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Government debt cripples Masvingo City
Masvingo City Council is facing mounting challenges in delivering basic services due to the government's failure to settle substantial debts owed to the local authority, with claims that various gover...Published: 18 hrs ago | 161 | by Staff reporter
Chief Mugabe faces backlash over school fee collection scheme
Chief Mugabe, born Matubede Mudavanhu, has stirred controversy after authorizing village heads in his jurisdiction to collect outstanding school fees, offering a 10 percent commission on each collecti...Published: 19 hrs ago | 328 | by Staff reporter
6 ZCC members die in road crash
Six members of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) lost their lives early Monday morning when the Toyota Quantum they were travelling in overturned along the Mutare - Masvingo Road, police have confirmed....Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 08:24hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Teenager arrested for killing two worshippers
A 19-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing four people, killing two, during an all-night prayer gathering in Mashavele Village, Chief Gezani, on August 3.Police said Liberty ...Published: 11 Aug 2025 at 08:47hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge highway robbery gang arrested
Police in Beitbridge have arrested four men in connection with a series of violent highway robberies that targeted motorists along a detour on the Beitbridge - Gwanda Road, bringing to an end months o...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 19:22hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash agent's home raided
A gang of three suspected armed robbers stormed the home of a local EcoCash agent near Mucheke Rank in the early hours of Saturday morning, escaping with over US$5,300 in cash, US$1,100 worth of Econe...Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 13:21hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Harare accounts for most accidents in Zimbabwe
Harare Metropolitan Province accounted for more than half of the road traffic accidents recorded across Zimbabwe in 2024, according to the latest Extreme Events and Disasters Report released this week...Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 09:50hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Controversial Zanu-PF activist eyes council seat
Zanu-PF activist Esau Mutanho - accused of leading a terror gang in Masvingo and facing both a US$150 000 lawsuit and a criminal charge - is among the candidates vying for the party's ticket in tomorr...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 17:31hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally disburses nearly US$200K to Zanu-PF affiliates
Special Advisor to the President, Dr Paul Tungwarara, has disbursed nearly US$200,000 from the Presidential Revolving Fund to eight Zanu-PF-affiliated groups in Masvingo Province, urging beneficiaries...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 13:33hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet approves agric sector taxes, permits review
Cabinet has approved a comprehensive review of licences, permits, levies and fees in the agriculture sector, with reforms specifically targeting the livestock, dairy farming and stockfeeds sub-sectors...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 09:05hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe culls 120 000 quelea birds to protect winter wheat
Close to 120,000 quelea birds have been culled in Manicaland and Masvingo provinces as the Government intensifies efforts to protect the country's winter wheat crop from one of its most destructive mi...Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 18:25hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Girl (13) dies in labour, 'lover', father jailed
A 13-year-old girl from Masvingo Rural, who was a member of the Johane Marange Apostolic sect, has died in childbirth and was buried without the police being notified, in a case that has sparked outra...Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 12:14hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Nurse injured on duty, betrayed by Mnangagwa's govt
Progress Muzuva, a nurse at Bikita Rural Hospital in Masvingo province, remains bedridden and without adequate medical care or compensation seven years after suffering serious injuries inflicted by a ...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 08:54hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP's property attached over US$34,000 fraud
The High Court has ordered the attachment of movable property belonging to Masvingo North legislator Brian Mudumi after he failed to repay US$34,000 in a fraud case involving his company, Cloud Africa...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 08:40hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Govt Pension Fund acquires Monomotapa Hotel
Zimbabwe's largest hospitality group, African Sun Limited (ASL), has agreed to sell the historic Monomotapa Crowne Plaza Hotel and its adjacent car park to the Public Service Pension Fund in a deal va...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 12:18hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Thief too busy to return Judge's stolen barbed wire
In a bizarre case of boldness and blatant disregard for the law, a 32-year-old man from Masvingo who stole 1,600 metres of barbed wire from High Court Judge Justice Sunsley Zisengwe's rural homestead ...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 19:13hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Fresh displacement looms under Tugwi-Mukosi development plan
A new wave of forced displacements is set to strike Chivi and Masvingo Rural districts, with over 17,000 people-estimated to be from 3,652 households-expected to be relocated under the Government's Tu...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 13:24hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean birth control pills smuggled into South Africa
