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CRP Positions Zim at the Centre of Africa’s Tobacco Value Chain
President Emmerson Mnangagwa commissioning the Cut Rag Processors plant in Harare on November 19, 2025, accompanied by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Simon Rudland, and Industry Minister Mangali...
Nelson Chamisa launches ‘Agenda 2026’ as he re-enters active politics
Opposition figure Nelson Chamisa has officially returned to active politics, announcing a new initiative called Agenda 2026, which he says is a people-centred strategy designed to “rebuild Zimbabwe”...
Nine Drown After Vehicle Swept Away by Flooded River in Filabusi
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has confirmed the deaths of nine people who drowned after a Toyota Noah vehicle was swept away while attempting to cross a flooded Tshangamutope River in the Mukula area...
Stolen ZIMSEC O’ Level Results Recovered in Dangamvura Rubbish Bin
Police in Mutare have recovered 2025 ZIMSEC Ordinary Level results slips that were stolen from the headmaster of Chiwere Secondary School and later dumped in a rubbish bin in Dangamvura.Manicaland ac...
Corruption Risks in Maternal Health Procurement Put Spotlight on Citizen Oversight
Persistent weaknesses in Zimbabwe’s public health procurement systems are increasingly being linked to medicine stock-outs, inflated costs and compromised maternal health services, prompting renewed e...
US$200M Audit Gap: Petition to Fire Harare Council
A petition has been filed with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Parliament seeking the immediate dissolution of the Harare City Council, alleging that a deliberate "systemic blackout" was used to mas...
ZIMSEC Fee Hikes Squeeze Families
Confusion and anger continue to ripple across households after the sharp increase in public examination fees, with parents and candidates struggling to come to terms with the full removal of governme...
Illegal decoders expose broadcasting law gaps
Concerns are mounting over the spread of illegal television decoders, as regulators move to confront what they describe as a fast-growing underground broadcasting market affecting both consumers and...
Early Disease Surge Raises Fears of Heavy Health Toll in 2026
Zimbabwe’s disease surveillance figures from the first week of January are already painting a troubling picture of what 2026 could bring if current trends persist, with malaria and diarrhoeal disease...
Guinea-Bissau Sets December 2026 Elections After Military Coup
Guinea-Bissau has announced that presidential and legislative elections will be held on December 6, 2026, following last year’s military coup that derailed the country’s electoral process.The electi...