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The government started checking buses and stores all over Zimbabwe. They want to stop people from bringing things into the country without paying taxes. They care about keeping local businesses safe and making sure people get good products. Last week, they began looking at places that sell...

The government shut down Raj Modi's liquor shop in Bulawayo. Modi works as the Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce. Officials came to check his store because they're looking for smuggled items all over Zimbabwe. People at the shop said officials showed up Saturday evening. The shop...

Chief Hwenje feels thankful to President Mnangagwa and his family. They helped him go to India when he got sick with blood cancer. He wanted everyone to know how they cared for him. The singer put on a great show last Thursday at Mkandapi Business Centre. He danced with lots of energy as people...

Two men got in trouble for saying mean things in a WhatsApp group. Lovemore Reketai and Bernard Tsotsi had to go to court because they sent voice messages about another person. These men belong to a group chat called "Gweru Vendors." They used bad words to talk about Costain Mukanganike. He ran...

The Bulawayo City Council needs money that people owe them. They turned off water at 59 schools because these schools hadn't paid their bills. This means about three out of ten schools in Bulawayo lost their water supply. The council has many people who owe them money. By September 2024...

The President wants everyone to be extra careful on the roads during the holidays. He says drivers need to follow the rules and make sure their cars are safe to drive. He shared this message at a party where people celebrated his wife's big school success. Mrs Mnangagwa worked very hard to get...

The government has made a lot of money from taxing sweet drinks. They started this tax in February 2024, and by November, they got US$30.8 million. The doctors wanted to know what happened to all this money. They sent a letter asking about it through their lawyers. Mr. Guvamatanga, who works...

Dorcas Vambe is a 36-year-old musician. She's married to Mambo Dhuterere. Dorcas recently showed up in court. She's accused of tricking a local politician out of $16,000. The politician wanted to buy a car. Dorcas appeared before a judge in Harare on Thursday. She's facing fraud charges. The...

Lewis Matutu, the former Zanu PF youth league secretary, showed up at the Harare Magistrates Court on Tuesday. He's being accused of fraud. The court says Matutu unlawfully transferred 240 ordinary company shares to his name. He was supposed to be directing the company as part of a youth...

President Duma Boko of Botswana has announced plans to regularize the stay of undocumented Zimbabweans living in the country. He sees Zimbabwe's skilled human resources as an asset that Botswana can benefit from. It's estimated that at least 150,000 Zimbabweans currently live in Botswana. In an...

Some bad people tricked a 43-year-old man from Zvishavane. They made him think they found a lot of money on the side of the road and said they wanted to share it with him. One of the bad guys is Wellington Nhiwatiwa. He is 46 years old. Yesterday, he went to court in front of a judge named Mr...

The race to fill empty spots at the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, or ZACC for short, is heating up. Forty-seven people have been picked for public interviews on December 19, 2024. This is happening because the current group of Commissioners is finishing up their time there. It's an...

Kudzi Chipanga, a Zanu PF official, went to court yesterday. He was charged with stealing Presidential Pfumvudza inputs worth a lot of money. The inputs belonged to the Department of Agriculture Research and Extension in Makoni District. The court let Chipanga out on bail, but he has to follow...

Walter Magaya, a ZIFA presidential aspirant, says he wants to leave a legacy. He has invested over $25 million to help develop sports in Zimbabwe. Magaya owns Yadah Football Club in the Premier Soccer League. He also built Heart Stadium in Harare. Now, Magaya is building another stadium in...

On Monday, he was asked to speak at the Harare City Commission inquiry. It was set up by Mr Mnangagwa. He had some doubts about why the Commission was made. But he still went to be polite. He is an officer of the Court and Justice. The Commission wanted him to talk about some claims. A...

The Bulawayo City Council, or BCC for short, is bringing back an old rule from 17 years ago. This rule says that if someone has been renting a shop from the council for more than 10 years, the council can take the shop back. The council wants to do this instead of making a new rule. The reason...

The government is considering making changes to some of the taxes proposed in the 2025 National Budget. This comes after business leaders and economists raised concerns about the impact of certain taxes on businesses. Minister Mthuli Ncube, who is in charge of Finance, Economic Development and...

Stanley Gama, the spokesman for the City of Harare, has announced that a case of cholera was found in a squatter camp close to Longchen Plaza yesterday. He says the patient is a 29-year-old man who lives alone. The man has been using water from a nearby stream for drinking and other household...

The Citizens Coalition for Change, or CCC for short, is upset with a man named Sengezo Tshabangu. He says he's their temporary leader, but they don't agree. There's been a big argument about who should be in charge of the CCC for a while now. Some people think that desperate politicians are...

A 30-year-old man named Peter Mavhengere recently received a ten-month prison sentence for escaping police custody in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. The presiding magistrate, Lynette Mudzingo, suspended three months of the sentence contingent upon good behavior, resulting in an effective seven-month term...