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Before you get harassed by Zimbabwe police

Before you get harassed by the police in Zimbabwe, DID YOU KNOW?1. A traffic offence, including driving without a licence, is NO grounds for you to be jailed, so when/if you walk into that Police Station, make it clear to them that you are…

Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 16:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

No to Fast Track Tolls and Free Parking for MPs, Serve the people first

Recent announcement that Members of Parliament (MPs) in Harare will now enjoy free parking in the Central Business District (CBD) and access to express lanes at toll gates on our highways is just wrong. We as Zimbabweans want all these ser…

Published: 02 Mar 2025 at 18:13hrs | | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi

Grave desecration scandal rocks Harare

In a shocking and spine-chilling development, four individuals have been implicated in the violation of 380 mass graves at Restland Memorial Park in Harare. The

Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 20:31hrs | | by Staff reporter

Gule Wamkulu cultural gathering set for Harare

The Chamba Chamakholo Gule Wamkulu cultural gathering is set to take place in Mufakose, Harare, on September 29, featuring a vibrant display of Nyau culture fro

Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter

Edd Branson and Chris Okafor host biggest event in Harare

The stage is set and ready for the Mighty Storms Visitation service which is scheduled to be held on the 19th and 20th of May 2023 in Harare Zimbabwe.The event

Published: 17 May 2023 at 13:29hrs | | by Nkululeko Nkomo

Why Zimbabwe is the best place to visit in 2023

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the north, Mozambique to the east, South Africa to the south, and Botswana to t

Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 14:52hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou

American Chamber of Commerce launched in Harare

UNITED States of America-based companies are taking a keen interest in Zimbabwe through increased investment and trade.Signs of the USA warming up to business o

Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 13:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Zimbabwe Diaspora Vote Initiative: Submission for Electoral Amendment Bill

Dear Parliament of Zimbabwe, The Zimbabwe Diaspora Vote Initiative is pleased to submit suggestions to enable Diaspora Vote which was promised by the President,

Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 16:33hrs | | by Rosewiter Mangirosa

Zanu-PF and the opposition fooled by the vendors in virtually every urban area

Vendors have turned most urban centres into markets as they sell anything from food stuffs, clothing, cellphones and accessories. This is all done in the side walks commonly referred as pavements thereby making movement difficult along the…

Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 16:28hrs | | by AT Kadada

Priscins Petals shine at Hidden Culture

Harare-based fashion label Priscins Petals caused a stir at the prestigious Hidden Culture event held at Borrowdale race course. The fashion brand put

Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 09:53hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu

Harare-Mutare Highway urgently needs widening

MUTARE Highway passes through the dormitory town of Ruwa. When the highway was designed, it was meant to also serve Ruwa, Mabvuku-Tafara, Msasa, Greendale, Hillside and Eastlea.Ruwa has since grown to have among others suburbs Zimre Park, …

Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:53hrs | | by Rejoice Ngwenya Ruwa resident

Vee Mhofu burns Harare

Mbira lovers in Harare are set to enjoy Dziva rembira sounds tomorrow Saturday at The Londoners,161A Strathaven shops in Harare where Vee Mhofu will be performi

Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 17:16hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole

Harare mayor's appeal an admission of failure

THE appeal by acting mayor Stewart Mutizwa has been received with mixed reactions by residents of Harare, who feel that it lacks sincerity and practical application.The City of Harare has to institutionalise accountability and be transpare…

Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:03hrs | | by Harare Residents Trust

Harare refuse collection left to the dogs

IT has emerged that the failure by the City of Harare to collect garbage from high-density suburbs has given rise to opportunists who are now collecting garbage from households for a fee.They are charging residents US$1 per 50kg bag of gar…

Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Harare Residents Trust

Ideological orientation of council officials unconstitutional

THE MDC Alliance is extremely concerned over the latest move by Zanu-PF to take council staff members throughout the country through a partisan ideological orientation programme at the Chitepo School of Ideology.Council employees such as c…

Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 05:38hrs | | by Sesel Zvidzai

Health time bomb looms in Harare

The world is at loggerheads trying to deal with the covid-19 pandemic that is threatening to wipe out humanity.The Pandemic has affected millions of people around the world and millions have also succumbed to this deadly virus.Zimbabwe has…

Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 09:14hrs | | by George Swarei

Mafume, two others suspended as councillors

Harare mayor Jacob Mafume, his deputy Luckson Mukunguma and councillor Anthony Shingadeya have been suspended as councillors for ward 17, 25 and 11 respectively

Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 16:19hrs | | by Staff reporter

