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Zimbabwean arrested in U.S. for defrauding USAid project
A Zimbabwean national, Ruth Chisina Mufute, has been arrested by special agents from the U.S. Agency for International Development Office of Inspector General (USAID OIG) on charges of wire fraud and ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1786 | by Staff reporter
Why Kingship in Zimbabwe is Constitutional
True to the proverb that a stitch in time saves nine, the controversy surrounding Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe's letter dated 22 April 2025, to Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart, in which he grat...Published: 09 May 2025 at 11:32hrs | 416 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
Bulawayo dismiss fong kong claims on Nkulumane bed bugs infestation
The City of Bulawayo has strongly refuted claims circulating on social media alleging a bedbug infestation in the Nkulumane suburb and surrounding areas. In an official statement, city authorities des...Published: 08 May 2025 at 20:03hrs | 1019 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth kingpin's attempted hijack of Bulawayo building fails
A politically charged attempt by Milton Maposa, a self-styled Zanu-PF youth figure, to forcibly reclaim a building from which he was legally evicted has failed, sparking outrage over the abuse of poli...Published: 08 May 2025 at 14:08hrs | 914 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banker, SA banks implicated in R2 billion electoral scandal
A top Zimbabwean banker is at the centre of the nearly R2 billion Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) tender scandal involving a South African printing company paid R1.2 billion by the Harare governme...Published: 08 May 2025 at 09:58hrs | 2211 | by Roland Mpofu I iol
'Chivayo's source of wealth must be investigated'
Former legislator and opposition activist Amos Chibaya has called for a thorough investigation into businessman Wicknell Chivayo's source of wealth, stating that the probe is long overdue. Chibaya rai...Published: 08 May 2025 at 09:55hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Health Ministry refuses to admit healthcare system is deteriorating
Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care Sleiman Kwidini dismissed claims about the deteriorating state of public hospitals as being largely fueled by "social media" during a heated session in Parliam...Published: 08 May 2025 at 09:51hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Interest in Geza might be waning
I was quite surprised to hear that Blessed Geza had another video last Wednesday, an indicator that my interest in him and that of many is waning.Geza makes a lot of sense, but I cannot shake ...Published: 07 May 2025 at 21:23hrs | 1576 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Chivayo, Bushiri cases dominate Anti-Corruption Conference
The high-profile cases of fugitive Malawian preacher Shepherd Bushiri and controversial Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo have taken centre stage at the 15th Commonwealth Regional Conference for...Published: 07 May 2025 at 15:47hrs | 1594 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition needs to rebrand, not as angry protesters
OPPOSITION politics has been reduced to a one-dimensional game of criticising the ruling party.Zimbabwe is no exception.For decades, opposition parties have channelled most of their en...Published: 06 May 2025 at 15:01hrs | 420 | by Yunah Bvumbwe
Zimbabwe govt's anti-smuggling dragnet nets 472
The Government of Zimbabwe has ramped up its efforts in the ongoing anti-smuggling blitz, resulting in over 200 prosecutions and 269 compliance notices issued as part of a sustained crackdown against ...Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:51hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
South Africa based Ndebele king claimant responds to Zimbabwe govt
The office of King Bulelani Lobengula kaMzilikazi has called for calm and constructive dialogue following criticism from Zimbabwean government officials over the monarch's recent visit to Bulawayo....Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:44hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Who Owns the Future When the Youth Are Just Campaign Props?
