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Martial arts instructor Tendai Humbasha Maduwa, popularly known as Sensei Tendai, will be back at the Bulawayo Magistrates’ Court on 8 September for trial after he was granted US$200 bail on Monday. Maduwa appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Themba Chimiso facing assault charges arising from a confrontation with two Tendy Three Investments (TTI) parking marshals. Sam […]
Bulawayo deputy mayor Edwin Ndlovu allegedly locked himself inside his private office to avoid arrest, forcing Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) investigators to call a locksmith. Ndlovu, 55, who is councillor for ward 8, appeared in court on Monday, 24 August, on extortion charges alongside ward 28 councillor Ntandoyenkosi Ndlovu and former ward 22 councillor Alderman […]
Primary and Secondary Education Minister Torerayi Moyo has warned that schools that force learners to attend holiday lessons will be penalised. In an interview, Moyo said government inspectors will continue to monitor compliance to ensure that vacation lessons support exam candidates without denying learners the rest they need during the holidays. He said only exam […]
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has assured staff that no jobs will be lost following the transfer of voter registration and management functions to the Civil Registry Department after the Constitutional Amendment Number 3. ZEC chief elections officer Simbarashe Tongayi said the commission has 93 highly experienced staff who have been handling voter registration and […]
A 26-year-old man from Kadoma who was injured after a homeowner fought back during an alleged robbery has been remanded from his hospital bed. David Dhaka appeared before Harare magistrate Ruth Moyo charged with robbery. He and two alleged accomplices are accused of stealing US$1,000. Dhaka was arrested at the scene after the complainant, John […]
A Zimbabwean fitness trainer based in the United States has spoken out after his arrest in Bulawayo following a confrontation with parking marshals employed by Tendy Three Investments [TTI]. Tendai Humbasha Maduwa, also known as Sensei Tendai, who resides in Los Angeles, California, was arrested on Saturday, a day after he was caught on video […]
CBZ Holdings plans to mobilise US$600 million to rehabilitate key highways linking Zimbabwe to regional markets. The bank says the country’s wider road network could ultimately require as much as US$5 billion in investment, with US$75 million already secured. CBZ chief executive officer Lawrence Nyazema was speaking during a briefing with analysts in Harare on […]
A dispute over relish has turned fatal in Esigodini, Matabeleland South Province, after a 59-year-old man died two months after he was allegedly struck with an axe by his colleague. The suspect, Hloniphani Ngwenya (43), allegedly attacked his friend, Malizani Tembo, following an argument over the purchase of beer instead of relish. Police said the […]
A bus belonging to Big Game Motors was allegedly blown up with suspected mining explosives at an illegal bus terminus in Chipinge on Friday morning. According to The Manica Post, the explosion occurred at around 3 am. It extensively damaged the bus’s right rear tyre and axle, leaving the vehicle grounded. The incident has heightened […]
The City of Harare has dismissed a document circulating on social media on the regularisation and demolition of illegal structures as an old preliminary draft, while warning that verification and enforcement action will be taken against illegal land activities. In a statement issued on Monday, 24 August 2026, the City said it had noted the […]
Parliament is pushing for a new law to stop non-academic institutions and individuals from dishing out honorary doctorates, saying the practice is damaging the credibility of Zimbabwe’s education system. The motion was moved in the National Assembly on Thursday by Chivi Central MP Exevia Maoneke and seconded by Masvingo MP Naledi Lindarose Maunganidze. It calls […]
A Harare woman who demanded US$1,796 a month in maintenance from her ex-husband for their three children has been awarded a fraction of that amount after a magistrate ruled her claim was excessive. Rejoice Svikiro was in court on Thursday before magistrate Janemary Makonye, seeking maintenance from her former husband, Lovemore Chidanamabwe. The couple have […]
A haulage truck driver who allegedly jumped from his moving truck after being ordered to stop at a police roadblock is said to have phoned his employers the next morning to tell them he was resigning and had abandoned the vehicle in Masvingo. The driver, Dzikamai Chimunda (48), from Harare, was allegedly carrying drugs worth […]
Wicknell Chivayo has pledged US$250,000 and a host of equipment to the John Landa Nkomo Trust to mark what would have been the birthday of the late former Vice President Dr John Landa Nkomo. In a social media post on Saturday, 22 August, Chivayo described Nkomo as a “giant of our liberation struggle, a distinguished […]
Three in-laws of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son, Collins, have been hauled before the courts on charges of dealing in dangerous drugs. Amina Jassinta Jessub Arab, 47, the mother of Collins’s second wife Kelsea Tadiwa Tafirenyika, her daughter Dyonne Tanaka Tafirenyika, 28, and their relative Noreen Jessub, 51, appeared at the Bulawayo Magistrates Court on Thursday. […]
