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Mnangagwa approves key appointments
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved a series of high-level appointments and promotions aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of the Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission (ZICC), a constituti...Published: 5 hrs ago | 342 | by Staff reporter
Simbarashe Sithole not guilty
Journalist Simbarashe Sithole has been acquitted of extortion and bribery charges after a high-profile legal battle that drew national attention, raising critical questions about media freedom and the...Published: 15 hrs ago | 322 | by Staff reporter
Journalist acquitted of extortion charges
Freelance Journalist Simbarashe Sithole was on Thursday afternoon acquitted of extortion charges at the Harare Magistrate Court.After a full trial, Magistrate Rufaro Panavanhu ruled that the s...Published: 17 hrs ago | 276 | by Paul Ndou
Council in bond paper scandal
Karoi Town Council is at the centre of a damning procurement scandal after it emerged that the local authority ordered safety equipment worth US$1,100 but instead received bond paper in what lawmakers...Published: 24 hrs ago | 367 | by Staff reporter
Explosive corruption report handed to Mnangagwa
A political firestorm is erupting at Town House following the submission of a damning report to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, which exposes endemic corruption, systemic mismanagement, and the virtual ...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 11:29hrs | 1378 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man uses live snake to scare and rape woman
A 25-year-old man from Chitungwiza has been arrested for allegedly raping a 23-year-old woman multiple times while threatening her with a live snake, a lizard, and alleged ritualistic paraphernalia, p...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 07:13hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Released psychiatric patient commits double murder
A psychiatric patient who was previously institutionalised for murder has been re-committed to the Chikurubi Psychiatric Unit after allegedly killing two more people, in a chilling case that has reign...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 07:05hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo's arrogance is an insult to millions of suffering Zimbabweans
There's a saying: "A soft answer turneth away wrath" - but what happens when arrogance and contempt are the response to a nation's cry for accountability?There is something profoundly disturbi...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 19:25hrs | 597 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa cronies get lucrative tenders
On 5 May 2025, Youth Minister Tinoda Machakaire posted a seemingly heartfelt message on social media expressing deep concern over the dire state of Zimbabwe's public health institutions. Visiting a ho...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 18:42hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
9 rural teachers arrested for protesting
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has strongly condemned what it describes as the targeting, harassment, and arrest of its members in Mutare, Manicaland province, after a peacef...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 18:08hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Ex-prosecutor jailed for soliciting US$200 bribe
A former public prosecutor stationed at Tredgold Magistrates Court in Bulawayo has been jailed for three years after he was convicted of soliciting and accepting a bribe to influence the outcome of a ...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 18:04hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Protesters stranded after Auxillia Mnangagwa skips London summit
Zimbabwe's First Lady, Auxillia Mnangagwa, was notably absent from the First Ladies of Africa Impact and Resilience (FLAIR) Summit in London on Tuesday, following mounting pressure from activists and ...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 18:03hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Genocide govt shifts gukurahundi probe to closed-door private testimonies
The government has abruptly altered the investigative framework and methodology for the upcoming state-sponsored probe into the Gukurahundi genocide, replacing an open public testimonial approach with...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:43hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei, the military and power politics in Zimbabwe!
