President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa told Zanu-PF's 389th Politburo session that the National Development Strategy 2 and Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's 2026 budget basically copied party conference resolutions word for word, which apparently proves the government listens to members. The president said economic indicators point toward a solid year-end performance thanks to farming gains, high gold prices, and diaspora remittances flowing back home while pushing Vision 2030 goals.
Mnangagwa wants party leadership driving NDS2 implementation over the next five years, and he pressed members to get hip with artificial intelligence and information technology trends affecting governance. Bilateral commission meetings with Zambia and...
Africa keeps pumping out young voters with centennials becoming a massive political force across the continent, and some writer thinks Zanu-PF needs to lock down this demographic before they drift off into apathy. Around 100 million first-time voters will register over the next decade from the generation born between 1997 and 2012, and these digital natives grew up glued to social media platforms that let them organize faster than any previous group.
The party apparently crushed it with millennials after independence, and leadership wants the same energy with centennials who think transnationally instead of being tied to physical borders. President Mnangagwa already pushed the Youth League to weaponize social platforms for ideological...
Minister Edgar Moyo told delegates at a Victoria Falls retreat that Zimbabwe's Tripartite Negotiating Forum locked in major wins by getting the National Minimum Wage officially published, and the group also finished work on two policy drafts that Cabinet is reviewing right now. The National Employment Policy and National Formalisation Strategy are sitting with government decision-makers alongside a fresh Social Contract that business, labor, and officials hammered out together.
Moyo said the forum beefed up its staff recently, which should help the secretariat actually get things done instead of just talking about them. The TNF joined an international council after checking out how Greece runs its version, which apparently gives...
Zimbabwe rugby just drew the hardest possible group for their first World Cup appearance since 1991, and captain Hilton Mudariki said the Sables are hyped to face England, Wales, and Tonga in Pool F when the tournament hits Australia. The squad qualified as Africa 1 after winning the Rugby Africa Cup, and they landed in a bracket with the 2003 world champs plus two other established rugby powers.
Mudariki told reporters every match will feel like a championship game for his team, and the expanded 24-team format gives them a legit shot at making the knockout rounds if they can snag a top-two finish or squeeze through as one of the four best third-place squads. The competition uses points totals to determine who advances, with points...
Tsholotsho Rural District Council teamed up with the International Fund for Animal Welfare to tackle wildlife beef that keeps wrecking communities near Hwange National Park. Villagers deal with elephants trashing crops and predators going after livestock, and the five-year partnership aims to make things less chaotic between people and animals through better ranger support and habitat protection.
IFAW Country Director Alleta Nyahuye said the agreement focuses on conflict awareness campaigns rolling out across district wards while the farming season kicks off. The plan includes rescuing injured animals, boosting law enforcement against poachers, and securing land so elephant populations stay stable without causing economic disasters for...
Dr Rodgers Lubilo from the Southern Africa Community Leaders Network says CITES basically ghosted the entire region after voting down Namibia's pitch to sell limited amounts of ivory and rhino horn at their meeting in Uzbekistan. Rural communities that actually live alongside these animals and deal with the costs are getting zero incentive to keep protecting wildlife, and he thinks the whole conservation setup is about to implode.
The rejection came even though scientists backed the proposal, and China plus Japan were down to buy. Lubilo said donor money from places like the US keeps disappearing without warning, which makes it impossible to fund round-the-clock conservation work. He warned that villages will probably start converting...
Macaulay Bonne rolled back into the Warriors setup after getting frozen out for a while, and the Charlton Athletic striker made it clear he never stopped wanting to rep Zimbabwe. The 34-year-old forward told coach Marian Mario Marinica's crew that playing for his country at the top level is something he refuses to walk away from, and he thinks the squad can hit milestones nobody's reached before.
Bonne said his years grinding in English football should help the team lock in as a solid unit chasing better results. He's feeling the love from fans and teammates since touching down, and everything about being home just hits different for him.
The veteran wants his prime national team years to kick off right now, and he's zeroing in on...
Zimbabwe Cricket announced free admission for every match happening on their turf during the Under-19 World Cup that kicks off mid-January, with Namibia as co-host. Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo and Takashinga in Harare will handle group stage action, while Harare Sports Club gets one semifinal and the championship game. The country hosts 25 out of 41 total matches featuring 16 squads split into four groups.
Zimbabwe draws England, Pakistan, and Scotland in Group C, which sets up some spicy matchups for the home crowd. India faces Bangladesh in Bulawayo as an early marquee clash, and Tanzania makes its tournament debut against the West Indies on opening day.
Ireland has already named their 15-man roster with Olly Riley captaining and...
Minister Monica Mutsvangwa told Manicaland Province to completely wipe out underage marriages after the region ranked third-worst in Zimbabwe for forcing kids into wedlock. She called out men directly at a Manzununu Primary School event, saying they need to stop preying on children and let girls actually finish school instead of becoming teenage brides. The province keeps racking up gender-based violence cases, and she said poverty or tradition can never justify stealing a girl's future.
Mutsvangwa also went after digital abuse, warning that creeps are using deepfakes, revenge porn, and cyberstalking to destroy young women's lives online. She said the attacks often target college students, businesswomen, and journalists who should be...
