NRZ rails into lithium boom as private partnership opens Maputo export corridor
By Naledi Nyoni HARARE — Zimbabwe’s National Railways (NRZ) has entered the country’s rapidly expanding lithium value chain after launching a new rail corridor to transport lithium concentrate to the Port of Maputo, a development expected to reduce logistics costs, boost freight volumes and strengthen the country’s mineral export infrastructure. Partnering with Zimbabwe’s only private […]
Gwanda man sentenced to 20 years for raping 11-year-old girlfriend’s daughter By Courts Correspondent
BULAWAYO — A 42-year-old man from Gwanda has been sentenced to an effective 20 years’ imprisonment after being convicted of raping his girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter, a crime that was reported to police several days after it occurred. The Gwanda Regional Magistrates’ Court handed down the sentence on February 2, 2026 for an offence committed in Esigodini […]
Zimbabwe’s rural borehole drive offers lifeline as El Niño drought grips Southern Africa
A woman waters vegetable seedlings she planted using water from a solar-powered borehole under the Presidential Borehole Scheme