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'Better Schools Program Zimbabwe, a huge scam'
A damning audit has revealed that the Better Schools Program Zimbabwe (BSPZ) Fund in Masvingo Province is operating illegally, lacking a registered constitution and failing to secure mandatory approva...Published: 7 hrs ago | 63 | by Staff reporter
What does Mnangagwa call a 'brutal colonial regime' when the ZANU-PF government is even more brutal?
It's often easy for the pot to accuse the kettle of being black. I am always left bewildered whenever I hear President Emmerson Mnangagwa express outrage at what he calls ‘the brutal co...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 08:26hrs | 400 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Govt okays 10-day holiday lessons for exam classes
The Government has authorized schools to conduct extra lessons for examination classes - Grade 7, Form Four, and Form Six - for up to 10 days during the August school holiday. The move aims to boost e...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 20:54hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
9 Facebook hacks to earn real money in Zimbabwe
Discover how to monetise your Facebook presence with 9 practical strategies - from selling products and running paid groups to earning through Reel...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 14:07hrs | 314 | by Libz Mbanje
An open letter to Chimhama: are you in South Africa?
Dear Madam Chimhama, I hope I find you well, daughter of the African soil!I am writing this letter because I am deeply concerned about your utterances of violence in your video yo...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 16:04hrs | 527 | by Nomazulu Thata
Regime change foundation closes down
The Brenthurst Foundation, a Johannesburg-based think tank established and funded by the Oppenheimer family, known for funding regime change players...Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 22:12hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo taxes shocker
Flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo, one of Zimbabwe's most polarising public figures, has rubbished claims that his bank accounts have been garnished by tax authorities amid reports of a lifestyl...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:07hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
Defaulting RDC cut off
Local authorities across Manicaland are grappling with mounting unpaid water bills and rates, leaving councils with limited options, including rationing supplies and introducing prepaid water meters, ...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 08:36hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean who went from earning R1,500 to R5m per month
July Ndlovu went from a rural village in Zimbabwe to becoming the CEO of Thungela Resources, one of South Africa's most successful coal mining companies. He began his career as a graduate...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 10:14hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council hit by US$82,000 bitumen scandal
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has been rocked by yet another corruption scandal, this time involving the mysterious disappearance of 285 drums of bitumen - vital road construction material - worth o...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:08hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Internal disputes rock Highlanders
Premiership side Highlanders Football Club continues to grapple with internal conflicts as revelations emerge about questionable financial practices within the club's executive. Reliable insiders have...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 15:32hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
CEO acquitted of criminal abuse of duty
Zvimba Rural District Council (RDC) chief executive officer, Enias Chidhakwa, has been acquitted of criminal abuse of office charges after the Harare Magistrates' Court found no evidence of wrongdoing...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 10:21hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt under fire over TBs mismanagement
The Zimbabwean government is facing renewed criticism over its handling of Treasury Bills (TBs), amid allegations of corruption, regulatory manipulation, and financial mismanagement that have raised a...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 08:16hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Council embroiled in US$18k advance salary scandal
Chiredzi Town Council is embroiled in a financial scandal after it emerged that nearly US$18,000 in salary advances given to employees remains unaccounted for, with some beneficiaries having already l...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 18:24hrs | 159 | 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 | 1660 | by Nomazulu Thata
Growth prospects shine in Zimbabwe's construction markets
Construction markets in Zimbabwe and South Africa are expected to maintain a strong growth trajectory, creating favorable conditions for companies like PPC to enhance their competitiveness against imp...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:17hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Construction boom in Zimbabwe spurs growth for PPC
The construction sectors in Zimbabwe and South Africa are showing strong signs of sustained growth, creating favourable conditions for companies like Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) to increase competi...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 15:53hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
When Mnangagwa buries his colleagues, does he ever reflect on the legacy he will leave behind?
