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“AT one point I even thought of going back home to stay with my parents because I could no longer afford city life,” said Thabeth Mlilo recalling her predicament at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. As the COVID-19 tight lockdowns condemned her indoors in Harare’s low-density suburb …

A state-owned research institute run by the Higher and Tertiary Education ministry continues to be dogged by reports of graft, maladministration and corporate mis-governance amid claims that officials from the country’s anti-corruption unit paid a blind eye to the case after being bribed. In 2021, senior management at the National …

Last month, three stray lions pounced on cattle in Mwenezi district in Zimbabwe’s Masvingo province, wasting no time as they devoured three cows belonging to a local businessman popularly known as Mawombera. The dreaded kings of the jungle went on for two more kills — two cows that belonged to …

Zimbabwe is facing a housing crisis that has left nearly half of its urban population of almost 5,7 million people living in rented accommodation, while the national housing waiting list stands at over two million, latest official statistics show. Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) director-general Taguma Mahonde made the revelations …

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) on Wednesday said it was investigating two separate cases against members of the police in Limpopo involving illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe, one of whom was killed. In one case, the Ipid was investigating the fatal shooting of a Zimbabwean immigrant. He was shot dead …

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday hailed the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) for playing a leading role in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, a war that Zimbabwe has emerged victorious. Although there are still isolated cases of Covid-19, by and large, the virulent virus has been contained, and the country’s security sector …

Zimbabwe’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Frederick Shava is leading his country’s delegation in Pretoria, attending the mid-term review of the Bi-National Commission (BNC) at the invitation of Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) said Shava and Pandor …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a national firearms amnesty with all those possessing unlicensed weapons expected to surrender them by September 30. In a statement, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the amnesty also covers anyone who is in possession of any firearm which was smuggled or illegally …

ZIMBABWEAN laws are letting down vulnerable and exposed victims of rape, with the authorities failing to comply with international statutes in protecting victims, a report indicates. In 2019, 22 women were raped daily across the country and early child marriages were also on the increase due to religious and cultural …

The worst road accident in Zimbabwe’s history, aptly named ‘Nyanga bus disaster’ occurred on 3 August 1991, 3 decades ago in which 89 people died including the driver, teachers and school children. The bus left the road while travelling to the Roman Catholic Regina Coeli School following a school sports …