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South Africa set Zimbabwe world record 537 target for victory in Bulawayo
Corbin Bosch claimed the wicket of Zimbabwe opener Takudzwanashe Kaitano in the final over to leave the home team on 32 for one in 18.2 overs in their second innings, still 505 runs shy of the unlikel...Published: 7 hrs ago | 122 | 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: 10 hrs ago | 147 | by Staff reporter
Manicaland has thinnest women in Zimbabwe
A recent report by the Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS) has revealed that Manicaland Province is among the regions with the highest prevalence of thinness among women aged between 20 and ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 410 | by Staff reporter
Kumalo headmistress' fraud case postponed to August
The trial date for Kumalo Primary School headmistress Stella Mhlanga remains uncertain after the State once again requested a postponement, citing incomplete police investigations. The case has now be...Published: 10 hrs ago | 89 | by Staff reporter
Delta beer truck overturns in Zimbabwe, looters descend on scene
A Delta Beverages truck transporting opaque beer overturned early Monday morning along the notorious Christmas Pass, with scenes of chaos unfolding as passersby looted crates of beer from the crash si...Published: 10 hrs ago | 190 | by Staff reporter
Driver in the court over US$600,000 Harare robbery
A man suspected of being the inside informant in a daring US$600,000 armed robbery in central Harare has appeared in court facing charges of robbery.Samson Gora, who is employed as a driver by...Published: 12 hrs ago | 534 | by Staff reporter
Pastor sues sister for squandering rentals
A bitter dispute over a family property has spilled into the Harare Civil Court, where a pastor with the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM), Jaslene Mutunhiri, accused her sister of monopolising rental inc...Published: 13 hrs ago | 258 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo urged to adopt inclusive budgeting
An agenda activist and human rights lawyer, Prisca Dube, has called on Bulawayo City Council to adopt a more inclusive budgeting process that addresses the diverse needs of all its residents.S...Published: 15 hrs ago | 54 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo commemoration set for tomorrow
The Joshua Nkomo Restoration Project Trust, together with The Joshua Nkomo Foundation, will host a commemoration event tomorrow at the Matshamhlope Museum to mark the 26th anniversary of the death of ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 149 | by Staff reporter
'Bring in ZACC to clean up Highlanders'
Highlanders Football Club is currently engulfed in a storm of controversy following the sudden resignation of Acting CEO Kindman Ndlovu, who last week submitted a scathing letter citing a toxic workin...Published: 15 hrs ago | 233 | by Staff reporter
OK Zimbabwe earmarks 50% of capital raise to clear debts
Retail giant OK Zimbabwe Limited has announced plans to allocate more than half of the proceeds from its planned US$30.5 million capital raise - through a rights issue and property disposals - toward ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 140 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo takes investment campaign to Harare
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is set to host a high-level investment conference in Harare next month as part of renewed efforts to drive economic revitalisation in Zimbabwe's second-largest city. Th...Published: 15 hrs ago | 315 | by Staff reporter
6 arrested over Mapanzure High protest
Tensions flared at Mapanzure High School in Masvingo province after a group of disgruntled parents staged a protest against the school head, demanding urgent intervention over what they described as p...Published: 15 hrs ago | 271 | by Staff reporter
UN in Zimbabwe to investigate women, girl rights situation
The United Nations Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls will be visiting Zimbabwe from June 28 to July 8, 2025, as part of its global mission to assess the state of rights, protecti...Published: 15 hrs ago | 61 | by Staff reporter
ZB Bank secures US$5 million Afreximbank facility
ZB Bank Limited has secured a US$5 million loan facility from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), aimed at supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Zimbabwe, particularly those enga...Published: 15 hrs ago | 39 | by Staff reporter
Residents demand accountability over CDF
Frustrated residents across Masvingo province have written to their elected representatives demanding transparency and accountability in the use of Constituency Development Funds (CDF) and ploughback ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 41 | by Staff reporter
Cautious optimism over Old Gwanda Road upgrade
Ward 19 councillor for Maphisa, Nqobizitha Ngwenya of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has expressed cautious optimism following a presentation by Zwane Investments, the company contracted to ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 122 | by Staff reporter
