Zanu PF is carpet-bombing Nkulumane with handouts before the upcoming by-election after businessman Paul Tungwarara rolled up in a helicopter to announce a $100,000 revolving fund plus promises of food aid, seed packets, boreholes, and WiFi kits. Youth Affairs minister Tinotenda Machakaire admitted party elites in Harare were hoarding benefits, and residents needed to join the feast, basically confirming the ruling party knows people are broke from decades of misrule but only cares during campaign season.
The seat opened up after MP Desire Moyo died in a crash, and nine candidates are fighting for a constituency that rejected Zanu PF for over 20 years until the opposition splintered, thanks to Sengezo Tshabangu wrecking the CCC from...
Midlands Provincial Affairs permanent secretary Edgar Seenza told a Gweru anti-corruption meeting that beating graft needs everyone getting involved instead of treating it like some bureaucratic paperwork problem. He said dirty money drains resources that should help regular people and tanks investor confidence since business types avoid sketchy countries, and President Mnangagwa made fighting corruption a priority because development falls apart without it.
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission legal manager Charity Matumbi mentioned the first national strategy from 2020 to 2024 hit 61% success on investigations and prevention, and the new version closes loopholes by letting the government seize assets from anyone convicted of fraud or...
Gweru mayor Martin Chivhoko wants corporate sponsors and random donors to cough up at least 50 grand for the Mayor's Christmas Cheer fund that helps broke families, elderly folks, orphans, and disabled people get through the holidays with food, medical care, school supplies, and clothes. The whole thing kicked off at a fundraiser dinner where Chivhoko pitched it as more than just some yearly obligation, saying even tiny donations can flip someone's situation around.
Sheasham Group director Clever Mandaza showed up as a guest speaker, dropping lines about Ubuntu spirit and community effort, making real change happen. The campaign runs under the banner Ubuntu Together, Let's Help Each Other, and organizers want anyone with spare cash or...
Insiza Rural District Council dropped new by-laws forcing every miner with prospecting or extraction permits to hand over certified license copies plus environmental impact reports from the Environmental Management Agency. The rules are laid out under Statutory Instrument 166 of 2025, as gold and lithium activity keeps ramping up across the district, and operators better submit their EIA paperwork before starting work or face fines.
Miners have to drop quarterly environmental monitoring updates, handle site rehabilitation when shutting down, and let council officers plus cops inspect their operations whenever they want. Anyone setting up an elution plant needs council approval first, and developers running big projects have to loop in...
Bulawayo's housing waiting list hit nearly 159,000 people as demand keeps climbing from locals and outsiders pushing into the city, with cash-only stand sales making it harder for regular folks to afford property while people with money from other regions scoop up available land. The council approved building plans worth over $4.5 million, processing around 1,200 applications with 268 getting the green light for projects like townhouses and school halls.
Officials are converting rental properties to homeownership across Iminyela, Mabuthweni, Emganwini, Mzilikazi, and Makokoba, with about 2,000 units already switched over and 716 still waiting. Toilet construction keeps rolling with hundreds finished in Mabuthweni, but over 1,300 still...
Zanu PF looks set to cruise to victory in the Nkulumane parliamentary by-election because eight opposition candidates are splitting votes while the ruling party fields just one contender. Political analyst Abigale Mupambi and veteran educationist Ben Moyo both say the opposition basically handed the seat over by running separate campaigns instead of backing a unified challenger. The race features Zanu PF's Freedom Murechu against a fragmented field that includes the late MP Desire Moyo's widow, Esther Auxillia Zitha, running as an independent, comedian Mothusi Ndlovu for the Tshabangu faction, and several others representing different opposition groups.
Zanu PF dropped a $100,000 revolving fund for the constituency, promised...
Matobo Rural District Council is banking on next year's Independence Day celebrations at Maphisa growth point to juice up local business after investors started sliding into their DMs about building lodges and other commercial setups. Chief executive Elvis Sibanda says the council is cutting service fees and loosening permit rules for the event period, and they already have someone ready to break ground on a medical center plus a new gas station to handle the crowds rolling through.
The local authority wants residents and small businesses to cash in during the festivities while boosting their own revenue from all the foot traffic. Zimbabwe Tourism Authority got looped in to help homeowners register their properties as visitor...
Insiza North MP Delani Moyo dropped off 20,000 bricks at Lochard Primary School after promising teachers' housing during their prize-giving ceremony, where he handed out $2,500 and awards to 50 kids. The miner-turned-politician says the build fits President Mnangagwa's Vision 2030 education push, and he applauded the school's Grade 7 pass rate jumping from 36% to 50% despite students still learning under trees.
Moyo has been making moves since winning the June by-election, drilling boreholes and helping construct classroom blocks across the constituency. He pledged to add WiFi and Starlink internet at five schools after distributing nearly $8,000 during recent visits to Lochard, Siyazama, St Lucy, and Ensangu primary schools.
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A self-taught tech guy from Entumbane named Devine Mhenyu teamed up with First Defence Security Services to roll out a panic-button app for Bulawayo residents after getting tired of watching crime spike in his neighborhood. The 31-year-old built the mobile platform after heading back from South Africa, and it lets subscribers hit an alarm that pings a call center with their info before security teams rush out to deal with whatever's going down.
First Defence CEO Nyasha Chijena says nearly 4,000 households signed up during their weekend launch, with people paying three bucks monthly for the full service. They're starting in Entumbane before expanding citywide, and response vehicles will get stationed based on how bad crime gets in each...
