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Zimbabwe explores nuclear as alternative energy source

Davison Kaiyo HARARE – Zimbabwe is set to develop nuclear energy as an alternative source of energy as the country takes measures to mitigate against...
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Govt tenders out ZISCO, again

Davison Kaiyo Government has re-opened bids for the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company, seeking investors who would be interested in funding the resuscitation of this...
The COVID-19 pandemic has become a source factor of gender-based violence in Zimbabwe

COVID-19 brings new narrative to GBV

Herzel Mushayabasa/Sharon Chikwanha An increase in child marriages and teenage pregnancies during the global COVID-19 pandemic has brought another twist to gender-based violence, it has...
The Zim Achievers Awards were held successfully in Botswana although the flagship awards in the UK had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Zim Achievers UK nominations open

Herzel Mushayabasa Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) has opened the nomination platform for the 10th Annual edition of ZAA UK set to be held on 11...
Zimbabwe is losing its forests due to logging, fuelwood harvesting, unsustainable agricultural activities, mining, urbanization, timber production and forest fires

Zim losing 260 000ha of forests annually – Minister

Edson Mapani Zimbabwe is losing at least 260 000 hectares of forests annually amid concern from government which has called on for the curtailing of...

Kariba hydro-electricity water allocation review set for June

Sydney Kawadza Water levels in Lake Kariba continue to rise increasing by about 25 percent in the past month, the Zambezi River Authority has said. The...
The National Assembly passed the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2 and it is currently being debated in the Senate

Traditional leaders against lobola proposal

Nyasha Kunyiswa Zimbabwean traditional leaders have rejected a proposal on the removal of lobola payments as proposed in the Marriage Bill currently under debate in...
SADC officials have distance themselves from a leaked strategy paper calling for a 3,000 strong intervention force to defeat Islamist insurgents in Cabo Delgado in Mozambique

The gathering crisis in Mozambique

R.W. Johnson Things are moving fast in the jihadist insurgency in the Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique. Clearly aware that the multi-billion dollar gas investment by...
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister monica Mutsvangwa has announced that government would be guided by national interests when procuring COVID-19 vaccines

Govt reviews passport fees

Staff Writer Government has reviewed passport fees with Zimbabweans now expected to fork out at least US$60 for an ordinary passport. Addressing journalists in Harare after...
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has extended the suspension of elections until further notice

ZEC extends suspension of by-elections

Sharon Chikwanha/Edson Mapani/Harzel Mushayabasa The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has extended the suspension of holding of bi-elections while waiting for further guidance from government. In a...