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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: 5 hrs ago | 118 | by Staff reporter
Aids council focuses on street dwellers
PEOPLE living on the streets are recording a high default rate on antiretroviral treatment (ART), largely due to inconsistent access to medication and challenges in adhering to the treatment regimen, ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 209 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition needs reshuffle
MANY Zimbabweans are wondering how they can fit into a new political discourse as the hunger for political change wanes.The conflict requires realignment and recalibration.A robust, re...Published: 17 hrs ago | 476 | by Leonard Koni
An open letter to Chimhama: are you in South Africa?
Dear Madam Chimhama, I hope I find you well, daughter of the African soil!I am writing this letter because I am deeply concerned about your utterances of violence in your video yo...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 16:04hrs | 455 | by Nomazulu Thata
Harare among Africa's least liveable cities
The annual report, compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), measures cities based on stability, healthcare, education, infrastructure, and environment, key indicators that affect overall qua...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 13:14hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Harare to ban kombis, pirate taxis
The City of Harare has announced ambitious plans to ban commuter omnibuses (kombis) and pirate taxis (mishikashika) within the next three years, a move it says is part of efforts to transform the capi...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 07:41hrs | 869 | 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 | 663 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa kicks the can down the road
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, a key political ally instrumental in Ramaphosa's rise to the presidency in 2017, amid allegatio...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 08:02hrs | 1518 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu's circular overrides Chinamasa's in Tagwirei saga
A senior official in Zanu-PF's secretary-general's office has clarified that internal circulars issued by the secretary-general take precedence over those from party departments, unless formally overt...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 20:28hrs | 2739 | by Staff reporter
Mutapa to shake-up State firms
Mutapa Fund Plots Major Shake-Up of State-Owned Enterprises to Enforce Governance and ProfitabilityZimbabwe's sovereign wealth vehicle, the Mutapa Investment Fund, is preparing to roll out swe...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 16:12hrs | 651 | 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 | 400 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zimbabwe govt racks US$3m from nurses, blocks their diaspora dreams
The government is facing sharp criticism for withholding crucial verification letters from thousands of Zimbabwean nurses seeking to work abroad, despite collecting more than US$3.6 million from healt...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:31hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves to formalize traditional medicine practice
The Zimbabwe government is actively working to formalize the use of traditional medicines by promoting their registration and integration into the country's mainstream health system, Deputy Minister o...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:23hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Harare council not paying Geo Pomona, says Mafume
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has revealed that the City of Harare is not paying Geo Pomona Waste Management, despite the company controversially assuming responsibility for the municipality's refuse coll...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:10hrs | 118 | 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 | 1257 | by Edmund Kudzayi
Mahere is a criminal practitioner who ought to be struck off
The default order in Mahere v Kudzayi rests not on merit but on a single demonstrable falsehood.In her condonation application, Advocate Fadzayi Mahere swore, under oath, that when the matter ...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 09:02hrs | 986 | by Edmund Kudzayi
When it rains for Professor Welshman Ncube, it pours
PROFESSOR WELSHMAN NCUBE'S FRAUDULENT HEADS OF ARGUMENT BASED ON FICTITIOUS OR FALSIFIED CASE LAW AUTHORITIES FILED WITH THE SUPREME COURT: When it rains for Professor Ncube, it pours. Just as he is e...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 12:50hrs | 2379 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
BCC starts 2025 budget review consultations
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has begun its 2025 budget review consultations with residents and stakeholders, with calls growing louder for the local authority to take community input seriously in s...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 10:09hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa renovations to be completed in September
The government announced yesterday that the first phase of renovations at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals is expected to be completed by September, aiming to give the institution a modern look. Health...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 09:02hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Safety concerns rise amid Trabablas chaos
The Passenger Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has called for urgent, coordinated efforts to curb the rising tide of traffic accidents, citing reckless driving, poor road conditions, and lax enforcement ...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 08:49hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
MP embroiled in Chitungwiza land dispute
A resident of Manyame Park, Loverjoy Chogugudza, has lodged a formal complaint with the Municipality of Chitungwiza accusing St Mary's Member of Parliament Brighton Mazhindu of corruption, abuse of of...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 14:31hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
Masimirembwa under intense scrutiny over Tagwirei vehicle donations
ZANU-PF Harare Province chairperson Godwills Masimirembwa is under intense scrutiny following allegations that his executive accepted a fleet of vehicles from controversial businessman Kudakwashe Tagw...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 11:21hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to the President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema
An Open Letter to the President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema: I will not be silenced until death or a better Zambia emerges, whichever comes firstDear President Hichilema,Yesterday, I...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 09:24hrs | 1094 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
UZ suspends 6 students over Ordinance 30
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has suspended six student activists for staging a campus demonstration in support of striking lecturers, further escalating tensions between university authorities and ...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 07:59hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe nurses threaten strike
Zimbabwe's fragile public healthcare system is facing yet another major crisis as nurses across the country have signalled their intention to embark on a nationwide strike over poor remuneration, dire...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 07:51hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Election reforms key to holding free & fair elections in Zimbabwe
To hold free and fair elections in Zimbabwe, a range of reforms are necessary to address longstanding issues that have undermined electoral credibility si...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 07:09hrs | 176 | by Leonard Koni
Security firm sues +HIV ex-employee
Seasec Security Company has filed a US$16,000 defamation lawsuit against a former female employee who accused the company of firing her due to her HIV-positive status. The company's secretary, Ms Prec...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 19:13hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
