Premium Times scored the gender-based violence reporting prize at the ReportHer Awards in Lagos for their investigative work on reproductive justice and policy coverage. The ceremony recognized media outlets that actually put effort into gender equity and women's issues, with Women Radio and Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism running the whole thing.
BONews Service grabbed the inclusive advocacy award for balanced disability and social justice coverage. News Agency of Nigeria won the workplace policy category by offering six months of maternity leave, creche facilities at their main offices, and two-hour workday reductions for new moms when they get back.
Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria also picked up an award at...
Jairos Mahlangu got named Small Scale Farmer of the Year for running a successful Brahman cattle operation in Mbalabala village at Hlango Ranch. The guy basically proved you can breed pedigree cattle in communal areas, which is pretty unusual since most successful breeders in Matabeleland work with massive plots or commercial farms. Provincial Minister Albert Nguluvhe handed out the awards at a resort during the 2025 Investment Awards.
Mahlangu said the recognition pumps up his team to keep pushing for agricultural excellence in Zimbabwe. The event celebrated achievements across different business sectors, and organizers made sure the process stayed transparent and inclusive for everyone involved.
Other winners grabbed awards for...
Chris Mtungwazi grabbed the ZIFA Southern Region chairman spot after pulling nine votes against former national team striker Zenzo Moyo, who managed four. Ex-chairman Lloyd Munhanga got a single vote, while Tawanda Tali picked up two in the contest.
Tafadzwa Mutowa crushed the vice-chairman race with 13 votes compared to Martin Mhlanga's three, and Elton Sinyosi got blanked completely with one ballot getting tossed out. Mtungwazi told reporters after winning that grassroots programs and youth training facilities need serious attention if the region wants to build anything sustainable for the future.
President Mnangagwa sat down with Afreximbank president George Elombi at State House to talk about dumping cash into road projects and mineral processing facilities across the region. The pan-African lender came through to check out their almost-finished African Trade Centre in Harare, which hits 95 percent completion and will function as their permanent Southern Africa hub when it opens early next year.
Elombi mentioned they want to fix the massive traffic nightmare on the Beira corridor and set up testing labs for African products before they ship overseas. The bank plans to fund everything through private sector partnerships without touching government budgets, and they picked Zimbabwe to host the intra-African trade fair...
Moses Mpofu apologized to President Mnangagwa and the entire country after getting convicted for wrecking the Presidential Goat Scheme when prosecutors grilled him about showing zero remorse during his pre-sentencing hearing. The guy admitted he screwed up but tried deflecting blame onto Blackdeck for not catching the fraud earlier, even though he and co-defendant Mike Chimombe got caught stealing millions meant for rural families.
Chimombe's lawyer, Professor Lovemore Madhuku, begged the court to go easy on his client by arguing the tender committee dropped the ball when they failed to spot fake documents at the beginning. Defense teams pushed back against the standard 20-year sentence by claiming government officials share...
Zimbabwe scored a massive cultural flex when Raphael Chikukwa from the National Gallery got voted onto the board of CIMAM, which is basically the global museum committee that runs contemporary art programming worldwide. Harare has already locked down hosting rights for the annual conference next year, marking the first time the event hits African soil since CIMAM started throwing these gatherings.
Chikukwa told reporters that bringing international museum directors and curators to Zimbabwe lets the global community actually experience African art narratives instead of consuming them through Western media filters. His board position gives African institutional perspectives a seat at policy discussions that have been dominated by...
A Bulawayo resident ended up doing community service at a primary school after she blew through her husband's cash on card games around town. Simeleni Dube from Nketa 8 got handed 105 hours of cleanup duty when she admitted to losing the entire stash, and the magistrate suspended part of her jail time on the condition that she stays out of trouble for five years.
Her husband, Tawanda Mugodhi, had given her the money to hold onto at their place, but when he asked for it back a few days later, she claimed she lent it out before eventually confessing to the gambling loss. Mugodhi told the court he forgave her and did not want her forced to pay anything back since she has no income.
Zimbabwe ditched the nightmare queues at toll plazas by rolling out an electronic payment system that lets drivers breeze through checkpoints without stopping for cash transactions. Transport official Joy Makumbe and the Zimbabwe National Road Administration teamed up with tech partner Instatoll to get 30,000 vehicles already signed up for automatic boom gate access at locations like Ntabazinduna Toll Plaza.
The program cuts down wait times for regular commuters while helping trucking companies save fuel that would otherwise get burned sitting in traffic. Officials pushed back against claims that the service caters only to wealthy drivers, and they plan to link payments to SIM card e-wallets for simplified transactions across vehicle...
Highlanders FC from Bulawayo basically torched their chance at becoming loaded when they publicly shut down businessman Wicknell Chivayo's proposal to install former national team captain Benjani Mwaruwari as head coach. The rejection cost them access to serious transfer market cash that would have let them outbid rivals like Scottland and Simba Bhora for top free agents, plus the prestige of having an English Premier League veteran running the technical side.
Chivayo's backing would have given the club enough money to dominate contract negotiations with out-of-work players while redirecting coaching salaries toward youth programs and infrastructure upgrades. Benjani's reputation alone could have attracted talent just wanting to work...
