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Zimparks begins multi-year wildlife relocation to Matusadona
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks), in collaboration with the African Parks Network and the Matusadona Conservation Trust, has embarked on an ambitious wildlife translocat...Published: 13 hrs ago | 89 | by Staff reporter
US to drop billions of flies on Mexico and Texas
US authorities are preparing to release billions of flies from airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to stop the spread of a dangerous parasite, the Associated Press (AP) has reported. The move aim...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 16:26hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans struggle to rebuild shattered lives abroad
For many young Zimbabweans, the idea of migrating to foreign lands has long represented hope - a chance to escape crippling unemployment and poverty in pursuit of prosperity. But for a growing number,...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 16:13hrs | 890 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF violence changed man's life forever
He was an energetic man, running his own life and fending for his family. He loved and embraced the supposed freedom brought by the country's liberators hence multi-partyism was just one of those frui...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 11:04hrs | 501 | by Matthew Takaona
Jesus, not 'divine apples', is the source of our blessings
Must Christians be the most easily deceived people on earth?It is both heartbreaking and infuriating to witness how the Christian faith is being manipulated and commercialized in Zimbabwe unde...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 10:07hrs | 259 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Residents cry out over escalating sewage crisis
Residents of Chitungwiza have voiced growing frustration and alarm over the local authority's continued failure to resolve the town's worsening sewage crisis, which they say poses a serious threat to ...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:21hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
32 arrested in police raid on illicit liquor plant in Harare
Thirty-two people, including seven foreign nationals, have been arrested following a police raid on an illegal alcohol manufacturing plant operating under the name Samna Liquor Company in Harare. The ...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:16hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Zimparks tracks lion spotted In Chegutu
A lion has been spotted roaming along Chakari Road in Chegutu, triggering widespread alarm among residents and prompting swift action from the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimPark...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 12:25hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
Umdala Wethu: The Statesman who united a nation
In the story of Zimbabwe, there are names that echo. And then there is Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo - a man whose name is etched not merely in memory, but in the bedrock of the nation itself. As Zimb...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 10:30hrs | 352 | by Dereck Goto
Zanu-PF's Muduvuri distances self from Central Committee race
ZANU-PF National Consultative Assembly (NCA) member Jimaya Muduvuri has dismissed reports linking him to the race for a position in the ruling party's influential Central Committee, declaring he has n...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 08:11hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Overcrowding in schools worries Parliament
A joint parliamentary committee has raised serious concerns over widespread overcrowding in Zimbabwe's primary and secondary schools, warning that deteriorating conditions are threatening the quality ...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 18:35hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans unite to buy Greatman a car after Chivayo snub
In a powerful show of unity and compassion, Zimbabweans at home and in the diaspora have raised more than US$10,000 (approximately R185,000) through a GoFundMe campaign to support wheelchair-bound mus...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 18:31hrs | 8275 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe assures continued ARV availability
The government has reassured the public that antiretroviral (ARV) medicines will remain accessible to all who need them through the end of 2025, with plans already underway to secure supplies for the ...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 15:53hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's teacher shortage crisis worsens
Zimbabwe's education sector is facing mounting pressure as the teacher-to-pupil ratio has climbed to an alarming 1:45-far above the recommended standard of one teacher for every 20 learners in early c...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 09:06hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
ZimParks reviews elephant plan
