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Zimbabwe Must Seize the Opportunity to Attract Investment as South Africa Faces Agricultural and Economic Shifts
The ongoing upheaval in South Africa regarding the removal of white farmers and the broader implications for the country's investment climate present a unique opportunity for Zimbabwe. While the polit...Published: 19 Feb 2025 at 13:13hrs | 487 | by Marilyn Mutize
How Trump's Paris Climate Agreement withdrawal impacts Zimbabwe and the path forward
THE decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement this year has once again sent shockwaves across the global community.While the move w...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 20:16hrs | 838 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Flood warning for Matebeleland, Midlands provinces
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has issued a warning for heavy rains exceeding 70 millimetres within 24 hours, set to affect the Matebeleland region and the Midlands from Wednesday, 19 Fe...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 03:38hrs | 2138 | by Staff reporter
Ghanaian striker at Highlanders
Ghanaian midfielder Paul Orape was one of the new faces in Highlanders' first team at the club's Family Fun Day on Sunday, signaling a potential addition to the squad ahead of the 2025 Castle Lager Pr...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 03:35hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Thunderstorms, heavy rains expected to continue across Zimbabwe
Areas along the main watershed, including Matabeleland North, the Midlands, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, and Manicaland, are set to experience a mix of weather conditions today, with the Met...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 03:33hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF Chair warns against social media abuse
ZANU-PF chairman for Mashonaland East, Daniel Garwe, has cautioned party members and supporters against misusing social media to bring the revolutionary party into disrepute. Speaking during an interf...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 03:33hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Openly gay Islamic priest shot dead in South Africa
Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure dubbed the world's first openly gay imam, has been shot dead in South Africa.The 57-year-old cleric ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 10:57hrs | 1204 | by Staff reporter
Debagte on push to extend Mnangagwa term intensifies
The debate around Zanu-PF's controversial push to extend President Mnangagwa's term beyond 2028 has intensified this week, with political and legal experts offering varying views. Ibbo Mandaza of the ...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 09:05hrs | 822 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa returns from AU Summit
SADC chairperson and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has returned home from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he attended the 38th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU). This year's summit, he...Published: 16 Feb 2025 at 17:16hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Hichilema come face to face
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zambian counterpart Hakainde Hichilema had an uneasy public interaction in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, yesterday, as their strained diplomatic relations played out duri...Published: 16 Feb 2025 at 16:47hrs | 3808 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's bullion-backed ZiG is missing out on gold's record run
Zimbabwe's bullion-backed currency is missing out on an impressive gold rally, because of a liquidity squeeze that's choking the economy and difficulties in exchanging the unit for dollars.Sin...Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 08:40hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa leaves for AU Summit
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in his capacity as the Southern African Development Community (SADC) chairperson, has departed for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to attend the 38th Ordinary Session of the Afric...Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 14:07hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's gold reserves dwarfed by regional counterparts
Zimbabwe's gold reserves stood at 85,842.38 ounces (2.67 tonnes) as of December 31, 2024, valued at $223.8 million, according to an audit by BDO. The figures, based on international market prices, ref...Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 12:21hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa to receive his 14 troops killed in DRC
The arrival of the bodies of the 14 South Africans soldiers will be a challenging reality for some families who have not seen their slain loved ones since January last year.According to report...Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 11:10hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains pound Bulawayo, Masvingo
Heavy rains and severe flooding have devastated parts of southern and southwestern Zimbabwe, with Bulawayo and Masvingo cities among the hardest hit. Torrential rains on Tuesday caused local rivers to...Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 09:45hrs | 1142 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe isn't yet ready for a sole currency, finance chief says
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said the southern African nation needs to regain access to credit lines before it can adopt the ZiG as its sole currency."We need a few things in place...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 15:00hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Chief Njelele accuse of seizing livestock without due process