Dembare relegation: Zifa plans to expand PSL to 20 teams
Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Nqobile Magwizi has announced bold plans to expand the country's Premier Soccer League (PSL) from 18 to 20 teams, alongside the creation of a new Nationa...Published: 19 hrs ago | 3305 | by Staff reporter
RBZ's decision to halt gold coin sales has drawn warnings
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s decision to suspend the sale of gold coins has drawn warnings from an economic analyst, who says the move could expose the Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG) currency to inflatio...Published: 19 hrs ago | 920 | by Staff reporter
Poaching fears resurface in Hwange National Park
Wildlife authorities have launched a probe following the discovery of a male elephant carcass with a missing tusk in Hwange National Park. The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimPark...Published: 19 hrs ago | 229 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF activists granted bail
Magistrate Kudzanai Kapurura has granted bail to several Zanu PF activists accused of unlawfully occupying gazetted land in Chinhoyi. Among those granted bail were Thomas Chidzomba, the party's losing...Published: 19 hrs ago | 224 | by Staff reporter
Zapu seeks court order to stop Gukurahundi hearings
The opposition Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (Zapu) has lodged an urgent application in the High Court seeking to stop the commencement of the Gukurahundi community outreach hearings scheduled to beg...Published: 19 hrs ago | 384 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Zanu-PF's Muchinguri Kashiri
Tensions are rising within Zanu PF as party insiders openly criticize national chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri for failing to organise overdue district coordination committee (DCC) elections, a k...Published: 19 hrs ago | 828 | 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: 19 hrs ago | 82 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt rolls out reforms to end blood challenges
The Ministry of Health and Child Care is undertaking sweeping reforms to Zimbabwe's blood supply system, aimed at making blood more accessible and affordable-particularly in public hospitals-where man...Published: 19 hrs ago | 78 | by Staff reporter
Harare mulls 24-hour paid parking in CBD
Motorists in Harare could soon be required to pay for parking 24 hours a day, as city authorities explore the possibility of extending the enforcement of parking fees beyond the current 8am to 4pm win...Published: 19 hrs ago | 225 | by Staff reporter
Mabika clinches ZANU PF Manicaland Women's league top post
Dorothy Mabika has emerged victorious in the re-run of the ZANU PF Manicaland Women's League chairperson election held in Mutare on Sunday, defeating rival Mercy Sacco by 23 votes to 16.The el...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 21:09hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Togarepi re-elected as ZILIWACO chairperson
Pupurai Togarepi has been unanimously re-elected as Chairperson of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Collaborators Association (ZILIWACO) following a well-attended national congress held at the ZAN...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 19:10hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Footprints in the chains: The life story of Job Sikhala
The book, Footprints in Chains: The Life Story of Job Sikhala, is less biographical than an indelible account of human rights abuses, the excesses of a securocratic state that is Zimbabwe under the cu...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 19:07hrs | 388 | by Author: Munyaradzi Savanhu, Reviewed by: Ibbo Mandaza
Gukurahundi hearings turned into 'a farce'
An international researcher and leading authority on state-sponsored atrocities has sharply criticised the ongoing Gukurahundi public hearings, describing the closed-door process as a "final betrayal"...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 19:00hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
ZERA defends US$191,000 IT equipment purchase
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has issued a statement defending its recent US$191,679.50 procurement of laptops and desktop computers, following growing public interest and criticism ...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 18:56hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya's apple anointing sparks social media frenzy
Zimbabwean preacher Prophet Walter Magaya has once again set tongues wagging online after images emerged of him praying over and anointing crates of apples, sparking a flood of humorous and skeptical ...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 18:54hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
Chinehasha Agricultural Show - a show most people will remember for many years.