Life offers us countless moments for introspection - but it is up to us to seize them.This evening, I watched a news bulletin covering the burial of the late Luke Mushore - another in a long l...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 11:29hrs | 694 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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 | 116 | by Staff reporter
If civil servants must declare assets, then let's start with the president and his ministers
As the old saying goes, what's good for the goose must be good for the gander - yet in Zimbabwe, accountability seems reserved only for the powerless.The government's recent announcement of a ...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 22:36hrs | 580 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
When a Child President wears the 'Mnangagwa scarf', we must all be concerned
Train up a child in the way you want them to grow, they say - but when this guidance is rooted in manipulation and politics, it risks ruining their lives before they've even begun.There was so...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 22:33hrs | 552 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mthwakazi rejects the genocide interviews: No justice under the perpetrator's gavel
The government of Zimbabwe has announced its so-called Gukurahundi Public Hearings, set to begin soon under the stewardship of none other than Chief Fortune Charumbira, a well-known ZANU-PF loyalist a...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 22:30hrs | 276 | by Fikile ka Malikongwa
Chivayo's arrogance is an insult to millions of suffering Zimbabweans
There's a saying: "A soft answer turneth away wrath" - but what happens when arrogance and contempt are the response to a nation's cry for accountability?There is something profoundly disturbi...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 19:25hrs | 679 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bulawayo ambulance boss fired over missing 7 000 litres of fuel
A senior ambulance supervisor at Bulawayo City Council has been dismissed following allegations of involvement in a fuel scandal involving nearly 7,000 litres of diesel valued at close to US$10,000....Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:06hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Varakashi tweets can never mask Zimbabweans' suffering under the Mnangagwa regime
There are some things under the sun that can never be defended or glossed over.The desperation of the ruling ZANU PF regime has never been more apparent than in its feverish attempt to strengt...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 14:39hrs | 732 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Have Zimbabweans become Chivayo's wives?
Have we lost all self-respect?One of the most disturbing spectacles unfolding in Zimbabwe today is the humiliating spectacle of grown men and women - from all walks of life - openly begging co...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 21:59hrs | 1129 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Speaking against injustice is not being negative - it's being honest
There are those who often find the truth hard to swallow - but, like medicine, it is vital for healing.I am often told that I focus too much on the negative.That I dwell on the darker ...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 21:53hrs | 193 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe: A country where a Ferrari can't travel!
We live in a curious country.In traversing Zimbabwe's diverse and often rugged landscapes, one cannot help but notice the overwhelming presence of Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs). F...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 22:30hrs | 8671 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Has democracy failed in Zimbabwe?
This is the million-dollar question we all need to ask ourselves.Democracy, by its very nature, is a noble and necessary concept. It is anchored on the principle that every human ...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 22:28hrs | 260 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Some Zimbabweans oppose development
There is a growing and deeply troubling trend among certain segments of our society—an unsettling comfort with the status quo of decay and underdevelopment. It is as if, for some, the sight of crumb...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 13:26hrs | 513 | by Kudzai Mutisi
Pick n Pay writes off entire Zimbabwe investment
South African retail giant Pick n Pay Group Limited has reported an unrecognised loss of R51 million from its Zimbabwean associate, TM Supermarkets, for the 53 weeks ending March 2, 2025 - marking a d...Published: 30 May 2025 at 12:13hrs | 72904 | by Staff reporter
White student found not guilty after urinating on black student's belongings
Theuns du Toit, the former Stellenbosch University student caught on camera urinating on a fellow student's belongings, has been found not guilty on all charges.Du Toit, whose actions were cap...Published: 28 May 2025 at 11:21hrs | 1375 | by Staff reporter
ZEC completes printing of ballots for June by-elections
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has finalized the printing of 53,550 National Assembly and 8,450 Local Authority ballot papers ahead of the by-elections scheduled for June 14, 2025.The...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:58hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Why were Zimbabweans left behind 45 years after independence, in the first place?
