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School accused of emotional abuse over unpaid levies
Parents of learners at Helemu Primary School in Bulawayo have accused the school of emotionally abusing children whose families are unable to pay bus and stationery levies, sparking outrage over the t...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 20:56hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets IMF delegation amid worsening economic crisis
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday held a high-level meeting with an International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation currently in Zimbabwe for an Article IV Consultation, as the country grapples with...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 10:10hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
US denies Trump aid cuts are affecting Zimbabwe's HIV treatment
The United States government has rejected allegations that its recent aid reductions are jeopardising Zimbabwe's access to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and other essential humanitarian and health prog...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 08:39hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Controversy erupts over Zimbabwe Warriors' squad selections
Zimbabwe's preparations for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) 2025 have come under intense scrutiny following Warriors coach Michael Nees' controversial decision to exclude several key regulars from t...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:21hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Civil war: Not Matabele-Shona but Zezuru-Karanga infightings!
Now that the impeachment is dead on arrival, Geza has changed his modus operandi multiple times, he wants people to make stay-away protests. His statement has again changed, and it now says: stay away...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 13:55hrs | 1631 | by Nomazulu Thata
Prince Dube on Kaizer Chiefs radar again
Zimbabwe international striker Prince Dube has been linked with a potential return to the South African Premier Soccer League, with Kaizer Chiefs reportedly keen on securing his services in the upcomi...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 10:41hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter
NSSA chairman embroiled in underhand Rainbow Tourism Group takeover bid
NATIONAL Social Security Authority (Nssa) chairman Emmanuel Fundira, who is former chairman of African Sun Limited, and an ex-Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) senior executive Paula January are accused of ...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 20:01hrs | 1543 | by NewsHawks
Zimbabwe cuts power exports to ease load-shedding
Zimbabwe has significantly reduced power exports to neighbouring countries to bolster local electricity supplies, leading to a notable reduction in load-shedding across the country over the past two w...Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:10hrs | 4999 | by Staff reporter
Chinese debt threatens to switch off Zimbabwe's Hwange
Zimbabwe's industrial sector is on edge this week as concerns grow over the future of the Hwange Thermal Power Station, a critical asset for the country's beleaguered power grid. With power utility Ze...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:14hrs | 11750 | by Staff reporter
Elections expose Sadc ruling parties
Recent elections across Southern Africa have revealed a growing challenge for ruling parties, especially those that evolved from former liberation movements, as they struggle to maintain their grip on...Published: 15 Nov 2024 at 08:39hrs | 1240 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors close to Afcon qualification
Zimbabwe's national football team coach, Michael Nees, is gearing up for a crucial match against Kenya at Peter Mokoba Stadium in Polokwane, South Africa, next Friday, with the hope of securing qualif...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 10:48hrs | 8587 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa says ED2030 slogan, a reaction to outside forces
ZANU-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa has disclosed that the recent push to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's tenure beyond the constitutionally mandated two terms was largely driven by exte...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 07:08hrs | 2986 | by Staff reporter
Cosatu slams Ramaphosa's 'sellout' GNU government
Long serving ANC alliance partner the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) in KwaZulu-Natal has broken ranks, saying the once-ruling party was teetering on the brink of total collapse due t...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 08:52hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rejects third term
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday insisted that he would handover power in 2028 when his second and final term expires, seeking to put a stop to growing speculation that he intends to amend the c...Published: 03 Sep 2024 at 14:38hrs | 1417 | by Staff reporter
Revolt at MTN over CEO's 'female favourite'
An ugly battle is brewing at MTN over the direction Africa's biggest mobile network operator is taking under group CEO Ralph Mupita, with executives threatening to quit en masse over his leadership st...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 11:58hrs | 4670 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs push for stiffer penalties amid explosive AG report
Parliamentarians have reaffirmed their commitment to enforcing laws and imposing stringent penalties for public fund misuse. During a meeting convened by the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 08:55hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Zambezi gas chokes Zim soldiers
Cranborne 0 : Zambezi FC 0 Despite shuttling battalions of supporters and some few members of the Zimbabwe National Army's (ZNA) medical aid team adjacent to the football pitch during their No...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 20:01hrs | 432 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
School heads face chop over 0% pass rates
Members of Parliament want heads of schools recording zero percent pass rates to be demoted among other punitive measures that Government should impose.The legislators noted that some better r...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Attach qualifications to incentives, says Zimta
Teachers in Zimbabwe have called on the government to consider reviewing their working conditions before attaching qualifications to the profession affected by years of neglect.Primary and Sec...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 07:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe CEOs push back on salaries disclosure
THE chief executives (CEOs) of firms trading their shares on Zimbabwe's two stock exchanges have slapped down proposed regulations that would force them to disclose their earnings in line with interna...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:16hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls attracts excellent reviews
Zimbabwe's premier tourist attraction Victoria Falls is the 10th best-rated natural wonder of the world, with 86,57% of visitors rating the wonder "excellent". According to a statistics from c...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 19:15hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's house on fire
Following the team's recent poor performance, the Highlanders board has instructed the club's CEO, Ronald Moyo, to engage with the technical team and team captains to identify the challenges causing t...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 06:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Treasury has not exempted state enterprises from procurement rules
The state enterprises under the Mutapa sovereign wealth fund still have to comply with procurement rules despite an exemption issued for the fund itself, The Ministry of Finance says.In a gove...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 19:57hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Brito chapter begins
A new chapter begins for the Warriors today as they embark on a fresh campaign under the guidance of Brazilian coach Baltemar Brito.Brito, who was appointed as the head coach of the Zimbabwe s...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 07:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Brito names first Warriors squad ahead of Botswana friendly
