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Kariba’s Missing Lifeline: The US$500k Question After the Ferry Tragedy
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Kariba’s Missing Lifeline: The US$500k Question After the Ferry Tragedy

 For years, the ferry crossing Lake Kariba was more than a means of transport.It was a lifeline.For fish traders, small-scale businesses, rural families and residents living in remote communities, the...

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The Motorcycle Revolution Reshaping Zim
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The Motorcycle Revolution Reshaping Zim

 Motorcycles are fast becoming one of Zimbabwe's most important modes of transport, transforming the way people move, work and do business.Once largely associated with leisure riding or rural transpor...

By Rutendo Mazhindu
US$1.1 Million Cash Seizure in Malawi Puts Spotlight on Southern Africa's Illicit Financial Flows
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US$1.1 Million Cash Seizure in Malawi Puts Spotlight on Southern Africa's Illicit Financial Flows

 More Than Bags of CashExperts caution that cash smuggling represents only one visible manifestation of illicit financial flows.Far larger amounts are believed to move through sophisticated mechanisms...

By Monica Cheru
UK police hunt Zimbabwean man over family deaths as US court charges another in domestic assault case
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UK police hunt Zimbabwean man over family deaths as US court charges another in domestic assault case

 ZimNow Features DeskTwo serious family-violence cases involving Zimbabwean diaspora links have emerged within days in the United States and the United Kingdom.Bedfordshire Police said Ndodana Mkhanyi...

By ZimNow Reporter
Beyond Budiriro: Can Harare Prevent The Next Sewer Death?
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Beyond Budiriro: Can Harare Prevent The Next Sewer Death?

 The retrieval of three bodies from an unsecured sewer excavation in Budiriro has left Zimbabwe shocked and grieving. Yet beyond the sorrow lies a deeper and more urgent question: what must change to...

By Rutendo Mazhindu
When the Pulpit Becomes a Bloodline: Family Dynasties Reshaping Modern Churches
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When the Pulpit Becomes a Bloodline: Family Dynasties Reshaping Modern Churches

 A quiet but significant transformation is unfolding across modern charismatic and Pentecostal churches, as leadership in some ministries increasingly passes along family bloodlines.What was tradition...

By Oscar Jeke
When the Pulpit Becomes a Bloodline: Family Dynasties Reshaping Modern Churches
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When the Pulpit Becomes a Bloodline: Family Dynasties Reshaping Modern Churches

 A quiet but significant transformation is unfolding across modern charismatic and Pentecostal churches, as leadership in some ministries increasingly passes along family bloodlines.What was tradition...

By Oscar Jeke
Why Ancient Rituals Command the Modern Mining Industry
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Why Ancient Rituals Command the Modern Mining Industry

 Before the first drill breaks the earth or the first shaft is sunk, many mining sites around the world undergo an important but often overlooked process: traditional spiritual and cultural rituals.Th...

By Patience Muchemwa
Behind Closed Doors: Trust, Betrayal, and Secrets in Zimbabwean Homes
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Behind Closed Doors: Trust, Betrayal, and Secrets in Zimbabwean Homes

 In many Zimbabwean households, domestic workers occupy a private, often invisible space. They prepare meals, care for children, clean bedrooms, and witness family dynamics that outsiders rarely see. ...

By Rutendo Mazhindu
The Pulse of “Fio”: Why Highfield Never Needs an Excuse to Share a Bottle
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The Pulse of “Fio”: Why Highfield Never Needs an Excuse to Share a Bottle

  In the heart of Harare lies Highfield, a place everyone calls “Fio.” It is a suburb with a spirit that never sleeps and a thirst that never runs dry. In Fio, life is a series of events, and every si...

By Philemon Jambaya