POLITICS

Mnangagwa under fire over farms title deeds

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's controversial land tenure reforms have come under intense scrutiny amid criticism from war veterans and political observers, who argue the policy threatens to reverse Zi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Mliswa fired as CP Chemicals Chair

Outspoken politician and businessman Temba Mliswa has been dismissed from his roles as Director and Chairperson of CP Chemicals (Private) Limited with immediate effect, amid serious allegations of mis...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe govt under fire over TBs mismanagement

The Zimbabwean government is facing renewed criticism over its handling of Treasury Bills (TBs), amid allegations of corruption, regulatory manipulation, and financial mismanagement that have raise...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Sally Mugabe Hospital operations unaffected by fire incident

The government has confirmed that no major damage was sustained at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital following a fire that broke out on Saturday, affecting a storeroom and solar power infrastructure.Healt...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 June 2025

OPINION

Zanu-PF arsonists pose as firefighters

On June 11, 2025, my friend sent me a message I'll never forget: his wife had delivered a stillborn baby. The young couple was shattered. He said delays at the Harare hospital had cost them their chil...

By Reward Magadhi | Published: 29 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Online investment scam backfires for EcoCash agents

An attempt to make quick profits through an online investment scheme ended disastrously for two Mutare women who were convicted of fraud after misusing their employer's US$1,500. The crime came to lig...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Massive fire guts Steelworks Industrial yard in Bulawayo

A towering blaze tore through the Steelworks Industrial area in Bulawayo on Thursday afternoon, destroying property estimated to be worth millions of dollars and leaving a trail of devastation.The inf...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Fire ravages Harare grocery outlets

Small business owners in downtown Harare are appealing for government intervention after a devastating fire tore through a block of grocery shops in the early hours of Sunday morning, reducing their l...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Mushayavanhu under fire for outdated monetary assumptions

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mushayavanhu is facing mounting criticism over his persistent claim that the ZiG, Zimbabwe's embattled local currency, can only be strong if it is backed b...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Magaba fire damage estimated at about US$20 000

The fire that tore through parts of the bustling Magaba informal industrial area in Mbare last week has caused damage estimated between US$16,000 and US$20,000, according to Harare City Council offici...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2025

POLITICS

Garwe under fire for alleged land grab benefiting Mnangagwa ally

Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe is once again embroiled in a controversial land seizure scandal, this time accused of stripping residential stands from nearly 100 former Members of Parliament (...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 May 2025

POLITICS

Mnangagwa under fire

President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government have come under intense pressure from Zimbabwe's civic society organisations (CSOs) to repeal the recently signed Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 April 2025

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

NRZ goods train catches fire

A National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) goods train ferrying coal from Hwange to Zambia caught fire earlier today at the Pandamatenga siding site, triggering an emergency response from local authorities...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 April 2025

POLITICS

Govt fires 77 striking doctors

GOVERNMENT has fired 77 doctors who have been on strike for better conditions for over two months while disciplinary action against the other medical professionals on industrial action is still ongoin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 November 2019

EDUCATION

Zimbabwe School of Mines boss fired

Zimbabwe School of Mines chief executive officer Dzingirai Tusai has been fired.The ZSM board, which sent Tusai on forced leave in May last year to pave way for investigations into corruption allegati...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 September 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabweans resort to firewood, plastic, gas unaffordable

WITH a 15 to 19 hour load shedding schedule underway, massive hikes in prices of firewood and acute shortages on gas, some Zimbabweans have resorted to burning plastic to cook meals.Barely a week ago,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2019

POLITICS

Matutu's corruption 'name and shame' backfires

THE Zanu-PF youth league's "name and shame" exercise of alleged corrupt people has backfired after Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya and Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrie...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2019

POLITICS

Chamisa to fire political army generals

MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, has warned he will fire senior military and security officers who have meddled in the country's politics.Chamisa said this on Wednesday, while addressing party supporters ga...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 June 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Cellphone ignites fire as pair siphons fuel from car

TWO Gweru man sustained severe burns all over their bodies while vehicles worth US$9 000 were destroyed by a fire which started after one of them answered his cellphone while they were siphoning petro...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 June 2019

POLITICS

Mthuli Ncube fires back at Tendai Biti

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on Sunday accused MDC vice president Tendai Biti of "lacking sophistication" following searing criticism of the treasury chief in London.Ncube lost his rag after Biti, a ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 June 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe engineers probe fire incident

Air Zimbabwe engineers have launched investigations into the cause of an engine malfunction that resulted in a "brief" tail pipe fire on its Boeing 767-200ER on its way from Johannesburg, South Africa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe assures safety despite fire incident

Air Zimbabwe has assured the nation and the international  community of its commitment to the safety of passengers despite its only aircraft, the Boeing 767 200 ER had a fire spark mid-air on Fri...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Miss Africa 2018's hair catches fire as she is crowned

Miss Congo, Dorcas Kasinde, won the Miss Africa 2018 beauty pageant, but her crowning moment didn't go as planned when her hair caught fire onstage. The annual pageant was held in Cross River State in...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 December 2018

POLITICS

Mthuli Ncube fires Green Bombers

GOVERNMENT has followed up on its word and cut loose over 3 000 members of the national youth service programme, commonly known as "Green Bombers" who were smuggled into the civil service under former...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 December 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

$130m CSC deal backfires

THE decision by government to go it alone in negotiating a US$130 million Cold Storage Company (CSC) deal with a foreign firm without involving the meat processor's board in scrutinising the package h...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 December 2018
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