February 2025

Nunurai Jena Chinhoyi—Most school authorities in Mashonaland West province are jeorpardising the future of young people by withdrawing their examination results for failing to meet their financial obligations to the learning centres,…

Takunda Mandura Harare—Zimbabwe’s healthcare system, once a shining example of excellence in southern Africa, now stands as a grim testament to decades of neglect, mismanagement, and systemic failure, with hospitals and clinics across…

Nokuthaba Dlamini Victoria Falls—President Donald Trump’s abrupt suspension of foreign aid has left hundreds of women and children who were dependent on support from a US-funded programme in Matabeleland North stranded. In January,…

Nokuthaba Dlamini Victoria Falls—The scourge of drugs and substance abuse is tearing families apart in the city of Victoria Falls as young people resort to dangerous substances to cope with mounting economic problems. Victoria Falls,…

Godfrey Mtimba Masvingo—The High Court in Masvingo has quashed a ruling by a Bikita magistrate to evict about 27 families from Murape village to pave way for Bikita Minerals, a Chinese lithium entity. The villagers were arrested and…

Fortune Nkosi Bulawayo—The government allocated only two percent of the expected devolution funds to local authorities last year, a figure far below the constitutionally mandated five percent, as treasury diverted resources to address…

Kovedzayi Takawira Gwanda—The Gwanda municipality has announced the closure of the Greenland Youth Centre, located in Phakama Township, following years of complaints from residents about rampant drug abuse, violent crime, and illegal…

Brenna Metendere Mvuma—Residents of Mushenjere village in rural Mvuma, Midlands province, have been coerced by suspected state security agents into accepting inadequate compensation for displacements from their ancestral land to…

Nunurai Jena Chinhoyi, Mashonaland West – The Chinhoyi Municipality last week carried out a clean-up operation in the Central Business District (CBD) and high-density areas, demolishing vendors' so-called 'illegal…

Staff Reporter Harare—Local and international media and human rights watchdogs have condemned the arrest of senior Zimbabwean journalist, Blessed Mhlanga. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) on Monday, 24 February 2025, arrested and…