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Artists and cultural workers from Zimbabwe's Midlands Province want the government to build creative spaces in rural areas and fix up the busted facilities that already exist, according to stakeholders who met at a consultative forum. Councillor Emmanuel Mhike from Runde RDC says Zvishavane...

Zimbabwe's rural chicken sector is worth around $46.64 million according to government agricultural planning documents, and Manicaland Province leads the country with roughly 3.6 million birds, while Midlands comes second with about 3 million. The bird count dropped 15 percent because farmers...

Seed Co Limited CEO Morgan Nzwere says his company took a revenue hit during the first half-year, dropping to $11.6 million because farming cycles shifted around, regional exports slowed down after other suppliers bounced back, and the winter wheat season was weaker than usual. The agricultural...

Bulawayo officials are going all in on Highlanders Football Club hitting their 100-year mark, with Deputy Mayor Edwin Ndlovu saying the anniversary belongs to the whole city and not just the team. The club was started by Albert and Rhodes Khumalo back in 1926, and the celebration theme is about...

A Gweru businessman named Peter Dube got slapped with two life sentences plus 20 years after he murdered two people and tried to kill two others over jealousy about his second wife allegedly cheating. Justice Munamato Mutevedzi at Bulawayo High Court went off on guys who claim passion made them...

Police officers based out of Bulawayo are raising concerns about secretive Vuzu parties as students head into their school break, according to Inspector Nomalanga Msebele. The gatherings have gotten seriously out of hand with minors drinking heavily, doing hard drugs like crystal meth and...

Zimbabwe's education ministry is going full scorched earth on schools that keep charging parents registration cash before kids even get accepted for Grade One and Form One spots. Director Taungana Ndoro said any public institution demanding payments between a hundred and two hundred bucks for...

Harare got absolutely wrecked when late-month storms knocked over trees and flooded streets across multiple suburbs, leaving families homeless and roads trashed. City Council spokesperson Stanley Gama called the whole mess a natural disaster beyond their control, but environmental lawyers are...

A Bulawayo woman got hit with a fine after dumping scalding porridge on her husband during some domestic argument. Sylvia Ngulube from Entumbane has to pay 150 bucks or spend three months locked up if she doesn't cough up the cash before the new year starts. The whole thing went down when she...

Zimbabwe's government is basically admitting it's broke and wants private companies to help fund a massive road safety upgrade after accidents keep eating nearly three percent of the country's economic output every year. Transport Ministry official Takura Vengesera told a conference in Harare...

The African Development Bank dropped roughly nine million bucks into a fishing program that's apparently helping almost three million people across southern Africa grab better incomes and more food. ProFishBlue pushed over half a million tonnes of cross-border fish trade in four years while...

The Mutasa family and their village head just showed up at Chief Mutasa's court to settle a 40-year-old land beef that keeps getting messier. David and Cecilia Kanjanda are beefing with village head Misheck Nyazika over a tiny garden after the government moved their family onto his land back in...

A Chimanimani woman dragged her half-brother to Chief Saurombe's court after accusing him of cursing her because her baby daddy never paid bride price for their four kids together. Chipo Chandakabarirwa from Tiya Village claims Elisha Mutoriyondo got mad when he found out she was pregnant again...

A 30-year-old woman's savings club in Mutasa is beefing hard with their treasurer's husband after he allegedly threatened them over missing funds. The group dragged Nelson Dzirutwe to Chief Mutasa's court, claiming he got violent and intimidating when they asked his wife, Evess, to return 400...

A Makoni guy just got slapped with paying compensation after getting busted for messing around with his best friend's wife. Gift Chiteto from Maparura Village got dragged to Chief Makoni's community court when Lawrence Nyamandi dropped evidence showing suspicious texts and phone recordings...

A Thorngroove guy got arrested after allegedly beating his wife because she turned down bedroom activities while their three-year-old was still awake. Talkmore Magigwana from Hookthorn Street showed up in court, got slapped with domestic violence charges, and walked out on bail while waiting for...

Zimbabwe's national soccer team is dealing with absolute chaos heading into their Afcon prep, with head coach Marian Marinica trying to keep things chill while players keep mysteriously dropping out. Fans are going nuts on social media, claiming perfectly healthy guys are getting cut under fake...

Talent Moyo from Bulawayo got hit with four months behind bars after getting caught stealing 150 bucks from some woman he allegedly hugged and pickpocketed near a shop intersection. The magistrate gave him a choice between jail time or paying a 200-dollar fine, plus another three months hanging...

Bulawayo is freaking out after a bunch of sketchy weight-loss pills started putting people in the hospital with messed-up stomachs and nonstop shaking. Health workers at United Bulawayo Hospitals are warning that these unregistered capsules from markets around Nkulumane, Pelandaba, and Main...

A Bulawayo couple got busted after cops found seven massive cannabis plants chilling in their backyard like a suburban garden project gone wrong. Limukani Nyoni and his wife, Sithokuhle Sithole, showed up in court with Nyoni denying everything while Sithole immediately folded and admitted guilt...