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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: 6 hrs ago | 94 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Edgars turns to mass market and local supply
Edgars Stores Limited has effectively become Zimbabwe's sole listed clothing retailer after Truworths Zimbabwe entered corporate rescue in 2024, following a prolonged period of financial distress and ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 62 | by Staff reporter
Fresh details on collapsed US$2,5bn CBZ bid emerge
An ambitious plan by CBZ Holdings to create Zimbabwe's largest financial services powerhouse has collapsed after the Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) imposed a series of restrictive conditions ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 72 | by Staff reporter
Guard escapes jail time for community service after accidental fatal shooting
A 21-year-old security guard, Anthony Mutefara, has been spared jail time after the High Court convicted him of culpable homicide over the accidental shooting that resulted in the death of a miner at ...Published: 22 hrs ago | 311 | by Staff reporter
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 | 238 | by Staff reporter
Mukuru named among top cross-border payment providers
Mukuru, a leading next-generation financial services platform, has once again secured its position among the world's most influential cross-border payment providers, earning a spot on the 2025 F...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 11:25hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube under pressure to ease tax burden
Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube is facing mounting pressure from business leaders and economists to overhaul Zimbabwe's tax regime, with demands ...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 11:24hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
Public vs Private Funding in African Sports Sector
The growth of sports across Africa depends heavily on where the money comes from. In many countries, both governments and private companies contribute to building the sector. However, how they fund an...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 23:28hrs | 92 | by Staff Reporter
Secondary Revenues from Sporting Events in Africa
Sporting events across Africa do more than fill stadiums. They create additional economic activity that touches tourism, retail, digital services, and hospitality. This type of income, called secondar...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 23:22hrs | 80 | by Staff Reporter
ZANU never fought against the British - lets not distort history
When we distort the past, it ceases to be history and becomes propaganda.In Zimbabwean politics, the manipulation of history is as common as the empty promises made during election campaigns.&...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 22:46hrs | 952 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Car thefts surge across Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has issued a warning to the public over a sharp increase in motor vehicle thefts across the country, calling on motorists to exercise greater caution and take proact...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 17:50hrs | 1627 | by Staff reporter
Miss Universe Zimbabwe 2025 queens receive prizes
The newly crowned Miss Universe Zimbabwe 2025 winners were officially honoured with their prizes on Saturday, marking a key milestone in their journey toward representing Zimbabwe on the global stage ...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:35hrs | 241 | 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 | 998 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe human rights violations in decline by 10%
The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has reported a slight improvement in the country's human rights situation, noting a 10 percent decrease in violations during May 2025 compared to the previous month....Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:04hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Council's cemetery excuses can't bury their neglect
Today's Saturday Chronicle highlights a distressing reality: young schoolchildren, some barely toddlers, are forced to walk through the overgrown and dilapidated Pelandaba Cemetery in Bulawayo on thei...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:49hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe marks rise in digital surveillance
Zimbabwe is experiencing an alarming increase in digital surveillance by government authorities, severely impacting civil liberties and intensifying repression against journalists and human rights def...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:45hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo school children use cemeteries as a bee line
In Bulawayo's Old Magwegwe suburb, schoolchildren as young as four are forced to walk daily through the overgrown and neglected Pelandaba Cemetery to reach their homes in nearby Pelandaba West. This d...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:37hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moving to tighten social media regulation
The Zimbabwean government has announced plans to bolster the Data Protection Act as part of efforts to curb the rapid spread of false and harmful content circulating on social media platforms and onli...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:33hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Senator demands justice over gukurahundi assault on Mahetshe learners
MATEBELELAND SOUTH Senator Nonhlanhla Mlotshwa has issued a scathing rebuke of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) following the brutal assault of pupils at Mahetshe Primary School in Maphisa during wh...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:32hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
The ZANU-PF–Britain alliance is a self-serving bond that never served the people
The political theatre designed to deceive Zimbabweans seems never-ending.A few days ago, senior Zimbabwean officials and British nationals gathered in Harare to celebrate King Charles III's bi...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 14:24hrs | 658 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Democracy under siege
Zimbabwe's democratic space faces significant challenges, rooted in decades of authoritarian rule by the ZANU-PF party, which has governed since 1980.President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in power...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 14:18hrs | 603 | by Leonard Koni
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 | 1079 | by Staff reporter
Over 200 Bulawayo SMEs count losses after industrial site inferno
More than 200 small and medium entrepreneurs are grappling with the aftermath of a devastating fire that gutted their goods and machinery at the Save The Nation Industrial Site in Bulawayo on Mo...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 19:07hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
US warns Zimbabwe trade talks could collapse
The United States has cautioned that Zimbabwe's efforts to secure reduced tariffs on its exports face significant risks due to tight negotiation timelines, even as a temporary reprieve has been grante...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 19:01hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe central bank raises ZWG$5.9 billion via treasury bills
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has raised ZWG$5.9 billion through Treasury Bill (TB) issuances and private placements in 2024, as the government intensifies its domestic borrowing to fund operatio...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 19:00hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
ZACC arrests three council officials over illegal land deal
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested three senior officials from the Rusape Town Council in connection with a controversial and allegedly unlawful land lease deal involving a pr...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 17:18hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Let this be a warning to Nelson Chamisa
Let this be a warning to Nelson Chamisa: cyberspace doesn't suffer fools lightly. You can not recklessly provoke the wrong people, insult powerful institutions, and then act surprised when the consequ...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 15:37hrs | 831 | by Dereck Goto
