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Prominent Bulawayo doctor seeks downward variation of US$500 maintenance
A well-known medical practitioner in Bulawayo has filed an application at the Bulawayo Magistrates Court seeking a downward variation of his maintenance obligations from US$500 to US$200, citing sever...Published: 16 hrs ago | 688 | by Staff reporter
Man handcuffs, rapes daughter in-law for 5 consecutive days
A 46-year-old man from Glen View was arrested on Tuesday after being accused of raping his 18-year-old daughter-in-law for five consecutive days. The man, a father of three boys and one girl, reported...Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 11:48hrs | 1831 | by Staff reporter
Brother assaults sister over boyfriend
A Harare woman has been granted a protection order against her brother after she accused him of assaulting and verbally abusing her over a dispute at their parents' home.Jacqueline Fofo approa...Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 08:02hrs | 343 | by Staff reported
SA university rejects claims by 'lecturer' who favoured Zimbabwean students
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has distanced itself from Joel Sangweni, who claimed to be a lecturer at the institution after a post on social media that he intentionally fails South African stud...Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 08:40hrs | 892 | by Staff reporter
ED 2030 Agenda: The one seeking selfish ambition, dividing the nation and threatening national stability
Zimbabwe faces its greatest test since the ouster of Robert Gabriel Mugabe.Of late, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has become increasingly unyielding in his rhetoric, especially in warning those...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 11:37hrs | 622 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa turns to vendors to thwart 31 March protest
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reaffirmed the government's commitment to supporting vendors and the informal sector, recognizing their critical role in the country's economic development. Speaking d...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 06:19hrs | 3442 | by Staff reporter
Fact-Checking Blessed Geza
A few days ago, war veteran Blessed Geza released a reckless and inflammatory video on YouTube, packed with baseless accusations and outright fabrications all in a desperate attempt to incite unrest....Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 21:03hrs | 5030 | by John Mbizvo
'We've porous borders, we need India,' Muchinguri discloses
Zimbabwe's Minister of Defence, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has sensationally disclosed that the country's borders are too porous hence the need for collabor...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 07:06hrs | 1453 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Does Mnangagwa learn anything from witnessing the smooth transfer of power in other countries?
History has a tendency of repeating itself. Yesterday, Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa attended the inauguration of Namibia's newly elected president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, ...Published: 22 Mar 2025 at 20:39hrs | 561 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZANU-PF official begs Mnangagwa for permission to crush Geza-linked protests
HARARE - The ZANU-PF deputy secretary for youth affairs, John Paradza has begged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to give him and Tino Machakaire (Secretary for youth affairs), a chance to confront and cr...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 15:27hrs | 5729 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Alarm bells ringing as the regime panics: Veteran Activists Association Zimbabwe (Vaaz)
When the Nation's war Chest is paraded on the streets and "Dr Amai The Second" traverse the nation to rave and rant at hastily arranged rallies then you know The house is on Fire .It is an open secret...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 15:18hrs | 2168 | by Mandava Blessing National Spokesperson
Government of Zimbabwe remains silent as land dispute affects more than 800 families close to Harare
There are more than 800 families who are being disadvantaged of their right and privilege to own land in Zimbabwe by an individual who is not even resident in Zimbabwe but stays in Canada. Bulawayo24....Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 10:47hrs | 887 | by Nevison Mpofu
Blessed Geza resurfaces, escalates attacks on Mnangagwa
Militant war veteran leader Blessed "Bombshell" Geza has resurfaced on X (Twitter) following his recent scathing attack on President Emmerson Mnangagwa, accusing him of failing the nation through nepo...Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 20:22hrs | 2480 | by Staff reporter
Police probe NSSA boss over RTG extortion plot
NSSA chairman, Emmanuel Fundira was on Wednesday questioned by the police in connection with an extortion case involving former Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) senior employee Paula January.The de...Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 10:45hrs | 634 | by Nathan Guma
Mother accuses sons of abusing her
A Harare woman appeared before the civil court yesterday seeking a protection order against her two sons, whom she accused of physically abusing her whenever she assigned them household chores....Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 08:42hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