DEAR READER, it was on the 13th of May 2018 that Phineas Tagwirei, "father" to Kudakwashe Tagwirei a Zimbabwean tycoon with an avalanche of ''business'' interests quietly breathed his last at the trau...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:41hrs | 1527 | by Dr P. Zamchiya
Couple loses Trabablas court case
The High Court has ruled in favour of the State in a high-profile land dispute, reaffirming the legal precedence of public infrastructure development over individual property claims when fair compensa...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:36hrs | 6731 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe approves smart city initiative to tackle traffic offences
The government has greenlit the implementation of a home-grown Smart City concept designed to reduce traffic offences and curb road accidents across Zimbabwe.The initiative, set to be deployed...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:35hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt eyes Harare-like probe in Bulawayo
The Commission of Inquiry into the Harare City Council has completed its year-long probe and handed its findings to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, with government now hinting at the expansion of simila...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:33hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Deep-rooted corruption at Harare City Council
Harare City Council has for decades been run by unscrupulous individuals whose corrupt activities continue to cripple service delivery, a damning Commission of Inquiry report has revealed. The finding...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:29hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
ZANU never fought against the British - lets not distort history
When we distort the past, it ceases to be history and becomes propaganda.In Zimbabwean politics, the manipulation of history is as common as the empty promises made during election campaigns.&...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 22:46hrs | 944 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Gukurahundi hearings under fire over lack of legal safeguards
The upcoming Gukurahundi outreach programme has sparked backlash from human rights advocates, who argue that the process lacks credibility due to the absence of a clear legal framework and independent...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 17:48hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa receives Harare City Council governance report
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday afternoon received a comprehensive report on governance issues within the Harare City Council from a Commission of Inquiry led by retired judge Justice Maphios C...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 17:26hrs | 981 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi failed to meet Mnangagwa
Former Foreign Affairs and Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi was arrested on Thursday after his surprise return to Zimbabwe, contradicting widespread media reports that he had met President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 10:01hrs | 3122 | by Staff reporter
ZIDA launches grievance response mechanism
In a landmark move aimed at enhancing Zimbabwe's investment climate, the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) has launched the Investor Grievance Response Mechanism (IGRM) - a formal syst...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:24hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Mourners arrested for killing burglar breaking into house next door
Four men attending a funeral in Bhule Village, Tsholotsho, have been arrested for allegedly beating a suspected burglar to death after catching him trying to break into a nearby home.The incid...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:17hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Mother turns son in for churchgoer's murder
In a chilling and unusual turn of events, a mother's bravery exposed a horrific murder in Zezani after her son confessed to killing a church-going woman and pleaded for money to flee to South Africa....Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:18hrs | 952 | by Staff reporter
MPs demand answers on machete sales in Bulawayo
Legislators from Bulawayo have raised serious concerns in the National Assembly over the government's policy on the ownership and sale of machetes, following a disturbing increase in violent attacks l...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:15hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Land wrangle victim still in mortuary 4 years on
Four years after the alleged assault and killing of Headman Taurayi Lovemore Takawira, his body remains in the mortuary at Masvingo Provincial Hospital, as the murder case involving Chief Fortune Char...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:48hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moving to tighten social media regulation
The Zimbabwean government has announced plans to bolster the Data Protection Act as part of efforts to curb the rapid spread of false and harmful content circulating on social media platforms and onli...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:33hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs meet to finalise long-delayed gukurahundi outreach programme
Traditional leaders from Matebeleland North and South have convened in Bulawayo to finalise preparations for the long-awaited Gukurahundi Community Engagement Outreach Programme, a government-backed i...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:32hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Senator demands justice over gukurahundi assault on Mahetshe learners
MATEBELELAND SOUTH Senator Nonhlanhla Mlotshwa has issued a scathing rebuke of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) following the brutal assault of pupils at Mahetshe Primary School in Maphisa during wh...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:32hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers and married man arrested during public romp
Three self-confessed Southlea Park sex workers and their married client found themselves in hot water after being caught red-handed engaging in public sex acts. The quartet was arrested by alert polic...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:30hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Teen kills aunt, violates her corpse
High Court Judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi has delivered a scathing rebuke of increasingly horrific crimes in Zimbabwe, saying recent cases suggest that the world may be nearing its end. His comments...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:26hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF, A reminder that roles can change, and the law applies to all
