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Zimbabweans must boycott vehicle licence renewals
Zimbabweans are no strangers to economic hardship, but the recent enforcement of the Broadcasting Services Amendment Act of 2025 marks a new low in government overreach - and it d...Published: 20 hrs ago | 812 | by Staff reporter
Zinara starts enforcing radio licence requirement
The controversial Broadcasting Services Amendment Act of 2025 has officially come into effect and is now being enforced by the Zimbabwe National Road Authority (ZINARA), sparking ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 466 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt fiddles while UZ burns
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has suspended six students accused of mobilising their peers to participate in a protest against the institution's administration, as the ong...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:55hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Olinda Chapel's healthcare company loses tribunal case
A manager at a healthcare company has won an unfair dismissal case after being sacked just two days following her complaint that her boss's husband behaved in a sexually inappropr...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:41hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Maphisa calls for Uhuru day celebrations to deliver development
Residents of Maphisa have called on the government to ensure that the hosting of the 2026 Independence Day celebrations at the growth point leads to meaningful and lasting development rather than serv...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 16:10hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police enlist Interpol in manhunt for Geza
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has intensified its search for fugitive war veteran and former Zanu-PF central committee member Blessed Geza, enlisting the assistance of Interpol and regional secur...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:45hrs | 1103 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls in danger
One of Africa's most celebrated natural wonders, Victoria Falls, is facing mounting threats from climate-related water risks, particularly recurrent droughts, according to a newly released global anal...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:39hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Knives out in Mnangagwa succession dog fight
The race to succeed President Emmerson Mnangagwa has escalated into a fierce and increasingly public struggle among Zanu-PF's top players, marked by legal wrangling, political scheming, and efforts to...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:30hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
State diamond firm lays off hundreds to avoid collapse
Zimbabwe's state-controlled diamond miner, the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), has launched a major retrenchment exercise in a desperate bid to stave off collapse, following a brutal cra...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:08hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo taxes shocker
Flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo, one of Zimbabwe's most polarising public figures, has rubbished claims that his bank accounts have been garnished by tax authorities amid reports of a lifestyl...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:07hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Fadzayi Mahere v Edmund Kudzayi - Plea to set aside proceedings
Return correspondence to the address on record (Ref: .H4531/22). High Court of Zimbabwe Civil Division Mapondera Building Corner 3rd Street & Samora Machel Aven...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 10:03hrs | 1253 | by Edmund Kudzayi
Zesa western region contract workers down tools
More than 30 contract workers operating hired vehicles for the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) in the western region have downed tools in protest over what they desc...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 08:26hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Safety concerns rise amid Trabablas chaos
The Passenger Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has called for urgent, coordinated efforts to curb the rising tide of traffic accidents, citing reckless driving, poor road conditions, and lax enforcement ...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 08:49hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for stealing 33 goats
A 36-year-old man from Hwajembwa Village under Chief Mutambara has been arrested in connection with the theft of 33 goats belonging to fellow villager Christian Zikiti, aged 53. The incident occurred ...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 14:29hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Govt tasks ARDA to deliver 850 000t grain annually
The Government of Zimbabwe has officially restructured the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA), assigning it a pivotal role as the country's main food security agency. ARDA is now mand...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 08:04hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to set up oxygen plant in Lupane
The Government is setting up a medical oxygen production plant in Lupane, Matabeleland North Province, as part of a broader national strategy to boost self-sufficiency in critical healthcare supplies....Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 07:56hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet approves amendment to medicines law
Cabinet has approved the Principles for the Amendment of the Medicines and Allied Substances Control Act, a move aimed at strengthening regulation and ensuring the safety, quality, and efficacy of med...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 07:54hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe revises GDP upwards to US$44.4 billion
Zimbabwe has recorded a significant rise in its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), now revised to ZiG168.5 trillion (approximately US$44.4 billion), marking a substantial increase from the previous estimat...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 07:52hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Delta slams local sugar producers over poor quality
Delta Corporation Limited has raised alarm over the poor quality of sugar supplied by Zimbabwe's top producers, accusing them of delivering a product that fails to meet global standards required for b...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 07:50hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
ZRP bans officers from kombi business
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has imposed an immediate ban on all its officers from participating in the passenger transport sector, following a damning internal inquiry that revealed rampant mis...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 19:14hrs | 1761 | by Staff reporter
Security firm sues +HIV ex-employee
Seasec Security Company has filed a US$16,000 defamation lawsuit against a former female employee who accused the company of firing her due to her HIV-positive status. The company's secretary, Ms Prec...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 19:13hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean prophet claims to raise woman from the dead
Six years after the world watched in disbelief as a Congolese pastor staged a fake resurrection in South Africa, a Zimbabwean self-styled prophet, T Mapisarema, has triggered controversy with his own ...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 09:56hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Maize seed sales surge in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean farmers have significantly ramped up grain production this year, marking a powerful rebound from the devastating El Nino-induced drought of the previous season. The renewed agricultural mom...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 09:40hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents raise alarm over council procurement processes
Bulawayo residents have voiced growing concern over the Bulawayo City Council's (BCC) procurement and tender procedures, accusing the local authority of a lack of transparency that has led to shoddy w...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 08:45hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
The social implosion of American society!
The Biden administration allowed 13 million immigrants into the US, who would support them had they been re-electedI was surprised, when reading a report from Zimbabwe Statistics (ZimStat) tha...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 13:51hrs | 344 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Dynamos' slow but obvious death
Dynamos' downfall is no longer a rumor - it's a reality show, and the doubting Thomases are now the panic-stricken prophets, DeMbare DotComs reported. The problem isn't the coaching staff...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 11:31hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Crossborder4ED condemns smuggling
The Crossborder4ED Association has condemned the smuggling of goods into Zimbabwe but voiced concern over what it described as excessive and repetitive roadblock searches faced by cross-border traders...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 15:35hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe considering a Congestion Tax?