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) has commenced a comprehensive review of its Elephant Management Plan (2021–2025), prompted by growing frustration among local communit...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 09:05hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Pearls cast before a swine: does not know what to do with them
Power was trust upon him: Chamisa was literally given power by former President Tsvangirai on his death bed. He was terminally ill; it was a matter of days and hours; Tsvangirai died leaving Chamisa b...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:31hrs | 386 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe's falling birth rate a burden
Two seemingly ordinary moments tell a deeper story of Zimbabwe's shifting reproductive landscape. In Harare, a woman welcomes her second child five years after her first - exactly as planned. In rural...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:07hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Tichaona Jokonya's family lives in fear
The family of the late liberation war hero and former Information Minister, Tichaona Jokonya, is living in fear following the reported invasion of their privately owned farm in Beatrice, Mashonaland E...Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 14:55hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean nationals in Middle East safe
The Government of Zimbabwe has assured the public that Zimbabwean nationals who reached out to the country's diplomatic missions amid escalating tensions in the Middle East are safe and accounted for....Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 18:36hrs | 597 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe steps up fight against HIV stigma
Zimbabwe is intensifying efforts to tackle HIV-related stigma following alarming new data indicating a rise in the number of people facing discrimination because of their HIV status.The renewe...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:21hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
University of Zimbabwe dismisses 4 striking lecturers
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) administration has dismissed four prominent leaders of the ongoing lecturers' strike, which has now entered its 71st day. The strike centers on the lecturers' demand fo...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 11:24hrs | 1132 | by Staff reporter
South African artists condemn Gayton McKenzie's xenophobic tirade
Actress Thandi Sebe has joined a growing chorus of South African artists condemning Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, for spreading Afrophobic hate speech.In a recent post...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:16hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 2 595 councillors to blow US$1 million
An estimated US$1 million of ratepayers' money is set to be spent as 2,595 councillors from Zimbabwe's 92 local authorities prepare to attend a brief meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa - the se...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:08hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Charges against Mzembi will be dropped
Former Foreign Affairs Minister Walter Mzembi is set to be released on Monday, with all charges against him expected to be dropped under a secret agreement reportedly brokered with President Emmerson ...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 17:37hrs | 3951 | by Staff reporter
South Africans, Zimbabweans pray together after xenophobic attacks
Last month's killing of a South African man in Valencia, Addo, ignited devastating xenophobic revenge attacks that left at least four immigrants dead, dozens injured, and hundreds of families displace...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 09:08hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman with 3 husbands sues 1 for neglect
A Warren Park woman in a rare polyandrous marriage has taken one of her three husbands to court, accusing him of neglecting his responsibilities, financial abuse, and causing emotional distress to the...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 17:11hrs | 1640 | by Staff reporter
Divorce among Zimbabwean women up by nearly 100,000 in 10 years
Zimbabwe has witnessed a significant increase in the number of divorced or separated women over the past decade, according to the newly released 2025 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS). The...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 17:05hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
New powerful gukurahundi film premiers
As traditional chiefs from Zimbabwe's Matabeleland region embark on a controversial, state-sanctioned process to investigate the Gukurahundi massacres, questions persist about whether the initiative w...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 13:10hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans: No one is coming to save us
For 45 years, Zimbabweans have lived with the weight of unfulfilled promises from successive governments. From independence in 1980 to the present day, the narrative has been one of hope, resilience a...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 11:31hrs | 797 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
When Mnangagwa buries his colleagues, does he ever reflect on the legacy he will leave behind?
