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Mugabe's son leads AK-47 armed mob at a Zimbabwe mine
A security guard is fighting for his life after a savage assault at a Mazowe mining site, allegedly orchestrated by former President Robert Mugabe's son, Bellarmine Chatunga, and a group of men armed ...Published: 1 hr ago | 184 | by Staff reporter
Setback for man accused of raping Mai Jeremaya
One of the two men accused of allegedly raping social media star Mai Jeremaya suffered a setback yesterday when his application for discharge at the close of the State case was dismissed by magistrate...Published: 1 hr ago | 113 | by Staff reporter
Wife alleges hubby used her salary to spoil second wife with a car
A dispute between a Harare woman and her polygamist husband has spilled into the civil courts, with the wife accusing him of using part of her salary to lavish his second wife, including buying her a ...Published: 1 hr ago | 68 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe among most targeted in cyber attacks
Zimbabwe is increasingly becoming a hotspot for cyberattacks, with experts warning of rising threats to data security and urging urgent action to strengthen the country's digital defences.Spea...Published: 1 hr ago | 16 | by Staff reporter
Ncube warns against Zanu-PF factionalism
Midlands Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister, Owen Ncube, has issued a stern warning to Zanu-PF members in the province, cautioning them against using the ongoing cell verification exercise to ...Published: 1 hr ago | 38 | by Staff reporter
Police seek relatives of unidentified body
Police in the Midlands province are appealing to the public for assistance in identifying the relatives of a male adult whose body has remained unclaimed at Kwekwe General Hospital mortuary for more t...Published: 1 hr ago | 40 | by Staff reporter
Bosso acting CEO quits
Highlanders Football Club is on the verge of making a critical leadership decision that could shape its trajectory both on and off the field. The Bulawayo giants are scheduled to interview four candid...Published: 1 hr ago | 43 | by Staff reporter
High Court orders Leengate to vacate Rainham land
The High Court has ordered Leengate (Private) Limited, a local property developer, to vacate land at Rainham Farm within 30 days after it was found to have illegally encroached on land owned by Mitche...Published: 1 hr ago | 38 | by Staff reporter
Jabulani Sibanda, you got it wrong about Zimbabwean tribalism
To appease tribalism in that manner will not be solving tribalism anyhow. The politician you are talking to is the worst tribalist and the core problem in Zimbabwe body politics. Jabulani, fighting tr...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1204 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zion Church leader jailed for bush-sex with girlfriend
An unrepentant Kezi-based Zion Church leader, Colen Dube (54) will taste the wages of sin behind bars after being sentenced to three years by Matebeleland South Provincial Magistrate, Busani Sibanda....Published: 15 hrs ago | 1681 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/ Simbarashe Sithole in Kezi
Kasukuwere viciously attacks Tagwirei
Former Zanu-PF political commissar and cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere has launched a scathing attack on controversial businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei, accusing him of being the embodiment of stat...Published: 17 hrs ago | 2097 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga condemns corrupt businesspeople
Vice President Dr. Constantino Chiwenga has issued a strong condemnation of corrupt businesspeople operating without traceable capital or legitimate enterprises, describing them as a serious threat to...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1052 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for fiscal discipline among councillors
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has stressed the need for Zimbabwe's local councillors to improve their understanding of budgeting and financial planning, warning that national development efforts could ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 242 | by Staff reporter
Surge in wildlife road deaths alarms conservationists near Hwange Park
Wildlife conservationists have sounded the alarm over a sharp rise in road accidents involving endangered animals in and around Hwange National Park, warning that reckless driving, poor road design, a...Published: 17 hrs ago | 176 | by Staff reporter
Govt warns of Facebook page advertising bogus Embassy jobs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has issued a public alert over a fraudulent Facebook page impersonating the Zimbabwe Embassy in Kenya and luring job seekers with fake employmen...Published: 17 hrs ago | 71 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns underperforming councils
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has raised alarm over the persistent failure by some local authorities to produce audited financial statements, warning that decisive action is being considered to enforce...Published: 17 hrs ago | 73 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga warns tenderprenuers, 'The day of reckoning is inevitable'
Zimbabwe's Vice President, General (Retired) Constantino Chiwenga, has issued a stern warning to corrupt businesspeople, declaring that their "day of reckoning is undoubtedly coming" as the government...Published: 18 hrs ago | 798 | by Staff reporter
Zimra faces deepening tax enforcement crisis
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) is grappling with a growing tax enforcement crisis as the dominance of the cash economy, rampant informality, and high-profile tax disputes expose critical weakn...Published: 23 hrs ago | 857 | by Staff reporter
