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RBZ's market-determined exchange rate spurs ZiG stability
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s adoption of a market-determined exchange rate system has ushered in a new era of stability and confidence in the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency, with the recent remo...Published: 04 May 2025 at 09:15hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
HIV patients pay hidden fees as ARV shortage deepens in Zimbabwe
A growing crisis is unfolding in Zimbabwe as some nurses at public clinics in Harare are reportedly charging people living with HIV illicit fees for access to lifesaving antiretroviral (ARV) medicatio...Published: 01 May 2025 at 12:11hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
CBZ hails Zimbabwe's less volatile economy
CBZ Holdings Limited has praised Zimbabwe's improving economic environment and easing inflationary pressures, which have played a key role in the financial institution achieving a profit of ZWG537.5 m...Published: 30 Apr 2025 at 07:15hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Bosso to miss key midfielders for Bikita Minerals clash
Premiership giants Highlanders will be without influential midfielders Melikhaya Ncube and Mason Mushore when they host league newcomers Bikita Minerals at Barbourfields Stadium on Wednesday.T...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 18:03hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
2 killed in high-speed chase with police
Two people lost their lives in a tragic accident along Gweru-Bristol Road on Sunday night after their vehicle crashed into a tree during a high-speed chase with a police officer.The Zimbabwe R...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 18:00hrs | 1499 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners tighten grip on Zimbabwe's retail sector
Foreign nationals are increasingly dominating Zimbabwe's retail sector, raising concerns over the flouting of laws that reserve the industry for indigenous Zimbabweans.Despite legal provisions...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 08:52hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge clearing agent jailed for smuggling
A Beitbridge clearing agent, Brian Zimbume, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being convicted of fraud and smuggling related offences. Zimbume, who was employed by Andalusia Investments ...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:38hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Gonye retained as Zimbabwe Olympics Committee President after tight election
Thabani Gonye has been re-elected as the president of the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) following a closely contested election held Sunday afternoon at the Quadrennial General Meeting in Harare....Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:04hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
ZiG monthly inflation rate up by 0,7%
Zimbabwe's new currency, Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG), recorded a slight inflation decline of 0.7% in April 2025, while the United States dollar (USD) also saw a modest depreciation of 0.2%, according to the Z...Published: 26 Apr 2025 at 10:44hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Gun-totting prison escapee and robber gets 22-year jail term
Luke Zinyengere, the inmate who recently stunned Zimbabwe by staging a daring escape at the Harare Magistrates' Court, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison after being convicted of escaping from l...Published: 26 Apr 2025 at 10:40hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Botswana's Boko is right: any president who wants to remain in power for more than 10 years has failed
The truth, although unpalatable at times, shall set us free.When Botswana's President Duma Boko recently declared that any president who desires to hold on to power beyond ten years is "instan...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 14:19hrs | 538 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwean Sensation Ananya Revisits Childhood Nostalgia on New Single 'Long Jump'
Johannesburg - Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ananya has always walked a tightrope between worlds. Her latest single, Long Jump, is a deeply personal indie-pop track that captures that de...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 14:15hrs | 275 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe's maize production to fall short by 10-15%
Zimbabwe's maize production for the 2024/25 agricultural season is expected to fall short of the country's national requirements by 10% to 15% due to prolonged dry spells and erratic rainfall, accordi...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:32hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans ignore stayaway call
Zimbabweans across the country yesterday overwhelmingly rejected calls for a nationwide stayaway, choosing instead to go about their daily routines as usual. Shops, Government offices, vegetable marke...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:29hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
South African Deputy President survives assassination attempt
South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile has reportedly escaped an assassination attempt after his official motorcade came under gunfire while leaving an ANC meeting in Boksburg, Johannesburg, on...Published: 20 Apr 2025 at 19:20hrs | 2828 | by Staff reporter
Baby swap scandal at United Bulawayo Hospitals demands urgent action
The shocking allegations of a baby swap that reportedly occurred on October 10, 2024, at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) have rightfully sparked outrage and unease across the country. The very idea th...Published: 20 Apr 2025 at 19:18hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lifts exchange rate controls
Zimbabwean businesses have been granted greater flexibility in pricing their goods and services, following the Government's decision to scrap exchange rate controls amid increased currency stability a...Published: 17 Apr 2025 at 07:36hrs | 11283 | by Staff reporter