Cape Town discharges +40 megalitres of sewage into the Atlantic Ocean daily
Urban water bodies worldwide - including rivers, lakes, and oceans - are under significant threat from pollution. Large volumes of sewage discharged into the environment cause severe damage, while new...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 12:41hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean who went from earning R1,500 to R5m per month
July Ndlovu went from a rural village in Zimbabwe to becoming the CEO of Thungela Resources, one of South Africa's most successful coal mining companies. He began his career as a graduate...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 10:14hrs | 1614 | by Staff reporter
A PSL without Dembare
Bulawayo-based supporters of Dynamos Football Club have expressed deep concern over the team's poor form, fearing the Harare giants could face the unthinkable - relegation from the Premier Soccer Leag...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 14:24hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Rautenbach land seizure sparks outcry
The contentious seizure of productive farmland in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East, meant to benefit close business associate of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Muller Conrad "Billy" Rautenbach, has taken a ...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 12:11hrs | 2921 | by Staff reporter
Energy Mutodi fires back at ZPP
A fierce political storm is brewing in Masvingo following damning allegations by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) that Bikita South legislator, Energy Mutodi, threatened to exclude certain wards from ...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 11:36hrs | 1419 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean consumer sector poised for improvement
An uplift in volumes has been projected for Zimbabwean consumer companies despite rising cost structures, a volatile policy and monetary environment as well as higher taxation, say analysts at IH Secu...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 08:57hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
UK-based couple files complaint against Bulawayo prosecutors
A Bulawayo couple now living in the United Kingdom has lodged a formal complaint against prosecutors at the Bulawayo Tredgold Courts over delays and alleged mishandling of a fraud case involving a wom...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 08:47hrs | 2100 | by Staff reporter
Delta Corporation slams Zimra over uncertainties
Zimbabwe's largest beverage manufacturer, Delta Corporation Limited, has accused the country's tax authorities of fueling business uncertainty through what it described as the arbitrary creation of le...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 08:47hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Harare council faces scandal over $500m lost on delays
Harare City Council has allegedly lost close to US$500 million since 2019 due to the delayed implementation of a modern Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, amid explosive allegations of corrupt...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 08:40hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
SA's Ibrahim Traore makes damning allegations against Senzo Mchunu
The gloves are off. In an explosive press briefing on Sunday, KwaZulu-Natal's top cop, Provincial Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi proclaimed he was combat ready and willing t...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 14:25hrs | 1591 | by Staff reporter
Police, Apostolic church vow to maintain existing relationship
Police in Manicaland have reaffirmed their strong partnership with the Johhane The Fifth of Africa church after Archbishop Andby Makururu led a donation of furniture to Mutare Central Police Station....Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 12:35hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
No to vote-buying in PSL elections
The Premier Soccer League (PSL) will on July 25 elect a new chairman to replace Farai Jere, who stepped down earlier this year to pursue the ZIFA presidency. The upcoming election has been widely prai...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 12:31hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Machakaire launches scathing personal attack on Mahere
Youth Empowerment Minister Tinoda Machakaire has launched a blistering personal attack on former opposition legislator and lawyer Fadzayi Mahere after she posted a series of pointed questions on socia...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:54hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
Mmusi Maimane criticizes SA govt over Zimbabwe crisis
South African opposition leader Mmusi Maimane has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) of "folding its arms" amid Zimbabwe's ongoing political crisis. He ar...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:18hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Kadoma issues alert over water quality
The City of Kadoma has issued a public warning urging residents to exercise caution when using borehole water, as the municipality intensifies efforts to protect citizens from potential waterborne dis...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:02hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei sparks Zanu-PF factional tensions
Business mogul Kudakwashe Tagwirei's bid to join Zanu-PF's powerful Central Committee has stirred controversy within the ruling party, with senior officials declaring his recent attendance at a party ...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:01hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Men urged to break the silence on mental health struggles
Men across Zimbabwe are being urged to open up about their mental and physical well-being amid growing concerns over the silent battles many face and the rise in unhealthy coping mechanisms.At...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 15:34hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe considering a Congestion Tax?
Harare is facing escalating challenges due to increasing motorisation, which has led to a congested and often polluted central business district (CBD). This congestion is affecting timely access to wo...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 14:59hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Mai Jeremaya breaks silence after rape accused acquitted
Social media personality Ashley Masendeke, widely known as Mai Jeremaya, has broken her silence following the acquittal of two men she had accused of rape, expressing gratitude for the public support ...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 14:51hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube apologises to Court for filing fake case citations
Prominent lawyer and legal academic, Professor Welshman Ncube, has issued a public and formal apology to the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe after it was discovered that legal documents filed by his Bulaway...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 10:36hrs | 1332 | by Staff reporter
Blitz-krieg them all! A call for action against illegal urban operations
THE heading above no doubt encapsulates the concerns of law-abiding citizens, urging those in authority to swiftly root out the undesirable elements polluting our society - without further ado or unne...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 10:27hrs | 138 | by Stephen Mpofu
Mafume defends Harare's water quality
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume, along with senior city officials, on Thursday appeared before the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) to respond to allegations of violating residents' environmental and...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 10:25hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
ZB major shareholder blocks Ernst & Young appointment
ZB Financial Holdings' (ZBFH) attempt to re-appoint Ernst & Young (EY) as its external auditors for the 2025 financial year stalled last week after major shareholder Transnational Holdings objecte...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 12:53hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
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