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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: 6 hrs ago | 37 | by Glanis Changachirere
We must be careful in interpreting DNA paternity results to avoid unnecessary alarm
When statistics are not handled with care, they can cause more harm than good and even pose real danger.The recent report released by Global DNA Zimbabwe has understandably ignited heated deba...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 21:52hrs | 322 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Court halts RioZim's asset sales
The High Court has granted an urgent interdict to the Zimbabwe Diamond & Allied Minerals Workers' Union (ZDAMWU), barring RioZim Limited from disposing of its mining assets while corporate rescue ...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 06:04hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Stocktheft fuels smuggling of illicit goods along Limpopo
Farmers in Matabeleland South have raised alarm over escalating cases of stocktheft, warning that stolen livestock is being used to facilitate the smuggling of illicit goods, including drugs, across t...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 05:59hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
South Africa court refused to hear Lungu case
South Africa's top court dismissed a request by the family of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu to overturn a lower court's decision that he should be buried in his home country.Lungu died ...Published: 26 Aug 2025 at 11:44hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa should dissolve Cabinet'
Outspoken war veteran Max Mkandla has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to dissolve his entire Cabinet and replace it with individuals who remain true to the aims and objectives of Zimbabwe's liberat...Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 06:03hrs | 1106 | by Staff reporter
SEO that converts in financial services - Why Absolute Digital Media leads the global pack
In the fast-evolving world of financial services, visibility is no longer optional - it's critical. Brands operating in competitive financial sectors need more than just a basic online presence. They ...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 22:06hrs | 60 | by Ben Austin
Zimbabwe to tighten gun licensing
The Government of Zimbabwe has pledged to tighten gun licensing laws and crack down on criminals using illegal firearms, following growing concerns over a surge in gun-related murders.During W...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 14:52hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Academic manipulation scandal rocks top Harare college
The Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) has been plunged into fresh controversy following allegations that acting pro-vice chancellor for academic affairs, Willard Gwarimbo, is manipulating academic ...Published: 21 Aug 2025 at 16:18hrs | 1077 | by Staff reporter
Mandizvidza's bail hearing delayed
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer who made headlines last week for claiming he had taken over as the force's Commissioner General will remain in custody after his bail hearing was postponed....Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 13:08hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
Criminals trying to rubbish Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's claims
Contrary to KwaZulu-Natal provincial commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's claim that dockets from the political killings task team were "gathering dust" in the office of the Deputy National Commis...Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 20:31hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's term extension amplified in Mashonaland
The ZANU-PF provincial leadership in Mashonaland West has pledged its unwavering support for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's continued leadership until 2030, aligning firmly with a key resolution adopt...Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 18:45hrs | 969 | by Staff reporter
Headmasters join teachers in salary protest in ZImbabwe
In a rare show of unity, school heads have resolved to join teachers in demanding better pay, warning that they will not report for duty when schools reopen for the third term on September 9, 2025, un...Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 10:09hrs | 303 | by Staff rporter
Chegutu charges US$72 tombstone fees
The Municipality of Chegutu has issued a public notice reminding residents and ratepayers that a fee of US$72 is required for the erection of tombstones or grave construction within municipal cemeteri...Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 17:37hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
Lungu family engages Ngcukaitobi for high-stakes repatriation battle
The family of late former Zambian President Edgar Lungu has dramatically reshaped its legal strategy by hiring South Africa's top advocate, Senior Counsel Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, to spearhead their fight...Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 13:09hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Ministry of Health accused of cover-up
The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) has come under intense criticism following allegations by Progress Muzuva that the ministry is covering up its mishandling of her case. Muzuva, who sustai...Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 14:23hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for sexual abuse of child victims
A PAEDOPHILE from New Lobengula suburb allegedly carried out sickening sex acts with children, having threesomes with minors as young as nine years old.Amendo Nyathi is accused of also strippi...Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 08:47hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
'Gold war' in Filabusi
Residents of Filabusi in Matabeleland South are calling on the Ministry of Mines and other authorities to urgently address deep-rooted problems driving violence in the gold mining sector.They ...Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 19:51hrs | 1159 | by Staff reporter
Chief Mugabe faces backlash over school fee collection scheme
Chief Mugabe, born Matubede Mudavanhu, has stirred controversy after authorizing village heads in his jurisdiction to collect outstanding school fees, offering a 10 percent commission on each collecti...Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 12:59hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Passports outreach for Zimbabweans living in SA
The Zimbabwe Embassy in South Africa has begun a week-long special consular intervention programme to process passports, birth certificates, and other civil documents for Zimbabweans living in the nei...Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 09:11hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
'King' demands repatriation of Cecil John Rhodes' remains
Self-styled King Munhumutapa, born Timothy Chiminya, has written to King Charles of England, demanding the removal of Cecil John Rhodes' remains from Matobo National Park in Matabeleland South. The le...Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 08:52hrs | 655 | by Staff reporter
Jabulani Khumalo banks on captured ConCourt to unseat Zuma
Former uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party leader Jabulani Khumalo has launched an urgent Constitutional Court application seeking to reclaim the party's top leadership position from former President Jacob Zu...Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 16:18hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa summons Governors over US$3 million drug-addicts headquarters
BULAWAYO - President Emmerson Mnangagwa has requested authorities from the country's ten provinces to mobilise US$280,000 (each), which is earmarked for the construction of state-of-the-art drugs and ...Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 11:24hrs | 1699 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
DA/ANC-led Ethics Committee refuses to probe kaffir tweets
PARLIAMENT'S Ethics Committee will not investigate a racism complaint against Sport Minister Gayton McKenzie. His offensive tweets containing the use of the Kaffir word predate his time a...Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 09:32hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Chief ordered to retract Zanu-PF slogans
