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Govt revokes mining licence near school
The Government has cancelled the operating licence of a gold mining company that had been carrying out gold leaching activities near the newly built US$600,000 Globe and Phoenix Primary School in Kwek...Published: 06 Sep 2025 at 20:12hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Machakaire fingers Zanu-PF bigwigs in drug smuggling scandal
Youth Empowerment and Development Minister and ZANU-PF politburo member, Tinomudaishe Machakaire, has made explosive claims that some senior party officials are involved in drug smuggling and distribu...Published: 06 Sep 2025 at 20:11hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sits on damning Harare corruption report
Two months after President Emmerson Mnangagwa received the Justice Cheda Commission of Inquiry report into alleged corruption and financial mismanagement at Town House, no action has been taken, raisi...Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 13:17hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
Is China's red carpet for Mnangagwa a thank you for allowing Chinese companies to plunder our natural resources?
My late father used to warn me: be careful, for those who act as your friends may, in fact, be using you.When President Emmerson Mnangagwa takes his place among world leaders at China's Grand ...Published: 01 Sep 2025 at 16:09hrs | 425 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Caps United fans turn on coach
Fury erupted at Rufaro Stadium yesterday as angry Caps United fans hurled missiles onto the pitch and confronted coach Ian Bakala following a crushing 3-1 home defeat to ZPC Kariba that dragged the Gr...Published: 01 Sep 2025 at 05:57hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
False murder reports spark panic
Norton residents were thrown into panic this week following the circulation of false reports claiming multiple arrests in connection with the recent gruesome murders in the town. Hundreds of residents...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:21hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter
Warriors face midfield crisis
Michael Nees has named his 24-man Warriors squad for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Benin and Rwanda, but serious midfield problems threaten to derail Zimbabwe's campaign before a ball is k...Published: 29 Aug 2025 at 05:59hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe risks missing out on AfCFTA gains
Zimbabwe is at risk of missing out on the vast opportunities of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as bureaucratic delays stall the gazetting of tariffs and rules of origin needed to unl...Published: 29 Aug 2025 at 05:57hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
SA steel tariff hikes threaten jobs
Proposed increases to 460 steel tariff codes are set to affect more than 16 000 traders and R51,5 billion (US$2,9 billion) worth of imports, sparking fears of job losses in South Africa's downstream s...Published: 29 Aug 2025 at 05:54hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents protest alleged sale of Youth Sports Field
Residents of New Lobengula in Bulawayo have expressed outrage over reports that a local youth sports field is being sold for development, warning the move could deprive young people of a safe recreati...Published: 28 Aug 2025 at 22:43hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's land and irrigation push sparks legal and corruption concerns
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday handed out "title deeds" to 10,000 A1 farmers and launched a US$2 billion irrigation programme, promising to transform small-scale farming into a climate-resilie...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 23:02hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Britain cosies up to Zimbabwe
In early June, Britain's Africa minister Lord Collins flew to Harare to meet Zimbabwe's octogenarian president, Emmerson Mnangagwa.The meeting in the capital city, which focused on trade betwe...Published: 26 Aug 2025 at 08:08hrs | 1715 | by Staff reporter
Police dismiss reports of arrest in Businessman's murder
Police have dismissed social media reports claiming that a suspect has been arrested in connection with the killing of businessman Mr Joseph Mutangadura, who was shot dead at his Ruwa home during a su...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 18:34hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Court orders Avenues clinic to restore radiology department
Baines Imaging Group (BIG) has won a major legal battle against The Avenues Clinic (Medical Investments Ltd) after the High Court granted a spoliation order compelling the hospital to restore the radi...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 18:32hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
AMH workers go 9 months without pay
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), publishers of NewsDay, Zimbabwe Independent and The Standard, has come under fire after going nine months without paying its employees, sparking outrage among journalists a...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 14:51hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho council accounts in shambles
The Tsholotsho Rural District Council (RDC) in Matabeleland North has been flagged by the Auditor General (AG) for failing to comply with International Accounting Standards (IAS) in its financial repo...Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 10:09hrs | 185 | by Staff rporter
Fresh land invasions rock Zvimba farm
A fresh wave of land invasions has hit Warwick Farm, a once-thriving agricultural estate on the shores of Lake Chivero in Zvimba district, with politically connected land barons accused of pegging and...Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 10:06hrs | 155 | by Staff rporter
Gweru City Council in financial scandal
A damning 2024 Auditor-General's report has exposed deep-seated financial mismanagement at Gweru City Council, revealing unreconciled bank variances amounting to ZWL$4,9 billion, missing asset records...Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 08:41hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Cyberbullying Case Pits Prophet Java Against Dancehall Star Malloti
HARARE - Controversial cleric Prophet Passion Java has filed a cyberbullying complaint against socialite and dancehall personality Millicent Tsitsi Chimonyo, popularly known as Malloti, who is expecte...Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 00:25hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Mutapa blocks ZCDC diamond sale
Zimbabwe's state-owned diamond miner, the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), has been plunged into a deeper financial crisis after its sole shareholder, the Mutapa Investment Fund (MIF), ve...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 08:25hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Kemi Badenoch is bad enough: Thanks to Socialist East Germany: GDR!
