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US mulls curbs on Zimbabwean delegation at UNGA
The Trump administration already has denied visas for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and his large delegation to attend a high-level U.N. meeting this month and is now considering ramping up restric...Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 07:38hrs | 815 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa endorsed for 'life presidency'
A traditional leader from Manicaland has landed in hot water after endorsing President Emmerson Mnangagwa for a "life presidency," reigniting concerns over chiefs' involvement in partisan politics....Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 07:12hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Tollgate evaders cost Zimbabwe millions
Zimbabwe is losing millions of dollars annually to toll fee evasion, a development lawmakers say threatens the sustainability of the nation's road infrastructure.During a debate in the Nationa...Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 06:55hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Rotten beef bust in Bulawayo
Bulawayo health authorities have destroyed more than 700 kilograms of beef, including meat sourced from a major fast-food chain and a city police station, after it was deemed unwholesome and unfit for...Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 07:33hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plans overhaul of liberation war shrines abroad
Government will soon embark on a major facelift of liberation war heritage sites in neighbouring countries where thousands of Zimbabwe's fallen heroes lie in mass graves, many of them still unmarked....Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:30hrs | 41 | 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 | 420 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe GDP jumps 7%
Zimbabwe's economy registered strong growth in the second quarter of 2025, with gross domestic product (GDP) rising 7,01 percent compared to the previous quarter, according to figures released by the ...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 21:27hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Multiple ZIMRA checks on Beitbridge - Harare roads excessive
Cross-border traders have raised concerns over what they describe as excessive and duplicated inspections by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) and law enforcement along the Beitbridge - Harare hi...Published: 28 Aug 2025 at 22:29hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Business leaders demand crisis talks with Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe's business leaders are pressing for an urgent meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, warning that unresolved economic challenges require his direct intervention as ministries and regulato...Published: 28 Aug 2025 at 06:55hrs | 1061 | by Staff reporter
Localised food shortages hit several districts
Some districts in Zimbabwe are facing food shortages despite improved yields in the 2024/25 agricultural season, prompting government intervention.The shortages come after the devastating El N...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 06:06hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gags 'qethu' minister
Zanu-PF Matabeleland North province has issued a prohibition order against Bubi legislator and deputy minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development, Simelis...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 06:05hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records historic milk production milestone
Zimbabwe's dairy industry achieved a historic milestone in July, producing a record 10 million litres of milk—the highest monthly output in recent years.Figures released at the ongoing Zimba...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 05:56hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Public hearings on ZIMSEC amendment bill begin
The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education has launched public hearings on the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations (ZIMSEC) Amendment Bill, starting in Lupane today, with proce...Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 20:46hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is losing over US$6bn to illicit financial flows
Zimbabwe is losing an estimated US$6,15 billion to illicit financial flows (IFFs) between 2020 and 2025, a drain that experts say is depriving the country of critical resources needed for development....Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 06:01hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Bureaucracy fuels tender loopholes
The Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ) has raised alarm over weaknesses in the country's public procurement system, warning that bureaucratic loopholes are being exploited by "tenderp...Published: 24 Aug 2025 at 19:27hrs | 255 | 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....Published: 24 Aug 2025 at 19:24hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to tighten gun licensing
The Government of Zimbabwe has pledged to tighten gun licensing laws and crack down on criminals using illegal firearms, following growing concerns over a surge in gun-related murders.During W...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 14:52hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa delivers stark warning on SADC's economic weakness
In his final act as Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chairperson, President Emmerson Mnangagwa delivered a blunt critique of the regional bloc, warning that its failure to strengthen econ...Published: 18 Aug 2025 at 12:47hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest first suspect in Ruwa US$176,000 heist
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have made a breakthrough in the Ruwa unlawful entry case, arresting the first suspect linked to the theft of US$176,000.The incident, which occurred in early...Published: 18 Aug 2025 at 08:36hrs | 1564 | by Staff reporter
Harare water crisis reaches alarming levels
Residents in several parts of Harare, including Kuwadzana, have been left without clean water for over two weeks, highlighting the growing severity of the city's water crisis.The failure of th...Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 12:21hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Retired cop criticises Mnangagwa's govt
A RETIRED Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer has openly criticized the Government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa over its recent donation of welfare goods to Mozambique, arguing that the country'...Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 16:25hrs | 1782 | by Staff reporter
How Zimbabweans have been conditioned to celebrate regression as progress
Life in Zimbabwe is never easy; each day brings circumstances so far from normal that they are often hard to comprehend.As I sit in my house in Redcliff, I hear the unmistakable sound of a mun...Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 22:44hrs | 411 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Shell companies siphon US$450m from Zimbabwe, SA
A network of 23 shell companies operating between Zimbabwe and South Africa has been implicated in laundering US$450 million through illicit financial flows (IFFs), part of an estimated US$3 billion i...Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 14:22hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police tighten impounded vehicle release rules
Police say vehicles impounded for traffic offenses will now only be released to their registered owners as per official vehicle registry records, in a move aimed at improving road safety and accountab...Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 08:25hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
To be President is the highest job most Africans dream of
