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Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services Minister Tatenda Mavetera has called for a continent-wide push to build digital systems that strengthen climate resilience, warning that Africa must expand connectivity in a clean, sustainable and future-proof manner. Speaking in Harare at the 2025 African Telecommunications Union

News

ZimRights Marks Human Rights Day with Warning Over ‘Everyday Essentials’ Crisis

December 10, 2025

author: Elia Ntali

The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has used this year’s International Human Rights Day commemorations in Harare to deliver a blunt assessment of the country’s human rights landscape warning that the gap between constitutional promises and lived realities continues to widen. Under the global theme “Human

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Stanbic Boosts Lifesaving Child Surgeries with Fresh Donation

December 10, 2025

author: Elia Ntali

Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe has renewed its support for children’s healthcare by donating US$15000 to Celebration Health, the medical outreach arm of Celebration Ministries International. The funding will enable hernia surgeries for underprivileged children across the country extending a partnership that has already transformed dozens of

Entertainment

Hollywood Meets Harare as Gurira’s Almasi Arts Hosts Landmark Masterclass

December 10, 2025

author: Elia Ntali

Almasi Collaborative Arts the dramatic arts organisation co-founded by internationally acclaimed actress and playwright Danai Gurira has wrapped up a groundbreaking documentary filmmaking masterclass led by Academy Award-winning director Ezra Edelman a visit widely seen as a milestone for the country’s creative sector. Edelman best

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ARDA Drives Agriculture Revival With Major Share of National Wheat Harvest

December 10, 2025

author: Lemuel Chekai

The Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) has reinforced its role as a central pillar in Zimbabwe’s food security framework after contributing 50 percent of the country’s winter wheat harvest, marking one of the most significant achievements in recent years. Zimbabwe registered a record 640,195 tonnes

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Civil Society Demands End to Impunity on Human Rights Violations

December 10, 2025

author: Staff Reporter

Civil society organisations have marked the International Day of Human Rights with a powerful joint statement urging authorities to halt the erosion of fundamental freedoms and recommit to constitutional obligations. The groups, united under the theme “Human Rights: Our Everyday Essentials,” said human rights must be

Sports

Shadowy Campaign to Undermine ZIFA President Magwizi Exposed

December 10, 2025

author: Lemuel Chekai

Nqobile Magwizi ZIFA President Nqobile Magwizi’s leadership is once again under intense pressure amid fresh revelations of a coordinated and well-funded plot to destabilise his administration ahead of the Warriors’ Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign in Morocco. Sources within the football association say a long-standing rival

Courts

Bank Employee Nabbed After Using Deceased Estate in US$96k Scam

December 9, 2025

author: Staff Reporter

By Judith Nyuke Dairibord’s group finance director Leonard Mutunga was left counting losses after a Crown Bank employee allegedly swindled him of US$96 000 in a fake loan collateral scam involving a deceased person. Susan Shamiso Charewa from Aspindale Park, Harare, stands accused of defrauding Mutunga

Business

WestProp Building Corridors of Regeneration

December 9, 2025

author: Staff Reporter

Ken Sharpe A quiet real estate revolution is unfolding fast across Harare. WestProp Holdings, through its bold developments at Pomona City, Pokugara, Millennium Heights and The Hills Luxury Golf Estate, is weaving together a new urban fabric - one that not only transforms land but also

Courts

Magaya Rape and Fraud Trial Slated for January

December 9, 2025

author: Staff Reporter

By Judith Nyuke The trial date for Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries founder Walter Magaya, who is accused of rape, has been set for January 26, 2026. In a case of fraud where Magaya, his wife Tendai, Planet Africa and Yadah Connect—in which they are all co-accused—was