University of Zimbabwe dismisses 4 striking lecturers
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) administration has dismissed four prominent leaders of the ongoing lecturers' strike, which has now entered its 71st day. The strike centers on the lecturers' demand fo...Published: 23 hrs ago | 662 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's businesses sound alarm over volatile ZiG
Zimbabwe's business leaders have expressed deep concern over the persistent volatility of the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency, warning that ongoing instability is crippling industrial growth and eroding ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 657 | by Staff reporter
Parly pushes for urgent overhaul of Zimbabwe's outdated steel laws
Parliament has called for swift amendments to Zimbabwe's antiquated Iron and Steel Act of 1942, warning that the outdated legislation is stifling the country's steel industry, undermining export compe...Published: 23 hrs ago | 206 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei breaks silence on Dema power plant tender
Zimbabwean multi-millionaire tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei has for the first time publicly explained how he secured the highly controversial tender to construct the ill-fated Dema Power Plant project in ...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:27hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter
Lions are being killed by poachers in Zimbabwe
A disturbing poaching tragedy has rocked the quiet tourist town of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, after an adult male lion was found caught in a deadly snare. Although injured, the lion was darted, treated...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:13hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Gossip over sex sounds led cook to bash student
A shocking case of violence has emerged at Ruya Adventist School, where the head cook, Lesly Bizwell, allegedly assaulted a student on industrial attachment, leaving her with a broken arm after accusi...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:09hrs | 952 | by Staff reporter
Prophet rapes maid
A self-proclaimed prophet from New Mabvuku, Harare, is on the run after allegedly raping his 20-year-old housemaid while his wife was away, police have confirmed.The suspect, identified as Ras...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:08hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 2 595 councillors to blow US$1 million
An estimated US$1 million of ratepayers' money is set to be spent as 2,595 councillors from Zimbabwe's 92 local authorities prepare to attend a brief meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa - the se...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:08hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Revolving fund for Gutu Central vendors launched
A new revolving fund aimed at empowering informal traders and transforming livelihoods was officially launched on Monday in Gutu Central Constituency, offering hope to many small business owners strug...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:06hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
'Where are the cancer machines?' asks Khupe
Opposition Member of Parliament Thokozani Khupe has demanded a full disclosure from Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on how proceeds from the sugar tax are being utilised in the fight against cancer, ami...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:02hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Online investment scam backfires for EcoCash agents
An attempt to make quick profits through an online investment scheme ended disastrously for two Mutare women who were convicted of fraud after misusing their employer's US$1,500. The crime came to lig...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 12:34hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Book Review - A 'Job' that you don't really know
This coming Friday, 27 June 2025, at 17:30hrs Central Africa Time, SAPES Trust, located on number 4 Deary Avenue, (just after Parirenyatwa Main Gate on Mazowe Street) Belgravia, Harare witnesses launc...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 11:53hrs | 99 | by Rejoice Ngwenya, book editor
David Coltart: handsome Matabele warrior with brains
I must confess, I feel jealous whenever I see the Mayor of Bulawayo, David Coltart in his Matabele traditional regalia. The man looks more handsome especially when he is wearing his head gear (umqhele...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 11:12hrs | 738 | by Israel Dube
Grade 5 learner allegedly abused by Guardians taken to Zimbabwe
A Grade 5 learner from Skeen Primary School, who is allegedly a victim of abuse by her guardians, has been secretly taken to Zimbabwe, causing a significant delay in the investigation as critical evid...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 09:10hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Proteas arrive in Zimbabwe ahead of two Test matches against Chevrons
The ICC World Test Champions, South Africa, touched down in Bulawayo on Tuesday ahead of their eagerly awaited two-Test series against Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club. The series is set to kick off on ...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 09:09hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
ZRP investigates viral Mutare sex party invite
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched an investigation into a viral social media post advertising a suspected "vuzu" or sex party allegedly scheduled to take place at a private venue in Muta...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 09:06hrs | 868 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi hearings begin reopening old wounds