NSSA chair implicated in extortion case
National Social Security Authority (NSSA) chairman Emmanuel Fundira was questioned by police on Wednesday in connection with an extortion case involving former Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) senior emplo...Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 09:37hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Dealers lace biscuits with drugs
Police have uncovered a disturbing new method employed by drug dealers in and around Harare, where biscuits are being laced with drugs and sold to the public. Previously, they would use cakes, muffins...Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 10:08hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Chinese national acquitted for attempted murder
Gweru regional magistrate Christopher Maturure on Wednesday acquitted Chinese national Liu Haifeng, who had been facing a charge of attempted murder.The State had alleged that in January this ...Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 06:47hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Harare residents threaten legal action over church noise
Residents in a Harare suburb are threatening legal action against a local church, accusing it of operating without the necessary permits and disrupting the neighborhood with excessive noise.A ...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 22:24hrs | 1338 | by Ndou Paul
Social unrest warning for South Africa
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has issued a stern warning to the South African government, threatening widespread protests if the revised budget - set to be presented on Wednesday, 12 March - include...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 17:13hrs | 1976 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Geza should learn from Sam Geza and Simba Makoni
History has a strange way of repeating itself, often with bitter consequences for those who fail to learn from it. In 2008, Simba Makoni, once a high-ranking member of ZANU PF, boldly announced his ca...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 14:14hrs | 2749 | by John Mbizvo
Mnangagwa shields Murwira in UZ-HIT intellectual property battle
A prolonged battle between University of Zimbabwe (UZ) and Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) over ownership of various innovation patents has indefinitely forced President Emmerson Mnangagwa (then)...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 12:11hrs | 10782 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
200 houses in Harare face demolition
Two hundred houses and properties, including two opulent mansions near the National Heroes Acre, were illegally built on land reserved for the Harare Drive expansion project and now face demolition, T...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 08:30hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
3 Zimbabweans in court for kidnapping Cape Town man
Three Zimbabwean nationals accused of kidnapping a Cape Town man and demanding R5m ransom appeared in the Stellenbosch Regional court on Monday.Luckmore Tawanda Muzhira, Takudzwa Trust Nzounhe...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 20:39hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
Alarm over major city dam's low water inflows
Bulawayo's water supply faces a growing crisis as one of its main water sources, Inyankuni Dam, has received only 6% of its designed inflows, a situation worsened by rampant illegal gold mining in the...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:20hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Man sets ex-wife's home on fire
A 50-year-old man from Mutare, Zvenyika Gomo, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for attempted murder and criminal damage after setting his ex-wife's home on fire in June 2024.On the nig...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 14:44hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, Mohadi continue absconding Parliament
Deputy President of Senate, Michael Nyambuya, has expressed disappointment over the persistent absence of the country's two vice presidents and Cabinet ministers during crucial parliamentary Question-...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 14:38hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ED2030 team back on campaign trail
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's political allies have reignited their push for a 2030 campaign despite the president's recent public assertion that he would not seek to extend his rule beyond his secon...Published: 03 Mar 2025 at 13:07hrs | 1918 | by Staff reporter
Funds embezzlement scandal at Khumalo Primary School
Khumalo Primary School headmistress Stella Mhlanga and two other school officials are facing allegations of embezzling US$12,000 from the school's funds through under-banking and other fraudulent acti...Published: 27 Feb 2025 at 11:43hrs | 1405 | by Stephen Jakes
Mashonaland man kills wife, village head and neighbour, stabs himself
The community of Hurungwe, Mashonaland West, is in shock after a 37-year-old man allegedly went on a brutal killing spree, murdering three people, including his wife, the village head, and a neighbor,...Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 14:50hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Journalism is not a crime, free Mhlanga.
