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Gun-totting prison escapee and robber gets 22-year jail term
Luke Zinyengere, the inmate who recently stunned Zimbabwe by staging a daring escape at the Harare Magistrates' Court, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison after being convicted of escaping from l...Published: 23 hrs ago | 305 | by Staff reporter
Kariba Dam rehabilitation programme hits milestone
The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has successfully completed quality checks on Floodgate 1 of the Kariba Dam, marking a major milestone in the ongoing rehabilitation of one of southern Africa's most c...Published: 24 hrs ago | 376 | by Staff reporter
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe dominates 65th ZITF
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe stole the show at the 65th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), walking away with four top awards, including the coveted Presidential Award for the Supreme...Published: 24 hrs ago | 139 | by Staff reporter
Son accused of mom's murder
A 61-year-old woman from Regayivadero Village in Tanda, Mayo, under Chief Makoni, was brutally murdered on Tuesday morning in a suspected domestic-related incident, with her son emerging as the prime ...Published: 24 hrs ago | 285 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for 6 months over ecstasy possession
A Kuwadzana man, Tinotenda Nyahuma, has been sentenced to six months in prison after being convicted of possessing methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), popularly known as ecstasy. The conviction foll...Published: 24 hrs ago | 137 | by Staff reporter
ZIDA issues US$4,7 billion licences
Zimbabwe has recorded a major boost in investment interest, with the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) issuing 207 new licences worth a combined US$4.7 billion during the first quarter...Published: 24 hrs ago | 46 | by Staff reporter
National hero status for ex-CIO
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has posthumously conferred national hero status on Retired Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Director Walter Basopo, a decorated liberation war veteran and career in...Published: 24 hrs ago | 146 | by Staff reporter
National hero status for Rungani
President Mnangagwa has conferred national hero status on two veteran freedom fighters, Retired Brigadier-General Victor Rungani and Basopo, in honour of their significant contributions during and aft...Published: 24 hrs ago | 107 | by Staff reporter
2 men take turns to rape 94-year-old granny
Police in Nyamapanda have launched a manhunt for two unknown men accused of raping a 94-year-old woman in a horrific attack that occurred on the night of April 20.The elderly victim was report...Published: 24 hrs ago | 118 | by Staff reporter
Ex-CIO dies in South Africa
Walter Basopo, a retired officer of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and a veteran of the liberation struggle, passed away at Life Groenkloof Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, on Tuesday ...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:37hrs | 911 | by Staff reporter
Scottland FC's dream debut turns into a nightmare
What started as a fairytale debut season for Premier Soccer League (PSL) newcomers Scottland FC is rapidly descending into a cautionary tale, with internal turmoil, player unrest, and contract controv...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:33hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
4 suspected robbers arrested in police crackdown
Police have arrested four individuals linked to a string of robberies across Mhangura, Shamva, and Murewa between March 31 and April 21, 2024.The suspects, identified as Charles Dhokotera (42)...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:28hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco crop under threat from fungal disease
Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers are facing a major crisis as a destructive fungal disease, Fusarium Wilt and Root Rot (FWRR), spreads across fields, threatening the country's lucrative tobacco industry....Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:24hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court dismisses Zesa vandals' lengthy jail term appeal
Two brothers from the Midlands Province have been sentenced to a combined 93 years in prison after being convicted of vandalising ZESA Holdings infrastructure and stealing over 11,000 litres of transf...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:22hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Trial of Geza's followers postponed to May 8
Harare Magistrate Sheunesu Matova has postponed the trial of 98 individuals accused of participating in a failed demonstration in March to May 8. The group faces charges of taking part in a public gat...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 21:10hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Young miners secure 300ha of land for chrome washing
The Young Miners Foundation (YMF) has secured 300 hectares of chrome-rich land in Mvurwi, Mashonaland Central province, as part of a structured, youth-led chrome processing initiative aimed at transfo...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:34hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Harare Councillor in soup over 'corrupt' land deals
Harare City Council (HCC) councillor Blessing Duma is facing backlash following accusations that he is shielding land barons operating in the capital city.Duma, who has been involved in past l...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:33hrs | 443 | 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 Glo...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:29hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe unveils coal tar project
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, in collaboration with the Research Council of Zimbabwe, has launched a groundbreaking initiative aimed at transforming road construction and ...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:23hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Brigadier-General Rungani dies
Retired Brigadier-General Victor Chikudo Rungani, a respected figure in the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) and a prominent member of the Masvingo Business Association, has passed away at the age of 76. ...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:17hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Businessman arrested for inciting violence
Nightclub owner Blessing "Boss JB" Charakupa was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a violent incident stemming from a long-running land dispute in Houghton Park, Harare.Charakupa, 35, who...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:14hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
SMEs drive Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector
Zimbabwe's manufacturing industry is largely being sustained by small to medium enterprises (SMEs), with fresh calls emerging for a strategic revival of the sector amid concerns over fluctuating perfo...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:13hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farming expands to Matebeleland South
Zimbabwe's tobacco sector is seeing renewed growth in previously untapped regions, with Matebeleland South emerging as a promising new frontier for the country's second-largest foreign currency earner...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:09hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
UK firm secures US$5m to fund gold mines in Zimbabwe
United Kingdom-based mining firm Kavango Resources Plc has secured a US$5 million interest-free funding facility from the Comarton Managed Pension Funds' Investments Consortium to accelerate its gold ...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:08hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Honour your parents so it can be well with your souls
On the 22nd of April 2025, just after a few days after celebrating my yet another 'another sunset birthday', we had the sad and unfortunate event to hold a NYARADZO for our dear late mother GOGO Eliza...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 13:40hrs | 423 | by Tondo Murisa
45 years of vending & border jumping
Being a former Zimbabwean police officer and a patriot passionate about the history and people of Zimbabwe and our region, my heart bleeds when I see the way our country is being led. 45 years...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 13:36hrs | 474 | by Leonard Koni
Significant rise in accidents during holidays
