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Zimbabwean leaders have been misleading the public and the world that the “Patriotic Bill”, which amends the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act to criminalise locals’ connivance with foreign governments to malign the country, is similar to the United States’ Logan Act passed centuries ago. Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa (pictured) …

One of the 30 suspects being held together with the Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie over the deaths of more than 300 people who were told to starve themselves to death if they wanted to go to heaven, has died in custody. The deceased had been in police custody for …

A provisional list of 11 candidates headlined by incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa and arch-rival Citizens Coalitions for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa’s return into the ring will be vying for presidency in harmonised elections due August 23 this year. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is still to confirm the official …

The British Government has appointed Mr. Peter Vowles as the new British Ambassador to Zimbabwe, a press release from The United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office says on its website www.gov.uk/fcdo. He will replace outgoing ambassador Ms. Melanie Robinson upon appointment in September this year. It reads: Change of …

The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has released a list of its 250 parliamentary candidates after they filed their nomination papers across the country on Wednesday. Dozens of veterans were excluded from the final list, guaranteeing new faces in the new parliament after the August 23 general elections. CCC leader …

South African Home Affairs officials at the Verification Visa Centres are allegedly demanding bribes from desperate Zimbabweans seeking to submit applications to regularise their stay in the neighbouring country beyond the expiry of their Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) whose grace period has been extended to December 2023. The official submission …

Two unions have blamed derisory salaries after a deputy head allegedly hanged herself at a primary school in Mwenezi, Masvingo. She has been named as Miriam Mzenda, nee Manyarara. The Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) and the Amalgamated Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) said Mzenda was found hanged in …

Zimbabweans continue facing an acute shortage of affordable housing options amid indications that at least half of the country’s urban population lives in rented accommodation. This is according to the 2023 Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee report (ZimVac) which indicated rented accommodation continues to be an economic survival strategy especially for …

Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Felix Mhona has been sucked into a driver’s licence scam where villagers from his constituency were reportedly overcharged to obtain provisional driver’s licences. Mhona, a Zanu PF aspiring candidate for the Chikomba East constituency, set up mobile Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) depots in his constituency …

A new report by research organisation Sivio Institute has shown that most citizens believe the government has failed to deliver on key priorities having ample resources, with corruption being the major contributory factor. The report shows that central government has failed to provide employment and adequate healthcare, which are among …