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Parliament Urges Local Manufacturing to Address Transformer Shortages
 Lawmakers have called on the Government to prioritise a sustainable, homegrown solution to Zimbabwe’s persistent transformer shortages, stressing the need for stronger collaboration between the Minis...
Air Force of Zim Enforces Mandatory Drug Testing for New Recruits
  The Air Force of Zimbabwe has introduced compulsory drug testing for all new recruits, in a move aligned with intensified national efforts to combat substance abuse.Information Secretary Nick Mangwa...
AfDB Executive Director Meets Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on Familiarisation Visit
Incoming AfDB Executive Director for the Southern Africa Group II Constituency, Dr. Eugénio Maria Paulo (left)  Minister of Finance Professor Mthuli N cube (right) The incoming African Development Ban...
Gweru City Council Gives 14 Days to Remove Livestock from Urban Areas
 The Gweru City Council has issued a 14-day ultimatum for residents to remove all cattle and donkeys kept within the municipality as part of efforts to improve urban management and enhance public safe...
World Conference of Science Journalists 2025 to Tackle Rising Misinformation Crisis
 Misinformation and disinformation remain among the most pressing global risks for 2025, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report, as the world grapples with climate disasters, geop...
Restored: Turning Glass into New Beginnings
 On a quiet Saturday afternoon, the smoky laughter of a family braai filled a yard somewhere in Harare. Music hummed in the background, children ran around barefoot, and a pile of empty glass bottles...
Seven Silobela Miners Lose Their Lives After Shaft Floods
  A community in Silobela is in mourning following the deaths of seven artisanal miners who were trapped underground when a mine shaft filled with water after recent heavy rains. The incident took pla...
World Bank Extends R15bn Loan to Support South African City Infrastructure Reform
SA Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana The World Bank has approved a US$925 million (R15 billion) loan to South Africa to support a six-year programme aimed at improving service delivery in the country’...
Zim Steps Up Family Planning Investment with New US$2.25 Million Annual Pledge
Minister of Health and Child Care Dr. Douglas Mombeshora (left) and UNFPA Executive Director Ms Diene Keita (right)Â Zimbabwe has announced a significant boost in domestic funding for family planning a...
Elephant tramples Kariba hospital staffer to death
 A Kariba District Hospital employee, Gloria Konde, has been tragically killed in a case of escalating human–wildlife conflict in the resort townKonde was reportedly trampled to death by an elephant e...