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Jonathan Moyo's Praise-Singing to Return: It's Cold Outside the ZANU PF Bubble
I strongly advise Jonathan Moyo never to make the mistake of thinking he can return to Zimbabwe. Makuruwane is still alive and kicking. Dr. Walter Mzembi's incarceration is a clear warning of what awa...Published: 10 hrs ago | 497 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe-Sino ties reach new heights to the chagrin of malcontents
Earlier today, Deputy Chief Secretary for Presidential Communications George Charamba posted an insightful thread on X detailing the pivotal meeting between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Chinese Pr...Published: 24 hrs ago | 359 | by Jonathan Moyo
Mnangagwa sits on damning Harare corruption report
Two months after President Emmerson Mnangagwa received the Justice Cheda Commission of Inquiry report into alleged corruption and financial mismanagement at Town House, no action has been taken, raisi...Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 13:17hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Organized Crime Syndicates in Southern Africa: We Begin with Our Presidents!
To be politically correct, I will exclude African presidents who have served their citizens with great respect. My article responds to a piece on BYO24 today, which lamented crime syndicates in So...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 19:36hrs | 558 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mutare cracks down on vendors
The City of Mutare is stepping up enforcement against street and night vendors as it prepares to host the Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo from September 10-12, 2025. Mayor Simon Chabuka has ins...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:44hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plans overhaul of liberation war shrines abroad
Government will soon embark on a major facelift of liberation war heritage sites in neighbouring countries where thousands of Zimbabwe's fallen heroes lie in mass graves, many of them still unmarked....Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:30hrs | 41 | by Staff reporter
OK Zimbabwe unveils turnaround plan
OK Zimbabwe has launched a sweeping turnaround strategy aimed at rescuing the country's largest supermarket chain from financial distress. Returning chief executive Willard Zireva described the compan...Published: 02 Sep 2025 at 07:07hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
Is China's red carpet for Mnangagwa a thank you for allowing Chinese companies to plunder our natural resources?
My late father used to warn me: be careful, for those who act as your friends may, in fact, be using you.When President Emmerson Mnangagwa takes his place among world leaders at China's Grand ...Published: 01 Sep 2025 at 16:09hrs | 420 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
RBZ's façade of progress and stability is short-sighted and unsustainable
The fairy tales and false assurances continue unabated.The announcement by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) that foreign currency and gold reserves backing the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency h...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 20:46hrs | 131 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Pedophile (33) infects girl (5) with STI
A 33-year-old Chiweshe man is in trouble after he allegedly raped a five-year-old girl and infected her with a sexually transmitted disease ( STI).The matter came to light at the Bindura Regio...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 20:35hrs | 287 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Girl attempts suicide after misdiagnosis
A 14-year-old girl from Chitungwiza allegedly attempted suicide after being arrested on charges of abortion, following what has since been confirmed as a misdiagnosis by Citimed Chitungwiza Hospital....Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 10:33hrs | 1036 | by Staff reporter
Cleansing ritual rape lands prophet in court
A self-proclaimed prophet from Filabusi has been arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old teenager who is also his niece under the pretext of healing her. The prophet who cannot be named for ethica...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:38hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
Televised DNA testing must be banned in Zimbabwe
DNA testing and its use in private family matters of biological relationships must be regulated by law.It should be restricted to resolve family issues privately in line with other regulations...Published: 28 Aug 2025 at 22:36hrs | 286 | by Glanis Changachirere
Embracing Change: The Key to Thriving in a Rapidly Changing World
Change is an inevitable part of life. As Dr. Myles Munroe once said, "The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without purpose." And purpose often requires embracing change. Whether we're...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 21:44hrs | 42 | by Tatenda Hwari
Mnangagwa's title deeds scheme is unconstitutional and farmers risk losing their land
This article serves as a warning to farmers to be cautious today before they regret it tomorrow.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent handover of title deeds to 1,000 farmers at Craigengower F...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 21:40hrs | 176 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Police crack down on cough syrup syndicate
Authorities have dismantled a network of illicit cough syrup dealers after intercepting truckloads of unregistered and potentially lethal medicines in Beitbridge and Harare.On 24 August 2025, ...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 05:52hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Chipinge pupils sue Green Fuel for US$110,000 over assault
