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Zanu–PF warns South Africa against US sanctions
Zimbabwe's ruling party (ZANU–PF) says South Africa should not be intimidated by a proposed US bill that could empower President Donald Trump with "superpowers" to impose sanctions on African Nation...Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 16:34hrs | 1194 | by Staff reporter
Charamba attacks into Zanu-PF affiliates
Presidential spokesperson George Charamba has slammed Zanu-PF's affiliates, particularly the pro-party digital group Varakashi4ED, accusing them of fostering indiscipline, fueling factionalism, and un...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 09:21hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
Referees undermining Dynamos' survival bid?
Under-fire Dynamos coach Saul Chaminuka has hinted at a possible conspiracy by match officials to sink the struggling Harare giants deeper into relegation danger, following a string of contentious dec...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 09:07hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
CZI, residents petition BCC over tariffs
Bulawayo residents and the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) have taken the fight to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), petitioning the local authority over its failure to implement the 2025 ta...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:33hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Rev. Dongo, so you'll gladly accept cash from the Devil just to avoid looking for money?
As the saying goes, the love of money is the root of all evil - and it seems some so-called "churches" are finding that temptation far too irresistible.It is astonishing - and frankly heartbre...Published: 19 Jul 2025 at 09:19hrs | 1011 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Obert Mpofu's circular overrides Chinamasa's in Tagwirei saga
A senior official in Zanu-PF's secretary-general's office has clarified that internal circulars issued by the secretary-general take precedence over those from party departments, unless formally overt...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 20:28hrs | 2809 | by Staff reporter
How Tagwirei's ascent threatens - and could reward - investors
Zimbabwe's political landscape has erupted into a new era of factionalism, with sanctioned tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei's meteoric rise within the ruling ZANU-PF party becoming a flashpoint. As the 2028...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 15:18hrs | 576 | by Harrison Brooks
Zifa suspends officials after 'shocking' blunders
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has suspended three match officials following what it described as "shocking" performances during recent Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) matches....Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 17:17hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi hearings turned into 'a farce'
An international researcher and leading authority on state-sponsored atrocities has sharply criticised the ongoing Gukurahundi public hearings, describing the closed-door process as a "final betrayal"...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 19:00hrs | 823 | by Staff reporter
'You are good thief, not a leader', Tyson flows Tagwirei
Former Local Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has torn into President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally, businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei, describing him as only a good thief but faring badly as a politi...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 18:10hrs | 2183 | by Paul Ndou
Zimbabwe urged not to use torture investigative method
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has expressed grave concern over ongoing allegations of torture by law enforcement agencies and private individuals, calling for the adoption of professiona...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 18:34hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa fires stinging rebuke at gogo Helen's DA
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will "not yield to threats and ultimatums" in a stinging rebuke to the second biggest party in his coalition government.Ramaphosa drew the Democ...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 16:35hrs | 532 | 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 | 1124 | by Staff reporter
New powerful gukurahundi film premiers
As traditional chiefs from Zimbabwe's Matabeleland region embark on a controversial, state-sanctioned process to investigate the Gukurahundi massacres, questions persist about whether the initiative w...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 13:10hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Surely, what lessons in business success can Tagwirei teach our youth?
