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Zimbabwe to maintain trade ties with Israel
Zimbabwe will continue trading with Israel despite global condemnation of that country's military actions in Gaza, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana has sa...Published: 9 hrs ago | 146 | by Staff reporter
Something is wrong at Zifa
AT one time, we thought everything was well at Zifa until information filtered through that the Zimbabwe Under 17 and Under 20 teams are still to be paid their allowances three months or so after thei...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 12:02hrs | 297 | by Michael Kariati
Chiefs raise red flags over Presidential fish projects
Traditional leaders in Binga, Matabeleland North, have raised alarm over steep licensing fees, limited market access, and cross-border challenges that they say are threatening the long-term viability ...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 10:09hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Honey processing project rakes in US$20 000
A rural beekeeping initiative in Buhera is making waves in Zimbabwe’s agro-processing sector, with the Chapanduka Honey Processing Association generating over US$20,000 in revenue over the past year...Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 09:59hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
How Mutare and Manicaland were annexed from the Portuguese
First - a tributeIn carrying out the background research I have been greatly impressed by the articles written by J.C. Barnes, who taught at Umtali Boys' High School and published both in Rhod...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 21:43hrs | 1012 | by Zimfieldguide
Operation Dudula members arrested
Three women associated with Operation Dudula have been arrested in Diepkloof, Soweto, after allegedly storming a medical facility and demanding patients produce identity documents to verify their nati...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 17:20hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Gates launches plan to reduce population growth in Africa
The Gates Foundation is set to introduce a contraceptive in Kenya and other African countries, a hormonal intrauterine device (IUD) capable of preventing pregnancy for up to eight years.This m...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 16:10hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Tourists flock to Heroes Acre
The National Heroes Acre is alive with activity as both local and international visitors flock to the historic shrine in anticipation of the upcoming Heroes Day holiday. The national monument, current...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 08:35hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Girl (12) rescues 3 minors from burning house
A 12-year-old girl from Chitakatira, Mutare, is battling for her life at Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital after sustaining severe burns while rescuing three young relatives from a raging house fir...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 08:32hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF warns affiliate organisations
Zanu-PF has issued a stern warning to its affiliate organisations, urging them to focus on mobilising new members for the party and refrain from causing divisions within its structures. The warning wa...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 17:43hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Kemi Badenoch is bad enough: Thanks to Socialist East Germany: GDR!
I was about 22 years old when I landed in East Germany on scholarship to study metallurgy. To put everything into context, I was facilitated with a Zapu PF scholarship to study in East Germany, a soci...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 17:10hrs | 356 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zanu-PF rallies affiliates in push for citizen empowerment
The ruling Zanu-PF party is intensifying its engagement with affiliates as part of its drive to empower citizens economically, in line with its long-standing tradition of working with communities sinc...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 12:58hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
6 in 10 Zimbabweans consider leaving the country?