ELEVEN Chipinge schoolchildren have dragged ethanol producer Green Fuel and three of its security guards to court, demanding more than US$100,000 in damages after they were assaulted earlier this year...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 14:53hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
South Africans fined for obstructing traffic at Zimbabwe crash scene
Two South Africans and their Zimbabwean accomplice were yesterday fined for obstructing traffic at the site of a deadly accident in Chitungwiza that claimed 17 lives in July.Cooper Daniel Coli...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 13:21hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Man dies after bizarre self-harm incident in Budiriro
A 21-year-old man from Budiriro, Harare, has died after reportedly inflicting severe injuries on himself in a shocking and disturbing incident last Saturday.Aaron Mutize was seen by neighbours...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 09:49hrs | 914 | by Staff reporter
Founders High deputy head fined over dodgy bus hire deal
FOUNDERS High School deputy headmaster, Nkosana Mlibazi (47), has been fined US$200 after being convicted in a botched bus hire transaction that embarrassed him before colleagues and dragged him to co...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 09:39hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans will never be fooled into celebrating looters disguised as entrepreneurs
The gaslighting and deception may continue, but a wolf in sheep's clothing will never become a sheep.When Chief Presidential Communications Director Dr. Anyway Mutambudzi declared that Zimbabw...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 22:38hrs | 551 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mohadi visits mass grave of 300 ZIPRA fighters in Angola
Vice President Colonel (Rtd) Kembo Mohadi has expressed Zimbabwe's gratitude to the people of Angola's Moxico Province for sheltering ZIPRA freedom fighters during the liberation struggle, pledging th...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 14:46hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Mutare CBD property owners urged to refurbish buildings
Mutare City Council has directed property owners in the central business district (CBD) to refurbish and repaint their buildings ahead of the Sanganai/Hlanganani/Kumbanayi Expo, scheduled to take plac...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 08:56hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Government Officials Who Lied About Progress Muzuva, the Injured Nurse, Must Resign
Government Officials Who Lied About Progress Muzuva, the Injured Nurse, Must ResignThe lies told by government officials over the plight of injured rural nurse, Progress Muzuva, have been brut...Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 07:55hrs | 241 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
How could Chiwenga be so near a religious institution
The Zimbabwean Catholic Church is compromised seriously! My reply to your article while still very fresh; about three hours old on Bulawayo 24 social media. I loved reading your input today regarding ...Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 07:15hrs | 2094 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe imposes nationwide livestock movement ban
In an urgent bid to curb a rapidly spreading Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak, the Zimbabwean government has announced an immediate, nationwide ban on all livestock movement, alongside the dispat...Published: 18 Aug 2025 at 19:27hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Couple clash in court over infidelity
A Mutasa woman, Eveline Nyamakari, has accused her husband, James Frank, of destroying their marriage through abuse, infidelity, and repeatedly infecting her with sexually transmitted infections (STIs...Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 12:10hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
The Gospel According to Honorable Wiwa Sikhala
There are moments in politics when words reveal far more than they were meant to. Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, once tortured and humiliated at the hands of state agents, now finds some undivided attention from...Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 08:17hrs | 613 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
SADC Chair handover to teach Mnangagwa smooth transfer of power
Every moment we encounter in life presents us with an opportunity to learn and grow.Today, 17 August 2025, President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe hands over the one-year Southern African Dev...Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 08:10hrs | 303 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Govt moves to penalise rural teachers over 0% pass rates
A government plan to penalise teachers in Bulilima district, Matabeleland South, over zero pass rates recorded in the past five years has sparked outrage among legislators and teachers' unions, who ac...Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 08:39hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's rumored political move sparks tensions
Factionalism is intensifying within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) camp linked to former party leader Nelson Chamisa, amid speculation that he is preparing to launch a new political movement....Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 10:45hrs | 1630 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks show strong capital buffers
Most Zimbabwean banking institutions have exceeded minimum regulatory capital requirements, signalling stability, resilience, and soundness in the country's financial system, the latest Reserve Bank o...Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 09:08hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
How can Mnangagwa preach selflessness when his regime is master of self-interest and plunder?
