June 03
Zimbabwe: Government Unveils New Youth Policy Targeting Unemployment, Drug Abuse
ZIMBABWE has unveiled a new National Youth Policy for the period 2026-2030 aimed at tackling challenges affecting young people, including unemployment, drug and substance abuse. Read more »
May 19
Zimbabwe: Chivayo's Ex-Wife Arrested Over Alleged Cellphone Theft, Child Access Dispute
Sonja Louise Madzikanda, the estranged wife of Wicknell Chivayo, says she was arrested and detained at Highlands Police Station on allegations of denying the controversial… Read more »
March 26
Zimbabwe: Woman Arrested for Child Brutality After Forcing Minor to Touch Burning Gas Stove in Viral Video
POLICE have arrested a Harare woman captured in a viral video while torturing her son for allegedly stealing from a local tuck shop. Read more »
February 24
Zimbabwe: Unicef Hands Over Vehicles, Cold Chain Equipment to Boost Zimbabwe's Immunisation Drive
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Monday handed over a fleet of vehicles and cold chain equipment to the Ministry of Health and Child Care to strengthen vaccine… Read more »
February 22
Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Exhorts Youths to Shun Drugs and Substance Misuse, Uphold Discipline
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appealed to young people to remain disciplined and frown upon drugs and substance misuse, a scourge threatening the youth demographic. Read more »
November 13, 2025
Zimbabwe: Mwonzora Has Destroyed MDC - Opposition Activist Says As Youths Seize Control of Party Headquarters
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is in a tense fight for its premises after an activist from the party seized the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai building, popularly known as Harvest… Read more »
October 26, 2025
Zimbabwe: Harare Orders Removal of Abandoned Vehicles After Toddlers' Deaths in Car Park
THE City of Harare (CoH)has ordered the immediate removal of all abandoned and broken-down vehicles from car parks, shopping centres, open spaces, and residential streets. Read more »
October 12, 2025
Zimbabwe: Pastor Jailed 18 Years for Sodomising Teenage Boy At Gunpoint During Sleepover
Azvishavane cleric has been convicted on three counts of aggravated indecent assault on an 18-year-old male congregant. Read more »
September 23, 2025
Zimbabwe: Grieving Mother Wins Case Against Police Following Child's Death in Traffic Chaos, Police to Pay U.S.$42,000 in Damages
The High Court of Zimbabwe has ruled in favour of a grieving mother, Patricia Dengezi whose one-year-old son was tragically killed during a chaotic traffic incident between pirate… Read more »
September 16, 2025
Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Youths Killed in Car Crash En Route to Mnangagwa's Birthday Bash
TWO Zanu PF youths, who were en route to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 83rd birthday bash in Zvishavane, died on Monday after their vehicle was involved in a head-on collision… Read more »
September 10, 2025
Southern Africa: Zimbabwe's Climate Crisis - Girls Forced Into Young Marriage and Boys Into Illegal Mining
Metro UK's foreign correspondent Gergana Krasteva reports from Zimbabwe Read more »
August 24, 2025
Zimbabwe: Toddler Twins Burnt to Death As Kitchen Catches Fire
TWIN brothers aged two-years-old died recently in Chimanimani, Manicaland province, after they were badly burnt in a fire that engulfed the family's kitchen. Read more »
August 18, 2025
Southern Africa: Now, Not 200 Years Later - SADC Urged to Act Urgently to End Child Marriage
Rights groups have sounded the alarm over the slow pace in tackling child marriage in Southern Africa, warning that at the current rate, it could take two centuries before the… Read more »
July 30, 2025
Zimbabwe: Almost Half of Zimbabwe's Youth Population Is Idle - Statistics Agency Says
A total 49,2% of Zimbabwe's youth population is Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET), the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) data has revealed. Read more »
July 27, 2025
Zimbabwe: Youths Propose National Wetlands Innovation Fund, Call for Greater Investment in Green Enterprises
YOUTH climate advocates have called on government to establish a dedicated National Wetlands Youth Innovation Fund to support young people engaged in wetland restoration,… Read more »
July 19, 2025
Zimbabwe: Over 1,300 Zimbabwean Children Die of Heart Diseases Each Year
AT least 1,300 Zimbabwean children succumb to congenital heart diseases each year, statistics have revealed. Read more »
July 15, 2025
Zimbabwe: I Never Believed My Child Would One Day Have a Birth Certificate - Binga Villager Says in Salute to Ongoing Remote Registration Blitz
WITH his wife seated on the carrier and their one-year-old son on her back, Honest Mudenda (28) cycled 10 kilometres on a perry bike to register a birth certificate last Wednesday,… Read more »
July 07, 2025
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean Teen Karateka Wins Silver At Regional Tournament
A crowd funding drive for 17-year-old Zimbabwean karateka Bongeka 'Mbokodo' Mguni ended in triumph, with the karateka clinching a silver medal at the 2025 African Union (AU) Region… Read more »
July 08, 2020
Zimbabwe: Breast Ironing, Virginity Tests Are Human Rights Violations - UNFPA Report
Findings from the State of the World Population are showing that all over the world, including in Zimbabwe, tens of thousands of girls are, on a daily basis, having their health… Read more »
