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Mangudya calls for equitable IMF fund disbursements
Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor and current CEO of Mutapa Investment Fund, John Mangudya, has urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to ensure equitable disbursements of funds to A...Published: 13 hrs ago | 43 | 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: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:33hrs | 968 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road reconstruction begins
The Government has launched the long-anticipated reconstruction of the 435-kilometre Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road, a vital economic and tourism corridor, with expectations that the project will create...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 09:05hrs | 9053 | by Staff reporter
US$5m monthly for Gwayi-Shangani project
The Zimbabwean government has reaffirmed its commitment to completing the long-delayed Gwayi-Shangani Dam, declaring the project a national priority. Cabinet has resolved to allocate US$5 million ever...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:31hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Russian pilots flying Zimbabwe's air ambulances
Zimbabwe's much-touted free air ambulance service is currently being operated and maintained by Russian pilots and technicians, due to a shortage of local expertise, Health and Child Care Minister Dou...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:12hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Even the government's own excuses prove it's to blame for drug shortages in hospitals
When incompetence runs deep, even your excuses end up exposing you. The recent state-sanctioned explanation in The Sunday Mail on why public hospitals in Zimbabwe are running out of basic...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 11:12hrs | 151 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
South African donates food to 250 families in Mbembesi
On Tuesday, 250 families in Mbembesi received much-needed food parcels from the Mkiva Humanitarian Foundation, led by its president, Zolani Mkiva, a prominent member of the Congress of Traditional Lea...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 09:18hrs | 761 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Health Ministry details use of sugar tax revenue
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has broken its silence on the use of sugar tax revenues, providing an official account of funds received from the Treasury and how they have been allocated toward...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 09:12hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
ZACC arrests opposition MP for 'illegal' land occupation
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested Patrick Sagandira, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Member of Parliament for Makoni Central, on allegations of unlawfully occupying a...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:47hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Tax evasion bleeds Zimbabwe economy
Humanitarian organisation ActionAid Zimbabwe has expressed deep concern over the rampant levels of tax evasion in the country, warning that this undermines the pool of funds available for national dev...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:44hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Land dispute and murder allegations stir tensions at Dandrennam farm
A storm is brewing at Dandrennam Farm in Lions Den, Mashonaland West Province, as a long-standing land dispute intensifies amid revived murder accusations and alleged political interference. The 578.5...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:39hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
ZACC joins fight against education corruption
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has intensified efforts to root out corruption in schools across Manicaland by enlisting the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) and the po...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:34hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo City, Ministry of Health in standoff over donated vehicle
A standoff has erupted between Masvingo City Council and the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) over a vehicle donated by the Global Fund, amid allegations that the vehicle, intended to support...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 17:43hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's refugee population to rise to 18,000 by year-end
Zimbabwe's refugee population is projected to reach 18,000 by December 2025, driven by the country's continued political stability and peaceful environment, government officials have revealed....Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 06:17hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council launches crackdown to clean CBD
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has embarked on a city-wide crackdown targeting illegal street vending, with intensified day and night raids now actively underway in the Central Business District (CBD). T...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 18:09hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei, the military and power politics in Zimbabwe!
DEAR READER, it was on the 13th of May 2018 that Phineas Tagwirei, "father" to Kudakwashe Tagwirei a Zimbabwean tycoon with an avalanche of ''business'' interests quietly breathed his last at the trau...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:41hrs | 1979 | by Dr P. Zamchiya
Public vs Private Funding in African Sports Sector
The growth of sports across Africa depends heavily on where the money comes from. In many countries, both governments and private companies contribute to building the sector. However, how they fund an...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 23:28hrs | 111 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa under fire over controversial land to Rautenbach
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing mounting criticism after it emerged that his close business associate, Muller Conrad "Billy" Rautenbach, is receiving over 1,000 hectares of productive farmland ...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 10:01hrs | 1751 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists ordered off invaded farm
Thomas Chidzomba, the Zanu-PF losing candidate for the Chinhoyi constituency in the August 2023 elections, has been ordered to vacate a farm he allegedly invaded along with three other party members. ...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:14hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council flats 'a time bomb'
City officials in Bulawayo have expressed deep concern over the worsening service delivery and living conditions at Sidojiwe Flats, a colonial-era housing complex in the Belmont Industrial area that w...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:00hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rolls out nationwide housing projects for police officers
Several housing projects aimed at providing decent and secure accommodation for members of Zimbabwe's security sector are planned across the country, building on the success of the recently commission...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:38hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo school children use cemeteries as a bee line
In Bulawayo's Old Magwegwe suburb, schoolchildren as young as four are forced to walk daily through the overgrown and neglected Pelandaba Cemetery to reach their homes in nearby Pelandaba West. This d...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:37hrs | 41 | by Staff reporter
Harare Council risks land loss over Chiyangwa compensation directive
The Harare City Council faces potential financial losses running into thousands of dollars if it complies with a government directive to compensate Pinnacle Holdings with several tracts of land - a mo...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:25hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Harare fails to procure tar, patches roads with soil
The City of Harare (CoH) has been without tar for over a year, forcing municipal workers to patch roads using soil and rubble, a stark indicator of the worsening state of basic service delivery in the...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:54hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam project to miss deadline again
The long-anticipated Gwayi-Shangani Dam project, a cornerstone of the Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project aimed at resolving Bulawayo's chronic water shortages, requires an additional US$84 million to ...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:26hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