Public hearings into the Gukurahundi massacres, an initiative spearheaded by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, are set to commence tomorrow amid rising concerns from survivors, civil society, and analysts...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 09:01hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo exposed as the beneficiary of cancer machine contract
Embattled businessman and ZANU PF-linked tenderpreneur Wicknell Chivayo has been exposed as the beneficiary of a staggering US$437 million government contract for the supply of cancer treatment equipm...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 13:15hrs | 1223 | by Staff reporter
New powerful gukurahundi film premiers
As traditional chiefs from Zimbabwe's Matabeleland region embark on a controversial, state-sanctioned process to investigate the Gukurahundi massacres, questions persist about whether the initiative w...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 13:10hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Jairos Tapera sent on forced leave
Manica Diamonds head coach Jairos Tapera has been sent on forced leave following a disappointing string of results, in what appears to be the beginning of a quiet managerial reshuffle at the Premier S...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 12:39hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fake ID syndicate busted
Two men who operated a fake identity card manufacturing scheme from inside a government registry office in Bulawayo have been jailed following a sensational exposé and police crackdown.Brian ...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 12:37hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo City destroys 1,6t of chicken
The Masvingo City Council last Friday destroyed 1.6 tonnes of chicken smuggled into Zimbabwe from South Africa without veterinary clearance, declaring the consignment unfit for human consumption....Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 12:33hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
When Mnangagwa buries his colleagues, does he ever reflect on the legacy he will leave behind?
Life offers us countless moments for introspection - but it is up to us to seize them.This evening, I watched a news bulletin covering the burial of the late Luke Mushore - another in a long l...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 11:29hrs | 634 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The truth behind Rovos Rail's collision in Zimbabwe
The luxury rail industry across Southern Africa was shaken earlier this year when a Rovos Rail train carrying 47 foreign tourists and 34 staff collided with a freight train on the Bulawayo-Beitbridge ...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 10:31hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
Lithium rush a crossroads for Zimbabwe's future
Africa, which holds significant estimated shares of the world's total reserves of bauxite (24%), cobalt (49.4%), copper (7%), graphite (21%), lithium (6%), manganese (43%), nickel (4.2%) and rare eart...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 10:27hrs | 314 | by Sikhululekile Mashingaidze and Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
Zimbabwe govt deploys ambulances at tollgates
The government has announced plans to station ambulances at tollgates and along major highways across Zimbabwe, aiming to improve emergency medical response and curb road accident fatalities.T...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:28hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Another disturbing dog attack in Harare
While the bail ruling for a Harare man accused of owning pit bulls that fatally attacked a man in Bluffhill last month remains pending, the capital witnessed yet another alarming dog attack yesterday....Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:16hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Boarding school head chef brutally beat student
A shocking case of student abuse has come to light at Ruya Adventist High School in Mt Darwin, where the school's head chef, Lesley Bizwell, allegedly locked a female student in a toilet and savagely ...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:15hrs | 887 | by Staff reporter
Lodge guest sentenced for stealing towels, bedsheets and bulbs
A 24-year-old man from Entumbane suburb in Bulawayo has been sentenced to 315 hours of community service after breaking into two city lodges and stealing property worth US$480.Witness Sibanda ...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:09hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Illegal immigrant fined and deported
A 39-year-old woman from Eswatini, Precious Luphoko, has been convicted by the Gwanda Magistrates' Court for unlawfully entering and remaining in Zi...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 20:08hrs | 1016 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa's sneak back to politics sparks more infighting
Nelson Chamisa's sneak back to politics has sparked more infighting than inspiration. It feels less like a political revival and more like a kindergarten drama play. Instead of healing the fractured o...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 14:35hrs | 1595 | by Dereck Goto
Shonalisation of Zimbabwe Parliament criticised
The Zimbabwean Parliament is facing mounting criticism over the way it handles language interpretation during debates, following an incident in which a Member of Parliament's legitimate concern over t...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 12:24hrs | 2166 | by Staff reporter
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