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Operation Dudula perpetrating genocide: Black on Black violence in SA
Operation Dudula is hunting down people and killing them by burning and stabbing them to death. Zimbabweans, together with other foreign nationals, all blacks are hunted down by criminals - Operation ...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 17:12hrs | 867 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chiwenga's ex-wife loses Pretoria property and luxury cars
Marry Mubaiwa, former wife of Zimbabwean Vice-President General Constantino Chiwenga, has lost ownership of an upmarket residential property and two luxury Range Rovers in Pretoria, South Africa, afte...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 19:09hrs | 1996 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves to outlaw biological weapons
Zimbabwe is stepping up its national security and commitment to international peace by introducing tough new legislation aimed at outlawing the use and development of biological weapons. The move foll...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:20hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe urged not to use torture investigative method
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has expressed grave concern over ongoing allegations of torture by law enforcement agencies and private individuals, calling for the adoption of professiona...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 18:34hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe disability expo 2025 set to launch in Victoria Falls
The Zimbabwe Disability Expo 2025 is set to kick off tomorrow at Chinotimba Stadium in Victoria Falls, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa scheduled to officiate at the opening ceremony on Friday....Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:29hrs | 147 | 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 | 466 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Parliament resumes sitting
Parliament of Zimbabwe officially resumes sitting today after nearly two months of recess, with a significant legislative workload awaiting legislators. The two houses had adjourned in December last y...Published: 11 Feb 2025 at 06:39hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for stronger regional collaboration to safeguard children's future
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the current Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), has called for enhanced regional collaboration and a renewed commitment to children's rights...Published: 17 Nov 2024 at 11:57hrs | 1099 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga warns of Zimbabwe corruption as a security threat
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has issued a stark warning that corruption has evolved into a security threat that undermines the rule of law and erodes public trust in both private and public ins...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:02hrs | 2422 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga calls for good corporate governance
Vice President Dr. Constantino Chiwenga has called on business leaders to maintain the highest standards of corporate governance and transparency to promote private sector growth and strengthen Zimbab...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 07:49hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves to eradicate child labour in agric sector
The Government of Zimbabwe, in collaboration with the National Employment Council for Agricultural Industry (NECAgriculture), is committed to eradicating child labor in the agricultural sector by impl...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 11:17hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zacc struggles to recover US$1bn tainted assets
Zimbabwe's weak extra-territorial judicial systems are hampering the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) from recovering looted funds believed to be hidden in foreign countries, NewsDay has rep...Published: 31 May 2024 at 21:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Whistleblower seeks High Court protection
A LOCAL businessman, who exposed a well-organised syndicate for externalising foreign currency through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, has approached the High Court seeking protection since his life is ...Published: 05 Apr 2024 at 06:01hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Calls for Sadc anti-graft court
AN ANTI-CORRUPTION watchdog has called on Southern African Development Community (Sadc) member States to up the fight against graft by setting up a regional anti-corruption court.In a petition...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
EXPOSED: Zimbabwean scammer Webinston Jokonya fakes to create new country
In a surprising twist, investigations by this publication and others into the claimed discovery and establishment of the United Republic of Delvin (URD) on Howland Island by Zimbabwean national Dr. We...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 11:21hrs | 481 | by Mandla Ndlovu
153 CCC members flee persecution: Report
A TOTAL of 153 opposition party supporters need urgent relocation and safe housing following post-election persecution, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has reported.In a statement to the A...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Authorities must investigate the escalation of abductions, torture and killing of political activists
The Zimbabwean authorities must immediately address the escalating cases of abductions, arbitrary detention, torture and killing of parliament members, opposition political activists, and human rights...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 19:18hrs | 33 | by Amnesty International
Wildlife cave paintings - Namibia's strongest argument for International Hunting
In Namibia's centuries-old wildlife cave paintings messages lies the Southern African country's strongest argument for international hunting."We co-existed with wildlife and hunted it for meat...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 09:29hrs | 42 | by Emmanuel Koro
153 CCC members flee persecution?
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has called for immediate assistance to relocate and provide secure housing for 153 opposition party supporters who have faced post-election persecution. The...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa decries supporters' abductions, torture
Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has strongly condemned the abduction and torture of his party members by unknown assailants, categorizing these acts as terrorism...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
UK spurns Zimbabwe metal driver's licences?
