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Crisis Coalition Disbands as Donor Funding Dries Up and Global Politics Shift

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Harare — The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC), a civil society grouping that has operated for more than two decades, has announced the dissolution of...

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Gold Hits Record Highs: A Blessing and a Challenge for Zimbabwe’s Miners

Staff Reporter - January 23, 20260

HARARE – Gold prices have surged to unprecedented levels, presenting both opportunities and challenges for Zimbabwe’s mining sector. Spot gold reached a record $4,967.03 per...

Chamisa Returns to Politics with “Agenda 2026” Amid Questions Over Leadership Record

Staff Reporter - January 23, 2026

HARARE – The beleaguered opposition politician Nelson Chamisa formally announced his return to frontline politics on Friday, unveiling a new political roadmap...

White Farmers Seek Trump Administration’s Support to Press Zimbabwe on Compensation

January 22, 2026

Crisis Coalition Disbands as Donor Funding Dries Up and Global Politics Shift

January 22, 2026

Flooding worsens in southern Mozambique – AIM report

January 22, 2026

Catch and Release: Harare Land-Selling Mayor Released After Arrest, Again

January 21, 2026

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Defiant Tungwarara Heading to Manicaland Again

Staff Reporter - January 23, 2026

HARARE – As the final round of President Mnangagwa’s so-called Presidential Constituency Empowerment Fund (PCEF) rolls out in...

Chamisa Returns to Politics with “Agenda 2026” Amid Questions Over Leadership Record

Staff Reporter - January 23, 2026

HARARE – The beleaguered opposition politician Nelson Chamisa formally announced his return to frontline politics on Friday, unveiling...

Mnangagwa’s ally shells out $34 million for swanky new private jet

January 23, 2026

Crisis Coalition Disbands as Donor Funding Dries Up and Global Politics Shift

January 22, 2026

CIO Minister wades into ZANU-PF internal spats

January 21, 2026

Outrage as ZANU-PF Moves to Hike Party Salaries Amid Deepening Economic Hardship

January 21, 2026

Mwonzora seeks talks with Chamisa, Biti ahead of 2028 elections

January 21, 2026

Tussle for Tenders and Gold Mining Intensifies as ZANU-PF Power Brokers Turn on Each Other

January 20, 2026

Livelihood opportunities in Zimbabwe’s communal areas: too poor to succeed?

January 20, 2026

Leaked Recordings Reveals Gold Mining Disguised as Mazowe River Presidential Rehabilitation Project

January 20, 2026

ZANU‑PF cracks down on factionalism

January 19, 2026

‘Mnangagwa life presidency is a redline’

January 19, 2026

Mob justice erupts after Zimbabwean man was stabbed to death in his Ford Ranger in

January 15, 2026

Businessman Mutumwa Mawere dies

January 15, 2026

Business

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Gold Hits Record Highs: A Blessing and a Challenge for Zimbabwe’s Miners

Staff Reporter - January 23, 2026

HARARE – Gold prices have surged to unprecedented levels, presenting both opportunities and challenges for Zimbabwe’s mining sector. Spot...

Zimbabwe steel miner expands production

Staff Reporter - January 22, 2026

Zimbabwe is accelerating efforts to strengthen its industrial base and reduce reliance on imported inputs following the expansion...

Delta pays US$315m in taxes

January 21, 2026

Caledonia Mining secures $150m from US bond issue to fund Zimbabwe gold project

January 21, 2026

Econet installs 103 new base stations, eyes new product offerings

January 19, 2026

Duty-free facility for clothing manufacturers

January 14, 2026

AirZimbabwe to acquire six new aircraft

January 13, 2026

Innscor plans additional 25MW solar capacity in clean energy tilt

January 13, 2026

NSSA loses bid to cancel US$10 million software deal

January 11, 2026

New taxes take effect as Government widens revenue base

January 10, 2026

CFI still in breach of ZSE rules despite return to profit

January 9, 2026

East Africa Set to Enter Global Oil Markets as $5bn EACOP Targets First Exports by October

