Mutare Gloves Up: City to Host 5-Nation Boxing Spectacle, Eyes Own Ring
By Fanuel Chinowaita MUTARE, 7 May 2026– The Council Chambers buzzed with anticipation yesterday as…
Mutare Gloves Up: City to Host 5-Nation Boxing Spectacle, Eyes Own Ring
By Fanuel Chinowaita MUTARE, 7 May 2026– The Council Chambers buzzed with anticipation yesterday as the Charles Manyuchi Boxing Academy, in partnership with Mutare City Council, officially launched the Pride of Mutare International Boxing Tournament. The event, set for 23 May 2026 at Mutare Sports Club, promises a 17-bout feast of fist, featuring fighters from…
Garikai 1: The Gift That Became a Debt Trap
By Fanuel Chinowaita For nearly two decades, the families of Garikai 1 have carried a house that was meant to be a gift. Now, they’re being told to pay a price no one ever named — or lose it all. The story of Garikai 1 begins not with a roof, but with a demolition. In…
Mutare Owes Contractors US$3.5 Million for Roads, Central Government Yet to Honour US$8 Million Pledge
By Fanuel Chinowaita MUTARE, 6 May 2026– The City of Mutare is grappling with a US$3.5 million debt to contractors for five major road rehabilitation projects, despite a central government commitment of around US$8 million that remains entirely unfunded, a damning report by City Engineer Maxwell Kerith has revealed. The disclosure, contained in a roads…
Chaos at Chisamba Ground: Destiny Stars Coaches, Players Jump Fence Ahead of Cup Clash
By Fanuel Chinowaita Mutare, May 4, 2026 — The ZIFA Eastern Region faces an early test of its disciplinary machinery following extraordinary pre-match scenes at Chisamba Ground, where Destiny Stars FC’s entire technical team and playing squad allegedly scaled the perimeter fence to gain access to the pitch in direct defiance of competition regulations. An…
‘Serve Zvigananda, Not the People’ – ZCTU Lashes ‘Worst Economic Policies in Africa’ as Workers Starve
By Fanuel Chinowaita Mutare, 2 May 2026 – The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has launched a blistering assault on government economic policy, accusing the ruling elite of deliberately running “some of the worst economic policies in Africa” to enrich a well-connected cabal while millions of workers sink deeper into destitution. In a combative…
The Antidote That Weaves Life Back Together When Everything Else Falls Apart
By Dr Brian Tawanda Marwenze (D.D) Every civilization eventually confronts the same fissure: the point at which material solutions outpace the coherence of the human soul and we now live at that point. Substance misuse, once confined to margins, has become diffuse, seeping into classrooms, boardrooms, and rural homesteads alike. Grief, once communal and ritualized,…
Ngozi or Mental Distress? Naked Woman Causes Uproar in Mutare’s Natview Park
By Fanuel Chinowaita Naked Woman Sparks Chaos in Natview Park as Residents Debate Witchcraft, Possession MUTARE, April 28, 2026 — Residents of Natview Park in Mutare were left shocked on Tuesday morning after a young woman, believed to be in her early 30s, was seen walking naked through the suburb while behaving aggressively and making…
Forgery Allegations Rock Mushakata Church Leadership Row
By Fanuel Chinowaita Harare, 27 April 2026— Fresh controversy has erupted within the Independent African Church (Mushakata) amid allegations that a church member, identified as Tom Aaron, may have forged Ordinary Level qualifications to secure a leadership position, while some senior figures are now reportedly pushing to relax academic requirements to accommodate him. According to…
Defiance on the Mountain Passes: “People Will Be Killed” as Bus War Escalates
By Fanuel Chinowaita Chimanimani, 26 April 2026— A volatile scheduling dispute between bus operators Trip Trans and Inter Africa lurched closer to catastrophe last week after a local headman’s attempt to avert a deadly road race was met with flat rejection by a driver who declared he “only takes orders from above.” The clash centres…
Court Upholds Police Ban on CDF Meeting in Late-Night Mutare Ruling
By Fanuel Chinowaita MUTARE, April 25, 2026 — A Mutare Civil Court has upheld a police prohibition on a Constitution Defenders Forum (CDF) meeting yesterday, capping a dramatic legal and political dispute that began with a tense police engagement and ended in a late evening ruling. Magistrate Prisca Gumbo delivered the judgment around 7:30PM, dismissing…
