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Bulawayo councillors slam inaction amid worsening water crisis
City councillors have voiced mounting concern over Bulawayo's deepening water crisis, accusing the municipal committee responsible for managing future supplies of failing to provide practical solution...Published: 5 hrs ago | 85 | by Staff reporter
Counterfeit medicine crisis grows in Zimbabwe's informal markets
In the crowded, makeshift stalls of Hopley's open market - an informal settlement just south of Harare - buyers can find almost anything: rat poison, cleaning supplies, and even medicine. But behind t...Published: 5 hrs ago | 104 | by Staff reporter
WhatsApp is getting usernames so you can finally stop sharing your phone number
WhatsApp is finally getting a feature that's so basic one has to wonder why it wasn't there in the first place: usernames.That's right, the Meta-owned app still doesn't let you log in with a u...Published: 9 hrs ago | 425 | by Staff reporter
Econet starts on boarding clients to 5MW data centre
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has announced it will start onboarding its corporate clients to its newly-commissioned, state-of-the-art 5 megawatt (MW) data centre in Harare at the end of this month, markin...Published: 9 hrs ago | 65 | by Staff reporter
ZimParks culls 5 problematic elephants
In a relief to communities living under Chief Musikavanhu in Chipinge District, the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority (ZimParks) recently culled five elephants that had been causing exten...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:09hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe railways revival is long overdue
For decades, the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has been a shadow of its former self, crippled by chronic underinvestment, mismanagement, and neglect. Despite its critical role in the country's e...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:07hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
IPPs unveil 16 000MW power project in Zimbabwe
Private players are spearheading over 16,000 megawatts (MW) worth of power generation projects across Zimbabwe to help ease the country's worsening electricity shortage, Intensive Energy Users Group (...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:06hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tobacco sales reach 88% of national target
A notable shift in Zimbabwe's tobacco marketing landscape is unfolding, with auction prices surpassing contract prices for 24 consecutive days, signaling potential cracks in the long-dominant contract...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 09:42hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doesn't need 249 years to fight corruption, Mr. Murwira!
The Zimbabwe government never ceases to amaze.During the recent United States Independence Day commemorations in Harare, the American ambassador to Zimbabwe, Pamela Tremont, described corrupti...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 08:26hrs | 210 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Fresh Harare mass demolitions on the cards
The City of Harare is poised to commence demolitions of illegal structures following a High Court ruling that ordered Brickstone Builders and Contractors, a land development company, to vacate a dispu...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 10:14hrs | 10647 | by Staff reporter
Man survives hyena attack
A 34-year-old man from Mabaleni area in Dete, Matabeleland North province, is recovering at St Patrick's Hospital after surviving a vicious hyena attack last Thursday evening.The victim, Wisem...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 10:12hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Family demands justice following fatal pitbull attack on relative
A Harare family is mourning the tragic death of Samuel Machara, who was fatally mauled by a pitbull in Bluffhill over the weekend, prompting renewed calls for stricter laws regulating the ownership of...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:36hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Stepson's US$60,000 lawsuit against widow dismissed
A High Court judge has dismissed a US$60,000 lawsuit filed by a Murewa man against his stepmother, ruling that there was no evidence of malicious intent in a criminal complaint she lodged with police ...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:34hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Water leaks haunt City of Gweru
The Gweru City Council has temporarily shut down water pumps at Gwenoro Dam to attend to persistent water leaks that continue to undermine service delivery in the Midlands capital.In a stateme...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:31hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
Judge interviews: Why worthy legal minds will not offer themselves for the bench
LIKE most lawyers who heavily litigate, I followed the recently ended interviews from which it is hoped eight Labour Court judges will be appointed.As the interviews progressed, I became incre...Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 14:46hrs | 972 | by Beatrice Mtetwa
Fading giants in a goalless draw
Dynamos 0 - 0 HighlandersThe highly anticipated Battle of Zimbabwe between giants Dynamos and Highlanders ended in a 0-0 stalemate at Rufaro Stadium yesterday, with neither side able t...Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 09:11hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Pit bulls kill neighbour, Harare man arrested
A man from Harare has been arrested after his pit bulls allegedly mauled a neighbour to death in a horrific attack that has reignited nationwide debate over the safety of the American Pitbull Terrier ...Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 09:09hrs | 1056 | by Staff reporter
Food mixed with urine divides hubby and wife
A Bindura-based man has approached the Harare Civil Court seeking a protection order against his wife, accusing her of emotionally and physically abusing him - including allegedly mixing his food with...Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 09:04hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
4 dead, 5 injured in head-on collision
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed a tragic road traffic accident that claimed four lives and left five others injured on May 29 at around 2:00 PM, near the 44-kilometre peg along the Ch...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:43hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Bus rank chaos and reckless competition plague Zimbabwe's public transport sector
A disturbing video recently surfaced showing two buses dangerously tailgating and jostling for a loading bay at a terminus, rekindling painful memories of the tragic 2023 Rimbi-Zebra Kiss fatal bus cr...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:18hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Madam Boss, Mai TT feud reignites in explosive war of words
The long-standing feud between Zimbabwean comedy heavyweights Madam Boss and Mai TT has reignited, with Madam Boss lashing out in a no-holds-barred interview, accusing her rival of being "obsessed" wi...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:12hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is a failed state. So, who will care for the carers when they are old?
