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Govt vows to cancel non-performing road contracts

The Government has issued a stern warning to underperforming road contractors, declaring that it will not hesitate to terminate contracts for companies failing to deliver on agreed projects.Transport and Infrastructural Development Ministe…

Published: 11 Sep 2025 at 10:07hrs | | by Staff reporter

CCZ, govt launch QR code system

The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ), in partnership with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, has unveiled a new initiative to combat the rising threat of counterfeit goods in local markets.Speaking at the Consumer Affairs and Anti-Co…

Published: 24 Aug 2025 at 19:24hrs | | by Staff reporter

Lies about injured nurse exposed

Government claims of supporting an injured rural nurse have been exposed as misleading after the nurse, Progress Muzuva, produced receipts and medical records showing she has been paying her own medical bills for years.Muzuva sustained fra…

Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 11:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

Matabeleland North embarks on waste water infrastructure overhaul

Urban councils in Matabeleland North have initiated a comprehensive programme to modernise waste water treatment and reticulation systems as part of efforts to improve environmental safety and drive socio-economic development through infra…

Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:56hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt fiddles while UZ burns

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has suspended six students accused of mobilising their peers to participate in a protest against the institution's administration, as the ongoing lecturers' strike continues to disrupt learning at the countr…

Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF pushes for law criminalising govt criticism

Ruling party ZANU-PF legislators are doubling down on calls to criminalise criticism of government shortcomings, reigniting concerns over shrinking democratic space and rising authoritarianism in Zimbabwe.This comes as ZANU-PF Member of Pa…

Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Matabeleland North govt offices relocate to Lupane

Heads of government departments in Matabeleland North have reportedly moved their offices from Bulawayo to Lupane, the region's administrative centre, as part of a broader initiative to decentralise government services.Since independence i…

Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:42hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter

Genocide govt shifts gukurahundi probe to closed-door private testimonies

The government has abruptly altered the investigative framework and methodology for the upcoming state-sponsored probe into the Gukurahundi genocide, replacing an open public testimonial approach with a closed-door private witness testimon…

Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt squeezes miners for more forex

 Zimbabwe's mining industry is facing increased strain as government departments intensify demands for miners to pay taxes and fees in foreign currency-on top of the mandatory 30% surrender of export earnings-further squeezing the sec…

Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:48hrs | | by Staff reporter

Government contractors warned against dishonesty

The Zimbabwe Construction and Allied Trades Workers Union (ZCATWU) has called on government contractors to stop abusing delayed payments from the Treasury as a justification for poor performance and disruptions in the construction industry…

Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 10:41hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter

South Africa based Ndebele king claimant responds to Zimbabwe govt

The office of King Bulelani Lobengula kaMzilikazi has called for calm and constructive dialogue following criticism from Zimbabwean government officials over the monarch's recent visit to Bulawayo.In a statement issued on Sunday, the South…

Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:44hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt acts on Cloverdale land dispute

The government has put an end to the protracted land ownership dispute over the Cloverdale area in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East province, by confirming that the 250-hectare piece of land belongs to Glorious Properties, a land development co…

Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

Over 1,000 national youth service graduates offered govt jobs

The Zimbabwean government has confirmed that over a thousand graduates from the controversial National Youth Service programme are set to be absorbed into public institutions, sparking fresh debate over the political undertones of the init…

Published: 09 Apr 2025 at 22:02hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter

Govt distances itself from school fundraising directive

The government has disassociated itself from a directive ordering schools in Gweru district to observe mandatory civic days to raise funds for Independence Day celebrations.This follows the circulation of a letter on Tuesday instructing al…

Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 18:51hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt allocates urban stands to war veterans

The Government has commenced the allocation of urban stands to war veterans as part of its broader strategy to promote social justice and address historical imbalances. This initiative, spanning the country's ten provinces, aims to provide…

Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Govt funded SADC Summit with BEAM fees,' Minister

In a clear sign of extreme negligence, modern generational betrayal and gross breach of children's rights to education, details have emerged that the government diverted millions (US$) meant for Basic Education Assistance Model (BEAM) prog…

Published: 02 Feb 2025 at 11:38hrs | 9014 | by Gideon Madzikatidze recently in Mhondoro

German government collapses

Germany's 'traffic-light' coalition has fallen apart, leaving Olaf Scholz at the helm of a minority government consisting solely of his Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Greens. This follows the chancellor's dismissal of Free Democrati…

Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chilonga villagers wary of govt 'reorganisation

The Zimbabwean government has reaffirmed its commitment to the controversial Chilonga lucerne project, clarifying that the evictions of over 1,000 families remain an integral part of its plans, now framed as a "reorganisation." This shift …

Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 14:04hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter

