Old Mutual Zimbabwe sponsors a high school money quiz to teach students about finance. The company wants young people to learn smart spending habits early. Schools across Zimbabwe will compete starting tomorrow. Forty schools signed up compared to twenty from last year. Students will answer questions about investing and saving money.
The quiz helps fill gaps where kids do not learn about money at home or school. Zimbabwe needs more people who understand banking and investments. Old Mutual teaches over one million people each year through different programs. Teachers receive training before the competition starts. The program creates knowledge that lasts beyond the quiz itself.
Eight groups of schools will compete on different days...
President Mnangagwa gave vehicles and equipment to farm advisors at State House yesterday. The country needs better support for agriculture workers to improve food production. Zimbabwe depends on farming for economic growth and job creation. The president wants qualified people to operate new equipment properly. Farm advisors help farmers learn better growing methods across the country.
Government officials say they owed almost four million dollars for truck rentals from last season. The new vehicles will help district leaders watch farm programs more closely. Officers can visit farmers faster and check crop progress regularly. Many extension workers never received official vehicles during their careers. One officer with 35 years of...
Zimbabwe will require chrome miners to build furnaces before granting large mining permits. The government wants companies that request more than 100 hectares to expand local processing capacity first. Officials also plan to take away unused mining rights from companies that hold them without working the land. The changes aim to boost the country's ferrochrome production instead of shipping raw materials overseas. Chrome helps make stainless steel and remains valuable for local manufacturing.
The nation operates 10 ferrochrome plants that produce between 3,000 and 84,000 tons each year. Total production reaches about 270,000 tons annually across all facilities. The Palm River Project started operations earlier this year with 100,000...
Zimbabwe farmers have planted wheat across more than 105,000 hectares as the country pushes toward its winter planting goal. The nation wants to plant 120,000 hectares total and produce 600,000 tonnes of wheat this season. Government officials say the planting progress shows strong momentum compared to last year's numbers. Farmers also planted 6,115 hectares of barley and 3,417 hectares of potatoes during the same period. The Strategic Grain Reserve currently holds over 80,000 tonnes of grain.
Cotton sales jumped dramatically from last season's 13,600 tonnes to a projected 61,000 tonnes for 2025. The government set up 697 buying points across the country to handle the increased cotton trade. Officials established strict payment rules...
Businessman Wicknell Chivayo gave one million dollars to help Highlanders Football Club. He handed over 250,000 dollars right away on Wednesday. The team will receive the rest of the money during the next twelve months. Chivayo wants the cash to pay for new players and daily costs. He made the announcement through his social media account.
Highlanders had money problems before Chivayo stepped in to help. FIFA banned the team from buying new players earlier this year. The club owed 27,000 dollars to two former coaches from overseas. Chivayo paid that debt quickly after hearing about the ban. The team can sign new players again because he cleared their bills.
Zimbabwe tied Niger 1-1 during their friendly match at Stade Père-Jégo stadium Tuesday. The Warriors started fast after losing to Burkina Faso last Friday. Tinotenda Kadewere created the first scoring chance just two minutes after kickoff. Gerald Takwara scored for Zimbabwe during the 9th minute when he kicked a loose ball near the goal. The early goal gave Zimbabwe confidence as they controlled most of the first half.
Niger fought back hard but could not break through Zimbabwe's defense early on. Issa Djibrilla hit the goalpost during the 23rd minute with a strong shot. Jonah Fabisch stopped another Niger attack during the 30th minute with a smart defensive play. Goalkeeper Elvis Chipezeze almost let Niger score three minutes later...
South African content creator Lasizwe Dambuza faces major backlash after announcing a controversial guest. He picked Ugandan journalist Simon Kaggwa Njala for his show Awkward Date. Njala became famous for asking a gay man on TV why he was gay back in 2019. Uganda treats LGBTQ people very badly and many face violence there. Critics say Lasizwe made a terrible choice.
LGBTQ activists around the world started attacking Lasizwe online. They cannot believe he would give a platform to someone who hurt gay people. Many people think this goes against everything Lasizwe stands for as a gay rights supporter. He has always fought for LGBTQ rights before and joined Pride events. People are calling him a hypocrite for this decision.
The...
The government withdrew fraud charges against businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe. Courts accused the men of stealing a streetlights contract from Harare City Council. The case ended right before their trial started. Both men spent 11 months locked up waiting for court dates. Judges had refused to let them leave jail earlier.
The streetlights case finished but other problems remain for both men. Chimombe still faces charges over a goat supply deal worth 87 million dollars. Police say his company took government money but never delivered most of the goats. Mpofu also has goat charges against him. He faces another case about a fake energy project in Mbare worth over 400,000 dollars.
Neither man can leave prison because of the...
Former Cabinet Minister Joel Gabbuza fights for his life at Mpilo Hospital after attackers stabbed him more than 12 times. Two men used knives and an axe during the Friday morning assault. Police say the 62-year-old politician was caught with a married woman at her rural home. National Police Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the attack but said suspects remain at large. Investigators believe the violence stemmed from a love triangle gone wrong.
The attack happened at Siamakwa Village where Gabbuza had driven a woman home earlier that day. He decided to stay overnight at her homestead instead of leaving. Two attackers waited for him to fall asleep before slashing his vehicle tires. They entered the room and attacked him with sharp...
