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Zanu-PF returns Zimbabwe to the stone age
That Zimbabwe's health sector is broken is a public secret, but the alarming decline under Zanu-PF's 45-year rule has reached new depths of crisis.A widely circulated photo showing a patient a...Published: 16 Feb 2025 at 14:57hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe responds to U.S. aid withdrawal
The government has stopped short of telling the United States of America to go hang following the termination of financial aid to African countries.Zimbabwe is among the African nations affect...Published: 16 Feb 2025 at 07:50hrs | 3458 | by Staff reporter
Edmund Kudzayi responds to Kenneth Sharpe accusations
Statement in Response to False Accusations by Mr Kenneth Sharpe (recordings in tweet below)It has come to my attention that Mr Kenneth Sharpe has fabri...Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 11:44hrs | 724 | by Edmund Kudzayi
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 | 390 | 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
Zimbabwe's Manhize steel plant hits key milestone
The US$1.5 billion Manhize Steel Plant, located in the Midlands province, has officially commenced the production of reinforced steel bars (rebars), marking a significant milestone in Zimbabwe's indus...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:48hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Tributes pour in for Zvikomborero Sibanda
Tributes continue to flood in following the passing of Zvikomborero Sibanda, a former ZBCtv news anchor and long-time media personality, who passed away today at the age of 46 in her Bulawayo home tow...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 22:02hrs | 1195 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Drama at ZiFA elections as Eastern Triangle official cheats
There was drama at the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) elections in Harare today where an official from Eastern regional Triangle broke the voting rules by taking a photo of his ballot paper...Published: 25 Jan 2025 at 11:38hrs | 1511 | by Simbarashe Sithole/ Gideon Madzikatidze
Zimbabwe woman in UK groundbreaking surgery
Ruvimbo Kaviya, aged 40, became the first person in the UK to have a tumour removed using a flexible tube and camera called an endoscope through her eye socket.Ruvimbo, who received her diagno...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 18:08hrs | 1340 | by Staff reporter
Trump order to 'cost' Zimbabwe US$300m aid
US President Donald Trump's decision to halt foreign development assistance for 90 days pending a policy review may have significant consequences for several humanitarian programs in Zimbabwe, which r...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 08:05hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fears US withdrawal from WHO will hit HIV/AIDS programmes
Zimbabwe's finance minister expressed concern on Wednesday that a US withdrawal from the World Health Organization will lead to aid cuts to countries such as his that are most affected by HIV/AIDS....Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 07:25hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 'Churches, Mermaids flood Mukuvisi River'
Several churches, mermaid spiritual agents (MaNjuzu), traditional healers and street kids illegally settled and grabbed land along the Mukuvisi river while living in harmony with each other despite di...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:54hrs | 2189 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Nkulumane Junior MP Sengeziwe Ndlovu launches Junior Press Club to shape future journalists
Nkulumane Constituency's Junior Member of Parliament, Hon. Sengeziwe R. Ndlovu, a Form 6 student at Nkulumane High School, is making history by launching the Nkulumane Junior Press Club, the first ini...Published: 04 Jan 2025 at 19:10hrs | 402 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Capitec closes accounts of Zimbabwean Exemption Permits holders
Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEP) holders in South Africa have found their Capitec bank accounts closed, leaving many in a state of uncertainty. The sudden move has sparked concerns within the Zimbab...Published: 01 Jan 2025 at 10:27hrs | 7783 | by Staff reporter
Woman (60) arrested over unregistered medicines
A 60-YEAR-OLD Kwekwe woman was arrested after she was found in possession of fifty tubes of epidemic cream.The matter came to light at Plumtree magistrates courts where Thandiwe Masango appear...Published: 27 Dec 2024 at 12:35hrs | 1741 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Highlanders aye famous actor for Ambassadorial role
Highlanders FC is looking to reconnect with some of its former stars, with chief executive officer Brian Moyo confirming that former winger Andrew Shue is among those the club hopes to bring on board ...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:45hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Why Hollywoodbets appeals to both casual and serious bettors in South Africa
Hollywoodbets is a South African betting company that was established in 2000. The company initially started as a publishing company that was involved in distributing and publishing horse racing cards...Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 12:36hrs | 318 | by Staff Reporter
Midlands province gets ambulances
The Midlands provincial Health and Child Care Ministry has received a significant boost in its efforts to enhance healthcare services with the acquisition of 15 vehicles worth US$305,000. These vehicl...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:49hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Sugar tax money to set up new cancer treatment centres
The Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ) has approved expedited procedures to procure new cancer treatment machines, with the potential completion of the process before the end of 2024....Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 10:32hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to fast-track procurement of new cancer machines
The Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ) has approved a fast-tracked process to procure new cancer treatment machines, raising hopes that they will be in place by year-end.The a...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 10:23hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Global interventions to end HIV and AIDS: A call for sustained action
As the world marks over four decades since the emergence of HIV and AIDS, the global response has evolved from fear and stigma to hope and determination. Through innovative interventions, robust fundi...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 14:25hrs | 346 | by Marilyn Mutize
Mashonaland chief in legal trouble over abuse directed at woman
The national Council of Chiefs has been petitioned to act on an errant chief who was filmed verbally abusing a woman during a village court sitting.Chief Nyamaropa, of Shamva in Mashonaland Ce...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 16:56hrs | 1519 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt decries resurgent new HIV infections
Zimbabwe recorded 15,400 new HIV infections in 2023, with over 9,000 cases among women, underscoring the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on women and girls. Health and Child Care Minister Dr. ...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 07:17hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Insiza South Villagers unite to desilt local dams
Villagers in Insiza South district have successfully pooled resources to desilt three dams, ensuring improved water availability for their communities. The collaborative effort targeted Msengezane Dam...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 15:17hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo man develops solar-powered three-wheeled vehicle
For many, dropping out of school is seen as a setback, a dead-end in a society where education is believed to be the key to a brighter future. However, for 31-year-old Charles Ncube of Luveve suburb, ...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:36hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
MDC/CCC have 'fought in the trenches for change' said Mahere. Nonsense! Name one change they have brought in 24 years?
The sheer chutzpah and hypocrisy of Zimbabwe's opposition leaders stinks!"On the 1st of November, I spoke on the phone with Duma Boko to congratulate him on an outstanding victory in Botswana'...Published: 13 Nov 2024 at 21:58hrs | 872 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mthuli Ncube donates rice to Cowdray Park Residents
FINANCE, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube is in Cowdray Park today, where he is set to donate 10 000 tonnes of Rice to the vulnerable and elderly in the su...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 12:29hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
Mozambican must exercise maximum force to put an end to these disruptions
The Mozambican state leadership must exercise maximum force to put an end to these disruptions and uphold the stability of the state and SADC region. It is completely unacceptable for a politician who...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 14:00hrs | 840 | by Dereck Goto
Dr. Arikana Chihombori: the unsung heroine of Africa
She will never get recognition in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean women have no vocabulary to appraise Dr. Chohombori breaking the glass-ceiling. The inner jealousy and the inherent envy among us women are so ev...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 12:52hrs | 402 | by Nomazulu Thata
No quality leaders can ever justify participating in flawed 2028 elections especially after 44 years of rigged elections
Let us be clear on this one thing: Zimbabwe is a failed state, a pariah state, stuck with this corrupt, incompetent, tyrannical and vote rigging Zanu PF regime and its equally corrupt and useless MDC/...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 22:42hrs | 632 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe power outages to ease as Hwange Unit 7 returns to operation
The Zimbabwean government has assured citizens that severe power outages affecting the country will ease this weekend as Hwange Unit 7, recently down for maintenance, is set to resume operation. The u...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:32hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Russia fines Google US$2.5 decillion
A Russian court has fined Google $2.5 decillion for allegedly blocking pro-Kremlin propaganda on YouTube.The fine, which is the equivalent of $2.5 trillion trillion trillion, is the result of ...Published: 31 Oct 2024 at 08:37hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Cigarette stub started fire that destroyed NRZ coaches
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has confirmed that a cigarette stub caused a devastating fire that destroyed 40 decommissioned coaches at its main station in Bulawayo in September. The inciden...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 07:58hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's celebrity snake handler dies of snake bite
One month after he was placed in an induced coma following a snake bite, South African YouTuber, Graham 'Dingo' Dinkelman, has passed away.In a statement, 44-year-old Dinkelman's wife Kirsty D...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 09:24hrs | 3266 | by TimesLive
ZAA Founder on Diaspora, ZIG, Xenophobia and Julius Malema
