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Zimbabwe govt warns Chinese firms over illicit deals
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 16, 2025
The Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has issued a sharp and public rebuke to Chinese businesses operating in Zimbabwe, warning them to immediately halt illicit financial activities, environmental violations, and the flouting of local laws...
A Giant Leap for African Unity: Kenya’s historic Visa-Free policy and the Trans African tourism and unity campaign
Joy FM
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July 15, 2025
Today, July 13, 2025, marks a historic milestone in Africa’s journey toward unity and free movement. Kenya has taken a bold and transformative step by eliminating all visa requirements and the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) for citizens of...
Zimbabwe's ex-foreign minister Walter Mzembi jailed after spending years in South Africa
IOL
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July 15, 2025
A court in Zimbabwe has dismissed Zimbabwe’s former foreign affairs minister Walter Mzembi’s application challenging his placement on remand, extending his detention. State-owned The Herald newspaper reported that Harare regional magistrate Donald...
Pirate taxis continue to wreak havoc on Zimbabwe's roads
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 15, 2025
Zimbabwe's roads remain a death trap as pirate taxis, commonly known as Mushikashika, continue to wreak havoc through reckless driving, causing chaos, traffic congestion, and endangering the lives of innocent commuters daily. Despite repeated...
Fastjet launches students fares on Harare-Lusaka route
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 15, 2025
News / National by Staff reporter 7 hrs ago | Views Award-winning budget airline, Fastjet Zimbabwe, has announced the introduction of discounted student fares on its newly launched Harare to Lusaka route, as part of its ongoing commitment to...
Sports Events and Their Role in Driving Local Economic Growth
The Zimbabwean
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July 16, 2025
Major sports events bring more than just matches. They create a short-term economic shift in the areas where they take place. Local vendors, transport providers, and hospitality services often see a sharp rise in daily sales. Many economic reports...
Zimbabwe moves to decentralise treatment of cancer
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 13, 2025
Stakeholders in Zimbabwe's health sector have commended the Government for taking significant steps to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment, with plans now in motion to decentralise services beyond Harare and Bulawayo. The initiative is being...
Zim ready to host Southern Region Senior Athletics Championships
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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The championships run under the theme, One Track. One Region. One Dream. ZIMBABWE is ready to host the Southern Region Senior Athletics Championships from July 26 to 27 at the University of Zimbabwe Stadium, the National Athletics Association of...
Territorial dispute worsens Zim students’ predicament in Cyprus
Zimbabwe Independent
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File pic: students at a campus THE predicament of Zimbabwean students incarcerated in Northern Cyprus after being duped into subscribing to fake scholarship programmes has been worsened by a long-standing territorial dispute between Turkey and...
Zimbabwe's 2 rotten apples
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 11, 2025
One of life's greatest follies is assuming that what matters to us matters equally to others. That our fears are shared, our desires understood, our sense of decency mutual. Quite the contrary, reality proves stranger. That which disgusts you may...
‘Econet Victoria Falls marathon showcases Zimbabwe’s global tourism appeal’
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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Participants from as far afield as Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Australia, Kenya and South Africa converged on the resort town – which attained city status in 2020 – for the annual race, held against the backdrop of one of the Seven...
Zacc on awareness campaign in Beitbridge
Southern Eye
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THREE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) commissioners were recently in Beitbridge on an awareness campaign targeting different stakeholders, including travellers THREE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) commissioners were recently...
Zimbabwe's Kundai Matigimu punished for throwing the ball at Proteas’ Lhuan-dre Pretorius
IOL
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Zimbabwe's fast bowler Kundai Matigimu has been fined 15% of his match fee after throwing the ball at Proteas’ batter Lhuan-dre Pretorius in the second Test at Queen’s Sports Club in Bulawayo. Matigimu, who was making his Test debut, was found...
Econet hands over smart homes, cars & solar systems to lucky customers
Zimbabwe Independent
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Econet Deputy CEO Roy Chimanikire (left) cuts the ribbon as he officially handed over a brand-new smart home won by Loveness Zimwenje (centre) as Chief Commercial & Products Officer Edith Matekaire, looks on Econet Wireless Zimbabwe on Friday...
Truck Driver Vanishes With 26 Tonnes of Fertiliser Destined for George Charamba’s Farm
The Zimbabwe Newslive
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July 15, 2025
HARARE – A truck driver is on the run after allegedly disappearing with 26 tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertiliser worth over US$17,000, which was meant for delivery to the Battlefields farm of Deputy Chief Secretary and presidential spokesperson...
Promoting West Africa through Travel, Trade
This Day
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July 11, 2025
Recently West African leaders met in Abuja for the inauguration of West African Economic Summit where Nigeria pushed for the removal of structural and policy bottlenecks in travel and trade in order to boost economic growth of the sub-region....
Zimbabwe women's bank opens 11 000 accounts in 2024
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 8, 2025
The Zimbabwe Women Microfinance Bank (ZWMB) opened 11,120 new savings accounts in 2024 as part of the Government's ongoing push to promote financial inclusion and empower marginalized groups - particularly women and youth - across the country. The...
Zimbabwean who went from earning R1,500 to R5m per month
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 8, 2025
July Ndlovu went from a rural village in Zimbabwe to becoming the CEO of Thungela Resources, one of South Africa's most successful coal mining companies. He began his career as a graduate trainee engineer, earning R1,500 per month, but ultimately...
APEX Travel Zimbabwe: A decade of grit, growth, and guts in entrepreneurship
New Zimbabwe
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July 10, 2025
By Anna Chibamu Born in 1989 as the youngest and only son in a family of three, Tanaka “Tank” Mupfurutsa has remained steadfast in his pursuit of business success, undeterred by the unpredictable highs and lows of entrepreneurship. While his...
'Magical' moment as primary pupils package 7,500 meals for Zimbabwean children
St. Helens Star
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Working alongside the Feed The Hungry charity and Newton-le-Willows Rotary Club, Wargrave primary school pupils have been busy making and packing nutritionally balanced rice meals that will be shipped all the way to Zimbabwe. With the Million Meal...