By Elishamai A Ziumbwa Junior Parliamentarians have been challenged to take a frontline role in the fight against drug and substance abuse while spearheading digital inclusion in their communities. Addressing young legislators during a tablet handover ceremony in Harare, Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution
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
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
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
By Judith Nyuke A Harare magistrate has denied former Zanu PF youth leader Jimu Kunaka and his accomplice bail after highlighting that the two are a flight risk. Cuthbert Molisen Finiyasi (71) and Jim Kunaka (46) stand accused of unlawfully seizing a piece of land in Harare,
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