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."Aristotle's age-old dictum has been used and sometimes abused to the point of cliché.But whatever truth; b...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 13:02hrs | 571 | by Staff Reporter
Man prevents wife from shaving privates for a year
In a shocking case that stunned the Matero Local Court, 33-year-old Peggy Changwe, a woman from the Katuba area near Lusaka, Zambia, was granted a divorce from her estranged husband, Peter Banda, afte...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:49hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's photo with Mugabe's iconic moustache goes viral
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has become the center of online attention following the release of a photo from yesterday's Politburo meeting, where his new moustache drew comparisons to the late ...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 08:36hrs | 4861 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa speaks on ZANU-PF petrol-bombs; begs food from Canada
ZANU-PF spokesperson, Christopher Mutsvangwa warns perceived criminals who are allegedly launching petrol-bombs amongst party leadership, amid succession tensions and factionalism which have threatene...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 22:28hrs | 2391 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Khama Billiat wasn't mentally strong enough to take another season with Kaizer Chiefs
FORMER Kaizer Chiefs star Khama Billiat has revealed why he walked away from the Naturena-based giants.The 34-year-old forward surprisingly left Amakhosi following the conclusion of the 2023-2...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 14:45hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has US billion dollars overseas, can wipe out debt within 24 hrs
The recent Bulawayo24 article tells us that Zimbabwe is cash-strapped: it has a staggering debt of US$ 31billion; both domestic and international. This statement is partly true. In paper, Zimbabwe is ...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 19:56hrs | 25216 | by Nomazulu Thata
WATCH: Council official's kombi burns
Mvurwi Town Council official's commuter omnibus went up in flames at Redan Service station, Mvurwi on Saturday afternoon.Witnesses said the commuter omnibus caught up fire at the service stati...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 11:25hrs | 318 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'I've no plan, I'm now poor,' says ZANU-PF Councillor
Jostinah Ndondo, a ZANU-PF councillor for ward 18 in Insiza has failed to comprehend losing over one hundred and fifty-four cattle this year, describing the incident as greatest climatic betrayal in t...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 20:30hrs | 1375 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Mashonaland West chiefs humiliated at a hotel
There was drama at a local hotel this Thursday when Mashonaland West Chiefs' council members were humiliated after refusing to entertain Wasvosva, Chivare and Madzorera families over chief Chivero chi...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 08:24hrs | 2009 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Gideon Madzikatidze
BREAKING NEWS: ZANU PF Councillor Threatens Court Officers with Axe to Resist Eviction from Umguza Farm
In a shocking turn of events, ZANU PF Bulawayo Ward 1 Councillor, Josiah Mutangi, is embroiled in a dramatic standoff after defying a court-ordered eviction from a farm he has unlawfully occupied for ...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 22:33hrs | 2873 | by Staff Reporter
WATCH LIVE: Namibia vs Zimbabwe clash
With round three of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers set to commence this week, Namibia and Zimbabwe will kick off proceedings in a keenly anticipated Group J clash at Orlando Stadium on Thur...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 14:44hrs | 3183 | by Staff reporter
It's time African leaders were barred from foreign medical care!
So, the people of Cameroon have no idea where their president is. Paul Biya, who is now the oldest head of state in the world, at 91 years old, has not been seen in public for the past three m...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 10:51hrs | 1111 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Pandemonium at Chief Chivero's village court
There was mayhem at Chief Chivero's village court in Chingwere (Mhondoro) yesterday where self-imposed Chief Chivero, Cornelious Chengera was humiliated by his family members who claim he is not an el...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 09:35hrs | 1668 | by Simbarashe Sithole/ Gideon Madzikatidze in Mhondoro
American activists called on U.S. authorities to stop supporting Ukraine and halt arms supplies
A meeting of the non-profit organization, "Ecological Union of Pacifists and Nonconformists," with journalists and public figures, was held in New York recently. The meeting took the form of a confere...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 11:06hrs | 537 | by Staff Reporter
Mukwasha Chiwenga in Math-South improvements. Is development holistic?
Whatever development VP Chiwenga is bringing in Matabeleland South, that should never be interpreted as "Mukwasha inzunza". School children especially benefit from good and safe schools, health care f...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 12:27hrs | 2071 | by Nomazulu Thata
Armed robbers strike EcoBank branch in daylight heist
In a daring daylight robbery, six masked men armed with pistols stormed the EcoBank branch at the Parkade Centre, located at the corner of 9th Avenue and Fife Street in Bulawayo, making off with sever...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 16:07hrs | 4057 | by Staff reporter
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