KUDZANAI GEREDE CONSUMER complaints rose by 73 percent to 3 503 in the second quarter of 2026 from 2 022 in the first quarter, as the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) intensified outreach programmes aimed at making it easier for consumers to report grievances. The consumer lobby group said it was shifting from waiting for…
BLESSINGS MASHAYA& BRANDON JOSPHAT PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his top officials remain firmly focused on driving economic growth and further improving the lives of all Zimbabweans, rather than being distracted by political theatrics.So says presidential spokesperson, George Charamba, who further underlines that there is no rift between Mnangagwa and his vice presidents following the recent…
GOVERNMENT has vowed to crack down on unregistered private schools operating under unsafe and substandard conditions. The minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Torerayi Moyo, told the Junior Parliament last week that authorities had received alarming reports of private schools operating without registration and in absolute violation of education regulations. Responding to concerns raised by…
FOR decades, an invisible, cruel barrier divided Zimbabwe’s healthcare system. If you suffered a catastrophic accident or a sudden stroke, your survival did not depend on the skill of the nearest doctors, but on the depth of your pockets. Private trauma rooms, fully equipped and gleaming, remained fortresses accessible only to the wealthy or the…
PATRICK MUBWANDARIKWA CAPS UNITED FC…………..….(0) NGEZI PLATINUM STARS…….(0) CAPS UNITED wasted another chance to stay in the title race after being held to a goalless draw by in-form Ngezi Platinum Stars in a thrilling Castle Lager Premier Soccer League Match played here yesterday. The Green Machine came into the match determined to collect maximum points,…
TAPIWA CHIRUME ZIMBABWE National Water Authority (Zinwa) has solarised 78 rural water supply stations to improve access to clean water. The initiative, which has revived some water supply schemes that had been out of service for nearly two decades, is expected to transform water delivery in rural service centres and communities that had long endured…
Brighton Muronzerei THE United Kingdom police have commended Zimbabwean and South African authorities for cooperating to arrest an international triple-murder suspect.Ndodana Tshuma was arrested in South Africa on Friday, paving the way for his extradition to face trial in Britain.Tshuma, also known as Mark, was nabbed in connection with the deaths of his wife Zandile…
HAZEL MARIMBIZA BULAWAYO City Council inspectors have destroyed more than a tonne of hazardous, expired, and contaminated food found in local shops.According to the latest report by the council’s health services department, environmental health inspectors confiscated expired groceries, contaminated meat, uninspected pork, damaged canned foods and products that were either improperly labelled or had no…
KUDZANAI GEREDE OLD Mutual Zimbabwe (Old Mutual) is set to migrate its secondary listing from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) to the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), marking an end to a six-year trading suspension, the group announced on Friday.Old Mutual shares, together with PPC Zimbabwe and Seed Co International, were suspended from the ZSE…
SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRI ARTISINAL miners have been left out of Zimbabwe’s proposed mining law, sparking warnings from the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela).The omission from the proposed Mines and Minerals Bill, according to Zela, would fuel informality, unsafe mining and illicit mineral trading, the watchdog has warned. This comes after the Mines and Minerals Bill was…
