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BCC launches major effort to clear clogged sewer pipes
In response to growing public concern over frequent sewer blockages, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has launched an extensive programme aimed at clearing the city's clogged sewer pipes, which have lo...Published: 3 hrs ago | 84 | by Staff reporter
Hwange residents oppose Chinese mining venture
Residents of Hwange have raised concerns over an application filed by the Chinese company, Sunny Yi Feng (Private) Limited, for an exclusive prospecting order in the district, which they claim could h...Published: 3 hrs ago | 117 | by Staff reporter
We need to reset Zimbabwe
IT'S undeniable that Zimbabwe, as a country, needs change.This is not about delving into politics, but rather about reaching a consensus as leaders and people where we agree to work together....Published: 4 hrs ago | 153 | by Jonah Nyoni
Chiredzi SMEs complement Vision 2030, empower less privileged
Over a thousand members drawn from Chiredzi rural and urban districts operating micro, small to medium enterprises are complementing government efforts to attain upper-middle income economic status by...Published: 4 hrs ago | 99 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole recently in Chiredzi
Why Transparency International’s flagship Corruption Index falls short
For nearly 20 years, Transparency International has published a Corruption Perceptions Index that ranks countries (176 last year) according to how corrupt they are perceived to be by a small group of ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 83 | by Alex Cobham
Blow for regime change tool USAid
A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for one of the Trump administration's remaining steps in its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, allowing it to move forward with pu...Published: 6 hrs ago | 346 | by Staff reporter
Duo hack Access Forex system, steal $220, 000
A Mutare man and his accomplice appeared in court yesterday facing allegations of hacking into the Access Forex system and fraudulently withdrawing US$220,000 last year.Ngonidzashe Lison Dhubi...Published: 6 hrs ago | 190 | by Staff reporter
Zinef condemns Mhlanga harassment
Zimbabwe National Editors Forum (Zinef) chairperson, Dumisani Muleya, has condemned the police's pursuit of Alpha Media Holdings online radio and television HStv platform anchor Blessed Mhlanga. This ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 174 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF losing candidate nabbed for farm invasion
The losing Zanu-PF candidate for Bulawayo Central in the August 2023 elections, Tendai Charuka, and his brother Tawanda have been arrested for allegedly invading a farm to conduct mining activities wi...Published: 21 Feb 2025 at 14:32hrs | 890 | by Staff reporter
Journalist Blessed Mhlanga to surrender to police
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) senior journalist Blessed Mhlanga has vowed to present himself to the police after authorities launched a manhunt for him on allegations of distributing content deemed harmf...Published: 21 Feb 2025 at 13:47hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
Great Zimbabwe Hydro-Power, Lake Mutirikwi ready for NDS-2
MASVINGO - The Great Zimbabwe Hydro-power plant at Lake Mutirikwi and other prominent sites are ready to continue transforming several communities within ...Published: 21 Feb 2025 at 13:12hrs | 2737 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole recently in Mutirikwi
Funding constraints delay Harare-Chirundu highway rehabilitation
The much-needed rehabilitation of the Harare-Chirundu Highway has been delayed due to funding challenges, Transport Minister Felix Mhona has revealed. Addressing legislators in Parliament, Mhona assur...Published: 21 Feb 2025 at 11:06hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police hunt for journalist Blessed Mhlanga
Zimbabwean police have launched a manhunt for senior journalist Blessed Mhlanga of Alpha Media Holdings, accusing him of distributing content deemed harmful to the state.National Police Spokes...Published: 21 Feb 2025 at 10:59hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Defence Industries removed from EU sanctions
THE European Union Council has removed the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) from its restrictive measures imposed in 2002, but maintained its embargo on arms and equipment that could be utilised for ...Published: 20 Feb 2025 at 18:55hrs | 633 | by Staff reporter
Chinese doctors to provide free surgeries for 600 cataract patients in Zimbabwe
A total of 600 cataract patients in Zimbabwe will receive free surgeries from Chinese doctors under the China-aided "Bright Journey" program.A team of 12 doctors from China's Hunan Provincial ...Published: 20 Feb 2025 at 18:34hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mobile operators fail to implement data roll-over
The Government has criticized mobile network operators for failing to implement data roll-over, a feature that allows consumers to carry over unused data balances beyond their expiration period....Published: 20 Feb 2025 at 18:29hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tightens social media control amid internal dissent
The HeraldMobile operators fail to implement data roll-overThe Government has criticized mobile network operators for failing to implement data roll-over, a feature that allows consume...Published: 20 Feb 2025 at 18:28hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Tungwarara tears ZANU-PF apart, bribes bogus journalists
