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Masvingo Prepares to Host Sanganai Tourism Expo
 By Munyaradzi Blessing DomaMasvingo is stepping up preparations to host the 19th edition of the Sanganai/Hlanganani Dzimbahwe Tourism Expo, with major infrastructure projects nearing completion ahead...
Zimbabwe’s Skills Revolution Faces Its Biggest Test: Can Training Create Jobs?
Zimbabwe has begun building a more sophisticated system for identifying skills shortages, but the country’s own data suggests that the harder challenge will be turning those skills into productive job...
Deka River Crisis Exposes Zimbabwe’s Mining Pollution Failure
Zimbabwe’s long-running Deka River pollution crisis is once again under parliamentary scrutiny, but the latest investigation is raising questions about whether the country’s environmental enforcement...
Three Men Accused of Suffocating Cellmate at Chikurubi Prison
 Three men appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Court this week facing murder charges after allegedly restraining and suffocating a fellow inmate to death inside Cell 9 of the Chikurubi Prison Psyc...
Two Men Accused of Stealing ZESA Copper Cable in Belvedere
 Two men appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Court this week accused of stealing ZESA copper armoured cable from a roadworks site in Belvedere after police allegedly caught them with the damaged c...
Zambia Election Tensions Rise as Opposition Candidate Linked to Militia Raid
Zambia’s post-election tensions have escalated after authorities said opposition presidential candidate Brian Mundubile was among political figures found at a Lusaka premises during a police raid targ...
Kariba Death Toll Rises to 92 as Numbers Fail to Add Up
The Lake Kariba boat disaster has taken a darker turn, with the death toll rising to 92 after police recovered eight more bodies on Monday, while the number of people known to have been aboard the ves...
DreamStar Marks 10 Years of Turning Young Dreams into Global Opportunities
 DreamStar Zimbabwe celebrated a decade of nurturing creativity and creating opportunities for young artists at its 10th anniversary celebration held in Harare on Saturday, with government officials,...
Man Murders Resident, Conceals Body, Steals Cement at Construction site
 A 33-year-old Harare man appeared in court this week facing murder charges after allegedly fatally assaulting a fellow resident at a construction site, concealing the body and stealing 37 bags of cem...
LIBERATION VETERANS STRUGGLE FOR RELEVANCE AS NEW POWER BROKERS EMERGE IN ZIM
  From commandeering troops through the bush and fighting for a free Zimbabwe in Chimoio and across the region, the generation of liberation war veterans earned an unquestioned position in the country...