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? "Who will guard the guards themselves?" or "Who will watch the watchmen?" Asked Roman poet Juvenal.Replace guard with political leader and you can see why democr...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 13:18hrs | 262 | by Wilbert Mukori
ZiG inflation rises to 92%
Zimbabwe's annual inflation measured in the local currency (ZiG) surged to 92.1% in May 2025, up from April's 85.7%, signaling growing challenges for the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in containing t...Published: 31 May 2025 at 14:04hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza Mayor vows to tackle sewer crisis
Chitungwiza Mayor Rosaria Mangoma has declared solving the town's long-standing sewerage problems as her legacy goal, as she rallies support under the African Mayoral Leadership Initiative (AMALI) to ...Published: 31 May 2025 at 13:42hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt brokers EU power deals as blackouts unsettle economy
The Zimbabwean government is actively facilitating partnerships between local independent power producers (IPPs) and European Union (EU) investors to secure much-needed funding for critical energy pro...Published: 30 May 2025 at 12:16hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Calls mount for amendment of Zimbabwe's outdated Mines and Minerals Act
The long-overdue amendment of Zimbabwe's Mines and Minerals Act (Chapter 21:05) has become a pressing issue as the country grapples with mineral leakages and a lack of transparency in its mining secto...Published: 30 May 2025 at 12:15hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt suppliers plot Treasury showdown at funeral parlour
In an extraordinary show of desperation, Zimbabwean government contractors used the funeral wake of one of their own last Thursday to plot emergency engagements with Treasury officials, warning that u...Published: 30 May 2025 at 12:11hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's pension crisis: Full compensation for 2008 losses may take 100 years
Zimbabwe's pension funds have sounded the alarm over their inability to compensate retirees who lost their life savings during the 2008 economic collapse, warning that, at current fund levels, full re...Published: 30 May 2025 at 12:08hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Man loses US$65,000 in stand scam
Simbarashe Mwanandimai, a 43-year-old director of EDI Resources from Borrowdale, appeared before Harare Magistrates' Court facing allegations of defrauding a home-seeker of US$65,500 by selling a resi...Published: 30 May 2025 at 09:01hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
Illegal miners face deportation from South Africa
South Africa has arrested over 400 illegal miners, including Zimbabweans and other foreign nationals, during a large-scale operation targeting illicit artisanal mining activities across the country. T...Published: 30 May 2025 at 09:00hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Cash-hoarding cripples Zimbabwe banking sector
Zimbabwe's banking sector is under immense strain due to a severe liquidity crisis, with billions of dollars being hoarded outside the formal financial system by wealthy individuals. This alarming dev...Published: 29 May 2025 at 13:18hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean banker's 5 cars seized as cops probe US$2,3m fraud case
A banker accused of manipulating the banking system he was entrusted to protect and creating fake accounts to swindle his employer of approximately US$2.3 million has had his fleet of five vehicles se...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:26hrs | 1519 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe new education curriculum uproar
The Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has called for an urgent review of the recently introduced heritage-based curriculum, describing it as unnecessarily demanding, complicated, and deta...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:22hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
ZESA launches national call centre
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has introduced a centralised national call centre to streamline electricity fault reporting and improve its response to outages across the country....Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:21hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
MP shot at and assaulted by man using pellet gun in Harare
A Member of Parliament was reportedly shot at and assaulted last week in the car park of a Harare hotel by a man wielding a pellet gun. The incident followed a heated confrontation sparked by the man'...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:29hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Celebrating 10 years of selective activism and ticking boxes!
