Angela Mtombeni ENTERTAINMENT WRITER THOUSANDS of worshippers from across the country converged at Glamis Arena in Harare over the weekend for the 2026 July Worship Festival, where an atmosphere of praise, worship and celebration defined one of the country’s biggest annual gospel gatherings. Held under the theme “Highest Praise,” the festival delivered on its promise…
ZIMBABWE has signed a multi-million-dollar deal to construct 1 000 schools across its 10 provinces. The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education signed a US$420 million Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MAGCOR Consortium Group of Companies Zimbabwe Private Ltd for the construction of the schools countrywide. Speaking at the signing ceremony in Harare at the…
CHIEF WRITER THE systemic targeting of Zimbabwean and other African migrants by vigilante groups in neighbouring South Africa should be viewed as a passing phase, a top Zanu PF official has said. Speaking after visiting a returnees’ facility in Beitbridge at the weekend, the national political commissar of the ruling party, Munyaradzi Machacha, also alleged…
Tapiwa Chirume HARARE has recorded several cases of chickenpox, prompting city authorities to heighten disease surveillance and step up measures to curb the spread of the highly contagious viral infection. City officials, however, have assured residents that the situation remained under close monitoring. In a statement yesterday, the City of Harare said all affected individuals…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER THE interim secretary general of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Sengezo Tshabangu, is fighting eviction from an upmarket Bulawayo property. While Tshabangu is asserting that he paid the full purchase price for the house two years ago, the seller of the house is alleging a breach of contract. The…
CHIEF WRITER TRANSPARENCY International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has commended the government for strengthening the country’s anti-corruption framework, while urging authorities to sustain reforms and expedite the enactment of the Whistle-Blowers and Witness Protection Bill. In a statement marking Africa Anti-Corruption Day at the weekend, TIZ said Zimbabwe had made notable progress in enhancing its anti-corruption architecture,…
Tapiwa Chirume A MINING firm, Cuprum Copper Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd, has applied to exhume and rebury 35 human remains in Gokwe North as it moves to expand copper mining operations and construct a processing plant. The proposed exhumation, to be conducted in terms of Section 38 of the Cemeteries Act, involves 35 identified graves within…
Yvonne Ncube in Bulawayo A 33-YEAR-OLD woman from Tsholotsho has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for murdering her stepmother in a dispute over the distribution of her late father’s estate. Linah Ntombiyakwabo Mzimeli was convicted of murder by the High Court after the court found that she had orchestrated and carried out the…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER FOLLOWING the arrest of a Hwange man who allegedly recruited five Zimbabweans to fight as mercenaries in Russia, another man appeared in court on Friday on allegations of recruiting nine Zimbabweans for the same cause. Taona Moses Nyamhute appeared before Harare regional magistrate Francis Mapfumo facing allegations of human trafficking,…
BULAWAYO authorities say Constitutional Amendment Act No. 3 (CAA3), which extends the tenure of councillors, will provide the continuity needed to implement long-term infrastructure and economic development projects already underway in the city. Ward 26 councillor and chairperson of Bulawayo City Council’s Finance and Development Committee, Mpumelelo Moyo, yesterday said the city had made significant…