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's investment advisor, Paul Tempter Tungwarara's smart phones donation benefited ZANU-PF cyber-teams and party activists from ...Published: 20 Feb 2025 at 07:14hrs | 3879 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF tightens social media control amid internal dissent
Zanu-PF has introduced a new social media policy requiring the authorisation of party WhatsApp groups by leadership as part of efforts to regulate internal communication and curb dissenting voices....Published: 20 Feb 2025 at 05:57hrs | 1122 | by Staff reporter
Bloodthirsty demon of war currently in Eastern DRC will visit Zimbabwe
The bloodthirsty demon of war and destruction currently operating in DRC will proceed to Zimbabwe on invitation by the Shona supremacist government of Zimbabwe. The unresolved issue of Matabel...Published: 19 Feb 2025 at 21:12hrs | 1689 | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwe Must Seize the Opportunity to Attract Investment as South Africa Faces Agricultural and Economic Shifts
The ongoing upheaval in South Africa regarding the removal of white farmers and the broader implications for the country's investment climate present a unique opportunity for Zimbabwe. While the polit...Published: 19 Feb 2025 at 13:13hrs | 477 | by Marilyn Mutize
How Trump's Paris Climate Agreement withdrawal impacts Zimbabwe and the path forward
THE decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement this year has once again sent shockwaves across the global community.While the move w...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 20:16hrs | 835 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans have penchant for sugar-rush solution of Mnangagwa must go even at the cost of retaining the dictatorship yet again
"Zimbabwe is in desperate need of transformative leadership, not the routine recycling of failed politicians," argued Trevor Ncube. "A change in leadership might offer temporary relief, Zimbabwe's iss...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 20:04hrs | 780 | by Wilbert Mukori
NSSA chairman embroiled in underhand Rainbow Tourism Group takeover bid
NATIONAL Social Security Authority (Nssa) chairman Emmanuel Fundira, who is former chairman of African Sun Limited, and an ex-Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) senior executive Paula January are accused of ...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 20:01hrs | 1328 | by NewsHawks
Police hunt for HStv journalist Blessed Mhlanga
Police are searching for local journalist Blessed Mhlanga, a reporter for Heart & Soul, an online broadcasting platform owned by Trevor Ncube's Alpha Media Holdings, following a series of hard-hit...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 14:07hrs | 2393 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife drops fraud charges
The State on Monday withdrew criminal charges against Harare couple Annavestah Mudiwa (39) and her husband, Gray Mudiwa, who were accused of defrauding Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's wife, Mini...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 03:45hrs | 4439 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa stepping down in 2028
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has firmly stated that he will not seek to extend his tenure beyond 2028, despite growing calls within his party, Zanu-PF, for constitutional amendments to prolong his rul...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 03:39hrs | 2585 | by Staff reporter
Ghanaian striker at Highlanders
Ghanaian midfielder Paul Orape was one of the new faces in Highlanders' first team at the club's Family Fun Day on Sunday, signaling a potential addition to the squad ahead of the 2025 Castle Lager Pr...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 03:35hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt warns against Insulting Mnangagwa, citing criminal law
The Government has warned individuals against making disparaging remarks about the Office of the President and Cabinet, stating that while freedom of expression is a constitutional right, some stateme...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 03:32hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
Truck submerged in Tshangani River after sudden water rise
A truck loading river sand at Tshangani River near Zinyangeni Business Centre in Nkayi District, Matabeleland North, was completely submerged last Friday when water levels unexpectedly surged....Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 12:47hrs | 1885 | by Staff reporter
OK Zimbabwe begins restocking after weeks of empty shelves
Troubled retailer OK Zimbabwe has announced that it has started restocking its outlets following weeks of empty shelves and temporary closures due to macroeconomic challenges, particularly exchange ra...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 12:37hrs | 1658 | by Staff reporter
Openly gay Islamic priest shot dead in South Africa
Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure dubbed the world's first openly gay imam, has been shot dead in South Africa.The 57-year-old cleric ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 10:57hrs | 1203 | by Staff reporter
Rwanda-backed rebels occupy a 2nd major city in Congo's mineral-rich east
Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said Sunday, as M23 rebels confirmed they were in the city to restore order after it was abandoned ...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 10:56hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu's faction calls disciplinary hearing a 'Kangaroo Court'
Tensions within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have escalated, with Sengezo Tshabangu's faction condemning a disciplinary hearing convened by Welshman Ncube as a "sham" and a "kangaroo court....Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 09:06hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
World Bank implores Zimbabwe to maintain tight money supply
The World Bank has urged Zimbabwe to maintain its tight monetary policy stance and resist spending pressures to control inflation and ensure lasting exchange rate stability.Inflation in Zimbab...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 09:00hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF reaffirm its commitment to Mnangagwa leadersgip until 2030
The ruling Zanu-PF party's top leadership has reaffirmed its commitment to President Mnangagwa's leadership until 2030, emphasizing unity, shared purpose, and the continuation of transformative develo...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 08:59hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei expands humanitarian work
Zimbabwean business mogul Kudakwashe Tagwirei's Bridging Gaps Foundation (BGF) has intensified its humanitarian initiatives in Mutoko district, Mashonaland East Province, by drilling boreholes and ins...Published: 16 Feb 2025 at 16:45hrs | 1654 | by Staff reporter
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 | 943 | 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 | 3445 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's debt unsustainably high
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Zimbabwe's debt and external arrears remain unsustainably high, forcing the country to rely on its own resources to fund economic activities....Published: 16 Feb 2025 at 07:42hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
The Unholy Pursuit of Power: A Rebuttal to the Proposal for Extending President Mnangagwa's Term
An article by Tinotenda recently espoused the notion that the proposal for extending President Mnangagwa's term is centered around ensuring continuity and stability in Zimbabwe's economic recovery and...Published: 15 Feb 2025 at 22:45hrs | 425 | by Etiwel Mutero
Touts pounce on drug addicts, peddlers
In an effort driven by the need to tame drugs and substance abuse scourge, Mvurwi touts have declared war on addicts and peddlers who are wrecking havoc in town.The touts have been raiding bas...Published: 15 Feb 2025 at 22:28hrs | 881 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mvurwi
SA family reunited with boy who vanished in Zimbabwe
An 11-year-old South African boy who vanished from his home in May 2023 and took a bus to Zimbabwe has been reunited with his family.The Department of Social Development said the child was bro...Published: 15 Feb 2025 at 08:07hrs | 2375 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF succession battle: why you must be concerned
SHOULD the current succession debate in Zanu-PF be a concern for the church and the rest of the population, even those not affiliated to the ruling or opposition parties?The issue of successio...Published: 15 Feb 2025 at 08:07hrs | 2246 | by Rev Kenneth Mtata
Zimbabwe man stoned to death over US$0.50
A man from Harare's Mufakose suburb was stoned to death on Thursday night in what police are describing as a brutal altercation over a mere US$0.50.Mike Sallimon, 33, was attacked by Bison Man...Published: 15 Feb 2025 at 08:06hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Over 2,000 Zimbabweans were nabbed trying to skip border into South Africa
Over 2,000 Zimbabweans were apprehended while attempting to illegally cross into South Africa through the porous Beitbridge Border Post before, during, and after the recent festive season, South Afric...Published: 15 Feb 2025 at 07:57hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo suburbs drown
For Prisca Moyo, a resident of Sizinda, the sight of darkening skies over Bulawayo brings a familiar dread. The thought of another night spent bailing water from her modest two-bedroomed house or dryi...Published: 15 Feb 2025 at 07:49hrs | 896 | by Staff reporter
Montrose High School achieves 100% pass rate at Advanced Level
Montrose High School, one of Bulawayo's esteemed single-sex institutions, continues to uphold its reputation for academic excellence, delivering remarkable results year after year. Located in the hear...Published: 15 Feb 2025 at 07:49hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Johane Masowe's remains to be exhumed
The High Court has issued a declaratory order affirming the inalienable rights of Peter Jack Masedza's children to exhume and rebury their father's remains, 50 years after his passing.Masedza,...Published: 15 Feb 2025 at 07:48hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
Smugglers abandon R3m Zimbabwe cigarettes in South Africa
South African authorities have launched a manhunt for two suspected smugglers who abandoned a truck loaded with illicit cigarettes worth R3 million in Marble Hall, some 360km from the Beitbridge borde...Published: 15 Feb 2025 at 07:47hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
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