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Can a president who goes back on his word ever be trusted?

Trust, like the soul, never returns once it is gone.When a nation's leader repeatedly looks into the eyes of his citizens and pledges absolute fidelity to the supreme law of the land, his word becomes the ultimate currency of governance.If…

Published: 08 Jul 2026 at 22:32hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

SADC is to blame for the migration crisis

It is impossible to deny the existence of the migration crisis. Denial is not a choice.The issue is that African leaders are reluctant to talk about the reasons behind migration.African leadership must be able to address the complex proble…

Published: 07 Jul 2026 at 10:49hrs | by Leonard Koni

Real wealth is never kept in cash: The flaunting of millions in Zimbabwe is not a sign of success but of criminality

When a country becomes a huge crime scene, it is clear to everyone.The public display of immense wealth by individuals close to Zimbabwe's ruling elite has transcended mere opulence; it has become a grotesque theater of impunity. If y…

Published: 07 Jul 2026 at 10:47hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Tribute to Roy Barreto: Zimbabwe’s football scientist

THE death of Roy Barreto is a huge loss to Zimbabwean football. He was a coach par excellence — a gifted football mind whose influence went far beyond the touchline.He was a true student and scientist of the game, paying meticulous attenti…

Published: 02 Jul 2026 at 13:06hrs | by Charles Mhlauri

Mnangagwa's 2030 ambition 1 signature away

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now one signature away from securing an extension of his stay in office to 2030 after Parliament approved the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3.The Bill, which passed both houses of Parliamen…

Published: 30 Jun 2026 at 16:48hrs | by Staff reporter

The unseen hands controlling how you use your cash

Most people think they're in control of their money. You budget, you plan, you spend. But if we dig deeper, the truth is more uncomfortable: much of your spending has little to do with logic or need. What really drains your pockets are sil…

Published: 30 Jun 2026 at 12:57hrs | by Clement T Dlamini

Is there institutional government cover-up in the death of my mother?

Nothing is worse than a state that treats death as an inconvenience.There is a cold, calculated threshold where administrative delay ceases to be a symptom of state incompetence and transforms into an active, protective instrument of a cov…

Published: 29 Jun 2026 at 21:22hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Exploring our own country no longer gives Zimbabweans genuine enjoyment

IN last week's column on this page, I examined issues related to dining out and, in that Epicurean column that appears on alternate weeks, I shall continue reviewing restaurants around Zimbabwe. In the weeks between, this column, The Trave…

Published: 28 Jun 2026 at 21:03hrs | by Stan Higgins

Unquenched appetite for a one-party state

ZIMBABWE appears forever caught in a cycle of promise and retreat. Periods of optimism are regularly followed by disappointment, leaving the country politically exhausted, economically fragile and socially strained. Progress seems visible …

Published: 28 Jun 2026 at 21:03hrs | by Wilson

Why men really leave: a frank reflection on diaspora divorce

Disclaimer: This article is not to glorify infidelity, shame women, or blame men. Sin is sin, and a person is responsible for their choices. The aim here is education, awareness, and prevention: to name patterns many couples in the diaspor…

Published: 28 Jun 2026 at 06:06hrs | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Trials and tribulations of being a foreigner

After working hard and earning R200, a mother came home to find a group of women singing loudly "ABAHAMBE." The group yelled at her, demanding that all foreigners leave South Africa by June 30, 2026.The threats were getting louder and loud…

Published: 26 Jun 2026 at 08:29hrs | by Leonard Koni

Non-monetized incentives for civil servants: Who exactly is benefitting?

The Zimbabwean government, through Public Service Commission has made pledges to unveil non-monetory benefits for civil servants.  Mostly, this has been hyped as a success, with headlines about the workers smiling all way to the benef…

Published: 23 Jun 2026 at 05:04hrs | by Mathew Unique Dube

Mugabe: The most educated Zimbabwean of all time?

Robert Gabriel Mugabe is widely regarded as one of the most academically qualified political leaders in African history and is frequently cited in public discourse as one of Zimbabwe's most educated public figures. Although it is difficult…

Published: 22 Jun 2026 at 19:20hrs | by Staff reporter

The mathematics of blame - Ethnic scapegoating and CAB3

The passage of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 3) Bill (CAB3) through the National Assembly last week represented a watershed moment in Zimbabwe’s recent political history given the far-reaching political, electoral and governa…

Published: 22 Jun 2026 at 10:35hrs | by Thembelani Gumede

Matemadanda: The Lion of Gokwe who never lowered his rifle

Comrades, patriots, children of Zimbabwe,We woke up today under the heavy clouds of grief, but also under the bright torch that Comrade Victor Matemadanda lit and carried for 66 years. He was born on 3 March 1960 in Gokwe, a son of the soi…

Published: 21 Jun 2026 at 14:52hrs | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Bosso crisis exposes leadership failure that threatens the soul of Highlanders

For too long, many Highlanders supporters have watched in silence as their beloved club has descended into chaos. But as salaries go unpaid, players down tools, boardroom wars intensify and supporters grow increasingly frustrated, the ques…

