ZIMBABWE’S senior men’s cricket team, face a defining test of character and progress as they take on the West Indies in a contest that goes beyond runs and wickets. Coincidentally, both Zimbabwe and the West Indies completed the group stage of the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup without a single defeat. Both teams finished…
Tapiwa Chirume POLICE have arrested two men for impersonation after they allegedly posed as law enforcement officers and extorted money from a motorist in Harare. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the arrests yesterday, which resulted in the recovery of the bribe money. “Police in Harare arrested William Faifi, 40, and Charles Majuru, 30, for…
SPORTS WRITER ZIMBABWE and Zambia played out a goalless draw at the Cosafa Women’s Championship 2026 in Polokwane yesterday. It was a match in which Mighty Warriors proved that they had the mettle to go toe-to-toe with their fancied neighbours. The hard-earned point yesterday followed Zimbabwe’s comfortable 2-0 victory over Eswatini in their opening match…
Tapiwa Chirume THE City of Harare’s US$690 million 2026 budget has received official government approval, paving the way for new tariffs and the rollout of key service delivery programmes across the capital. Confirming the development yesterday, acting town clerk Phakamile Mabhena Moyo said the approval provided the legal authority for the council to begin executing…
Angela Mtombeni ENTERTAINMENT WRITER THE BIBLE Society of Zimbabwe has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring that the scriptures remain accessible and affordable to all Zimbabweans, as it intensifies translation, distribution and literacy programmes nationwide. The interdenominational organisation, established to translate, publish and distribute the bible without doctrinal commentary, has over the years entrenched itself as…
A 21-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for raping an 81-year-old woman.
Masimba Makwembere According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the man broke into the octogenarian’s house and forced her to remove her clothes before raping her. “The Bulawayo regional magistrates’ court has convicted Gift Ncube a 21-year-old man, on two counts of rape and sentenced him to an effective 40 years imprisonment 20 years for…
Tapiwa Chirume THE ENVIRONMENTAL Management Agency (EMA) has intensified its nationwide crackdown on vehicle emissions, inspecting 286 vehicles and penalising 11 motorists for excessive exhaust pollution during an enforcement operation along the Mazowe–Bindura highway. The operation forms part of the country’s broader clean air strategy aimed at curbing rising pollution levels linked to increasing vehicle…
SERIOUS, credible allegations have emerged of a coordinated scheme aimed at politically tarnishing the reputation of Botha Gold Mine by falsely portraying…
PARLIAMENT is actively pushing for the reduction of the intermediated money transfer tax (IMTT) on US-dollar transactions from the current two percent to 1,5 percent to encourage deposits, chairman on budget committee Lincoln Dhliwayo has said.He said this at the Annual Tax Review Breakfast Meeting hosted by our sister business paper The Financial Gazette on…
ZANU PF director for information Farai Marapira says the recently gazetted Constitutional Amendment No.3 Bill was a response to the “will of the people”.Speaking to Group Editor-In-Chief Guthrie Munyuki on his widely followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, on leading national commercial television station, 3Ktv, on Thursday, Marapira argued that the current five-year presidential…