There's always something telling - yet deeply disturbing - about the mantras repeated by the Zimbabwean government.Yesterday, I watched a report on the state-controlled broadcaster in which th...Published: 24 May 2025 at 23:30hrs | 1377 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Witness incriminates Ministry of Industry and Commerce officials
The trial of three Ministry of Industry and Commerce officials accused of issuing fraudulent vehicle import licences to over 200 unqualified individuals resumed this week, with damning forensic eviden...Published: 24 May 2025 at 09:21hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Zacc arrests BCC official over diesel scam
A senior official in the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) Fire and Ambulance Services Department has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on 107 counts of fraud, involving the al...Published: 22 May 2025 at 09:19hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs a reset through an NTA to prepare for democratic transition
Zimbabwe is teetering on the brink. We are witnessing a nation sliding further into economic despair, political illegitimacy, and social disintegration. The alarm bells are ringing lou...Published: 18 May 2025 at 17:46hrs | 452 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Lyshanda Moyas crowned Miss Universe Zimbabwe 2025
Gweru's Lyshanda Moyas etched her name into the history books on Saturday night after being crowned Miss Universe Zimbabwe 2025 at a glittering ceremony held in the capital.The 26-year-old bea...Published: 18 May 2025 at 12:31hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
Is the Trabablas Interchange a monument to Zimbabwe's misplaced priorities and corruption?
Is Zimbabwe's so-called ‘spaghetti road' just another highway to corruption?The recent announcement by Zimbabwe's Ministry of Transport that the long-awaited Mbudzi Interchange - now curious...Published: 15 May 2025 at 08:08hrs | 389 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why Zimbabweans should worry about our relationship with Belarus
How is it that Zimbabwe consistently chooses to engage with questionable figures?President Emmerson Mnangagwa is in Minsk for a working visit, marking his third trip to Belarus since assuming ...Published: 12 May 2025 at 19:32hrs | 727 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Have our churches turned into sanctuaries for the corrupt?
Have our churches become places where criminals go to cleanse their reputations and whitewash their activities?In Zimbabwe, we are witnessing a deeply troubling phenomenon - one that strikes a...Published: 09 May 2025 at 10:38hrs | 270 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Gonye retained as Zimbabwe Olympics Committee President after tight election
Thabani Gonye has been re-elected as the president of the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) following a closely contested election held Sunday afternoon at the Quadrennial General Meeting in Harare....Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:04hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime making blacks look bad in the eyes of the world
This is a painful article to write.There's a creeping shame that often grips me, deep and almost unspeakable. It rises whenever I hear former Rhodesians gloat, with a vindicated smirk,...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 14:26hrs | 1073 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Govt offers driver's licence, documents to motorists and public at ZITF
The Government of Zimbabwe has introduced a wide range of motorist and public services at the ongoing Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) 2025 in a move aimed at enhancing accessibility, reducing...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:25hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
What Is Independence Without Freedom? - UFP
Fellow Zimbabweans, our nation marks 45 years of independence, a moment that should be cause for pride, joy and celebration. But I come before you not by ...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 13:49hrs | 734 | by UFP
Bulawayo cycling couple returns after 13 300km across Africa
After an extraordinary, months-long cycling expedition spanning the African continent, Zimbabwean adventurers Thando Tshuma and Vusumuzi Mnkandla are finally on the home stretch of their awe-inspiring...Published: 17 Apr 2025 at 13:48hrs | 11437 | by Staff reporter
JOC blocks ZANU-PF ex-MP, Tongaat Hullets' farmers eviction ploy
Members of the Joint Operation Command (JOC) in Masvingo withdrew and crippled an attempt by former ZANU-PF Chiredzi West legislator and central committee member, Farai Dumo Musikavanhu who in conniva...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 10:37hrs | 2183 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole recently in Chiredzi
How to start a small tutoring business in Zimbabwe
STARTING a tutoring business in Zimbabwe might sound like an easy hustle - print a flyer, post an advert on WhatsApp and you are in business. However, digging into the numbers and realities, it become...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:45hrs | 177 | by Tawanda Musarurwa
From the classroom to the coaching room: Thato Ncube's inspiring journey to life transformation
In a world where many are silently battling inner conflicts and negative beliefs, Certified Life Transformation Coach Thato Ncube has emerged as a beacon of hope and healing. A former educator turned ...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 08:51hrs | 318 | by Staff writer
Harare teacher fined US$200 for assaulting learner
A 35-year-old Harare teacher, Brian Muza, has been fined US$200 after he was convicted of assaulting a 12-year-old student at ZRP Support Unit College in Chikurubi, an incident that left the learner w...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 12:52hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
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