Our youth are the greatest asset to our nation's future, and we cannot afford to lead them astray.Zimbabwe is a nation desperate for authentic leadership, especially for its youth. ...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 11:24hrs | 282 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZANU PF's Push to Scrap Term Limits Echoes 1987 Power Grab
ZANU PF is laying the groundwork for a new constitutional amendment aimed at removing presidential term limits, in a move that closely mirrors the 1987 changes that allowed Robert Mugabe to become Zim...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 19:40hrs | 766 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Even the government's own excuses prove it's to blame for drug shortages in hospitals
When incompetence runs deep, even your excuses end up exposing you. The recent state-sanctioned explanation in The Sunday Mail on why public hospitals in Zimbabwe are running out of basic...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 11:12hrs | 166 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mthwakazi rejects the genocide interviews: No justice under the perpetrator's gavel
The government of Zimbabwe has announced its so-called Gukurahundi Public Hearings, set to begin soon under the stewardship of none other than Chief Fortune Charumbira, a well-known ZANU-PF loyalist a...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 22:30hrs | 276 | by Fikile ka Malikongwa
Zimbabwe ministers, top officials loot broke parastatals
Senior government officials, including cabinet ministers, permanent secretaries, and directors, are siphoning millions of dollars from state-owned enterprises to finance extravagant lifestyles, in a g...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 17:28hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei secures seat in Zanu-PF central committee
Business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei has officially stepped into the political spotlight after securing a seat in the ruling Zanu-PF's influential Central Committee, further fuelling speculation that h...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 16:39hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei emerging from the shadows to succeed Mnangagwa?
On Wednesday evening, wearing full military gear and speaking from an unknown location, Zimbabwean war veteran Blessed Geza announced via live video that ‘they' were planning to impeach President Em...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 20:57hrs | 3075 | by Christopher Mutambirwa
Mnangagwa under fire over controversial land to Rautenbach
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing mounting criticism after it emerged that his close business associate, Muller Conrad "Billy" Rautenbach, is receiving over 1,000 hectares of productive farmland ...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 10:01hrs | 1823 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA suspends ZIFASOL activities
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has suspended all football activities run by the Zimbabwe Football Federation for Amateur and Social Leagues (ZIFASOL) with immediate effect, citing serious vi...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:22hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Sanyatwe infurirates Chamisa's lawyer again
A storm of outrage has erupted after former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander and current Minister of Sports, Anselem Nhamo Sanyatwe, declared during a church service that the ruling Zanu-PF part...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:19hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
No one is above the Constitution: Zimbabweans must say no to term extensions
Zimbabweans must never allow their country to backslide or let their hard-won rights be stripped away.In 2013, millions of Zimbabweans made history by overwhelmingly endorsing a new Constituti...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 08:33hrs | 772 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Outrage over multi-million-dollar land transfer deal to Chiyangwa
A controversial land compensation deal between the Government of Zimbabwe and businessman-cum-politician Philip Chiyangwa has sparked public outrage and renewed scrutiny over how state land is being a...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 20:34hrs | 3055 | by Staff reporter
CIO disrupts MP's community engagement tournament
A senior intelligence officer has come under fire after allegedly obstructing a sanctioned community engagement tournament organized by Chiredzi Central MP Ropafadzo Makumire at Chishamiso Stadium, de...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 13:40hrs | 4900 | by Staff reporter
Hwange slaps snooker tables with surprise tax
In an unexpected move that has left many bar and leisure spot owners stunned, the Hwange Local Board has introduced a new annual tariff requiring snooker table owners to pay US$80.50 each year to lega...Published: 31 May 2025 at 13:49hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Dembare splashed US$126,000 on Sangomas without paying players
Zimbabwean football giants Dynamos have been slapped with a FIFA-imposed transfer ban after failing to pay outstanding dues to two Ghanaian players — despite reportedly spending a staggering US$126,...Published: 31 May 2025 at 13:47hrs | 291 | 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: 30 May 2025 at 12:05hrs | 632 | 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: 30 May 2025 at 08:54hrs | 119 | 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 | 669 | 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 | 547 | by Staff reporter
Govt moves to rein in illegal chrome miners
