Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR PARLIAMENT has demanded sweeping reforms to the country’s correctional system, warning that children born to or living with incarcerated mothers must not become unintended victims of the justice system. Raising a motion in the Senate last week, Senator Angeline Tongogara said children should not bear the consequences of their mothers’ imprisonment,…
Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned of thunderstorms, strong winds and localised heavy downpours across Zimbabwe from Tuesday, with rainfall potentially exceeding 30mm in some areas. The warning comes as the country braces for increasingly erratic weather conditions, with authorities cautioning that the anticipated system could bring rainfall, thunderstorms and…
YVONNE NCUBE A 48-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man allegedly raped a 13-year-old girl after luring her to his workplace with a promise of giving her money, a court heard.Misheck Mugande of Njube suburb appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Lungile Ncube last week facing a rape charge.He was not asked to plead and was remanded in custody to…
ZIMBABWEAN financial advisory, Bard Santner Inc, which specialises in asset management, corporate finance, wealth management and remittances, is handling the historic US$1.6 billion Initial Public Offering (IPO) for the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE – the world’s largest single-train oil refinery – inside the country. Bard Santner Investors, a subsidiary of the company, is specifically dealing…
Ashley Moyo & Anesu Mirisau THERE are musicians whose songs entertain, and then there are those whose music becomes part of a people’s identity — Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi belonged to the latter.For decades, his unmistakable voice, guitar melodies and deeply rooted lyrics travelled far beyond Zimbabwe, carrying stories of love, family, social responsibility and the…
THE African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says its Southern Africa Regional Office, the Afreximbank African Trade Centre Harare (AATC), is expected to become one of Harare’s green-certified buildings when construction is completed in the first quarter of 2027.The mixed-use development, located at the corner of Chitepo Avenue and 7th Street in Greenwood Park, central Harare, is…
THE Warriors will be banking on home advantage when they face the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a Group E 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier at the National Sports Stadium in the capital tomorrow.Kick-off time is 6pm.After getting their campaign off to a winning start with a dramatic 3-2 victory over Sierra…
SANDILE MEMELA AT A top restaurant in Sandton, South Africa, a man — supposedly successful, black, expensive watch, German car parked outside with a driver – threatened to shoot and kill women.Their sin was to reject his advances.He did not like being told no. So he reached for the language he knows: a gun. “I…
HAZEL MARIMBIZAIn Bulawayo GOVERNMENT is demanding integrated urban planning to ensure water, sanitation, and infrastructure match rapid settlement growth and prevent service delivery failures.Speaking during the Zimbabwe Water Indaba and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Joint Sector Review in Bulawayo yesterday, the minister of Local Government, Daniel Garwe, said development planning could no longer be…
Brandon Josphat HARARE Metropolitan is sitting on a public health time bomb as the continued discharge of raw sewage into public water sources threatens to fuel outbreaks of waterborne diseases, Parliament has warned.The warning is contained in a report tabled in the National Assembly last week by the Portfolio Committee on Environment, which said the…