The best job an African dream of is to become a President: not medicine, not teaching, not becoming a university professor, not engineering or physicists, Chemists, social scientists or whatever. What...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 15:50hrs | 247 | by Nomazulu Thata
Sandra Ndebele funds 11 solar powered boreholes
A total of 11 solar-powered boreholes have been drilled in Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb to help alleviate the area's worsening water crisis, as residents in the high-density area continue to endure pro...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 12:06hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
US$0.597 billion paid by Zimbabwe Treasury unaccounted for
The latest report from Zimbabwe's Auditor General has exposed serious violations of public finance management laws, revealing that more than US$597 million in Treasury payments remain unaccounted for ...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 21:21hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's deteriorating roads and malfunctioning traffic lights
Bulawayo city councillors have expressed deep concern over the worsening state of roads and malfunctioning traffic lights, warning that the deteriorating infrastructure poses serious risks to motorist...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 14:31hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe retailers bank on 6% economic growth
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) says it expects consumer spending to rise this year, buoyed by the government's projected 6% economic growth, despite continued pressure on household inco...Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 08:53hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
ZBC appoints Sugar Chagonda as new CEO
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has appointed veteran corporate communications executive Sugar Chagonda as its new Chief Executive Officer, the national broadcaster's board announced yeste...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 11:59hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei delivers Epwotth to Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF has claimed a decisive victory in Harare's Epworth Ward 6 by-election, where its candidate, Civilised Bushe, secured 3,022 votes, leaving rivals trailing by a wide margin. MDC-T's Alice Nyahun...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 11:48hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF grabs Chinhoyi council seat
The ruling Zanu PF party has secured the Chinhoyi Ward 14 council seat in a by-election marred by low voter turnout and a boycott by the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC).Zanu PF ...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 11:18hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water passes quality test
About 95% of water samples collected from various points across Bulawayo have tested negative for faecal coliforms, while 78% met all safety standards for key parameters, including high coliform count...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 09:59hrs | 70 | by Staff reporter
Economists slam Mthuli Ncube's budget
Economists have sharply criticised Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's 2025 mid-term budget and economic review, accusing the government of failing to deliver the structural reforms needed to address Zimb...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 09:59hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Custodial sentences, demerit system for Zimbabwe reckless drivers
Drivers responsible for fatal accidents could soon face custodial sentences, while serial traffic violators may have their licenses suspended or revoked under new, more stringent measures being consid...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 09:57hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
1 in 5 Zimbabwean infants receive exclusive breastfeeding
As the world observes World Breastfeeding Week from August 1 to 7, Nutrition Action Zimbabwe (NAZ) has raised alarm over the country's sharply declining exclusive breastfeeding rates, warning of a loo...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 10:11hrs | 37 | 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 | 632 | 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
ZANU-PF promises music after Epworth victory, as commissar loots
HARARE - Several disgruntled ZANU-PF supporters are up in arms with Harare provincial political commissar, Voyage Dambuza whom they are accusing of allegedly looting thousands (US$) meant for Epworth ...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 21:57hrs | 601 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Cash flow constraints hamper devolution funding
Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has attributed the government's failure to meet the constitutionally mandated five percent allocation of national revenue towards devolution to cash flow constr...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 18:29hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's GDP declines 1.73%
Zimbabwe's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by 1.73% to ZWG17.6 billion in the first quarter of 2025, down from ZWG17.9 billion recorded in the fourth quarter of 2024, the Zimbabwe National Sta...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 09:01hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe introduces digital title deeds
Homeowners, farmers, and businesses across Zimbabwe have been given a 24-month deadline to present their original title deeds to the Registrar of Deeds for verification, following a government announc...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 08:39hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec amendment bill, 2025 falls short of expectations
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council Amendment Bill, 2025, which seeks to amend the existing ZIMSEC Act [Chapter 25:18], fails to tackle the legislative gaps arising from changes and needs in the ...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 20:57hrs | 106 | by Obert Masaraure
MCAZ issues urgent warning
The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has sounded the alarm over the distribution of counterfeit Cloxacillin 250mg capsules, warning that the falsified antibiotics pose a significant thre...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 11:23hrs | 246 | 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 | 123 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's formal economy tanks
Zimbabwe's economy has become overwhelmingly informal, with the latest figures from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) revealing that 76% of business operations in the country are now i...Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 16:09hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
ZimStat confirms dominance of Zimbabwe's huge informal sector
The Zimbabwean economy is overwhelmingly dominated by informal micro-businesses, according to a preliminary report of the 2023 Economic Census released yesterday by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Ag...Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 09:32hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora slams Tagwirei's political ambitions
MDC-T President Douglas Mwonzora has launched a scathing attack on controversial businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei, branding him one of the worst politicians to emerge in recent times and accusing him o...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 17:41hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park residents drowning in sewage
Residents of Section 1A in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb say they are living in increasingly unbearable conditions as raw sewage floods their homes, a result of a crumbling drainage system that has l...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 13:25hrs | 313 | 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
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