The rains bring joy to many people, especially farmers who can start working in their fields. For others, the showers are a fresh beginning. But some residents of Budiriro were not so lucky. Their houses were built on wetlands and got flooded. They were left stranded when the waters rose.
In December 2023, some people in Budiriro had their homes submerged. Some were even trapped by the floodwaters. They had built on a wetland without thinking about how dangerous it could be when heavy rains came. Cleopatra Marwa was one of those residents. She lost her six-year-old son Agu in the 2023 floods.
Cleopatra still remembers the pain of losing her child. But she is thankful that the government stepped in to help. They built new flats in...
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has become the first woman to lead Namibia. The Electoral Commission of Namibia announced on Tuesday that the 72-year-old vice president won last week's presidential election with 57% of the vote. Her victory allows the SWAPO party to continue its 34-year hold on power since the country gained independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990.
The election faced challenges, including a shortage of ballot papers and other technical issues. These problems led election officials to extend the voting period until Saturday. Opposition parties claim this extension was illegal and plan to challenge the results in court.
Despite these difficulties, SWAPO maintained its majority in the parliamentary vote. This sets it...
The 2025 National Budget was presented with the theme "Building Resilience for Sustained Economic Transformation." It tries to show progress and recovery. But when you look closely, you can see that it has many problems and doesn't match what most people in Zimbabwe are dealing with.
The government thinks the economy will grow by 6% in 2025. They believe this will happen if there is good rainfall and the economy is stable. However, this positive view ignores the big challenges Zimbabwe faces. The country owes a lot of money - US$21.1 billion. It also has weak institutions and problems with rising prices and poor management.
A lot of money, ZiG18 billion, is being spent on defense. This is much more than what is being spent on...
Lewis Mbeli, a 28-year-old man from Bulawayo, allegedly planned a robbery targeting an elderly family member of his employer who had recently returned from the United States. He reportedly worked with four associates, Tyson Moyo (29), Zibusiso Ndlovu (28), Zibusiso Manungwa (29), and Nqobile Nxumalo (29), to steal $5,000 in cash and valuables from 70-year-old Caroline Richards and her family at gunpoint.
According to the court, Mbeli informed his associates that Richards had arrived from the US with a large sum of money. That evening, the four suspects went to Richards' home in Woodville and notified Mbeli upon their arrival. Mbeli then stepped outside, pretending to feed the dogs.
The court heard that Mbeli returned to the house...
Dr. Sydney Gata, the executive chairman of ZESA Holdings, has said that the current electricity supply problems in Zimbabwe will be solved once the country finishes building 18 power projects. These projects will create nearly 4,000 megawatts of electricity in the next two years.
President Mnangagwa recently had a ground-breaking ceremony for a 720-megawatt waste-to-thermal-coal power plant in Hwange District. This plant is one of the big steps being taken to make more electricity in Zimbabwe and stop power outages.
The country's energy sector has been hurt by climate change. It has made the water levels at Kariba Hydro-Power Station very low, which has greatly reduced how much electricity it can make.
Dr. Gata said that the new...
Media Matimba returned home to an empty house after working in the United Kingdom for 24 years. She claims her son Tawanda sold all her household property without her knowledge. Media brought the matter to the Harare Civil Court. She wants the court to deal with her son, who she says is also verbally abusing her.
Media had been sending money to Tawanda for his upkeep and to take care of the house. When she came back last month, she found the house empty. Tawanda had sold everything, including the pots, spoons, sofas, TV, and some of her clothes. Media is heartbroken. She says everything she worked hard for is gone, including the money she sent him to keep at the house.
Tawanda claimed he sold the property to pay off debts that his...
Douglas Mwonzora, a politician, and his law firm, Mwonzora and Associates, were in a difficult situation last week. The firm's property in Belvedere was attached because it owed three months' worth of rent. The amount owed was US$3750, which had accumulated from July to September of this year.
Simon Denhere, the plaintiff, had issued summons to Mwonzora on September 19, demanding the payment of the rentals. Denhere then applied to the Harare Civil Court on an ex parte basis, meaning that Mwonzora was not present. The court granted Denhere permission to attach the firm's property.
The Messenger of Court attached the property last Tuesday, which included sofas, a reception desk, an office desk, four computers, two printers, office...
The government has introduced new regulations that prohibit individuals who have been granted special permits from engaging in mining activities. These regulations were put in place due to the environmental damage caused by alluvial mining along several rivers. The move comes shortly after two Chinese companies were banned from conducting alluvial gold mining along the Sanyati River, which forms the boundary between the Hurungwe and Nyaminyami districts.
According to Statutory Instrument 188 of 2024, anyone who violates these regulations will be committing an offence. They will be subject to a fine not exceeding level 14, imprisonment for a maximum of 12 months, or both a fine and imprisonment. The law clearly states that no person...
John Paradza, the Zanu PF national deputy secretary for youth affairs and Gutu West legislator, recently spoke at the party's Provincial Coordinating Committee meeting in Masvingo. He stated that the revolutionary party would not allow the winds of change sweeping across Southern Africa to affect Zimbabwe. Paradza emphasized that they would safeguard Zanu PF and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rule at all costs.
According to Paradza, no one will succeed Mnangagwa without his blessing. He urged people to protect the party to avoid what happened in Botswana and Zambia, where opposition parties were elected, marking a significant shift in the control of Southern African countries by revolutionary parties.
Paradza dismissed the idea of...
