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Tinashe Mutarisi shut down Nash TV after his music business totally wrecked the reputation he built as a young entrepreneur from Hwedza who sits on the BancABC board. The guy told Misred that Google searches for his name bring up beef with Ndunge Yut over unpaid performance fees instead of his...

Zimbabwe's legislature just backed a plan to slap down more tollgates across the country after Speaker Jacob Mudenda spent November telling officials to jack up fees on big trucks. Knowledge Kaitano, who chairs the transport committee, told parliament that drivers keep dodging existing toll...

Couples can get divorced without fighting in court when they see eye to eye on everything from who keeps the kids to how they split their stuff. The person filing has to prove the marriage is dead, and both sides need to agree on child custody, visitation schedules, monthly support payments, and...

TelOne fired up its Omni Contact Centre in Harare, and ICT Minister Tatenda Mavetera says the facility consolidates customer communications across voice, email, social platforms, mobile apps, and AI chatbots into one system that meshes with Vision 2030 development goals. The government pitched...

Magamba Network dropped UKWELI, an African-built toolkit aimed at fighting climate lies that fossil fuel companies and tech giants keep spreading across the continent. The resource launched during an online event pulling together activists, fact-checkers, and journalists from multiple countries...

Zimbabwe's High Court shut down a decades-long corporate name battle by confirming that Balwearie Holdings, registered back in 1977, got legally dissolved in 2020 and can't be brought back from the dead. Justice Joel Mambara ruled the original company lost all legal standing after multiple...

The Gwanda Anti-Stock-Theft Association threw props to cops and farmers for teaming up against cattle thieves after they got back 21 donkeys swiped from Botswana. GASTA Diaspora chairman Victor Vodloza Sibanda said security got way better this year, but rustlers switched tactics by grabbing huge...

Bulawayo mayor David Coltart said sorry to residents after trash pickup got wrecked because the city's four brand-new garbage trucks all went in for service at the same time, while the older ones sat broken in the shop. People who missed collection got told to haul their bags back inside instead...

Zanu PF is carpet-bombing Nkulumane with handouts before the upcoming by-election after businessman Paul Tungwarara rolled up in a helicopter to announce a $100,000 revolving fund plus promises of food aid, seed packets, boreholes, and WiFi kits. Youth Affairs minister Tinotenda Machakaire...

Midlands Provincial Affairs permanent secretary Edgar Seenza told a Gweru anti-corruption meeting that beating graft needs everyone getting involved instead of treating it like some bureaucratic paperwork problem. He said dirty money drains resources that should help regular people and tanks...

Gweru mayor Martin Chivhoko wants corporate sponsors and random donors to cough up at least 50 grand for the Mayor's Christmas Cheer fund that helps broke families, elderly folks, orphans, and disabled people get through the holidays with food, medical care, school supplies, and clothes. The...

Insiza Rural District Council dropped new by-laws forcing every miner with prospecting or extraction permits to hand over certified license copies plus environmental impact reports from the Environmental Management Agency. The rules are laid out under Statutory Instrument 166 of 2025, as gold...

Bulawayo's housing waiting list hit nearly 159,000 people as demand keeps climbing from locals and outsiders pushing into the city, with cash-only stand sales making it harder for regular folks to afford property while people with money from other regions scoop up available land. The council...

Zanu PF looks set to cruise to victory in the Nkulumane parliamentary by-election because eight opposition candidates are splitting votes while the ruling party fields just one contender. Political analyst Abigale Mupambi and veteran educationist Ben Moyo both say the opposition basically handed...

Matobo Rural District Council is banking on next year's Independence Day celebrations at Maphisa growth point to juice up local business after investors started sliding into their DMs about building lodges and other commercial setups. Chief executive Elvis Sibanda says the council is cutting...

Insiza North MP Delani Moyo dropped off 20,000 bricks at Lochard Primary School after promising teachers' housing during their prize-giving ceremony, where he handed out $2,500 and awards to 50 kids. The miner-turned-politician says the build fits President Mnangagwa's Vision 2030 education...

A self-taught tech guy from Entumbane named Devine Mhenyu teamed up with First Defence Security Services to roll out a panic-button app for Bulawayo residents after getting tired of watching crime spike in his neighborhood. The 31-year-old built the mobile platform after heading back from South...

Nando's is launching a drive-thru spot in Bulawayo's Woodlands area on Esigodini Road across from Fazak Home and Hyper, and marketing coordinator Kadziyanike Makomborero says it's all about giving customers a faster option during the holiday rush. The sit-down section stays the same for people...

Zapu leader Sibangilizwe Nkomo is telling politicians and business types to keep their grubby hands off football clubs after businessman Wicknell Chivayo said he would bankroll Highlanders' coaching salary if they hired former Warriors striker Benjani Mwaruwari. Chivayo already pledged a million...

Zimbabwe's Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance is calling out the country's drunk-driving laws as totally behind the times, even though cops just got new breathalyzer equipment. SAAPA Zimbabwe coordinator Tungamirirai Zimonte told a regional media gathering that the current 0.08g...