Harare is facing escalating challenges due to increasing motorisation, which has led to a congested and often polluted central business district (CBD). This congestion is affecting timely access to wo...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 14:59hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Nestle battling with counterfeits on the market
Nestle Zimbabwe has announced a collaborative crackdown on counterfeit products, working closely with government agencies to identify and remove fake items masquerading as genuine Nestle goods from th...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 14:54hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
US Congress proposes sanctions against South Africa
A controversial bill introduced in the United States Congress aims to cut off direct aid to South Africa and impose targeted sanctions on its political leaders, citing the country's legal action again...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 19:57hrs | 2336 | by Staff reporter
Starafrica feels the pinch of sugar tax
Local sugar producer Starafrica Corporation says it is grappling with weak demand for industrial sugar, with the government-imposed sugar tax on beverages negatively affecting some of its key customer...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 12:33hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Gayton McKenzie's missing R146 million
Millions meant to support artists, athletes, and others within the purview of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) during the Covid-19 pandemic cannot be accounted for.On 25 March ...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 19:25hrs | 1307 | by Staff reporter
No water from the tap. They're asked to pay a tax anyway
HARARE, ZIMBABWE - The cholera outbreak that swept through Zimbabwe in 2008-2009 killed more than 4,000 people and sickened nearly 100,000. Parts of Harare and its surrounding suburbs were especially ...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 10:02hrs | 448 | by Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe
Another heavy blow for Zimbabwe's 'Patriotic Act'
In a significant blow to Zimbabwe's controversial Patriotic Act, the High Court has ruled that sections of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act which impose harsh penalties on those ac...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:25hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves to outlaw biological weapons
Zimbabwe is stepping up its national security and commitment to international peace by introducing tough new legislation aimed at outlawing the use and development of biological weapons. The move foll...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:20hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Riot police besiege Bulawayo High Court
Heavily armed riot police yesterday descended on the Bulawayo High Court, blocking journalists and activists from attending a high-profile hearing in which opposition leader Sibangilizwe Nkomo sought ...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:14hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
There's nothing visionary about a president who only acts after public pressure
It is hardly praiseworthy for a father to feed his family only after their cries of hunger grow too loud to ignore.I was watching a news report on the state broadcaster this evening, and by th...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 11:05hrs | 332 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
New commander at Ngezi barracks
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) last Friday marked a significant leadership transition at Ngezi Barracks with the handover-takeover ceremony for the 51 Infantry Battalion Commanding Officers....Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 15:49hrs | 5440 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF arsonists pose as firefighters
On June 11, 2025, my friend sent me a message I'll never forget: his wife had delivered a stillborn baby. The young couple was shattered. He said delays at the Harare hospital had cost them their chil...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:07hrs | 183 | by Reward Magadhi
Climate change takes toll on tomato farmers
For decades, villagers in Madzivazvido, Gokwe North, have relied on tomato farming to sustain their families and communities. But climate change is rapidly eroding this once-reliable livelihood, as so...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:10hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's falling birth rate a burden
Two seemingly ordinary moments tell a deeper story of Zimbabwe's shifting reproductive landscape. In Harare, a woman welcomes her second child five years after her first - exactly as planned. In rural...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:07hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Mass exodus of teachers hits Zimbabwe's education sector
Zimbabwe's education sector is facing a worsening crisis as thousands of government-employed teachers continue to resign each year due to poor salaries, lack of job satisfaction, and growing politicis...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:03hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
Dembare teetering on the edge of collapse
Once the undisputed giants of Zimbabwean football, Dynamos Football Club is now teetering on the edge of collapse. After years of decline, fans are beginning to fear the unthinkable - that the legenda...Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 21:15hrs | 2229 | by Staff reporter
Zumra to appeal 'unfair' conviction
The Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (ZIMURA) has announced plans to appeal the fraud conviction of its Executive Director, Polisile Ncube Chimhini, describing the ruling as "unjust" and based on mis...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 16:06hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Parliament demands removal of punitive taxes
Parliament has sharply escalated pressure on Treasury to urgently scrap punitive taxes, including the highly contentious 2% Intermediated Money Transfer Tax (IMTT), by August 31, 2025, in a bid to hal...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 11:25hrs | 1722 | by Staff reporter
University of Zimbabwe dismisses 4 striking lecturers
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) administration has dismissed four prominent leaders of the ongoing lecturers' strike, which has now entered its 71st day. The strike centers on the lecturers' demand fo...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 11:24hrs | 1141 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe maize imports to decline
Zimbabwe's maize imports are set to decline significantly this year as better rainfall has boosted crop yields across the country, easing pressure on food security.According to the latest repo...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:59hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Secrecy shrouds launch of Gukurahundi public hearings
Zimbabwe's long-awaited public hearings on the 1980s Gukurahundi atrocities officially began today under a cloud of secrecy and mounting criticism, with observers and victims' groups describing the pr...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:58hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
'Where must my family do business - Zimbabwe?'
Deputy President Paul Mashatile has firmly denied any political interference in the awarding of South Africa's lucrative national lottery licence to Sizekhaya Holdings, whose shareholders include Bell...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:15hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Fort Rixon man murders toddler in paternity dispute
A two-year-old child was brutally murdered by his father in a shocking act of domestic violence that has sent shockwaves through the Fort Rixon community.The accused, Israel Chisongo, allegedl...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 17:18hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
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