Zimbabwe: Ok Zimbabwe Says Mthuli Ncube's 2025 Budget Will Increase Cost of Doing Business

LEADING retailer, OK Zimbabwe says the 2025 National Budget is set to increase business costs in the coming year worsening an already tough operating environment. Read more »

Zimbabwe: High Court Orders Harare City Council to Immediately Refurbish Mbare Flats in Landmark Ruling

The High Court has ordered the City of Harare and the government to refurbish Mbare flats with immediate effect to restore dignity to residents who have lived under "squalid and… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Urged to Declare a National Disaster As Harare's Primary Water Source Becomes Deadly for People, Wildlife, Livestock and Aqua Life

Former Harare Mayor Hebert Gomba has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to declare the contamination of Lake Chivero a state of national disaster, in order to solve the whole… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Civil Societies Lobby for Safe Abortions

The Health Law Policy (HLPC) working together with the Institute for Young Women's Development (IYWD) is pushing for amendment of the abortion law in Zimbabwe to create a safe… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Land Invaders Jailed for Unlawfully Occupying Farm

FIVE illegal settlers have each been slapped with a one-month jail term for unlawfully occupying a farm in Hurungwe district, Mashonaland West province. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Civil Servants Endure Second Month of Late Salary Payment Amid Hefty U.S.$ Windfall for Top Officials

FOR the second consecutive month, the government has failed to pay its employees, including teachers, their meagre salaries on time exacerbating suffering among the working class. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Govt Struggles to Curb Smuggling Due to Unavailability of Resources

The government has said it is struggling to plug smuggling as the festive season approaches due to the unavailability of resources required by the taskforce teams such as fuel. Read more »

Zimbabwe: 'King Munhumutapa' in the Dock for Insulting Mnangagwa, Court Orders Mental Health Evaluation

A MAN who is claiming to be King Munhumutapa is in trouble for allegedly dethroning chiefs appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Devine Lunga Scoops Player of the Match Accolade, As Sundowns Beat Stellenbosch.

Warriors defender Devine Lunga was voted player of the match on Wednesday night after helping Mamelodi Sundowns beat Stellenbosch 1-0 in the Betway Premiership. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Mbudzi Interchange Renamed Trabablas After Mnangagwa's Nickname

The Zanu PF-led government has dropped the original name of Mbudzi roundabout and retitled it Trabablas Interchange, President Emmerson Mngangagwa's nom-de-guerre during the… Read more »

Botswana: Botswana President Rubbishes 'Baseless Claims' He Was Given 10 Ankole Cattle By Mnangagwa - Opposition Calls It a 'Dirty Gift'

Botswana President Duma Boko has rubbished claims that he was given 10 cattle of the elite Ankole breed by his Zimbabwean counterpart, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, during a recent… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Biti Says Fight Against Mnangagwa's Bid for Illegal Third Term Must Dominate 2025

FORMER opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) top official Tendai Biti believes the fight against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's illegal bid for a third term in office must… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Harare Mayor Mafume Blames Informal Settlements, Obsolete Equipment for Lake Chivero Disaster

Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has blamed informal settlements for compounding the contamination crisis in Lake Chivero stating that there is a need to stop or regulate them. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Crocodiles Eat Man in Gonarezhou National Park, Remains Retrieved From Their Bellies

A 23-year-old man was killed by two crocodiles at Chilo Gorge in Gonarezhou National Park and his body parts were recovered from their bellies. Read more »

Zimbabwe: World Soil Day - Zimbabwe Reaffirms Commitment to Promoting Sustainable Soil Management Practices

The government has pledged continued efforts in soil conservation to ensure maximum agricultural output and guaranteed food security in the country. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Govt Says Presidential Solarisation Project for Rural Communities Will Benefit 200,000 in 2025

THE government says in 2025 it will implement a highly ambitious Presidential Solarisation project that will benefit 200,000 people every year in rural areas nationwide. Read more »

Zimbabwe: 219 Pregnancies Aborted Daily in Zimbabwe - Study

The Women and Law in Southern Africa (WILSA) is concerned with maternal mortality and other complications arising from unsafe abortions among adolescents and women which has seen… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimparks Starts Probe As Lake Chivero Becomes Deadly for Surrounding Wildlife and Aqua-Life

The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has announced that it has dispatched a team to conduct "broader" investigations at Lake Chivero after fish and… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Launches Carbon Market Framework Aligned With Paris Agreement

In a landmark move to address climate change and attract green investments, Zimbabwe has introduced a national carbon market framework rooted in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Fishing Activities Suspended At Lake Chivero Following Contamination Exposè

Fishing activities have been suspended with immediate effect in Lake Chivero following a shocking exposè by NewZimbabwe.com's Investigative Journalist Mary Taruvinga that… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Harare Mayor Claims 'Sewer-Smelling' Tap Water Is Safe for Drinking, Meets WHO Standards

Harare mayor Jacob Mafume has claimed that the city council's tap water is clean and safe to drink saying it meets World Health Organisation (WHO) standards despite most suburbs in… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans Infuriated By Proposal to Not Insure, Licence Vehicles Without Radio Licences - Says It Targets Motorists

ZIMBABWEANS have poked holes into the proposed law which will see motorists without radio licences being denied the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) motor vehicle… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Fined for Slow Over Rate Against Afghanistan, ICC Says

Zimbabwe's cricket team has been fined 10 percent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate during the final T20 International against Afghanistan in Harare, the… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Doctors Want Govt to Show Cancer Machines Inventory, Drugs Bought From U.S.$30,8m From Sugar Tax

THE Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has challenged government to provide an acquittal of how it expended money derived from the recently introduced sugar… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Chamisa Takes Aim At 'Greedy' Opposition Leaders

OPPOSITION politician, Nelson Chamisa says greedy opposition leaders lack the gravitas to liberate Zimbabwe from its current hardships just by merely criticizing the government for… Read more »