Around 100 senior citizens from the Midlands got free eye screenings, treatments, and cataract surgeries through a partnership between Old Mutual, Eye Institute of Zimbabwe, and Midlands Private Hospital. Eye Institute founder Ronald Mhizha said the program targets elderly people who cannot afford expensive procedures, and he wants to expand beyond vision care into other medical specialties.
Old Mutual framed the initiative as part of fighting preventable blindness among pensioners across the country. Provincial minister Owen Ncube said the camps align with the government's health-for-all target. One beneficiary named Simon Hamba said his pension barely covers medical needs, and the free surgery gave him another shot at functional...
Gweru Urban MP Josiah Makombe wants Parliament to turn the Chitepo School of Ideology into a national institution instead of leaving it under Zanu PF control. The opposition legislator chairs the higher education portfolio committee, and he thinks passing actual legislation would make everyone feel comfortable attending instead of viewing it as a propaganda center for the ruling party.
Local Government minister Daniel Garwe pushed back against critics earlier this year by claiming the school serves all Zimbabweans and promotes patriotism rather than partisan politics. The facility got named after liberation fighter Herbert Chitepo, and the government keeps saying it runs a national ideological program guided by President Mnangagwa.
Nkulumane Constituency Development Committee is throwing a massive candidate forum at Nkulumane Hall, where nine people running for parliament have to answer questions from over 1,000 voters from Wards 22 and 23. Chairman Andrew Ndlovu said this whole thing is about letting residents actually grill the candidates instead of just looking at campaign posters, and the lineup includes Auxilia Zitha, Ethel Sibanda, Nompilo Ncube Malaba, Alson Moyo, Rodney Donovan Jele, Mbuso Fuzwayo, Freedom Murechu, Mothusi Ndlovu, and Siziba Viyo Vivian representing different parties.
Khumbulani Malinga is coordinating everything, and he worked with the late MP Desire Moyo before. He said the event keeps that legacy of accountability going while helping...
City Link Coaches dropped full tuition sponsorships for six top students at Mhali Primary School in Bulawayo, and Zimbabwe's ambassador to Australia, Joe Tapera Mhishi, is pushing other companies and alumni to follow suit. The kids getting their fees covered are Ntombikayise Donga, Charles Manyembe, Sharon Zishiri, Luba Mugar, Sizalobuhle Ndlovu, and Ruth Matsongoni.
Mhishi went to Mhali back in the day, and he told everyone that backing education helps build up the whole country. City Link already sponsors 60 primary school kids in Bulawayo through their bursary program, and the regional manager Edith Dube said they want to keep investing in young people while taking some pressure off families dealing with school costs.
Nkayi South MP Jabulani Hadebe says cement supplies have dried up in his district because truckers are refusing to drive the busted-up Nkayi Road, which has gotten even worse with the rainy season hitting. The rehabilitation project on a 20-kilometer stretch past the Ngwigwisi River has been sitting untouched for five months since Treasury still hasn't paid the contractor for work already done.
Hadebe warned that the compacted surface will get washed away if they don't lay tar soon, and the whole section needs around $10 million, but funding timelines remain unclear. The cement shortage has lasted three weeks, and construction projects across the district are basically grinding to a halt while the road continues falling apart.
After sitting idle for almost ten years, the Empumalanga West Housing Project in Hwange is finally moving forward with construction set to kick off before the year wraps up. Town secretary Ndumiso Mdlalose confirmed that Phase I will deliver over 2,000 residential plots to low-income families who've been stuck in limbo since the scheme launched back in 2014.
Residents have already bought special corrosion-resistant pipes to get the sewer system finished, which was basically the last major hurdle blocking everything. Local officials are pushing the Ministry of Housing to rubber-stamp the final permits since the development could create jobs and boost the economy.
The council finalized a new layout for the area, and they're hoping this...
The Beitbridge-Musina crossing linking Zimbabwe and South Africa ranks as a major criminal hub, according to a report from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime. Smugglers move migrants through the official checkpoint with help from corrupt officials, and local gangs called guma-gumas control the informal river crossings where people face violence, assault, and even murder. Most travelers passing through are from Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania, using Zimbabwe as their stepping stone.
Border crime zones thrive where enforcement is weak, and officials look the other way. The Limpopo River becomes easier to cross when it dries up during certain seasons, and criminal networks exploit these patterns. Cities...
Bulawayo's mayor, David Coltart, showed up to hand over a brand-new early childhood classroom block at Queen Elizabeth II Primary School that got built through a partnership with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The facility is worth over 70,000 US dollars and includes everything from brickwork to furniture for the kids. Coltart mentioned that most schools are seriously lacking ECD spaces, which messes up learning conditions for younger students.
The same church already dropped money on similar projects around Cowdray Park and hooked up a science lab at a secondary school nearby. Parents and the school development committee started the project, but ran out of cash because the economy tanked, so they had to ask for...
An ex-Zipra fighter named Pilate Ndebele went off on Zanu PF for trying to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's time in office past 2028. The guy said the constitutional tweaks trash everything the liberation war supposedly stood for, and he called out the government for tossing bicycles at elderly war vets while other people get cars. Ndebele used to chair the Matabeleland South branch for Welshman Ncube's MDC group.
He plans to stage a one-man protest walk from Central Police Station to the Mhlahlandlela government complex in Bulawayo because he thinks the administration runs the country like a mess. The 80-year-old vet argued that state money should go toward fixing hospitals for everyone instead of selective handouts that create...
