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Explained: What New Medical Law Means for Patients and Hospitals
 Zimbabwe's Medical Services Amendment Act, 2026 introduces significant changes to the country's healthcare system by strengthening patients' rights, setting minimum standards for health care provider...
Calls Grow for Evidence-Based Arrests in Anti-Touting Blitz
Zimbabwe's intensified crackdown on touting is leaving some commuters, motorists and transport operators fearful of being wrongly identified as touts, with growing calls for police to rely on clear ev...
Rehab Sparks New Chapter for Takura and Holy Ten
TakuraZimbabwe's music industry is witnessing a different kind of comeback, with artists returning from rehabilitation using music to reflect healing, accountability and personal growth.R&B singer Tak...
Man Accused of Trafficking Zimbabweans to Russia Through Fake Job Offers
 Nine Zimbabwean men were allegedly lured to Russia with promises of well-paying jobs, only to have their travel documents confiscated and be forced into mercenary work after arriving in the country,...
Woman Accused of Collecting US$200k for Illegal Gilstone Farm Stands
 A Budiriro woman has appeared in court accused of defrauding a housing cooperative of more than US$269,700 after allegedly claiming she had government-approved residential stands at Gilstone Farm in...
Mapfumo accepts Chivayo offer
Chimurenga music legend Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo has accepted businessman Wicknell Chivayo's offer worth a reported US$1 million, ending days of speculation over whether he would take the lucrative de...
Rising Xenophobia Hits Southern Africa's Entertainment Industry
The growing wave of xenophobic tensions in South Africa is no longer affecting only migrants and cross-border trade, but is now disrupting Southern Africa's entertainment industry, with music festival...
Bulawayo's housing crisis exposes a bigger problem: homes without services
Bulawayo's housing crisis is no longer simply about building more houses. It is increasingly about financing the roads, sewer systems, water networks and other infrastructure needed to turn thousands...
Youth climate projects begin influencing national policy, annual report shows
Climate advocacy by community organisations is beginning to influence national policy discussions in Zimbabwe, with Green Governance Zimbabwe revealing that its mining governance campaign triggered pa...
27 Killed in Bangkok Pub Blaze as Police Probe Negligence
By ReutersAt least 27 people were killed and scores more injured after a devastating fire tore through a pub in Bangkok late on Sunday, prompting Thai authorities to launch an investigation into possi...