Chinehasha Agricultural Show roared into life on the 28th of June 2025. This year the show was far much bigger and better than last year with more exhibitors joining the annual event. In the Exhibitio...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 18:35hrs | 120 | by Tondo Thomas Murisa Chinehasha
If Chiwenga is genuine about fighting corruption, then we need action - not just words
There's a saying: action speaks louder than words. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's recent bold remarks against corruption have stirred debate across Zimbabwe. To direct...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 18:23hrs | 221 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'You are good thief, not a leader', Tyson flows Tagwirei
Former Local Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has torn into President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally, businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei, describing him as only a good thief but faring badly as a politi...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 18:10hrs | 1913 | by Paul Ndou
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 | 366 | by Nomazulu Thata
Job Sikhala reunites divided Zimbabwe opposition leaders
In a historic and unprecedented gathering, Zimbabwe's long-divided opposition leaders came together on Friday night, sharing the same stage and microphone in a unified call to end Zanu-PF's decades-lo...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:18hrs | 2051 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo sold Chief Hwenje a dummy
ZANU-PF-aligned musician and praise singer Chief Shumba Hwenje, known for his pro-party hit Mai Welly, has publicly accused flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo of failing to fulfil a two-year-old ...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:15hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
4 year mystery: Family discovers missing cop's grave through spirit revelation
A decades-old mystery surrounding the disappearance of a Bulawayo-based police officer may finally be drawing to a close, after his family was reportedly led to a shallow grave by a spirit-possessed g...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:14hrs | 1239 | by Staff reporter
US$1m for strategic minerals licence in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has gazetted a sweeping new Mines and Minerals Bill that seeks to clamp down on speculative mining claim hoarding while ensuring only credible investors participate in the extraction of strat...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:12hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Maphisa Hospital set for major upgrade, to train nurses
Plans are underway to transform Maphisa Hospital into a functional nurse training centre, in a move aimed at revitalising the healthcare system and fast-tracking development in Matabeleland South prov...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:10hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Crime hits Nketa suburb
Councillor Aleck Ndlovu of Ward 25 has issued a public appeal to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to intensify both day and night patrols in his ward, citing a surge in criminal activities, includin...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:09hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Harare company director dupes Chinese investors
A local businesswoman, Lilian Nyamasoka, is now a fugitive from justice after a Harare magistrate issued a warrant for her arrest on Thursday for failing to appear in court to answer to two counts of ...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:03hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Harare company director dupes Chinese investors
A local businesswoman, Lilian Nyamasoka, is now a fugitive from justice after a Harare magistrate issued a warrant for her arrest on Thursday for failing to appear in court to answer to two counts of ...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:03hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Digitisation of Zimbabwe Magistrates' Courts begins
The Integrated Electronic Case Management System (IECMS), a digital platform aimed at modernising Zimbabwe's justice delivery, will be rolled out in Magistrates' Courts across Mashonaland Central and ...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:22hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Woman gets rewarded for being lost at Trabablas Interchange
Patience Guni, the Harare woman who recently went viral after sharing her confusing experience navigating the newly constructed Trabablas Interchange, has been generously rewarded by the contractor re...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:19hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Frustrated activists take matters into own hands
Community structures under the banner of Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development (Cotrad) in Masvingo province have launched a pointed campaign to hold public officials accountable for the ...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:17hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Herbert Nkala to exit OK Zimbabwe in restructuring move
OK Zimbabwe has announced a major leadership reshuffle and a US$30.5 million capital-raising initiative aimed at stabilising operations and restoring market confidence, as the retail giant battles int...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:17hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZPRA commander urges govt to rebury forgotten heroes
A former regional commander of the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) has made a passionate appeal to the government to prioritise the reburial of fallen liberation war fighters whose remains...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:14hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Medical waste scandal at Bulawayo's dumpsite
A grave public health threat is festering at Bulawayo's Richmond landfill, commonly known as Ngozi Mine, where hazardous medical waste has been discovered dumped in the open - sparking fears of diseas...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:13hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
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