National News
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‘Gogo Doesn’t Know Me Anymore’: Zimbabwe’s Dementia Care Crisis
As dementia cases rise in Zimbabwe, families struggle without support. A poignant story of a grandson’s heartbreak highlights the urgent need for awareness and care.
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Zimbabwe News Roundup: Elephant Attack, CDF Case and Masvingo Football Turmoil
A fatal elephant attack at Spurwing Island, a stalled Constituency Development Fund trial and a Masvingo football club in crisis headline Zimbabwe’s news on September 19, 2026.
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Coltart Warns Gwayi-Shangani Pipeline Could Take 217 Years to Reach Bulawayo
Bulawayo mayor David Coltart says the 252km Gwayi-Shangani pipeline would need 217 years to finish at last year’s funding pace, even as construction of the dam itself races ahead.
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Note Found While Packing Nurse’s Belongings Deepens Rift Between Chirara and Muduva Families
A note said to have been left by nurse Lyliosa Chirara, who allegedly killed her husband, ZHRC Commissioner Martin Muduva, before taking her own life, surfaced while her clothes were being packed for burial in Njanja — igniting a fresh dispute between the two families.
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DStv to Switch Off ZTN Prime on 30 September as Zimpapers Goes Digital
ZTN Prime disappears from DStv Channel 294 at 23:59 CAT on 30 September 2026, closing a four-year run and marking a decisive shift by Zimpapers towards internet-delivered broadcasting.
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Zimbabwe Cuts Vending Hours in All 92 Councils as Opposition Accuses Zanu PF of Betrayal
New rules cap street trading in central business districts and extend a nationwide cleanup campaign, but opposition parties say the crackdown punishes workers pushed into the informal economy.
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Zimbabwe Declares War on Illegal Vending as Clean-Up Campaign Widens Nationwide
Government says the clean-up drive is a permanent programme rather than a one-off operation, as new trading hours and abatement orders take effect across all 92 local authorities.
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Zimbabwe’s Unfinished Business: Gwayi-Shangani Pipeline on a 217-Year Timeline as 226 State Projects Stall
Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart warns the 252km Gwayi-Shangani pipeline could take 217 years to finish at current funding rates, spotlighting a national pattern of stalled public projects that now number at least 226.
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Crippling $2.7m Debt Leaves Zimbabwe Hospitals Without Essential Medicines
Zimbabwe’s public health sector is on the brink of a drug supply collapse as hospitals in Matabeleland alone owe the state pharmaceutical distributor nearly US$2.7 million, leaving basic medicines like paracetamol and insulin critically scarce.
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Munhumutapa Day Row Deepens as Historians Challenge Great Zimbabwe Claims
Zimbabwe’s new Munhumutapa Day holiday has triggered a heated argument over how the country remembers its pre-colonial past, with critics disputing the claim that the Mutapa Empire built Great Zimbabwe and questioning why the date falls on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s birthday.
