TOP Harare school – Tynwald Primary – has opened a week-long arts exhibition aimed at reinforcing the role of creative subjects within the country’s heritage-based curriculum.Themed “Dreams and Imaginations,” the exhibition to be officially launched on Wednesday, will run from tomorrow to Friday at the school hall and features artworks produced by pupils during the…
THE prices of basic goods in most shops around the country remain relatively stable, the latest survey by the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) shows.This is in line with Zimbabwe’s annual inflation which has tumbled to single digits for the first time since 1997 — having fallen to 4,1 percent last month.“CCZ’s low income urban…
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has raised alarm over gross human rights violations at Harare’s Matapi flats in Mbare, citing “inhuman” living conditions.This comes after the ZHRC on Friday took a tour of Matapi flats, where it observed inhuman living conditions marked by raw sewage, uncollected solid waste and the absence of basic services.Addressing…
A FORMER soldier who led a Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) troop during a 2017 community assistance programme and demanded money from two sitting MPs has had his appeal against an abuse of office conviction dismissed.Lawyers Nyaruwata was jailed for five years by a court-martial and appealed the sentence at the Supreme Court.According to court papers,…
BUSINESSMAN Francesco Marconati is in trouble over allegations of forging company documents and appointing himself as a director.He appeared before Harare regional magistrate Francis Mapfumo on Friday, who remanded him in custody for a full bail application.The State is opposed to bail, arguing Marconati breached conditions barring him from Queens Mine and noting he is…
RECENT public statements circulating in the media have sought to recast a lawful, stabilised artisanal mining operation as a problem requiring “intervention.”…
WHILE making preparations for a photo exhibition to mark the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Zimbabwe last year, staff…
AS HE prepares to bid farewell to Zimbabwean stages, Chimurenga music icon Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo is reflective rather than sentimental, tracing a six-decade journey defined by cultural conviction, resilience and an unshakeable belief in authenticity.Mapfumo, who is set to stage his final Zimbabwe concert in Harare this April, says his enduring global appeal was never…
THE recent police dispatch from Masvingo province reads like a morbid script from a horror film, yet the blood being spilled is tragically real.Within a single week, the nation has been forced to confront the chilling reality that our most vulnerable citizens — school-going children — are no longer safe in the very communities meant…
ZIMBABWE’s fuel consumption continues to trend upwards, supported by improved economic activity.Latest data from the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) shows that diesel consumption increased by 31 percent to 1,47 billion litres in 2025, up from 1,12 billion litres in 2024.Petrol consumption also increased by 25 percent, expanding from 568,75 million litres in 2024 to…