It pains me when I find myself critiquing Zimbabwean women, especially organisations that want bring change in our broken-down system of fighting gender violence. Sometimes I find it inappropriate to ...Published: 26 May 2025 at 22:15hrs | 590 | by Nomazulu Thata
Rogue youths target, rape elderly women
A disturbing wave of sexual violence has rocked the normally quiet Chirau area in Zvimba, where a network of rogue youths has been sneaking into the homes of elderly women and committing rapes, leavin...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:34hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
RBZ blames liquidity crunch on hoarding of US dollars
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has attributed the ongoing liquidity crunch in the economy to the hoarding of United States dollars, dismissing claims that the shortage is linked to limited supply ...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:15hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
UK rape culture forces govt to roll out chemical castration
The British government has announced plans to roll out the use of medication to suppress the sex drive of certain sex offenders, as part of a broader package of reforms aimed at reducing reoffending a...Published: 26 May 2025 at 07:57hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Where are the once touted Zupco buses?
As members of the fourth estate, our role is clear: to hold power to account and to speak truth to those entrusted with public resources. Remaining silent in the face of Zimbabwe's ongoing transport c...Published: 24 May 2025 at 11:00hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
No end in sight to Zimbabwe's electricity crisis
Zimbabwe is currently grappling with a severe energy crisis, characterized by daily load-shedding lasting up to 16 hours. Meanwhile, neighboring Zambia remains cautiously optimistic about easing its p...Published: 24 May 2025 at 10:59hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Dodgy Ministers face Mnangagwa's wrath
Government Ministers have come under intense scrutiny for repeatedly snubbing question-and-answer sessions in Parliament, with critics accusing them of evading accountability and undermining the legis...Published: 22 May 2025 at 11:34hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Right THC Gummies in 2025
THC gummies have been gaining traction over the past few years. Users have been taking advantage of them to help them with a wide range of issues, from insomnia to chronic pain and more. Gummies are a...Published: 21 May 2025 at 20:22hrs | 187 | by Staff Reporter
'Chivayo should be celebrated'
Holy Spirit Ministries pastor Solomon Ndlovu has sparked fierce debate after publicly defending controversial businessman and tenderpreneur Wicknell Chivayo, insisting the flamboyant socialite has com...Published: 21 May 2025 at 19:58hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
Rwandan refugees in Zimbabwe accused of fuelling anti-Kagame agenda
Zimbabwe is harbouring a covert network of Rwandan refugees opposed to President Paul Kagame's government who are accused of engaging in clandestine operations aimed at sabotaging diplomatic ties betw...Published: 21 May 2025 at 11:16hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
290 traffic lights violations caught on police cameras
Is this the dawn of order on the chaotic streets of Harare's Central Business District (CBD), long plagued by reckless kombi and mushikashika drivers? Or just the latest attempt to tame the madness on...Published: 20 May 2025 at 10:07hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
7 on the run in fraud cases
Seven individuals are currently on the run after being implicated in multiple fraud cases totaling more than US$80,000, including a forged payment for a Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) adverti...Published: 20 May 2025 at 10:01hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Major boost for water purification
In a significant environmental breakthrough, the Government of Zimbabwe has inked water purification agreements with Belarus aimed at addressing the escalating problem of leachate pollution at landfil...Published: 20 May 2025 at 09:58hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son grilled over US$200m seed debt
Finance and Investment Promotion Deputy Minister David Mnangagwa has come under fire in Parliament after it emerged that the Government owes Valley Seeds Private Limited nearly US$200 million for agri...Published: 19 May 2025 at 13:58hrs | 1769 | by Staff reporter
US dollar weakness fuels surge in currency volatility
The dollar's descent is elevating the price of hedging currency trades around the world, breaking up a long-standing market conviction that costs tend to come down when the greenback weakens.T...Published: 19 May 2025 at 09:37hrs | 1461 | by Staff reporter
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