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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By Fanuel Chinowaita The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) Eastern Region will host this year’s Workers’ Day commemorations in Mutare on May 1, 2026, with activities scheduled to take place at Moffat Hall in Sakubva. According to an official invitation, the commemorations will run from 08:30hrs to 14:00hrs under the theme “Constitutionalism, Social Justice:…
