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Zimbabwe's worst-designed city: Zimre Park, Ruwa
I urge the residents of Zimre Park, Ruwa, to recognize the urgent need to safeguard our property values, which are being undermined by the Ruwa Local Board's (RLB) evident mismanagement. The RLB's lac...Published: 2 hrs ago | 220 | by Sam Wezhira
Zimbabweans' Dilemma: To Support the Geza Revolution or Not?
For over four decades, Zimbabweans have endured increasing hardships under the rule of ZANU-PF. The party has entrenched itself in power by any means necessary, showing little regard for democratic go...Published: 2 hrs ago | 207 | by Fikile wa Motsamai
Zimbabwe govt workers moonlight as street vendors
Every morning, Dumisani Ngara* gets up at dawn to catch a 6:30am bus to work at Zimbabwe's Ministry of National Housing and Social Amenities. The government-provided bus is free for civil servants in ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 978 | by Staff reporter
Chirumanzu chieftainship wrangle takes unexpected turn
The ongoing Chirumanzu chieftaincy dispute has taken a dramatic turn, with opponents of Abraham Nyamande's nomination for the chiefdom filing an urgent High Court application to halt his installation....Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 05:46hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
School temporarily closed amid suspected spiritual attack
Zhomba High School in Gokwe has been temporarily shut down following reports of a suspected spiritual attack affecting students. Authorities are currently investigating the situation, with Gokwe North...Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 06:47hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Zinara leadership earns top honors
The ongoing restructuring at the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) is proving successful, with key officials receiving top accolades for turning around the once embattled parastatal....Published: 25 Mar 2025 at 11:52hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Wutawunashe's blasphemous utterances are an affront on Zimbabweans' rights and endorse repression
It becomes a huge concern when Christian leaders defend the oppression of God's children.When Prophet Andrew Wutawunashe recently likened Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to Jesus Chris...Published: 24 Mar 2025 at 13:45hrs | 1713 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
A Step in the Right Direction, but Long Overdue
Zimbabwe's higher education sector has been plagued by a silent but dangerous crisis, the rampant issuance and use of fraudulent qualifications. It is, therefore, commendable that the Zimbabwe C...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 20:55hrs | 744 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Coltart frustrated by Glassblock Dam delays
Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart has expressed mounting frustration over the bureaucratic hurdles that are stalling the long-awaited Glassblock Dam project, a critical initiative aimed at ensuring a stabl...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 08:27hrs | 1112 | by Staff reporter
Fidelity Gold Refinery invites bids for gold collection centre construction
Fidelity Gold Refinery (FGR), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mutapa Investment Fund, has issued a tender for the construction of gold collection centres as part of efforts to improve accessibility a...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 08:08hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
UZ lecturers' strike averted
Public Service and Labour Minister Edgar Moyo stepped in on Friday to prevent a salary strike by University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers, following their threats to down tools on Monday in demand for a ...Published: 22 Mar 2025 at 12:14hrs | 8812 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec extends registration deadline
The Government has extended the payment deadline for Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) November 2025 examination fees to May 16, providing relief to thousands of students and easing financ...Published: 22 Mar 2025 at 08:17hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces his waterloo
he Zanu-PF succession battle between Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is reaching a critical juncture as the confrontation escalates ahead of the March 3...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 09:12hrs | 4918 | by Staff reporter
Cholera outbreak spreads in Mashonaland
The cholera outbreak that was initially concentrated in Mashonaland Central has now spread to Mashonaland East, prompting the government to deploy health personnel to Dindi in the Uzumba-Maramba-Pfung...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 06:54hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo tap water smells like sewage?
