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Some Zimbabweans oppose development
There is a growing and deeply troubling trend among certain segments of our society—an unsettling comfort with the status quo of decay and underdevelopment. It is as if, for some, the sight of crumb...Published: 19 hrs ago | 416 | by Kudzai Mutisi
5,000 Zimbabwe teachers quit in 2023
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has revealed that over 5,000 teachers left the profession in 2023, confirming concerns about a growing brain drain in Zimbabwe's education sector. Howev...Published: 22 hrs ago | 299 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cabinet approves Road Accident Fund Bill
The Zimbabwean Cabinet has approved the principles of the Road Accident Fund Bill, a landmark legislative step aimed at improving emergency treatment, medical care, and funeral assistance for road tra...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:32hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fails to avail land for development
Bulawayo City Council is facing a deepening housing crisis after failing for more than a year to secure contractors to develop new housing stands in the city. Despite multiple attempts and repeated ad...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:17hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council is dead, needs complete overhaul
Former chairperson of Harare City Council's audit committee, Councillor Blessing Duma, has delivered a scathing indictment of the local authority, declaring that "the council is dead" and requires not...Published: 31 May 2025 at 14:03hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's pension crisis: Full compensation for 2008 losses may take 100 years
Zimbabwe's pension funds have sounded the alarm over their inability to compensate retirees who lost their life savings during the 2008 economic collapse, warning that, at current fund levels, full re...Published: 30 May 2025 at 12:08hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to benefit from surge in remittances
Zimbabwe stands to gain significantly from a projected surge in remittance inflows into Africa, with the African Development Bank (AfDB) forecasting that the continent will receive US$100 billion in r...Published: 30 May 2025 at 08:58hrs | 128 | 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 | 519 | by Staff reporter
'Spiritual Spectacles' prophet in another court no-show
Prophet Tapiwa Freddy has once again failed to appear in court in an ongoing legal dispute with Craft Properties (Pvt) Ltd over a residential plot in Kadoma. Since the case began on February 7, 2025, ...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:16hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
Young boys exploited for begging in Harare
In a disturbing incident that shook the nation, two individuals were caught on video in August 2024 exploiting young boys by forcing them to beg for money in Harare - only to keep the earn...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:13hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Zimra exposes fraud kingpin
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has exposed a suspected fraud kingpin accused of impersonating tax officials to extort bribes in a fraudulent audit scheme. In a public notice released on 23 May...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:02hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
UK rape culture forces govt to roll out chemical castration
The British government has announced plans to roll out the use of medication to suppress the sex drive of certain sex offenders, as part of a broader package of reforms aimed at reducing reoffending a...Published: 26 May 2025 at 07:57hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Seed firms crippled by Zimbabwe govt debt
Zimbabwe's seed industry is teetering on the edge of collapse as the government grapples with ballooning debt, having failed to pay seed suppliers nearly US$270 million over the past three farming sea...Published: 22 May 2025 at 11:36hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Midlands sets target of 12 000 hectares of wheat
Farmers in Midlands have made impressive progress in the 2025 winter wheat planting season, with over 1,000 hectares already planted and 824 hectares having germinated. This early momentum signals a p...Published: 20 May 2025 at 09:59hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son grilled over US$200m seed debt
Finance and Investment Promotion Deputy Minister David Mnangagwa has come under fire in Parliament after it emerged that the Government owes Valley Seeds Private Limited nearly US$200 million for agri...Published: 19 May 2025 at 13:58hrs | 1768 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe focuses on boosting productivity in winter season
Zimbabwe has positioned itself for a strong winter cropping season with an estimated 141,000 hectares available for wheat production following an extensive rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructure....Published: 18 May 2025 at 11:52hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ups wheat production momentum
As early morning mists lift over Zimbabwe's farming belts, tractors roar to life and irrigation pivots sweep across golden fields, signaling the start of the 2025 winter wheat season. The Government b...Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:06hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani project 72% amid concerns over slow progress
The long-awaited Gwayi-Shangani Dam, a cornerstone project of the Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project, is now 72% complete, showing only a modest 2% progress since October 2024. The slow pace has drawn...Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:40hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Wheat progress in Midlands province
Farmers in Zimbabwe's Midlands Province have made impressive strides in the ongoing 2025 winter wheat planting season, with over 1,000 hectares already sown and approximately 800 hectares having germi...Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:13hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Why Zimbabweans should worry about our relationship with Belarus
How is it that Zimbabwe consistently chooses to engage with questionable figures?President Emmerson Mnangagwa is in Minsk for a working visit, marking his third trip to Belarus since assuming ...Published: 12 May 2025 at 19:32hrs | 707 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe opposition power struggles a gift to Zanu-PF
Zimbabwe's opposition movement is increasingly being torn apart by internal power struggles and factionalism, raising fears it could soon collapse altogether, analysts warn.The Citizens Coalit...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:39hrs | 198 | 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
Winter wheat production takes off in Matabeleland South
Matebeleland South Province is ramping up preparations for the 2025 winter wheat season, with land preparation currently underway and a target of cultivating 2,300 hectares - a modest increase fro...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:36hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Dubious full-body scanners return on the market
Despite repeated warnings from health authorities and law enforcement, unlicensed full-body scan operators continue to spread across Zimbabwe, duping unsuspecting residents with questionable diagnoses...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:31hrs | 330 | 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 | 1769 | by Staff reporter
SECZim seeks to bolster financial sector integrity