A growing syndicate involving hospital staff, informal cross-border transporters, and backyard traders is siphoning government-issued birth control pills from Zimbabwe's public health facilities and s...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 10:15hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Devolution, Development should take precedence over politics,' Chadzamira
HARARE - The Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Honourable Ezra Chadzamira has disclosed that everyone should focus on preaching devolution and development that the coun...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 16:22hrs | 521 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Traffic lights scandal hits Trabablas, authorities mum
HARARE - Over US$2 million might have been siphoned towards procurement and installation of counterfeit traffic lights at the Trabablas Interchange (former known as Mbudzi roundabout/interchange), wit...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 22:46hrs | 1442 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Mutapa, RBZ push for economic transformation
The Mutapa Investment Fund and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) have pledged to play pivotal roles in driving economic transformation and ensuring financial stability as the nation accelerates effor...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 14:18hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube promises major cuts within 2 weeks
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has pledged sweeping policy reforms within the next two weeks aimed at boosting the viability of small-scale businesses across Zimbabwe...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 20:59hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
Mystery shrouds death of Headman Mapanzure's wife
The Mapanzure community in Nyajena has been left reeling in grief and confusion following the tragic and mysterious death of Lucy Chanhuwa (67), the wife of respected traditional leader Headman Mapanz...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 15:13hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
Harare drug kingpin convicted over 175kg of cannabis
Notorious drug trafficker Ali Allan Mamudu (55), who was found in possession of a trailer-load of 175kg of mbanje smuggled from Eswatini and headed for Malawi via Zimbabwe, has been convicted and is a...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 15:12hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
'Better Schools Program Zimbabwe, a huge scam'
A damning audit has revealed that the Better Schools Program Zimbabwe (BSPZ) Fund in Masvingo Province is operating illegally, lacking a registered constitution and failing to secure mandatory approva...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 15:12hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
'Wangu Mazodze is not a serious team'
FC Wangu Mazodze head coach Philani "Beefy" Ncube has confirmed his sacking from the team, lashing out at his former employers and describing the club as a "circus" lacking the seriousness to secure P...Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 14:31hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF driver faces public violence docket
Zanu-PF driver Esau Mutanho, already facing a US$150,000 letter of demand for allegedly disrupting a book launch in Masvingo, is now under further pressure after a docket for public violence was opene...Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 09:19hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Dog bite cases surge to 456 in 1 week
Zimbabwe recorded 456 dog bite cases in just one week, according to a Weekly Disease Surveillance Report issued by the Ministry of Health and Child Care for the week ending July 6, 2025, raising alarm...Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 09:16hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Till operator on the run after allegedly stealing US$12,000
Police have launched a manhunt for Philisani Nyathi, a till operator at N. Richards Group, who is accused of stealing US$12,000 from the company on July 15, 2025.Masvingo Provincial Police Spo...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 14:08hrs | 1115 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala book launch disruptor served with letter of demand
The Messenger of Court in Masvingo has successfully served a letter of demand for US$150,000 on Zanu-PF activist Esau Mutanho, who recently made headlines after disrupting the launch of opposition pol...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 16:00hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Wangu Mazodze faces mass resignations
It never rains but pours for FC Wangu Mazodze following their 2-0 defeat to city rivals Masvingo United in a Division One league match on Sunday, a result that has deepened the crisis within the club'...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 13:30hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter
Ezra Chadzamira's driver faces outstanding police case
Esau Mutanho, driver to Zanu PF's Ezra Chadzamira and known leader of a terror gang, is embroiled in yet another police case at Masvingo Central, adding to a growing list of allegations against him....Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 13:00hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
JSC plans to reintroduce press desks in courts
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is considering reintroducing Press desks in courts to facilitate the work of journalists, recognising the media as a key stakeholder in the justice delivery syste...Published: 19 Jul 2025 at 09:08hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers join night-time gold rush