The High Court has found Chief Seke, Stanley Chimanikire, guilty of breaching the Constitution by chanting Zanu-PF political slogans while addressing a gathering, and ordered him to publish a public r...Published: 11 Aug 2025 at 10:18hrs | 1278 | by Staff reporter
Lab-grown diamonds causing havoc
South Africa's cabinet has approved participation in an international effort to boost the marketing of real diamonds, responding to the increasing appeal of lab-grown gems and funded by a 1 percent le...Published: 11 Aug 2025 at 10:16hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's factional tendencies exposed
Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa has distanced the ruling party from claims made by its legal affairs secretary Patrick Chinamasa that businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei and others have been c...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 10:57hrs | 1392 | by Staff reporter
Marondera council in shady land grab
A prime 468-hectare farm on the outskirts of Marondera has become the center of a bitter dispute after top municipal officials allegedly seized the property without following due process, armed with a...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 10:05hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
0 pass rate teachers to be fired
A recent threat by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to dismiss teachers in Matabeleland South's Bulilima district for recording zero pass rates over the past five years has reignited co...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 10:04hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Mafume orders fresh demolitions, evictions
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has directed the city council to reverse all leases and demolish illegal structures encroaching on Robert Mugabe Square, following a stern directive from Local Government Min...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 09:56hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pregnant prisoners to access private maternal healthcare
The High Court has issued a landmark ruling directing prison authorities to allow pregnant inmates to access maternal health care services of their choice, ending the practice of forcing them to use g...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 09:53hrs | 97 | 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 | 1118 | by Zimfieldguide
Man in court for violently demanding back lobola
A Southlea Park woman, Ms Lilian Gwena, has secured a protection order against her husband, Claudius Gatawa, after accusing him of violent behaviour, sexual abuse, and harassment linked to his demand ...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 17:34hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Chillmaster back in court
Top musician Kudakwashe Gift Hombarume, popularly known as Chillmaster, will face a fresh inquiry into his culpable homicide case after the High Court ordered the Mbare Magistrates Court to reopen pro...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 13:06hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
UK resets ties with Zimbabwe in push for critical minerals
Zimbabwe and the UK are rekindling diplomatic ties after almost three decades of tension, driven by a global surge in demand for critical minerals that's led the former colonial power to pursue $1 bil...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 08:58hrs | 824 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces new threat from AI voice cloning scams
Last month, a disturbing case emerged from Canada where fraudsters used artificial intelligence to clone the voices of elderly Americans' grandchildren. Between 2021 and 2024, the ring targeted senior...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 08:49hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe races to implement IMF-backed reforms
Zimbabwe is racing to implement wide-ranging fiscal and monetary reforms agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as the country seeks to exit its long-standing debt crisis, rebuild trust wi...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 17:16hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water crisis now more than a national disaster
Bulawayo councillors have raised alarm over the deepening water crisis in the city, warning that the situation poses serious risks to residents' livelihoods and the city's long-term development....Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 16:48hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Man mourns non-existent baby, nearly buries a doll
KwaZulu-Natal man Nkululeko Zulu, 44, from Machibini in Mandeni, says his ex-girlfriend tricked him into thinking their baby had died.His hopes of becoming a father turned into heartbreak when...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 13:13hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Powertel, Dandemutande 7-year deadlock broken
The High Court of Zimbabwe has brought an end to a protracted legal impasse between Powertel Communications (Pvt) Ltd and Dandemutande Investments (Pvt) Ltd, ordering the appointment of a sole arbitra...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 09:27hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Forensic expert links Bulawayo deputy mayor to 'bribery list'
A forensic handwriting expert has told a local court that Bulawayo deputy mayor Edwin Ndlovu authored a document allegedly listing councillors earmarked to receive a US$20,000 bribe from a company see...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 09:02hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Investor loses US$60K in botched lithium deal
A United Arab Emirates-based company has allegedly lost US$60,620 in a failed lithium deal with a local firm, prompting fraud charges against Nasha Weal Musa, director of Nasha Industries and Commodit...Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 18:27hrs | 564 | by Staff reporter
Woman in court for alleged sexual assault of form 4 pupil
A 33-year-old Harare woman yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei facing charges of aggravated indecent assault on a Form 4 male learner.Zvikomborero Maria Makedenge was n...Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 12:12hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Majome exposed by SA Public Protector?
The Office of the Public Protector South Africa (PPSA) has firmly refuted media reports suggesting it received a formal complaint from the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) concerning the allege...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 20:32hrs | 1346 | by Staff reporter
Why was Makate penalised for SCA Judges' mistakes?
Nkosana Makate has criticised the Constitutional Court for requiring him to pay Vodacom's legal costs in the latest round of his case against the operator over compensation for his Please Call Me Idea...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 15:03hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
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 | 615 | by Staff reporter
University of Cape Town give white students higher marks
University of Cape Town (UCT)'s academics in the faculty of social development have allegedly been awarding higher marks to white students while penalising black students in a perpetuation of racism a...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 21:48hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
Mathibela faces vote of no confidence over Zanu-PF ties
Tempers are flaring within a faction of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) amid mounting calls for a vote of no confidence in its embattled chairperson, Andreas Ethan M...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 15:52hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's emails hacked by SAPS crime intelligence
The SAPS' crime intelligence (CI) division has been fingered as the culprits who hacked President Cyril Ramaphosa's emails while he was serving as deputy president. The unit was fin...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 15:11hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
Burial abandoned after relative goes berserk
A burial ceremony in Village Njobela under Chief Chisadza in Lower Gweru ended in chaos on Thursday after a close relative of the deceased went on a violent rampage, attacking mourners, including the ...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 10:00hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
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