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Billiat, Chikuhwa flops at Scottland FC
What a difference a year makes for Khama Billiat and Lynoth "Sonjy" Chikuhwa. Once feared goal scorers in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League, the duo now find themselves struggling for form at Sco...Published: 16 hrs ago | 646 | by Staff reporter
Zinara moves to equip, fuel road authorities
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) has announced a bold new initiative to directly equip road authorities with essential resources to fast-track road maintenance and eliminate the cost...Published: 16 hrs ago | 101 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe losing billions in tax revenue to informal sector'
Zimbabwe is losing between US$7.5 billion and US$8 billion in potential tax revenue every year due to the dominance of its informal sector, according to new estimates by the African Development Bank (...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 14:22hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Mutare unveils ambitious water project
The City of Mutare is set to establish a wholly council-owned water utility company aimed at improving service delivery, addressing decades-old infrastructure challenges, and ensuring a sustainable an...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 12:35hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Timber shortage hits Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is grappling with a serious timber shortage that has left the local market heavily reliant on imports from neighbouring countries, particularly South Africa, as deep-rooted challenges continu...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 07:39hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
EU Warns Zimbabwe
The European Union (EU) has issued a stark warning to Zimbabwe, urging the government to implement urgent reforms to strengthen the rule of law, combat corruption, and ensure policy predictability. Wi...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 12:31hrs | 877 | by Staff reporter
AfDB flags Zimbabwe's annual financing gap
Zimbabwe will require more than US$3.7 billion annually to meet its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, according to a new economic outlook report released by the African Development Bank (A...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 09:25hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
No water from the tap. They're asked to pay a tax anyway
HARARE, ZIMBABWE - The cholera outbreak that swept through Zimbabwe in 2008-2009 killed more than 4,000 people and sickened nearly 100,000. Parts of Harare and its surrounding suburbs were especially ...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 10:02hrs | 445 | by Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe
Farmers urged to adopt cluster farming
Farmers in Mwenezi East, Masvingo province, have been encouraged to adopt cluster farming as a strategy to increase production, enhance food security, and generate export-ready surplus grain.T...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 08:04hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
Failure to invest in youth sexual health could cost Zimbabwe $3.6bn
A new report by UNAIDS reveals that Zimbabwe stands to save billions of dollars by investing in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services targeted at young people. The study, titled Th...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 18:36hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Zesa rebundling begins
Mutapa Investment Fund (MIF) has initiated the process of rebundling ZESA Holdings, aiming to streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and reduce costs within Zimbabwe's struggling electricity secto...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:21hrs | 7328 | by Staff reporter
Ncube warns against Zanu-PF factionalism
Midlands Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister, Owen Ncube, has issued a stern warning to Zanu-PF members in the province, cautioning them against using the ongoing cell verification exercise to ...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:25hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's businesses sound alarm over volatile ZiG
Zimbabwe's business leaders have expressed deep concern over the persistent volatility of the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency, warning that ongoing instability is crippling industrial growth and eroding ...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 11:21hrs | 1072 | 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 | 175 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF cell verification attendance plummets
The ruling Zanu-PF party is facing growing signs of waning popularity in Mashonaland West, with low turnout reported in several districts during an ongoing cell verification exercise - a key process a...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 09:00hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves to reform public medicine supply system
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has embarked on a sweeping reform process aimed at resolving medicine shortages at public hospitals, despite the country's main pharmaceutical distributor, NatPha...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 11:03hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe removed from global hunger hotspot list
Zimbabwe has been removed from the global list of hunger hotspots, a major development signalling early signs of recovery from the catastrophic El Nino-induced drought that gripped the region over the...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 07:01hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt eyes Harare-like probe in Bulawayo
The Commission of Inquiry into the Harare City Council has completed its year-long probe and handed its findings to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, with government now hinting at the expansion of simila...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:33hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Water barons exploit Bulawayo's deepening water crisis
Unscrupulous individuals in Bulawayo are taking advantage of the city's worsening water crisis by selling scarce water at high prices and charging extra fees for delivery to desperate residents unable...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:03hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Detours are currently being constructed along Bulawayo - Victoria Falls Road
The Government has named five local contractors who have commenced work on the rehabilitation of the vital Bulawayo - Victoria Falls Road, a 435-kilometre highway crucial for tourism and regional trad...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:38hrs | 46 | 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 | 731 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road rehab begins without official tender winners
Preparations for the long-awaited rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road are now at an advanced stage, with detours under construction to maintain traffic flow during the works.The...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 08:37hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Air Force crisis exposed
In August 2021, President Emmerson Mnangagwa experienced a harrowing emergency when his VIP helicopter crash-landed at a farm in Sandringham, approximately 64 kilometres southwest of Harare. The incid...Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 16:29hrs | 2247 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza Mayor vows to tackle sewer crisis
Chitungwiza Mayor Rosaria Mangoma has declared solving the town's long-standing sewerage problems as her legacy goal, as she rallies support under the African Mayoral Leadership Initiative (AMALI) to ...Published: 31 May 2025 at 13:42hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Refineries under threat as RBZ gulps more forex
Zimbabwe's biggest mining companies have sounded alarm bells over the potential suspension of crucial expansion projects - including refineries valued at over US$432 million - following the Reserve Ba...Published: 30 May 2025 at 12:18hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-Zambia scramble to revive US$5bn power project