January 8, 2026

Elias Mambo Appointed Zimpapers Group Editorial Executive Amid Digital Restructuring

January 8, 2026

Zimbabwe Positions Itself as a Strategic Force in Global Chrome and Ferrochrome Markets

January 6, 2026

Editor's Note

Re-industrialising Zimbabwe: From Extraction to Production in a Fragmented Global Economy – Comparative Lessons and Strategic Imperatives

Staff Reporter - January 22, 2026

Zimbabwe’s economic predicament is often attributed to currency instability, sanctions, or governance failures. While these factors are real and influential, they obscure...

Zimbabwe’s Forex Illusion: Record Inflows, Shallow Reserves and the High Cost of Deferred Stability

January 13, 2026

Zimbabwe’s Media Crisis Is Not a Salary Dispute — It Is a Structural Collapse: Why the AMH Salary Shock Exposes the Death of Linear...

December 25, 2025

Harare’s Central Business District at a Crossroads

December 19, 2025

Zimbabwe’s Capital Markets at Risk: Institutional Failure, Distorted Incentives and the Slow Hollowing-Out of the ZSE

December 18, 2025

Money & Banking

Zimbabwean Central Bank reduces foreign liabilities to US$2.5 billion

Staff Reporter - January 21, 2026

HARARE - One of the most significant achievements by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) over the past year has been the...

From tight to prudent: Zimbabwe’s Central Bank plan to shift monetary policy focus

January 13, 2026

Analysts welcome Central Bank’s disciplined roadmap to currency stability

January 10, 2026

FBC Holdings merges bank, building society

January 9, 2026

New rules to enhance digital finance oversight

January 8, 2026

Capital Markets

Asian shares rise, tracking Wall Street gains as Trump backs down on Greenland

Staff Reporter - January 22, 2026

HONG KONG — Asian shares mostly advanced on Thursday, tracking Wall Street, after U.S. President Donald Trump walked back from imposing tariffs...

Shares in Asia track European markets lower on concern over Trump’s push on Greenland

January 20, 2026

World shares mostly lower after Wall Street’s strong start to the year cools

January 8, 2026

ZSE-listed firms bullish about New Year

January 4, 2026

Capital Markets Signal Improving Stability in Zimbabwe’s Economy

December 29, 2025

Law & Crime

Catch and Release: Harare Land-Selling Mayor Released After Arrest, Again

Staff Reporter - January 21, 2026

HARARE – Harare mayor Jacob Mafume was released on Wednesday after several hours of questioning by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), while...

Zimbabwe bishops oppose changes to abortion law

January 21, 2026

Mafume, ex-MP arrested by Zacc

January 21, 2026

Constitutional Court dismisses Makoni bid to block enforcement of UK divorce ruling

January 21, 2026

MP squanders constituency funds on booze, groceries

January 18, 2026

Opinion & Analysis

Livelihood opportunities in Zimbabwe’s communal areas: too poor to succeed?

Staff Reporter - January 20, 2026

As part of our analysis of the story of land reform over 25 years, we have also been looking at communal areas...

Donald Trump and the Unravelling of the Global Order: Why Unilateralism Is the Greatest Threat to World Peace

January 9, 2026

The U.S. Struggle to Contain China in a Multipolar World — From Oil and Petrodollars to Critical Minerals and Africa’s Rising Influence

January 8, 2026

Zimbabwe’s opposition parties’ greatest weakness is the absence of ideology

January 6, 2026

Faith, Power and Stagnation: How the Church Has Drifted from Zimbabwe and Africa’s Development Agenda

January 3, 2026

Motoring

The Indian brand selling more cars in South Africa than BMW, Nissan, and Mercedes-Benz

Staff Reporter - January 8, 2026

South Africa’s new vehicle market has experienced a significant surge in sales, with the Indian brand Mahindra selling more cars than many...

