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Jonathan Moyo slams attacks on Mabhiza
Former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has condemned what he described as "outrageous and disgraceful" online attacks against Attorney General Virginia Mabhiza following her inclusion in Pres...Published: 21 hrs ago | 328 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Central Committee rift deepens
Ruling Zanu-PF party commissar Munyaradzi Machacha has stated that businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei is not yet a central committee member, contradicting earlier claims by party legal supremo Patrick Ch...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 09:23hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Record gold prices brighten Zimbabwe's trade outlook
Gold surged to a new all-time high on Tuesday, lifting Zimbabwe's economic prospects as the country continues to benefit from strong exports of the precious metal.Spot gold climbed 0,8 percent...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:31hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei’s Zanu-PF Central Committee bid back in the spotlight
Zanu-PF national political commissar Munyaradzi Machacha has clarified that businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei is not yet a member of the party’s central committee, despite claims by senior officials t...Published: 02 Sep 2025 at 07:11hrs | 1635 | by Staff reporter
War vets company in turmoil
The Zvimba East Veterans Investment Company (Zevic) is embroiled in a deepening dispute, with allegations that local police officers are shielding a faction led by Michael Changadzo from court orders,...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 21:12hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Tensions rise at Harare sewage plant
Tensions erupted yesterday at the City of Harare's Firle Sewage Plant after municipal workers clashed with management following the deaths of two colleagues, amid allegations of negligence over safety...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:28hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
False murder reports spark panic
Norton residents were thrown into panic this week following the circulation of false reports claiming multiple arrests in connection with the recent gruesome murders in the town. Hundreds of residents...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:21hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter
ArcelorMittal SA flags Zimbabwe steel imports as unfair competition
ArcelorMittal South Africa CEO Kobus Verster has raised concerns over Zimbabwean steel imports, describing them as one of several "unfair" pressures on South Africa's struggling steel sector.S...Published: 28 Aug 2025 at 22:52hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's gold exports soar
Zimbabwe's gold exports surged to US$1,385 billion in the first seven months of 2025, a 60,5 percent increase from the US$863,1 million recorded during the same period last year, according to the late...Published: 28 Aug 2025 at 06:53hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
White Judge rules Malema guilty of hate speech
South African opposition politician Julius Malema has been convicted of hate speech by the country's equality court, following remarks he made at a rally in 2022.Malema, leader of the Economic...Published: 28 Aug 2025 at 05:55hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa unleshes Chinese armoured vehicles?
Nearly two dozen Chinese armoured vehicles were spotted moving in convoy through Harare this week, providing the public with the first glimpse of hardware believed to have been delivered to the Zimbab...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 23:03hrs | 1105 | by Staff reporter
Chaos at council meeting sparks outrage
A full council meeting at the Masvingo City Townhouse recently descended into chaos as councilors clashed over minor issues, leaving the city embarrassed in front of a visiting official.Chired...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 19:30hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factional war erupt in Matebeleland
Political tensions have flared in Matebeleland North, with ZANU-PF Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development, Simelisizwe Sibanda, coming und...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 05:43hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water, sewer woes persist
As Bulawayo enters the final quarter of 2026, water shortages, frequent sewer bursts, and crumbling service delivery continue to fuel tensions between residents and the city council.Interviews...Published: 24 Aug 2025 at 14:40hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Traders seek Chiwenga's help over market fees
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has been dragged into a heated dispute at Harare's Mbare Musika retail market, where traders are protesting against what they describe as "extortionist fees" and ex...Published: 24 Aug 2025 at 09:21hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Court orders Avenues clinic to restore radiology department
Baines Imaging Group (BIG) has won a major legal battle against The Avenues Clinic (Medical Investments Ltd) after the High Court granted a spoliation order compelling the hospital to restore the radi...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 18:32hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor grabs farm, jailed
A Zanu-PF councillor in Bulawayo has spent nearly a month behind bars after defying a series of court orders to vacate a disputed farmhouse in Umguza district, Matabeleland North.Ward 1 counci...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 13:15hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo by-election gets hot
Independent candidate for Masvingo Urban Ward 7, Prosper Taruvinga Tiringindi, has reported the Zanu-PF candidate, Simbarashe Shonhiwa, for allegedly tearing and vandalising opposition campaign poster...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 18:12hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
AMH workers go 9 months without pay
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), publishers of NewsDay, Zimbabwe Independent and The Standard, has come under fire after going nine months without paying its employees, sparking outrage among journalists a...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 14:51hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo community radio aspires for licence
Bulawayo-based aspiring community radio station, Youth Broadcasting (Y-FM), has expressed frustration over the latest call for community radio applications issued by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimb...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 12:15hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Pastors4ED question disbursement of Presidential fund method
Tension briefly flared at the Masvingo Agricultural Showgrounds when members of Pastors4ED voiced frustration over the method of receiving their share of the Presidential Empowerment Revolving Fund....Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 19:09hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
21 villagers in court over Fairfield farm invasion
Twenty-one villagers who have been illegally settled at Fairfield Farm in Headlands appeared in court this week, charged with defying a High Court order directing them to vacate the property.T...Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 19:04hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Malema urges Zimbabweans to seek jobs at home
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has urged Zimbabweans to seek employment opportunities within their own municipalities, such as Harare, instead of South Africa, while reiterating ...Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 14:30hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF faces turmoil over cell registration
The ruling Zanu-PF party is facing internal strife in Murewa South constituency after reports emerged that senior provincial officials in Mashonaland East are attempting to rewrite cell registers desp...Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 08:55hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders in free fall
Bulawayo giants Highlanders Football Club have plunged into a full-blown crisis after secretary general Morgan Dube admitted that the club is currently operating without a strategic plan due to lack o...Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 18:42hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
Will the Jesuits groom another President for Zimbabwe?
