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HARARE – Zimbabwe’s presidential spokesman on Wednesday retracted a government directive banning tinted windows on vehicles, calling it unauthorised and without legal basis, exposing divisions within President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration. George Charamba dismissed Tuesday’s announcement by Tafadzwa Muguti, secretary for presidential affairs and devolution, who had ordered immediate removal of tinted windows from all private […]

Pope Leo XIV praised Zimbabwe for abolishing the death penalty during talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday that focused on strengthening ties between the Vatican and the southern African nation. The pope met Mnangagwa for a private audience at the Apostolic Palace before the Zimbabwean leader held discussions with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro […]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Harare on Friday to open Zimbabwe’s annual agricultural show, underscoring strengthening trade ties between the two southern African neighbors. Ramaphosa landed at Robert Mugabe International Airport early Friday morning at the invitation of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to participate as guest of honor at the 115th Zimbabwe Agricultural […]

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has dismissed Environment, Climate and Wildlife Minister Sithembiso Gile Gladys Nyoni from her cabinet position with immediate effect. The termination was announced in an official press statement signed by Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr. M. Rushwaya on April 3, 2025. According to the statement, Mnangagwa exercised his constitutional authority […]

A faction of war veterans demanding President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s resignation says they remain committed to organising mass protests despite a police crackdown forcing their leaders into hiding. The group’s spokesman Knox Chivero released a video Sunday night from an undisclosed location, claiming authorities had dispatched assassination teams targeting their leader Blessed Geza, who police declared […]

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has increased foreign currency surrender requirements for exporters from 25% to 30% and mandated bank accounts for all traders in HARARE on February 7, 2025. The measures aim to boost official forex reserves amid rising US dollar inflation rates. RBZ Governor John Mushayavanhu unveiled the changes in his 2025 Monetary […]

HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Vice President Phekelezela Mphoko died in Dubai while returning from medical treatment in India, Presidential spokesperson George Charamba confirmed Friday. The 84-year-old liberation war veteran had served as vice president from 2014 until the military overthrew Robert Mugabe’s government in 2017. Mphoko, who was accompanied by his wife Laurinda, had been […]

Japan has committed $5.1m through the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to help Zimbabwe’s smallholder farmers affected by El Nino-induced drought. The three-year programme will support 37,000 farmers across five districts in Masvingo, Mashonaland Central and Manicaland provinces. Japanese ambassador Shinichi Yamanaka said the project includes growing sesame seeds with support from trading company ITOCHU […]

At least two dozen pupils and parents have reportedly fallen ill after attending a dinner at a private school in Zimbabwe’s second city, Bulawayo. The suspected food poisoning outbreak occurred at Riverdale Academy in the affluent Hillside suburb on Saturday, according to multiple parents who spoke to reporters. Those affected have reported severe stomach cramps […]

Zimbabweans are enduring power cuts lasting up to 20 hours a day after technical problems hit the country’s main power station, with some areas in the capital going without electricity for more than three days. The state power utility, ZESA, says a fault at Hwange Thermal Power Station – the country’s largest electricity plant – […]