LOCAL NEWS

Staff Reporter

The rehabilitation of the Bulawayo to Victoria Falls highway has been identified as a top priority in Zimbabwe’s new infrastructure development blueprint under the National Development Strategy 2 (NDS 2), running from 2026 to 2030. The project forms a core part of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development’s ambitious roadmap to modernise the country’s transport network and drive economic growth as Zimbabwe works toward achieving Vision 2030.

Staff Reporter

Zimbabwe’s tobacco industry is on the brink of achieving a historic milestone, with national deliveries of the golden leaf expected to surpass the 300 million kilogramme mark for the first time ever. Industry authorities are confident the revised target of 310 million kilogrammes will be reached, reflecting a season of exceptional output and solid policy backing.

Political Reporter

The much-anticipated launch of “Footprints in the Chains: The Life Story of Job Sikhala”, penned by Pastor Munyaradzi Anguero Savanhu, is shaping up to be more than just a literary occasion.

Staff Reporter

Mwenezi District is undergoing significant transformation through Government’s devolution programme, with 34 development projects completed,to improve education, health, transport and service delivery in rural communities.

Staff Reporter

Zimbabwe’s mining and economic policy direction took a bold turn yesterday, with Cabinet unveiling sweeping measures aimed at enhancing local beneficiation and curbing the export of raw minerals.

Staff Reporter

Cabinet has noted steady progress in Zimbabwe’s 2024-2025 summer crops marketing season and the 2025 winter wheat production programme, reflecting positive trends in grain deliveries, cotton sales, and tobacco production that underpin the country’s agricultural sector and food security.

Staff Reporter

Government has approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), with Zambia, to facilitate the development of a new pipeline system for transporting refined petroleum products.

Staff Reporter

The construction of the Zim Win Mine in Mutawatawa, located in the Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe (UMP) District, is almost complete, marking another milestone in Zimbabwe’s rural industrialisation push.

Staff Reporter

The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has issued a stern warning to the public against the illegal sale, purchase, and unsupervised use of Ozempic, a prescription drug increasingly being abused for weight loss purposes under the nickname “skinny jab.”

Political Reporter

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Senator aligned to Nelson Chamisa, and former Cabinet Minister, Gabuza Joel Gabbuza, is fighting for his life at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo after he was allegedly caught red-handed in a compromising situation with a married woman, leading to a violent attack that left him half dead, in Binga, last Friday.