Ezra Sibanda survives horror crash on Gweru-Bulawayo road

Zimbabwe hosts the 2011 Africom Zim Open this week, with a US$500 000 purse, top Sunshine Tour golfers and all qualifiers held on home soil in Harare.

BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins has branded Apple's iPhone outdated on the eve of the Z10's US launch, saying the device fails at multitasking while BlackBerry allows users to flow between applications.

Exiled Kwekwe activist Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo accuses Robert Mugabe of death threats and demands an ICC trial, in a letter that hands ammunition to Zimbabwe's enemies.

Minister Daniel Garwe says no law authorizes house demolitions, yet Operation Chenesa has flattened more than 16,500 structures, leaving families to ask who answers for the rubble.

Shona speaking ECD teachers had job offers withdrawn in Gwanda after activists demanded their removal, raising fears of tribal gatekeeping in Zimbabwe's schools.

Zimbabwe's Ministry of Transport has published draft e-hailing regulations covering inDrive, Bolt and Tap & Go, with strict rules on drivers, vehicles, data and fares.

Zimbabwe's PAAB and the UK's Financial Reporting Council have signed a mutual recognition agreement letting qualified Zimbabwean auditors practise in the UK without requalifying.

Harare's US$818.3 million budget for 2027 caps backyard chickens at 25 in townships while allowing elites 405, as El Niño drought looms.

Tarrystone Estate in Cape Town, where Princess Diana stayed before meeting Nelson Mandela in 1997, is on sale for R150 million, a record price for Constantia.

Nehanda Radio's coup speculation over Constitutional Amendment No. 3 exposes old habits, but Zimbabwe's institutions must settle succession, not soldiers or foreign agendas.

Parliament has passed a Bill forcing every government department to consult the PRAZ blacklist before awarding tenders, ending the era of defaulting contractors recycling through public contracts.

Hwange Central MP Daniel Molokele urged opposition unity behind Nelson Chamisa before a packed Dudley audience, while CAB3 and the diaspora's role dominated questions.

The City of Harare and developer Everson Loony have agreed to halt all construction on the Borrowdale West wetland until the High Court rules on an urgent application by conservationists.

A Harare motorist was fined for driving through a green light and spent four hours at Mbare Police Station before being told no offence existed, exposing broken coordination between ZINARA, CVR and police.

<p>Zimbabwe's State-owned Mutapa Energy Resources has broken ground on a US$330 million lithium processing plant at Sandawana, Mberengwa, ahead of the December 2026 ban on raw concentrate exports.</p>

Beatrice Mtetwa and BirdLife Zimbabwe want an urgent order halting construction on the Borrowdale West wetland, which feeds Lake Manyame, Harare's major water source.

Zimbabwe's Health Ministry has warned of dehydration, heat exhaustion and deadly heatstroke as El Niño drives above-normal temperatures into the 2026/2027 season.

The High Court has ordered ZIMRA to release a trailer seized from Bluelight Logistics during an anti-smuggling operation, ruling the company was negligent but did not intend to smuggle goods.

A Bulawayo24 News commentary asks how Zimbabwe's uneducated parents raised doctors while degree-holders raise drug addicts.

A national proposal demands duty-free vehicle imports for all Zimbabweans in 2027, ending privileges reserved for civil servants, MPs and councillors.

</p><p>For Zimbabwe's research workers, the message is blunt: a dollar debt that passes through our courts can be paid back in local currency at the stroke of a statutory instrument.

Zimbabwean-born nurse Chris Dzikiti now leads professional standards at the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council, regulating nearly 868,000 professionals.

A Zimbabwean widow confesses in Bulawayo24 News how an illicit n'anga's love potion laced with mercury killed her husband, and how she rebuilt her life to reach the University of Zimbabwe after independence.

Presidential Envoy Uebert Angel has publicly defended Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, condemning attacks on him and warning Zimbabweans against joining Marry Mubaiwa's criticism of her former husband.

Zanu PF's Chinhoyi conference resolutions of October 2026 extend the congress to 2029, reigniting the Mnangagwa versus Chiwenga feud that mirrors the 2017 fallout.

Total Football Academy has won the Excellence in Football Development & Sports Training Award at the 2026 Munhumutapa Exhibition Awards in Harare.

Two blockchain analytics firms blame North Korea's Lazarus Group for the record $6.3 billion Binance theft, exposing the failure of Western sanctions and financial surveillance.

Activists say Zimbabwe's Termination of Pregnancy Act exists on paper but the lawful pathway is buried in red tape, pushing poor and rural women into unsafe backstreet procedures.

Harare financial group Bard Santner held talks with Mauritian President Dharambeer Gokhool in Port Louis, positioning the island as a gateway for African investment and deepening Zimbabwe financial reach.