The City of Bulawayo has launched an investigation into suspected water contamination in Tshabalala following reports of foul-smelling tap water in the area. The incident, which was reported on Monday...Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 12:52hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Crossborders4ED drills borehole in Beitbridge
A group of cross-border transporters operating under the banner Crossborders for Economic Development (Crossborders for ED) has donated a solar-powered borehole to Beitbridge District Hospital to help...Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 08:50hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Mother accuses sons of abusing her
A Harare woman appeared before the civil court yesterday seeking a protection order against her two sons, whom she accused of physically abusing her whenever she assigned them household chores....Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 08:42hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
Zimasco placed under corporate rescue
Zimasco, one of Zimbabwe's largest ferrochrome producers, has been placed under corporate rescue following court filings by controversial businessman Shepherd Tundiya, who claims the company owes cred...Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 11:00hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Brito still loves Bosso despite Fifa scandal
Although his marriage with Highlanders FC ended on a sour note, spilling into FIFA corridors over a $26,500 debt, Brazilian coach Baltemar Brito has made it clear that his love for the Bulawayo giants...Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 10:28hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Zinara, villagers on collision course over trenches
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has drawn the ire of villagers near the Lutumba tollgate after the road authority began trenching traditional roads and paths to prevent motorists fr...Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 06:58hrs | 722 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya defies court order, GetBucks seeks police intervention
Prophet Walter Magaya, the founder of the Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries, is facing allegations of defying a court order to settle a US$420,140.72 debt owed to GetBucks Microfinanc...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 16:12hrs | 1477 | by Staff reporter
Harare residents threaten legal action over church noise
Residents in a Harare suburb are threatening legal action against a local church, accusing it of operating without the necessary permits and disrupting the neighborhood with excessive noise.A ...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 22:24hrs | 1338 | by Ndou Paul
'Buy Zimbabwe' won't work until local products meet quality standards
To "Buy Zimbabwe" or not to buy Zimbabwe - that is the question! The recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Buy Zimbabwe and the Content Creators Association of Zimbabwe signa...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 22:18hrs | 1176 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mine workers around Gwanda chronicle cocktail of unfair labour practices
Mine workers in Matabeleland South have reported facing threats of illness, death from diseases, violations of their labour and human rights, and horrific living conditions during their work in mines....Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 22:13hrs | 1627 | by Stephen Jakes
Rethinking the narrative, embracing homegrown solutions, over USAID
The longstanding narrative that African countries, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa, are heavily reliant on Western aid specifically USAID has become increasingly outdated and misleading. It i...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 17:48hrs | 192 | by Hazel Chari
Ramaphosa's ANC to increase VAT for South Africa
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has proposed a 0.5 percentage point increase for value-added tax (VAT) in the 2025/26 financial year, followed by a further 0.5 percentage point increase in 2026/27....Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 15:11hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in record kidney failure cases
Zimbabwe registers approximately 1,000 cases of kidney failure each year due to restricted access to early diagnosis and treatment, a challenge that continues to put lives at risk.Speaking dur...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 16:56hrs | 1353 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to chair high-level SADC meeting
Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders will convene a virtual extraordinary summit on Thursday to address the worsening political and security crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of C...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 16:02hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Biggie Matiza's son in US$1 million project theft storm
The son of the late Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister, Joel Biggie Matiza, has been dragged to court over allegations that he attempted to seize control of a US$1 million agro-forestr...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 12:34hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Marapira distances self from kidnap storm
Zanu-PF information director Farai Marapira has distanced himself from allegations linking him to the reported abduction of environmental activist and farmer Nadia Vongai Mabvirakare.Mabviraka...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 07:17hrs | 1062 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reverses Chinamasa's decision to fire activists
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has intervened in an internal Zanu-PF dispute, reversing a decision by the party's legal secretary, Patrick Chinamasa, to fire six paid social media activists who were dee...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 10:47hrs | 5309 | by Staff reporter
200 houses in Harare face demolition
Two hundred houses and properties, including two opulent mansions near the National Heroes Acre, were illegally built on land reserved for the Harare Drive expansion project and now face demolition, T...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 08:30hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dams remain critically low since Independence
