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Time to reform the National Heroes selection process in Zimbabwe
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 7, 2025
Thank you for bestowing National Hero status on Dr. Sydney Zikuzo Gata, a well-decorated engineer and a true patriot. This honour is well deserved. I had the privilege of working closely with Dr. Gata during my time as an investment banker at...
WBD-owned ThreeNow picks up rights to Black Caps Zimbabwe tour
Sportcal
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July 7, 2025
ThreeNow, the New Zealand streaming service owned by media giant Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), has secured the broadcast rights to 2025 international action from the country’s Black Caps cricket national team. Starting on July 14, the Black Caps...
Zambia's cyber laws: Safety or surveillance?
Deutsche Welle
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July 7, 2025
It has been almost three months since Zambia's president, Hakainde Hichilema, signed the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Acts of 2025 into law. His supporters hailed the laws, calling them progressive, and said they would help fight digital crimes...
Swapping green soap for food: Rural Zimbabweans fight to survive in a broken system - Cathy Buckle
BizNews
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The government stipulates that all maize must be sold to the GMB (Grain Marketing Board), saying it’s illegal to sell maize privately and you can be fined or have your crop confiscated if you do. The government owns the GMB and this year the fixed...
Business News | Industry-government Collaboration Key to Solving Rare Minerals Dependencies: CII President
Latestly
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July 6, 2025
By Shailesh Yadav New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Collaboration between industry and government which proved successful in semiconductors, will be the key to addressing rare minerals dependencies according to president of the Confederation of...
Zimbabwe’s media under siege: editor Faith Zaba released on bail after arrest for satire
The Zimbabwean
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July 6, 2025
Zimbabwe Independent editor Faith Zaba, who had been arrested and detained in the country’s capital on 1 July on allegations of undermining the authority of, or insulting the president, was granted bail on Friday, 4 July, after having been...
Zimbabwe abolishes decades-old dual exchange rate controls
The Zimbabwean
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July 6, 2025
Zimbabwe abolishes decades-old dual exchange rate controls© IntelliNews The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe announced the decision through a statutory instrument, marking the end of controls imposed over the past two decades to force the use of local...
Zambia's cyber laws: concerning or necessary?
Deutsche Welle
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July 7, 2025
It has been almost three months since Zambia's president, Hakainde Hichilema, signed the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Acts of 2025 into law. His supporters hailed the laws, calling them progressive, and said they would help fight digital crimes...
Harare Institute's Bulawayo campus opens 2025 intake
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 6, 2025
The Harare Institute of Public Health (HIPH) has announced the opening of applications for its August 2025 intake at its Bulawayo campus, with classes set to begin on August 4. The expansion to Bulawayo marks a significant milestone for the...
Mai TT slapped with US$100,000 lawsuit
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 7, 2025
Controversial Zimbabwean comedienne Felistas Murata, popularly known as Mai TT, is facing a US$100,000 defamation lawsuit from Harare businesswoman Shingai Ziwange-Jere, the wife of Murehwa West legislator and CAPS United Football Club owner,...
How Oct. 7 shaped a film about Zimbabwe’s Civil War
Forward
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July 7, 2025
Embeth Davidtz, Lexi Venter and Rob Van Vuuren in Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight. Photo by Coco Van Oppens. Courtsey of Sony Pictures Classics. By PJ Grisar July 7, 2025 Embeth Davidtz remembers the violence — and the fear. When she was 8, she...
Zimbabwe govt to settle parastatal debt
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 6, 2025
The Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion says it is intensifying efforts to settle mounting debts owed to state-owned enterprises (SOEs), including telecoms giant TelOne and power utility Zesa, as part of a broader...
Zimbabwe, Neighbours Face HIV/AIDS Crisis as US Freezes Key Funding
NGO Africa Watch
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July 6, 2025
Zimbabwe and its southern African neighbours are bracing for a severe HIV/AIDS funding shock after the United States abruptly froze its foreign aid programme, including the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The halt to US...
Zimbabwe media | Editor granted bail after days in jail
eNCA
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HARARE - Zimbabwe Independent editor Faith Zaba is free after days in jail. Her crime? Allegedly insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a satirical column, that branded him "the head of a mafia state". READ: Zim editor granted bail after days...
General Synod courts presidential candidates
The Nation Malawi
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July 7, 2025
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) General Synod has courted presidential candidates in the September 16 General Election to national prayers on July 12 in Mzuzu. To be held at St Andrew’s CCAP in Mzuzu, the prayers will attract the...
Zimbabwean consumer sector poised for improvement amid rising costs, tax pressures
IOL
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Tawanda Karombo|Published 18 minutes ago 3min Tawanda Karombo An uplift in volumes has been projected for Zimbabwean consumer companies despite rising cost structures, a volatile policy and monetary environment as well as higher taxation, say...
Zimbabwe US$4 million heist suspects arrested in South Africa
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 6, 2025
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed the arrest of two key suspects in connection with the high-profile US$4 million Ecobank robbery that shocked the nation in October 2024. Abraham Temenfi Vumbunu and Elijah Temayi Vumbunu were...
UK: We are changing the narrative – says Madzingo as Reading honours Zim-born mayor
New Zimbabwe
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July 7, 2025
By Gilbert Nyambabvu The recent election of Zimbabwe-born researcher, Dr Alice Mpofu-Coles, as mayor in the south-east of English city of Reading is emblematic of the shifting narrative about Africans in the diaspora as they become high achievers...
Zimbabwe doesn't need a Preacher - It needs a Champion
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 6, 2025
Nelson Chamisa is back. After months of political silence and speculation, the former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader has re-emerged, promising a new political vehicle and a "cleaner, fit-for-purpose" strategy. His return has sparked...
Harare woman forges academic certificate to study in Ukraine
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 6, 2025
A 29-year-old woman from Harare has been spared jail after she was convicted of forging an academic certificate in a bid to pursue university studies in Ukraine. Cindy Mutswatiwa was sentenced to 24 months in prison for forgery and fraud, but the...