Development partners financing the nearly US$300 million Kariba Dam Rehabilitation project have expressed concern over delays in completing expansion works at the lake after the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) missed the completion deadline by four years, resulting in rising costs. Kariba, the largest man-made lake in the world by water …
Read More »Winky D, Jah Prayzah Pay Tribute To Garry Mapanzure
Top artistes Winky D and Jah Prayzah took time to pay tribute to the late singer and rapper Garry Mapanzure during their performances at the Kadoma Music Festival on Saturday night. Jah Prayzah was the first of the two to perform, clad in a white T-shirt with Mapanzure’s face on …
Read More »Warriors To Host Nigeria In Rwanda For FIFA 2026 World Cup Qualifier
The Zimbabwe Warriors are set to play their FIFA 2026 World Cup home qualifier match to Nigeria in Rwanda following a ban imposed on the National Sports Stadium by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The qualifiers begin this November. Zimbabwe are in Group C of the 2026 Fifa World …
Read More »CCC Needs Structures, Constitution…Chamisa Trapped
The opposition Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) decision to proceed without a constitution and with no congress to elect substantive leaders is the reason why it has been trapped in a predicament in which a non-member of the party has recalled its MPs, councillors and senators. A seasoned political analyst …
Read More »‘White Gold’ To Put Zimbabwe On World Trade Map
Zimbabwe hopes to become the world’s largest exporter of the chemical element Lithium. Lithium, or ‘white gold’ as it is often known to investors, has become an incredibly valuable resource, as it is one of the key components of electric vehicle batteries. Now an unlikely African country hopes to become …
Read More »Zunaid Moti & The Money Men: Part One
Leaked documents show how the Moti Group became enmeshed in huge, possibly illicit, money-moving networks in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Seemingly artificial loans and investments were used to move hundreds of millions of rands across borders and through Moti’s companies. In Zimbabwe, at least some of the cash allegedly ended …
Read More »Surge In Teen Pregnancies As Economy Melts Down
A survey has revealed that the economic meltdown affecting Zimbabwe has triggered a sharp increase in child and teenage pregnancies countrywide. The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), in conjunction with the government, recently completed a survey on the prevalence of teenage pregnancies in the country. The report is expected to …
Read More »Economic Meltdown Propels Mass Exodus Of Zim Workers
Years of mass migration from Zimbabwe has gained fresh impetus as an economic meltdown continues unabated, further denuding the country of the scarce skills it needs to engineer a turnaround. Census data released by neighboring South Africa this week showed the country was home to 1.01 million Zimbabwean immigrants last …
Read More »Charamba Gives Narrative On Mnangagwa Talks With ‘Deceitful’ Chamisa
From as early as 2018, CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa sent various envoys who included journalists, businessmen and church leaders to open talks with President Mnangagwa but all his missions collapsed as they were predicated on deceit, dishonesty and double-standards, President Mnangagwa’s spokesperson Mr George Charamba has said. In his …
Read More »Fundraiser For Jailed, Severely Ill Job Sikhala
Zimbabwean political leader Job Sikhala is severely ill, according to his legal team, but remains in custody at the Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison. The opposition politician for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and lawyer has been in prison since 14 June 2022, when he was arrested for charges arising …
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