Dry weekend for Harare

All suburbs in Harare will have dry taps this weekend as the local authority has completely shut down its main water treatment plant, Morton Jaffray, to install a new pump and carry out routine maintenance. The council has been shutting do…

Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:07hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira

Mafume must stop shifting blame

Since his election as the Mayor of Harare in September this year, MDC Alliance Ward 17 Councillor, Jacob Mafume, has not done anything to resolve Harare's woes except to shift blame on central Government. Instead of giving Harare residents…

Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:48hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga

It is NOT illegal for City of Harare to clamp and tow away vehicles

ON November 21, 2020, The Herald newspaper published an article titled Vehicle clamping, towing illegal - Supreme Court. That article portrays, and has been understood by a wide section of the Zimbabwean populace to imply that it is unlawf…

Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:23hrs | | by Jeremiah Bamu

Corruption at City of Harare continues unchecked

CORRUPTION at the City of Harare continues to go unchecked. We have noted a number of irregular allocations of stands which have been swept under the carpet wit

Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 06:40hrs | | by Concerned Residents

Cry our beloved 'Sunshine City'

In the mid-1990s, I left my village in Guruve to work in Harare and it was a city of bliss and flamboyance. My uncle Obedience Masakara, who was streetwise aat the time, took me around the city centre to familiarise, and after trudging the…

Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 05:56hrs | | by Isdore Guvamombe

Water and sanitation delivery deplorable

An assessment of the current State of Water and Sanitation delivery is revealing a sad chapter and deplorable conditions in the country.Community Water Alliance has witnessed serious and dangerous shortage or scarcity of water, citizens re…

Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 18:42hrs | | by H Rwambiwa

Worsening period poverty in Zimbabwe calls for urgent action

For the first time since 2009, Zimbabwe's economy is projected to slide into a recession this year, with real GDP going down to -5.2%, the lowest economic growth rate in Africa this year. Inflation is already skyrocketing, with the March 2…

Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 09:58hrs | | by Theresa Nyava

RBZ complicit on water problems

Community Water Alliance accessed documents on how much foreign currency has been availed to water delivery per year by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. The documents in possession of Community Water Alliance have demonstrated that the qualit…

Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 16:26hrs | | by Community Water Alliance

Water crisis in Harare exposes MDC inadequacies

There is an old adage that says fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. This maxim rings true to most of our urban voters who are constantly casting their vote to a failed MDC party which has failed to deliver quality service…

Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 13:37hrs | | by Prosperity Mzila

Puppets polluting Harare, Caracas

Before making his transition to our ancestors on November 15, 1998, the revolutionary Pan Africanist organiser Kwame Ture warned Africans everywhere with his rather unique blend of passion and caution, that inside US borders the right were…

Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:38hrs | | by Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye

Ndebeles' long walk from Bulawayo to Harare

On the 7th December 2018 saw some dedicated and culturally conscious Ndebele men embark on a long walk from Bulawayo to Harare with an aim of petitioning the government of Zimbabwe on cultural respect of Mthwakazi. "It is all about acknowl…

Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 21:22hrs | | by Thulani Nkala

Want a goblin? Ask these guys

MR Lameck Banda from Waterfalls, Harare is a shrewd and cunning businessman.Better known as Sekuru Chitsuwi, Banda understands the basic premise of capitalism: supply and demand.Each day, the 60 year-old wakes up at 4am and goes to nearby …

Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff writer

Let's defeat cholera

Cholera is wrecking havoc in Harare and spreading like veld fire. Whilst authorities are fighting hard to contain the epidemic let's stop the blame game and deal with the problem head on. Our customary way of consoling the bereaved by shak…

Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 18:56hrs | | by Thomas Murisa.

Bucket of water fill-up after 8 hours in Harare

Community Water Alliance staff visited households with pre-paid water meters in Kambuzuma Section 1. The purpose of the visit was to assess the impact of pre-paid water meters installed in 2017 by City of Harare on its pilot project. In Ka…

Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 13:30hrs | | by Hildaberta Rwambiwa

Harare violence yet another wake-up call for Sadc

First, there's the voting. Then, there's the counting. But what happens next? This is the sad question now on everyone's mind after the military was deployed to suppress post-election protests in Zimbabwe last week. No one wanted the answe…

Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 06:48hrs | | by Joe Devanny

Harare is burning while ZEC holds onto Zimbabwe election results

There were ugly scenes that characterised the streets of Harare on the 1st August 2018. There were scenes that resembled a war zone. It resembled a country at war with its own citizens. The pre-election period was generally peaceful, and e…

Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 13:55hrs | | by Frazer Muzondo

