Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube announced plans to cut a $1.9 billion steel import bill by reclassifying finished steel products as minerals through amendments to old regulations, which should help local manufacturers add around 120 production capacities. The administration wants major infrastructure projects to buy raw materials domestically instead of importing them, and they are backing Sable Chemicals with a complete plant overhaul to pump out 20,000 tonnes of fertilizer while Mutapa Investment Fund throws $5.3 million at Dorowa Minerals to restart phosphate production.
The cotton sector gets the 30/70 lint agreement, where ginners must sell 30 percent to local spinners before shipping the rest overseas, and sugar producers are...
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority boss Regina Chinamasa says her team is staffing up major crossing points like Beitbridge, Forbes, and Chirundu for round-the-clock operations during the holiday travel season, while Plumtree might switch to 24-hour service if Botswana agrees. Travelers can use an online system to pre-clear foreign-registered vehicles before showing up, and residents get a $200 monthly rebate on personal items they bring back across the border.
Chinamasa warned that enforcement checkpoints will pop up on highways to catch people who skip customs declarations, and anything undeclared gets seized automatically without the option to just pay a fine. The authority is running surveillance through cameras and drones, plus they set...
Schools wrapped up their final term, and Inspector Nomalanga Msebele from Bulawayo police is warning parents that Vuzu parties are about to explode during the break. These gatherings have become setups for minors getting wasted on alcohol and hard drugs, hooking up in sketchy situations, and ending up arrested or hospitalized. Msebele says organizers use social media to coordinate locations, while older dealers specifically target these events because young people are easier to manipulate.
Cops plan to run raids and arrest anyone running the operations, but the editorial argues parents need to actually monitor their kids instead of letting them run wild. The piece acknowledges that some students live alone or with grandparents while...
Minister Owen Ncube showed up at the Kwekwe District War Veterans offices to hand out cash from the Presidential Empowerment Fund, which President Mnangagwa set up through advisor Paul Tungwarara to support liberation struggle veterans. The provincial affairs minister said the Second Republic created a whole ministry for veteran welfare, plus a War Veterans Board to hunt down investment opportunities and a league that got promoted into the Zanu-PF Politburo.
Ncube praised the ex-fighters for backing Mnangagwa's economic plans and mentioned that Midlands Province pushed the conference resolution asking the president to stay in office through 2030. The initiative follows constitutional provisions that require the government to look after...
Artists and cultural workers from Zimbabwe's Midlands Province want the government to build creative spaces in rural areas and fix up the busted facilities that already exist, according to stakeholders who met at a consultative forum. Councillor Emmanuel Mhike from Runde RDC says Zvishavane needs culture hubs in every ward, while Noreen Mutera from Phakama Culture and Creative Arts thinks getting kids into arts programs early creates better career paths later.
Dr. Ephraim Vhutuza at Midlands State University mentioned his film department teams up with groups like Savannah Trust to give students real-world training and exposure to how the industry actually works. Florence Mukanga Majachani is running a study through Arterial Network...
Zimbabwe's rural chicken sector is worth around $46.64 million according to government agricultural planning documents, and Manicaland Province leads the country with roughly 3.6 million birds, while Midlands comes second with about 3 million. The bird count dropped 15 percent because farmers had to slaughter stock during the El Niño drought, bringing total numbers down from 21.4 million to 18.1 million.
Officials are pushing the Presidential Poultry Scheme to rebuild populations and turn backyard operations into actual commercial ventures, but disease control remains the biggest problem killing birds across the value chain. The ministry says these free-range chickens generate high income for smallholder farmers and anchor food...
Seed Co Limited CEO Morgan Nzwere says his company took a revenue hit during the first half-year, dropping to $11.6 million because farming cycles shifted around, regional exports slowed down after other suppliers bounced back, and the winter wheat season was weaker than usual. The agricultural products firm posted a $5.7 million loss compared to profits from the year before, but Nzwere thinks the second half will look better as farmers gear up for the summer planting season.
The Zimbabwe-based business rolled out new maize hybrids SC661 and SC657, plus a wheat variety called SC W9104 that handles unpredictable rainfall better. Company leadership kept costs under control even with lower sales volumes, and they tightened up cash flow by...
Bulawayo officials are going all in on Highlanders Football Club hitting their 100-year mark, with Deputy Mayor Edwin Ndlovu saying the anniversary belongs to the whole city and not just the team. The club was started by Albert and Rhodes Khumalo back in 1926, and the celebration theme is about how the squad has influenced generations through soccer and local culture.
Marketing head Possenti Sikhosana laid out plans for a museum dedicated to club history, a marathon event, a music festival called Umcimbi weBosso, and upgrades to stadium facilities that work better for women. They want to build an amusement park and put out a special centennial magazine.
The whole project is framed as giving back to the community instead of asking for...
A Gweru businessman named Peter Dube got slapped with two life sentences plus 20 years after he murdered two people and tried to kill two others over jealousy about his second wife allegedly cheating. Justice Munamato Mutevedzi at Bulawayo High Court went off on guys who claim passion made them violent, calling them hopeless cowards who think they can control women like property.
Dube shot and killed Shelton Chiduku and Gamuchirai Mudungwe at some flats in Gweru, then also shot his wife, Nyasha, and her sister Nyaradzo. The judge pointed out that women can choose whoever they want to be with, which is literally why divorce exists. After the shooting, Dube bounced to South Africa, then Eswatini, and eventually Ireland, where he got...
