Vendors in Ruwa were left counting heavy losses after the Ruwa Local Board deployed two bulldozers to raze informal vending stalls across non-designated trading areas on Tuesday. The sweeping blitz has placed the local authority’s enforcement of municipal bylaws in direct conflict with informal traders who insist that vending is their sole means of survival […]
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Great Zimbabwe’s residents turned old clay quarries below the Hill Complex into reservoirs that could hold at least 4.9 million gallons of water, and nearby clans still manage springs around the old stone city
Great Zimbabwe’s residents stored rain and groundwater in big hollows called dhaka pits. Those reservoirs could have held at least 4.9 million gallons (18,400 cubic meters), according to a team led by archaeologist Innocent Pikirayi of the University of Pretoria. The medieval stone city in southeastern Zimbabwe sits in a region that is short of […]
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Changing patterns of livelihood success in Zimbabwe’s old resettlement areas since the 1980s
It has been over 40 years since households were settled in the post-Independence Model A resettlement of Chavarove in Gutu district. Much has happened in the intervening years, and our research has aimed at finding out how different households have … Continue reading → …
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Mkhwanazi takes charge as SAPS probes organised crime in Tongaat Hulett collapse
The Provincial Commissioner of KwaZulu-Natal, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, who also co-ordinates the national fight against Organised Crime, has taken personal charge of an ongoing alleged organised crime criminal investigation into the liquidation of Tongaat Hulett.On Friday, Mkhwanazi convened a special closed-door meeting at the KZN headquarters in Durban, necessitated by an ongoing alleged Organised Crime […]
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President caps 3 496 at GZU . . . breaks ground for varsity’s permanent campus
George Maponga-Masvingo Bureau PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday capped 3 496 graduates at Great Zimbabwe University’s (GZU) 20th graduation ceremony, where he also broke ground and unveiled a commemorative plaque at the site of the institution’s new permanent campus near the Masvingo-Mutare highway. The groundbreaking marks the beginning of GZU’s planned relocation next year from its current […]
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ZESA launches door-to-door nationwide survey on household power use
ZESA Holdings has launched a nationwide Domestic Energy Survey and Load Profiling Study to collect data on household power usage. The two-month exercise, which will run throughout October and November 2026, will see research enumerators visiting selected homes in high-, medium- and low-density suburbs across the country. According to a public notice issued on 21 […]
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Children left behind: The silent victims of Zimbabwe’s rising intimate partner tragedies
HARARE – Amid a spike in intimate partner murders and suicides across Zimbabwe, a silent crisis is unfolding: children left behind to grapple with trauma, stigma, and uncertain futures. When one parent is murdered and the other imprisoned, children lose both caregivers. In murder-suicide cases, they are orphaned in an instant. Some witness the horrific […]
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Chivayo owed luxury car dealers $5 million as questions mount over estate
HARARE – Three major Harare car dealers are owed more than US$5 million by the late businessman Wicknell Chivayo, exposing the scale of the credit arrangements that underpinned his lavish vehicle giveaways, ZimLive has learnt. Exquisite Cars, Enterprise Car Sales and Faramatsi Motors are together owed about US$5.1 million, according to sources familiar with the […]
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How Winners Are Determined in New Online Casino Tournaments
The process of choosing winners in online casino tournaments is much simpler and more transparent than it may seem at first. Each participant plays a defined selection of slots, while the system automatically tracks their results and creates an overall leaderboard. Main Ways Tournament Points Are Awarded The method used to build the tournament ranking […]
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Zimbabwe moves up Africa’s largest economy rankings at $65.9 billion, but heavy US dollar reliance has not helped it match Tanzania’s growth
Zimbabwe has secured a place among Africa’s 15 largest economies, with gross domestic product (GDP) projected to reach $65.92 billion in 2026, supported by stronger mining activity, agricultural recovery and higher gold export earnings despite longstanding currency and debt challenges. Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan (left) and Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa (right). Tanzania’s economy is […]
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