OK Zim on the brink: Time to act is now
The financial picture underscores the urgency. A funding gap remains. Asset disposals have yet to fully materialise.
By The Zimbabwe Independent
Feb. 13, 2026
Midlands records 117% increase in rain-induced accidents
Last year, 17 people lost their lives compared to 37 this year, marking an increase of 117% in rain-related accidents.
By Stephen Chadenga
Feb. 13, 2026
MSU expands food and beverages business unit
The MSU Food and Processing Plant, established in 2021, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, was initially designed to meet the university’s internal supply needs.
By Business Reporter
Feb. 12, 2026
Rogue cops undermining Zim’s tourism drive
Minister Barbara Rwodzi recently travelled more than 300km to Chimanimani in the Eastern Highlands to personally meet South African traveller and influencer George Van Deventer
By Newsday
Feb. 12, 2026
Govt pushes to restore 250 000ha of wetlands
GOVERNMENT has called for a coordinated, whole-of-community approach to protecting and rehabilitating Zimbabwe’s wetlands, as the nation targets restoring 250 000 hectares of degraded wetlands
By Obert Siamilandu
Feb. 4, 2026
Police block Gukurahundi commemorations
POLICE on Saturday blocked commemorations scheduled for Silobela, Midlands province, which were intended to remember 10 victims killed in the area during the Gukurahundi era.
By Staff Reporter
Feb. 4, 2026
Wetlands vanishing faster than forests, Zimbabwe sounds alarm
Looking ahead, Zimbabwe has committed to restoring 250,000 hectares of degraded wetlands and designating five new Ramsar Sites by 2030, adding to the seven sites already listed.
By Nunurai Jena
Feb. 3, 2026
Sugar is the new tobacco for your teeth: Reading the hidden labels on our daily food
In our modern food landscape, sugar is the new tobacco for your teeth a pervasive, addictive and silently destructive agent embedded in the very staples we consider safe, even healthy.
By Patience Matambo
Jan. 30, 2026
Wetlands sustain life, mitigate climate change
This year’s commemorations will be held under the theme Wetlands and Traditional Knowledge: Celebrating Cultural Heritage.
By Pride Nyamupangedengu
Jan. 29, 2026
