COMMENT: High‑tech holiday guard: A bold step towards safer festivities

THE festive season in Zimbabwe is traditionally a time of heightened activity: markets swell, churches fill, and the roads become arteries for family reunions and holiday travel.  Yet this period…

AN ORCHESTRA FOR THE HEAVENS . . . as Nicholas Zakaria is laid to rest

Garakai Mazara WHEN he was born on January 13, 1956, his father thought it better to christen him Nicholas Zakaria. Roughly three decades later, his music fans thought otherwise. Nicholas…

Festive traffic builds up at Beitbridge border post as ‘injiva’ flock back home

Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau TRAFFIC volumes at Beitbridge Border Post are gradually increasing as thousands of Zimbabweans working in South Africa, popularly known as injiva, begin their annual journey home,…

50 years of Joe Da Og…A legend in Bulawayoyo’s nightlife scene

Langalakhe Mabena, Zimpapers Arts and Entertainment Hub VETERAN DJ Joe Da OG is a living archive of Bulawayo’s nightlife — a keeper of memories, music and culture whose influence has…

First Lady brings festive cheer to children

Senior Reporter THERE was pomp and fanfare in Bulawayo yesterday as multitudes of children celebrated at a party hosted by First Lady Dr Auxilia Mnangagwa to mark the beginning of…

Woman with disabilities in safe roadside delivery after jumbos block ambulance

Robin Muchetu, Health and Gender Editor WHEN Ms Gracious Gumede (32) of Mfanisoni Village, Nkuba in Nkayi District who lives with a physical disability decided to have a child, it…

Madzibaba Zakaria was an exemplary artiste

Tafadzwa Zimoyo, Zimpapers Entertainment Editor DEPUTY Minister of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture Emily Jesaya has described sungura legend Nicholas “Madzibaba” Zakaria as a principled artiste, disciplined mentor and rare…

Zimpapers journalist scoops top 2025 Isu Elihle Award

Sunday News Reporter ZIMPAPERS’ Political Hub senior reporter, Gibson Mhaka has been named the overall winner of the prestigious 2025 Isu Elihle Awards, a pan-African competition that celebrates and rewards…

Heists, gangs and the Vumbunu web …The crimes and horrors that defined Byo in 2025

Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter IN some ways, the most significant crime event in 2025 was one that occurred in 2024. From the beginning of the new year, Bulawayo was…

Culinary awards push Bulawayo into food spotlight

Mbulelo Mpofu, Zimpapers Arts and Entertainment Hub BULAWAYO has long been known as the country’s artistic and cultural crown jewel, a city that proudly carries its heritage through visual art,…

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