ONE of Zimbabwe’s foremost traditional ensembles, Hwamanda Dance Troupe, has once again carried the nation’s cultural flag beyond its borders, delivering a compelling performance at this year’s National Arts festival (Nasfest) in Lilongwe, Malawi. The annual festival, which ran from April 27 to today, has brought together cultural groups and youth artists from across the…
MUTAPA Gold Resources has intensified efforts to formalise artisanal and small-scale mining after certifying 300 miners this week, as it moves to replicate its structured mining model across key assets nationwide. The certification programme, conducted in Chegutu on Thursday in partnership with the Zimbabwe School of Mines, is part of a broader strategy by the…
TODAY, the streets of Zimbabwe are haunted by the ghosts of the working class. As the rest of the world marked May Day on Friday with celebrations of labour rights and progress, the Zimbabwean worker stands as a hollowed-out monument to a dream long since decayed. For the millions who celebrated the day, the holiday…
ZIMBABWE Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) chief executive officer Edington Mazambani says the country is transiting toward electricity self-sufficiency. Speaking to Financial Gazette Deputy Editor Tendai Kamhungira on the widely followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, on leading independent national commercial television station, 3Ktv, last Thursday, Mazambani said improved power generation at Hwange and Kariba…
EVERY morning at 4.30am, Tendai, a secondary school teacher in Chitungwiza, begins a ritual shared by millions of Zimbabweans, the calculus of survival. He checks the morning’s informal exchange rate on a clandestine WhatsApp group, glances at a half-empty loaf of bread that now costs more than his daily commute, and wonders if his salary,…
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) says the country has recorded a sharp rise in mobile and Internet usage, alongside increased investment in network infrastructure.In its sector performance report for the fourth quarter of 2025, Potraz director-general Gift Machengete said the telecommunications industry is undergoing a rapid transition towards a data-centric ecosystem,…
THE government is actively diversifying the country’s fuel import sources to ensure supply resilience and fortify long-term national energy security.So says the chief executive of the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera), Edington Mazambani, who adds that the country’s fuel prices are not unduly high as some experts have argued.This comes amid the ongoing global oil…
A 59-year-old security guard from Gwanda has been sentenced to an effective 15 years in prison after being convicted of raping his neighbour’s three-year-old daughter.Wilson Ndlovu was found guilty of rape by Gwanda regional magistrate Sithembiso Ndebele.He pleaded not guilty and was convicted after a full trial.In passing sentence, Ndebele described the offence as particularly…
THE majority of the 139 Zimbabweans reported to have taken part in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war have died, government has confirmed.The current conflict in Ukraine, which began in February 2022, has drawn individuals from across the globe, including Zimbabweans, some of whom reportedly joined the fighting in pursuit of financial gain.Speaking in the Senate last…
THE railway line linking Zimbabwe to the Port of Maputo is now fully open following the completion of extensive rehabilitation works after flood damage.The development is expected to ease bottlenecks and resume the smooth flow of goods between Zimbabwe and Mozambique after months of disruption.In a statement yesterday, the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) confirmed…
