2026 Trafficking in Persons Report: Zimbabwe
The Government of Zimbabwe does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts compared with the previous...
View ArticleHealth Crisis Looms for Zimbabwe Following US Withdrawal of Aid
Zimbabwean Health Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora launched the country’s national health plan in July, committing more money to health – but this won’t be enough to fill the gap left by the withdrawal...
View ArticleZANU-PF Politburo meeting cancellation, the underlying power struggle
Let me offer some answers on what happened, the underlying power struggle, its political significance and the possible scenarios ahead. Hopefully, this will provoke informed debate. Q1. Was a...
View ArticleThe Great Rural Awakening: Why the Smartest Money Is Moving Out of Harare
For decades, Zimbabwean aspiration was a one-way ticket to the city. The bright lights of Harare and Bulawayo promised jobs, opportunity, and a better life. But that promise has been broken. Urban...
View ArticleZICOMO condemns Kudakwashe Tagwirei’s elevation through a contested amended
Tagwirei entered Parliament through one of ten presidentially appointed Senate seats created by the controversial Constitutional Amendment No. 3, known during its passage as CAB3. ZICOMO maintains...
View ArticleCCC dismisses purported recall of Byo Mayor Coltart and three MPs as baseless
The letters, reportedly issued by Mbuso Siso, who claims to be the party’s interim treasurer-general, name Coltart, Bulawayo Central legislator Surrender Kapoikulu, Epworth North MP Togarepi Zivai...
View ArticleTshabangu denies recalling Coltart, says letters not from CCC
The letters, dated 7 October 2026 and addressed to Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe and to Parliament, claim that Coltart, three members of the National Assembly – Surrender Kapoikilu...
View ArticleCCC recalls Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart and four parliamentarians
In a letter dated 7 October and received by the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works on 9 October 2026, CCC’s Mbuso Siso informed Minister Daniel Garwe that Coltart, councillor for Ward 4,...
View ArticleThe LPCA Independence Trophy is nigh!
*Lusaka, Zambia — 07 October 2026* The Lusaka Province Chess Association (LPCA) is pleased to announce that *12 clubs* have so far registered for the *2026 LPCA Independence Cup Championship — FIDE...
View ArticleZanu PF politburo meeting cancelled
Chiwenga in the background over the proposed amendment of the party constitution to align it with Constitutional Amendment Act No.3 in the national Supreme Law ahead of its annual conference set for...
View ArticleByo High Court dismisses fake doctor’s appeal
Taurai Prosper, Vanhuvaone was rearrested after posing as a medical doctor at Mpilo Hospital Source: Zimlive. Taurai Prosper Vanhuvaone, who was 29 at the time of the offences, was convicted in 2025...
View ArticleEx-war veterans leader Mhlanga off the hook over ‘smuggled’ T-Shirts
Andy Mhlanga HARARE – The state’s case against Zanu PF politburo member Andy Mhlanga, accused of smuggling US$78,880 worth of T-shirts into the country, has fallen apart – not in a blaze of courtroom...
View ArticleBikita Minerals seeks delay to Zimbabwe’s beneficiation deadline
Bikita Minerals’ processing plant taking shape BIKITA – Lithium producer Bikita Minerals has appealed to the government to extend its January 1, 2027, deadline for local beneficiation, saying its...
View ArticleSanctioned tycoon Tagwirei handed investment portfolio as Mnangagwa splits...
Business, News Kudakwashe Tagwirei HARARE – Petroleum tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei, who remains under British and American sanctions, has been appointed to cabinet and handed the job of courting...
View ArticleG6 lifts lid on Chivayo’s controversial Gwanda solar deal
The late Intratrek director Wicknell Chivayo in front of the engineers’ office block in Gwanda in September 2019. G6 made the revelations on Thursday at his brother’s funeral, offering a personal...
View ArticleMnangagwa appoints Kuda Tagwirei as Minister of Economic Development and...
To make room for Tagwirei, Mnangagwa has split the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion in two. Mthuli Ncube stays on as Minister of Finance, while Tagwirei takes over...
View ArticleBulawayo councillors’ bid to end further remand in US$52 000 extortion case...
Bulawayo Deputy Mayor, Edwin Ndlovu. Ndlovu, fellow councillors Ntandoyenkosi Ndlovu, Mxolisi Mahlangu and Ashton Mhlanga, and former councillor Alderman Rodney Jele are facing extortion charges after...
View ArticleGarwe says Byo’s water comes from dams, not rivers as MPs raise mining concerns
Illegal mining activities in the catchment areas. Local Government and Public Works Minister, Daniel Garwe, told Parliament on Wednesday that Zimbabwe’s bulk water sources are dams, not rivers, in a...
View ArticleEven Jezebel died a violent death and her body eaten by dogs despite all her...
Tendai Ruben Mbofana There is an old, unyielding law of the universe that the arrogant and the ruthless always forget in the heady days of their reign. To directly receive my articles please join my...
View ArticleGoodbye Wicknell: I pray Zimbabwe will NEVER have anyone like him again
Tendai Ruben Mbofana Today marks the burial of tenderpreneur Wicknell Chivayo in Harare. To directly receive my articles please join my WhatsApp Channel on:...
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