Why youth will vote for Chamisa: Zhuwao

Franz Fannon said that every "generation must discover its mission, fulfil it or betray it". Zimbabwe's young people have discovered that their generational mission is to transition Zimbabwe from the 1st Republic to the 2nd Republic. Young…

Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 11:56hrs | | by Patrick Zhuwao

The Sunshine City that lost its lustre

Elections are a time when politicians set up their stalls so the electorate can "shop around" and make a choice. All over the world when politicians hit the campaign trail they make outrageous promises which they know fully well they canno…

Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Ish Mafundikwa

#ShutDownHarare, shutting the mind

Yesterday, the MDC Alliance took to the streets in an attempt to "shut down" the capital city, Harare, unless their demands for the implementation of so-called electoral reforms before the watershed harmonised elections on July 30 were met…

Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 05:58hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira

#ShutDownHarare demo - WATCH LIVE

POLICE yesterday gave the greenlight for the MDC-T's planned pro-electoral reform demonstration in Harare today, as Zanu-PF activists, who had threatened to cou

Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter

New 'Gukurahundi' play goes to Harare

Theatre in The Park will from Wednesday May 30 to June 2, 2018 host yet another politically loaded play, "1983 The Dark Years" after the successful run of "Oper

Published: 29 May 2018 at 17:46hrs | | by Rooftop Promotions presser

The mystery of the Pay-For-Your-House scheme

One would ask, what happened to the Pay-For-Your-House scheme funds? The noble scheme came to a saddening and unexplained stop after only a few blocks of flats and houses had been completed. Many of the contributors who had poured large su…

Published: 22 May 2018 at 14:01hrs | | by Tondorindo Murisa

My poor shop

I am an indigenous entrepreneur running a modest general dealer shop in Harare CBD from rented premises. The stock is a 'cocktail of commodities' from groceries to hardware items and other Chinese trinkets. The long building has many shops…

Published: 03 May 2018 at 12:38hrs | | by Tondorindo

Harare's Working Wives to hit screens soon

A movie series titled 'Harare's Working Wives' which focuses on the livelihoods of women outside the work place is expected to hit the big screen this Saturday

Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 13:37hrs | | by Staff reporter

How to smoke out Zanu-PF in Harare

Come 2018 general elections, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) must win resoundingly in Harare Metropolitan to stand a chance to win the Presidency and govern.It is an opposition traditional stronghold, has the highest Voting Age Po…

Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 06:25hrs | | by Phillan Zamchiya

Harare's ticking environmental time bomb

Zimbabwe's capital city, Harare, is in a deplorable environmental state and the solution is to stop all development to avoid fuelling a life-threatening crisis, an official within council has said.An unfavourable stench emanating from an a…

Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:27hrs | | by Kennedy Nyavaya

We need quality service delivery

The Harare City Council wage bill is said to be too high and unsustainable. However, there seem to be no visible action being taken to bring the bill down. What we hear and see are court cases by those affected by efforts to reduce the wag…

Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 19:23hrs | | by Tondorindo Murisa

Harare meets London - 20 young women share their stories in images & poetic lines

This week, an exhibition of photographs and poetry by 20 young women from Harare and London opens in the Zimbabwean capital. The young women are taking part in

Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 11:21hrs | | by Agencies

Harare now a huge sewerage pond?

The outbreak of typhoid in Harare last week torched a heated debate on social media with some observers blaming the city fathers for the scourge whilst others wanted to pin it on Government. As the typhoid debate ensued, new twists emerged…

Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 04:47hrs | | by Charity Maodza

Maybe one should move to Harare to make it!

Albert Nyathi, Jah Prayzah and Derrick Mpofu are all based in Harare and going great musically. When I was in Harare last week on arts business, I somehow managed to cross their paths.Jah Prayzah had the Kutonga  Kwaro album launch an…

Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Nkululeko Nkala

Progress on Harare-Beitbridge highway dualisation way to go

EDITOR,Reports that surveying had started on the Harare-Beitbridge highway is a move in the right direction.Even though surveying has only started from Skyline to Beatrice under an agreement with the Austrian contractor Geiger Internationa…

Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 10:29hrs | | by Zimbo

Zodwa and the carnival

I long ceased to be a fan of America. I have come to associate America with war, hypocrisy and a high level of superciliousness born of its claim to a divine mission in the world, so-called "manifest destiny" and exceptionalism. This has o…

Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 05:41hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

Zesa 'ignores' Happy Hill residents, two months no electricity

Editor, Hide my id please. Today marks 2 months without electricity in our medium density suburb of Happy hill in Harare that is the suburb to the left along Bulawayo road just before Kuwadzana round about from the city of Harare. No joy f…

Published: 16 May 2017 at 14:31hrs | | by Concerned Happy Hill resident

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