Politics
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Zimbabwe Rules Out Forced Conversion of Foreign Currency Accounts as Mono-Currency Shift Nears
Treasury and central bank officials have moved to reassure depositors that foreign currency account balances will not be compulsorily converted, as Harare prepares the ground for a mono-currency system and businesses weigh the risks to savings, pricing and long-term finance.
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Operation Chenesa Draws Murambatsvina Comparisons as Critics Question Zimbabwe’s Urban Crackdown
Two weeks into Operation Chenesa, Zimbabwe’s latest urban clean-up has displaced thousands of informal traders across Harare and other cities. Critics say the campaign mirrors the failures of Operation Murambatsvina in 2005, while authorities insist a formalisation drive will follow.
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Masvingo Plot Dispute: Woman and Toddler Held as Chivi North MP Row Escalates
A 42-year-old woman and her two-year-old baby spent a night in police cells after she resisted fencing on her Clipsham plot, spotlighting a wider land row involving Chivi North MP Godfrey Mukungunugwa and hundreds of residents facing eviction.
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Mahere Warns Professionals Against Chivayo Gifts As Uriri Rejects US$350k Package
Former MP Fadzayi Mahere says accepting gifts from politically connected individuals compromises independence, as Advocate Lewis Uriri declines a US$350,000 offer from Wicknell Chivayo.
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ZANU PF Seeks Quarter Share of Zimbabwe’s Nurse Training Places
A Masvingo provincial council meeting has resolved to demand that 25 percent of nurse training places at every hospital be reserved for ZANU PF nominees, prompting fresh questions about merit in public sector recruitment.
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Mnangagwa Hails Muzenda’s Legacy of Unity and Rural Development
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has praised the late former Vice President Simon Vengai Muzenda as a fearless liberation fighter whose enduring legacy of unity and rural development continues to inspire Zimbabweans.
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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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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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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.
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President Mnangagwa to Launch 259-Hectare Youth Housing Scheme at Munhumutapa Day in Mvurwi
Over 100,000 people are expected to gather in Mvurwi as President Mnangagwa launches a 259-hectare housing project for youths during Munhumutapa Day on September 15.