I was about 22 years old when I landed in East Germany on scholarship to study metallurgy. To put everything into context, I was facilitated with a Zapu PF scholarship to study in East Germany, a soci...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 17:10hrs | 388 | by Nomazulu Thata
Nurse injured on duty, betrayed by Mnangagwa's govt
Progress Muzuva, a nurse at Bikita Rural Hospital in Masvingo province, remains bedridden and without adequate medical care or compensation seven years after suffering serious injuries inflicted by a ...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 08:54hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bush shrines, open-air worship raise health fears
City of Bulawayo officials have warned that open-air worship and bush shrines are fuelling environmental and public health risks in Bulawayo, with fears of disease outbreaks due to open defecation and...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 08:37hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Magunje cement plant licence sparks corruption fears
Government officials have raised alarm over the controversial licensing of a Chinese-owned cement plant in Magunje, Mashonaland West, amid allegations of corruption, regulatory breaches, and community...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 08:29hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
5 arrested after armed robbery spree
Five men have been arrested in connection with a violent string of armed robberies that left residents of Bulawayo's Killarney suburb living in fear. Armed with machetes, knives, and even medieval-sty...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 19:39hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
University of Zimbabwe to release results
The Association of University Teachers (AUT) has launched a scathing attack on the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), accusing the institution's leadership of academic fraud, governance failures, and trampl...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 13:26hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Fresh displacement looms under Tugwi-Mukosi development plan
A new wave of forced displacements is set to strike Chivi and Masvingo Rural districts, with over 17,000 people-estimated to be from 3,652 households-expected to be relocated under the Government's Tu...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 13:24hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
National Sports Stadium renovations lag
Government is scrambling to complete renovations at the National Sports Stadium amid fears that Zimbabwe's senior men's national football team could once again be forced to play their remaining 2026 W...Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 10:11hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Biti demands judicial inquiry into Trabablas Interchange project
Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has called for a forensic audit and the establishment of a judicial commission of inquiry into the staggering US$114 million cost of the newly commissioned Trababla...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 18:18hrs | 622 | 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 | 218 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbery spree grips Bulawayo
A chilling wave of armed robberies has shaken Zimbabwe's second-largest city, with four shops - including three Sai Mart outlets and one Hamara store - hit in a string of co-ordinated attacks that hav...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 21:00hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
'Cars bribes' for war vets scandal deepens
Tempers are flaring within a faction of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) as reports emerge of a planned vote of no confidence against the association's leader, Andrea...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 11:15hrs | 387 | 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
Private companies drawing water from Kalope Dam condemned
Communities in Hwange have raised serious concerns over mining companies extracting water from Kalope Dam, warning that the practice threatens to cause severe water shortages for locals who rely on th...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 09:23hrs | 139 | 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 | 483 | 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
Teacher under fire for collecting learners' saliva
A teacher at Mushavhi Secondary School in Bikita has sparked outrage among parents and learners after allegedly asking an entire class to spit on sheets of paper during a lesson, raising serious conce...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:10hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
UZ students cry foul over 'ghost' module
Final-year postgraduate social work students at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) have raised alarm after completing a module without attending a single lecture or writing a formal examination, sparking...Published: 20 Jul 2025 at 09:14hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Council ropes in Mnangagwa
Amid escalating losses and allegations of deep-rooted corruption, Harare City Council has turned to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office to intervene in the stalled acquisition of a critical Enterpri...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 21:01hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa loyalists plot Constitutional changes to block Chiwenga
Loyalists of President Emmerson Mnangagwa are reportedly working behind the scenes to push for changes to Zimbabwe's Constitution and Zanu-PF's leadership structures in a controversial bid to extend M...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 08:49hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
Land barons uses 'lawfare' against City of Harare
More than 144 sites in Harare have been illegally occupied by land barons, forcing the city council to seek recourse through the courts, Parliament heard on Monday.The capital has witnessed a ...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 19:08hrs | 190 | by STaff reporter
Illegal miners threaten Bulawayo infrastructure projects
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has raised alarm over the escalating invasion of its Khumalo gravel pit by illegal gold miners, warning that the activities of these panners threaten to derail critical...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 07:43hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fears HIV setbacks despite global praise
Zimbabwe has earned widespread international praise for its achievements in the fight against HIV, with the latest UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2025 placing the country among a selec...Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 21:49hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold makes currency history
Welcome Mavingire, managing consultant at INTELLEGO Investment Consultants, has hailed the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency's recent stability as the longest sustained period for a domestic currency in th...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 08:10hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Fake Red Cross first aid certificates flood black market
Criminal syndicates are allegedly selling fake Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) first aid certificates in a countrywide scam that the humanitarian organisation has described ...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:50hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Harare doctor embroiled in NEC Medical control wrangle
A leading Harare-based medical practitioner, Dr. Billy Rigava, stands accused of attempting to retain control of the National Employment Council (NEC) for the Medical and Allied Industry by allegedly ...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:35hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
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 | 3060 | by Edmund Kudzayi
Dynamos set to re-sign former stars Mukamba and Mushure
Struggling Dynamos FC is gearing up for a mid-season boost as the club moves to re-sign former key players Denver Mukamba and Ocean Mushure in a bid to revive the squad and stave off relegation fears....Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 08:51hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Sugar stocks exceed national demand
Zimbabwe's leading sugar producers, Hippo Valley Estates and Triangle, have moved to allay fears of shortages and price hikes, assuring the nation that local sugar stocks are more than adequate to mee...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 08:25hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
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