Portuguese coach Baltemar Brito has announced his first squad as the head coach of the Warriors, following his recent appointment. Brito, who was confirmed as the new senior national football team hea...Published: 23 Sep 2023 at 19:52hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bosso wanted Dembare for the Chibuku Super Cup quarter-finals
BELEAGUERED Bulawayo giants Highlanders are frustrated that they missed out on a Dynamos draw for the Chibuku Super Cup quarter-finals after they were paired against Caps United instead.Highla...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 12:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Supreme Court ruling, a wake-up call for Zanu-PF'
THE recent Supreme Court ruling reinstating 12 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) aspiring Members of Parliament for Bulawayo is a wake-up call for the ruling Zanu-PF party, the Zimbabwe Democracy In...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:49hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Bosso invade Mhondoro
HIGH RIDING Highlanders will on Sunday make the trip to Mhondoro for a top of the table clash against second placed Ngezi Platinum Stars that will be played at Baobab Stadium.With Bosso yet to...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:19hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
We've delivered in spite of sanctions
Last week, Zanu-PF held a week-long induction and reorientation workshop in Gweru that was attended by the ruling party's parliamentary candidates for the August 23 harmonised elections. The workshop,...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mangudya rules out dollarisation
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya yesterday claimed that past experiences, rather than basic economic issues, were to blame for the country's exchange rate volatility, as he ruled ...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions eroding value of Zimdollar
The depreciation of the Zimbabwe dollar is partly due to illegal economic sanctions imposed on the country by Western countries, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said in its African Economic Outloo...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Anger mounts in Zimbabwe as prices rocket
ZIMBABWE'S currency further crashed this week, precipitating waves of basic commodity price hikes, which were slammed by consumer watchdogs.In a survey, the Zimbabwe Independent found that man...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to revise 2023 GDP growth upwards
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday said Zimbabwe's gross domestic product (GDP) growth prediction of 3,8% was understated because of improved agricultural performance.The government expec...Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara, DDF and devolution to fund rehabilitation of roads
GOVERNMENT will soon start injecting more funds towards road rehabilitation as the rainy season that had stalled works is coming to an end.Most of the country's roads are in a bad state and ha...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga summoned
PARLIAMENT has summoned Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to give a ministerial statement on the chaos at Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas), as well as inform the nation why the public hea...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 14:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans jam UK work visa applications
ZIMBABWE is among top five countries that registered the highest number of citizens granted work visas to the United Kingdom (UK) in the past two years, latest statistics by the UK's Office of Nationa...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 07:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt rejects ZESA tariff plan
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has shot down a proposal by ZESA Holdings for businesses to wholly pay electricity tariff in United States dollar following the government's policy to align tariff p...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:44hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's SONA raises dust
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday urged legislators to finalise laws relating to elections and the controversial Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) (Amendment) Bill, which has been criticised...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tough time ahead for 'zvakarongeka' Ncube
EARLY last year Finance and Economic Development minister, Mthuli Ncube made the infamous statement "zvakarongeka", loosely translating to "all is in order" as far as the country's financial reserves ...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
If Mnangagwa is unable to explain 'sanctions on Zimbabwe' then just how real are they?
Did you know that countries that have genuine economic sanctions imposed on them by world powers, oftentimes, actually deny their true impact on the affected nation's economy?Why?Simpl...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 13 | by Tendai Mbofana
If Mnangagwa unable to explain 'sanctions on Zimbabwe' then just how real are they?
Did you know that countries that have genuine economic sanctions imposed on them by world powers, oftentimes, actually deny their true impact on the affected nation's economy?Why? Simp...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 20:54hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
If the situation in Zimbabwe is Mnangagwa's best then the entire government needs to resign!
Whilst we were still in school, there were always two groups of students who performed dreadfullyThere were those who were unquestionab...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 19:35hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mutsvangwa grilled over propaganda
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube and the Reserve Bank have run out of ideas and are introducing complicated policies that continue to confuse and disadvantage the ordinary people while failing to address...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 18:15hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now needs new economic thinkers
LATEST statistics from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) indicate that the country's year-on-year inflation is inches away from breaching the 200% mark. The agency's June figures show ...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:22hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads to the Midlands
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today tour and commission new equipment at three companies in Gweru as part of the country's modernisation and industrialisation process.This comes as the country is w...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Striking nurses hit out at Mthuli Ncube
STRIKING nurses expressed anger and disappointment Tuesday over recent remarks made by finance minister Mthuli Ncube that there was no crisis in the country, everything is well.Earlier this mo...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politics remains a two-horse race
THE Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) on Wednesday released the Afrobarometer round nine survey on Zimbabwe.The survey shows the incipient decline of the ruling Zanu-PF's leader, Emmerson M...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Can real leaders please stand up!
WHEN hospitals start turning away patients because of inadequate sundries, this should jolt any serious government to act.When the face of hospitals, which are the nurses, decide to down tools...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants fret over stagnant salaries
CIVIL servants have expressed dismay over government's failure to increase their salaries to cushion them against inflation and the country's weekly price rampage.Since Monday this week, gover...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cry, the beloved country Zimbabwe
THE average salary of a Zimbabwean teacher is now only able to buy just 20 loaves of bread. But the majority of the teachers' take home can no longer even buy half a dozen loaves given that many of th...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
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