Villagers under Chief Njelele's jurisdiction in Gokwe have accused the traditional leader, born Misheck Njelele, of illegally seizing 19 cattle and six goats without following proper judicial processe...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 11:53hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt Zimsec petitioned over 'tribal bias' Heritage book
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has submitted a petition to the government, the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec), and international bodies, accusing the Heritage Studies curriculum of ...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 11:49hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Braces for HIV Resurgence as US Aid Evaporates
Rumbidzai, a sex worker from the bustling settlement of Epworth in Harare, has been taking antiretroviral drugs since 2017. For over two years, the mother of three has relied on mobile clinics that re...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 11:29hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's gold coins sell for record $3,000 as bullion surges
Zimbabwe's gold coins sold above $3 000 for the first time since they were introduced almost three years ago as the price of bullion surged.The 22-carat "Mosi-Oa-Tunya" gold coins, named after...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 06:39hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains bring widespread flooding in Bulawayo
Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in Bulawayo, affecting homes and roads across the city. Suburbs such as Entumbane and Old Lobengula have borne the brunt of the downpour, with residents and...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 06:36hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains, thunderstorms expected across Zimbabwe
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has forecast heavy rains and thunderstorms across several provinces in Zimbabwe this week and urged the public to take necessary precautions to ensure safe...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 06:34hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Simba Makoni laughs off rumours of his death
Former Finance Minister and Zanu-PF politburo member Simba Makoni has laughed off rumours of his death, which flooded social media yesterday. The former Sadc executive secretary was quick to dismiss t...Published: 11 Feb 2025 at 06:47hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains lash Manicaland and Masvingo
A cloud system has brought significant rainfall to the southern regions of Manicaland and Masvingo provinces, with some areas experiencing heavy downpours.The Meteorological Services Departmen...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 12:03hrs | 3819 | by Staff reporter
Afrikaaners seek information on Trump's refugee programme
In the 18 hours after President Donald Trump's order to prioritise white Afrikaner South Africans for the US refugee programme, the South African Chamber of Commerce in the USA (SACCUSA) received over...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 11:59hrs | 873 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'highjacks' Zhombe aid transportation, distribution
The Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) has raised serious allegations that the transportation and distribution of food aid in Zhombe have been hijacked by Zanu-PF members, calling for u...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 17:00hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
2 more Zimbabweans resurface from SA mine
Two Zimbabwean nationals have emerged from the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine in South Africa after weeks underground, where they endured harrowing conditions. The survivors surfaced last week, bring...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 11:26hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Sam Nujoma dies aged 95
Sam Nujoma, the activist and guerrilla leader who became Namibia's first democratically elected president after it won its independence from apartheid South Africa, died aged 95 on Saturday, the Namib...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 09:05hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Emergency summit on DRC underway in Dar es Salaam
Leaders from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC) are convening in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for a joint emergency summit to address the rapidly worsen...Published: 08 Feb 2025 at 13:43hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Chimombe, Mpofu trial set for March 24
The State, led by prosecutor Anesu Chirenje, has confirmed that it is ready to kickstart the trial of Zanu-PF central committee member Mike Chimombe and his business partner Moses Mpofu, who are facin...Published: 08 Feb 2025 at 12:46hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains, flash floods expected in Matebeleland
The Matebeleland region is bracing for flash floods as heavy rains are set to hit the country from today until Tuesday, according to the Meteorological Services Department (MSD).The MSD issued...Published: 08 Feb 2025 at 12:40hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
The truth about US aid, digital imperialism and the Great Continent of Africa's future
On the fast lane to 2030 by Maxwell Haitengeswinyika Teedzai The US feeds on creation of chaos and chicanery in third world countries and they use illeg...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 20:34hrs | 534 | by Maxwell Haitengeswinyika Teedzai
Mnangagwa arrives in Tanzania
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has arrived in Tanzania to attend the highly anticipated joint Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and East African Community (EAC) Summit, aimed at fostering a ...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 17:23hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Malawi orders troops to withdraw from DR Congo
Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the military to begin preparing to withdraw from their peacekeeping mission in the volatile eastern Democratic of Congo.The Malawian troops are ...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 06:59hrs | 1609 | by Staff reporter
8% of school-age children undernourished: Report
A recent report from UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) has highlighted concerning statistics regarding childhood nutrition in Eastern and Southern Africa, revealing that approximately 8% of ch...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 06:40hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo has no control over Nyamandlovu aquifer
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has acknowledged that the Nyamandlovu aquifer is operating below its capacity, largely due to non-functional boreholes, further exacerbating the city's ongoing water crisis...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 17:24hrs | 1900 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe introduces automated e-Gates at Beitbridge Border Post
The Department of Immigration has launched automated gate systems, commonly known as eGates, to facilitate faster and more secure travel for individuals using new biometric passports. This innovation ...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 15:58hrs | 1723 | by Staff reporter
Shunned by the West, Zimbabwe's UAE gamble hands economy a lifeline
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's six years of wooing the United Arab Emirates has given a lifeline to a nation that the West has ostracised for a quarter century and is unable to repay its lo...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 09:12hrs | 1307 | by Staff reporter
Sotsha Moyo: A humble legend and Cultural Ambassador of Zimbabwe
Sotsha Moyo, the leader of the legendary music group Black Umfolosi, exemplifies the rare combination of humility and remarkable talent. Though he may blend into the bustling streets of Zimbabwe, his ...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 07:25hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's seed certification scheme to be reviewed
Zimbabwe's agriculture sector is set for a significant overhaul as stakeholders organize a write shop aimed at realigning and updating the country's Seed Certification Scheme. This initiative, part of...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 13:55hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Woman jailed 5 years for trafficking day-old baby
A Harare magistrate has sentenced a woman to five years imprisonment after she was convicted of trafficking a two-day-old baby from South Africa to Zimbabwe.Janet Maromo was found guilty of vi...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 12:05hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Suspended Harare town clerk faces fresh charges
Suspended City of Harare Town Clerk, Hosiah Chisango, is facing fresh corruption charges following concerns raised over his recent acquittal in a high-profile case involving the award of a US$9 millio...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:57hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa returns from annual leave
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially resumed his duties after a month-long annual leave, with a clear focus on addressing Zimbabwe's economic growth and stability. Deputy Chief Secretary in the...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:46hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to co-Chair joint SADC-EAC Summit on DRC conflict resolution
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will lead a Southern African Development Community (SADC) delegation to Tanzania later this week for an Extraordinary Joint Summit with the East African Community (EAC). T...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:45hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
ZACC to press new charges in US$9m tender case
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has announced plans to lay new charges against Harare Town Clerk, Engineer Hosiah Chisango, and several associates after the National Prosecuting Authori...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:41hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
'Govt funded SADC Summit with BEAM fees,' Minister
In a clear sign of extreme negligence, modern generational betrayal and gross breach of children's rights to education, details have emerged that the government diverted millions (US$) meant for Basic...Published: 02 Feb 2025 at 11:38hrs | 8879 | by Gideon Madzikatidze recently in Mhondoro
South Africa releases names of 14 soldiers killed in DRC
South Africa has released the names of 14 soldiers who died in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), when the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels stormed the city in North Kivu province on Monday....Published: 02 Feb 2025 at 10:36hrs | 1528 | by Staff reporter
Zambia's Hichilema snubs SADC Summit in Harare
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has once again chosen to skip the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit in Harare, opting instead for an official working visit to Jap...Published: 01 Feb 2025 at 08:50hrs | 1165 | by Staff reporter
Nkulumane MP mobilising resources for community development
Nkulumane Member of Parliament Desire Moyo has announced plans to mobilise resources to address social and economic challenges facing his constituency. He said they are engaging donors, non-government...Published: 01 Feb 2025 at 08:48hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe raises minimum age for public service vehicle drivers to 30
In a decisive move to curb the rising number of road accidents in Zimbabwe, the Government has officially raised the minimum age requirement for public service vehicle (PSV) drivers from 25 to 30 year...Published: 01 Feb 2025 at 08:46hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
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