It is savage and an attack on the free press that Blessed Mhlanga is being held in custody. The media's mission is to amuse, educate, and inform. Without fear, harassment, or intimidation, the...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 20:48hrs | 545 | by Leonard Koni
VOA journalist takes justice into her own hands in Bulawayo
Bulawayo-based journalist Annahstacia Ndlovu, a correspondent for Voice of America (VOA), was forced to take matters into her own hands last week when she encountered one of the men who allegedly assa...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 16:55hrs | 1214 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Court kicks out Chinese company from villagers' land
The High Court in Chinhoyi has issued an interdict against Labenmon, a Chinese mining company, barring it from expanding its operations into a grazing area owned by two villages in Magunje, Hurungwe....Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 19:19hrs | 13276 | by Staff reporter
Blow for regime change tool USAid
A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for one of the Trump administration's remaining steps in its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, allowing it to move forward with pu...Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 09:44hrs | 1084 | by Staff reporter
Bloodthirsty demon of war currently in Eastern DRC will visit Zimbabwe
The bloodthirsty demon of war and destruction currently operating in DRC will proceed to Zimbabwe on invitation by the Shona supremacist government of Zimbabwe. The unresolved issue of Matabel...Published: 19 Feb 2025 at 21:12hrs | 1782 | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwe govt warns against Insulting Mnangagwa, citing criminal law
The Government has warned individuals against making disparaging remarks about the Office of the President and Cabinet, stating that while freedom of expression is a constitutional right, some stateme...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 03:32hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
High court bars Kudzayi from defaming Ken Sharpe
Online media company Kukurigo Communications has been ordered by High Court judge Justice Regis Dembure to stop publishing defamatory and derogatory content against West Properties Holdings and its ch...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 08:55hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
'Security apparatus' ploy to shutdown Manhize foils,' Mutsvangwa claims
ZANU-PF spokesman, Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa has this Thursday sensationally claimed that a major security institution's ploy to shutdown Manhize ...Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 06:47hrs | 2606 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Mahiya threatens war veterans opposing Mnangagwa's extended rule
Zanu PF Secretary for War Veterans, Douglas Mahiya, has issued stern warnings to war veterans opposing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's extended stay in office, threatening to "stop them from speaking i...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 16:59hrs | 2379 | by Staff reporter
'Baba Jukwa' wanted over $40k extortion charges
Police are searching for public relations expert and journalist Edmund Kudzayi, who was at some point linked to the Facebook page known as Baba Jukwa, who has been implicated in an extortion case invo...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 11:40hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
Zimra raids smuggling points along Limpopo, destroys boats
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), in a groundbreaking drone-led operation, raided several smuggling points along the Limpopo River on Tuesday, confiscating and destroying boats used to illegally...Published: 11 Feb 2025 at 16:27hrs | 1121 | by Staff reporter
Harare businessman implicated in US$40 000 scandal
A Harare businessman linked to Kukurigo Communications, Nominate Chazwe (42), has been arrested for allegedly extorting US$40,000 from WestProp Holdings while threatening to publish damaging informati...Published: 11 Feb 2025 at 06:46hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Geza embroiled in fraud and intimidation scandal
Controversial war veteran, Blessed Geza, finds himself at the center of a fraud, perjury, and corruption scandal after failing to pay US$1,250,000 for a piece of land in Harare. Geza, who is embroiled...Published: 11 Feb 2025 at 06:41hrs | 1777 | by Staff reporter
Robber drops wallet, lands gang in jail
Police in Bulawayo have arrested three suspects involved in an armed robbery at Bambanani Shopping Center in Gumtree after one of the suspects accidentally dropped his wallet at the crime scene....Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 14:32hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
Humphreys spins Ireland to brink of victory over Chevrons
SPINNER Matthew Humphreys took four wickets as Ireland reduced Zimbabwe to 183-7 on a rain-hit fourth day, leaving them well-poised for victory in Bulawayo.He shared the individual honours wit...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 06:41hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala details arrest drama in Penhalonga
National Democratic Working Group (NDWG) chairman Job Sikhala, a prominent activist and former MP, has recounted the events surrounding his arrest alongside 39 others during a meeting in Penhalonga, M...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 16:34hrs | 1070 | by Staff reporter
'South Africa being unjustly punished by the Trump'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has strongly criticized the United States for imposing sanctions on South Africa, likening the situation to the punitive measures placed on Zimbabwe following its Land Ref...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 11:27hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teacher and human rights activist struggles after 4 years without salary
Robson Chere, a 40-year-old trained teacher and passionate human rights activist, has spent the past four years without receiving a salary after the government halted his payments. As the secretary-ge...Published: 08 Feb 2025 at 12:47hrs | 994 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Econet Wireless suffers major data breach
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, the nation's largest mobile network operator, has fallen victim to a significant data breach, potentially exposing personal information of 852,791 customers. The incident, un...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 20:12hrs | 7257 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa seeks to silence guns in DRC
SADC Chairperson and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to depart for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, today to attend the joint SADC-East African Community (EAC) Summit. The high-level meeting se...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 06:36hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
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