Ashley Moyo Recently in Chinhoyi OOZING with confidence, vivacious Minenhle Ncube shrugged off stiff competition from eight other contestants to be crowned Miss CUT 2026. The glamour-filled event, held at the Great Hall of Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) over the weekend, also saw Sonia Mapingadza and Bianca Mazvita Bhiza being adjudicated First and Second…
THE country’s economy is, against all historical odds, finally showing signs of life. As veteran economist and businessman Eddie Cross last week observed on leading national independent commercial television station, 3Ktv, widely followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, this country no longer resembles the comatose, hyperinflationary wreck left behind in 2016. Gridlocked city streets,…
Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR RETAIL giant OK Zimbabwe has suspended employee salaries and wages with immediate effect as part of measures aimed at stabilising the struggling business, which is currently under corporate rescue. According to a resolution of the company’s Joint Works Council dated 22 May 2026, management and workers agreed to halt payroll payments,…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO ZIMBABWE has secured fresh conservation funding under phase four of the KfW-supported Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (Kaza TFCA) programme, with close to 700 000 euros earmarked for wildlife protection initiatives and ranger welfare projects. Zimbabwe is part of Kaza TFCA-the world’s largest terrestrial conservation area-along with Angola, Botswana, Namibia and…
Brighton Muronzereyi CHIEF WRITER THE government has commissioned a Russian energy firm to conduct feasibility studies for a nuclear power plant, as authorities fight to end the country’s crippling power cuts. At the same time, investors of the under development US$400 million floating solar project on Lake Kariba say they expect to start generating electricity…
Patrick Mubwandarikwa SPORTS WRITER WARRIORS attacker Tawanda Chirewa says he is relishing the opportunity to play a starring role for the side when they take on three-time African champions Nigeria in the Unity Cup at the Valley in London, United Kingdom tomorrow. Chirewa, who featured for Barnsley in the just-ended season, is one of several…
Rutendo Ngara A Gweru Polytechnic gardener, who was masquerading as a soldier before duping a desperate employee US$ 100 after promising him a job in the Zimbabwe National Army, escaped jail after the court handed him a suspended sentence. Hardlife Nyoni, who is on sick leave, pleaded guilty to impersonating a soldier and Harare provincial…
Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR ZIMBABWE’s opposition movement has been plunged into mourning following the deaths of veteran democracy campaigner Elliot Pfebve and Labour Economists and African Democrats (Lead) president Linda Masarira. Pfebve, who was 57, died in the United Kingdom yesterday after a long battle with colorectal cancer, while Masarira died in Harare on Sunday…
BRIAN Nandana- a 30-year-old inDrive driver who was allegedly killed by his friend in Warren Park suburb last week, was laid to rest yesterday at Glen Forest Memorial Park in Harare. His funeral service was held at Newstart Children’s Home, where he was raised. Brian’s body was discovered in a shallow grave at Warren Hills…
Masimba Makwembere THE police have confirmed the arrest of three suspected drug traffickers who were found transporting more than 120 kilogrammes of dagga along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo Road. Police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the arrest yesterday, further revealing that one of the suspects is a foreign national. “The ZRP confirms the arrest of a foreign…
