HARARE – A rights activist has approached the Constitutional Court seeking to have the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Act No. 1 of 2025 struck down, arguing that the law was passed in violation of the Constitution and parliamentary procedures. In an application filed on December 24, 2025, Youngerson Matete cited Parliament of Zimbabwe, the…
MUTARE – A body mix-up at Nyaradzo Funeral Services in Mutare has left a Chipinge family traumatised after they unknowingly buried the wrong person, a 100-year-old woman, instead of their 85-year-old relative. The blunder was uncovered when relatives of the centenarian were later presented with the body of the 85-year-old woman and refused to accept…
GWERU – Shesham Football Club midfielder Frankson Bushiri died in a horror accident in Gweru early Sunday after his vehicle careered off the road, hit a fence and a tree which cut the vehicle in half. Witnesses said the former TelOne player was unrecognisable after the 6AM crash. He was driving into Gweru from Kwekwe…
MASVINGO – A controversial traditional leader on Sunday blocked parents from dropping off their children at a newly established boarding school in Masvingo, allegedly after the institution refused to enrol his children free of charge. Ephias Munodawafa, the current Chief Murinye, parked his government-issued Isuzu vehicle, which had no number plates, across the road leading…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s prisons are holding nearly 10,000 inmates beyond their designed capacity, prompting Prosecutor General Loice Matanda-Moyo to issue a sweeping directive urging prosecutors to aggressively pursue bail, fines and community service instead of custodial sentences. In an internal memo dated January 7, 2026, seen by ZimLive, Matanda-Moyo revealed that the country’s prison population…
HARARE – Superdad Temba Mliswa says he has confirmed through DNA testing that some of his reported 20 children are not biologically his. The former Norton MP says he has elected to continue supporting the children even as he admits that “it’s hard.” Mliswa previously admitted to having 19 children with 10 women. “Some of…
HARARE — Chief Justice Luke Malaba has warned that acute shortages of judges, magistrates and support staff are undermining effective justice delivery, despite major investments in decentralising the courts over the past decade. Officially opening the 2026 legal year in Harare on Monday, Malaba said deploying the correct number of competent staff at every court…
Bafana Bafana edged Zimbabwe 3-2 in Marrakesh to book a round of 16 spot in the ongoing 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Soccer-Bafana/Zim MAINSouth Africa fought hard to beat Zimbabwe 3-2 and book their spot in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations round of 16.South Africa and Zimbabwe put on a proper show during an…