Despite this year's above-normal rainfall season, Bulawayo could still face extended periods without water, with the local authority warning of a potential crisis that could rival some of the worst in...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:17hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Tongogara's overt hostility toward Herbert Chitepo
Tongogara's overt hostility toward Herbert Chitepo eventually led to unfounded accusations that he had been responsible for Chitepo's death, despite a lack of supporting evidence. Chitepo was killed b...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 18:22hrs | 1368 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe courts US gas investors
Energy and Power Development Minister July Moyo has urged U.S. businesses to invest in Zimbabwe's vast gas reserves, which he says are three times larger than those found in South Africa. Speaking at ...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 14:41hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
Bosso new signings revealed
Highlanders FC is set to significantly bolster their squad with several promising signings once the Fifa transfer ban, imposed due to unpaid debts to former coaches Baltemar Brito and Antonio Joao Tor...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 10:43hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Decoding and explaining the co-existence between Nelson Chamisa and ZANU-PF
Decoding and explaining the co-existence between Nelson Chamisa and ZANU-PF in the Zimbabwean authoritarian context: A case of captured popular opposition leadership1. Introduction...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 09:34hrs | 1998 | by Justice Alfred Mavedzenge
Tamborinyoka's rantings border around treason and defamation
In the ever-evolving political discourse of Zimbabwe, some voices seek to enlighten while others merely engage in baseless, self-serving tirades. Luke Tamborinyoka's latest opinion piece, titled Named...Published: 05 Mar 2025 at 15:04hrs | 940 | by Sylvia Chirau
Zimbabwean permit holders say life in SA has become intolerable
The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Holders Association (Zepha) has urged the Zimbabwean government to facilitate an urgent voluntary repatriation programme for Zimbabweans living in South Africa, citing wo...Published: 03 Mar 2025 at 11:57hrs | 1677 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu survives Parliament recall for now
Judge President Justice Mary Zimba-Dube has issued an order barring the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party from recalling expelled interim secretary-general Senator Sengezo Tshabangu from Parli...Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 09:00hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blasts indiscipline on the roads
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) must take decisive action to restore order on the country's roads by implementing the electronic traffic management system to reduce road carnage, President Emmerson...Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 08:58hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation in major downtrend
Zimbabwe's inflation rate experienced a notable downturn in February, decreasing by 10 percentage points to 0.5 percent, signaling progress toward long-term economic stability and price predictability...Published: 27 Feb 2025 at 11:02hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Bosso secure US$300 000 deal
Highlanders Football Club received a much-needed financial boost yesterday when King's Bullion unveiled a renewable US$300,000 sponsorship package for the year, effectively averting a looming crisis....Published: 27 Feb 2025 at 09:12hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu fears imminent recall from parliament, goes to court
Sengezo Tshabangu, the interim Secretary-General of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has found himself at the center of a legal battle after he approached the High Court seeking an order to pr...Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 16:20hrs | 2706 | by Staff reporter
Filabusi residents alarmed by surge in crimes linked to foreigners
Residents of Filabusi are expressing mounting concern over the alarming rise in criminal activities linked to illegal gold mining in the area, with reports of rape, murder, land degradation, and other...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 16:48hrs | 1077 | by Staff reporter
War veterans agree with Geza
A growing faction of Zimbabwe's war veterans is throwing its weight behind Zanu-PF central committee member Blessed "Bombshell" Geza's call for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down, as discontent...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 16:28hrs | 5263 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors push for stricter enforcement of bylaws
Bulawayo councillors are calling for tighter enforcement of health regulations to curb the growing number of unhygienic food outlets operating in the city.Ward 28 Councillor Ntandoyenkosi Ndlo...Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 18:20hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo gifts Leonard Dembo's widow a Toyota Fortuner and US$50,000
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has gifted a brand-new 2024 Toyota Fortuner and US$50,000 in cash to Eunice Dembo, the widow of Zimbabwean music legend Leonard Dembo, in response to her pub...Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 16:29hrs | 1020 | by Staff reporter
Crisis meeting over RTG alleged takeover plot
Directors and senior executives from the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) and Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) are set to meet today in an urgent bid to address a suspected plot to manipulate the ...Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 09:25hrs | 1665 | by Staff reporter
Removing Mukuru will open Pandora's box!
Whether we are in the Diaspora or in the homeland, events unfolding in Zimbabwe will affect us all. The story of Pandora comes from the Greek poem, Theogony by Hesiod circa 700 BC. Once a...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 18:09hrs | 2767 | by Kenneth Mufuka
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