Zimbabwe recorded a significant rise in road traffic accidents during the 2025 Independence and Easter holidays, although the number of fatalities declined, according to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:32hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga to spend more days in remand
The case against Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist Blessed Mhlanga, who is facing charges related to transmitting messages allegedly intended to incite public violence, has been postponed to April...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:30hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans ignore stayaway call
Zimbabweans across the country yesterday overwhelmingly rejected calls for a nationwide stayaway, choosing instead to go about their daily routines as usual. Shops, Government offices, vegetable marke...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:29hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves to modernise prisons
The Government of Zimbabwe is stepping up efforts to modernise the country's prison system through the construction of smart prisons and the adoption of technology-driven reforms, a senior government ...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:25hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Govt offers driver's licence, documents to motorists and public at ZITF
The Government of Zimbabwe has introduced a wide range of motorist and public services at the ongoing Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) 2025 in a move aimed at enhancing accessibility, reducing...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:25hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba veShanduko targeted in suspected 'petrol bomb' attack
A violent attack rocked the rural district of Guruve South on Monday night after the home of opposition activist Godfrey Karembera, popularly known as "Madzibaba veShanduko," was reduced to ashes in a...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:24hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Maximum security deployed as Geza calls for 'indefinite' stay away
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has ramped up security across the country in response to war veteran Blessed Geza's call for a nationwide stay away, scheduled for April 22 and 23, 2025, with the po...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 07:46hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
44 candidates vie for Labour Court judge positions
A total of 44 candidates shortlisted for interviews to fill eight vacant judicial positions at the Labour Court have successfully completed the first stage of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) sel...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 07:43hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
PSC warns civil servants against stayaway
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has issued a firm directive to all civil servants, urging them to report for duty today and tomorrow, and to ignore social media calls for a national stayaway on Ap...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 07:41hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
Cholera outbreak confirmed in Gwanda: 1 dead, 3 cases recorded
Health authorities have confirmed a cholera outbreak in Gwanda District, Matabeleland South, where one person has died and three cases have been recorded to date. Efforts are underway to contain the o...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 07:35hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Bribe-taking Harare police officers arrested
Two Harare-based police officers have been arrested and are facing both disciplinary and criminal charges after they were caught on camera allegedly accepting bribes - with the footage quickly going v...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 07:32hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Two Police Officers Arrested Over Viral Bribery Video in Harare
Harare, 21 April 2025 - The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed the arrest of two of its officers following the circulation of a viral social med...Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 15:44hrs | 2397 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe army evicts national hero's disabled widow, children
The widow of the late Brigadier General Shadreck Vezha has been evicted from a house at the Zimbabwe National Army's (ZNA) Cranborne West married quarters in Harare and reportedly dumped at the family...Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 09:05hrs | 1131 | by Staff reporter
5 years jail for possessing diamonds
Cephas Mukombwe, a 45-year-old man from Gwalia Farm in Beatrice, has been sentenced to five years in prison for the unlawful possession of diamonds. The ruling was delivered by Harare Magistrate Mr. I...Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 09:04hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
High Court bars police from disrupting UZ lecturers' strike
The High Court has issued a landmark ruling interdicting police from interfering with the ongoing strike by lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), marking a significant legal victory for academ...Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 08:54hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
ZDF distances itself from arrested former Air Force officer in UZ salary strike
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has moved swiftly to distance itself from the actions of retired Group Captain Boncace Mwakorera, a former Air Force of Zimbabwe officer, who was arrested yesterday a...Published: 17 Apr 2025 at 20:30hrs | 1519 | by Staff reporter
ZITF 2025 shatters records
The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) has reached full capacity ahead of its 2025 edition, following an unprecedented surge in interest from local and international exhibitors. The overwhelming...Published: 17 Apr 2025 at 07:37hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo man arrested in connection with wife's murder
A 29-year-old man from Insukamini in Emganwini has been arrested by Bulawayo police in connection with the alleged murder of his wife, Shylet Siyabonga, aged 21.Assistant Inspector Nomalanga M...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 23:26hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Busisa Moyo inducted into Zimbabwe business hall of fame
Renowned industrialist and business leader Mr Busisa Moyo has been inducted into the Zimbabwe Business Hall of Fame 2025, a prestigious honour recognising his exceptional contribution to Zimbabwe's ec...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 23:16hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo gears up to host landmark 65th edition of ZITF
The City of Bulawayo is set to roll out the red carpet for the 65th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), which kicks off next Monday, with Minister of State for Bulawayo Provincial...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 23:14hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
NUST enlists police to combat illegal gold mining on campus
The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) has called in the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to help tackle a growing crisis of illegal gold panning that has infiltrated its main campus i...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 22:56hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council officer vanishes after church booking fraud exposed
A Bulawayo City Council clerical officer has reportedly gone absent without official leave (AWOL) after being implicated in a church booking scam that cost the council over US$2,000 in losses....Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 22:55hrs | 855 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland man arrested for stealing aunt's 11 cattle
Police in Mashonaland West have arrested a man accused of stealing 11 cattle from his elderly aunt and selling them to fund his mining activities.Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) provincial spok...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 22:50hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean rapist kills victim in Botswana
In a shocking incident, a Plumtree-based businessman Cabangane Mathe (35), allegedly killed a rape victim in a bid to conceal the crime he had committed.The matter came to light at Plumtree ma...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 10:33hrs | 1675 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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