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On a date in late January, Makoni police in Chitungwiza received a distress call. At the other end of the line was a cabinet minister, who reported that there was an intruder at her home in the neighbourhood. Police responded quickly and apprehended the man, a foreign national who stated …

President Mnangagwa has emphasised the need for unity and collaborative efforts within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to combat the spread of cholera. The call comes in the wake of cholera outbreaks reported in five SADC countries, namely Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia, accounting for 73 percent of …

Zimbabweans should continue shouldering the responsibility of developing, modernising and industrialising their country and 2024 is a promising year of further economic growth and development, President Mnangagwa has said. Speaking at the burial of the late national hero Colonel (Retired) Kenny Ridzai Mabuya at the National Heroes Acre yesterday, President …

A Doctor of Philosophy degree is not a mandatory requirement for school head positions, the Government has confirmed, and there have been no changes to the teachers’ required qualifications. This clarification comes in the wake of controversy surrounding a misinterpretation of the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Torerai Moyo’s …

The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has called a meeting of its standing committee on Sunday to appoint an acting leader after Nelson Chamisa quit suddenly on Thursday. A statement by the party said the CCC’s leadership structure would revert to the officials elected at the MDC Alliance congress in …

Analysts and industry stakeholders say Zimbabwe will not attain the upper middle-income society status by 2030 if the manufacturing growth rate continues at a rate below 10 percent per annum. These sentiments were aired during the Zimbabwe National Industrial Development Policy (ZNIDP) consultative workshop hosted by the Ministry of Industry …

The UN World Food Program said Wednesday that it was working with Zimbabwe’s government and aid agencies to provide food to 2.7 million rural people in the country as the El Nino weather phenomenon contributes to a drought crisis in southern Africa. Food shortages putting nearly 20% of Zimbabwe’s population …

As Zimbabwe’s parallel market reels under the strain of a currency crisis, central bank governor, John Mangudya, assures the public that this turmoil is merely passing. This grey market, operating outside formal banking channels, has experienced volatility for the past three weeks, causing ripples of uncertainty among businesses and individuals …

The recent emergence of the Apostolic Faith Mission of Zimbabwe (AFMOZ), which broke away from the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) due to factionalism, has placed a bad tag on the faith movement, thrusting congregants into eternal confusion. The split came after Cossum Chiangwa, the church president allegedly amended …

More travellers are now preferring to use the country’s transformed Beitbridge Border Post over other land borders with the Department of Immigration handling an increase of 9 percent in the number of people who crossed the border in 2023 compared to 2022. At the moment Beitbridge is the only land …