About six out of ten Zimbabweans are considering emigrating in search of better opportunities, as economic challenges continue to deepen across the country, a new Afrobarometer report shows.Th...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 09:21hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Govt faces backlash over night vending, pre-used clothes ban
Government is headed for a showdown with informal traders and vendors after announcing a ban on night vending and the sale of second-hand clothes in Harare's central business district.Local Go...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 08:58hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
The silent struggle facing Zimbabwean mothers
Motherhood is often celebrated as a national duty - a role expected to produce the country's future leaders, scientists, doctors, and innovators. For many women, the birth of a first child is a joyful...Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 12:13hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally, Zim dually celebrate ZANU-PF terror gangsters' death
MANICALAND - Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) founder, Nelson Chamisa's ally, Gift Ostalos Siziba and several netizens simultaneously celebrate death of two Zanu-Pf Manicaland provincial sta...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 23:12hrs | 1632 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Buhera
Body of drowned cop found after seven day search
The body of Constable Joseph Masvora (24), who drowned last Sunday at Bubi-Lupane Dam alongside Brian Thulani Ngwenya (26), was finally recovered yesterday morning, bringing to an end a grueling seven...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 18:41hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
Media smearing Russia's Alabuga programme
The Russian Embassy in Zimbabwe has come to the defence of the Alabuga Start Programme, a work-study initiative accused by Western media of being a front to recruit young women from Africa, including ...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 08:31hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Mbare is NOW the Heart Beat of Zimbabwe's Economy
In a country beset by economic challenges and political uncertainties, it is often in the most unexpected corners that we find resilience, innovation and growth. Mbare, a densely populated township in...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 23:42hrs | 450 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
When a government feels compelled to use the media to showcase its successes, there's really no success to speak about
A person's actions often reveal more than their words ever could.Recently, the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Jenfan Muswere, invited a group of journalists from...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 23:39hrs | 381 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
New Zanu-PF boss tackles factionalism
Newly-elected Zanu-PF Manicaland Women's League chairperson Dorothy Mabika has launched a province-wide unity campaign aimed at healing deep-seated divisions following her narrow and controversial ris...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 15:11hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's emails hacked by SAPS crime intelligence
The SAPS' crime intelligence (CI) division has been fingered as the culprits who hacked President Cyril Ramaphosa's emails while he was serving as deputy president. The unit was fin...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 15:11hrs | 1000 | by Staff reporter
Used tyres are a deadly gamble Zimbabwe cannot afford
In Zimbabwe - and much of Africa - the used car market continues to dominate over brand-new vehicle sales, driven largely by affordability. While this reality is understandable, it should never be mir...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 12:16hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe turns 60 today
Zimbabwe's former First Lady Grace Mugabe is celebrating her 60th birthday today in the subdued luxury of her Blue Roof mansion in Harare's leafy Borrowdale suburb - a stark contrast to the limelight ...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 11:36hrs | 1153 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga cracks the whip in Zanu-PF
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has issued a stern reprimand to the Zanu-PF Harare provincial executive, led by Goodwills Masimirembwa, over a series of internal transgressions that party insiders...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 10:04hrs | 1476 | by Staff reporter
Stunner, Olinda rekindled romance rumours
Controversial ex-lovers Stunner and Olinda Chapel are once again at the centre of public attention after being spotted getting cozy at this year's edition of Zimfest in the United Kingdom. The sightin...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 10:01hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean women used as guinea pigs
Zimbabwe has launched the Contraceptive Acceptability Research (CARE), a pioneering study that will assess the feasibility, uptake, and acceptability of the Annovera contraceptive ring among women and...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 13:20hrs | 752 | by Staff reporter
Akashinga Anti-Poaching unit rocked by scandal
The high-profile Akashinga anti-poaching unit is facing a leadership shake-up and internal turmoil following the deaths of two suspected unarmed poachers in December 2024. The fallout has triggered di...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 13:20hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean birth control pills smuggled into South Africa
A growing syndicate involving hospital staff, informal cross-border transporters, and backyard traders is siphoning government-issued birth control pills from Zimbabwe's public health facilities and s...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 10:15hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
1 in 5 Zimbabwean infants receive exclusive breastfeeding
As the world observes World Breastfeeding Week from August 1 to 7, Nutrition Action Zimbabwe (NAZ) has raised alarm over the country's sharply declining exclusive breastfeeding rates, warning of a loo...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 10:11hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa demands accountability
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed government departments and programme coordinators to produce detailed, province-by-province reports on the impact of the Presidential empowerment funds disbur...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 13:56hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Women drown during 'manjuzu' rituals
The tragic drowning of two women performing "manjuzu" (mermaid) rituals at Nyaure River in Bindura on Monday has shocked the local community and stirred anger among traditional leaders. The incident, ...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 08:22hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
90,000 Zimbabweans in SA apply for exemption permits
More than 90,000 Zimbabweans living in South Africa have applied for waivers to regularise their stay and avoid the threat of deportation, the Zimbabwe Community in South Africa has revealed. The disc...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 08:21hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's online stormtroopers target opposition women
Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU PF party, under President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is increasingly relying on coordinated social media campaigns to silence dissent, with a particular focus on women activists and op...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 08:21hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean women trapped in Russian drone factory scheme
At least four young Zimbabwean women have allegedly been trafficked to work under deceptive conditions at a Russian drone factory producing weapons used in the Ukraine war, in what human rights observ...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 08:17hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
Charamba retreats on Tagwirei attacks
Presidential spokesperson George Charamba and prominent businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei have mended relations following a heated exchange sparked by a controversial social media post that appeared to ...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 10:41hrs | 1165 | by Staff reporter
Half of Zimbabwe's youth population is idle
Almost half of Zimbabwe's youth aged between 15 and 35 are neither in education, employment, nor training (NEET), according to alarming new data released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zi...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 09:46hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Constantine Chiwenga: get lost!
