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Chivayo claims US$79 million private jet purchase
Flamboyant and controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has stirred social media once again after claiming to have splashed a staggering US$79 million on a brand-new Gulfstream G700 private jet, one...Published: 15 hrs ago | 875 | by Staff reporter
Minnie pays tribute to Chiwenga on his birthday
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga received a deeply personal and moving birthday tribute from his wife, Minnie Baloyi, as he marked another year of life....Published: 17 hrs ago | 771 | by Staff reporter
Sex scandal in schoolyard
The headmaster of Bikita Fashu High School, Happson Dina, is at the centre of a storm following explosive allegations of an illicit affair with a subordinate teacher and a violent confrontation with h...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 17:14hrs | 1115 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo warns against use of money in Zanu-PF
Former Zanu-PF politburo member, cabinet minister, and MP Professor Jonathan Moyo has issued a cautionary statement on the limitations of wealth in politics, saying money may be influential, but it ca...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 15:04hrs | 1692 | by Staff reporter
Zimparks tracks lion spotted In Chegutu
A lion has been spotted roaming along Chakari Road in Chegutu, triggering widespread alarm among residents and prompting swift action from the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimPark...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 12:25hrs | 395 | 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 | 304 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Plot holders battle eviction
A group of plot holders in Irene Township, Mutasa district, Manicaland province, is fighting to stop their eviction from land they say they legally purchased shortly after Zimbabwe's independence....Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 08:13hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Failure to invest in youth sexual health could cost Zimbabwe $3.6bn
A new report by UNAIDS reveals that Zimbabwe stands to save billions of dollars by investing in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services targeted at young people. The study, titled Th...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 18:36hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
'Bring in ZACC to clean up Highlanders'
Highlanders Football Club is currently engulfed in a storm of controversy following the sudden resignation of Acting CEO Kindman Ndlovu, who last week submitted a scathing letter citing a toxic workin...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 13:14hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya's apple anointing sparks social media frenzy
Zimbabwean preacher Prophet Walter Magaya has once again set tongues wagging online after images emerged of him praying over and anointing crates of apples, sparking a flood of humorous and skeptical ...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 18:54hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa opens up on Zanu-PF agent allegations
Former opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has finally responded to persistent and long-running rumours accusing him of secretly working with ZANU-PF, describing the claims as "profitless gossip" and enc...Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 15:18hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
Residents panic after lion sighting near town
Residents of Chegutu town in Mashonaland West province are gripped by fear following the sighting of a stray lion roaming in nearby bushes, causing widespread panic in the community.The big ca...Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 14:38hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere escalates attacks on Tagwirei
Former Zanu-PF national political commissar and minister Saviour Kasukuwere has sharply escalated his criticism of local business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei following Tagwirei's public accusations lab...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:45hrs | 1766 | by Staff reporter
Biti, Kasukuwere gang up against Tagwirei
Former cabinet ministers Saviour Kasukuwere and Tendai Biti have publicly condemned controversial businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei, branding him as the "face of corruption" whose growing influence with...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:36hrs | 1117 | by Staff reporter
Pokello reacts to Chombo's death hoax
Zimbabwean socialite and entrepreneur Pokello Nare has dismissed false reports circulating on social media claiming that her stepfather, former cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo, has died.On We...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 17:48hrs | 1724 | by Staff reporter
When Mnangagwa buries his colleagues, does he ever reflect on the legacy he will leave behind?