Every election season in Zimbabwe brings with it a familiar theatre: politicians parading youth like trophies, cladding them in party regalia, praising their energy, and promising them a future that n...Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:21hrs | 166 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
RBZ's market-determined exchange rate spurs ZiG stability
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s adoption of a market-determined exchange rate system has ushered in a new era of stability and confidence in the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency, with the recent remo...Published: 04 May 2025 at 09:15hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
It's high time foreign governments took the lead in investigating Zimbabwe's corrupt elite
The Zimbabwe ruling elite clearly won't act against high-level corruption.There is something profoundly disturbing about the silence of Zimbabwean authorities in the wake of the damning exposÃ...Published: 03 May 2025 at 11:48hrs | 612 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why community engagement and dialogue are key for Zimbabwe's development
Communities are the backbone of any country.I was recently privileged to moderate the Multi-Stakeholders Dialogue on Bridging Community Solutions and National Policy - organized by the Institu...Published: 03 May 2025 at 11:45hrs | 144 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Garwe must not bully the mayor'
Opposition party ZAPU has come out strongly in defence of Bulawayo mayor David Coltart, following a public rebuke by Local Government minister Daniel Garwe over the mayor's decision to host self-procl...Published: 02 May 2025 at 19:48hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe at a Crossroads: A Time for Inclusive Renewal
'The hardest lesson of my life has come to me late. It is that a nation can win freedom without its people becoming free' Dr Joshua NkomoZimbabwe's post-independence story is one of betrayal. ...Published: 02 May 2025 at 14:34hrs | 472 | by Fikile Motsamai Malikongwa
Garwe must change colonial mentality
SOMETIME last year in August, the Zimbabwean government issued a strong condemnation and warning against Mike Moyo and Timothy Chiminya for claiming titles as ceremonial King Mambo and King Munhumutap...Published: 02 May 2025 at 09:00hrs | 977 | by Phakathwayo Gumede
Kings for Harare, But Not for Matabeleland? Garwe's Letter Exposes a Deep Hypocrisy
Minister Daniel Garwe's recent rebuke of Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart over his meeting with King Bulelani Lobengula Khumalo has sparked a storm of outrage across Matabeleland. The letter, reeking of c...Published: 01 May 2025 at 19:48hrs | 1114 | by Mfan'ufikile kaMalikongwa
Minister under fire over 'Ndebele King'
In a striking letter dated 22 April 2025, Zimbabwe's Minister of Local Government and Public Works, Honourable Daniel Garwe, launched an unprecedented attack on the cultural identity of the Ndebele pe...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 18:28hrs | 1337 | by Mzingaye Khumalo
Mnangagwa dragged into messy, illegal takeover of Arlington Estate
Barely a month after President Emmerson Mnangagwa handed over 480 hectares of Arlington Estate to PPC Zimbabwe, a storm is brewing over the land's true ownership, with fresh court documents revealing ...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 12:18hrs | 3994 | by Staff reporter
Ibhetshu LikaZulu defends Ndebele King claimant
Ibhetshu LikaZulu has expressed deep concern over the letter written by the Minister of Local Government and Public Works, which condemned Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart for meeting with King Bulelani K...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 07:42hrs | 867 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele King claimant's visit to Coltart shocks, angers Zimbabwe govt
A recent meeting between Ndebele King claimant Bulelani Khumalo, a descendant of the late King Lobengula, and Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart has sparked outrage from the Zimbabwean government. The Local...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 07:15hrs | 1938 | by Staff reporter
Landmark birth certificate ruling in Zimbabwe
The High Court has nullified the re-registration of a birth certificate for a child born out of wedlock, ruling that the move was unlawful and posed a threat to the legal rights of legitimate heirs to...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 07:01hrs | 2482 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge clearing agent jailed for smuggling
A Beitbridge clearing agent, Brian Zimbume, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being convicted of fraud and smuggling related offences. Zimbume, who was employed by Andalusia Investments ...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:38hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
NTA, best solution for Zimbabwe! Geza group is saying Chunhu Chedu!
Master of Philosophies say the same thing: without the backing of intelligenzia, there can never be remarkable national development. A Geza revolution is not backed by intelligenzia but by pastors, Iz...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 09:01hrs | 692 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa spokesperson concedes UZ lecturers have genuine grievances
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman, George Charamba, has admitted that University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers, who have been picketing outside the campus over poor wages and working conditions, h...Published: 27 Apr 2025 at 18:30hrs | 2304 | by Staff reporter
Zifa opens UK talent tap
Zimbabwe's football governing body, ZIFA, has launched an ambitious new talent-tracking programme aimed at connecting Zimbabwean diaspora players, with the goal of strengthening the national football ...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:41hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
'Cyber terrorists masquerading as journalists will not be tolerated'
Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Dr. Jenfan Muswere, has emphasized the government's openness to public contributions in developing an inclusive media policy framework, wh...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:35hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
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 | 797 | by Farai Matiashe, Al Jazeera
Mnangagwa under fire
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government have come under intense pressure from Zimbabwe's civic society organisations (CSOs) to repeal the recently signed Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) ...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:30hrs | 6877 | by Staff reporter
LPC led by Pule Seleka weaponised to deal with Dali Mpofu SC?
