National News
This category would cover all major news stories from Zimbabwe, regardless of location.
Government Leaves Over 4,000 Mbare Fire Victims Stranded as Promised Interest-Free Loans Fail to Materialise
Traders who lost goods worth over US$20 million in the devastating Mbare Musika fire last October have been left high and dry by the government, despite promises of interest-free loans to aid their recovery. It seems these assurances were nothing more than hollow promises.
Read More »Bhola Hardware US$52,000 Heist: Gang Member Sentenced to 15 Years
A Harare magistrate has convicted and sentenced a robber who was part of a gang involved in the US$52,000 heist at a prominent city hardware store in 2023.
Read More »New Start Centre Halts ART and PrEP Refills Amid Funding Cut
The Population Solutions for Health (PSH) New Start Centre in Harare’s CBD has temporarily suspended services for patients on ART and those seeking PrEP refills, NewZimbabwe.com has learned.
Read More »Harare Mayor Points Finger at Wife in Hostel Inspection Controversy
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has implicated his wife in the ongoing controversy surrounding a luxury hostel inspection report for a building in Belvedere. Appearing before the Commission of Inquiry led by retired High Court Judge Justice Maphios Cheda, Mafume stated that his wife is overseeing the construction of the hostel,…
Read More »Zimbabwe’s Gold and Foreign Reserves Surge by 87%, Reaching US$550 Million
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has announced that the country’s foreign currency reserves have increased by 87%, reaching US$550 million.
Read More »Cholera Cases Rise to 44 in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has recorded 44 confirmed cases of cholera since the latest outbreak began in November last year, the Ministry of Health and Child Care announced on Tuesday night.
Read More »US$4.5 Million Vanishes from Harare City Council: Mayor Mafume Discloses to Commission of Inquiry
More than US$4.5 million has mysteriously disappeared from the Harare City Council (HCC) through its subsidiary, Harare Quarry, revealing significant corruption within the local authority.
Read More »Police Raid Party, Arrest 22 Youths in Chegutu
The fight against drug and substance abuse is intensifying in Mashonaland West, with 22 youths being arrested at a party where drugs were being abused in Chegutu.
Read More »Weekly Disease Surveillance Report: Over 6,900 Diarrhoea Cases and 1,048 Malaria Cases Recorded
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has published the weekly disease surveillance report for the week ending 19 January 2025.
Read More »Hilmax Engineering Directors Arrested Over ZAR 10.7 Million Forex Fraud
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has apprehended two directors from Hilmax Engineering (Pvt) Ltd for allegedly orchestrating a multi-million-rand fraud scheme through forged import documents
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