A Harare nursery school director has been charged with fraud after allegedly misappropriating $84,000 in school fees. Candice Cherry Prinsloo, 52, leads Greystone Nursery School and holds a 49 percent stake in the institution. She received $300 bail from Harare Magistrate Artwell Sanyatwe on Monday.
Prosecutors say Prinsloo collected cash payments from parents between January and early October but diverted portions of those payments for personal expenses. The school's majority owner, David Joseph Tigere, discovered the discrepancies and confronted her about the missing funds. Prinsloo allegedly blocked his access to financial records and refused to explain the shortfall.
Authorities began investigating after Tigere filed a police...
Zimbabwe's women's affairs ministry will implement digital systems to manage small business registrations and funding applications under the next national development plan. Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said on Monday that the platform will process entries for the Women's Development Fund and track gender-based violence cases through standardized reporting. The ministry trained 229,000 micro and small enterprises while operating eight service centers with mobile outreach teams.
The digital framework supports the government's shift toward measurable results and data analysis from 2026 through 2030. Officials will monitor program delivery and verify services reach intended recipients through online tools. Mutsvangwa told development...
Seven thousand young people gathered at the Africa Multination For Christ College in Glen View 7 from October 23 through 26 for the Zaoga Forward in Faith National Youth Conference. Participants from Zimbabwe's 10 provinces attended alongside visitors from Zambia and other countries. The event focused on drug abuse prevention, entrepreneurship and spiritual development under the theme Legacy Perpetuators.
Conference steering chairperson Leonn Njagu said the youth ministry aims to develop self-supporting and self-administering members who continue the work of the late founder, Archbishop Ezekiel Guti. The church partners with communities to build schools across Zimbabwe through the Chadzoka project. National Youth Director Overseer...
Zimbabwe expanded irrigation infrastructure in the drought-prone Mwenezi District through the Pikinini-Jawanda scheme, which transformed 400 households into commercial farmers. The project uses center-pivot systems and portable sprinklers fed by the Manyuchi Dam to irrigate crops year-round, rather than relying on rainfall. Deputy Minister Vangelis Haritatos said the country aims to reach 500,000 irrigated hectares by 2030, after reviving 220,000 hectares that yield 35 percent higher than rain-dependent agriculture.
Farmers sell certified sugar beans to seed companies under regional trade agreements that allow crops grown in Zimbabwe to reach markets across Zambia and Mozambique. The COMESA Seed Harmonisation Programme standardized...
Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority and the Frankfurt Zoological Society began a two-day conference in Harare on Tuesday to examine elephant conservation and human-wildlife conflicts. Hugo van der Westhuizen from FZS said the gathering aims to foster evidence-based discussion about ecosystem management. The organizations have partnered for nearly two decades to reduce poaching and study ecological changes in Gonarezhou National Park.
Van der Westhuizen said carrying capacity fluctuates with rainfall and resource availability rather than remaining fixed. The creation of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park expanded the habitat range across Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa under a 2002 treaty. Conference organizers...
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote plans to invest one billion dollars across cement production, electricity generation, and coal extraction in Zimbabwe. The business magnate received presidential approval for the visit that marks his return a decade after traveling to the country in April 2015. Economic analyst Tobias Musara said the commitment validates government reforms that promote foreign investment and business operations.
Zimbabwe attracted 1.4 billion dollars in manufacturing investments recently, according to Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube. The pharmaceutical and consumer goods industries expanded while companies added production capacity. Government requirements that processors source 40 percent of materials domestically...
African agricultural leaders want stronger partnerships with China to increase food production through modern technology and scientific research. Officials spoke on Monday at the China-Africa Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Alliance meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The gathering brought together more than 200 scientists and government representatives from both regions to discuss improvements in farming.
Abebe Haile-Gabriel from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation said African researchers need training in agricultural robotics, precision farming and genetic modification techniques. African Union Commissioner Gaspard Banyankimbona urged collaboration to adapt Chinese advances in irrigation and digital...
A Bulawayo sales manager faces theft charges after police accused her of stealing 7,000 dollars from her employer through falsified cellphone transactions. Rhoda Tariro Mukurakudya worked at T Mobile Trading Company, where investigators claim she issued counterfeit receipts to customers between July 27 and August 17. Magistrate Challenge Mahembe released her, pending the next court appearance on November 4.
Prosecutor Joseph Rugara said Mukurakudya created a fake receipt book to record sales while keeping payments for herself. Company officials discovered missing inventory worth 7,013 dollars after conducting a stock audit last week. Attorney Nkosiyenzile Mpofu represents the defendant, while Tanaka Law Chambers appeared for the...
A powerful windstorm damaged police housing at Makhado Police Post in Beitbridge on Monday afternoon. The station is 80 kilometers from Beitbridge, along the highway to Bulawayo, and serves rural communities in the Gwanda and Beitbridge districts of Matabeleland South. Chief Superintendent Mesuli Ncube said officers escaped injury, but residential buildings sustained significant damage from the weather event.
The police post handles law enforcement and emergency response in resettled areas bordering the Gwanda and Beitbridge districts. Authorities are developing temporary housing arrangements for affected personnel. The facility plays an essential role in addressing crime and traffic accidents between the two towns.