Man convicted for undeclared US dollars yet Ramaphosa walks free
THE conviction and sentencing of Mohammed Ameen who was caught with over half a million of undeclared US dollars has fueled African Transformation Movement's (ATM) determination to ensure that Preside...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 12:02hrs | 1211 | by Staff reporter
'RBZ walks the talk on ZiG'
Zimbabwe's efforts to stabilise its currency and foster price stability are showing significant progress, with foreign currency reserves backing the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) surpassing US$600 million, sign...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:20hrs | 3709 | by Staff reporter
Kariba floodgates partially opened
The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has begun commissioning tests on the newly rehabilitated sluice gates at Kariba Dam, marking a critical phase in the near-completion of a major rehabilitation project...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:06hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's foreign currency reserves surge as ZiG gains stability
Zimbabwe's efforts to stabilise its local currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), have begun yielding tangible results, with the country's foreign currency reserves exceeding US$600 million, the Reserve Ba...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 12:23hrs | 10283 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF moves to replace 'Bombshell' Geza
ZANU PF Mashonaland West province has begun the process of replacing expelled war veteran Mr Blessed Geza from its structures, following his dismissal for undermining the authority of President Emmers...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 20:25hrs | 1257 | by Staff reporter
Zec ducks Chivayo millions saga
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has pleaded with journalists to stop asking questions regarding the controversial US$40 million elections tender allegedly awarded to Zanu PF-linked businessman...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 15:29hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Kaindu demands defensive discipline
Highlanders head coach Kelvin Kaindu has expressed deep frustration over his team's defensive frailties, warning that the Bulawayo giants must tighten up at the back if they are to mount a serious tit...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 12:47hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in UK protest against Mnangagwa
A group of Zimbabweans living in the United Kingdom recently staged a protest march dubbed the "Walk for Freedom" in Blackburn, calling for democratic reforms and the release of jailed journalist Bles...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:52hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime targets Kasukuwere
Former Cabinet minister and Zanu PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has emerged as a primary target of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's intensifying crackdown on political dissent, as th...Published: 07 Apr 2025 at 20:33hrs | 6213 | by Staff reporter
US dollar suffocates the ZiG
A liquidity crunch in Zimbabwe is deepening the economy's embrace of the US dollar and undermining the bullion-backed currency introduced by the government almost a year ago.The ZiG, short for...Published: 06 Apr 2025 at 11:38hrs | 3602 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fast-tracking ZiG banknotes rollout
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is accelerating efforts to deliver new Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) banknotes, with Governor Dr John Mushayavanhu assuring the public that the rollout will happen "in the sho...Published: 06 Apr 2025 at 11:28hrs | 1064 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders' ex-CEO faces police probe
Highlanders Football Club has been thrust into the eye of a storm following explosive allegations of corruption and financial misconduct involving former chief executive officer Brian Moyo, who resign...Published: 06 Apr 2025 at 11:25hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Shortage of contraceptives hits Zaka amid fears of smuggling to SA
A serious shortage of contraceptive tablets has rocked clinics across Zaka District, triggering suspicions of smuggling operations targeting the South African black market.The revelation was m...Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 08:41hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti slams Mnangagwa's 2030 agenda as a corrupt power grab
Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has come out guns blazing against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's so-called "2030 agenda," describing it as a corrupt and self-serving scheme designed to protect sto...Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 08:36hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga-faction escalates Mnangagwa impeachment moves
The succession battle within Zimbabwe's ruling party, Zanu-PF, has escalated sharply as Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's faction, in alliance with prominent war veterans led by Blessed Geza, has ...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 15:52hrs | 11911 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Headmaster on the run after sodomy allegation
A deputy headmaster at Masase High School in Mberengwa has gone into hiding after being accused of sodomising more than 35 male students at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Zimbabwe (ELCZ)-run insti...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 14:08hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will never be free with more analysts than activists
It's time we were brutal frank with each other as Zimbabweans.As more Zimbabweans sink deeper into poverty and the grip of a repressive regime tightens, there's a familiar and haunting questio...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 08:48hrs | 295 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bosso CEO suspended over transfer fee irregularities?
