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Kasukuwere viciously attacks Tagwirei
Former Zanu-PF political commissar and cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere has launched a scathing attack on controversial businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei, accusing him of being the embodiment of stat...Published: 4 hrs ago | 848 | by Staff reporter
UK-based Zimbabwean woman appeals for repatriation help
A Zimbabwean woman based in the United Kingdom, Moreblessing Mundoza, has launched a heartfelt public appeal for financial assistance to repatriate the body of her late husband, Wellington "Pablo" Nya...Published: 4 hrs ago | 421 | by Staff reporter
Karanda hospital dismisses fake nurse training advert
Karanda Mission Hospital has issued a public warning about a fraudulent social media message falsely advertising nurse training recruitment at its School of Nursing.The misleading post, circul...Published: 5 hrs ago | 59 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Parliament must tackle language chauvinism
One of Zimbabwe's most corrosive societal ills, language chauvinism, is rearing its head in the very institution tasked with representing unity and national interests: Parliament. What should be a dig...Published: 8 hrs ago | 179 | by Staff reporter
Zimra faces deepening tax enforcement crisis
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) is grappling with a growing tax enforcement crisis as the dominance of the cash economy, rampant informality, and high-profile tax disputes expose critical weakn...Published: 11 hrs ago | 592 | 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: 11 hrs ago | 543 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Town Clerk appointed NSSA board chair
The City of Bulawayo's Town Clerk, Mr. Christopher Dube, has been appointed as the new chairperson of the National Social Security Authority (NSSA), following the government's dissolution of the previ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 462 | by Staff reporter
Harare's 'cursed' office
The office of the Town Clerk at Harare City Council has long been mired in controversy, corruption scandals, and political infighting, leading to widespread mismanagement and plunder of council resour...Published: 11 hrs ago | 421 | by Staff reporter
Armed trio escapes with over US$500,000 in daring Bulawayo mine heist
Three suspected armed robbers carried out a daring heist at the Old Nic Mine in Killarney, Bulawayo, on Wednesday, making off with over US$500,000 in cash.The robbery took place shortly before...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1141 | by Staff reporter
Secrecy shrouds launch of Gukurahundi public hearings
Zimbabwe's long-awaited public hearings on the 1980s Gukurahundi atrocities officially began today under a cloud of secrecy and mounting criticism, with observers and victims' groups describing the pr...Published: 12 hrs ago | 191 | by Staff reporter
Panic grips Harare City Council bosses
Panic has swept through Harare City Council as senior executives scramble to safeguard their positions following the release of a scathing commission of inquiry report into the municipality's operatio...Published: 13 hrs ago | 334 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice bemoans court case backlog
Chief Justice Luke Malaba has called on court officials, including magistrates, to urgently address delays in concluding cases, warning that prolonged postponements undermine the credibility of Zimbab...Published: 13 hrs ago | 106 | by Staff reporter
Gossip over sex sounds led cook to bash student
A shocking case of violence has emerged at Ruya Adventist School, where the head cook, Lesly Bizwell, allegedly assaulted a student on industrial attachment, leaving her with a broken arm after accusi...Published: 13 hrs ago | 772 | by Staff reporter
Teenage bride dies by suicide after domestic abuse
A tragic case of domestic violence has claimed the life of a 16-year-old girl in Chimanimani, after she allegedly took her own life by drinking poison following a beating by her husband over grocery m...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 17:21hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed driver avoids jail after fatal accident
A controversial court ruling in Chinhoyi has triggered widespread public outrage after a 20-year-old unlicensed driver, who fatally struck a pedestrian and injured four others, was sentenced to perfor...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 17:20hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Dr Guramatunhu loses money in cryptocurrency scam
Renowned ophthalmologist Dr Solomon Guramatunhu has reportedly lost more than US$583,000 in a cryptocurrency scam allegedly orchestrated by a business associate and her husband, a Harare court heard y...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 15:20hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Woman pours acid on love rival
A 29-year-old woman from Fort Rixon, Matabeleland South, has admitted to assaulting her friend by pouring acid on her, after accusing her of having an affair with her husband, a court heard on Tuesday...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 12:33hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Shava returns as NSSA substantive boss?
After three years of internal turmoil, high-profile dismissals, and corruption scandals, a measure of calm and certainty has returned to the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) following the app...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 12:00hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
Minister fires entire NSSA Board
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Edgar Moyo has dismissed the entire board of directors of the National Social Security Authority (NSSA), led by prominent businessman and tourism mog...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 11:57hrs | 1805 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe initiates process to join BRICS
Zimbabwe has formally initiated its process to join the BRICS grouping of emerging economies, following high-level diplomatic discussions held in the capital between Foreign Affairs and International ...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 09:08hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi hearings begin reopening old wounds
Public hearings into the Gukurahundi massacres, an initiative spearheaded by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, are set to commence tomorrow amid rising concerns from survivors, civil society, and analysts...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 09:01hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Smugglers dump vehicle, contraband after ZRP chase
MUTARE - An anti-smuggling crack team deployed in Zimbabwe's Manicaland peripheral borders intercepted and foil an attempt by unknown assailants to smuggle second-hand clothing bales from Mozambique i...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 08:01hrs | 350 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
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 | 1579 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo company pioneers dust suppression breakthrough
In a significant stride towards sustainable industrialisation, Bulawayo-based manufacturing firm, Chemical Technology Africa (CTA), has unveiled an innovative solution to combat air pollution caused b...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 17:10hrs | 378 | 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 | 506 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa set for Mozambique Golden Jubilee celebrations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will tomorrow join fellow Heads of State and Government at Machava Stadium in Maputo for Mozambique's Golden Jubilee, marking 50 years since the country's independence fro...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 12:41hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fake ID syndicate busted
Two men who operated a fake identity card manufacturing scheme from inside a government registry office in Bulawayo have been jailed following a sensational exposé and police crackdown.Brian ...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 12:37hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Man assaulted for refusing to visit Tsikamutanda
A disturbing incident involving a self-styled traditional healer, or Tsikamutanda, has sent shockwaves through the Zaka community under Chief Bota, after a local man was allegedly assaulted and forcef...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 12:36hrs | 554 | 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 | 594 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Surely, what lessons in business success can Tagwirei teach our youth?