THE UK's Driver's Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) is refusing to convert the licences saying the old metal licences no longer meet the criteria set by the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) in Zimbabwe...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
Regulations for new driver's licence gazetted
Government has gazetted new regulations over the recently launched new standard plastic driver's licence linked to a database that will replace the metal licences and has reset the classes of licence,...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 20:11hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe driver's licence backlog set to be cleared
THE new standard plastic driver's licence launched in Harare yesterday to replace the metal licences will clear a backlog of approximately 600 000 applicants who were waiting for their driving licence...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel not off the hook
Anti-corruption watchdogs have petitioned the Southern African Development Community (Sadc), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) to sanction President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special envoy...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's class 2 driving licence holders to undergo further testing to drive haulage trucks
IN a bid to tame Zimbabwe's traffic jungle that has witnessed massive road carnages in recent years, government has moved to stop holders of newly-acquired Class Two (2) driver's licences from steerin...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:44hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe abandoning metal disc driving licence from June 19
Plans to replace the current metal driver's licences with a new plastic disc are at an advanced stage as Government through the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) moves Zimbabwe into line with the Common ...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 16:29hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over sex offenders' pardoning
HUMAN rights lawyers yesterday expressed concern over the recent pardoning of jailed sex offenders under Presidential amnesty.On May 12, President Emmerson Mnangagwa gazetted Clemency Order No...Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africa grants immunity to Putin
The South African has gazetted International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor's notice for the Diplomatic Immunity and Privileges Act to be granted to all international officials at BR...Published: 30 May 2023 at 07:47hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Unicef praises Zimbabwe child protection laws
ZIMBABWE is one of the few countries in the sub-Saharan region with an excellent grip on child protection issues, a top United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) official has said.Unicef country...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF confronted by persons with disabilities
ZANU PF is being taken to task by persons with disabilities who are asking the party to respect a resolution passed in 2019 which demands that persons with disabilities represent themselves at all lev...Published: 08 Oct 2022 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Botswana President to open Zimbabwe Agric show
BOTSWANA President Mokgweetsi Masisi is expected in the country tomorrow to officially open the 112th Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (ZAS) on Friday, Cabinet announced yesterday. President Masisi, who...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africa plans to end most special permits for foreigners
South Africa plans to end most special permits for foreigners as it revamps its immigration policies to manage an influx of economic migrants.The government announced that a special dispensati...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 20:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
RBZ says lacking expertise on recovered funds
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) said it lacked knowledge to manage over $1,5 million forfeited funds and assets, a situation that has resulted in such properties being stuck at its asset management...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dozens trafficked Zimbabweans stuck in Turkey
A FRESH human trafficking scandal involving the Turkish embassy in Harare has rocked the country following revelations that dozens of Zimbabweans are now trapped in Turkey where they have been turned ...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission statement on June 16
1. The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) is one of the five (5) Chapter 12 Independent Commissions established in terms of sections 232 (b) and 242 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe and operationa...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 14:25hrs | 1 | by ZHRC
Multi-million-dollar road rehabilitation storm erupts in Zimbabwe
KWEKWE City Council in the Midlands has failed to account for millions of dollars poured into the local authority for the rehabilitation of roads amid revelations that politically connected comp...Published: 23 May 2022 at 13:18hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's cabinet approves Human Trafficking Bill
CABINET has approved amendments to the Trafficking in Persons Act to arrest the rising cases of human trafficking.On Tuesday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa told a post-Cabinet media b...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zacc gears up for corruption fight
THE National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) steering committee has rolled out a plan to raise anti-corruption awareness in public and private institutions as it seeks to mobilise support in the fight...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zacc salvages US$1m property in SA
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), with the assistance of South African authorities, has managed to seize and forfeit property worth US$1 million suspected to have been illegally acquired...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe roads deadliest in Africa, claims UN
FIVE people die every day on average because of road accidents in Zimbabwe, says a review on road safety in the country.But, the report says, this can be reversed.Launching the Road Sa...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zacc pushes for whistleblower protection
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has come up with a cocktail of measures to combat rampant corruption through amending the Anti-Corruption Act, pushing for a whistleblower protection law...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to lose out on loans
ZIMBABWE is set to miss out on a multi-million-dollar fund for countries sharing the Zambezi watercourse because of its external debt estimated at US$10,5 billion.The funds will be disbursed t...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:20hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should ratify democracy laws
THE continued delay by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to ratify the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) despite signing it three years ago is as concerning ...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on govt over whistleblower protection law
STAKEHOLDERS in the fight against corruption have pressured government to expedite crafting and enactment of a law that protects whistleblowers who play a critical role in exposing graft within instit...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:41hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Graft rife among bigwigs, says Zacc chair
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo yesterday said major perpetrators of corruption in the country were bigwigs, making it difficult for ordinary citizens...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:18hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Shameless, unpatriotic citizens sell out Zimbabwe in UK
AS President Mnangagwa prepares to visit the United Kingdom in a trip which will see him gracing the Kingdom of Scotland, Zimbabweans are in high morale hoping to see their leader as he lifts the nati...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:01hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
State must stop abductions
HEAL Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The special day is commemorated annually on August 30.The Internatio...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Heal Zimbabwe Trust
Mnangawa told to stop using abductions as a tool to deal with political opponents
President Emmerson Mnangagwa' s government has been asked to stop using abductions as a tool to deal with political opponents. In a statement issued by Heal Zimbabwe Trust to mark the Internatio...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 09:52hrs | 15 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZACC moves to seize US$6m ill-gotten assets
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) wants to see the corrupt both jailed and stripped of their ill-gotten gains and so has this year so far referred 76 cases to the National Prosecuting Aut...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Opposition intensifies use of lawfare to exert pressure on govt
In pursuit of their lawfare strategy designed to wield pressure on Government in an effort to paralyse the State, the MDC Alliance and its allied Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) intent to lodge a l...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 07:52hrs | | by Political Reporter
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