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Zimbabwe gold exports jump 25% in June
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 4, 2025
Zimbabwe's gold exports soared by 24 percent in the first five months of 2025, reaching US$748 million compared to US$599.2 million during the same period in 2024, according to figures released by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). The growth...
Zimbabwe Independent editor Faith Zaba granted US$200 bail
New Zimbabwe
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July 4, 2025
4th July 2025 News Headlines By Mary Taruvinga Zimbabwe Independent editor Faith Zaba has been granted US$200 bail by Harare magistrate Vakayi Chikwekwe. Zaba is charged with undermining the authority of the President following the publication of...
Zimbabwe Independent editor Zaba granted US$200 bail
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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Zaba is being charged with ‘undermining or insulting’ President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a satirical column published under the pseudonym “The Muckraker” last Friday. HARARE, Jul 4 (NewsDay Live) – Zimbabwe Independent editor, Faith Zaba was on...
Zimbabwe Gold Deliveries Up 22.3% in June, 36.6% in Q2 on ASM Growth
Mining Zimbabwe
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July 4, 2025
Zimbabwe’s gold sector recorded a significant resurgence in June 2025, with total deliveries to Fidelity Gold Refinery (FGR) increasing by 22.3% month-on-month (MoM) to 4,265.4926 kilograms, up from 3,488.0623 kg in May, Mining Zimbabwe can...
Zimbabwean man arrested while driving stolen R2. 5 million Nissan Patrol towards Beitbridge
IOL
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Police in Limpopo have intercepted and recovered a high-performance luxury sport utility vehicle, valued at over R2.5 million, during a targeted anti-smuggling operation. The anti-crime blitz was conducted by the South African Police Service...
City Of Harare Dismisses Media Report On 24-Hour Parking As Fabrication
The Zimbabwean
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July 4, 2025
The City stressed that any changes to parking regulations would be communicated transparently through official channels. In a public notice issued on Thursday, 03 July, the local authority clarified that no such policy has ever been proposed or...
SA gears up for epic weekend of sport
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 4, 2025
Springboks, Proteas, and the Durban July headline a weekend of world-class sport and entertainment. If you are a sports fan, then there is probably no better time than the first weekend of July. Our national rugby team host Italy at Loftus...
Power outage at Harare court stalls bail bid for arrested Zim Independent editor Faith Zaba
IOL
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Editor of Zimbabwe Independent newspaper, Faith Zaba, has spent the third night behind bars after the Zimbabwe Republic Police arrested her on charges of allegedly undermining the authority of or insulting the president. Her bail application was...
Artistic ambition and palatable politics: Ithell Colquhoun and John Luke wrestle with 'Judith beheading Holofernes' at the Slade in the 1920s
ART UK
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In times of political flux, art schools often reflect the wider tensions playing out in society. Such was the case in 1929, when students at the Slade School of Fine Art competed for the prestigious annual Summer Composition Prize. As they...
Mini festival as DHP students screen films on graduation day
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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Dream Hous Pictures (DHP) STER Kinekor cinema at Joina City in Harare last Saturday played host to a remarkable celebration of the graduation of 20 students who completed a four-month Hollywood hands-on filmmaking course at the Dream Hous Pictures...
Chipo the Gift Season 4 brings transforming entertainment
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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Chipo the Gift Season 4 ZIMBABWE’S favourite prime-time drama Chipo the Gift Season 4 is back with a bang. The new season started showing on ZTV last Monday, ushering in a wave of emotionally-charged storytelling that promises not just to...
Harare dismisses reports of 24-hour parking fees
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 3, 2025
News / National by Staff reporter 1 hr ago | Views The City of Harare has firmly denied reports circulating in local media and on social platforms suggesting that it is planning to introduce a 24-hour parking fee regime in the Central Business...
Durban FilmMart 2025 Focuses on Global South Collaboration and Inclusion
News Ghana
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July 4, 2025
The Durban FilmMart (DFM) industry programme, running July 18-21, 2025, at Durban’s Elangeni Hotel, will spotlight pan-African and Global South film collaboration under the theme Bridges not Borders: Stories That Unite. Key sessions address...
Harare woman fined for cyberbullying
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 3, 2025
A Harare woman has been fined US$120 after being convicted of cyberbullying her neighbour, whom she accused of being a prostitute and a husband-snatcher in a text message. Media Mashiri was found guilty by Harare provincial magistrate Mr...
Zimbabwean Editor Zaba Arrested for Allegedly Insulting Mnangagwa
All Africa
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July 3, 2025
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and several media freedom organisations have called on Zimbabwean authorities to release Faith Zaba, editor of the Zimbabwe Independent, who was arrested on July 1 over a satirical column that allegedly...
Zimbabwe authorities arrest newspaper editor on charges of insulting the president
The Zimbabwean
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July 3, 2025
“This case sends the message that Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his administration are so fragile that they are easily threatened by a critical column,” said CPJ Africa Program Coordinator Muthoki Mumo. “It’s also a reminder of this...
Zimbabwe Independent editor Zaba’s bail ruling postponed due to power outage
New Zimbabwe
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July 3, 2025
By Mary Taruvinga Zimbabwe Independent editor, Faith Zaba, will spend her third night in detention after the presiding magistrate failed to hand down his ruling due to a power outage at the Harare Magistrates Court. Harare Magistrate Vakayi...
Rights group calls on Zimbabwe authorities to release detained journalist
JURIST
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July 3, 2025
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on Zimbabwean authorities Wednesday to release detained journalist Faith Zaba, who was arrested for a satirical newspaper column about the country’s president. Muthoki Mumo, the CPJ Africa program...
Maharaj ruled out of 2nd Test against Zimbabwe, Mulder to captain Proteas
OFM
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The captain and left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj has been ruled out after sustaining a groin injury. Maharaj picked up the injury during his superb knock of 51 in South Africa’s second innings of their record-breaking 328-run victory in the first...
Zimbabwe Independent editor Faith Zaba to spend third night behind bars as power cut delays ruling
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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Zaba was arrested on Tuesday on allegations of ‘undermining or insulting’ President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a satirical column published under the pseudonym “The Muckraker” last Friday. HARARE, Jul 3 (NewsDay Live) – Zimbabwe Independent editor...