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Bulawayo Teen Robotics Team Builds Low-Cost Flood Sensor
 A team of five teenagers from Pumula South High debuted a home-built flood-alert device last week, inspired by the city’s recurring storm drain overflows.Using recycled plastic, old phone batteries a...
Harare Informal Transport Women Push Back Against Extortion
 A small but powerful protest unfolded at Copacabana on Wednesday as a group of women vendors confronted rank marshals accused of extorting them daily. Videos shared on X show women demanding an end t...
Kunonga Drives Self-Love In Afrotranc3 Concert
  Afro-jazz icon Victor Kunonga said the upcoming Love Yourself concert under the Afrotranc3 Series is being positioned as a cultural gathering point that centres identity, unity and emotional storyte...
Why High Court Dismissed War Veterans’ Compensation Claim
  ZimNow Legal BriefA group of war veterans, led by members of a faction of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), took the State to court seeking an order compelling gove...
When Uniforms Speak: Chiwenga, Mnangagwa, and the Unfinished Business of Zimbabwe’s Liberation Politics
 Solo MusaigwaThere are moments in politics when clothing becomes a text, and a uniform becomes a thesis. When Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga stepped into Charles Gumbo Barracks clad in full mili...
Can African Cities Afford Asian-Style Urban Growth?
 What’s happeningIn a recent piece, urban strategist Wellington Muzengeza argues that Africa’s cities are growing at “tidal-wave” speed — swelling by the millions, with capitals like Nairobi, Kinshasa...
Zvishavane Cashier Gets 18 Months for Stealing US$13k From Employer
 A 21-year-old cashier at Farm and City Centre in Zvishavane has been sentenced to an effective 18 months in prison after being convicted of stealing more than US$13,000 in company funds.Danda Tinashe...
Ashdown Park Woman in Court for using Counterfeit US Dollar Notes
 A 46-year-old woman from Ashdown Park, Harare, has appeared in court facing fraud charges after she allegedly attempted to deposit counterfeit United States dollar notes during a transaction at an Ec...
Chivayo Splashes $600,000 on Mnangagwa Scarf for Charity
 Wicknell Chivayo turned heads with a lavish gesture at a charity event at State House on Friday night, purchasing President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s signature scarf for a staggering $600,000. The proceed...
Geo Pomona bolsters Harare waste collection with new fleet
 Geo Pomona Waste Management Pvt Ltd has taken a significant step toward strengthening waste collection services in Harare with the arrival of new refuse collection equipment in Zimbabwe. The developm...