Victor Makarimai says he lived in fear during the final years of his marriage. He has described being attacked, choked and threatened with knives by his wife, Vimbai Mushava, and says there were times he would wait for her to fall asleep before he dared to go to bed himself. In one account of their […]

JOHANNESBURG – The men were detained at Johannesburg’s main airport and a hotel in Bruma, as Zimbabwe’s government warns that recruiters’ promises of overseas work have drawn citizens into the conflict. Nine Zimbabwean men have been arrested in South Africa after authorities said they were preparing to leave the country to take part in the […]

Bikita records 91mm as thunderstorms sweep across Zimbabwe Bikita in Masvingo province recorded 91 millimetres of rain on Sunday as thunderstorms swept across Zimbabwe, bringing heavy falls to parts of Masvingo, Manicaland and Harare Metropolitan provinces. The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) said thunderstorms affected the country during the day and continued overnight in some areas. […]

Married man attacked with iron object after all-night rendezvous in Chitungwiza A 35-year-old married man was admitted to hospital after an unidentified assailant struck him on the head with an iron object as he walked home from a woman’s house in Chitungwiza in the early hours of Monday morning. Shadreck Kutshwekhaya, who lives in Unit […]

HARARE — Two Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) officers have been arrested over customs records that showed 2 luxury vehicles had left Zimbabwe, even though investigators later found them at a Harare guest lodge. Edwin Mhondiwa Chabuda, 43, and Upenyu Chaurura, 51, are accused of criminal abuse of duty as public officers. Both were stationed at […]

Zimbabwe’s Government has directed local authorities to stop demolishing homes and shift their focus towards regularising informal settlements and prosecuting illegal land barons, as pressure mounts over housing clearances in Harare and other parts of the country. The order, issued on November 9, follows warnings from the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) that demolitions are […]

MASVINGO — A condolence visit to the homestead of a village head who had died ended in a confrontation on Saturday, November 7, when villagers in Boroma reportedly turned on Chief Murinye and forced him to leave. The traditional leader, born Ephias Munodawafa, had gone to pay his respects following the death of Margaret Chako, […]

Police are searching for a 44-year-old Chitungwiza mechanic accused of killing his 72-year-old mother after a domestic dispute, as neighbours and workmates describe a man whose recent behaviour had become increasingly troubling. Bob Nobert Luwaca, known locally as Bobby and by the nickname Vonbarche, is wanted in connection with the death of Rosemary Luwaca at […]

Wicknell Chivayo’s US$34m Gulfstream faces ownership questions as mansion and car debts emerge A fresh claim that Wicknell Chivayo’s US$34 million Gulfstream G550 has returned to Switzerland has reopened questions about who owned the aircraft the Zimbabwean businessman publicly presented as his own. Activist Rutendo Matinyarare said on 9 November that the jet had been […]

Two people were killed and six others injured when a Rimbi Tours bus sideswiped a haulage truck on the Harare–Chirundu Road on Friday morning, November 6, 2026. The collision happened near Tengwe turn-off and involved a bus carrying 32 passengers and a truck transporting 30 tonnes of calcium carbonate. Both vehicles were heading east towards […]