The Zimbabwe government has taken action to make roads safer. They bought special devices called breathalysers for the police to use at roadblocks. These devices help catch people who drink and drive during the holidays.
Felix Mhona, who leads transport matters, says they want more breathalysers. He asks people to tell them about bad drivers they see on the roads. He wants everyone to be extra careful because more people travel during the holidays.
Minister Mhona tells drivers not to speed, carry too many people, or drink before driving. Another leader, Minister Kazembe, says the police will work hard to make sure people follow road rules. They plan to have more police officers checking cars on highways.
Both ministers say they will...
People in Zimbabwe's ruling party are fighting. Some want President Mnangagwa to stay in power forever. Others want Vice President Chiwenga to take over in 2028. The fight is making trouble in the party.
Bad things are happening to people who don't support Mnangagwa's plan to rule past 2028. These people can't get food help or farming stuff. The party leaders met to talk about this problem. Mnangagwa was there, but Chiwenga wasn't. He was away in India.
A party leader told news people about the meeting. They said party bosses must explain why they're being mean to people who don't want Mnangagwa to stay. Mrs Muchunguri will check who's being unfair and punish them.
The trouble showed up at a meeting in Bikita last week. People got...
Zimbabwe can't make enough power for its people. The trouble will keep going into 2025. The country needs money to buy power from other places, but it doesn't have enough.
The big power plant at Kariba Dam isn't working well. The dam has low water because there hasn't been much rain. This plant should make 1,050 megawatts of power. These days it makes less than 100 megawatts.
People sit in the dark for many hours each day. Business owners spend lots of money on generators to keep working. Last week the whole country lost power. The people in charge said it happened because of problems with power lines from other countries.
Sydney Gata runs the power company Zesa. He says they can't fix things fast. The country needs money from other...
The Hawks, a special police team in South Africa, took money from a Zimbabwean man named Gift Mafukidze. He didn't have papers to be in South Africa.
The Hawks leader in Gauteng, Lloyd Ramovha, said they arrested Mafukidze for breaking immigration laws. The police want to stop people from doing wrong things in their country.
Mafukidze got caught in July 2023. The police found him with R40,000. They kept him at a place called Lindela after moving him from Vredendal town.
A court in Pretoria said on December 10, 2024, that the government could keep his money. The police think he got the cash from mining gold without permission. Mafukidze told them the same thing. The police sent him back to Zimbabwe after that.
The Hawks boss in...
A woman hurt her husband's little girl very badly. The child died from the beating. The police caught Memory Moyana, who lived in Mabvuku. She had to go to court.
Moyana brought her baby with her to court. She didn't seem sad about what happened. The judge said she must stay in jail until next year. The police need time to check everything.
The bad things happened on Monday afternoon. Moyana hit her step daughter in their house. A neighbor named Lorrein Makore heard the little girl crying. The child came outside later. Makore saw she was hurt on her chest and mouth.
Later that day, the little girl needed help after using the bathroom. Her clothes were dirty. She asked Moyana for tissues. After helping the child clean up, Moyana got...
A man got in trouble for acting like a big chief. Timothy Chiminya lives in Harare. He told people he was Chief Munhumutapa. He said he could pick who becomes a chief and who stops being one.
The police took him to court. Mr Matova, the judge, said Chiminya must stay in jail until January 7. The government's chief helper, Mr Chikovo, told the court what Chiminya did wrong.
Chiminya claimed a spirit told him he was King Munhumutapa. He went to Chief Seke's house in February 2024. He met Mr Chimanike, the real chief there. Chiminya told Mr Chimanike he wasn't chief anymore. He said someone named Masimba Rubatika would be the new chief instead.
Mr Chimanike told the government what happened. But Chiminya didn't stop there. He picked...
People in Harare are losing their homes to crooks who work with council workers. Four families in Mabvuku just lost their land this way.
The trouble started at 46 Marembo Street. Bad people kicked out families who lived there since 1992. They did this even though these families had the right papers and paid their bills.
Mr Mofolo Makasa tried to pay his bill at the local office. The workers there said his account was closed. But he went to another office in town and paid with no problems. He got a receipt number 14641678.
Someone checked the land on Tuesday. They saw new people building houses there. These builders broke the fence and gate. One new house went over two different plots and messed up the council's marking posts.
Mrs...
Three men tried to sell stolen cows at a meat company. They got caught because they had fake papers. The men brought 11 cows to the Cold Storage Company in Bulawayo. The police think these cows came from Botswana. The cows didn't have the right marks that show they're from Zimbabwe.
The police caught Trust Mpofu, Prince Dube, and Mthuthukisi Msizi. A smart police officer at the meat company saw something wrong with their papers. The papers needed a stamp from another police station. The officer called other police, and they arrested the three men.
The men went to jail at Donnington Police Station. The police kept their truck too. The meat company's boss, Mr Rinashe, said they check all papers carefully. They want to make sure no one...
The people who fought for Zimbabwe's freedom are having money problems. The government hasn't given their office any cash since September 2024. They can't pay doctors or school fees.
Albert Nguluvhe, who watches over these freedom fighters in Parliament, shared the bad news. Their office owes ZWG10 250 000 to doctors. They need ZWG6 518 811 for operations. Sick people who need special treatment like dialysis and cancer care need ZWG11 175 105 and ZWG3 026 591.
The money set aside for 2025 won't be enough. They got ZWG121 840 000 for health care, but they need ZWG312 830 000. The cash will run out by May 2025. This is really hard because most of these old fighters are past 63 years old. They need lots of medical help.
School fees are...