Four people died on the spot, and six others were seriously injured after a head-on collision on the Ngundu-Tanganda Road on Thursday night. In a statement issued on Friday, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) said the accident occurred at around 8 pm at the 2km peg along the road. A Toyota Probox carrying ten passengers […]
Zimbabwe’s foreign currency reserves climbed to US$1.7 billion at the end of July, up from US$1.6 billion in June. That is enough to cover 1.7 months of imports, according to official figures. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe said the rise was driven by stronger foreign currency inflows and royalties from minerals. In its 2026 mid-term […]
A Zimbabwean fitness trainer based in the United States of America has spoken out after he was filmed confronting two Tendy Three Investments (TTI) parking marshals in Bulawayo city centre on Friday. Tendai Humbasha Maduwa, also known as Sensei Tendai, who resides in Los Angeles, California, was caught on video grabbing and slapping two TTI […]
Two Zimbabweans were arrested on Saturday after illicit cigarettes worth R2 million were seized in Limpopo, South Africa. Police in the province intercepted a truck carrying the contraband at the Groblersbrug Port of Entry. Provincial Police Commissioner Jan Scheepers said: “At Groblersbrug today we confiscated 4,800 cartons of cigarettes to the value of almost R2 […]
Veteran radio presenter and war veteran Nelson Grey Gambiza Moyo has died. He was 68. His sister-in-law, Thembinkosi Mbesa, confirmed his death to The Herald. Gambiza died on Thursday after collapsing at his farm in Mhangura as he was preparing to go for a medical check-up. Born on 21 June 1958 in Mberengwa, he was […]
A woman who dived into the treacherous waters of Lake Kariba to save fellow passengers from the capsized Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (RIDA) Mbuya Nehanda ferry has received a US$4,000 cash reward from First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa. Taurai Chalibamba, from Mola in Kariba Rural, travelled to Chinhoyi on Wednesday to collect the cash gift in […]
The government has suspended customs duty on imported goods used for the construction and refurbishment of public sporting facilities. The suspension is contained in Statutory Instrument 142 of 2026, the Customs and Excise (Suspension) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026 (No. 286), gazetted as a supplement to the Zimbabwean Government Gazette on 21 August, 2026. The regulations were […]
Zimbabwe’s foreign currency receipts surged by close to 50% in the first half of the year to US$10.72 billion, driven by a sharp rebound in export earnings and diaspora remittances, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor (RBZ) John Mushayavanhu has said. Presenting the 2026 Mid-Term Monetary Policy Statement on Thursday, 20 August 2026, Mushayavanhu said total […]
Parliament has received a petition from the Drivers’ Association of Zimbabwe (DAZ) calling for the driving profession to be formalised, including minimum educational qualifications and the creation of a legally recognised professional body. The petitioners want a law that will make five O-Level passes, including English and Mathematics, mandatory for obtaining a professional driving licence […]
Officials have started transferring voter registration and the management of the voters’ roll from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) back to the Office of the Registrar-General. This follows President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s assent to the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 3) Bill in July, which returned responsibility for voter registration to the Civil Registry and established […]
A 30-year-old man from Zvishavane has been jailed for an effective 54 months by the Gweru Magistrates’ Court after stabbing his village head and vandalising his property. Wellington Dzingisai, of Mukamba Village, Zvishavane, was found guilty of attempted murder and malicious damage to property. In a statement, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said that at […]
The operation to turn the capsized RIDA Mbuya Nehanda ferry upright on Lake Kariba gathered momentum on Thursday, 20 August, after a team led by Craig Hall towed the vessel to a more sheltered spot within the Musambakaruma Group of Islands. The calmer waters will allow specialists to begin the delicate process of righting the […]
Award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin’ono has offered to fund the return of a Zimbabwean woman stranded in Mozambique, 13 years after she was taken from a crèche in Mutare and smuggled across the border. Georgina Muchekadzose, of Fairview in Mutare, told The Manica Post that her daughter, Tariro Mahumba, born on 28 March 2008, vanished from […]
Public health institutions are reportedly losing millions of dollars through the theft of medication and hospital supplies by staff. Health and Child Care Deputy Minister Sleiman Kwidini said this while responding to questions in the National Assembly on Wednesday. Kwidini admitted that some health workers were stealing drugs meant for patients and reselling them to […]
A Mutare woman has been reunited with her daughter after 13 years, after the teenager surfaced in Mozambique and made an appeal on social media for help finding her family. Tariro Mahumba, who went missing from a crèche in the OTS section of Sakubva in 2013 at the age of five, was this week traced […]
Matabeleland South Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Albert Nguluvhe has called on the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to sack non-performing teachers, saying there is now a pool of unemployed Zimbabwean teachers who have returned from South Africa after fleeing xenophobia in recent months. Nguluvhe was speaking during the Provincial Schools Sports, Science and […]