It often seems that before lecturing others on morality, some people should first look in the mirror.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Heroes Day interview with the state-controlled broadcaster Z...Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 21:24hrs | 460 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe to maintain trade ties with Israel
Zimbabwe will continue trading with Israel despite global condemnation of that country's military actions in Gaza, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana has sa...Published: 11 Aug 2025 at 08:53hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
To be President is the highest job most Africans dream of
The best job an African dream of is to become a President: not medicine, not teaching, not becoming a university professor, not engineering or physicists, Chemists, social scientists or whatever. What...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 15:50hrs | 247 | by Nomazulu Thata
UK agrees to return remains of Nehanda, Kaguvi
British authorities have granted Zimbabwe permission to repatriate the remains of First Umvukela war heroes, taken to Europe during the colonial era as war trophies. The decision marks a significant s...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 10:26hrs | 853 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parliament fuel allocations under spotlight
A recent audit report by the Auditor General (AG) has exposed troubling irregularities within Parliament's administration, revealing that senior staff may have been allocating themselves over 1,...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 10:09hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Used condoms spark violent lover's quarrel
What began as a seemingly ordinary lovers' visit spiraled into a brutal assault when the discovery of several used condoms in a man's bedroom ignited suspicions of infidelity and triggered a violent a...Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 16:56hrs | 1253 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga will need a coup, or it will be over
Zimbabwean tenderpreneur and sanctioned businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei is now a Central Committee member, according to ZANUPF.This places him in pole position to become Zimbabwe's president a...Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 14:43hrs | 1570 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Woman chops own mum with machete
A 30-YEAR-OLD woman from Ntabazinduna hacked her mother with a machete after a bitter row over a child's birth certificate.Aydah Tshuma flew off the handle on 4 July after her mother, Reginah ...Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 13:23hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
How Mutare and Manicaland were annexed from the Portuguese
First - a tributeIn carrying out the background research I have been greatly impressed by the articles written by J.C. Barnes, who taught at Umtali Boys' High School and published both in Rhod...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 21:43hrs | 1127 | by Zimfieldguide
Mutapa blocks ZCDC diamond sale
Zimbabwe's state-owned diamond miner, the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), has been plunged into a deeper financial crisis after its sole shareholder, the Mutapa Investment Fund (MIF), ve...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 08:25hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Kemi Badenoch is bad enough: Thanks to Socialist East Germany: GDR!
I was about 22 years old when I landed in East Germany on scholarship to study metallurgy. To put everything into context, I was facilitated with a Zapu PF scholarship to study in East Germany, a soci...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 17:10hrs | 388 | by Nomazulu Thata
ZIFA's Amateur Hour: How Magwizi's Leadership is Destroying Zimbabwean Football
The Zimbabwe Football Association's (ZIFA) recent decision to suspend Under-17 selection activities across the country is a stark reminder of the organization's amateurish approach to the sport. This ...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 13:58hrs | 205 | by Silent Echo
Harare Mayor announces smart water meter rollout
Mayor Jacob Mafume has confirmed that Harare's smart water meter project is underway, with installation expected to be completed by the end of the year despite strong opposition from resident groups....Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 08:51hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum finally suspends players for match fixing
Zimbabwean football powerhouse FC Platinum is facing a storm of controversy after suspending two key players over suspected match-fixing during their recent clash with rising rivals, Scotland FC. The ...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 21:59hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Mwaruwari distances self from cruise ship scam
Former Zimbabwe Warriors captain Benjani Mwaruwari has publicly disassociated himself from a fraudulent investment scheme circulating on WhatsApp, which falsely claims his involvement in a luxury crui...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 21:57hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's deteriorating roads and malfunctioning traffic lights
Bulawayo city councillors have expressed deep concern over the worsening state of roads and malfunctioning traffic lights, warning that the deteriorating infrastructure poses serious risks to motorist...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 14:31hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally, Zim dually celebrate ZANU-PF terror gangsters' death
MANICALAND - Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) founder, Nelson Chamisa's ally, Gift Ostalos Siziba and several netizens simultaneously celebrate death of two Zanu-Pf Manicaland provincial sta...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 23:12hrs | 1719 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Buhera
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 | 616 | by Staff reporter
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