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Zimbabwe slides into a spaza nation
Zimbabwe's commercial landscape is undergoing a profound transformation - and not for the better. Across major cities, once-thriving formal businesses have either shuttered or drastically downsized, t...Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 13:17hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
'White Zimbabweans are returning'
Many Zimbabweans who left the country at the peak of economic and political turmoil, and settled in numerous countries, including South Africa, are now investing back home, while others are retu...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 10:12hrs | 2655 | 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 | 1982 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe's disastrous Tri-Series sparks calls for reforms
Zimbabwe's dismal performance in the just-ended T20 International Triangular Series, hosted on home soil and featuring South Africa and New Zealand, has exposed deep cracks within the country's cricke...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 18:55hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Pastor in court over alleged property fraud
Pastor Bothwell Phiri, founder and leader of the River of Life International Church in Bulawayo, has once again found himself in legal trouble-this time facing fraud charges in connection with the all...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 11:22hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Govt increases BEAM disbursements to ease pressure on rural schools
The Zimbabwean government has doubled monthly disbursements under the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM) from ZiG200 million to ZiG400 million, in a move aimed at clearing arrears and easing mou...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 11:28hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
If Regimond Tagwirei became President, he will not steal much!
Stealing revenues in national coffers will continue if Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa became president. It is not the same if Regimond Tagwirei: In Zambia looting became a thing of the past when Ha...Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 16:07hrs | 538 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe SMEs crushed by annual compliance fees
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Zimbabwe are buckling under the weight of steep compliance costs - some as high as US$10,000 annually - raising alarm over a regulatory environment that is drivi...Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 14:34hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF pushes for regional coal, steel union
ZANU-PF is driving an initiative to establish a coal and steel union among former liberation movements in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, aiming to boost economic integration...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 09:02hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt cracks down on unregistered schools
The Government has issued a stern warning to unregistered schools operating across Zimbabwe, declaring that their days are numbered. This follows mounting concern from legislators over the rapid growt...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 17:55hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
John Gold, the Founder of BetPokies, is Expected to Be a Guest at the NEXT Valletta 2025 Conference
The creator of BetPokies, John Gold, is going to be a guest at the NEXT Valletta Conference in May 2025 to share knowledge and experience with professionals all aroun...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 16:36hrs | 37 | by Staff Reporter
Land barons continue to wreak havoc in Harare
Harare City Council has raised alarm over the illegal occupation of more than 140 sites across the capital by land barons, with city officials turning to the courts in a bid to halt the unregulated de...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 09:09hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Meikles's debt to suppliers raises fresh concerns
Meikles Limited's trade payables more than doubled to ZiG925,78 million in its financial year ended February 28, 2025, sparking fears of deepening debt pressures within Zimbabwe's formal retail sector...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:34hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Social media exposes Goromonzi man who stole father's Car
A 24-year-old man from Goromonzi was arrested after stealing his father's vehicle and hiding out in Concession, Mashonaland Central — thanks to social media alerts that led to his capture.Mu...Published: 20 Jul 2025 at 11:25hrs | 1349 | by Simbarashe Sithole/ Gideon Madzikatidze in Concession
Exam class teachers barred from transfers
Teachers assigned to examination classes have been barred from seeking transfers as part of measures by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to ensure learning continuity and safeguard pupi...Published: 20 Jul 2025 at 09:18hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Woman stealing US$24,000 after armed robbery at workplace
A 35-year-old Bulawayo woman, Nothando Banana, has been sentenced to an effective six years in prison after she took advantage of an armed robbery at her workplace to steal US$24,400 in company funds....Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 13:10hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Street kid-turned-vendor convicted of fraud, theft
A former street kid who rose to prominence as a popular airtime vendor in Masvingo town has been convicted of fraud and theft after swindling two victims out of more than US$1,600. However, sentencing...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 15:58hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Truckload of fertilizer destined for Charamba's farm stolen
A truck driver has vanished with a 26-tonne consignment of ammonium nitrate fertilizer meant for delivery to the Battlefields farm of Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet and Presidenti...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 15:55hrs | 1499 | by Staff reporter
Council duped US$18,000 in fake bridge deal
Three men have been handed 18-year prison sentences each for defrauding the Hurungwe Rural District Council (RDC) of nearly US$18,000 in a fraudulent bridge construction scheme.The High Court ...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:31hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces fertility decline
Zimbabwe is witnessing a steady decline in fertility rates as more citizens struggle to achieve their reproductive goals, a trend that mirrors global patterns highlighted in the 2024 State of the Worl...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:09hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Fadzayi Mahere v Edmund Kudzayi - Plea to set aside proceedings
Return correspondence to the address on record (Ref: .H4531/22). High Court of Zimbabwe Civil Division Mapondera Building Corner 3rd Street & Samora Machel Aven...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 10:03hrs | 1263 | by Edmund Kudzayi
Zimbabwe's 2 rotten apples
One of life's greatest follies is assuming that what matters to us matters equally to others. That our fears are shared, our desires understood, our sense of decency mutual. Quite the contrary, realit...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 09:35hrs | 3048 | by Edmund Kudzayi
Bosso eye goals as they host Green Fuel at BF
Highlanders are hoping to break their recent goal drought and return to winning ways when they host Green Fuel in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League encounter at Barbourfields Stadium this Sunday....Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 09:16hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
CZR calls for crackdown on rampant sale of counterfeit electronics
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has raised alarm over the growing sale of counterfeit and fraudulently marketed electronic goods across the country, calling for an urgent multi-agency la...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 14:31hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
