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: 16 hours ago

POLITICS

Harare's disappearing hills

From a distance, the jagged ridgelines cutting across parts of Harare might appear to be natural geological remnants — monuments of the city's ancient terrain. But up close, these formations tell a ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2025

POLITICS

Masvingo loses Tagwirei to Harare

Zanu-PF's Masvingo Province has lost its bid to co-opt prominent businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei into the party's Central Committee, despite being the first to recommend his inclusion. The slot was...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Harare finalises Master Plan

Harare City Council is on the brink of finalising a comprehensive new master plan, a pivotal development set to reshape the capital's urban landscape and bring order to decades of fragmented growth. T...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

4 arrested with 41 elephant tusks in Harare

Detectives from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Criminal Investigations Department (CID) last Friday arrested four suspects found in illegal possession of 41 elephant tusks weighing a total of 237 ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Harare businessman in $76,000 vehicle import fraud

A local businessman, Elias Murandu, 37, has been charged with fraud after allegedly deceiving the director of Cobra Security in a failed vehicle importation scheme involving a total of US$76,000.Muran...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 June 2025

POLITICS

Harare ratepayers face US$3 million monthly bill in secretive deal

Harare's ratepayers are set to pay nearly US$3 million every month for refuse collection and street cleaning under a murky new contract involving the government, the City of Harare (CoH), and Geo Pomo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 June 2025

POLITICS

Zanu-PF Harare province in turmoil

ZANU PF's Harare provincial structures have descended into turmoil as factional tensions escalate, with provincial chairperson Godwills Masimirembwa reportedly at the heart of the crisis.The conflict ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

EU-Zimbabwe Business Forum kicks off in Harare

The inaugural EU-Zimbabwe Business Forum kicked off in Harare on Tuesday, marking a significant step toward revitalising and strengthening trade and investment relations between Zimbabwe and the Europ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

NRZ clarifies viral security wall built over rail line in Harare

The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has issued a statement clarifying the origins and context of a security wall built across a railway track in the Willowvale industrial area of Harare, after ima...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Fresh Harare demolitions loom

Harare City Council has confirmed that a document currently circulating on social media suggesting impending demolitions of illegal structures is still under internal review and has not yet been adopt...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2025

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Final phase of Harare-Beitbridge highway resume

Construction works on the outstanding sections of the Harare-Beitbridge Highway have resumed in earnest, with contractors now on-site to complete the final 88 kilometres of the 580-kilometre flagship ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Skills audit for Harare council staff

Harare City Council has announced plans to undertake a comprehensive skills audit as part of efforts to address persistent concerns over poor service delivery and a possible mismatch between staff qua...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 May 2025

AFRICA NEWS

Obasanjo visits Mnangagwa in Harare

Former Nigerian President and respected African statesman, His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, paid a courtesy visit to Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House in Harare today, in a high-...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2025

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

US$16,2m housing project begins in Harare

The much-anticipated US$16.2 million housing project in Prospect, Harare, is officially set to begin, with all necessary regulatory approvals secured, construction consultancy firm Troika Design Works...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Land sales fuel Harare's Ardbennie rapid industrialisation

The once tranquil and tight-knit residential community of Ardbennie, located about 10 kilometers south of Harare's central business district, is undergoing a dramatic transformation. The quiet sounds ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

4 more interchanges for Harare

The Government is set to significantly boost Harare's road infrastructure with the construction of four new interchanges, as part of its broader development agenda aimed at improving traffic flow and ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa welcomes Afrikaner business delegation in Harare

A delegation from the Afrikaner business community received a warm welcome from Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week in Harare's State House, according to a Zanu-PF official contacted by ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 April 2025

FINANCIAL SERVICES

US$80m Harare Afreximbank trade centre to open in August

The Afreximbank Africa Trade Centre (AATC) Harare's office is expected to open in August, the pan African bank said on Thursday, as it moves to boost trade and investment in Africa, the Caribbean and ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 April 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt boosts completion drive on Harare - Beitbridge highway

The Government has released a new tranche of funding to expedite the completion of outstanding sections of the Harare - Beitbridge Highway, with contractors now back on site and working at full thrott...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 April 2025

POLITICS

Ian Makone elected Harare mayor

CCC councillor for Ward 18 Ian Makone has been elected Harare mayor and will run the city's affairs for the next five years.He will be deputised by Ward 41 councillor Kudzai Kadzombe (CCC).The process...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 September 2023

BUSINESS NEWS

Call to improve Harare's bad liveability ranking

The city of Harare should work to improve its bad ranking in the liveable index to attain world class city status, Harare Residence Trust director Precious Shumba has said.Harare City Council has been...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 June 2022

POLITICS

Zanu-PF suspends Harare, Bulawayo restructuring

ZANU-PF has suspended its restructuring of Harare and Bulawayo provinces despite completing the setting up of district coordinating com- mittees (DCCs) in the capital city. Last weekend, the ruling pa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 October 2019

POLITICS

Zanu-PF battle for Harare gets ugly

THE Zanu-PF battle for control of Harare province is getting uglier by the day amid allegations of vote-buying by bigwigs seeking to influence the outcome of ongoing district coordinating committee (D...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 October 2019

POLITICS

Chamisa MDC staffs Harare Council jobs with relatives?

Harare City Council has been caught in a nepotism storm after it emerged that councillors in the city could be seconding their relatives for jobs in various departments, leaving a trail of similar nam...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 October 2019
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