Highlanders Football Club has reportedly suspended its Chief Executive Officer, Brian Moyo, amid allegations of financial impropriety involving the transfer fees of two players acquired from Bulawayo ...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 08:22hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's dilemma: The cost of loyalty in Zimbabwe's political chess
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's long-standing loyalty to President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now being met with ruthless betrayal. After playing a pivotal role in bringing Mnangagwa to power in 2017...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 18:01hrs | 1559 | by Staff reporter
Dairibord to start toll production in SA
Dairibord Holdings is set to expand its operations in the region to drive export growth, with South Africa as the immediate destination for a planned toll manufacturing project. The initiative is expe...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 08:48hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt workers moonlight as street vendors
Every morning, Dumisani Ngara* gets up at dawn to catch a 6:30am bus to work at Zimbabwe's Ministry of National Housing and Social Amenities. The government-provided bus is free for civil servants in ...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 12:41hrs | 1125 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's monthly inflation drops to 0% in March 2025
Zimbabwe's monthly inflation rate fell to 0% in March 2025, marking a significant milestone in the country's economic stabilization efforts. The decline was attributed to a sustained tight liquidity s...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 05:40hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Why There Are No Contender for Zanu PF Leadership Post-Mnangagwa
With a population exceeding 16 million, one might expect a lot of voices vying for political leadership, especially within a historically powerful party like the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patrio...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 12:10hrs | 701 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Bafana Bafana used an ineligible player against minnows Lesotho
South Africa's road to the 2026 Fifa World Cup has hit a potential roadblock following a yellow-card controversy surrounding midfielder Teboho Mokoena. Reports suggest that Mokoena may have been ineli...Published: 25 Mar 2025 at 19:54hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Armed suspect stages dramatic escape at Harare magistrates court
In a scene reminiscent of a high-octane thriller, armed suspect Luke Zinyengerere executed a daring escape from the custody of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) at the Harare Magis...Published: 22 Mar 2025 at 06:20hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hails Coventry's victory
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has led national and international tributes to Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry following her historic election as the 10th President of the International Olympi...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:20hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
The Looming Political Storm: Can Zimbabwe afford another military-backed leader?
As Zimbabwe hurtles toward the planned 31 March protests, a political storm is brewing. The calls for Vice President Constantino Chiwenga to take over from President Emmerson Mnangagwa are growing lou...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 22:22hrs | 2055 | by Nomalizwe Mbulu
Zimbabwean prop signs for Northampton Saints
Northampton Saints have secured the signing of Zimbabwean prop Cleopas Kundiona from French Pro D2 side USON Nevers ahead of the 2025/26 season.The 26-year-old tighthead will join the Gallaghe...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 09:53hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Regime change Khama refused entry into Angola
Angola is under scrutiny after denying entry to several senior African political figures who were set to attend a conference hosted by the country's main opposition party, the National Union for the T...Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 09:51hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Bosso sweat over injuries
Highlanders are facing an injury crisis ahead of their crucial Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match against Green Fuel in Chisumbanje. Coach Kelvin Kaindu is hoping that some of his key players, c...Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 06:50hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road truck stops, a haven for prostitution
Dressed in tight-fitting, body-revealing clothes that leave little to the imagination, two young women take turns knocking on the driver's side door of a haulage truck at Gwayi Shopping Centre, along ...Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 06:46hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Mutizwa gets Mngqithi's Arrows revival into full swing in Polokwane
Polokwane 0 - 1 Golden ArrowsGolden Arrows' revival gathered momentum on Wednesday night as head coach Manqoba Mngqithi secured his first victory since returning to the club. The hard-fought 1-0 w...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 07:10hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwean explosives smuggler arrested at South Africa border
South African border authorities have arrested a 48-year-old suspect for attempting to smuggle explosives worth at least R600,000 from Zimbabwe through the Beitbridge Port of Entry on Monday. The nati...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 16:08hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
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