Category: National News
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Femicide Crisis: Shamwari Yemwanasikana Wants Intimate Partner Killings Declared a National Emergency
A girls’ empowerment organisation says at least 13 women and children were killed in Zimbabwean homes between June and September 2026, and is pressing the Zimbabwe Gender Commission to escalate what it calls a femicide crisis to the highest offices in the land.
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Zimbabwe Launches National Speed Monitoring System to Tighten Grip on Public Transport
Government has commissioned the National Speed Monitoring System in Harare, a platform designed to track how public service vehicles move and operate across the country as authorities move to curb reckless driving and improve accountability in the transport sector.
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Harare Orders Property Owners to Spruce Up Premises as Councillor Seeks Probe into Ashdown Park Evictions
City Hall has told owners of all buildings and developments in Harare to bring their premises up to standard, while a Harare West councillor demands answers over the Ashdown Park Extension eviction dispute that has left home seekers exposed.
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Police warn Harare job seekers after Gokwe woman is lured via WhatsApp and attacked in Kuwadzana
A WhatsApp job offer that brought a 27-year-old woman from Gokwe to Harare ended in robbery and gang rape in Kuwadzana, prompting a nationwide caution from the Zimbabwe Republic Police.
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‘Gogo doesn’t know me anymore’: Zimbabwe families carry the hidden burden of dementia
Across Zimbabwe, families are watching grandparents lose their memories — and discovering there is almost nowhere to turn for diagnosis, respite or support.
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Dzivarasekwa axe killing: suicide note found while packing for burial deepens family rift
A note said to have been written by nurse Lyliosa Chirara before she took her own life has widened the breach between her family and that of her late husband, Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission commissioner Martin Muduva, after it was reportedly found among her clothes as relatives prepared her body for burial in Njanja.
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DStv to Drop ZTN Prime on 30 September as Zimpapers Goes Digital
ZTN Prime will vanish from DStv Channel 294 at the end of September, closing a four-year run and forming part of a Zimpapers overhaul that puts 154 jobs at risk.
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Harare Vendor Crackdown: Zanu PF Accused of Betrayal as Tensions Rise
Harare and Chitungwiza vendors face a fierce crackdown as new operating hours take effect, with opposition parties accusing Zanu PF of abandoning the informal traders it once courted.
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Harare Vendors Ordered to Pack Up by 6pm as Government Widens Clean-Up Drive
Informal traders in Harare’s central business district must close by 6pm and those in residential suburbs by 8pm under new nationwide trading hours, while property owners face abatement orders over dilapidated buildings.
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Harare Vendors Given 60 Days to Formalise as Government Pairs Amnesty with City Clean-Up
Cabinet has approved a 60-day one-stop formalisation drive for Harare’s informal traders, backed by a US$ investment in vending infrastructure and a tougher line on illegal vending and dilapidated buildings.
