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Zimbabwe plans to bring in a private investor to fix up the National Railways system through a resource-financed infrastructure deal. Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said the government will trade mining rights for railroad repairs, with the investor putting up cash and expertise while getting...

Archbishop Paul Mwazha got buried at Chirasauta in Chikomba District after dying at 107. The founder of The African Apostolic Church had thousands show up for his funeral service at Guvambwa Tabernacle, where heavy rain hit the crowd but nobody left. President Mnangagwa gave him national hero...

Edith WeUtonga-Katiji scored a nomination for Folk Album of the Year at the first-ever Folk Music Awards happening in the UK. Her upcoming record Varipasi made the shortlist alongside eight other albums, and the winner gets announced next March at Rochdale Town Hall. She's the only African...

Raisedon Baya runs the Intwasa Arts Festival in Bulawayo and has basically shaped Zimbabwe's theatre scene for years. The guy went to Sobukhazi and Mzilikazi high schools, and he got into drama because his teacher thought he was being disruptive in class. Growing up near Amakhosi Theatre...

A musician who left Zimbabwe five years back is planning a charity concert in his hometown of Njube to raise money for the local hospital and community hall. Bruce Ncube got famous for throwing the Africa Day festival that pulled massive crowds to the township, and he wants his comeback show to...

Zimbabwean kids picking their high school subjects need to actually think about what careers they want instead of just copying their friends or chasing whatever seems trendy. The subjects you choose basically lock you into specific university programs later, since medicine needs biology and...

Zimbabwe's first lady threw a massive dinner party at State House to thank everyone who helps fund her charity work across the country. Auxillia Mnangagwa hosted the African-themed event with her husband, President Mnangagwa, watching, and guests showed up wearing traditional Zimbabwean fabrics...

A Zimbabwean woman got appointed as regent chief in March for the Mabhikwa chieftaincy in Lupane District, but her uncle and 32 family members sued to block the move. Zanele Khumalo was supposed to hold the position until her nine-year-old nephew turned old enough to take over, making her the...

Religious groups in Beitbridge are teaming up with cops to fight crime because housebreaking and robberies keep spiking around the border town. The Pastors' Fraternal is running community meetings at the ward level to tackle sexual violence, drug problems with teenagers, and theft cases that get...

Zimbabwe's corporate scene needs to start caring about environmental and social governance metrics if they want investor money, and the central bank is pushing a certification program to make it happen. Companies that meet sustainability benchmarks get better loan rates and access to...

India's ambassador to Zimbabwe said his country wants to team up harder on agriculture by sharing tech about AI farming, climate-proof crops, and mechanization. Bramha Kumar told a conference in Bulawayo that India feeds 1.5 billion people with advanced seed systems and IoT sensors that help...

Zimbabwe's agriculture minister went off at a conference in Bulawayo about how calling sorghum and millet small grains is completely backwards. Anxious Masuka said the label makes drought-resistant crops sound unimportant when they actually pack better nutrients than corn and handle climate...

Zimbabwe and China threw a ceremony in Harare to hand out friendship scholarships and celebrate essay winners who wrote about the 45-year relationship between both countries. Chinese Ambassador Zhou Ding brought up how General Josiah Tongogara trained in China during the 1960s, and he recently...

Zimbabwe's provincial minister for Matabeleland South wants everyone to pitch in to build fancy infrastructure that gets the region closer to middle-income status. Albert Nguluvhe said the new Gwanda Travel Centre proves what happens when the government teams up with private investors through...

Zimbabwe's government just gutted licensing fees for tourism businesses and made the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority the main regulator for everything. Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said they slashed local authority permits by half, dropped five-star hotel registration from over five grand to two...

Matabeleland South is asking for custom HIV programs because their situation hits different than the rest of Zimbabwe. The province sits at 15 percent HIV prevalence, which destroys the national average of 9.4 percent, and officials blame the border crossings at Beitbridge and Plumtree, where...

A cashier from Zvishavane pocketed over thirteen grand from his employer instead of dropping it at the bank, and the court handed him three years for the stunt. Danda Tinashe Tinotenda was supposed to collect cash from registers at Farm and City Centre and deposit the money into two ZB Bank...

Zimbabwe's government is handing out free farming supplies across Matabeleland South Province, and people are hyped because they can actually plant on time for once. Farmers at Guyu Business Centre in Gwanda District got maize seeds, fertilizer, and chemicals through the Presidential Inputs...

Zimbabwe's big radio stations are sending their playlist data to help judge the National Arts Merit Awards, and the awards people said Power FM, ZiFM Stereo, Star FM, Skyz Metro FM, and Radio Zimbabwe all handed over their charts. The event drops at Harare International Conference Centre under...

A company in Zimbabwe that runs hotels, trucking operations, and hardware stores used a soccer tournament to trick dudes into getting their prostates checked. Elgiboh Group threw the event at Bulawayo Chiefs Village with teams like Highlanders Legends and Chicken Inn Supporters, knowing guys...