A war veteran is fighting to reclaim his farm from a joint venture partner he calls a land grabber. John Fadzisayi Jani accuses Ryan Mark Ervine of breaching their agreement for Elmswood Kubvoruno Farm in Marondera by withholding revenue shares for two straight seasons despite documented tobacco sales. Jani claims the Ministry of Lands approved terminating the deal for non-performance, but Ervine is using political pull to stay and even remove him from the property.
Their contract required Ervine to fully fund operations and pay Jani six percent of gross output, with failure to meet terms allowing cancellation. Jani alleges Ervine also ignored grazing fees for his cattle herd and colluded with the Marondera Municipality to illegally...
Zimbabwe's massive state-owned wealth fund just posted its first modest profits. The Mutapa Investment Fund reported earnings of five point eight million dollars in dividends, pulled mainly from its energy and financial services holdings over a fifteen month period. CEO John Mangudya stated the fund logged a total comprehensive income of eight million dollars, attributing the dividend flow to improved governance at its portfolio companies.
The fund's consolidated assets are huge, valued at around fifteen billion dollars, with its largest segment being the six-point-five billion dollar energy and trading cluster. This includes restructuring the struggling national power utility Zesa to tackle a massive electricity shortfall, focusing on...
A fight between illegal miners over a sex worker turned deadly in Mazowe. Two gangs clashed at Nduku Business Center after an initial argument between Gift Machingaife and Terrence Langton, where Langton stabbed Machingaife in the shoulder. Machingaife then rallied his own group of miners, led by Sam Kasinakuse, to retaliate against Langton's crew.
The violent brawl involving logs and knives resulted in the death of John Banda, who was stabbed in the rib cage. Police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe confirmed the murder case, with Banda's body taken to Concession Hospital mortuary. The incident highlights the volatile and often violent disputes plaguing informal mining communities.
Four Zesa workers got busted for a brazen cable heist in Karoi. The arrested employees include chief security officer Christen Mutabvure, former clerk Emma Kamba, stores clerk Beloved Mudiwa, and lead artisan Blessing Guramatunhu, all accused of stealing over twenty-eight thousand dollars worth of electrical gear.
The scheme involved intercepting shipments from central stores. In one instance, Mutabvure allegedly took a spool of heavy cable himself, directing a hired truck carrying a large conductor drum to pull over in Southerton, where unknown people unloaded it, sending the truck empty to the depot. This playbook was repeated weeks later with another missing drum. The store's clerk, Mudiwa, eventually reported the pressure to sign...
A Murewa businessman just hooked up a rural school with a serious tech upgrade. Sam Mapingure donated ten laptops and a full Starlink wifi system to Zhombwe Primary School, aiming to bridge the digital gap for learners near Zhombwe Mountain. He said the move supports the national push for a digital economy, arguing online access is essential for student research and studies.
The donation event included ministry officials and local Zanu PF leaders. Mapingure, originally from Murewa North, also pledged to build a classroom block at the planned Zhombwe Secondary School, addressing a critical shortage that forces students to walk long distances to Magaya Secondary after primary graduation. He promised his construction would complement...
Cops in Matabeleland North just shut down a protest against a sketchy gold miner. Police refused to authorize a demonstration by Inyathi villagers planning to gather at the court appearance of businessman Francesco Marconati, who faces illegal gun charges. The villagers accuse Marconati and his Duration Gold Limited mine employees of terrorizing the community, citing a recent incident where a mine guard shot and killed a local man.
Authorities initially approved the protest but reversed the decision, with a district officer claiming the demonstration could harm Zimbabwe's image with foreign investors if videos spread online. The villagers, in a letter co-signed by a local Zanu PF coordinator, stated they are mourning and will attend...
Kadoma is drowning because its drains are a complete disaster. Flash floods have turned streets into rivers, with knee-deep water invading homes along Chizuwi, Nyambo, and Munda streets after heavy rain overwhelmed the city's broken drainage system. Residents like Christine Mabwe are trapped, describing the situation as a total catastrophe worsened by raw sewage mixing with the floodwaters.
People have complained about this exact problem for over a decade with zero action from city authorities. Ward four councilor Mathious Rwakoda confirmed the drainage has been a known failure for ten years, with fears about each rainy season now realized. Mayor Nigel Ruzario acknowledged the crisis, stating the engineering department is working on it...
Opposition figure Job Sikhala is promising to name his would-be assassins in an upcoming South African court case. The former Zimbabwean legislator, out on bail after explosives were found in a car he was using there, claims the incident was a botched hit job orchestrated from Harare. He alleges agents followed him from Botswana and planted the bomb in his uncle's vehicle, later trying to recruit South African intelligence to frame him when the plot failed.
Sikhala called the attempt a sign of a desperate regime panicking and resorting to terrorism. He also referenced a separate incident where he believes he was poisoned by a hotel waiter last October, calling it another hallmark of the evil regime. His home in Chitungwiza was also...
A Zimbabwean think tank might sue the police over a suspicious bombing. The SAPES Trust is threatening legal action, accusing authorities of a slow walk investigation into the firebombing of their Belgravia seminar room last October. The attack, using petrol as an accelerant, destroyed the venue just before a press conference by activists opposing a term extension for President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The organization alleges state collusion, pointing to unmarked Ford Ranger vehicles and military-style weapons used in the incident. They noted the immediate presence of riot police who blocked the scheduled press conference that morning, preventing opposition leaders from rallying against the constitutional overreach. With no arrests over...
