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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The boss of Victoria Falls city got in trouble. His name is Ronnie Dube. The mayor kicked him out of his job on December 2. But the big leaders in charge say he needs to come back. Mayor Prince Moyo said Dube did bad things. He thought Dube gave away land he wasn't allowed to give. Other city...

MPs were upset about money issues. They said they might not approve the country's budget. But Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube fixed things by giving them more money and promising them places to live. One MP from Marondera, Caston Matewu, talked about their problems. He said hotels kept kicking...

There's drama in Zimbabwe's ruling party ZANU PF about a new slogan. People in Masvingo Province started saying "2030 VaMnangagwa vanenge vachipo." This means Mnangagwa will still be around in 2030. But not everyone agrees with it. The trouble started when John Paradza kicked out Brighton...

The government has started checking homes to find hidden illegal goods. They want to stop people from bringing these items into the country during Christmas time. Anyone caught keeping smuggled stuff will go to jail with no way to pay and get out. The country loses about one billion US dollars...

The MPs are pretty upset about not getting enough money from the government. They're saying it's making it really hard for them to do their jobs and help the people they represent. Some of them are even being called "Members of Problems" now instead of real representatives. One big issue is...

Okay, let me break this down for you. There's this truck driver named Gift Molai. He's married to a woman named Precious Hobwana. They've got three kids together. But recently, there's been some major drama in their marriage. See, Gift has this nephew named Tatenda Chikengezha. Tatenda is only...

President Mnangagwa isn't happy with some of his ministers and senior officials. He called them out for skipping important Cabinet meetings and committees. He said they need to get their act together or face the consequences. The President made it clear that Cabinet meetings should be their top...

Patricia Dube, a 39-year-old woman who lives in Hwange, Zimbabwe, just got in big trouble. She's going to jail for three years. Why? Well, her neighbor who lives in South Africa trusted Patricia to keep almost $10,000 safe for her. But Patricia spent all that money instead of keeping it safe...

The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, is getting a big honor. They're going to name a major road interchange after him. It used to be called the Mbudzi Interchange, but soon it will be known as the Trabablas Interchange. "Trabablas" was President Mnangagwa's code name during the war for...

Panashe Mpofu, a woman from Bulawayo, was recently let out of prison. She had been put there for two years because she disciplined some teenagers, including her own kid, for having a Vuzu party when they should've been in school. It all happened in the Luveve suburb. Ms. Mpofu caught the...

Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, who used to be the spokesperson for the EFF, finally posted something on social media after all the drama with Julius Malema, the leader of the EFF. Malema had said some pretty harsh things about Ndlozi, like calling him egotistical and saying he wasn't a real leader in the...

The government started checking buses and stores all over Zimbabwe. They want to stop people from bringing things into the country without paying taxes. They care about keeping local businesses safe and making sure people get good products. Last week, they began looking at places that sell...

The government shut down Raj Modi's liquor shop in Bulawayo. Modi works as the Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce. Officials came to check his store because they're looking for smuggled items all over Zimbabwe. People at the shop said officials showed up Saturday evening. The shop...

Chief Hwenje feels thankful to President Mnangagwa and his family. They helped him go to India when he got sick with blood cancer. He wanted everyone to know how they cared for him. The singer put on a great show last Thursday at Mkandapi Business Centre. He danced with lots of energy as people...