The national budget is now officially law, with a couple of key proposals getting axed along the way. President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed the Finance Act and the Appropriation Act, legally enacting the 2026 budget. The process saw Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube backtrack on two major points following pushback in parliament: a plan to double the gold royalty rate to ten percent was scrapped, keeping it at five, and a proposed tax on cash withdrawals was completely dropped after lawmakers said it would hurt workers and the formal economy.
Ncube did not back down on everything, however. He refused to dedicate sugar tax money solely for health spending, which was its original purpose, and he held firm on a small increase to the general...
A Chinese businessman at a controversial cement plant died after a reported lightning strike. The incident happened in Magunje following a tour of the WIH-ZIM facility by local provincial minister Marian Chombo, according to activist Farai Maguwu. The plant, a 700-million-dollar project meant to produce huge amounts of cement and clinker, is facing community pushback over its location near a dam. Maguwu suggested supernatural forces were involved, claiming the strike occurred under a clear blue sky that developed a single small cloud after the official's visit.
While beliefs about unnatural lightning are common in the area, the country was experiencing widespread heavy rains and storms around that time. The investor was initially...
Chicken Inn just signed the current coach of the year to lead their team. The Bulawayo club named Tonderai Ndiraya as their new head coach on a three-year deal, poaching him from the reigning champions, Scottland FC. Ndiraya, who has previously managed teams like Dynamos, brings a lot of Premier Soccer League experience to the Gamecocks. His new staff will include Naison Muchekela as the first assistant and Fortune Ncube as the second assistant coach.
A fake park ranger in Zimbabwe just got three years for scamming people with bogus job offers. William Clive Makayi from Karoi pretended to be a Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority officer, conning over ten thousand dollars from victims by promising non-existent training and jobs at places like Lake Chivero. He used phony uniforms and mobile money accounts, including one in his wife's name, to collect fees for uniforms and training. People from several towns fell for the scheme over a two-year period.
Police eventually got a tip and recovered official-looking uniforms during the investigation. The Karoi Magistrates’ Court found him guilty on multiple counts of fraud and impersonating a public official, handing down a...
That ancient Hwange power plant is finally getting a massive, overdue facelift. A 450 million dollar deal with a company called Jindal Steel and Power will fund a full refurbishment of the station's first six units, with work starting early next year. The acting boss of ZESA Holdings, Engineer Cletus Nyachowe, called the agreement a pivotal move to stabilize the national grid, aiming to restore the plant's original 920 megawatt output. The plan focuses first on a four-year overhaul of the aging Units 1 through 6, which should add 400 megawatts back to the system.
The project involves gutting and replacing core parts like the boilers, turbines, and generators in these units, which were built in phases starting back in the 1970s. The...
A guy just got two decades in prison for killing his uncle after a fight over HIV status. David Chakahwata from rural Seke was sentenced to twenty years for murdering Thomas Taderera back in 2017, hitting him with a shovel and dumping the body in a deep well. In court, Chakahwata pleaded not guilty, arguing his uncle provoked him by mocking his HIV status and threatening to kick him off the family property, and also claiming mental illness.
The High Court judge, Esther Muremba, saw things differently. She ruled that while the taunts happened, they did not excuse the extreme violence, stating a reasonable person would not have lost control so completely. The judge also shot down the mental incapacity defense, noting the law assumes a...
A college student from the sticks just snagged second place in a major regional contest. Danai Kwedza, a 21-year-old accounting student at the University of Zimbabwe from rural Chihota, placed in the SADC Tertiary Institutions Essay Competition, winning a prize of 1,500 dollars. She stated her motivation was to acknowledge government support for girls from poor backgrounds, adding that competing at a regional level from a rural setting is tough but possible. Her finish is notable given she competed without a laptop or smartphone and had limited data for research.
Her perseverance paid off beyond the cash prize, as a local company took notice and donated a laptop to her. Danai's father, Tendai Kwedza, used the moment to encourage other...
That AI video guy caved and apologized to the cops after talking big. Content creator David Nhunzva, who was wanted by the Zimbabwe Republic Police for posting deepfake videos they said damaged their reputation, has now publicly said sorry and deleted the material. This flips his original position, where he demanded an apology from the police and denied any wrongdoing under Zimbabwe's cyber laws. In a new statement, Nhunzva claimed he now realizes the AI-generated content was disturbing and disrespectful to the nation and its institutions.
He walked a careful line in his apology, stating that while he respects Zimbabwe's laws, he currently lives abroad and is subject to those local laws, arguing the AI tools he used, like Grok by xAI...
The Zimbabwe soccer team is trying to play through a flu outbreak before a huge match. Warriors coach Marian Marinica admitted several people in camp are sick, including his South African assistant Ronald Moroka and himself, ahead of their final Africa Cup of Nations group game against South Africa. This comes on top of existing injury woes, with key players like Marshal Munetsi and Jordan Zemura already out, and others like Teenage Hadebe and Munashe Garan'anga being game-time decisions.
The team, sitting on just one point, faces a must-win scenario against their rivals to have any hope of advancing. Meanwhile, in the same group, Egypt has already locked up a spot in the next round as they prepare to face Angola, who are in the same...
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