In a startling development highlighting Zimbabwe’s worsening economic crisis, teachers from Fusira, Musvovi, and Madzivanyika schools in Masvingo South have reportedly joined illegal gold panning ac...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 13:11hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Man loses teeth in violent fight over sex worker
A 22-year-old man from Chief Charumbira's area in Masvingo rural lost two front teeth after he was allegedly stabbed in the mouth during a violent altercation over a sex worker at...Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 21:54hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Street kid-turned-vendor convicted of fraud, theft
A former street kid who rose to prominence as a popular airtime vendor in Masvingo town has been convicted of fraud and theft after swindling two victims out of more than US$1,600. However, sentencing...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 15:58hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Power struggle behind Tagwirei's expulsion
Further revelations have surfaced surrounding the dramatic expulsion of business mogul Kudakwashe Tagwirei from a Zanu-PF Central Committee meeting in Harare last week, exposing a fierce behind-the-sc...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 20:26hrs | 1298 | by Staff reporter
GZU employee up for rape
Ngonidzashe Shaurwa has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a minor.He appeared before Masvingo magistrate Tafira Nyoni on 9 July 2025 defending accusations of having sexual relations ...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:28hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Family in soup for marrying off underage girl
A family in Mapanzure, under Headman Matavire in Chief Murinye's jurisdiction, is facing investigation after reportedly marrying off their 16-year-old daughter following her return home late.T...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:27hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Youths violently disrupt Job Sikhala's book launch in Masvingo
A group of suspected Zanu-PF youths violently disrupted opposition politician Job Sikhala's book launch at the Charles Austin Theatre in Masvingo on Friday, forcing the event to be called off....Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:17hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
Old Mutual high school quiz finals kick off
After months of fierce academic competition across zonal and provincial stages, the much-anticipated finals of the Old Mutual High School Quiz have officially begun in Harare. Finalist teams from acro...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 17:02hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Battle over Zanu-PF co-option process
Zanu-PF is scrambling to finalise an internal circular clarifying its co-option procedures following a fierce internal dispute over the controversial attempt to usher businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei i...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 11:42hrs | 1843 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe women's bank opens 11 000 accounts in 2024
The Zimbabwe Women Microfinance Bank (ZWMB) opened 11,120 new savings accounts in 2024 as part of the Government's ongoing push to promote financial inclusion and empower marginalized groups - particu...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 09:52hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Flat tyres bring City's trench project to a halt
Masvingo City Council is facing mounting criticism from residents over the prolonged downtime of a key earth-moving machine, brought to a standstill by flat tyres while working on a crucial trenching ...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 18:02hrs | 1125 | by Staff reporter
Energy Mutodi fires back at ZPP
A fierce political storm is brewing in Masvingo following damning allegations by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) that Bikita South legislator, Energy Mutodi, threatened to exclude certain wards from ...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 11:36hrs | 1423 | by Staff reporter
Foreign vendors turn Bulawayo pavements into open-air toilets, bedrooms
The heart of Bulawayo's Central Business District is fast degenerating into a public health crisis as illegal vendors - many of them from outside the city - have turned pavements into makeshift homes,...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:06hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Mucheke main bridge now 58% complete
The much-anticipated construction of the Mucheke main bridge in Masvingo is advancing steadily, with authorities confirming that the project is now 58 percent complete and expected to be finished by t...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 15:00hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe highway robbers jailed 144 years
Two violent highway robbers who terrorised travellers along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Road have been handed a combined 144-year prison sentence following their conviction on three counts of armed robber...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 14:57hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Councilors in near fist fight over international trips
A tense Masvingo City Council meeting held on June 27 nearly turned violent as councilors clashed over a proposed international trip to Zambia and the licensing of a new liquor operator in Hills...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 10:26hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
No one is above criticism - not even the President
Democracy has always been too heavy a burden for weak, insecure leaders.The recent arrest of The Zimbabwe Independent editor, Faith Zaba, on allegations of "undermining the authority of the pr...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 22:44hrs | 617 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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