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Zimbabwe-Sino ties reach new heights to the chagrin of malcontents
Earlier today, Deputy Chief Secretary for Presidential Communications George Charamba posted an insightful thread on X detailing the pivotal meeting between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Chinese Pr...Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 07:55hrs | 462 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe police arrest 748 in firearm crackdown
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have arrested 748 suspects in a nationwide operation targeting illegal firearms, toy guns, and other dangerous weapons.The crackdown, launched on 1 September...Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 13:16hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
Maid brutally murdered her employer
A 31-year-old maid has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after the High Court in Hwange found her guilty of helping her husband murder their employer in a calculated plot to loot property and raise...Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 12:49hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
Next they will ban sunglasses and pockets
The government has found a new enemy. It's neither hunger nor corruption. It's not the crumbling clinics that turn the sick into corpses either. It's tint.Permanent Secretary for Presidential ...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 19:53hrs | 1909 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
ZACC denies allegations of selective arrests
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has rejected claims that it is being used as a political tool to target rivals or retired police officers.Speaking at a joint press briefing with...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 09:27hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Toy guns fuel crime wave in Zimbabwe
A worrying crime trend is emerging in Zimbabwe's Midlands Province, where robbers are increasingly turning to fake firearms to terrorise communities.Once dismissed as toys or harmless props, t...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 21:22hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Marimo elected ZCTU Secretary General
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has elected Tirivanhu Marimo as its new secretary general, signaling a potential revival of active, non-partisan trade unionism in the country. Marimo succ...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 10:26hrs | 107 | by Styaff reporter
Zimbabwe police bust syndicate with smuggled weapons
Police in Kwekwe have uncovered a criminal syndicate in possession of smuggled offensive weapons, including an SP500 bleak barrel pistol, an Atumers rifle with a scope, pellet guns, okapi knives, axes...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:36hrs | 79 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to attend China's Victory commemoration
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is among 26 Heads of State scheduled to attend China's 80th anniversary of the Allied Powers' victory in World War II next week, Chinese authorities have confirmed....Published: 28 Aug 2025 at 22:30hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Joel Gabuza's brutal attacker jailed 4 years
A 46-year-old man from Binga, Samson Siauza, has been sentenced to four years in prison by the Regional Court in Hwange for attempted murder following a violent attack on former Cabinet Minister Joel ...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 19:30hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate sentences armed robbers to 12 additional years
Magistrate Noel Mpeiwa has sentenced two armed robbers, already serving lengthy prison terms, to 12 years each following a full trial.Tafadzwa Richard Marondera (21) and Luke Zinyengere (45), ...Published: 26 Aug 2025 at 08:06hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Man fires 11 shots at cops after assaulting neighbour
Chaos erupted in Borrowdale last week when a man allegedly assaulted his neighbour, injured himself while attempting to break free from handcuffs, and later fired 11 shots at police officers.R...Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 20:49hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean student dies after brutal attack in India
A Zimbabwean student, Ziweya Leeroy, has died after spending eight days in hospital following a violent attack outside Guru Kashi University in Talwandi Sabo. Leeroy, 22, passed away on Thursday at AI...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 09:46hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
Cop shoots self in knee drama
A POLICE officer stationed at the Police Protection Unit (PPU) has found himself in the dock after a bizarre shooting incident left him with a bullet wound in the knee.Dubani Munkuli (36) appe...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 09:31hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Father Chivayo at it again!
