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Refineries under threat as RBZ gulps more forex
Zimbabwe's biggest mining companies have sounded alarm bells over the potential suspension of crucial expansion projects - including refineries valued at over US$432 million - following the Reserve Ba...Published: 15 hrs ago | 395 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls conservationist faces $2 million lawsuit
Victoria Falls-based wildlife painter and conservationist Larry Benjamin Norton is preparing to defend himself against a US$2 million lawsuit filed by Scanner Investments, the developers of Baines Res...Published: 15 hrs ago | 426 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt brokers EU power deals as blackouts unsettle economy
The Zimbabwean government is actively facilitating partnerships between local independent power producers (IPPs) and European Union (EU) investors to secure much-needed funding for critical energy pro...Published: 15 hrs ago | 329 | by Staff reporter
Calls mount for amendment of Zimbabwe's outdated Mines and Minerals Act
The long-overdue amendment of Zimbabwe's Mines and Minerals Act (Chapter 21:05) has become a pressing issue as the country grapples with mineral leakages and a lack of transparency in its mining secto...Published: 15 hrs ago | 224 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe misses €150 billion conditional funding from EU
Europe and Africa's strategic partnership has entered an exciting new phase, with both continents reaffirming their commitment to deepen economic cooperation and promote global peace. However, Zimbabw...Published: 15 hrs ago | 216 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt suppliers plot Treasury showdown at funeral parlour
In an extraordinary show of desperation, Zimbabwean government contractors used the funeral wake of one of their own last Thursday to plot emergency engagements with Treasury officials, warning that u...Published: 15 hrs ago | 376 | by Staff reporter
Afreximbank exposes US$2,4 billion hole in Zimbabwe external debt
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has revealed a significant US$2.4 billion discrepancy in Zimbabwe's official external debt data, raising fresh concerns over the credibility of the country...Published: 15 hrs ago | 101 | by Staff reporter
Businessman in hot water over forged documents in ZPC tender deal
A local businessman is facing criminal charges after allegedly using forged documents to land a lucrative Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) contract, in a scandal that has drawn the attention of the Zimbab...Published: 15 hrs ago | 281 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's lawyer' cleared of receiving a bribe allegations
The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has exonerated prominent Harare lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu of serious allegations of unprofessional misconduct, corruption, and conflict of interest brought forwar...Published: 15 hrs ago | 249 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenges NatFoods to raise exports
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged National Foods Holdings Limited to intensify its regional export efforts following the commissioning of the company's new production lines for pasta, biscui...Published: 18 hrs ago | 166 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes ex-CIO deputy director general to new army role
Former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) deputy director general Walter Tapfumaneyi has been appointed chief of staff in the Zimbabwe National Army by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. This move com...Published: 18 hrs ago | 956 | by Staff reporter
Illegal miners face deportation from South Africa
South Africa has arrested over 400 illegal miners, including Zimbabweans and other foreign nationals, during a large-scale operation targeting illicit artisanal mining activities across the country. T...Published: 19 hrs ago | 142 | by Staff reporter
Miss and Mr Rural Zimbabwe 2025 launches In Bulawayo
The much-anticipated Miss and Mr Rural Zimbabwe 2025 beauty pageant is set to officially launch in Bulawayo tomorrow, promising to spotlight the beauty, talent, and stories of young people from rural ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 56 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Boys DzaMdara hosts youth empowerment indaba
A Zanu-PF affiliate group, Boys DzaMdara, has launched a youth empowerment indaba in Nyanga, aimed at nurturing and supporting up-and-coming entrepreneurs from across the country.The meeting, ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 65 | by Staff reporter
Council bleeding funds over unrepaid travel allowances
Chinhoyi Municipality could be losing thousands of dollars amid revelations that councillors are benefiting from advance subsistence allowances for official trips they never undertook - and are not re...Published: 19 hrs ago | 78 | by Staff reporter
Alarm over Zimbabwe's new media blueprint
Media advocacy groups have raised serious concerns over what they describe as the veiled criminalisation of journalism in Zimbabwe's new National Media Policy, launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 19 hrs ago | 107 | by Staff reporter
Stinking school heads' great heist
Parents and guardians in Manicaland have raised alarm over what they describe as growing financial exploitation by school headmasters, who are allegedly misusing public funds and imposing unofficial l...Published: 19 hrs ago | 355 | by Staff reporter
Black and White farmers rebuild Zimbabwe's agricultural ties
In a field rich with paprika plants near the heart of Zimbabwe, fourth-generation white farmer Daniel Burger and newcomer Miriam Mupambawashe - a black farmer who arrived with the land reforms of the ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 75 | by Staff reporter
Former ZBC employee still waiting for pension after retrenchment
A former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) employee is making a desperate appeal for justice - ten years after being retrenched by the national broadcaster without receiving his pension....Published: 19 hrs ago | 236 | by Staff reporter
What value systems, dignity and integrity does Mnangagwa know? Stuff and nonsense!
