ARTUZ condemns alleged forced attendance at teachers’ ideological workshops
By Victor Fanuel HARARE — The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has condemned the alleged forcing of teachers and school administrators to attend a Teachers for Economic Development (Teachers for ED) national administration workshop being held at Dadaya High School from August 19 to 22. ARTUZ said it was concerned by reports that education […]
More anguish as Kariba ferry death toll rises to 95
By Naledi Nyoni HARARE — Zimbabwe’s darkest transport tragedy has claimed 95 lives, with the death toll continuing to rise nine days after the Mbuya Nehanda ferry capsized on Lake Kariba. A formal investigation is now probing how about 180 people and goods came to be aboard the vessel, after government initially said 119 people were […]
We The People activists propose 35% devolution of national development budget
By Victor Fanuel HARARE — We The People, a pressure group of good governance activists, has proposed a new devolution framework that would see up to 35% of Zimbabwe’s national development budget devolved to local authorities over five years. The group presented its Draft Devolution and Decentralisation Bill, 2026 through its People’s Parliament, a civic platform convened […]
AMA mum over audit findings exposing accounting breaches, statutory arrears
By Marshall Bwanya HARARE — The Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) has remained tight-lipped over a damning Auditor-General’s report detailing serious financial management concerns. According to the report, the state-run agricultural regulator failed to correct accounting misstatements, remained behind on statutory obligations and still owed a foreign creditor the equivalent of ZWG2.3 million. Auditor-General Vimbai Chikwenhere issued […]
Choruma faces contempt threat over disputed Mazowe farm occupation
By Staff Reporter HARARE — Zimbabwe Lands Commissioner Tsitsi Choruma faces possible contempt of court proceedings after allegedly breaching a High Court order barring her from entering or occupying disputed land at Amandas Estate in Mazowe. Businessman Prosper Muchenje’s lawyers are preparing an urgent application seeking to have Choruma held in contempt after she allegedly moved […]
Govt says 180 aboard Kariba ferry as probe begins, death toll hits 94
By Naledi Nyoni HARARE — Government has launched a formal investigation into the Lake Kariba ferry disaster after revising the number of people aboard the ill-fated Mbuya Nehanda to about 180, as the death toll rose to 94. The August 11 tragedy is now Zimbabwe’s deadliest transport disaster on record, surpassing the 1991 Nyanga bus crash […]
AFC Bank rocked by BAD DEBT crisis as non-performing loans soar to 9.25%
By Marshall Bwanya HARARE — AFC Commercial Bank’s non-performing loans rose to 9.25% at the end of 2025, almost double the recommended banking sector threshold, raising concerns over the lender’s credit risk controls, Auditor-General Vimbai Chikwenhere has found. Chikwenhere, however, issued an unmodified, or clean, opinion on the bank’s financial statements for the year ended December […]
Kariba ferry tragedy death toll rises to 93, 83 victims identified
By Naledi Nyoni KARIBA — The death toll from the Kariba Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (RIDA) boat disaster has risen to 93, with 83 victims now positively identified by their next of kin, police said on Tuesday. National police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi said one more body had been accounted for, taking the death toll from […]
“We just want somewhere to be ourselves” — LGBTQI Zimbabweans search for safe spaces
By Marshall Bwanya HARARE — Merry-goers packed Guzzlers Sports Club in Kuwadzana 6, Harare, in April 2025 as music blared and patrons drank and danced. The atmosphere changed when a male party-goer began twerking on the dance floor. Some male patrons took offence at the dancing and confronted him, with the dispute escalating into a physical […]
Zambia’s Hichilema wins second term after securing 60% of vote
BY AFP LUSAKA, Zambia — President Hakainde Hichilema has won a second term in office after securing about 60% of the vote, according to results announced by Zambia’s electoral commission. Hichilema polled 2,965,326 votes against 1,855,217 for his main challenger, Brian Mundubile, who received about 38% of the valid vote. He secured a second term after […]