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Zimbabweans are being subjected to 19 hours of power cuts a day, because there is insufficient water in the Kariba dam to drive the nation’s main hydropower plant. The worst outages since 2019 are wreaking havoc, causing snarl-ups in Harare, the capital, where most traffic lights are no longer working, …

The City of Bulawayo said Tuesday it had halted running water supplies to residents save for the central business district and industries after crippling power cuts affected pumping. Bulawayo’s 640,000 residents were already enduring dry taps for three days every week in scheduled water rationing before the latest crisis. In …

For the past 30 years, Zimbabwe has joined the rest of the world in marking 16 days of Activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV) with clear messages that castigate abusive men, who are often deemed the perpetrators. Nearly 40 percent of Zimbabwean women and girls have experienced sexual or physical …

A 17-year-old Mbare boy who was driving a bus with one passenger on Monday struck and killed a 7-year-old minor who was playing football with friends along a street in the high density suburb. Police revealed the tragic incident Tuesday but did not give further details on it. “Police in …

The Johane Marange Apostolic sect founder, Johane Muchabaya Momberume’s grave was allegedly tampered with over the weekend in a suspected ritual case. The late sect leader’s family members are fighting to control one of the country’s largest apostolic sects. Clements Momberume, the late founder’s eldest surviving son, through his lawyer …

Courts must deliver strong judgments against people convicted of armed robbery and abuse of women and children, President Mnangagwa has said. He said this in a speech read on his behalf by Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi during the official opening of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) …

Pegging school fees in foreign currency is allowed but parents and guardians retain the right to pay fees in the currency of their choice at the prevailing official exchange rate, Government has clarified. Parents with free funds are allowed to pay in foreign currency if they wish but those without …

Fourteen members of the Johanne Masowe Baptist Church, believed to be Zimbabweans, have been confirmed dead after drowning during a baptism ceremony that went wrong in Jukskei River in South Africa. Reports indicate that more people may have been swept away during the weekend baptism ceremony at Jukskei River in …

As Zimbabwe barrels towards next year’s harmonised elections, Zanu PF is firing from all cylinders winning elections in urban areas and increasing its leads in rural constituencies in a bold statement that analysts say spell doom for the crisis-riddled opposition. In the past few years, Zanu PF has been thumping …

Redcliff Municipality is in the eye of a storm after it failed to reverse a murky arrangement to acquire posh motor vehicles and cellphones for senior managers in a swap deal for land with a Chinese company despite having been red-flagged by Auditor-General Mildred Chiri. An investigation by The NewsHawks …