The Golden Gate’s Timeless Majesty

January 27, 2024

Ultimate Sports Ground Experience

January 27, 2024

The Art of Mindful Eating

January 27, 2024

Mind-Body Connection for Meditation

January 27, 2024

Economics

When Think Tanks Stop Thinking: A Rebuttal of Prof. Gift Mugano’s Position on Monetary Policy Conformity

Staff Reporter - January 22, 2026

Prof. Gift Mugano’s presentation, delivered under the banner The Zimbabwe Economic Impulse: The State of the Economic Outlook,...

World Bank ups Zimbabwe’s growth forecast to 5 percent

Staff Reporter - January 21, 2026

The World Bank has revised Zimbabwe's economic growth forecast for 2026, projecting a 5% expansion, up from an...

China’s economy grows 5% in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite Trump’s tariffs

January 19, 2026

Zim, IMF resume SMP dialogue

January 16, 2026

Zim set for historic single-digit inflation rate

January 16, 2026

Economists welcome Treasury’s clarification of digital services withholding tax

January 10, 2026

Digital Services Withholding Tax: What it is – and what it is not

January 9, 2026

UN forecasts global economic growth of 2.7% this year, down slightly from 2025

January 9, 2026

World News

Trump goes full offensive at Davos with Greenland dreams and windmill nightmares

Staff Reporter - January 21, 2026

US President Donald Trump raised the temperature at the frigid Swiss ski resort of Davos on Wednesday, doubling...

Botswana’s shaddy Boko faces a vote of no confidence

Staff Reporter - January 19, 2026

IN Botswana, opposition parties are preparing a Motion of No Confidence against President Advocate Duma Boko, citing his...

Insecure US regime resorts to increased piracy, targets South African aviation firm in disputed seizure

January 18, 2026

Trump says 8 European countries will face 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland

January 18, 2026

Uganda’s Museveni secures 7th term as opposition rejects results

January 18, 2026

South African Regime Orders Inquiry After SANDF Allegedly Defied Ramaphosa on Iranian Warships

January 16, 2026

US Condemns South Africa Over Iranian Naval Participation in Exercise

January 15, 2026

Trump Orders US Withdrawal From Key Africa-Focused UN Bodies in Sweeping Foreign Policy Shift

January 8, 2026

Entertainment

Bruno Mars confirms: ‘My album is done’ ending the decade-long wait for a new solo album

Staff Reporter - January 16, 2026

"My album is done," Bruno Mars recently declared on social media, officially ending the long wait for his...

Judge Dismisses Chris Brown’s $500m Defamation Lawsuit Over ‘History of Violence’ Documentary

Staff Reporter - January 15, 2026

A US judge has dismissed Chris Brown’s US$500 million defamation lawsuit against Warner Bros Discovery and Investigation Discovery,...

Lil Wayne expands Young Money Sports with signing of Belgian football star Amadou Onana

January 10, 2026

Hollywood couple Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors gain Guinean citizenship

January 10, 2026

Ray J Hospitalised With Pneumonia and Chest Pain as Legal and Financial Pressures Mount

January 8, 2026

Prominent Journalist and Actress Cordelia Masalethulini Found Dead in Harare

January 6, 2026

Mnangagwa Ally Taps Rick Ross for High-Profile Harare Birthday Shindig

January 6, 2026

Kendrick Lamar Emerges as Hip-Hop’s Top Earner in 2025, Outpacing Drake by Wide Margin

January 3, 2026

Sports

Man City stunned by tiny Bodø/Glimt in huge Champions League upset and Arsenal into round of 16

Staff Reporter - January 21, 2026

Manchester City lost 3-1 at tiny Norwegian club Bodø/Glimt in one of the biggest upsets in Champions League...

