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Authorities crack down on smuggling and fake goods
Authorities have intensified a nationwide crackdown on smuggling and consumer rights violations, inspecting 3,779 businesses across the country, prosecuting 419 offenders, and seizing more than 4,800 ...Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 10:46hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
BCC blitz uncovers 800 illegal shops in Bulawayo CBD
A recent crackdown by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) on lettable unit shops in the city's Central Business District (CBD) has revealed that about 800 out of more than 1 300 premises are operating wit...Published: 11 Aug 2025 at 08:40hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
RBZ's to unlock over US$1 billion in remittances
In a bold move to revive Zimbabwe's struggling economy, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has announced a plan to securitize diaspora remittances, aiming to transform predictable inflows into investa...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 18:36hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Chevron's shoddy performance blamed on regionalism, tribalism
In the aftermath of yet another dismal showing by Zimbabwe's senior men's cricket team, The Chevrons, a Harare-based lawyer has formally petitioned the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) to invest...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 10:21hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
How Mutare and Manicaland were annexed from the Portuguese
First - a tributeIn carrying out the background research I have been greatly impressed by the articles written by J.C. Barnes, who taught at Umtali Boys' High School and published both in Rhod...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 21:43hrs | 1079 | by Zimfieldguide
Harare Council closes 40 CBD buildings
The City of Harare has shut down 40 buildings in the Central Business District (CBD) for being constructed without approved building plans, as part of a broader compliance operation targeting building...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 13:08hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
FBC sees cautious recovery in Zimbabwe
Financial services firm FBC Securities says Zimbabwe's 2025 Mid-Year Budget and Economic Review points to a cautiously optimistic recovery trajectory, although tight fiscal and monetary conditions cou...Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 14:38hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Mbare is NOW the Heart Beat of Zimbabwe's Economy
In a country beset by economic challenges and political uncertainties, it is often in the most unexpected corners that we find resilience, innovation and growth. Mbare, a densely populated township in...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 23:42hrs | 450 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
President Lungu murdered by drug cartels in South Africa?
As we wait for the court proceedings regarding Advocate Chagwa Lungu's resting place, so many conspiracy theories are unfolding, some of which are unsettling. Before South African courts on the 4th of...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 19:32hrs | 2084 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe Govt Pension Fund acquires Monomotapa Hotel
Zimbabwe's largest hospitality group, African Sun Limited (ASL), has agreed to sell the historic Monomotapa Crowne Plaza Hotel and its adjacent car park to the Public Service Pension Fund in a deal va...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 12:18hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Harare Council crackdown leaves hundreds stranded
In a sweeping move aimed at restoring order in the central business district, the City of Harare has shut down hundreds of shops, launching an operation dubbed "Operation Restore Order." The crackdown...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 09:51hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Bindura neglects billing 1,598 households
Bindura Town Council has come under fire following revelations that it neglected to bill 1,598 households in the Garikai area for water services, resulting in a significant loss of revenue. The disclo...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 10:12hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Govt backs Bulawayo's Khumbul'Ekhaya Investment drive
The government has thrown its support behind Bulawayo's Khumbul'Ekhaya Investment initiative, a programme designed to attract both local and diaspora investors to help revive the city's struggling eco...Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 09:17hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube admits economy chaos
The government has admitted that companies in Zimbabwe often make more money operating outside the law than when complying with regulations, in a rare acknowledgement of a system that punishes honesty...Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 09:12hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Prosecutor General decries widespread corruption
Prosecutor-General Loyce Matanda-Moyo has issued a scathing condemnation of rampant corruption in Zimbabwe, warning that the scourge is robbing citizens of critical services and crippling national dev...Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 08:09hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt mulls fresh taxes
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday unveiled plans to impose new taxes, despite growing resistance from businesses and taxpayers who argue that Zimbabwe's current tax burden is already suffocating...Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 08:02hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Harare shuts down 121 businesses in CBD crackdown blitz
The Harare City Council has shut down 121 businesses in the central business district (CBD) in an intensified campaign targeting non-compliant operations. The crackdown, now in its second day, follows...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 18:46hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
90,000 Zimbabweans in SA apply for exemption permits
More than 90,000 Zimbabweans living in South Africa have applied for waivers to regularise their stay and avoid the threat of deportation, the Zimbabwe Community in South Africa has revealed. The disc...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 08:21hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Politburo convenes amid Tagwirei power struggle
As Zanu-PF's politburo convenes today, deepening tensions over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's succession have emerged, with the spotlight now firmly on the party's 2030 agenda. The high-stakes interna...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 12:27hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to host investment conference in Harare
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is today hosting the Khumbule' Khaya Investment Conference in Harare as part of efforts to attract investors to Zimbabwe's second-largest city, once known as the countr...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 09:43hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council's business clampdown
The Harare City Council (HCC) has launched a sweeping operation to shut down non-compliant businesses across the capital, as part of an aggressive campaign to enforce municipal by-laws and recover out...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 16:23hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Border Post traffic movement resumes
Cross-border traffic between Zimbabwe and South Africa resumed on Monday night following a temporary shutdown at the Beitbridge Port of Entry (PoE), after a liquefied petroleum (LP) gas tanker fell of...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 15:38hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council rot exposed
The Auditor-General has raised red flags over Harare City Council's financial records for the year 2021, citing major inconsistencies and missing documentation that hindered a proper audit of the city...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 08:35hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Mystery shrouds death of Headman Mapanzure's wife
The Mapanzure community in Nyajena has been left reeling in grief and confusion following the tragic and mysterious death of Lucy Chanhuwa (67), the wife of respected traditional leader Headman Mapanz...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 15:13hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