Businessman Wicknell Chivayo has made headlines after gifting renowned street preacher, Prophet Inzwirashe Matema, a brand-new 2025 Toyota Fortuner 2.4 GD6 and US$50,000 in cash, in recognition of his...Published: 21 Aug 2025 at 12:26hrs | 1355 | by Staff reporter
Man acquitted of dagga possession charges
A 33-year-old man accused of possessing 53 sachets of dagga has been acquitted after a court ruled that there was insufficient evidence linking him to the drugs.Western Commonage Magistrate Mr...Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 18:55hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
How could Chiwenga be so near a religious institution
The Zimbabwean Catholic Church is compromised seriously! My reply to your article while still very fresh; about three hours old on Bulawayo 24 social media. I loved reading your input today regarding ...Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 07:15hrs | 2094 | by Nomazulu Thata
The Gospel According to Honorable Wiwa Sikhala
There are moments in politics when words reveal far more than they were meant to. Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, once tortured and humiliated at the hands of state agents, now finds some undivided attention from...Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 08:17hrs | 613 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
497 Zimbabwe soldiers graduate and ready for deployment
A total of 497 recruit soldiers will graduate today at Imbizo Barracks in a ceremony officiated by Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Commander, Lieutenant-General Emmanuel Matatu.Of the graduating ...Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 17:13hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Ruben Mbofana is Confusing a Mirror For a Weapon
Every few years, whenever crime rates rise, someone will dust off a moral panic that blames the latest boogeyman for our social decay. In the 1980s, it was "Satanic" heavy metal. In the 1990s, it was ...Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 21:06hrs | 915 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
How our love for violent entertainment is breeding a violent Zimbabwe
Entertainment may seem like harmless fun, but the evidence shows it can unravel the very fabric of a society.Three recent stories from Zimbabwe have pierced my heart this past few days-tragic ...Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 20:59hrs | 179 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Wife reports hubby for illegal gun possession
A domestic dispute over an unsecured firearm has landed a Harare man in court, after his wife reported him to police, leading to his arrest and a charge of unlawful possession under Zimbabwe's Firearm...Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 19:32hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Madagascar shows how a mature leadership handles a SADC Chairmanship
There is never a shortage of the village clown, always ready to bring embarrassment and shame to the community.As Madagascar prepares to host the 45th Southern African Development Community (S...Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 18:30hrs | 498 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Lesetja Kganyago has intentionally destroyed black businesses
In a blistering and unfiltered critique, Khandani Msibi, Group CEO of NUMSA Investment Company and 3Sixty Global Solutions Group, has accused South African financial regulators of systematically targe...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 16:17hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Woman chops own mum with machete
A 30-YEAR-OLD woman from Ntabazinduna hacked her mother with a machete after a bitter row over a child's birth certificate.Aydah Tshuma flew off the handle on 4 July after her mother, Reginah ...Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 13:23hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
How Mutare and Manicaland were annexed from the Portuguese
First - a tributeIn carrying out the background research I have been greatly impressed by the articles written by J.C. Barnes, who taught at Umtali Boys' High School and published both in Rhod...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 21:43hrs | 1127 | by Zimfieldguide
Zimbabwe faces new threat from AI voice cloning scams
Last month, a disturbing case emerged from Canada where fraudsters used artificial intelligence to clone the voices of elderly Americans' grandchildren. Between 2021 and 2024, the ring targeted senior...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 08:49hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's emails hacked by SAPS crime intelligence
The SAPS' crime intelligence (CI) division has been fingered as the culprits who hacked President Cyril Ramaphosa's emails while he was serving as deputy president. The unit was fin...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 15:11hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
Kudzayi accuses court system of sabotage
Journalist and political commentator Edmund Kudzayi has accused the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), Softwarehouse Pvt Ltd, and prominent lawyer Advocate Fadzayi Mahere of collusion and deliberate o...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 19:23hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, Tagwirei tiff is not a fragmentation of Zanu-PF
It's unfortunate that whenever we speak, we're quickly dismissed as immature, but you all ain't reading this one right. What is unfolding between Chiwenga and Tagwirei is not a fragmentation of ZANU-P...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 16:57hrs | 1168 | by Charline P Chikomo
Axed wife survives, husband commits suicide
A woman in Waterfalls, Harare, is fighting for her life after being viciously attacked by her husband with an axe, in a case reportedly triggered by jealousy over a contact saved in her phone....Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 08:22hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean women trapped in Russian drone factory scheme
At least four young Zimbabwean women have allegedly been trafficked to work under deceptive conditions at a Russian drone factory producing weapons used in the Ukraine war, in what human rights observ...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 08:17hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Police ban dangerous weapons in Victoria Falls
Police in Victoria Falls have issued a prohibition order banning the carrying of dangerous weapons in public spaces, responding to a recent surge in violent crimes. The ban was announced by Chief Supe...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 15:04hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
'Doctor of Nothing: Zimbabwe's elite and the theft of knowledge'
In the hallowed halls of academia, a doctorate stands as a towering monument to intellectual endurance, sleepless nights, existential crises, and a few thousand cups of coffee brewed stronger than mos...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 16:30hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean elephants trample SA soldier to death near border?
