to remove undocumented migrant children from schools, despite recent pressures from locals and opposition politicians advocating for...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 06:37hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Nepotism in Zimbabwe's public service irks Chief Justice Malaba
Chief Justice Luke Malaba has condemned nepotism in public service, describing it as a form of corruption that undermines governance and service delivery. Speaking at a Judicial Service Commission (JS...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 06:36hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Police target 13 550 unregistered kombis
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched an extensive operation targeting more than 13,500 unregistered commuter omnibuses (kombis) and pirate taxis in Harare. The crackdown aims to restore ord...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 05:49hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
Don't be silly, Tshabangu: Malema would never support Ramaphosa going beyond his term limit!
While at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Precabe Farm over the weekend, opposition CCC party self-appointed Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu made a startling assertion.In a flimsy attempt to...Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 22:30hrs | 671 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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