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Armed trio escapes with over US$500,000 in daring Bulawayo mine heist
Three suspected armed robbers carried out a daring heist at the Old Nic Mine in Killarney, Bulawayo, on Wednesday, making off with over US$500,000 in cash.The robbery took place shortly before...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 10:39hrs | 1673 | 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 | 264 | by Staff reporter
Divorce among Zimbabwean women up by nearly 100,000 in 10 years
Zimbabwe has witnessed a significant increase in the number of divorced or separated women over the past decade, according to the newly released 2025 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS). The...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 17:05hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Manicaland mining communities demand fair benefits
Mining communities across Manicaland Province have intensified calls for local policies that prioritise their welfare and ensure they derive tangible benefits from the extraction of the region's rich ...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 11:02hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Harare's disappearing hills
From a distance, the jagged ridgelines cutting across parts of Harare might appear to be natural geological remnants — monuments of the city's ancient terrain. But up close, these formations tell a ...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 10:58hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
UZ employee in trouble for possessing ivory
A University of Zimbabwe employee from the Clinical Trials Test Research department, Bloodshow Kopa (45), was yesterday brought before Harare magistrate Ruth Moyo, facing charges of illegal possession...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:46hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Edgars turns to mass market and local supply
Edgars Stores Limited has effectively become Zimbabwe's sole listed clothing retailer after Truworths Zimbabwe entered corporate rescue in 2024, following a prolonged period of financial distress and ...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 17:38hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Job losses plague Zimbabwe's retail, mining sectors
Zimbabwe is facing a deepening employment crisis, with thousands of workers losing their jobs across the retail and mining sectors, as worsening power shortages, policy inconsistencies, and a sluggish...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 17:31hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa inspects Zimbabwe's gold reserves
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday morning conducted a high-profile inspection of Zimbabwe's gold reserves held in the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) vaults, following his directive for the coun...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 13:38hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
SA cops arrest man trying to smuggle stolen car into Zimbabwe
South African police on Monday arrested a 44-year-old man who attempted to smuggle a stolen vehicle into Zimbabwe using counterfeit registration documents.The suspect was intercepted at the De...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 18:05hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Genocide govt shifts gukurahundi probe to closed-door private testimonies
The government has abruptly altered the investigative framework and methodology for the upcoming state-sponsored probe into the Gukurahundi genocide, replacing an open public testimonial approach with...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:43hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to boost steel, coal exports to DRC amid growing demand
Zimbabwe should capitalise on its expanding steel and coal industries to increase exports to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where demand for these commodities is rapidly growing, Mines and Mi...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:29hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's grain deliveries surge
The Government has reported a significant increase in grain and oilseed deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) for the 2024-2025 summer production season, signalling a positive outlook for nati...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 13:22hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bans ethanol-laced alcohol
The Zimbabwean government has officially outlawed the manufacture, sale, and consumption of ethanol-laced alcoholic substances commonly known as "kambwa" or "musombodhiya," as part of its ongoing effo...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 08:35hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves to revive pharmaceutical sector
The Government of Zimbabwe has announced a comprehensive set of interventions aimed at revitalising the country's pharmaceutical industry, with a focus on increasing local drug production, reducing im...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:33hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco exports reach US$381 million
Zimbabwe has earned US$381 million from tobacco exports so far this year, as the country intensifies efforts to increase value addition and beneficiation in its lucrative tobacco sector.Accord...Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 09:27hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Women vendors robbed, raped by conman peddling fake deals
Two women vendors from Mvuma fell victim to a brutal robbery and rape at the hands of a conman in Masvingo City on Africa Day evening, after being lured by promises of discounted goods from South Afri...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:47hrs | 442 | 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 | 201 | by Staff reporter
ZEC completes printing of ballots for June by-elections
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has finalized the printing of 53,550 National Assembly and 8,450 Local Authority ballot papers ahead of the by-elections scheduled for June 14, 2025.The...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:58hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Duo appears in court for illegal diamond deal
Two men appeared before Harare magistrate Mrs. Ethel Chichera on Tuesday, accused of attempting to sell diamonds without the required licence.Stanley Zhanda (55) from Norton and Wellington Muk...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:43hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes major strides in reviving steel industry
Zimbabwe is steadily reclaiming its position as a regional steel industry leader after the recent shipment of nearly 100 tonnes of steel products by the newly commissioned Dinson Iron and Steel Compan...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:23hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Lake Chivero water crisis deepens, cancer risk soars
Once a cherished symbol of Zimbabwe's natural heritage and a critical lifeline for the capital's water supply, Lake Chivero is now the epicenter of a deepening public health crisis, with new research ...Published: 22 May 2025 at 11:35hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Belarus to set up bus assembly plant
Zimbabwe is set to become a regional hub for bus manufacturing following an agreement with Belarus to establish a bus assembly plant in the country, leveraging locally produced steel from the Dinson I...Published: 21 May 2025 at 14:39hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
7 on the run in fraud cases
Seven individuals are currently on the run after being implicated in multiple fraud cases totaling more than US$80,000, including a forged payment for a Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) adverti...Published: 20 May 2025 at 10:01hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe steel sector poised for rebound
Zimbabwe's steel industry is poised for a major revival following the Government's recent introduction of import licensing requirements for specific steel products. Industry stakeholders have welcomed...Published: 18 May 2025 at 11:53hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans set new beer consumption record