The Pan-African Bar Association of South Africa (PABASA) issued a stern warning to the Legal Practice Council (LPC), cautioning the regulatory body to resist attempts to weaponise disciplinary proceed...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:46hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Fresh US$100m gold scandal rocks treasury as top Zanu-PF ally implicated
A major financial scandal has erupted at Zimbabwe's Finance Ministry, exposing what appears to be a fraudulent US$100 million payout to a shadowy company linked to a top Zanu-PF gold dealer, Pedzisayi...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 08:29hrs | 6482 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa acolytes want to butcher Constitution, says Geza
War veteran Blessed ‘Bombshell' Runesu Geza has launched a scathing attack on Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda, Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, and Prosecutor General Virginia Mabiza, accusing ...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 07:45hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Musindo likens Geza to Judas Iscariot
Reverend Obadiah Musindo, the president of Destiny for Afrika Network, has fiercely condemned Blessed Geza's call for a nationwide shutdown today and tomorrow, labelling him a "political madman" and a...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 07:41hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MP accuses suspected land barons of trying to overturn High Court order
Former Mount Pleasant legislator Jason Pasade has accused Eastwind Trust owners, Rodgers Pote and Trymore Arineshito, of attempting to manipulate the lower courts to reverse a High Court eviction orde...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 23:16hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council officer vanishes after church booking fraud exposed
A Bulawayo City Council clerical officer has reportedly gone absent without official leave (AWOL) after being implicated in a church booking scam that cost the council over US$2,000 in losses....Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 22:55hrs | 883 | by Staff reporter
JOC blocks ZANU-PF ex-MP, Tongaat Hullets' farmers eviction ploy
Members of the Joint Operation Command (JOC) in Masvingo withdrew and crippled an attempt by former ZANU-PF Chiredzi West legislator and central committee member, Farai Dumo Musikavanhu who in conniva...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 10:37hrs | 2149 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole recently in Chiredzi
All CCC positions unlawful
In a landmark ruling, the High Court in Harare has found in favor of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu, declaring that all party positions and main organs...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:48hrs | 2412 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU slams UZ's suspension of lecturers
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has strongly condemned the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) for suspending five leaders of the Association of University Teachers (AUT), saying the move sets a ...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:34hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu reinstated as CCC Secretary General
In a major legal victory, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu has been reinstated to his position following a High Court ruling that overturned his expulsion from t...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 17:36hrs | 2746 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa blows whistle on alleged corruption involving Minister Chombo
Former Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has publicly raised the alarm over what he described as a deeply entrenched corruption network in Mashonaland West Province, accusing senior government ...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 14:33hrs | 3571 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition rift widens as Mamombe-Nyandoro feud escalates
The widening split within Zimbabwe's opposition ranks has taken a personal and public turn, as the rift between former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) allies Joana Mamombe and Bridget Nyandoro con...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 14:16hrs | 1218 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's crisis will not be solved by another election
For over four decades since our hard-won independence, Zimbabwe has been trapped in cycles of political contestation, economic decline, and social fragmentation.As someone who has lived throug...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 15:04hrs | 1304 | by Ibbo Mandaza
The love of money has destroyed Zimbabwe's churches and turned them into dens of thieves
Oh God, why is my spirit disquieted? As a devout Christian, nothing leaves me more disturbed and broken-hearted than witnessing the Church - the Body of Christ - being reduced to a grotesque s...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 11:11hrs | 735 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
How to start a small tutoring business in Zimbabwe
STARTING a tutoring business in Zimbabwe might sound like an easy hustle - print a flyer, post an advert on WhatsApp and you are in business. However, digging into the numbers and realities, it become...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:45hrs | 175 | by Tawanda Musarurwa
Gwanda police thwart brazen ore heist
Police in Gwanda Rural have successfully foiled a daring, movie-style gold ore theft operation, arresting six suspects and impounding equipment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The heist was th...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:38hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Public uproar over Zimbabwe MPs' upmarket stands
The Ministry of Local Government has issued a statement defending members of Parliament (MPs) accused of being part of a controversial land grab scheme that could see them receive between 300sqm and 1...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:36hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Why is Mnangagwa's regime silent on South Africa's explosive Wicknell revelations?
There are so many questions on Zimbabwe's minds. A disturbing irony hangs over Zimbabwe today. While South Africa's Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has taken decisive steps to inve...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 21:34hrs | 713 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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