In Shona, I would have said: Ndiko kunonzi kujairira Vahnu uku! This man can just open his mouth wotanga kubukura, ogo bukura ogo bukura! A Portuguese adage says: even a small ass can do it if a stoma...Published: 29 May 2025 at 21:32hrs | 643 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mozambique to host 2026 AUSC Region 5 Youth Games
- Strategic vision and support of youth-centered initiatives through sport Mozambique has been officially confirmed as the host of the 12th editi...Published: 29 May 2025 at 20:07hrs | 102 | by Agencies
Nestlé injects US$7 million into Zimbabwe cereal production
Global food and beverage giant Nestlé has announced a US$7 million investment to expand its cereal manufacturing operations in Harare, reinforcing Zimbabwe's strategic role as a regional production h...Published: 29 May 2025 at 17:47hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
African Sun asset stripping continues
Hospitality giant African Sun Limited (ASL) has announced plans to sell its iconic Caribbea Bay Resort in Kariba, marking the latest move in the company's continued disposal of non-core assets....Published: 29 May 2025 at 13:36hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Govt engages children, spouses of national heroes on title deeds
In a landmark move aimed at resolving long-standing issues around land ownership, the Government has initiated dialogue with children and spouses of national liberation heroes to transition them from ...Published: 29 May 2025 at 13:25hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prophets, prophetesses told to get some education
Archbishop Andby Makururu, the leader of the Johanne The Fifth of Africa Church, has called on prophets and other spiritual leaders to attain a minimum level of education if they are to effectively le...Published: 29 May 2025 at 13:23hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Cash-hoarding cripples Zimbabwe banking sector
Zimbabwe's banking sector is under immense strain due to a severe liquidity crisis, with billions of dollars being hoarded outside the formal financial system by wealthy individuals. This alarming dev...Published: 29 May 2025 at 13:18hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns media against misinformation
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday issued a stern warning to media practitioners against disseminating harmful information that tarnishes Zimbabwe's image, particularly in the eyes of global inves...Published: 29 May 2025 at 12:21hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Dembare hit with FIFA ban
Zimbabwean football midgets Dynamos have been hit with a FIFA transfer ban after failing to settle outstanding payments totaling US$18,500 owed to two former players from Ghana, Emmanuel Paga and Ansa...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:46hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares Kwekwe fuel tanker crash a national disaster
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared the fatal accident involving a fuel tanker, a two-tonne truck, and a van near Kwekwe, which claimed 12 lives, a national disaster.The tragic collision...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:36hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's inflation rate shows signs of easing
Zimbabwe's weighted and US dollar monthly inflation rates eased in May 2025, with the weighted inflation dropping by 0.3 percentage points to reach 0 percent, indicating progress towards greater econo...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:30hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa honours 36 police top brass
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has conferred prestigious honours and awards on 36 senior police officers, including Commissioner-General Stephen Mutamba, in recognition of their exceptional work in comb...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:29hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Councillors get allowances for trips, fail to travel
Two Chinhoyi councillors were allocated allowances to attend business conferences-one in Saudi Arabia and another in Gweru - yet neither made the trips, raising concerns over the use of public funds....Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:27hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe could unlock US$9bn from retaken land'
The outgoing president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has revealed that Zimbabwe could unlock up to US$9 billion from land seized during the 2001 fast-track land reform prog...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:24hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Objection to recently imposed US$92 radio licence fee
HIS Excellency, The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, Office of the President and Cabinet, Munhumutapa Building, Harare, Zimbabwe.Your Excellency Sir,...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:24hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new politics of fraud
IN Zimbabwe, politics is no longer just the art of the possible.It has become the science of the scam.From boreholes to buses, roads to resettlement deeds, today's governance is not me...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:23hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe new education curriculum uproar
The Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has called for an urgent review of the recently introduced heritage-based curriculum, describing it as unnecessarily demanding, complicated, and deta...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:22hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
AI in focus as Zimbabwe Media Policy is unveiled
President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially launched the Zimbabwe Media Policy on Wednesday, a landmark framework aimed at guiding the country's media industry through the rapidly changing global informat...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:21hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
ZESA launches national call centre
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has introduced a centralised national call centre to streamline electricity fault reporting and improve its response to outages across the country....Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:21hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Africa set to attract $100 billion in remittance inflows
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has projected that Africa will receive approximately US$100 billion in remittance inflows in 2025, as the continent positions itself to harness the full potential o...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:20hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo traffic offenders caught on camera to be named
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) will on Thursday release the names of motorists caught on camera violating traffic laws in Bulawayo's Central Business District (CBD), in a move aimed at tightening ...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:19hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland tops HIV prevalence in Zimbabwe?
Matebeleland North Province has been identified as having the second-highest HIV prevalence rate in Zimbabwe at 14.4 percent, trailing only behind Matebeleland South, which leads with 17.3 percent. Th...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:16hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Teen killed in hit-and-run on Harare-Mutare highway
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched an intensive manhunt for a hit-and-run motorist who struck and killed a 16-year-old boy along the Harare-Mutare highway, before fleeing the scene withou...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:15hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's weighted inflation rate hits 0% in May
Zimbabwe's monthly weighted average inflation rate fell to 0 percent in May 2025, marking a significant step toward economic stability and price predictability across both local and foreign currency m...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:12hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
ZPA urges Mnangagwa to address road carnage in the country
Zimbabwe Passengers Association Secretary general Paul Makiwa has appealed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government to try and address road carn...Published: 28 May 2025 at 22:27hrs | 427 | by Stephen Jakes
Speech by Mnangagwa ta the launch of the Zimbabwe Media Policy
Director of Ceremonies; Vice President, Hon. Gen. (Rtd) Dr. C. G. D. N. Chiwenga; Vice President, Hon. Col. (Rtd) K. C. D. Mohadi; National Chairman of ZANU PF and Minister of Defence, Hon. O. C. Z. M...Published: 28 May 2025 at 13:13hrs | 447 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF warns Tagwirei
ZANU-PF will not tolerate businessmen who join the ruling party with secret ambitions to take power, party spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa has warned, amid growing speculation that influential bus...Published: 28 May 2025 at 12:16hrs | 4192 | by Staff reporter
UK Minister for Africa to visit Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom are set to deepen diplomatic and economic ties with the anticipated visit of UK Minister for Africa, Lord Collins, in what is shaping up to be a historic shift in relat...Published: 28 May 2025 at 12:16hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
UZ students rally behind striking lecturers, reject replacement staff
Students at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) have thrown their weight behind striking lecturers, vowing to resist any attempts by university authorities to replace them with temporary staff as the sala...Published: 28 May 2025 at 12:13hrs | 2674 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches Zimbabwe media policy framework
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially launched the new Zimbabwe Media Policy framework at State House in Harare, marking a significant milestone in the government's efforts to modernize and stre...Published: 28 May 2025 at 11:38hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe finalising first-ever economic census
Zimbabwe is in the final stages of completing its first-ever economic census, which will for the first time incorporate detailed data on the informal sector, Deputy Minister of Finance, Economic Devel...Published: 28 May 2025 at 11:04hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
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