A South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldier deployed on border patrol duty was killed after being trampled by a herd of elephants near the Limpopo River on Sunday night.The tragic i...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 08:33hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Whipping system in Parliament silencing Matebeleland MPs
The parliamentary whipping system employed by Zimbabwe's political parties is stifling the voices of legislators from the Matebeleland region, contributing to the region's continued marginalisation an...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 08:32hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans caught between two broken health systems
When Matilda Sibanda left Bulawayo for South Africa ten years ago, her decision was driven by Zimbabwe's collapsing healthcare system. Now 34, she finds herself in a devastating limbo - unable to acce...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 14:19hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's presidential ambitions exposed
Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa's growing feud with business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is not merely political - it is rooted in a long-standing de...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 09:42hrs | 1838 | by Staff reporter
Thabani Mpofu slams moral decay under Mnangagwa
Renowned constitutional lawyer and Seventh Day Adventist member Advocate Thabani Mpofu has ignited fierce debate across Zimbabwe's political and religious circles after unleashing a stinging rebuke of...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 09:00hrs | 1056 | by Staff reporter
Charamba attacks into Zanu-PF affiliates
Presidential spokesperson George Charamba has slammed Zanu-PF's affiliates, particularly the pro-party digital group Varakashi4ED, accusing them of fostering indiscipline, fueling factionalism, and un...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 09:21hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
Police bust robbery, rape syndicates
Police have arrested six suspects linked to a string of armed robberies, rape, and murder cases committed across Harare, Mt Darwin, Mvurwi, Dotito, and Domboshava.In a statement, National Poli...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 13:02hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Rev. Dongo, so you'll gladly accept cash from the Devil just to avoid looking for money?
As the saying goes, the love of money is the root of all evil - and it seems some so-called "churches" are finding that temptation far too irresistible.It is astonishing - and frankly heartbre...Published: 19 Jul 2025 at 09:19hrs | 1020 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chivayo taxes shocker
Flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo, one of Zimbabwe's most polarising public figures, has rubbished claims that his bank accounts have been garnished by tax authorities amid reports of a lifestyl...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:07hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge soldiers kill unarmed churchgoer
A High Court judge has delivered a stern warning to trained and uniformed personnel, declaring that firearms should never be used in society unless in a war situation, as he sentenced three Zimbabwe N...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 19:10hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Minister Machakaire, instead of suing, just tell us: Are you corrupt or not?
When someone resorts to diversionary tactics instead of addressing legitimate questions, it naturally raises suspicion.In a disturbing turn of events that strikes at the heart of democratic ac...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 12:14hrs | 914 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
No one is above criticism - not even the President
Democracy has always been too heavy a burden for weak, insecure leaders.The recent arrest of The Zimbabwe Independent editor, Faith Zaba, on allegations of "undermining the authority of the pr...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 22:44hrs | 619 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
US Congress proposes sanctions against South Africa
A controversial bill introduced in the United States Congress aims to cut off direct aid to South Africa and impose targeted sanctions on its political leaders, citing the country's legal action again...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 19:57hrs | 2343 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF violence changed man's life forever
He was an energetic man, running his own life and fending for his family. He loved and embraced the supposed freedom brought by the country's liberators hence multi-partyism was just one of those frui...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 11:04hrs | 533 | by Matthew Takaona
Zimbabwe moves to outlaw biological weapons
Zimbabwe is stepping up its national security and commitment to international peace by introducing tough new legislation aimed at outlawing the use and development of biological weapons. The move foll...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:20hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Faith Zaba arrested over satirical article attacking Mnangagwa
Faith Zaba, the editor of the Zimbabwe Independent, was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a satirical article published in the weekly newspaper, reigniting deep concerns over the state of press f...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 20:39hrs | 1724 | by Staff reporter
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