Mrs. Merry Chiwenga is a victim of Zanu PF dirty politics. The young woman was used to the point of becoming mad. She is accused of trying to murder Chiwenga: question is, who gave Merry orders to tem...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 20:47hrs | 2018 | by Nomazulu Thata
Woman granted protection order against abusive ex-lover
A local woman has been granted a protection order against her ex-boyfriend who has allegedly been harassing and abusing her following the end of their relationship.Ms Lexina Mabato approached ...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 18:30hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Man kidnapped over teen romance allegation: Family demands ransom
A Ruwa man was allegedly kidnapped, assaulted, and held for ransom over the weekend by six neighbours who accused him of being romantically involved with a 14-year-old girl. The suspects, who include ...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 18:23hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Prioritise local labour on Bulawayo-Vic Falls road project
Hwange East legislator Joseph Bonda has called on the government to prioritise the employment of local people in the ongoing rehabilitation of the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls Highway, a critical nationa...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 17:53hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa went to Ukraine & Russia to bring peace that is not in South Africa
Operation Dudula is upon us. Our Zimbabwean citizens are chased like they are rats and mice in their neighbourhoods. Who is my neighbour: asked the philosophy of UBUNTU. A fellow human being, seeking ...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 17:00hrs | 508 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwean-born prophet jailed in Scotland
Walter Masocha, a self-styled prophet and founder of the Agape for All Nations Church in Scotland, has been sentenced to 14 years following his conviction on charges of rape, attempted rape, and sexua...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 15:35hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans caught between two broken health systems
When Matilda Sibanda left Bulawayo for South Africa ten years ago, her decision was driven by Zimbabwe's collapsing healthcare system. Now 34, she finds herself in a devastating limbo - unable to acce...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 14:19hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Johanne Masowe ropes in health workers
In a remarkable shift blending faith with health consciousness, Johanne Masowe eChishanu members are leading the way in integrating medical support into their spiritual gatherings. During a recent thr...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 13:24hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
UN top official jets into Zimbabwe
The Chairperson of the United Nations Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls, Laura Nyirinkindi, is expected to arrive in Zimbabwe today for a 10-day working visit aimed at evaluating...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 08:56hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Call for budget for cancer control in Zimbabwe
Health stakeholders have called on the Zimbabwean government to urgently develop a clear budget and implement a coordinated response to support the newly launched National Cancer Control Plan (NCCP) 2...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 08:48hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Sexual harassment tops cases reported
The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has revealed that sexual harassment is the most reported issue among more than 4,000 gender-related complaints it has received over the past decade.Speakin...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 08:44hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori, Chivhayo fights over Mnangagwa's audience split ZANU-PF
HARARE - The fight for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's audience (favour and attention) between controversial tenderpreneur, Wicknell Chivayo and Vapostori nemaZion for Economic Development (VED) leader...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 20:45hrs | 2092 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Blood shortage crisis pushes Zimbabweans into debt
Zimbabwe's promise of free blood transfusions in public hospitals is being severely undermined by a deepening national shortage, forcing desperate patients to turn to private medical facilities where ...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 15:14hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
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