Our youth are the greatest asset to our nation's future, and we cannot afford to lead them astray.Zimbabwe is a nation desperate for authentic leadership, especially for its youth. ...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 11:24hrs | 262 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Lithium rush a crossroads for Zimbabwe's future
Africa, which holds significant estimated shares of the world's total reserves of bauxite (24%), cobalt (49.4%), copper (7%), graphite (21%), lithium (6%), manganese (43%), nickel (4.2%) and rare eart...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 10:27hrs | 312 | by Sikhululekile Mashingaidze and Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
Boarding school head chef brutally beat student
A shocking case of student abuse has come to light at Ruya Adventist High School in Mt Darwin, where the school's head chef, Lesley Bizwell, allegedly locked a female student in a toilet and savagely ...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:15hrs | 884 | by Staff reporter
High Court upholds appointment of Chief Mugabe
The High Court has dismissed a legal challenge to the appointment of Matubede Mudavanhu as Chief Mugabe of Masvingo Province, bringing an end to a protracted dispute over the traditional leadership....Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:14hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Fuel tanker leaks thousands of litres near Umguza river
A potentially devastating catastrophe was narrowly avoided on Saturday when a fuel tanker carrying 37,000 litres of petrol and diesel was involved in a road accident along the Bulawayo-Harare Highway,...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:07hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records decline in malaria cases
As Zimbabwe emerges from its peak malaria transmission season, the Ministry of Health and Child Care has reported a notable drop in new malaria infections - but a sharp and troubling increase in malar...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:05hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Wheelchair bound gangster jailed
A notorious gang leader Llyod Mahovhani Mabiti who was recruiting gangsters to rob, kidnap, assault, exort and threaten Chibuwe resisdence has been ...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 21:30hrs | 1091 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man cheats death after love triangle attack
A 35-YEAR-OLD Shamva man is lucky to be alive after he was severely attacked by three men who accused him of cheating with one of the assailant',s wife....Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 21:26hrs | 1147 | by Simbarashe Sithole
It will take more than Mnangagwa's gold vault tour to restore public trust in the ZiG
There's a saying: trust is built over time - but can be destroyed in an instant, and once broken, confidence is not only shattered, but painfully difficult to rebuild.President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 18:56hrs | 344 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Even the government's own excuses prove it's to blame for drug shortages in hospitals
When incompetence runs deep, even your excuses end up exposing you. The recent state-sanctioned explanation in The Sunday Mail on why public hospitals in Zimbabwe are running out of basic...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 11:12hrs | 148 | 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 | 290 | by Leonard Koni
Teenager killed in fight over isitshwala
A quarrel over a plate of isitshwala, Zimbabwe's beloved staple food, turned fatal when 19-year-old Allen Shambare was beaten to death by two rival men at Abedine farm compound.Zimbabwe Republ...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 11:08hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Limpopo police nab three illegal Zimbabwean miners
The fight against illegal mining is intensifying as the Sekhukhune District Vala Umgodi Task Team successfully arrested three Zimbabwean nationals during a targeted raid at the Spietskop Mine, portion...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 11:07hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Initiative to revolutionise ECD assessment
A pioneering initiative designed to transform the assessment of Early Childhood Development (ECD) learners is gaining momentum across Zimbabwe's education sector. The Smart Tablet Early Learning Tool ...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 11:06hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Coventry faces difficult task
The world that Zimbabwean sports icon Kirsty Coventry steps into today as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is already vastly different from the one that elected her just ...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 10:32hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
'Detective Kedha' convicted of kidnapping Harare woman
Notorious private investigator Tafadzwa Chidawa, widely known as "Detective Kedha," has been convicted of kidnapping a Harare woman in a dramatic case that unfolded last year. The conviction came afte...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 10:31hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners continue to invade Vumbachikwe Mine
Vumbachikwe Mine community members have complained over the random blasting occurring at the mine amid revelations gold panners continue to invade the min...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 22:44hrs | 347 | by Stephen Jakes
ZANU PF thugs disrupt funeral, Councillor bashed
There was drama in Mazowe Ward 15 District at the funeral of a Citizens Coalition of Change (CCC) aspiring councillor.Suspected ZANU PF thugs who attended the funeral in Concession allegedly d...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 12:42hrs | 1898 | by Simbarashe Sithole
India targets massive Zim traditional knowledge, healthcare transfers
HARARE - As part of strengthening its bilateral co-operation with Zimbabwe, India is targeting to invest in traditional knowledge and preventive health care expertise (and skills) transfer thereby rea...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 12:32hrs | 568 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Zimbabwe moves to reform public medicine supply system
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has embarked on a sweeping reform process aimed at resolving medicine shortages at public hospitals, despite the country's main pharmaceutical distributor, NatPha...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 11:03hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
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 | 835 | by Staff reporter
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