November 2026

TAPIWA CHIRUME FORMER deputy minister and opposition stalwart, Obert Gutu, has become the latest prominent figure to express deep regret over the “near comatose” state of the ruling Zanu PF’s political foes. Speaking on Thursday night on leading independent national televi­sion station 3Ktv’s popular current affairs programme, Vantage, the dis­appointed Gutu said it appeared as…

SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRI ZIMBABWEAN roads have turned into death traps, with nearly 2 000 people perishing in tens of thousands of crashes within nine months. Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) managing director Munesu Munodawafa dis­closed the sobering figures during a capacity-building workshop organised for media person­nel on Thursday, noting that human negligence accounts for roughly…

HAZEL MARIMBIZA GOVERNMENT is intensifying negotiations with interna­tional creditors to establish a sustainable framework for resolving debt arrears and restoring access to affordable financing. The minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, said progress had been made in restructuring some of the country’s debt, with the government now seek­ing similar arrangements with other creditors to advance the…

YVONNE NCUBE THE High Court in Bulawayo has ruled that a woman who killed her husband and two young children was mentally ill at the time. Happiness Chimbangu was found to have been suffering from schizoaffective disorder when she killed her husband, Edwin Chimbangu, 35, their four-year-old son, Promise, and their seven-month-old daughter, Prudence. Bulawayo…

HAZEL MARIMBIZA GOVERNMENT is targeting up to US$1 bil­lion in financing for road rehabilitation by leveraging revenue collected by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) to secure funding from financial institutions, the minister of Transport, Felix Mhona, has said. The proposed financing model would allow the government to mobilise additional resources for road infrastructure development…