Key developments affecting Zimbabwe’s political, economic, and cultural landscape.
By Fanuel Chinowaita HARARE – NetOne’s mobile financial services platform, OneMoney, is broadening access to formal banking services across Zimbabwe while creating employment opportunities and making financial transactions more convenient through an expanding nationwide distribution network. The mobile money platform has partnered with six financial institutions – AFC Commercial Bank, POSB, NBS Bank, BancABC, FBC…
By Fanuel Chinowaita Zimbabwe – The Ministry of Health and Child Care will conduct an integrated Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Tetanus-Diphtheria (Td) vaccination campaign from 15 to 19 June 2026, targeting thousands of children across Zimbabwe in an effort to prevent cervical cancer, tetanus and diphtheria. The campaign will see the HPV vaccine administered to…
By Fanuel Chinowaita As Zimbabwe commemorated World Safety and Health Day on June 6, the message from labour leaders was unmistakable: workplace injuries and deaths should never be accepted as part of earning a living. Addressing workers, trade union leaders and stakeholders during the commemorations, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) Acting President delivered…
By Fanuel Chinowaita HARARE, 28 May 2026– The Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) has called on the Government of Zimbabwe to step in urgently over what it describes as a deepening humanitarian and environmental crisis linked to operations by Dinson Iron and Steel Company (DISCO) in Manhize. The watchdog accuses the company of neglecting…
By Heather Buzuzi MUTARE – Local boxer John Andrew was crowned Trabablas National Champion after defeating Alick Mbemba in a tightly contested bout during a boxing tournament held in Mutare over the weekend. Andrew, who was born and raised in Chikanga, Mutare, said the fight tested his strength and determination. “The competition was very tough,…
By Fanuel Chinowaita HARARE, 11 May 2026– Zimbabwe’s government has launched a blistering rebuttal of fast-spreading international reports claiming that seized commercial farmland is being quietly returned to its former white owners, branding the narrative “a malicious distortion” of a parliamentary statement that actually cements black tenure. The firestorm was ignited midweek when a clipped…
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 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 MUTARE, April 23, 2026 — The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in Mutare has issued a prohibition order blocking a public meeting organised by the Constitution Defenders Forum (CDF) that was scheduled for April 26 at Moffat Hall in Sakubva, following a tense pre-notification engagement between the two parties. The prohibition notice, dated…
By Fanuel Chinowaita HARARE, April 23, 2026 — Detectives from the CID Stores and Business Unit in Harare have arrested a 30-year-old man in connection with a fraud case in which a Chitungwiza-based promoter was allegedly duped of US$750 in a failed entertainment booking deal. The suspect, identified as Bernard Dheya of Mbare, was taken…
