High-Profile Jailbreak at Mutimurefu Prison: Shock as Two Dangerous Inmates Flee MASVINGO – In a development that has left the nation on edge, two high-profile and exceptionally dangerous convicts have managed to escape from Mutimurefu Prison in Masvingo. The breach, which occurred early on Saturday morning, has triggered a massive manhunt across the province and […]

End of The Road For Sabhuku Deals: The High Price of Illegal Rural Land Sales The promise of a piece of land to call one’s own is a powerful draw in Zimbabwe, especially for those squeezed by the rising costs and overcrowding of urban life. However, for many, this dream is turning into a nightmare […]

MARONDERA – Four Zimbabwe National Army soldiers were killed and three others injured when a military vehicle crashed along the Harare–Mutare Road, adding another fatal entry to a grim run of road accidents recorded across Zimbabwe in July and August. The soldiers were travelling from Harare to Mutare in a BAW military vehicle when it […]

A gunman travelling in a grey Toyota GD6 allegedly targeted the home of Zimbabwean activist and politician Jacob Ngarivhume, vandalising the property and leaving behind abusive and threatening messages, according to a statement issued by the Sungano YeVanhu–Ubumbano Lomphakathi, or People’s Coalition. The incident, reported on 8 August 2026, has raised fresh questions about the […]

Nelson Chamisa’s return to Zimbabwean politics is being presented as a fresh beginning. But behind the language of renewal lies a harder question: can the former opposition leader build a movement strong enough to challenge ZANU-PF without recreating the organisational weaknesses that helped destroy his last one? Chamisa announced Agenda 2026 in January after almost […]

HARARE – The high-walled suburbs of Harare have long been a sanctuary for Zimbabwe’s elite, a place where the “untouchables” live in opulence, shielded from the harsh economic realities facing the rest of the nation. But on the evening of August 4, that shield was pierced. Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Drugs and […]

HARARE – In the fading light of a Harare evening, a silver sedan pulls up to a kerb in the Central Business District. The driver, a middle-aged man trying to supplement his meagre civil servant salary, checks his phone. The app, InDrive, tells him his passenger is waiting. A young man in a suit steps […]

The Great Licence Panic: Behind Zimbabwe’s Class 2 Driver Controversy It began with a single photograph of a pink slip. The image, captured on a mobile phone and shared via WhatsApp, showed a Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Admission of Guilt receipt. The fine was staggering: ZiG 810. The offence? “Wrong class”. The driver, operating a […]

HARARE – In the affluent streets of Borrowdale, Chiripai Chipandire lived the life of a modern Zimbabwean “mbinga”. He was a man of means, a product of the prestigious Vainona High School, and a figure associated with the high-minded ideals of youth leadership through his involvement with groups like WELEAD Africa. But while he moved […]

HARARE – The Zimbabwean government has officially declared an all-out war on the notorious ‘Land Barons’ who have for decades held the nation’s housing sector in a vice-like grip. However, as the dust settles on the first wave of arrests in this 2026 crackdown, a far more sinister reality is emerging. Our investigation reveals that […]