Harare Bets US$818m Budget on Water, Roads and Better Services

The City of Harare has proposed an US$818.3 million budget for 2027 with nearly half of the funding earmarked for water and sanitation as the local authority seeks to tackle persistent service delivery challenges. Presenting the…

Mutare Supervisor Jailed for US$16k Workplace Fraud

A 25-year-old woman from Mutare has been sentenced to an effective two years in prison after defrauding her employer of US$16 241.05 by falsifying daily cash sales records over a period of four months. Michellene Muzenda,…

CCC, Govt Open Talks on Councillors’ Welfare, Trader Demolitions

The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it has engaged the Government over the welfare of local authority councillors and the controversial demolition of unauthorised structures affecting informal traders. The discussions were held in Bulawayo on…

‘Dream On’: CAA3 Implementation Gathers Pace

The government has declared the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 3) Act, 2026 (CAA3) irreversible, insisting that the constitutional changes have passed all legally prescribed stages and are now firmly at the implementation stage, despite repeated…

‘We underestimated Zimbabwe,’ says Varun Beverages CEO

Varun Beverages chief executive officer Vijay Kumar Bahl says the company underestimated demand in the local market when it began operations in 2018, having initially based its projections on India’s population of 1.4 billion people, a…

Lands Committee Calls for Increased Funding to Boost Agriculture

By Anyway Yotamu Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development chairperson Felix Soul Maburutse has called for increased funding and stronger coordination among government ministries to unlock the country’s agricultural potential and…