Mafume threatens action over Rufaro Stadium neglect
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has issued a blistering warning to council officials he accuses of deliberately undermining efforts to maintain Rufaro Stadium, threatening dismissals for those responsible f...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 11:22hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Zimta pokes holes into proposed Zimsec Act amendments
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) has criticised the proposed amendments to the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Act, arguing that they fall short of restoring credibility to ...Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 09:30hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Violence breaks out at Vumbachikwe Mine as panners fight over gold
Violence broke out at the Vumbachikwe Mine in Gwanda on Tuesday morning, where illegal gold panners who are now the order of the day were fighting over gold.Since the closure of the mine in No...Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 14:45hrs | 1012 | by Stephen Jakes
18 Zimbabwe prosecutors arrested for corruption charges
At least 18 public prosecutors stationed across Zimbabwe have been arrested on corruption-related charges, predominantly bribery and extortion, the country's Prosecutor-General, Justice Loice Matanda-...Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 09:22hrs | 402 | 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 | 369 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records surge in LPG consumption
Zimbabwe is experiencing a significant surge in Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) consumption, signalling a growing shift among households and small businesses towards cleaner and more affordable energy a...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 13:03hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political parties demand Gukurahundi genocide transparency
Political parties, mainly from Matabeleland, have formed a united alliance to intensify calls for transparency and accountability in the ongoing Gukurahundi hearings, expressing deep concerns over wha...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:31hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
EUZ president in soup over missing funds
The president of the Educators Union of Zimbabwe (EUZ), Tafadzwa Munodawafa, has been reported to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) amid allegations of embezzlement involving missing teac...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:17hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Plan to rebury war heroes in unmarked graves underway
The Government is drafting a landmark law to facilitate the exhumation, repatriation, and reburial of thousands of liberation war heroes who remain buried in unmarked mass graves across Zimbabwe and b...Published: 19 Jul 2025 at 09:10hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Catholic Zimbabwe faces critical shortage of Priests
The Catholic Church in Zimbabwe is grappling with a severe shortage of vocations to the priesthood, with the number of candidates enrolling at the country's only Major Seminary, Chishawasha, steadily ...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 20:58hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Transport Ministry publishes tender awards
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development this week published its first quarter notice of tender awards, outlining contracts awarded for road maintenance, construction works, equipment...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 14:48hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
RBZ exposes massive money laundering
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has unearthed large-scale illicit financial flows (IFFs) in the country's real estate and motor vehicle dealership sectors, revealing industrial-scale money launderi...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 14:40hrs | 1552 | by Staff reporter
Private hospitals to treat emergency cases regardless of payment
New legislation tabled in Parliament seeks to compel private hospitals to admit patients with life-threatening conditions for at least 48 hours-even if they cannot afford the services.The Medi...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 20:57hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
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 | 703 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ranks 2nd globally for HIV-related stigma
Zimbabwe has been ranked as having the second highest proportion of people living with HIV (PLHIV) who reported experiencing stigma while seeking health services, acco...Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 21:50hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Peter Dube's trial commences after years of delays
Once a prominent car dealer in Gweru, Peter Dube now stands accused in a high-profile murder trial that has captivated the nation since 2021. Dube is facing double murder charges and two counts of att...Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 08:33hrs | 1199 | by Staff reporter
Olinda Chapel's healthcare company loses tribunal case
A manager at a healthcare company has won an unfair dismissal case after being sacked just two days following her complaint that her boss's husband behaved in a sexually inappropr...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:41hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Sydney Gata is no hero
When US president Abraham Lincoln said that one can fool some people sometime, but one cannot fool all the people all the time, he forgot to add that Zanu-PF, as a stalwart, disciplined and principled...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:38hrs | 420 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Extra US$26m splashed on Trabablas raises stink
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube was grilled by legislators over concerns of excessive expenditure on the Trabablas Interchange project in Harare, with questions raised about the total cost and sources o...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:13hrs | 41 | 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 | 1265 | by Edmund Kudzayi
Zimbabwe asset managers shift away from equities
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe (SecZim) has called on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) to urgently work on recovering lost market share, amid revelations that local asset managers...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 09:15hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF turns party office into illegal night club
The Government has ordered the immediate closure of a Zanu-PF party office converted into a nightclub in Harare's Borrowdale area following mounting complaints from local residents over persistent noi...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 08:56hrs | 1322 | by Staff reporter
Trabablas Interchange cost US$114.3 million, not US$88m
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has revealed that the cost of the recently completed Trabablas Interchange in Harare was significantly higher than previously reported, confirming the total expenditure a...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 12:40hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi in global advocacy to address Gukurahundi
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has petitioned the United Nations (UN), seeking international intervention and support for justice over the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres in Zimbabwe's Matabeleland an...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 08:54hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Popular liquor chain closure linked to Zanu-PF wars
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has declined to comment on the abrupt closure of a popular liquor retail chain in Harare owned by a senior Zanu-PF youth leader, sparking a flurry of speculation...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 08:48hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for stealing 33 goats
A 36-year-old man from Hwajembwa Village under Chief Mutambara has been arrested in connection with the theft of 33 goats belonging to fellow villager Christian Zikiti, aged 53. The incident occurred ...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 14:29hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
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