Life offers us countless moments for introspection - but it is up to us to seize them.This evening, I watched a news bulletin covering the burial of the late Luke Mushore - another in a long l...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 11:29hrs | 689 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Comparing baseline and net play in tennis
In tennis, 2 primary styles dominate strategic play: baseline play and net play. The 2 of them offer distinct advantages and require different skill sets, influencing how players approach matches. Pun...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 10:43hrs | 38 | by Staff Reporter
Former soldier loses pension in fraud scheme by ex-colleague
A former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) member, Forward Mapfunde of Warren Park D in Harare, is counting significant losses after his pension funds were fraudulently stolen by a former colleague who ret...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:48hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
When a Child President wears the 'Mnangagwa scarf', we must all be concerned
Train up a child in the way you want them to grow, they say - but when this guidance is rooted in manipulation and politics, it risks ruining their lives before they've even begun.There was so...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 22:33hrs | 549 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mutare City to rid CBD of street food vendors
The City of Mutare has announced plans to launch a wide-scale operation to remove illegal street food vendors from the Central Business District (CBD) in a bid to restore order and address rising publ...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 11:32hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
The Real Reason Small Brands Are Winning on Social Media in 2025
I work with brands for a living - large, small, and those still being managed from the back room of someone's apartment. And here's the wild part: in 2025, it's not the big players scoring the wins on...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 10:06hrs | 147 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo City Council launches crackdown to clean CBD
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has embarked on a city-wide crackdown targeting illegal street vending, with intensified day and night raids now actively underway in the Central Business District (CBD). T...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 18:09hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Man survives vicious lion attack near Victoria Falls
A 29-year-old man from the Woodlands Resettlement Area near Victoria Falls is lucky to be alive after surviving a savage lion attack over the weekend, in an incident that has reignited community fears...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 17:51hrs | 1339 | by Staff reporter
Villagers without toilets face US$50 fine
Villagers in Makoni District who do not have toilets will soon be slapped with a US$50 fine (approximately R920) starting November 1, 2025, as the Makoni Rural District Council (RDC) moves to clamp do...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:20hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe grapples with alarming rise in drug abuse among schoolchildren
Recent incidents of drug abuse among Zimbabwean schoolchildren have sparked widespread concern, revealing a deepening crisis that threatens the social fabric of the nation. A viral video showing a sch...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:16hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa announces launch of new book
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa is shifting gears from active politics to authorship with the announcement of his forthcoming book, Citizenocracy: Leadership By & ...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:41hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
State gem miner pushes ahead with hazardous mining facility
The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has commenced operations at a high-risk deep diamond processing facility in Chiadzwa, despite internal warnings flagging serious safety failures that p...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:23hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
US$5K fine for litter bugs
The City of Mutare is set to impose a hefty US$5,000 fine on anyone caught littering in undesignated areas, according to new by-laws currently being drafted by the local authority, The Manica Post has...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:27hrs | 1080 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda residents face water disconnections over debt
The Gwanda Municipality has intensified its water disconnection exercise across the mining town as part of efforts to recover mounting unpaid bills from residents and businesses.In an official...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 17:51hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Susan Mutami appeals to Mliswa for a daughter
Controversial Australia-based Zimbabwean activist Susan Mutami has reached out publicly to former Norton legislator Temba Mliswa, pleading for reconciliation and suggesting the possibility of having a...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 13:06hrs | 1912 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mandates fall armyworm seed treatment in new maize certification law
The Government of Zimbabwe has enacted new regulations requiring all certified maize seed to be chemically treated against fall armyworm, a move aimed at strengthening national food security and curbi...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 17:37hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's politics of ambiguity continues
Nelson Chamisa's recent video urging Zimbabweans to "be steady, be calm" has stirred a familiar mix of hope, skepticism, and debate across the nation. In a brief but heartfelt message shared on the X ...Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 10:46hrs | 1632 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe railways revival is long overdue