US warns Zimbabwe trade talks could collapse
The United States has cautioned that Zimbabwe's efforts to secure reduced tariffs on its exports face significant risks due to tight negotiation timelines, even as a temporary reprieve has been grante...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 19:01hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Fraud-accused NSSA boss acquitted
Former National Social Security Authority (NSSA) investment director, Brian Murewa, has been acquitted of fraud charges involving US$25,000, following a ruling by Harare regional magistrate Donald Ndi...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 18:49hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt directs parcelling of Harare land to Chiyangwa
Residents and civil society groups have condemned the government's recent directive instructing Harare City Council (HCC) to allocate land to Pinnacle Holdings, a company owned by ZANU PF member and b...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 08:53hrs | 1633 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP donates cement to boost school infrastructure
Murewa West legislator Farai Jere has donated 50 bags of cement to three schools in Ward 11 as part of his continued efforts to improve educational infrastructure in the constituency. The donation, de...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 08:41hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Time Bank proposes US$38bn debt bailout to Zimbabwe govt
Time Bank Holding Company has unveiled a bold proposal to lend the Zimbabwean government US$38 billion to clear national debt and compensate multiple groups owed by the State, with the loan secured th...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 08:40hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
US denies Trump aid cuts are affecting Zimbabwe's HIV treatment
The United States government has rejected allegations that its recent aid reductions are jeopardising Zimbabwe's access to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and other essential humanitarian and health prog...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 08:39hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo proposes US$13.4 million fleet overhaul amid tracking system lapse
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has recommended a US$13.4 million phased investment over five years to replace its ageing and unreliable municipal vehicle fleet, amid growing concerns over operational...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 17:37hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over multi-million-dollar land transfer deal to Chiyangwa
A controversial land compensation deal between the Government of Zimbabwe and businessman-cum-politician Philip Chiyangwa has sparked public outrage and renewed scrutiny over how state land is being a...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 20:34hrs | 3034 | by Staff reporter
Town Council cracks down on land hoarding
Rusape Town Council has passed a bold resolution aimed at curbing land hoarding by requiring both residential and commercial landowners to develop their stands within 12 months or risk repossession....Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 13:19hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa scheme hit by scandal
A dispute involving one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisors has escalated to the High Court after a Harare resident discovered his residential stand had been turned into a site for a presidenti...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 12:10hrs | 2501 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's stray dog operation fails to launch due to police inaction
A citywide operation aimed at curbing the growing threat of stray dogs in Bulawayo has failed to get off the ground after the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) reportedly failed to cooperate, city offici...Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 15:04hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Fresh Harare mass demolitions on the cards
The City of Harare is poised to commence demolitions of illegal structures following a High Court ruling that ordered Brickstone Builders and Contractors, a land development company, to vacate a dispu...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 10:14hrs | 11859 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves to revive pharmaceutical sector
The Government of Zimbabwe has announced a comprehensive set of interventions aimed at revitalising the country's pharmaceutical industry, with a focus on increasing local drug production, reducing im...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:33hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe expands access to advanced surgeries
Zimbabwe's public health sector is making major strides in specialist healthcare provision, with the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals having successfully conducted 62 open-heart surgeries to date, whil...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:05hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council is dead, needs complete overhaul
Former chairperson of Harare City Council's audit committee, Councillor Blessing Duma, has delivered a scathing indictment of the local authority, declaring that "the council is dead" and requires not...Published: 31 May 2025 at 14:03hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenges NatFoods to raise exports
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged National Foods Holdings Limited to intensify its regional export efforts following the commissioning of the company's new production lines for pasta, biscui...Published: 30 May 2025 at 09:46hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Zacc cracks down on rampant land grabs
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has raised alarm over the persistent and unlawful takeover of State and communal land by powerful land barons, despite repeated government warnings again...Published: 30 May 2025 at 08:56hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission now operational
The Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission (ZICC), chaired by Justice Webster Chinamora, is now fully operational and has already received 15 complaints from citizens, mostly related to assault ca...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:37hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Call to end period poverty
Politician Linda Masarira has called on the Zimbabwean government to urgently end period poverty and formally recognise menstrual sick leave as a fundamental human right.Her call came as Zimba...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:31hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Councillors get allowances for trips, fail to travel
Two Chinhoyi councillors were allocated allowances to attend business conferences-one in Saudi Arabia and another in Gweru - yet neither made the trips, raising concerns over the use of public funds....Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:27hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe could unlock US$9bn from retaken land'
The outgoing president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has revealed that Zimbabwe could unlock up to US$9 billion from land seized during the 2001 fast-track land reform prog...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:24hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council remains silent on Donnybrook land dispute
A bitter land ownership dispute between two developers, Shelter Zimbabwe and Highserv Payscheme, has thrown residents of the Donnybrook-Chizhanje area in Mabvuku into turmoil, with the Harare City Cou...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:13hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono criticises Mnangagwa's new radio licence law
The Zimbabwean government has introduced a new regulation requiring all motorists to purchase a radio licence before renewing their vehicle road tax, a move that has drawn widespread condemnation from...Published: 26 May 2025 at 19:42hrs | 1870 | by Staff reporter
Transport operators ordered to join associations or face ban
The City of Mutare has ordered all public transport operators to join one of the city's registered commuter associations by May 30, 2025, or risk being barred from operating. The directive was announc...Published: 26 May 2025 at 19:36hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo MPs appeal for social welfare funding
Legislators from Bulawayo have called on the government to urgently release funds allocated to the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, saying continued delays are severely hampering...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:28hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter
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