50 Joshualites awarded Scholarships amid debate over tribal bias
Fifty academically gifted students from across Zimbabwe's 10 provinces have been awarded the prestigious Joshua Nkomo Scholarship, administered by the Higherlife Foundation, in the latest effort to su...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 22:52hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Republic Police to audit food rations
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is set to conduct a thorough audit of food rations distributed to police stations nationwide following allegations that some senior officers have been abusing the sy...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 12:07hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Mozambican vendors invade Zimbabwe
On January 2, 2025, 18-year-old Castigo Quembo from Matazi village near Manica in Mozambique left home and crossed into Zimbabwe through an illegal entry point close to the Machipanda-Forbes Border Po...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 12:35hrs | 2127 | by Staff reporter
Pakistani millers wreck havoc
Local grain milling companies are crying foul over the invasion of stipulated reserved sectors by foreign nationals.Speaking on the sidelines of an engagement with the Grain Millers Associatio...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 22:37hrs | 683 | by Paul Ndou
Man rapes his older sister
A 21-year-old man from Matobo has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after he was found guilty of raping his 23-year-old sister during a harrowing incident that took place earlier this year....Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 16:37hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Bail ruling set for Ecobank fraud suspects
Three men accused of defrauding Ecobank of US$73,000 through a company called Jerrypat Electricals (Pvt) Ltd are set to appear in court tomorrow for a bail ruling.The accused, Nigel Gwanzura, ...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 09:25hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Local millers cry foul over foreign takeover of reserved sector
Local grain milling companies have raised alarm over what they describe as the growing invasion of Zimbabwe's legally reserved sectors by foreign nationals, particularly Pakistani business operators....Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 09:12hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's colonial name to be changed?
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) and other political parties plan to approach parliament and the Constitutional Review Committee to change South Africa's name to the Republic of Azania, among...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 19:36hrs | 3884 | by Staff reporter
Presidential inputs scheme beneficiaries urged to deliver grain to GMB
Beneficiaries of the Presidential Inputs Scheme are being encouraged to deliver at least 10 kilogrammes of grain, as well as any surplus produce, to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) as part of efforts ...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 12:04hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe, MSU unveils scholarship programme
Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe and Midlands State University (MSU) have formalised a landmark partnership through the launch of an undergraduate scholarship programme aimed at increasing access to higher educa...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 12:44hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Warrant of arrest for Shawashi Agri boss
A warrant of arrest has been issued against Shawashi Agri Private Limited managing director, Lillian Nyamasoka, after she failed to appear in court to answer to serious fraud allegations involving ove...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 18:35hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
OK Zimbabwe earmarks 50% of capital raise to clear debts
Retail giant OK Zimbabwe Limited has announced plans to allocate more than half of the proceeds from its planned US$30.5 million capital raise - through a rights issue and property disposals - toward ...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 13:12hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Proteas punishes Chevrons at Queens
Queens Sports Club was transformed into a Proteas playground on Saturday as South Africa's rising stars, Lhuan-dre Pretorious and Dewald Brevis, launched a ferocious counterattack to take control of t...Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 18:22hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Ministry clarifies extra lessons not illegal
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has clarified that extra lessons are not illegal under current policy, but warned that they become a disciplinary offence when teachers charge learners ...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 18:30hrs | 650 | 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: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:30hrs | 370 | 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: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:25hrs | 200 | 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: 26 Jun 2025 at 20:31hrs | 1664 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe Parliament demands removal of punitive taxes
Parliament has sharply escalated pressure on Treasury to urgently scrap punitive taxes, including the highly contentious 2% Intermediated Money Transfer Tax (IMTT), by August 31, 2025, in a bid to hal...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 11:25hrs | 1732 | 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: 26 Jun 2025 at 11:18hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Car thief caught using stolen vehicle as pirate taxi
A CHEEKY Mutare man who had in the morning stolen a parked car in the city was nabbed while using the vehicle as a pirate taxi later that same day.Philip Mandeya (28) of Mandeya Two Village, H...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 14:29hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Police recover stolen tipper truck
Police in the Midlands province have recovered a tipper truck that was recently stolen from Fidelis Lin Gold Mine in Shurugwi under the guise of a driver recruitment exercise.Midlands provinci...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 09:02hrs | 209 | 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 | 316 | by Sikhululekile Mashingaidze and Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
Consumer watchdog wants tough stance against substandard products
The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has urged the government to strengthen enforcement of the Consignment-Based Conformity Assessment (CBCA) programme to shield consumers from substandard, co...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:26hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police bosses steal rations
Junior officers in the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have accused their superiors of diverting and selling food rations intended for rank-and-file personnel, raising serious concerns over internal co...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:10hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Woes mount for Zimbabwe formal businesses\
Informal traders who largely evade taxes and levies are placing formal retail and wholesale businesses in Zimbabwe at a significant competitive disadvantage, burdened by a heavy and complex taxation r...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 10:58hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Comparing baseline and net play in tennis
In tennis, 2 primary styles dominate strategic play: baseline play and net play. The 2 of them offer distinct advantages and require different skill sets, influencing how players approach matches. Pun...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 10:43hrs | 62 | by Staff Reporter
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