A Mberengwa man has been jailed for 17 years after he was convicted of raping a sex worker twice in one night. The National Prosecuting Authority confirmed the sentence, saying 23-year-old Nkululeko Moyo from Mapfumo village under Chief Mutevaidze was convicted on two counts of rape by the Zvishavane Regional Magistrates’ Court. The court heard […]
The City of Harare has ordered all property owners and occupiers to repair dilapidated and unsightly buildings and surroundings or face enforcement action. In a public notice issued on 19 August, Acting Town Clerk Warren Chiwawa said all properties within the city must be maintained in a safe, structurally sound, sanitary, orderly and visually acceptable […]
Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri says she is not in contempt of court for failing to pay US$25,000 in compensation to a victim injured during the army shootings in central Harare on 1 August 2018. Muchinguri said payment is awaiting approval from Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube, who she said is the responsible authority. She also urged […]
Police reportedly foiled an apparent attempt by in-laws of Collins Mnangagwa to flee Zimbabwe as authorities investigate alleged money laundering. Collins is the twin son of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa. According to ZimLive, a private jet that was due to fly the mother and sister of his wife to Dubai was […]
The confirmed death toll from the RIDA-owned Mbuya Nehanda ferry has risen to 97 after search and recovery teams retrieved two more bodies from Lake Kariba on Thursday. The development came as salvage engineers started a delicate operation to right the capsized vessel ahead of a full technical investigation. The two bodies, a woman and […]
A Harare car dealer accused of defrauding scores of clients of more than US$624,000 and ZiG1.2 million in a bogus vehicle import scheme was granted bail by the High Court on Wednesday, 19 August. Hazel Silibaziso Mafu, 36, director of Hezy Motors Logistics, was granted US$500 bail. She had earlier been denied bail by the […]
Two Zimbabwean nationals working for a company that supplies diesel to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) have been arrested after being found to be in the country illegally. According to Regional Provost Marshal Colonel L. B. Mashilo, of the Central Military Police Region, officials from the region attached to the Joint Operations Mobilisation […]
SADC is said to have no concerns about Zimbabwe’s new law, Constitutional Amendment Act 3 (CAA3), which extended President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s second term, because all legal processes were followed in passing it. The position was revealed by South African presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya on the sidelines of the recent SADC summit at the Inkosi Albert […]
Cabinet has approved a restructuring of the ZESA Group that will bring its generation, transmission and distribution businesses together into a leaner, vertically integrated structure to improve efficiency and shore up the utility’s viability. The move will also involve cutting excess staff through retirement and retrenchment, with the exercise funded from internal resources. The plan […]
The government is looking at alternative vessels to keep communities in Kariba that rely heavily on lake transport connected to essential services and economic activity after the RIDA-operated passenger ferry Mbuya Nehanda capsized last week. Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona said private operators could be allowed to run services on the route, subject […]
The Constitutional Court has overturned a landmark High Court ruling that had declared part of the Termination of Pregnancy Act unconstitutional and expanded abortion access for minors and victims of marital rape. The country’s top court did not rule on whether the disputed provision is constitutional, leaving the substantive question of who qualifies for a […]
A former councillor for Mbare, Paul Gorekore, who was on trial for allegedly inciting protests against the Constitution of Zimbabwe (Amendment) Bill (No.3), has been acquitted. Gorekore, 42, was found not guilty and discharged at the close of the prosecution case at Mbare Magistrates Court on Tuesday, 18 August. In a statement issued on 19 […]
Energy and Power Development Minister July Moyo has attributed the improved electricity supply and drop in load-shedding to increased generation capacity and cost-reflective tariffs. Speaking at a post-Cabinet briefing in Harare on Tuesday, he said the cost-reflective tariffs had also boosted ZESA’s ability to build up financial reserves to cover any potential shortfalls in supply. […]
Police have confirmed that the death toll from the Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (RIDA) boat accident has risen to 95. Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi on Wednesday, 19 August 2026, also released the names of 10 more victims, bringing the total number of victims identified by their next of kin to 93. […]
A 62-year-old Chinese quarry boss has been found dead in a river, three weeks after he vanished. He Xian Ming’s badly decomposed body was pulled from the Tsambe River in Odzi, Manicaland, on Tuesday night. It brings to an end a three-week search involving police, private investigators and locals. Ming, who worked as a supervisor […]
