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AUTHORITIES say nine Ordinary Level candidates who were recently barred from sitting their final Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examinations have been granted a reprieve. This comes as the learners were excluded on the grounds of turning up with haircuts that school authori­ties considered inappropriate. Addressing a post-Cabinet brief­ing in Harare yesterday, minister of Primary…

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has made significant strides towards meeting the conditions for the de-dollarisation of the country’s economy by 2030. So declared the governor of the central bank, John Mushayavanhu, earlier this week, following a meeting of the RBZ’s monetary policy committee (MPC). “The MPC noted that the aforestated positive monetary and…

Tapiwa Chirume THE ministry of Health and Child Care has confirmed a sharp rise in Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) cases, with 2 664 laboratory-confirmed infec­tions recorded since the beginning of October 2025 throughout the country. Acting director of Epidemiology and Disease Control in the health ministry, Isaac Phiri, said Bulawayo had the highest…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER SEVENTEEN people were allegedly duped of US$95 545 after they were alleg­edly lured to join a housing scheme where a donor was going to pay 85 percent of the purchase price, and they were going to pay the difference. Natasha Rangarirai Mutambirwa, who was allegedly operating an of­fice at Joina…

LOWLY-PAID workers and other needy Zimbabwe­ans are bracing themselves for a cheerless festive season, amid the country’s high cost of living and escalating power cuts. This follows the widespread disappointment among key stakeholders in the country, after under-pressure Finance minister Mthuli Ncube presented an understandably cautious 2026 Na­tional Budget last week, in the light of…

MANY churches are vehemently opposed to proposals to liberalise abortion in the country. The Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) is among the religious organisations that strongly feel that planned amendments to the Medical Services Bill undermine long-standing constitutional and moral protection for unborn children. This comes after Parliament recently approved amendments under the Medical…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ZIMBABWE is set to introduce a parole system next year as a way to decongest prison facilities and also pro­mote humane prison inte­gration into the society. The parole system al­lows for the conditional release of a prisoner before their full sentence is served, enabling them to reintegrate into society under…

AT LEAST 41 people have died and 51 households destroyed across Zimbabwe due to rainfall-related incidents since the start of the 2025/2026 rainy season in October, the Department of Civil Protection (DCP) has confirmed. This comes after the Meteorological Services Department (MSD), in collaboration with the DCP, issued a Level 2 weather warning on November…

Tapiwa Chirume A CHIREDZI woman, Fadzai Geviza, has been arrested for allegedly murdering her three-year-old daughter to pursue a new romance. Masvingo provincial police spokesperson Kudakwashe Dhewa confirmed the incident yesterday, stating investigations were underway. The suspect, 35, is accused of killing her daughter, Ruvarashe Kosa, who was later found with a deep cut on…