Zimbabweans consumed a staggering 2.66 million hectolitres of lager beer in 2024, marking a notable increase from previous years, according to newly released figures from Delta Corporation, the countr...Published: 17 May 2025 at 16:54hrs | 1252 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's beef output rises 5.1% in 2024
Zimbabwe produced 94,600 tonnes of beef in 2024, a 5.1 percent increase from 90,000 tonnes in 2023, driven by drought-induced emergency destocking and a steadily growing national herd, according to th...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:37hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
6 arrested for smuggling 17,5 tonnes of T-shirts
Six individuals, including two ZIMRA officials and a clearing agent, appeared in court yesterday facing charges of fraud after allegedly orchestrating a scheme to evade more than US$78,880 in customs ...Published: 10 May 2025 at 20:48hrs | 1811 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's steel industry set for a significant revival
Zimbabwe's steel industry is set for a significant revival as the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) collaborates with Dinson Iron & Steel Company to drive growth and development in the secto...Published: 10 May 2025 at 13:11hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
ZACC arrests couple over US$415,000 Mbare biogas scandal
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested two directors of a private company accused of looting over US$415,000 intended to bring clean energy to Mbare through a biogas project - a s...Published: 08 May 2025 at 09:44hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Alert over electrical fault in Mercedes-Benz GLE (167)
The Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) of Zimbabwe has issued an urgent public warning regarding a vehicle recall for the Mercedes-Benz GLE (167) model due to significant safety concerns raised by a...Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:51hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe invents herbal antivenom
In a potentially life-saving scientific breakthrough, Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) has made significant progress in the development of a herbal-based polyvalent antivenom, with promising pr...Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:41hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Woman kidnapped, detained for 4 days
A 30-year-old woman from Ushewokunze was allegedly kidnapped, drugged, and held captive for four days in Mutorashanga after boarding an illegal commuter vehicle (mushikashika) in Harare, police have c...Published: 02 May 2025 at 08:03hrs | 905 | by Staff reporter
Sifela Brahmans shines at ZITF with top livestock honours
Gwanda-based livestock breeding enterprise Sifela Brahmans, operating from Hamden Farm, is basking in national acclaim after clinching top honours at the 2025 Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) ...Published: 30 Apr 2025 at 19:36hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
CZI urges companies to reduce idle capacity
Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) chief executive officer, Ms Sekai Kuvarika, has called on Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector to reduce unutilised capacity as a key strategy to lower production...Published: 30 Apr 2025 at 07:14hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
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 | 4013 | by Staff reporter
Harare woman acquitted in COS fraud allegations
A Harare magistrate has acquitted Nyasha Mandeya, a woman who had been accused of duping a client out of US$22,000 under the pretext of helping her siblings secure employment in the United Kingdom's c...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:41hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Cotton farmers want immediate price talks
Zimbabwean cotton farmers are pressing the Agriculture Marketing Authority (AMA) to urgently initiate price negotiations for the 2025 marketing season, warning that any further delay could trigger wid...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:08hrs | 27 | 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 | 806 | by Farai Matiashe, Al Jazeera
Zimbabwe unveils coal tar project
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, in collaboration with the Research Council of Zimbabwe, has launched a groundbreaking initiative aimed at transforming road construction and ...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:23hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
UK firm secures US$5m to fund gold mines in Zimbabwe
United Kingdom-based mining firm Kavango Resources Plc has secured a US$5 million interest-free funding facility from the Comarton Managed Pension Funds' Investments Consortium to accelerate its gold ...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:08hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Land ownership key to Zimbabwe's industrialisation
Zimbabwe Lands Commission (ZLC) Commissioner Rosemary Choruma Dowa has underscored the critical role of land ownership in Zimbabwe's industrialisation agenda, urging citizens to leverage the title dee...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:37hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Caledonia Mine sets new gold production record
Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc, a Jersey-domiciled miner focused on Zimbabwe's gold sector, has reported a near 10% increase in gold production for the first quarter of 2025, with a total of 18,671 ...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 23:24hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
What triggered the call for the failed 31 March 'uprising' in Zimbabwe?
The old-age wisdom that facts are stubborn came alive last week after social media platforms and sections of the mainstream media went into a frenzy with sensational claims that the Parliament of Zimb...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 18:22hrs | 2796 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe steel production cuts import reliance
A monumental step forward for Zimbabwe's import substitution strategy has been achieved with the commencement of extensive finished steel production at the Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco) plant ...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:43hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
Zimra blitz disrupts Bulawayo traders
Scores of traders operating within Bulawayo's city centre were left reeling last week after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) implemented a series of business closures, as part of a wider nationa...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:42hrs | 1983 | by Staff reporter
Tredgold fake IDs masterminds arrested
Two suspects, Brian Veririzhe and Thamsanqa Moyo, have been arrested for allegedly operating a sophisticated identity card forgery racket at the Umguza Civil Registry Department, located in the Tredgo...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:41hrs | 826 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to produce solar panels, lithium batteries
Zimbabwe is set to begin large-scale manufacturing of solar panels and lithium batteries as part of a bold new initiative to boost the country's renewable energy sector. The development follows the re...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:08hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
ZanuPF's interference in Matabeleland traditional and cultural activities spark vitriol
THE spirited efforts by the ruling Zanu F to always mindle in the cultural and traditional activities conducted in Matabeleland has sparked vitriol from t...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 23:24hrs | 669 | by Stephen Jakes
Tsitsi Dangarembga receives honorary PhD from Rhodes University
Renowned Zimbabwean author, playwright, and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga continues to rise as one of Africa's most celebrated literary icons, cementing her legacy with the conferment of an Honorary Do...Published: 06 Apr 2025 at 16:10hrs | 4844 | by Staff reporter
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