A shady casino pageant turned into a nightmare for models left stranded in Harare. Participants at the Miss HOST AFRICA event organized via the HOST Africa Casino Academy claim Victor Gwekwerere lured them to the Rainbow Towers with fake promises of cash, only to ditch them at the Regency Casino.
Kelly Nxumalo says she traveled from Bulawayo only to find the organizer missing and hotels fully booked. The group ended up sleeping inside a storeroom where male employees walked freely in and out while the girls tried to rest without any privacy or proper bathroom access.
Things got creepier when random patrons offered money for sexual favors to cover what the academy owed. Gwekwerere allegedly vanished the next morning and turned off his...
The internet is raising your kids better than you are, and the results are terrifying. Matabeleland South police are blasting negligent guardians for letting smartphones act as surrogate parents while abuse cases skyrocket. Inspector Chiratidzo Dube told a crowd in Gwanda Urban that minors are turning into both victims and perpetrators of sexual crimes after consuming toxic digital garbage.
She highlighted disturbing trends from 2025, where children accessed inappropriate material on unsecured devices belonging to adults. The spokesperson argued that families must stop outsourcing their responsibilities to artificial intelligence or tablets. Unrestricted access creates a breeding ground for behavioral rot inside the home.
Dube...
Bulawayo residents are getting absolutely wrecked by the taxman over unpaid bills. The City of Bulawayo unleashed more than sixteen thousand debt notices across every ward to claw back over fourteen million United States dollars in overdue service charges. These papers range from final demands to disconnection warnings for houses in both high-density and low-density suburbs.
Ward Six in Cowdray Park faces the heaviest financial blow because officials want to recover over four million bucks from just nine hundred thirty-one disconnection threats. Ward Eight in Mzilikazi saw the highest volume of spam, with nearly three thousand residents receiving alerts to pay roughly one point five million dollars.
The administration targeted Ward...
Zimbabwe stands ready to test students on heritage instead of memory drills this year. Primary and Secondary Education Minister Torerai Moyo confirmed that the first Heritage-Based Curriculum 5.0 exams kick off next September. Learners in Grade Seven, alongside Forms Four and Six, will face these new assessments after years of planning.
The framework officially dumps the old competence model for a system valuing indigenous knowledge or practical skills. It prioritizes problem-solving over rote memorization. Moyo claims the ministry already circulated syllabi or teacher guides back in 2024 to ensure educators knew exactly what the state expected from them.
Officials pushed hard on professional development to make this switch work. Over...
Zimbabwe just promised a hospital for every district to fix its broken healthcare system. The state claims this massive overhaul is part of the National Development Strategy 2 to reduce pressure on referral centers. Officials want to construct new facilities and upgrade old ones through the National Medical Services Infrastructure Programme.
The Ministry of Health and Child Care secured ZiG30.4 billion in the 2026 budget. That amount represents fifteen percent of national spending and finally hits the Abuja Declaration target. The country currently relies on six main referral centers, like Parirenyatwa and Sally Mugabe, to support two hundred fourteen total institutions.
NDS2 defines these upcoming centers as fully capable secondary...
Zimbabwe just played the big brother card hard despite drowning in local chaos. Vice President Kembo Mohadi handed over a massive stash of food supplies to help Malawi cope with recent flooding. Private and public sectors rallied together after storms wrecked several regions late last year.
Intense downpours smashed Blantyre, Lilongwe, and other districts starting late December. The water wiped out bridges and roads cutting off essential services. President Arthur Peter Mutharika previously declared a disaster status since four million locals face starvation this season.
Mohadi admits his nation faces similar rainfall issues but insists on sharing resources. He claims their shared colonial history creates an obligation to assist. Many...
Zimbabwean officials are busy patting themselves on the back for a self-graded report card. Acting Chief Secretary Willard Manungo showed up at a Masvingo workshop to hype the African Peer Review Mechanism draft. He claims the recent evaluation proves President Mnangagwa remains committed to transparency and economic accountability.
This meetup functions as a validation session where stakeholders scrub the findings before public release. Manungo insists locals must control the narrative while verifying statistics to ensure the paper reflects actual conditions. He argues this task goes beyond simple compliance to become a legitimate policy tool.
The bureaucrat wants stronger connections between the review body and the New Partnership...
Harare commuters should prepare for chaos since workers finally began digging detour lanes at the Msasa Interchange to replace the roundabout connecting Mutare Road and Harare Drive. The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development wants to fix the chronic jams that plague the eastern highways. This specific job represents the second step in a four-part overhaul.
Officials plan to tackle bottlenecks at Mabvuku Junction and two intersections along Liberation Legacy Way near Churchill Drive. The department indicated that current temporary diversions will eventually lead to better connectivity and safety for everyone stuck behind the wheel.
State administrators also put out a call for supervisors to manage upgrades on Liberation...
Matabeleland North just flexed hard with forty-five massive projects completed in five years. Minister of State Richard Moyo dropped a heavy portfolio, showing how the National Development Strategy 1 blueprint overhauled the region. This aggressive push between 2021 and 2025 brought serious cash into mining and infrastructure while creating thousands of local jobs.
The mining sector carried the heaviest load. Kamativi Lithium Mine dumped nearly a quarter-billion dollars into the ground and hired over twelve hundred people. Other heavy hitters like Muchesu Coal Mine and the massive ZhongJin Heli Energy venture are boosting export earnings significantly.
Energy output exploded after the Hwange Thermal Power Station finished Units 7 and...
