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You can’t rig prosperity, Prof. Ncube – Zimbabweans are still poor no matter what the figures say
Nehanda Radio
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July 13, 2025
You can rig an election—but you can’t rig a nation into prosperity. Try as you might to dress up the numbers, economic suffering always reveals the truth. And no matter how loudly the Zimbabwean government celebrates its recent rebasing of the...
Mnangagwa Regime Punishes Citizens Through Mandatory ZBC Radio Licences…
Zim Eye
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July 15, 2025
Mnangagwa Regime Punishes Citizens Through Mandatory ZBC Radio Licences… By A Correspondent The Mnangagwa administration has drawn widespread criticism for enforcing a new law that compels motorists to pay for a Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation...
WOMAD South Africa unveils 2025 line-up
Music in Africa
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July 14, 2025
Audiences can expect thrilling performances from Ned Evett (US), Pepe Voltarelli and Luca Ciarla (Italy), Entropica (Chile), Alicia Edelweiss (Austria), Toty Sa’Med (Angola), Everaldo Creary (Jamaica), Divine Mahara (Zimbabwe), N’Faly Kouyaté...
Econet hands over smart homes, cars & solar systems to lucky customers
Zimbabwe Independent
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Econet Deputy CEO Roy Chimanikire (left) cuts the ribbon as he officially handed over a brand-new smart home won by Loveness Zimwenje (centre) as Chief Commercial & Products Officer Edith Matekaire, looks on Econet Wireless Zimbabwe on Friday...
US film envoy urges formal structures, tax incentives to boost Zimbabwean creatives
New Zimbabwe
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July 12, 2025
By Tapiwa Svondo OSCAR-nominated American film producer Alix Madigan concluded her week-long “Business of Film” workshop in Harare, urging the need for a number of formal structures to bolster Zimbabwe’s film industry. The workshop, which was...
Zimbabwean Lawyer Admits Submitting AI-Fabricated Cases to Supreme Court
News Ghana
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July 11, 2025
Prominent Zimbabwean lawyer and politician Welshman Ncube faces professional scrutiny after confessing to submitting a legal brief containing 12 fictitious case citations generated by artificial intelligence. The false references emerged in...
Zimbabwe’s litigious In-Chief Mahere collects another $100,000 from Edmund Kudzayi
The Zimbabwe Mail
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July 11, 2025
Fadzayi Mahere Former opposition legislator Advocate Fadzayi Mahere has been awarded US$100,000 in damages in a defamation lawsuit against journalist Edmund Kudzayi. Mahere sued over a story published by online platform Kukurigo, reportedly run by...
Zimbabwe's 2 rotten apples
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 11, 2025
One of life's greatest follies is assuming that what matters to us matters equally to others. That our fears are shared, our desires understood, our sense of decency mutual. Quite the contrary, reality proves stranger. That which disgusts you may...
Zimbabwe squad for T20I tri-series featuring South Africa, New Zealand announced; Sikandar Raza to lead
CricketAddictor
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July 10, 2025
Zimbabwe Cricket has announced its 16-member squad for the upcoming Tri-Nation T20I series against South Africa and New Zealand. Zimbabwe Cricket has confirmed that the Tri-Nation T20I series will be held from July 14 to 26, 2025, at the Harare...
Zimbabwe name squad for T20I tri-series with South Africa, New Zealand
The News Mill
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July 10, 2025
All-rounder Sikandar Raza will be donning the captaincy armband as a 16-member squad for the upcoming home tri-nation series featuring South Africa and New Zealand was announced on Thursday, featuring a blend of familiar faces as well as uncapped...
Zimbabwe now 5th largest economy in Sadc
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 10, 2025
Zimbabwe has become the fifth-largest economy in Southern Africa following a major upward revision of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), reflecting the inclusion of previously unrecorded economic activities—particularly those in the informal sector...
Conrad's backing has given me freedom
IOL
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IN his first engagement with the media since being appointed Proteas all-format coach, Shukri Conrad made it clear that George Linde is one of three frontline spinners as they build for the T20 World Cup in India next year. Alongside Linde, there...
Culture Crush, 7/16
Pacific Sun - California
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July 15, 2025
Santa Rosa Fridays at the Hood The Fridays at the Hood Summer Concert Series returns to the lawn of historic Hood Mansion on July 18, launching six weeks of live music under the stars. Opening night features the Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra with...
Harare hosts tech conference
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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This year’s event will be held under the theme Where Innovation Meets Opportunity. INNOVATORS, thought leaders, entrepreneurs as well as policymakers are set to convene in Harare today for Tech Fusion 2025, a pan-African tech conference. This...
From Harare to Netflix, Zimdancehall to Vabati VaJehova? Frya is dreaming big
New Zimbabwe
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July 11, 2025
By Tapiwa Svondo RUTENDO Maregere, widely known in the music world as Frya, is a talented Zimbabwean singer based in South Africa making waves globally. Many people worldwide have heard her voice without even knowing it, she sang the theme song...
Movie review: ‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight’ captures child’s singular view of volatile time
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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It’s 1980 in Zimbabwe, formerly known as Rhodesia, and a war rages, while a high-stakes election could change this country forever. For 7-year-old Bobo (Lexi Venter), life continues on at her white English family’s rural farm, where she’s grown...
Movie Review: War, through one child’s extraordinary eyes, in ‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight’
Brandon Sun
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July 9, 2025
“Are we racists?” That’s the blunt question posed by Bobo, a white girl living on a farm in Africa, to her horrified (and defensive) mother. There are so many ways this three-word line reading could land wrongly — or just seem forced or mannered....
Zimbabwe capitulate as South Africa romp to series victory
Three Men on a Boat
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July 9, 2025
South Africa – 626-5 declared in 114 overs (Wiaan Mulder 367*, David Bedingham 82, Lhuan-dre Pretorius 78; Tanaka Chivanga 2/112, Kundai Matigimu 2/124, Wellington Masakadza 1/184) Zimbabwe – 170 and 220 in 77.3 overs (following on) (Nick Welch...
“$3,000 Income Per Person?” Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti Scoffs At Claims That Zimbabwe Is Now The 5th Largest Economy
Zambian Observer
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July 11, 2025
“They’re Lying To You” – Tendai Biti Scoffs At Zimbabwe’s $3,000 Income Claim After GDP Rebase Zimbabwe has declared itself the fifth-largest economy in Southern Africa, boasting a rebased Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of US$44.4 billion and a...
Joe Thomas in Harare: Venue and ticketing information out
Three Men on a Boat
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July 11, 2025
Joe Thomas PIC Artist FacebookAs we reported a few weeks ago, renowned American R&B singer Joe Thomas is set to perform live in Harare, Zimbabwe on 12 August 2025. Now we know the show will be at the Old Hararians Sports Club. The show promises an...