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe (SECZim) recently held a two-day workshop in Mutare focused on Anti-Money Laundering, Combating the Financing of Terrorism, and Proliferation Financi...Published: 08 May 2025 at 16:07hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
SECZim raises awareness on financial crime
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe (SECZim) has reaffirmed its commitment to bolstering regulatory compliance and integrity within the financial sector through robust capacity-building...Published: 08 May 2025 at 09:39hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Boreholes are not the solution to Zimbabwe's water crisis - they may worsen it
There has been a growing disturbing trend.The Zimbabwean government has, in recent years, taken to vigorously drilling boreholes across the country as its signature approach to solving the cou...Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:30hrs | 947 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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 | 148 | by Wa Malikongwa
It's high time foreign governments took the lead in investigating Zimbabwe's corrupt elite
The Zimbabwe ruling elite clearly won't act against high-level corruption.There is something profoundly disturbing about the silence of Zimbabwean authorities in the wake of the damning exposÃ...Published: 03 May 2025 at 11:48hrs | 630 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe targets 600 000 tonnes winter wheat output
Zimbabwe is aiming to produce 600,000 tonnes of wheat this year as part of a major push to sustain and expand its winter crop production. The country is stepping up preparations for a successful seaso...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:31hrs | 70 | 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 | 804 | by Farai Matiashe, Al Jazeera
22-year-old scams job-seekers
A 22-year-old Bulawayo man, Melusi Sibanda, has appeared in court facing four counts of fraud after allegedly posing as an employment agent and deceiving four individuals with promises of jobs at hote...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:32hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ramps up winter wheat preparations
The Government has intensified preparations for this year's winter wheat production season, aiming to deliver essential inputs to farmers on time and build upon last season's record-breaking harvest. ...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:27hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt sunk US$10m into chaotic Independence day fete
The Zimbabwean government could have sunk up to US$10 million into the Independence Day celebrations held on Friday, which were marred by a series of embarrassing infrastructure failures and poor work...Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 09:08hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
MPs demand answers on Mnangagwa cash schemes
Lawmakers have called for a ministerial statement from Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube regarding the funding sources and the criteria used for selecting beneficiaries of various presidential support sch...Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 09:07hrs | 2046 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland North demands fulfilment of 2023 election promise
Villagers in Matebeleland North have renewed calls for the government to deliver on long-standing promises to establish irrigation schemes along the Zambezi River, as the region continues to grapple w...Published: 17 Apr 2025 at 09:01hrs | 486 | 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 | 805 | by Staff reporter
Hwange communities seek govt's nod to draw water from Zambezi
Communities living along the Zambezi River in Hwange are urgently appealing to the government for help in harnessing the river's water for irrigation schemes aimed at ensuring food security. Hwange Ea...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:17hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
The reality of '9 wasted years' - A decade WMC failed to capture Zuma
For too long, South Africans have been bombarded with a dishonest narrative coined by the very architects of our economic servitude, that the period of President Jacob Zuma's administration represents...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 14:33hrs | 752 | by Mzwanele Manyi
Zimbabwe maize crop assessment shows bumper harvest
Zimbabwe is poised for a major boost to its national food security, with nearly two million tonnes of maize expected to be harvested this season, preliminary data from the ongoing Second Round Crops, ...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:41hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean banks face backlash over excessive charges
Zimbabwe's banking sector is celebrating strong financial results, with shareholders across financial institutions enjoying substantial dividend payouts following another profitable year. However, the...Published: 06 Apr 2025 at 11:26hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe decentralises title deed processing system for farms
The Government has embarked on a nationwide decentralisation of the farm title deed processing system in a bold move to streamline land tenure services and improve access for farmers across the countr...Published: 06 Apr 2025 at 11:24hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo housing waiting list balloons
A Bulawayo councillor has proposed converting certain flats to homeownership in an effort to alleviate the city's growing housing backlog. The suggestion was made on Wednesday during a full council me...Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 12:28hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
BornFreesforED condemn planned protests
The BornFreesforED movement has strongly criticized calls for protests in Zimbabwe, describing them as reckless and counter-revolutionary acts that serve no genuine purpose except to advance neo-colon...Published: 29 Mar 2025 at 08:26hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Message for all Zimbabwe's Property Owners
The conviction of Prosper Bizwick by Harare magistrate Ethel Sichera has shed light on the deep-rooted corruption within the Deeds Office, exposing how those entrusted with public service can betray t...Published: 25 Mar 2025 at 21:56hrs | 1387 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabwe takes delivery of 700 tractors, 80 combine harvesters
Zimbabwe has significantly boosted its farming capabilities by acquiring 800 units of state-of-the-art farm equipment from Belarus, including over 700 tractors, a move that promises to revolutionise t...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 08:11hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe accelerates plans for National Health Insurance Scheme
Zimbabwe's push for a National Health Insurance (NHI) system has reached a decisive phase, with government officials and health experts reaffirming the need to implement the scheme this year. Despite ...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 08:10hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Youths, War Vets trash Mnangagwa-Tungwarara dummy fund banner
Several youths and veterans of the liberation struggle mocked Presidential Youths Fund launch spearheaded by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his controversial advisor, Paul Tempter Tungwarara, descri...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 17:07hrs | 1998 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Zimbabwe will not issue title deeds for illegally acquired land
The Zimbabwean government has announced that it will not issue title deeds for properties built on land illegally allocated by land barons, as part of a drive to clamp down on dubious land allocations...Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 11:26hrs | 4698 | by Staff reporter
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