One reality continues to echo loud and clear, positions of power are not permanent and the law does not discriminate. The incarceration of former Foreign Affairs Minister Walter Mzembi is a typical ex...Published: 15 Jun 2025 at 12:43hrs | 881 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Varakashi tweets can never mask Zimbabweans' suffering under the Mnangagwa regime
There are some things under the sun that can never be defended or glossed over.The desperation of the ruling ZANU PF regime has never been more apparent than in its feverish attempt to strengt...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 14:39hrs | 727 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The ZANU-PF–Britain alliance is a self-serving bond that never served the people
The political theatre designed to deceive Zimbabweans seems never-ending.A few days ago, senior Zimbabwean officials and British nationals gathered in Harare to celebrate King Charles III's bi...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 14:24hrs | 656 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Harare Private College stages fake Cambridge exams
Destiny Achievers College in Harare has been rocked by a scandal involving the staging of fake Cambridge Ordinary Level examinations in June this year, affecting at least 16 learners and defrauding th...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:21hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
High Court declares key provision of Patriotic Act unconstitutional
The High Court of Zimbabwe has struck down a significant part of the controversial Patriotic Act, ruling that Section 22A (3) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Act No. 10 of 2023...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 19:06hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
Cops assault ZACC officer
Two police officers from Sakubva Station appeared before Provincial Magistrate Tendai Mahwe on Monday, where they were fined US$500 each for assaulting a Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) inv...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 19:04hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean MPs call for ban on pit bull terriers
In the wake of a recent fatal attack by Pit Bull Terriers on a Harare resident, members of Zimbabwe's Parliament have called for a ban on the breed, citing growing concerns over public safety....Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 18:57hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Mother, two kids found dead in their bedroom
Police have launched investigations into two harrowing incidents that have rocked communities in Dema and Seke, involving the deaths of a mother and her two young children, and the murder of a 67-year...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 18:54hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
No one is above the Constitution: Zimbabweans must say no to term extensions
Zimbabweans must never allow their country to backslide or let their hard-won rights be stripped away.In 2013, millions of Zimbabweans made history by overwhelmingly endorsing a new Constituti...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 08:33hrs | 768 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chimombe, Mpofu charges dropped
The State has withdrawn fraud charges against businessman Moses Mpofu and ZANU PF central committee member Mike Chimombe in a case involving an allegedly corrupt lighting tender awarded by the Harare ...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 12:52hrs | 2799 | by Staff reporter
United Methodist barred from Harare premises
High Court Judge Justice Munangati Manongwa has issued an interim order prohibiting the United Methodist Church from conducting church services and events at its property in Borrowdale, Harare, follow...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 09:09hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Nedbank Zimbabwe wins US$2m Supreme Court case
The Supreme Court has thrown out an appeal by Israel-based firm Magic Software Enterprises Limited, which had sought to overturn a High Court decision that ruled nearly US$2 million held in a Nedbank ...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 17:20hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
High Court issues interdict against United Methodist Church
The High Court of Zimbabwe has granted an interim order prohibiting the United Methodist Church from hosting services and other functions at its property in Borrowdale, Harare.The decision fol...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 15:07hrs | 1109 | by Ndou Paul
Is the cancer killing us coming from our Harare water
Either you don't get water at all or you receive contaminated water and it is time for residents to take action. With alarming reports of toxins contaminating the city's water supply, the health and s...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 11:20hrs | 225 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holders secure legal victory in SA
Zimbabwean immigrants living in South Africa under the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) system have won a major legal reprieve after the Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed an attempt by South Africa's M...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 10:12hrs | 1399 | by Staff reporter
Family seeks justice for son killed by a combine harvester
A family from Ottoman Farm in Makonde is still fighting for justice after their 12-year-old son was fatally struck by a combine harvester three years ago.The boy suffered severe skull injuries...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 08:49hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Harare motorist faces resentencing over driving ban
A Harare motorist convicted of reckless driving is set to face resentencing following a High Court directive for the trial magistrate to reconsider the scope of the driving ban imposed.Gerald ...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 08:47hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Have Zimbabweans become Chivayo's wives?
Have we lost all self-respect?One of the most disturbing spectacles unfolding in Zimbabwe today is the humiliating spectacle of grown men and women - from all walks of life - openly begging co...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 21:59hrs | 1125 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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