For decades, the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has been a shadow of its former self, crippled by chronic underinvestment, mismanagement, and neglect. Despite its critical role in the country's e...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:07hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya sparks buzz with acquisition of 2025 Rolls-Royce Cullinan
Prominent religious leader and entrepreneur Walter Magaya has made headlines once again after acquiring a 2025 Rolls-Royce Cullinan, one of the world's most luxurious and expensive SUVs. The vehicle's...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 13:27hrs | 2213 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo bogus doctor caged 5 and half years
A man who spent two years posing as a qualified medical doctor - defrauding patients and promising fake nursing placements at Mpilo Central Hospital - has been sentenced to five and a half years in pr...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 10:05hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Angry mob pounce on a robber
A Bindura-based suspected robber, Tinashe Chatima (21), robbery moves landed him in trouble after an angry mob pounced on him and effected citizen's arrest on him in Chiweshe.Chatima of Dhandi...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 17:23hrs | 1162 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Water leaks haunt City of Gweru
The Gweru City Council has temporarily shut down water pumps at Gwenoro Dam to attend to persistent water leaks that continue to undermine service delivery in the Midlands capital.In a stateme...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:31hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter
Scott Sakupwanya's company controversially paid US$4.2m for fuel
Zimbabweans reacted with anger and disbelief after it emerged that the Ministry of Finance authorised a US$4.2 million payment to Betterbrands Petroleum, a company owned by Zanu PF legislator Scott Sa...Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 12:00hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter
Harare council warns of road closures
Harare drivers should prepare for significant traffic disruptions on Saturday, June 7, 2025, as the City of Harare has announced widespread road closures in the Central Business District (CBD) to comm...Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 11:58hrs | 5883 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Air Force crisis exposed
In August 2021, President Emmerson Mnangagwa experienced a harrowing emergency when his VIP helicopter crash-landed at a farm in Sandringham, approximately 64 kilometres southwest of Harare. The incid...Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 16:29hrs | 2247 | by Staff reporter
Man loses US$280,000 in daring bedroom wardrobe break-in
A 39-year-old man from Madokero, Harare, is counting heavy losses after an audacious house break-in saw him robbed of US$280,000 in cash.The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirmed the incide...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:44hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
Spike in wildlife poaching alarms Victoria Falls conservationists
The Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit (VFAPU) has raised the alarm over a surge in wildlife poaching, with at least seven animals killed in April alone, including three buffaloes, one kudu, and three ...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:09hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
Man seizes cop's gun during land dispute
A Ruwa man appeared before the Harare Magistrates Court on Thursday facing charges of public violence following a chaotic land dispute at Cloverdale Farm earlier this month.The accused, Garika...Published: 30 May 2025 at 08:54hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sees renewed resolve to fight virus 3 years after deadly outbreak
In April 2022, Zimbabwe faced a ferocious measles outbreak that swept through all 10 provinces, infecting thousands and tragically claiming the lives of over 750 children by October. Among those direc...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:22hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa points finger at councils for healthcare woes
Zimbabwe's Senate chamber descended into a heated debate on Tuesday as Zanu-PF spokesperson and senator Christopher Mutsvangwa pointed fingers at opposition-led urban councils for the country's worsen...Published: 22 May 2025 at 14:40hrs | 1509 | by Staff reporter
Midlands quashes bed bug fears
A surge of anxiety has spread across Redcliff, Kwekwe and Gweru as social media posts raised fears of a bedbug outbreak, following a confirmed infestation in Mbare, Harare.But local authoritie...Published: 19 May 2025 at 09:25hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Harare man loses Mercedes-Benz to mystery woman
A 31-year-old man was left stunned and without his car after a brief encounter with an unidentified woman led to the theft of his white Mercedes Benz C200 at a popular restaurant in central Harare on ...Published: 18 May 2025 at 16:11hrs | 2254 | by Staff reporter
Devastating fire ravages Magaba in Mbare
A fierce blaze erupted late last night at the bustling Magaba area in Mbare, leaving a trail of destruction and despair among Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) traders who lost equipment, stock, and t...Published: 17 May 2025 at 20:59hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Rusape suspends engineer, cites incompetence
Rusape Town Council has resolved to suspend its Head of Engineering Department, Engineer Charles Chindenga, over allegations of incompetence. The decision, which was ratified during a special full cou...Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:15hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Midnight raid exposes backyard dagga farm in Gwabalanda
A Bulawayo man's secret cannabis cultivation scheme came crashing down in the early hours of Friday morning after a midnight tip-off led police straight to a thriving backyard dagga farm in Gwabalanda...Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:03hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
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