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's recent praise of the Jesuit Society and the Roman Catholic Church raises more than just platitudinous acknowledgments of their role in education - it invites a de...Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 12:30hrs | 600 | by Mafirakureva Chokwadi
Couple clash in court over infidelity
A Mutasa woman, Eveline Nyamakari, has accused her husband, James Frank, of destroying their marriage through abuse, infidelity, and repeatedly infecting her with sexually transmitted infections (STIs...Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 12:10hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei saluted by military boss
NEW Zanu-PF Central Committee member Kudakwashe Tagwirei has received rare public accolades from Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) commander, Air Vice Marshall Biltim Chingono, for his role in his recovery ...Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 13:27hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
South Africa ripe for a coup
Recent developments within South Africa's military and government circles, combined with warnings from national intelligence, suggest the country may be facing a precarious period of political instabi...Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 17:25hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
Minister defends SANDF General's Iran trip
Defence Minister Angie Motshekga has strongly defended South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya's recent visit to Iran, insisting the trip was properly approved las...Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 17:20hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's transfer delay sparks executive sabotage claims
Highlanders Football Club's last-minute signings on deadline day have raised eyebrows, with insiders suggesting the executive deliberately stalled player acquisitions to undermine interim coaches foll...Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 08:50hrs | 255 | 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 | 1161 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe labs struggle with a surge in mineral samples
Zimbabwean laboratories are struggling to cope with a surge in mineral samples submitted by mines ramping up exploration activity in response to record gold prices, a mine executive said on Wednesday....Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 15:48hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's rumored political move sparks tensions
Factionalism is intensifying within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) camp linked to former party leader Nelson Chamisa, amid speculation that he is preparing to launch a new political movement....Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 10:45hrs | 1630 | by Staff reporter
Congolese arrested over Zimbabwean ID documents
The High Court has dismissed an urgent application for the release of a Congolese national, Benoit Ombeni Mupenzi, who was arrested while in possession of Zimbabwean identity particulars, citing ongoi...Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 10:40hrs | 248 | 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 | 656 | by Staff reporter
Wife reports hubby for illegal gun possession
A domestic dispute over an unsecured firearm has landed a Harare man in court, after his wife reported him to police, leading to his arrest and a charge of unlawful possession under Zimbabwe's Firearm...Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 19:32hrs | 425 | 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
Lecturers file court application to halt UZ graduation
The Association of University Teachers (AUT) in Zimbabwe has filed an urgent High Court application seeking to interdict the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Chancellor from conferring degrees, diplomas, a...Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 17:37hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter
Used condoms spark violent lover's quarrel
What began as a seemingly ordinary lovers' visit spiraled into a brutal assault when the discovery of several used condoms in a man's bedroom ignited suspicions of infidelity and triggered a violent a...Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 16:56hrs | 1253 | by Staff reporter
Dr Mncwango appointed as new secretary general
Jacob Zuma led uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has appointed Dr Bongani Mncwango, a former executive at insurance giant Sanlam, as its new secretary-general, replacing Floyd Shivambu.The party als...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 19:43hrs | 515 | 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 | 827 | by Staff reporter
Zinasu slams UZ over deepening academic crisis
Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU), University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Chapter, has raised alarm over what it describes as a "deepening academic crisis" affecting final-year Social Work students and t...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 21:59hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa faces backlash over Tagwirei tweet?
Zanu-PF Legal Affairs Secretary Patrick Chinamasa is embroiled in a heated internal dispute following his controversial tweet asserting that businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei has been co-opted into the ...Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 12:36hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa reposts deleted Tagwirei appointment tweet
ZANU PF Legal Affairs Secretary Patrick Chinamasa has reignited political debate after reposting a once-deleted tweet declaring businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei's controversial appointment to the party...Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 09:49hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF consolidates power in by-elections
Opposition political parties in Zimbabwe have struggled to nominate candidates in several recent by-elections, raising concerns about the weakening of democratic forces challenging the ruling Zanu-PF ...Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 08:39hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa deletes tweet confirming Tagwirei's appointment
ZANU PF Legal Secretary Patrick Chinamasa has deleted a tweet in which he had declared controversial businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei's appointment to the party's Central Committee as "over and irrever...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 19:30hrs | 1819 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF battlelines drawn over Tagwirei
Zanu-PF's simmering succession battle has erupted into open confrontation, with the party's legal affairs secretary Patrick Chinamasa clashing head-on with secretary-general Obert Mpofu and spokesman ...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 10:00hrs | 887 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa takes on Mutsvangwa, Obert Mpofu
The escalating political battle within Zanu-PF over the controversial co-option of businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei into the ruling party's Central Committee has intensified, with legal affairs secreta...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 09:59hrs | 1494 | by Staff reporter
Magunje cement plant licence sparks corruption fears
Government officials have raised alarm over the controversial licensing of a Chinese-owned cement plant in Magunje, Mashonaland West, amid allegations of corruption, regulatory breaches, and community...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 08:29hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
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