Chitungwiza awaits govt signal on Magaya project

Acting town clerk Japson Nemuseso of Chitungwiza has announced that the municipality is awaiting further instructions from the government regarding a new service delivery project led by Wistmer Investments, a company associated with Prophe…

Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 10:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt tight-lipped over teachers' salary demands

The government has yet to respond to teachers' demands for better salaries and improved working conditions, as educators prepare to declare incapacitation when schools reopen for the third term on September 10. The term will run until Dece…

Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 07:57hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt fears civil unrest

The Government has issued a stern warning to political groups, politicians, and certain civil society organizations against orchestrating disruptive activities aimed at creating chaos in the country. Acting Minister of Home Affairs and Cul…

Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt, Harare council on collision course

Harare City councillors are potentially clashing with the Government over the forced transfer of Dr. Funny Machipisa, Deputy Director of Human Services in the Department of Housing and Community Services, to another department. Dr. Machipi…

Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:13hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa government's game of darkness

NOW, if you put President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Mthuli Ncube and Kuda David Mnangagwa-the Finance minister and deputy minister, respectivelyâ€”what will you get?Correct. Darkness. Lots of darkness. Not because naughty Zesa will switch the li…

Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:30hrs | 4 | by Tawanda Majoni

Schools defy Mnangagwa govt directive

Some rogue schools, including some in the public sector, are defying a clearly stipulated Government directives banning the exclusive charging of fees in foreign currency and forcing parents as well as guardians to pay for extra lessons.In…

Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt fails to pay road contractors

SOME construction companies have been forced to abandon road rehabilitation works along the Beitbridge to Harare and Beitbridge to Bulawayo roads over outstanding payments owed by the government.Southern Eye heard that some of the contract…

Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 10:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Nevers Mumba hits back at Zimbabwe govt

SADC Expresses concern on statements made about its Electoral Observation Mission in Zimbabwe and the personal attacks to its Head of SEOM following the release of its Preliminary Statement on Zimbabwe Harmonised Elections 26 August 2023, …

Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 19:31hrs | 2 | by Nevers Mumba

Mnangagwa's govt to offload 49% POSB stake

GOVERNMENT has put a 29% stake in the People's Own Savings Bank (POSB) for sale as the bank's partial privatisation exercise gets underway.The private placement will be followed by an initial public offering of up to 20% shareholding of th…

Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Retailers defy Mnangagwa's government

SOME big supermarkets in Bulawayo are now exclusively charging certain goods and products in foreign currency and using the black-market rate for currency conversions in defiance of Government monetary policy.Retail outlets such as OK Zimb…

Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Govt revises target from 220 000 to 1 million housing units by 2025

The government has revised from 220 000 to 1 million the target it had set to build housing units and related social amenities by 2025 following the tremendous progress that it has made across the country.Information, Publicity and Broadca…

Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt tables paltry offer for civil servants

THE National Joint Negotiation Council (NJNC) meeting held yesterday failed to yield positive results for civil servants after the Zimbabwe Congress of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) rejected the government salary offer which it descr…

Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter

Govt schools use parallel rate

WOES continue to mount on inflation-ravaged parents as government schools defy a ministry directive to peg school fees for the first term next year on the prevailing interbank rate.The Primary and Secondary Education ministry directed that…

Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:12hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Govt to recruit 7 000 teachers

The GOVERNMENT will recruit an additional 7 000 teachers next year to enhance the delivery of quality education, with special focus on infant education.In the 2023 National Budget tabled in Parliament on Thursday, Finance and Economic Deve…

Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Anti-Mnangagwa vapostori fined US$18 each

THIRTY-FOUR Apostolic sect congregants who were on trial facing charges of staging an anti-government protest over the country's political and economic crises were yesterday fined $12 000 (about US$18) each after clocking more than five mo…

Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt lacks spine

THE Zanu-PF government is at long last trying to get back to the basics on its initial promises at Independence in 1980, reintroducing a minimum wage.However, questions will continue to linger if this is not another campaign gimmick as the…

Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu

Zimbabwe govt must introduce social safety nets for unpaid care givers

VENDORS Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (Viset) is part of a steering committee working group on unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW).The working group is convened by the Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe in collaboration wit…

Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Viset

Mnangagwa should act on 'devious saboteurs' in government

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa would like to make us believe that there are some "devious saboteurs" out there who are busy making sure that everything goes wrong in the Zimbabwean economy, conspicuously turning a blind eye to the shenanigan…

Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt quakes over looming strike

PUBLIC Service minister Paul Mavima yesterday pleaded with civil servants not to abandon salary negotiations fearing a full-blown strike beginning next week."At this particular point in time, they should not abandon the National Joint Nego…

Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Stop govt, Zanu-PF conflation

WHILE corruption and misgovernance have a bearing on the chaos at most parastatals, the main problem is plunder of money and other resources at these institutions by the ruling Zanu-PF party and fatcats in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's go…

Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:58hrs | | by Mukunda Chitova

