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Doctors at Chitungwiza Central Hospital in Zimbabwe pulled off their first-ever brain tumor removal through a patient's nose, and the whole thing was done by chief neurosurgeon Dr. Brighton Valentine Nyamapfene using fancy German-made Karl Storz endoscopic gear. The procedure meant zero skull...

Zimbabwe's government pledged to keep working with businesses and community groups to house people who've been left out, according to Marian Chombo, the Minister of State for Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs and Devolution. She spoke at a double celebration in Kadoma, marking the city's 25th...

Bulawayo slashed its budget proposal by $4 million after getting roasted by hotels and businesses over toilet charges that were absolutely wrecking hospitality venues. The city originally wanted $224 million but backed down to $220 million when a hotel complained that charging $15 per water...

Mehluli Moyo is bringing back the Kings Kraal Jazz Festival in Bulawayo after last year's packed debut showed the genre is still pulling crowds. The second edition features Victor Kunonga returning home along with Jeys Marabini, The Outfit Band with Mimmie Tarukwana, Selmor Mtukudzi, and Charles...

Around 136 officers from Zimbabwe's military branches and prison system just wrapped up training at Khumalo Barracks after going through six different programs covering everything from dog handling to cybercrime investigation. Brigadier-General Crispen Mhere Nduku ran the ceremony and told...

Bulawayo cops are flying drones with a 20-kilometer range to watch over suburbs like Cowdray Park and Pumula from their command center at Ross Camp, and Commissioner Paul Nyathi says the aerial surveillance feeds them live footage they can act on immediately. They grabbed 100 breathalyzers to...

Gwanda kicked off construction on roads and water systems for the Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle neighborhood after residents dealt with zero infrastructure for years. Provincial Affairs Minister Albert Nguluvhe showed up for the ceremony and said President Mnangagwa is backing the push to get 655...

Zimpapers reporters grabbed half the awards at the anti-corruption ceremony hosted by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, with Trust Freddy taking best prevention and awareness coverage while Veronica Gwaze scored journalist of the year. Information Minister Jenfan Muswere ran the event and...

The National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo just hit 55 years of operation and wrapped up its anniversary celebrations with two exhibitions running until mid-January. The spot has been pushing Zimbabwean art since it started as the Rhodes Centenary Gallery back in 1957, and they're showing off...

Freedom Murechu is running as the Zanu-PF pick for Nkulumane Constituency against eight other candidates, and he says the opposition MPs who held the seat for two decades basically ghosted residents instead of fixing water problems or dealing with trash piling up for months. The former...

Gary Porter from the Stormers is apparently about to join Zimbabwe's national rugby squad through his mom's Bulawayo bloodline, and the timing lines up perfectly since the Sables just qualified for the 2027 Rugby World Cup after sitting out for 36 years. The 29-year-old lock is built like a...

Umguza Rural Development Council agronomist Leo Maphosa says the rainy season creates perfect conditions for crops to explode with growth, but it also brings flooding and disease pressure that can wreck entire harvests if farmers slack off. He told reporters that growers in Matabeleland need to...

Heany Junction villages in Umguza District are dealing with a serious spike in domestic violence because bootleg alcohol called njengu is getting sold everywhere by locals at all hours. Patience Ncube Sibanda told a crowd at the 16 Days of Activism Against GBV event that her husband gets violent...

Bulawayo City Council shuffled around who gets to hand out land after developers kept complaining that the Town Planning Department was basically gatekeeping everything. Director Wisdom Siziba used to run the whole show, but the new policy moves major investment decisions over to City Economic...

Shurugwi Town Council secretary Archibald Ncube says water infrastructure is basically falling apart while the population keeps climbing toward 30,000 people by the end of the decade. The small mining town held a planning session to map out priorities that match up with the government's National...

Mpopoma Sports Academy from Bulawayo is heading to Harare to play in the CAF Girls Integrated Football Tournament, which brings together eight under-17 squads from across Southern Africa. James Rugwevera started the whole thing a decade back when they were still scraping by on borrowed fields...

Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo is getting ready for the first-ever Miss Urban Culture and Mr Urban Culture competition, which basically flips the Miss Rural Zimbabwe concept for township kids. Sipho Mazibuko is running the whole thing, and he wants contestants between 18 and 30 who are single...

Small-scale gold miners in Zimbabwe are basically carrying the country's entire mineral output on their backs, but they're doing it with zero safety nets or insurance coverage. These guys pump out over 60 percent of the nation's gold, yet insurance companies won't touch them because most...

A driver for Ingwebu Breweries in Bulawayo got hit with fines totaling $260 after getting caught siphoning diesel twice from company trucks. Mengezi Mnkandla, who's 23 and lives in the Hillcrest suburb, admitted to stealing 85 liters of fuel over two separate incidents, and the court also...

Nkosiphile Ncube from Mawabeni Village in Umzingwane District is training as a mortuary attendant at United Bulawayo Hospitals after becoming a mom twice before turning 22. The 25-year-old is raising two kids alone while her mother helps cover the daily commute costs from their rural home. She...