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Zimbabwe introduces online visa applications

HARARE- Zimbabwe has launched a new online visa application system aimed at streamlining immigration procedures and enhancing the country’s appeal to international visitors and investors. The platform, which is part of the broader Online Border Management System (OBMS), allows travellers from visa-required
May 13, 2025
Journalist Mhlanga granted bail

Journalist Mhlanga granted bail after 71 days in custody

HARARE — Journalist Blessed Mhlanga has been granted bail of US$500 by Harare High Court Judge Gibson Mandaza, ending his 71-day detention that began on February 24. Mhlanga, a senior journalist at Heart and Soul Television (HStv), faces charges of “transmission of
May 6, 2025
Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare

Minister shocked by state of Zimbabwe’s public hospitals

HARARE — Youth Empowerment Minister Tinoda Machakaire has made an unusually candid appeal to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to visit public hospitals and witness Zimbabwe’s healthcare crisis for himself, breaking ranks with the government’s typical denial of healthcare failures. Machakaire revealed his distress
May 6, 2025
Brilliant Pongo

The “Shona” Illusion? New Research Challenges Zimbabwe’s Ethnolinguistic Foundations

Report Focus News– Special Report Harare, Zimbabwe — A new academic paper by cultural analyst and media researcher Brilliant Pongo is raising eyebrows—and questions—about the roots of Zimbabwe’s largest ethnic-linguistic identity. Titled “Constructing ‘Shona’: Colonial Linguistics, Identity Politics, and the Invention of
May 3, 2025
Harare magistrate court

Harare Woman Acquitted of COS Fraud Charges

A woman from Harare, Nyasha Mandeya, has been acquitted by a magistrate after being accused of defrauding a client, Olivia Mugugu, of US$22,000. Mugugu had sought certificates of sponsorship (COS) for her siblings to relocate to the United Kingdom. Mandeya was charged
April 28, 2025