Zimbabwe govt puts space barons on notice

THE Harare Metropolitan province yesterday announced plans to set up a taskforce targeting space barons and businesses operating without permits.The taskforce will comprise the police, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, National Social Securi…

Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

There is no winner in every war

MORE than 100 days have passed since Russia invaded Ukraine and the conflict seems far from over. Civilians are undoubtedly the biggest victims.It seems the protagonists have abandoned diplomacy to end the war. Questions are being raised o…

Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Terrence Mwedzi

Why the diaspora cannot vote

THE Constitution of Zimbabwe states that citizens who have reached the age of 18 years may vote.However, section (23) of the Electoral Act suggests that for citizens to register to vote, they must fulfil the residency requirement for regis…

Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Election Resource Centre

Mnangagwa conflating party, govt business

ADDRESSING a Zanu-PF meeting recently, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said: "All those who don't have IDs must come together and you get their names to the councillor so they get IDs â€¦ I am saying this as the most senior member in the cell…

Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 13 | by Kennedy Kaitano

Mnangagwa's govt urges SA based Zimbabweans to come back home

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has urged Zimbabweans who sought economic refuge in South Africa and are now under attack by xenophobia-crazed locals to return home claiming the country's economy grown so well it can now accommod…

Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Govt must take care of youths

ECONOMIC Justice for Women Project (EJWP) joins Zimbabwe in commemorating the National Youth Day, a day meant to celebrate the efforts made by young people in building the country.The theme for this year is.The youth in Zimbabwe constitute…

Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:53hrs | 10 | by EJWP

Government to build flats in Cowdray Park

BARELY a month after availing land for over 500 stands, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has already identified more land that will see the development of flats in Cowdray Park and more residential stands in other areas in a bid to augment …

Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:54hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe braces for new Covid-19 variant

The GOVERNMENT has set in motion an intensive Covid-19 mass vaccination blitz to thwart the looming threat of the recently discovered omicron variant which threatens to plunge the country into a fresh wave of the coronavirus pandemic ahead…

Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:47hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Govt sets up farm mechanisation hubs

The GOVERNMENT has begun setting up provincial farm mechanisation hubs to provide tillage, harvesting and logistics support to farmers during the 2021/2022 summer cropping season.The Agricultural Finance Company Holding's (AFC) leasing arm…

Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Govt snubs cheaper donor-funded jabs

IN an eyebrow-raising development, the Zimbabwean government, battling the Covid-19 pandemic, has been purchasing expensive Chinese vaccines while overlooking doses supplied at cheaper prices under the Gavi Alliance platform meant to benef…

Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:32hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Govt must have a plan to rescue jobless graduates

Education used to be a ticket to a better life in Zimbabwe. Life was better when one was  educated, one could afford a house and a middle income lifestyle.But this has changed over the last two decades, with university students now ma…

Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:04hrs | | by Evans Mathanda

Govt fumes over 'dead' council projects

GOVERNMENT has said it is working tirelessly to resurrect "dead projects" and recover abused public funds which it will channel towards developmental projects in the capital, Harare.Harare has abandoned several projects despite receiving f…

Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter

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Six Dead, 40 Injured in Harare–Mukumbura Road Bus Crash

No to 2030 extension

Police confirm Bulawayo-Beitbridge road accident

Zimbabwe loans ARVs to Botswana, donates portion in regional health solidarity

Govt to launch Responsible Mining Initiative amid worsening land degradation

MP Mhangwa urges govt to cut LPG Import Bill through local gas substitution

Man dies in bicycle accident

Relegation-threatened Bosso players boycott training

Pavillon bus involved in a serious accident

Tragedy in Mt Darwin as cow falls into well, killing young woman

Zimbabwe announces strict enforcement of axle load limits

Zanu-Pf, Eureka Mine unleash violence on artisinal miners

Church Leaders Unite to Tackle Africa's Social Crises at Landmark Summit

Minister to Lead Sanitation Awareness Drive in Guruve Amid Open Defecation Concerns*

BCC launch blitz on traffic laws violator

Gray Hair: Nature’s Warning Signal or Cancer Shield?

'Power cut at Parly during SONA was deliberate'

MPs Push for Service Charge Relief for Elderly Amid Lack of National Policy

Zimbabwean agitator deported from Tanzania

Zimbabwean national arrested in Khayelitsha

Push for unity among Ndebele Royal claimants

Herentals to play 3 home games behind closed doors

Zimbabwe to give Zambia more water at Kariba

ZRP disciplines cops over viral video

Matobo rocked by corrupt and dubious land grab

Mnangagwa launches AI-powered smart silos in Mutare

No justification for bread price increases

Teen girl raped twice by cousin during babysitting sleepover

Teen remanded over blanket, shoe theft

Bulawayo hits Starlink capacity