Hwange Power Station’s Unit 3 has been shut down for statutory maintenance, with ZESA Holdings confirming the planned outage will run from 10 September to 24 October 2025. The power utility said the 44-day exercise was crucial to improving the unit’s reliability and long-term efficiency. “ZESA Holdings
Residents of Mbare have condemned the demolition of the township’s only vocational training centre to make way for 144 tuckshops, calling it a betrayal of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Vision 2030 and a blow to youth empowerment. For decades, the centre trained carpenters, mechanics and artisans who
By Elishamai A. Ziumbwa Zimbabwe will make history this week as the COSAFA Under-17 tournament becomes the first local competition to feature Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology. The youth tournament which kicks off tomorrow at Norton’s Ngoni MWOS Stadium and runs until 20 August will serve as
The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Agriculture has launched a scathing attack on Prevail International a company linked to one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s top advisors accusing it of failing to deliver on a flagship rural development scheme despite receiving huge sums of public money. Prevail International
By Elisahamai A Ziumbwa The Government has announced sweeping reforms in its agriculture sector scrapping multiple levies and permits in a move aimed at easing the cost of doing business. Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube said the overhaul will remove “excessive and duplicative regulations” that have long
By Shalom Shawurwa The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested more than 2,100 people in a sweeping operation against illegal firearms, misuse of toy guns and possession of dangerous weapons. The campaign, code-named “No to Illegal Firearms, Misuse of Toy Guns and Dangerous Weapons”, began on 27
Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has accused the government of overburdening Zimbabweans with what he described as “toxic” new presumptive taxes that threaten to cripple small businesses and deepen economic hardship. Posting on X (formerly Twitter) after the publication of Public Notice 51 of 2025, which
By Elishamai Ziumbwa The government has reaffirmed its commitment to upgrading the Harare–Kanyemba highway describing the road as a vital economic corridor linking Zimbabwe to Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Felix Mhona, in a speech delivered on his behalf
A senior Bulawayo councillor has been jailed for a year after being convicted of soliciting a US$20,000 bribe from a foreign investor. Mpumelelo Moyo (37) the Finance Committee Chairperson of Bulawayo City Council and councillor for Ward 26 was found guilty of bribery by the Tredgold
The Government has announced sweeping reforms in the transport sector including the scrapping of a controversial US$23,000 transit fuel duty as part of wider efforts to reduce the cost of doing business and boost economic growth. Information Minister Jenfan Muswere told journalists during a post-Cabinet briefing
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