By Calvin Manika
Zimbabwe’s real estate and farming sectors are seeing a surge in diaspora-driven investment, with two young content creators quietly emerging as unexpected influencers shaping the trend.
Kundai Chitima,...
By Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwe’s tobacco sector was once on the brink of collapse. Now, it’s booming again. Last year alone, it earned the country close to US$1 billion in revenue.
But...
By Ranga Mberi
Growing up, I was always fascinated by a church they only called “chechi yemadhirezi marefu”. The church of the long dresses!
I’d see them on their way to...
The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is once again in the global spotlight after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claimed control of the eastern city of Goma.
Heavy fighting between the Congolese armed forces...
By Tatenda Mashanda
In Zimbabwe, lawyers stride into courtrooms armed with briefcases and a commanding sense of authority. To many, they are symbols of intellect and hope, entrusted to resolve political stalemates and deliver...
By Ray Ndlovu
From the tiny space he rents in the central business district of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second-largest city, Brian Tinotenda can look across the street and see the supermarket where he used to...
The 2023 election was a race between a party more popular than its leader, and another leader more popular than his own party.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa polled less than his party MPs in this...
By Ranga Mberi
At Chaka, a rural business centre on the Harare-Masvingo highway, you can see why President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s infrastructure rollout is his biggest election trump card, but also the biggest risk...
Sitting next to Vladimir Putin at the Russia-Africa Summit in St Petersburg, President Emmerson Mnangagwa pitched for business in areas such as energy, technology, mining and infrastructure.
In Zimbabwe, Russian investment has not exactly...
In June 1983, from exile, Joshua Nkomo - struggle icon, ZAPU leader and later VP of Zimbabwe - wrote a 9,700-word letter to the then Prime Minister, Robert Mugabe.
Nkomo died on July 1, 1999. On...