More than three decades after it was first proposed, the Batoka Gorge Hydropower Project is back in the spotlight as Zimbabwe and Zambia renew efforts to revive the long-stalled US$5 billion energy ve...Published: 29 May 2025 at 13:22hrs | 3815 | by Staff reporter
Journalists barred from Mnangagwa's cookout
Journalists from various media outlets were on Sunday barred from fully covering the national cookout competitions hosted by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa in Beitbridge.Reporters said Mnangagw...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:21hrs | 248 | 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
Bulawayo needs US$40,000 to repair refuse trucks
The Bulawayo City Council has revealed it requires approximately US$38,900 to repair 13 broken-down refuse compactor trucks, a critical factor contributing to ongoing challenges in waste collection ac...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:22hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Deadly malaria outbreak hits Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is currently grappling with a deadly malaria outbreak, with a recent report from an international organisation warning that the country's ability to contain fatalities has been severely hampe...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:09hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Zimparks infrastructure in bad state
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) has raised alarm over the deteriorating state of its infrastructure, warning that the situation is severely affecting domestic tourism a...Published: 20 May 2025 at 10:21hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Midlands quashes bed bug fears
A surge of anxiety has spread across Redcliff, Kwekwe and Gweru as social media posts raised fears of a bedbug outbreak, following a confirmed infestation in Mbare, Harare.But local authoritie...Published: 19 May 2025 at 09:25hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe launches Presidential Emergency Medical Scheme
The Government of Zimbabwe has launched the Presidential Emergency Medical Scheme in Mutasa District, Manicaland Province, in a major effort to improve healthcare delivery in rural communities. The of...Published: 17 May 2025 at 18:01hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's trade deficit widens by 28%
Zimbabwe's trade deficit ballooned to US$543 million in the first quarter of 2025, marking a 28% increase from the US$424 million recorded during the same period last year, according to the latest fig...Published: 17 May 2025 at 14:01hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Rusape suspends engineer, cites incompetence
Rusape Town Council has resolved to suspend its Head of Engineering Department, Engineer Charles Chindenga, over allegations of incompetence. The decision, which was ratified during a special full cou...Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:15hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling takes toll on Zimbabwe economy
A sharp increase in smuggling and unregulated imports is intensifying illicit financial flows (IFFs) in Zimbabwe, severely undermining the country's formal retail sector. Authorities have recently pro...Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:41hrs | 399 | by `
Ex-ZIPRA veterans, widows, and children demand return of seized properties
Former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) combatants, alongside widows and children of fallen fighters, have spent three cold nights camping on a piece of land in Chinhoyi, Mashonaland West,...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:46hrs | 655 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland MPs applaud rural industrialisation drive
Legislators from the Matebeleland region have expressed strong support for the government's emphasis on rural industrialisation, a key theme at this year's Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF). Ho...Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:56hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
Harare bed bugs resistant to insecticides
The Harare City Council is grappling with a persistent bed bug outbreak in Mbare, one of the capital's oldest and most densely populated suburbs, as efforts to fumigate affected areas continue to face...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 17:37hrs | 1283 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South crippled by poor roads, media blackout
Matebeleland South province is grappling with serious developmental hurdles due to a deteriorating road network and inadequate radio and television connectivity, the newly-appointed Minister of State ...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:36hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo parks an eyesore
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is struggling to maintain the city's once-vibrant parks and recreational areas due to persistent water supply challenges, a senior council official has revealed....Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 08:23hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's mineral revenues decline despite volume surge
Zimbabwe's mining sector delivered a mixed performance in the first quarter of 2025, with mineral export volumes registering notable growth, but overall revenues falling sharply. This is according to ...Published: 17 Apr 2025 at 07:34hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Brave security guards foil armed robbery
Two Real Star Security guards have been hailed as heroes after they bravely thwarted an armed robbery at a Petrotrade Service Station in Mabvuku early Thursday morning.Bhekimpilo Sibanda and I...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:42hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF spends big on Glen View by-election
Independent candidate Tungamirai Madzokere says he remains confident of victory in the Glen View South parliamentary by-election today, despite what he described as Zanu-PF's attempt to woo voters wit...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:51hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe community radios in financial distress
Community radio stations in Zimbabwe are grappling with a sustainability crisis due to chronic under-funding, weak financial management, and infrastructural shortcomings, the Parliamentary Committee o...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 08:55hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
'ZANU-PF War Vets League is superior to ZNLWVA,' says Mahiya
The ZANU-PF War Vets League is superior to the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), as the League is a bona fide organ of the party, which holds supremacy, Douglas Mahiya ha...Published: 24 Mar 2025 at 05:29hrs | 1563 | by Staff reporter
Zapu bemoans Zimbabwe's ailing health sector
The recent death of uGogo Rose Nyathi, "a Bulawayo celebrity, human rights activist, and informal comedian", who was laid to rest at Lady Stanley Cemetery highlighted some of the anomalies in our heal...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 13:06hrs | 417 | by Dr Themba Bulle, ZAPU Deputy Secretary for Health and Welfare
Zimbabwe claims strides in civil, political reforms
Zimbabwe has made significant strides in enhancing civil and political rights, with key legislative reforms aligning national laws with the Constitution, according to the country’s Deputy Minister o...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 11:22hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dams remain critically low since Independence
Despite this year's above-normal rainfall season, Bulawayo could still face extended periods without water, with the local authority warning of a potential crisis that could rival some of the worst in...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:17hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe eyes new steel ventures as Ziscosteel's demise remains unresolved
In a striking display of priorities, government and Zanu-PF officials are extolling new industrial projects while leaving unresolved the fate of Zimbabwe's once-proud steel manufacturer, Ziscosteel. O...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 14:52hrs | 1979 | by Staff reporter
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