If there is one man who perfectly embodies the tightrope of Zimbabwean politics, it is George Charamba, the long-serving presidential spokesperson who has now found himself once again at the centre o...
Once, Zimbabwean childhoods unfolded under open skies. Boys chased homemade plastic balls across dusty fields, their laughter ringing out like music. Girls sang folk songs that carried lessons of fam...
When Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi stood before the ZANU PF Politburo on Tuesday to present a formal rebuttal to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's allegations, he did not merely read a document...
Mnangagwa's strategy against his vanquished deputy, VP Chiwenga, appears to follow a well-rehearsed script, one borrowed from the Cyril Ramaphosa vs Jacob Zuma political playbook. In the end, money ta...
A YEAR ago, at its annual Conference, Zanu-PF passed the notorious Resolution No. 1. The resolution, a vulgar piece of unmitigated buffoonery, attempts to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's tenure ...
WHEN ZANU PF's National People's Conference convenes in Mutare this October, the usual rhetoric of unity, loyalty, and economic recovery will fill the air. Delegates will arrive from all ten pro...
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) latest report on Zimbabwe's economy follows a familiar script - polite praise for modest progress, followed by subtle warnings and prescriptive reforms that oft...
I HAVE often told foreign diplomats who are assigned to serve their countries in Zimbabwe and to visiting specialists, that we specialise in confusing foreigners. But this confusion is found even amo...
Zimbabwe teeters on the edge of a moral and political precipice. The recent revelations of lavish donations by business tycoons and so-called "tenderpreneurs" are not just acts of generosity - they a...
IN Zimbabwe's fierce political arena, where reputations are shaped by coups, crackdowns, and corruption scandals, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has long been viewed as a tough enforcer - the "Pe...
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's political strategy is increasingly defined by one overriding imperative: survival. Having orchestrated the 2017 coup that ousted Robert Mugabe, survived covert threats i...
EXPLAINER: Objectively Zanu-PF's 2024 Resolution Number 1 Would not Require a Repeal of the Presidential Term Limit Provision or a ReferendumINCREASINGLY across Zimbabwe's political spectrum, there's ...
Deputy Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion, Kudakwashe David Mnangagwa, recently highlighted a staggering global challenge: illicit financial flows rob Africa of an esti...
Chiwenga dramatically took direct aim at President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the firing range for the first time in their epic and high-stakes succession battle.His "arsenal" was in the form of an explosi...
South Africa's maize industry is export-oriented. Over the past five years, the country has exported roughly three million tonnes of maize each year. One of its largest markets is Zimbabwe, typically ...
ZIMBABWEANS are being urged to remain vigilant following growing reports of a dangerous drug known as "devil's breath" (pictured), a substance capable of stripping victims of free will, memory, and re...
In my years at the Sunday Mail, editor Willie Musarurwa would call us into his office and ask a simple question. What is the story line?In this letter, I suggest that we settle on the idea that cruel ...
Zimbabwe's recent announcement of sweeping reductions to transportārelated fees and levies - halving parking, clamping and towing fines, slashing the cost of vehicle number plates from US$500 to US$...
South Africa's immigration debate is messy, emotional and deeply contested. It sits at the intersection of hard realities, political opportunism and painful history. Beneath the noise lies a set of co...
Highly educated blacks working in South Africa struggle against a system that aims to exclude and sideline them. There is the open struggle that is fought with bullets and bombs out on the plains. Wa...
Let me confess. I never set out to write about Frederick Shava. In fact, I doubted there was anything worth saying. But that doubt is precisely the problem. Silence about him has been easy because he ...
Zimbabwe's skylines are rising. New suburbs, office parks, and shopping complexes are sprouting across the country as property developers ride a wave of diaspora remittances and a flight to hard asse...
Zimbabwe's environmental laws are among the strictest on the continent when it comes to preventing illegal mining, yet along the banks of the Mutare River, these regulations exist in name only. The st...
Only in Zimbabwe can a government decree be born in the morning and die by sundown. On Tuesday, Presidential Affairs secretary Tafadzwa Muguti thundered against tinted windows, ordering citizens to st...
In Zimbabwe, corruption is no longer an occasional scandal; it has become a daily torment. Every time Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga steps up to speak, Zimbabweans are treated to fiery speeches ...
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