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Hatcliff Man Arrested For Stealing ZESA Earth Wire Worth US$215
 A 45-year-old Hatcliff man was arrested after he allegedly cut and stole 43 metres of ZESA earth wire from an 11KV power line along Borrowdale Road in Harare.The wire was later recovered by detective...
Neighbours Catch Two Men Digging Up ZESA Cable At Night
 The Bindura Magistrates’ Court has sentenced two Bindura men to 10 years in prison each after they were convicted of digging up and damaging a six-metre ZETDC armoured electricity cable behind a prim...
Man Forces Wife To Have Sex At Knifepoint
 A 41-year-old Harare man was remanded in custody after he allegedly forced his wife to have unprotected sex twice at knifepoint following a domestic dispute on September 6, 2026.Albert Tambara appear...
Police clear gospel singer Mambo Dhuterere over robbery suspect name
  The Zimbabwe Republic Police has clarified that a man wanted in connection with a series of armed robberies and known as “Mambo Dhuterere” is not gospel musician Darlington Mutseta, who uses the sam...
Zimbabwe Takes Aim at Period Poverty, Menstrual Health Gaps
Zimbabwe has launched a national educational package on menstrual health management as Government and development partners seek to tackle period poverty, stigma and inadequate menstrual-health informa...
Muchato Wenyika gathers momentum as Chadiwa wedding takes shape
Preparations for Simbarashe Chadiwa’s community-supported wedding have shifted from an ambitious idea to a confirmed event, with organisers securing Harare Gardens for September 26.The ceremony, theme...
Unpaid care work holding women back from economic progress
 Unpaid care work is increasingly being recognised as one of the hidden barriers limiting women’s participation in Zimbabwe’s productive economy, with calls for the country to develop policies that ac...
SMEs Gain Continental Platform for Funding, Mentorship
 Zimbabwean small and medium-sized enterprises can now compete for continental recognition, funding, mentorship and business exposure through the Standard Bank Africa Business Awards.The awards, launc...
Zimbabwean Entrepreneur Launches AI Platform to Train 100 Million African Leaders
Zimbabwean technology entrepreneur and AI specialist Cee Jay Besa has launched Shamwari.io, an artificial intelligence transformation platform aimed at helping African businesses embrace AI while trai...
NRZ, Zimasco Partnership Adds Locomotives, Wagons to Freight Capacity
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is set to commission three refurbished locomotives and 100 wagons this week under a public-private partnership with ferrochrome producer Zimasco, as the railway...