Winky D redraws the map with Tete-a-tete
Shut out of HICC last year, the Big Man reclaims ground with a concert that is equal parts ritual, resistance and reckoning
Double suicide rocks CUT
By Victor Fanuel CHINHOYI — Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) is mourning the loss of two of its students in tragic circumstances that have shaken the university community. Abraham Chabata, a level 1.1 Agricultural Engineering student, tragically took his own life on August 20, 2025. Earlier in the week, Takudzwa Alex Mapurisa, a level 2.1 Mechatronics […]
Harare strikes health fund deal to revamp failing clinics
By Naledi Nyoni HARARE — Harare’s collapsing health system is set for revival after the City of Harare signed a five-year Community Health Equity Fund (CHEF) deal with ZB Financial Holdings and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The US$700,000 programme seeks to deliver affordable, modern healthcare across the capital. The agreement, sealed at Town House, […]
Inside Buhera’s Hidden Cost of Lithium
By Kovedzayi Takawira BUHERA — Sabi Star Mine, operated by Chinese-owned Maxi Mind, is at the centre of environmental havoc in Mukwasi Village, Buhera. The lithium boom, while fuelling Zimbabwe’s economic ambitions, has made life unbearable for villagers by choking the air, blighting crops, and putting lives at risk. Ore-hauling trucks rumble past homes, schools, […]
Rights activists acquitted after airport abduction drama
By Naledi Nyoni HARARE – Human rights activists Robson Chere, Namatai Kwekweza and Samuel Gwenzi have been acquitted by a Harare magistrate of disorderly conduct, bringing an end to a year-long trial that had drawn condemnation from rights groups. The three were tried alongside Vusumuzi Moyo, Phillies Pikitayi, Delphine Gutsa, Simbarashe Blackson, Emmanuel Sitima and […]
MP presses government on easing SADC travel restrictions
By Staff Reporter HARARE – Epworth North legislator Zivai Mhetu on Tuesday urged the government to adopt policies that would allow Zimbabweans to travel more easily across regional borders, citing recent moves by Namibia and Zambia to permit entry using only national identity cards. Mhetu raised the issue during a question-and-answer session in Parliament, asking […]
Avenues Clinic shuts down Radiology in violent takeover
By Naledi Nyoni HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest private hospital, The Avenues Clinic, is at the centre of a spiralling healthcare crisis after it forcibly shut down its radiology department — leaving patients without access to emergency and life-saving diagnostic services. The unit, which had been operated for more than 25 years by Baines Imaging Group (BIG), […]
Top private school in bitter court battle against Chinese company’s cement plant
By Staff Reporter CHEGUTU – One of Zimbabwe’s leading private schools is fighting for survival as Chinese-owned Shuntai Holdings continues building a lime and cement plant just 497 metres from Bryden Country School’s boundary — in open defiance of a High Court order. Parents, teachers and education leaders have warned that the project poses a direct […]
Ruwa businessman Joseph Mutangadura killed in armed robbery
By Staff Reporter HARARE — Prominent Ruwa businessman Joseph Mutangadura, 67, was shot dead during an armed robbery at his farm along Dustain Road in Ruwa late Sunday night, police confirmed on Monday. Mutangadura, who ran several enterprises in the town — including Mutangaz Hideout, Mutangaz Panyama, and Lisheen Estate — was attacked by a gang […]
Mnangagwa’s succession deadlock threatens November 2017 repeat — Masaraure
By Victor Fanuel HARARE – Zimbabwe is edging toward the same dangerous succession impasse that triggered the 2017 coup, renowned social and economic activist Obert Masaraure warns. In a hard-hitting open letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Masaraure argues that unresolved battles over who should lead Zanu PF are destabilizing governance and forcing ordinary citizens to bear […]