Life offers us countless moments for introspection - but it is up to us to seize them.This evening, I watched a news bulletin covering the burial of the late Luke Mushore - another in a long l...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 11:29hrs | 692 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mukanya, the great Chimurenga guru
Born Thomas Tafirenyika Muchadura Mapfumo. The epitome of a Chimurenga music guru. With a career spanning over 50 years, Mapfumo, whom his followers call Gandanga, has not let them down. Listening to ...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 11:09hrs | 297 | by Leonard Koni
Harare's disappearing hills
From a distance, the jagged ridgelines cutting across parts of Harare might appear to be natural geological remnants — monuments of the city's ancient terrain. But up close, these formations tell a ...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 10:58hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
Chief blames rising HIV cases on marital infidelity
Traditional leader Chief Ndanga, born Wilson Makono, has expressed deep concern over the alarming rise in HIV infections in Zaka District, particularly in the Ndanga area, attributing the trend to gro...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 10:56hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
High Court reverses Clipsham settlers eviction
The High Court has quashed the convictions, sentences, and eviction orders against 19 settlers from Clipsham after it found that the land in question was not legally gazetted as State land.Jus...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 18:50hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Bard Santner sponsors Zimbabwean special Olympians
Leading financial advisory firm Bard Santner has extended its corporate social responsibility (CSR) footprint by sponsoring three Zimbabwean golfers with intellectual disabilities who are competing in...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 11:24hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rolls out advanced TB detection technology in high-risk areas
Zimbabwe has launched a groundbreaking health initiative aimed at strengthening the fight against tuberculosis (TB) and related lung conditions through early detection in high-burden communities. The ...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:40hrs | 70 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi survivors at risk of re-traumatisation
Mounting criticism is trailing the government's proposed structure for the upcoming Gukurahundi hearings, set to begin on June 26, amid fears the process will intimidate and re-traumatise victims - pa...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:33hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
If civil servants must declare assets, then let's start with the president and his ministers
As the old saying goes, what's good for the goose must be good for the gander - yet in Zimbabwe, accountability seems reserved only for the powerless.The government's recent announcement of a ...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 22:36hrs | 578 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
When a Child President wears the 'Mnangagwa scarf', we must all be concerned
Train up a child in the way you want them to grow, they say - but when this guidance is rooted in manipulation and politics, it risks ruining their lives before they've even begun.There was so...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 22:33hrs | 551 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Vumbachikwe Mine moves to evict workers still occupying company houses after 2022 closure
GWANDA, Matabeleland South - Management at the struggling Vumbachikwe Mine has filed court summons seeking the eviction of two workers from company-owned houses, despite hundreds of others still occup...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 22:25hrs | 299 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe records rise in HIV/Aids deaths
Zimbabwe has seen a rise in HIV/AIDS-related deaths during the first half of 2025 compared to the same period last year, raising concerns among lawmakers that reductions in foreign aid to critical hea...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 06:19hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
Zvishavane emerges as Midlands HIV hotspot
Zvishavane district has emerged as the new epicentre of HIV in the Midlands Province, recording the highest number of new infections and the highest HIV prevalence rate, according to recent stat...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 06:16hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teachers take salary dispute to ILO
Zimbabwean teachers have escalated their long-standing labour dispute with the government to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), citing deteriorating working conditions, low pay, and continue...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 19:15hrs | 3570 | by Staff reporter
Coltart demands urgent action on Ngozi Mine crisis
Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart has sounded a grave warning over the deteriorating conditions at Ngozi Mine, the city's largest landfill site, describing the health and environmental hazards it poses as ...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 16:48hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
The Real Reason Small Brands Are Winning on Social Media in 2025
I work with brands for a living - large, small, and those still being managed from the back room of someone's apartment. And here's the wild part: in 2025, it's not the big players scoring the wins on...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 10:06hrs | 149 | by Staff Reporter
Proposed law to compel civil servants to disclose assets
Zimbabwe's Cabinet has approved the Public Service Amendment Bill, a major legislative step aimed at modernising the civil service, increasing transparency, and aligning the current framework with the...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 07:06hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Lecturer strike at UZ deepens
The Association of University Teachers (AUT) has accused the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) of deliberately stalling wage negotiations while exploiting the labour of part-time staff brought in to replace...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 07:04hrs | 3388 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council launches crackdown to clean CBD
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has embarked on a city-wide crackdown targeting illegal street vending, with intensified day and night raids now actively underway in the Central Business District (CBD). T...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 18:09hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
9 rural teachers arrested for protesting
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has strongly condemned what it describes as the targeting, harassment, and arrest of its members in Mutare, Manicaland province, after a peacef...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 18:08hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife engages Asian investor in Dubai
First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa, who is currently in the United Arab Emirates for the 7th Edition of the Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative (MFFLI) Summit, has kickstarted a series of high-leve...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:30hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
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