Mbappé defends Vinícius after boos by Real Madrid fans in Spanish league match

Staff Reporter - January 19, 2026

MADRID — Kylian Mbappé criticized Real Madrid fans for singling out Vinícius Júnior and booing the star forward...

Chaos of Africa Cup final reflects badly on Morocco’s prospects as 2030 World Cup co-host

January 19, 2026

Man United stuns Man City in Carrick’s first game and Liverpool and Arsenal drop points

January 18, 2026

Real Madrid jeered by angry fans before beating Levante in La Liga

January 18, 2026

Money-bags Scottland FC swoop in for Peter Ndlovu

January 17, 2026

Outraged Eto’o slapped with stadium ban after fiery gestures at Motsepe in AFCON VIP area

January 16, 2026

Malema Calls for US World Cup Boycott as Tensions with US Rise

January 16, 2026

Dating & Relatioinships

Dating & Relationships

Wife Loses Claim to Husband’s US$120,000 Pension After Affair and Child Outside Marriage

A South African High Court has ruled that a...

Law & Crime

Constitutional Court dismisses Makoni bid to block enforcement of UK divorce ruling

HARARE – The Constitutional Court has dismissed an application...

Dating & Relationships

Court Quadruples Man’s Maintenance Offer

A Harare man who offered just US$30 per month...

Book Review

Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie mourns the loss of her son

Staff Reporter - January 21, 2026

Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and her husband, Dr. Ivara Esege, are mourning the loss of one of their one-year-old twin sons,...

New Benni McCarthy Biography Set to Uncover Untold Chapters of South African Football Icon’s Life

January 21, 2026

Snoop Dogg Launches New Cannabis-Friendly Baking Cookbook — TMZ Reports

November 23, 2025

Kevin Federline says his sons with Britney Spears are the reason for his new memoir

October 18, 2025

Michelle Obama to promote new book ‘The Look’ with podcast series

October 16, 2025

Education

Teachers accuse Mthuli Ncube of salary hike delay tactics

Staff Reporter - January 20, 2026

THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has criticised Finance Minister Prof Mthuli Ncube's assertion that salary increments for civil servants cannot...

Ministry to enforce 3-subject cap at A’ Level to restore exam ‘integrity’

January 18, 2026

Zimsec A-Level pass rate hits record 95.75 pc

January 9, 2026

Zimbabwe begins rollout of ICT devices to rural schools

January 6, 2026

One Tech Tip for Zimbabwean Students: How to Use AI Wisely for Schoolwork

December 27, 2025

Diaspora

UK visa rule changes spark alarm among Zimbabwean care workers

Staff Reporter - January 11, 2026

More than 21 000 Zimbabweans have been granted Health and Care Worker visas to work in the United Kingdom in recent years,...

South Africa Moves to Amend Immigration Laws, Raising Concerns Among Zimbabweans Living and Working in the Country

December 28, 2025

Landmark High Court Judgement Places Diaspora’s Properties on The Hammer

December 25, 2025

British Police appeal to find wanted Zimbabwean man

December 20, 2025

Zimbabwean identity thief jailed in UK

December 5, 2025

Science & Technology

8,000 remote primary and secondary schools to get Starlink

Staff Reporter - January 23, 2026

HARARE – The government has begun distributing Starlink satellite internet kits to about 8,000 primary and secondary schools without fibre connectivity, officials...

China Commences Second Phase of 6G Technical Trials

January 21, 2026

Netflix delivers solid 4th quarter, but stock sinks amid worries about slowing subscriber growth

January 21, 2026

A tech-driven recovery: Revitalising Zimbabwe’s industry

January 9, 2026

DeepSeek’s AI gains traction in developing nations, Microsoft report says

January 8, 2026

Enviroment & Cirular Economy

Flooding worsens in southern Mozambique – AIM report

Staff Reporter - January 22, 2026

Flooding in southern Mozambique worsened on Thursday, as torrential rains continued to fall in all the main river valleys. Of particularly concern is...