The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has raised serious concerns over the escalating illegal chrome mining activities along the Great Dyke, warning of extensive environmental damage, water pollution, ...Published: 26 May 2025 at 19:42hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Maglas turned into a war zone
What began as a regional football match quickly descended into chaos on Sunday, as violent scenes erupted during the Central Region Soccer League encounter between Shabanie Mine and Gwanda Pirates at ...Published: 20 May 2025 at 09:55hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Nguwaya taking over waste management in all towns, cities
Geo Pomona Waste Management, the company controversially contracted by the government to manage Harare's refuse, is now expanding operations to all provinces of Zimbabwe - without entering agreements ...Published: 16 May 2025 at 14:07hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
CCC factions reject Tshabangu's GNU with Zanu-PF
Deepening divisions within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have erupted over a controversial proposal by self-proclaimed secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu to extend President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:08hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Land earmarked for public schools sold to land barons
Residents of Eastview and Caledonia in Harare have called for an urgent investigation into the alleged illegal sale of State land, initially earmarked for the construction of a public school, to a pri...Published: 13 May 2025 at 18:29hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
UZ students demand exam postponement
Student leaders at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) have formally requested a one-week postponement of upcoming examinations, citing academic disruptions caused by an ongoing strike by university lectu...Published: 09 May 2025 at 11:06hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth kingpin's attempted hijack of Bulawayo building fails
A politically charged attempt by Milton Maposa, a self-styled Zanu-PF youth figure, to forcibly reclaim a building from which he was legally evicted has failed, sparking outrage over the abuse of poli...Published: 08 May 2025 at 14:08hrs | 1029 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA president not happy with slow pace of NSS renovations
Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) President Nqobile Magwizi has expressed dissatisfaction with the pace of renovations at the National Sports Stadium (NSS), despite some progress made at the facili...Published: 08 May 2025 at 09:52hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Africa's Underdevelopment: A Criminal Enterprise Enabled by Complicit Leadership
Africa's continued underdevelopment is not a mystery - it is a direct result of kleptocratic leadership, entrenched corruption, and systemic human rights abuses. The so-called liberators, once hailed ...Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:27hrs | 150 | by Wa Malikongwa
A Tribute to the Life of Evangelist Percy Dlamini
The Guta RaMwari Religion, under the governance of the Holy Spirit, solemnly acknowledges and pays heartfelt tribute to the family of Evangelist Percy Dlamini, who departed this earthly life on April ...Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:07hrs | 1077 | by The Literature Committee of South Africa (LitcoSA)
Protesters in bid to stop Mnangagwa wife's UK visit
Protests have broken out across the United Kingdom in a bid to block Zimbabwe's First Lady, Auxillia Mnangagwa, from attending a high-level African first ladies summit scheduled for next month in Lond...Published: 05 May 2025 at 15:47hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Business ignores Geza noise
Businesses across Zimbabwe remained open yesterday, disregarding calls by controversial war veteran and former Zanu-PF Central Committee member, Blessed Geza, to begin an indefinite nationwide shutdow...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:35hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe wooing Donald Trump by paying white farmers and ending tariffs?
Long-frozen relations between the United States and Zimbabwe may be thawing after the Southern African nation slashed all taxes on US goods flowing into the country and announced it has begun to pay c...Published: 18 Apr 2025 at 15:19hrs | 781 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu reinstated as CCC Secretary General
In a major legal victory, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu has been reinstated to his position following a High Court ruling that overturned his expulsion from t...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 17:36hrs | 2750 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City reaffirms ban on musical events at Queens Sports Club
The City of Bulawayo has reiterated its stance against hosting musical events at Queens Sports Club, citing violations of a 1960 lease agreement with the club. This comes amid growing public speculati...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 12:56hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Chibaya, Machingauta fined for unlawful gathering, avoid jail time
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators Amos Chibaya and Costa Machingauta have been spared jail after a Harare magistrate fined them US$500 each following their conviction for particip...Published: 09 Apr 2025 at 22:24hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Is Mnangagwa's tariff capitulation a dangerous gamble to appease Trump at Zimbabwe's economic expense?
Has Zimbabwe's backbone finally cracked? President Emmerson Mnangagwa's latest decision to suspend all tariffs on United States goods, announced in response to new U.S. tariffs on Zimbabwean e...Published: 06 Apr 2025 at 21:43hrs | 1072 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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