High Court issues interdict against United Methodist Church
The High Court of Zimbabwe has granted an interim order prohibiting the United Methodist Church from hosting services and other functions at its property in Borrowdale, Harare.The decision fol...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 15:07hrs | 1110 | by Ndou Paul
CBDs struggle as suburbs gain traction
Zimbabwe's property market is grappling with a complex mix of economic pressures and changing tenant preferences, according to a recent report by Knight Frank.Vacancy rates in prime urban area...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 08:47hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors raise alarm over tough business registration rules
Bulawayo city councillors have voiced serious concern over the stringent registration requirements imposed by the local authority on small business operators, warning that the rigid system is fuelling...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 08:44hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Gated communities redefine Bulawayo's residential landscape
Once considered exclusive enclaves for the elite, gated communities are rapidly transforming the urban fabric of Bulawayo, introducing new standards of security, lifestyle, and legal property ownershi...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 08:42hrs | 5060 | by Staff reporter
MP raises alarm over overcrowded classrooms
Opposition legislator for Mkoba South, John Kuka, has raised concern over the worsening pupil-teacher ratio in Zimbabwe's schools, which has forced many institutions to adopt hot-sitting due to classr...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 08:32hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
WhatsApp's new feature might be a gift to con artists
There is a seductive appeal to the word "privacy." It conjures images of safety, control, and autonomy. It suggests a world in which one can participate without being exposed, speak without being watc...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 21:57hrs | 681 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Harare vendors live in fear as Municipal police crackdowns intensify
The sudden silence before chaos is the hallmark of Harare's latest crackdown on informal street vendors. Municipal police, some in plainclothes, others in uniform, move swiftly and silently through cr...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 12:05hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to slash regulatory fees for beef, dairy and food processing sectors
The Government will soon gazette a revised schedule of regulatory fees for three key agricultural sub-sectors - beef, dairy and food processing - in a move designed to enhance the competitiveness of l...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 11:55hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Man sentenced to 400 hours for army-style fashion flop
A 22-year-old Bulawayo man has learned the hard way that street fashion choices can carry legal consequences after being sentenced to 400 hours of community service for wearing a camouflage jacket in ...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:14hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Sneakers Expo returns bigger and bolder
Bulawayo is bracing for a major cultural explosion as the Bulawayo Sneakers Expo returns for its fourth edition on October 18, promising an unforgettable blend of fashion, creativity, and urban identi...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:13hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
IMF kicks off crucial talks in Zimbabwe
A high-level delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has begun formal meetings with Zimbabwean authorities, launching a critical mission to assess the country's reform trajectory under t...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 11:33hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
OK Zimbabwe shuts down Food Lover's Market outlets
Retail giant OK Zimbabwe has announced the closure of its premium Food Lover's Market outlets in Borrowdale and Avondale, a move that underscores the mounting pressure on Zimbabwe's formal retail sect...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:46hrs | 3978 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec unveils high-security Gwanda office
The Government has launched a state-of-the-art Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) regional office in Gwanda, Matabeleland South, as part of a national strategy to combat examination fraud ...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:41hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Trabablas Interchange eases congestion
The newly completed Trabablas Traffic Interchange has breathed new life into one of Harare's busiest road junctions, drastically improving traffic flow and turning a former congestion hotspot into a s...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:39hrs | 2657 | by Staff reporter
Matthew Takaona arrested by Ferret team
Veteran journalist and opposition activist Matthew Takaona has been arrested by members of the Ferret team, a joint police and intelligence unit, while participating in a community road safety initiat...Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 14:41hrs | 1999 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe youths push for quota system in local authorities
Young people across Zimbabwe are calling for the establishment of a youth quota system in local authorities, a move they say would significantly enhance youth representation and participation in gover...Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 10:15hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Madam Boss denies rumours of rib removal
Popular social media influencer, actress, and entrepreneur Madam Boss has denied rumours claiming she had some of her ribs surgically removed. Speaking exclusively to H-Metro, she provided a detailed ...Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 09:10hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Honeymoon over for land barons
The Zimbabwean government has announced a new offensive against land and space barons who have been illegally allocating State land in urban and peri-urban areas, following the unveiling of a comprehe...Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 09:00hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa returns to Zimbabwe political frontline?
Nelson Chamisa, founding leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and a prominent opposition figure who stepped away from active politics last year amid claims that his party had been hijacke...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 15:23hrs | 2870 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe education system hiccups under spotlight
The curtain fell on the third edition of the National Education Conference and Expo (NECE) on Friday, leaving a strong message: conference resolutions must now translate into concrete actions to bring...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 15:01hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Zida courts investors for US$150m Victoria Falls project
The Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) is actively seeking both local and international investors to participate in the development of Lot 1 of Jafuta Estate, a flagship project within ...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:26hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo fake doctor breath temporary sigh of relief again
Prosper Vanhuvaone, accused of masquerading as a medical doctor in Bulawayo, breathed a temporary sigh of relief last Friday after the court postponed delivering judgment until Tuesday.The del...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:23hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
The new Broadcasting Services Amendment Act: A legal analysis
The Broadcasting Services Amendment Act No.2, 2025 (Hereinafter referred to as the Act/ Amendment Act) represents a significant shift in Zimbabwe's media regulation landscape. Promulgated as part of b...Published: 31 May 2025 at 14:06hrs | 329 | by Mlondolozi Ndlovu
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