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POLICE have incinerated vast quantities of illegal drugs and substances at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital’s incinerators following crucial court disposal orders. This dramatic destruction on Monday highlighted the intensified national effort by law enforcement to combat the scourge of drug and substance abuse plaguing the country. In a statement, police national spokes­person Paul Nyathi confirmed…

Tapiwa Chirume THE Harare City Council has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to residents and traders illegally occupying municipal land in Glen View, warning that it will forcibly evict offenders, demol­ish structures, and impound property if they fail to comply. In a notice dated October 6, 2025, the local authority ordered individu­als occupying council land without…

Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat ZIMBABWE’s power crisis is once again threatening to spiral out of control, unless authorities act with more urgency to shore up Zesa and to compel defaulting farmers to pay for their electricity. This comes as the country is once again experiencing brutal power cuts, amid growing concerns that the black­outs…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER A CHITUNGWIZA man allegedly ransacked the Office of the President twice and other government offices and stole property worth US$23 000. Romeo Kurai Pemba yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Tapiwa Kuhudzai and pleaded guilty to nine counts of unlawful entry. He awaits formal plea recording today. It is the State’s…

Takudzwa Dhambu and Thabiso Mutirwara HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume has announced plans to establish a designated dumpsite for abandoned or malfunctioning vehicles parked illegally across the city. This follows the recent tragedy in Kuwadzana Extension, where the bodies of three missing children were discovered in the boot of a parked car a day after they…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER TWO Zanu PF officials who allegedly illegally parcelled out land in Hopley, Harare, to more than 200 residents appeared in court yesterday facing US$1.5 mil­lion fraud charges. Phinias Muchichwa and Ander­son Frendson, who are district party officials in Hopley, were remanded in custody and are expected back in court on…

Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO-BASED com­pany, Luzern Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd, has been fined US$400 after being caught selling unregistered skin-lightening creams worth nearly US$1 000. The company’s sales repre­sentative, Simelweyinkosi Kanye of Bellevue suburb, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Maxwell Ncube on behalf of the firm. Luzern Enterprises was convict­ed of selling unregistered medicines following…

ZIMBABWE now has one of the most unequal societies in the world, which is neither good nor sustainable, veteran economist and presidential biographer Eddie Cross has said. The concerned Cross lamented at the weekend that while a few people in the country, who included both black and white, had amassed obscene wealth — many of…

Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat THE ruling Zanu PF has implored its members to desist from fanning factionalism within the former liberation movement. Addressing party members in Mashonaland Central on Saturday, Zanu PF national political commissar, Munyaradzi Machacha, said divisions were not good for both the party and the country. This comes as the former…

ZIMBABWE recorded a significant increase in tourist arrivals in the second quarter of 2025, with 471 041 visitors entering the country, up from 381 293 during the same period in 2024, according to Zimstat. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa implored international exhibitors to continue supporting the country’s tourism products. In a transport statistics brief,…