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President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to officially open the Fourth National Education Summit Zimbabwe in Bulawayo later this month, as key stakeholders push for bold and practical reforms to modernise the country’s education sector. The four-day summit, scheduled for May 27 to 30 at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair grounds, will be held under the […]
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially sworn in Elizabeth Gwaunza as Zimbabwe’s Chief Justice and Paddington Garwe as Deputy Chief Justice during a high-level ceremony held at State House. The ceremony also marked the swearing in of a new Auditor-General and members of the Health Service Commission as government intensifies efforts to strengthen public institutions and […]
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has intensified its nationwide crackdown on stock theft and illegal meat trading, resulting in the arrest of more than 3,400 suspects during a major countrywide operation. Police said the operation, code-named “Batai Mbavha Dzemombe Nembudzi / Flash Out Cattle and Goat Rustlers,” was launched on April 28, 2026, as part of […]
Zimbabwe’s school sports sector has received a major boost after the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education entered into a US$200,000 partnership with Better Brands to revive grassroots athletics and strengthen youth talent development nationwide. The landmark investment is set to rejuvenate the National Association of Secondary Heads (NASH) sports programme, long regarded as the […]
China has confirmed that United States President Donald Trump will visit the country from 13 to 15 May for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping amid ongoing tensions between the world’s two largest economies. The visit will be the first by a US president to China in nearly a decade and comes as both countries […]
Zimbabwe’s official gold reserves have risen to 4.4 tonnes, a milestone President Emmerson Mnangagwa says positions the country among Africa’s leading holders of state-backed gold reserves and reinforces efforts to stabilise the national economy. Addressing the ZANU PF Politburo during a briefing on the state of the economy, President Mnangagwa revealed that Zimbabwe now ranks […]
Zimbabwe’s Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Zhemu Soda, yesterday met senior officials from China’s National Radio and Television Administration in Beijing to discuss cooperation aimed at modernising Zimbabwe’s media sector. The meeting took place at the Academy for International Business Officials (AIBO) on the sidelines of a specialised media development seminar attended by […]
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee yesterday carried out its fourth verification and oversight visit of entities under the Mutapa Investment Fund at Freda Rebecca Gold Mine in Bindura, as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen transparency, accountability, and governance within strategic State-linked enterprises. The high-level oversight mission was attended by Minister of State for Mashonaland […]
ZANU PF First Secretary and President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has appointed General (Rtd) Philip Valerio Sibanda to the ruling party’s Politburo with immediate effect. The appointment was announced in a statement issued on May 11, 2026, by the party’s Department of Information and Publicity. According to the statement, the appointment was […]
Zimbabwe is accelerating its nationwide irrigation expansion programme as part of broader efforts to build a climate-resilient agricultural sector and secure long-term national food self-sufficiency. Under the country’s Vision 2030 development agenda, Government aims to increase land under irrigation from about 216,000 hectares to 350,000 hectares by 2030, a target expected to guarantee annual maize […]
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