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1,4 million youths jobless in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is grappling with a staggering 1,4 million unemployed youths, a figure United Nations resident and humanitarian co-ordinator Edward Kallon described as "disturbing" during the launch of the United for Youth Inclusion programme in …

Published: 29 Aug 2025 at 05:48hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter

Youths defends Tagwirei

The Zimbabwe Youth Action Platform (ZYAP) has come out strongly in defence of prominent businessman Reginald Kuda Tagwirei, denouncing what it describes as a "desperate smear campaign" launched by former cabinet ministers Saviour Kasukuwer…

Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 18:32hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe youths push for quota system in local authorities

Young people across Zimbabwe are calling for the establishment of a youth quota system in local authorities, a move they say would significantly enhance youth representation and participation in governance structures.The push gained moment…

Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 10:15hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter

Rogue youths target, rape elderly women

A disturbing wave of sexual violence has rocked the normally quiet Chirau area in Zvimba, where a network of rogue youths has been sneaking into the homes of elderly women and committing rapes, leaving the community in shock.The grim revel…

Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:34hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter

Youths disrupt war veterans press conference in Zimbabwe

A press conference by the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) in Bulawayo was abruptly disrupted by a group of unidentified men who claimed to have booked the same venue for their own business meeting.The group, …

Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 12:54hrs | 4685 | by Staff reporter

Luthuli Dlamini targets Zimbabwe youths

Renowned Zimbabwe-born, South Africa-based veteran actor Luthuli Dlamini has returned to Bulawayo, where his acting career began 30 years ago, to mentor and train aspiring young actors.Speaking in an interview this week, Dlamini said he wa…

Published: 31 Jan 2025 at 07:33hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter

Youths take turns to rape Granny (76) for hours

Tens of thousands of rape cases are reported in Zimbabwe annually, but some are particularly harrowing. In one such case, two young men, Lungile Ndebele (23) and Musa Ndlovu (21), broke into the home of a 76-year-old woman, assaulted, and …

Published: 07 Jun 2024 at 15:36hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter

Shona-speaking youths invade Insiza, abuse locals

VIOLENCE has erupted in Theleka area in Insiza, Matebeleland South province, after a machete-wielding gangs reportedly from Mashonaland and Midlands provinces, notoriously known as Mashurugwi or Mabhambadzi, raided villagers in what is bel…

Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 18:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

More calls for peaceful Zimbabwe elections

THE CHURCH through the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denomination (ZHCD) has called on all political parties and citizens to desist from engaging in violent acts during this year's electoral period.Speaking at the peace pledge signing ceremo…

Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:30hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's CCC blocked from bussing supporters to its rally

Police have instructed the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party not to bus its supporters to one of its rallies at an open ground near Nyajena Primary School in Masvingo slated for Saturday.This restriction comes despite the fact that…

Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 16:07hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Youths disrupts CCC's door to door campaign in Cowdray Park

An unidentified group of rowdy youths allegedly disrupted Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party members who were conducting a door to door campaign in Cowdray Park, Friday.The opposition party members, however, allege that the youths w…

Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 16:04hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Raj Modi donates brick maker to youths

DEPUTY Minister of Industry and Commerce has donated a brick moulding machine in his constituency to create employment for the young people in the community.The initiative is meant to empower young people and fight drug abuse.On his Twitte…

Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 16:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Sindiso Mazibisa rallies Zimbabwean youths

In a passionate speech delivered at a youth capacity meeting, Sindiso Mazibisa, a board member of the National Youth Development Trust, rallied Zimbabwean youth to recognize their power and potential in shaping the future of their nation. …

Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 15:11hrs | 21 | by Nkululeko Nkomo

MRP youths go ahead with plan to close ports of entry

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) Youth League has announced that on June 16, 2023, it will close all ports of entry in Matebeleland to stop the smuggling of resources from the region. MRP claimed that the smuggling of resources such as g…

Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 07:08hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi youths threaten to close borders and airports to curb gold smuggling

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) Youth League has threatened to close all borders and airports before the August elections in order to combat gold smuggling, which the party claims is carried out by individuals linked to Zanu-PF.This cal…

Published: 26 May 2023 at 17:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Machakaire rallies Zanu-PF youths

Youths must jealously safeguard their future by uniting in denouncing and taking action against the scourge of drug and substance abuse, Zanu-PF Secretary for Youth Affairs Tino Machakaire has said.Addressing hundreds of youths during the …

Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa hands Matabeleland South youths 10ha plots

Ms Lilian Mhlanga (28) from Insiza District is among 60 youths from Matabeleland South Province who have been awarded permits for 10 hectare A2 plots under the Presidential 10-hectare Scheme, which seeks to empower young people with land.T…

Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:09hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

More land for Zimbabwe youth

GOVERNMENT is working on modalities to ensure more land is made available for the youths to improve productivity and kill idleness in this critical demographic group.Speaking during the Zanu-PF provincial interdistrict meeting at Mbizo Sta…

Published: 15 May 2023 at 18:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Unfulfilled election promises frustrate Zimbabwe youths

SOME youths in Bulawayo doubt that elections will better their lives, citing failed promises by politicians and the government over the years.A survey by Southern Eye Weekender showed that there is general disinterest in the upcoming elect…

Published: 13 May 2023 at 19:11hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Mashonaland youths get farms

Twenty-one youths from Mashonaland West Province received A2 Permits under the Presidential 10ha Scheme that seeks to mainstream the participation of youths in agriculture and form a key pillar in the transition of land holders from subsis…

Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Youth blend in Zanu-PF candidates excites observers

The election season is upon us.It is an exciting time for the electorate and aspiring candidates for both parliamentary and local authority elections.While other political parties are yet to hold internal elections to select representative…

Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Ranga Mataire

Chiwenga urges youths to shun drugs, political violence

VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has called on youths not to be abused by misguided politicians to engage in violence.He was speaking last night during a fundraising dinner dance for Roman Catholic youths in Mutare Diocese who are suppo…

Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 07:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Youths expected in Lupane for Mugabe day

THOUSANDS of youths from Matabeleland region and the Midlands province are expected to attend the National Youth Day celebrations that will be headlined by President Mnangagwa in Lupane today.The day is celebrated every year on February 21…

Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF dangles cane plots to youths

THE ruling Zanu-PF party has doled out sugarcane plots to Zanu-PF youths in Chiredzi, Masvingo province, as a vote-buying gimmick ahead of the 2023 polls.In past elections, the ruling party has been accused of using youths to beat up, inti…

Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabwe youths denied right to speak'

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) national deputy spokesperson Gift Siziba has been chosen to attend Obama Foundation's Democracy Forum in the United States.The Obama Leaders programme was launched in 2018 to support and connect emerging…

Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe youths to get uncontested seats in parliament

Zimbabwean youths could soon see their demands for seats in both parliament and local authorities granted after cabinet Tuesday approved the Electoral Amendment Bill 2022, which seeks to, among other objectives, create seats to be conteste…

Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 21:27hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Half of Zimbabwe youths loafing'

ABOUT half of Zimbabwean youths are loafing, the latest Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) 2022 second quarter labour force survey has revealed, laying bare the job crisis facing the country.Results of the ZimStat survey that wa…

Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

ZANU PF youths chase after police

Over 100 ZANU PF youths in Mazowe West (Concession) allegedly chased after Police officers who were guarding a recovered 15 truck loaded with gold ore at  Zawadi mine , Concession.The youths were wearing ZANU PF tshirts and alleged th…

Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 21:06hrs | 12 | by Paul Ndou

Youths disrupt National Youth Service hearings

THE public hearing meeting on National Youth Service that was held in Bulawayo yesterday ended prematurely after violence broke out.Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Sports, Arts and Culture is going around the country gathering public …

Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

The effects of bogus Zifa actions on Zimbabwe youth

As Zimbabwe remains suspended from international football, players in the country â€“ from a very promising rookie who made his national team debut as a schoolboy to the established professionals plying their trade in Europe's best leagues…

Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's young generation robbed of its future

IT is with a heavy heart that I pen about an educated generation whose future is uncertain, their tomorrow has nothing to offer more than stress and confusion.More than 30 000 students graduate from tertiary institutions in Zimbabwe each y…

Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Disgusted graduate

Youths advised to promote unity

Zimbabwe celebrates its 42nd Independence Day anniversary today and President Mnangagwa has called on youths to promote unity as it forms the basis of the country's development.The President said this in his weekly column in The Sunday Mai…

Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:24hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga calls on youths to lead clean-ups

VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday called on all citizens, particularly youths, to participate in the National Environment Clean-Up campaign to help transform environs in urban areas in line with Vision 2030.Leading this month's…

Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Stop abusing youth, political bigwigs told

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been urged to put in place measures to stop political parties from using young people as conduits of political violence.The Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) made the call yest…

Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Govt must take care of youths

ECONOMIC Justice for Women Project (EJWP) joins Zimbabwe in commemorating the National Youth Day, a day meant to celebrate the efforts made by young people in building the country.The theme for this year is.The youth in Zimbabwe constitute…

Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:53hrs | 10 | by EJWP

Chinotimba says youths are crybabies

BUHERA South legislator Joseph Chinotimba's son, who is also a Mazowe ward 34 councillor, has accused the youth of being crybabies and only after freebies.Edwin, who has taken to farming where he boasts of a 45-hectare soya bean crop, urge…

Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 19:52hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Government intensifies allocation of land to youths

GOVERNMENT has intensified the allocation of land to youths under the 20 percent quota system to enable them to venture into various farming projects, the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Anxious Masu…

Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Reckless drinking is destroying the youths

Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of having an empty glass of beer, so the seasoned drinker or connoisseur is always topping up the glass with more beer after every swig. Not so with 'Musombo' or 'Kambwa', one just raises the 200mls plastic co…

Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 07:43hrs | 8 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Mbare youths make killing with footbridge 'tollgate'

A GROUP of Mbare youths have constructed a footbridge on Mukuvisi River in Graniteside and are charging people who use it $20 per head.The youths told NewsDay that they had to innovate to eke out a living due to the effects of the COVID-19…

Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zambian activist tells Zimbabwean youths to 'guide your votes'

ZAMBIAN youth activist and former African Union (AU) youth simulation forum president, Joseph Kalimbwe has urged Zimbabwean youths not to vote and leave polling stations, but stay until results have been announced to avoid rigging in the 2…

Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF youths batter 6 soldiers

TWENTY EIGHT Zanu-PF youths mainly from Samba Ranch in Chiredzi North were on Monday arraigned before Chiredzi magistrate Simbarashe Gundani on charges of assaulting six Air Force of Zimbabwe soldiers.The 28 youths are facing assault and m…

Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Lack of IDs haunts Matebeleland youths

After dropping out of school because of financial constraints, 20-year-old Cephas Dube from tsukuru village in Bulilima district decided to seek employment in the informal sector.Without money to board buses, he walked for more than 30 kil…

Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF youths gun for party bigwigs

Zanu-PF youths in Manicaland province are plotting to invade farms belonging to the ruling party's secretary for finance Patrick Chinamasa and former secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa, it has emerged.The youths from Headlands and…

Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF youths grab Gweru markets

Zanu-PF youths in the Midlands capital have forcibly allocated themselves vending stalls at Mtapa market with city fathers failing to take action against them for fear of reprisals, The NewsHawks can report.Gweru City Council created the t…

Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF youths target bigwigs' farms

Zanu-PF youths in Headlands are reportedly eyeing farms allocated to party bigwigs in the constituency, among them former Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa and former Agriculture minister Joseph Made, which they claim are oversized.Last F…

Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

MDC Alliance youths defiant

MDC Alliance youths say they will respond to a clampdown by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government by mobilising supporters to vote in large numbers in forthcoming elections.Lately, there has been a crackdown on most of the outspoken MD…

Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter

Youths urged to venture into mining

UMZINGWANE legislator Levi Mayihlome has urged youths in the district to venture into gold mining instead of crying foul when outsiders seize opportunities.The district is rich in gold deposits with more than 6 000 registered mining claims…

Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:03hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa says youths will be prioritised in new land offers

Youths will be prioritised when the Government begins redistributing vacant and underutilised land that has been identified through the recent land audit, President Mnangagwa has said.In his eulogy at the burial of former Zimbabwe Republic…

Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:55hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Youths appeal to mourn Soul Jah Love

Youths have appealed to government to give them a waiver and attend the King of Dancehall musician, Soul Jah Love.This request comes in the backdrop of allowing Zupco buses to carry a capacity of 70 passengers, a situation which they deem …

Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 13:27hrs | 6 | by Shelton Muchena

Young agri-entrepreneur shines in rural Zimbabwe

While agriculture forms an integral part of Zimbabwe's economy, many young people still think of it as back-breaking labour that offers little economic benefit.However, things are slowly changing, a growing number of young people are start…

Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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