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A group of more than 40 people from Zimbabwe got stuck in Sierra Leone. Bad people tricked them into going there. These people promised them good jobs, but it turned out to be false. The trapped people went to Freetown, the main city of Sierra Leone. They found themselves in big trouble there...

Zimbabwe expects to build one million houses by 2025, helping more people get good homes. This is a bigger goal than the first plan to build 220,000 houses, which the country already reached. Housing Minister Zhemu Soda told reporters in Harare that many groups helped reach this goal. The...

Simbisa Brands Limited plans to open 31 new stores by the end of the 2025 financial year. The company wants to reach more customers by making its business bigger. The food company also plans to fix up 44 of its existing stores to make them better for customers. Last year, up to September 2024...

A Bulawayo businesswoman named Ms Pamela Mwapaura has won a protection order against Mr Kwame Mwemba, in an unusual case where he had first tried to take legal action against her. Ms Mwapaura owns a business called Pamela Creations. The public became interested in their case when Mr Mwemba...

Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa gave each Warriors player $6,500 as a reward for making it to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. The team's coaches got the same amount of money. The President spoke at a special event to honor the Warriors. He told them he felt very happy and proud of...

The rains bring joy to many people, especially farmers who can start working in their fields. For others, the showers are a fresh beginning. But some residents of Budiriro were not so lucky. Their houses were built on wetlands and got flooded. They were left stranded when the waters rose. In...

The 2025 National Budget was presented with the theme "Building Resilience for Sustained Economic Transformation." It tries to show progress and recovery. But when you look closely, you can see that it has many problems and doesn't match what most people in Zimbabwe are dealing with. The...

Lewis Mbeli, a 28-year-old man from Bulawayo, allegedly planned a robbery targeting an elderly family member of his employer who had recently returned from the United States. He reportedly worked with four associates, Tyson Moyo (29), Zibusiso Ndlovu (28), Zibusiso Manungwa (29), and Nqobile...

Dr. Sydney Gata, the executive chairman of ZESA Holdings, has said that the current electricity supply problems in Zimbabwe will be solved once the country finishes building 18 power projects. These projects will create nearly 4,000 megawatts of electricity in the next two years. President...

Media Matimba returned home to an empty house after working in the United Kingdom for 24 years. She claims her son Tawanda sold all her household property without her knowledge. Media brought the matter to the Harare Civil Court. She wants the court to deal with her son, who she says is also...

Douglas Mwonzora, a politician, and his law firm, Mwonzora and Associates, were in a difficult situation last week. The firm's property in Belvedere was attached because it owed three months' worth of rent. The amount owed was US$3750, which had accumulated from July to September of this year...

The government has introduced new regulations that prohibit individuals who have been granted special permits from engaging in mining activities. These regulations were put in place due to the environmental damage caused by alluvial mining along several rivers. The move comes shortly after two...

John Paradza, the Zanu PF national deputy secretary for youth affairs and Gutu West legislator, recently spoke at the party's Provincial Coordinating Committee meeting in Masvingo. He stated that the revolutionary party would not allow the winds of change sweeping across Southern Africa to...

The Parliament of Zimbabwe feels really bad about the power going out last Thursday during the important 2025 National Budget speech. It happened right when President Emmerson Mnangagwa was there, and he had to leave the building in the dark. That must have been super awkward for him and...

Home Affairs Minister Kazembe spoke out against the police at a workshop in Kwekwe. He said police officers ask for bribes too much these days. He was upset that top officers keep going on trips abroad while new officers don't even have uniforms to wear. He plans to stop signing papers for these...

The people living at Arnold Farm are fighting to keep their homes. Last Friday, over 300 villagers protested when VP Mohadi's son tried to push them off their land. His son, Mafenyadira, sent security forces to scare them, but the villagers fought back and tore down his fence. This isn't the...

The city of Harare plans to tear down many houses on Thursday. They want to remove homes that were built without permission, mostly on land meant for public use. The city started giving out quick move-out notices last week. People only get two days to leave. They gave these notices to 17...

The head of Zimbabwe's central bank says holiday bonuses won't shake up prices or exchange rates. Dr. John Mushayavanhu runs the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, and he feels good about how things are going. The money markets have settled down since they made some changes to control extra cash floating...

The government has told two Bulawayo city leaders to stop working while they face court charges. Edwin Ndlovu, the Deputy Mayor, and Mpumelelo Moyo, who runs the Finance Committee, are accused of taking bribes. They got into trouble over $20,000 that was supposed to go to city council members...

The Zimbabwe Peace Project reports that corrupt practices plague food aid distribution in Zimbabwe, with many deliveries happening at night to hide wrongdoing. The group's October 2024 monitoring report reveals these actions hurt poor and elderly citizens who need help the most. The report...