Published: 21 Jun 2026 at 13:28hrs | by Dalubuhle Mnkandla

CCC defectors: It is my turn now to feel the pain

I NO not remember the exact date in 2023, but I remember the moment with painful clarity. It was the day the Nomination Court sat for the 2023 general elections. I was in Chambers, minding my own business, when Nelson Chamisa walked in, da…

Published: 19 Jun 2026 at 08:24hrs | by Advocate Thabani Mpofu

Sir Wicknell Chivayo: An analysis of word, charity, wisdom and mentorship

The recent public response by businessman and philanthropist Sir Wicknell Chivayo to the widely discussed "Prince incident" sparked debate across Zimbabwe and beyond. While many focused on the material gifts that followed the incident, a d…

Published: 13 Jun 2026 at 11:56hrs | by Hama Chara

Zimbabweans keep blaming the wrong people for economic decay

There is a comfortable consensus forming in our economic conversations. The vendor on the pavement is the problem. The tuckshop on the corner is the problem. The hawker selling cheap imported wares is the problem. The argument is repeated …

Published: 12 Jun 2026 at 15:51hrs | by Derrick Wini Dari

Zimbabwe MPs have become the criminals around the president

On June 9, 2026, the floor of Parliament became the front line for the future of Zimbabwean democracy.As the government moved to advance Constitutional Amendment Bill 3 (CAB3), Edwin Mushoriwa, the Member of Parliament for Dzivaresekwa, ro…

Published: 10 Jun 2026 at 19:31hrs | by Edwin Mushoriwa

Machacha's flimsy attempt to defend CAB3 actually exposes the sinister motives behind the unpopular bill

Silence masks deceptiveness; statements expose it.The proposed Constitutional Amendment (No. 3) Bill, or CAB3, has ignited a profound political and legal crisis, exposing deep fractures within Zimbabwe's ruling establishment. If you v…

Published: 08 Jun 2026 at 21:18hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Bones of Power: How Lungu's SA Ruling Differs from Mugabe's Kutama Burial

HARARE/PRETORIA - Two former presidents. Two burial battles. Two very different endings. In August 2026, South Africa's Pretoria High Court ordered former Zambian President Edgar Lungu's body repatriated from Johannesburg to Lusaka, d…

Published: 08 Jun 2026 at 21:10hrs | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Force Will Not Sell #CAB3 - Only Persuasion Can

Constitutions are not sold at gunpoint. They are accepted in the mind, defended in debate, and owned in the heart of the citizen. Yet as #CAB3 moves through Parliament, a disturbing noise is rising from the edges: voices that think shoutin…

Published: 08 Jun 2026 at 21:07hrs | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Zimbabwe’s promotion of informal sector a ticking time bomb that threatens to explode any day

More often than not, it is the truth that sets us free.As we listen to those calling for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to continue in office beyond the 2028 expiry of his two five-year terms, a disturbing pattern emerges.If you value my soc…

Published: 07 Jun 2026 at 21:23hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Honour the Signature: Why Zimbabwe Must Pay BIPA Farmers and Protect Its Future

HARARE - The word "BIPA" haunts Zimbabwe's land debate. To some it means betrayal of land reform. To investors it means a broken promise. But in law, BIPA means one thing only: a treaty Zimbabwe signed, ratified, and must honour. BIPA…

Published: 06 Jun 2026 at 20:36hrs | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

South Africa Spits on the Blood of Her Liberators: As Mountains Become Refuge for African Brothers

From Comrades to Corpses: Xenophobia, the New Apartheid Worn by Black Hands "Kleinmond's Tears: When the Children of Liberation Hunt the Children of Sacrifice"KLEINMOND, South Africa – Four nights ago, Mozambican son Lado Amido heard a kno…

Published: 06 Jun 2026 at 20:29hrs | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

No Dynasty, No Surrender: Chamisa Calls for Transitional Government to Stop CAB3

The People's Hour: Chamisa Draws Line in Sand Against Constitutional Hijack as he orders ZANU PF toWithdraw CAB3 or Face the Wrath of History – Chamisa's Revolutionary Call"  The silence is broken. The two-year stillness ends. Fo…

Published: 06 Jun 2026 at 20:23hrs | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Even a scoring Mbappé leaves the pitch after 90 minutes: Mnangagwa must exit in 2028

Trying too hard to justify the absurd only makes the speaker look ridiculous.When a ruling party resorts to sports metaphors to justify altering a nation's foundational law, it inadvertently hands its critics the perfect tools for its own …

Published: 06 Jun 2026 at 20:15hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Is Zimbabwe ready for 2028 AFCON bid?

Whoever won the contract to renovate the enormous stadium and completed the subpar work should be held accountable for their use of the funds.After 46 years of independence, it appears that Zimbabwe is not yet ready for significant infrast…

Published: 06 Jun 2026 at 19:55hrs | by Leonard Koni

Zimbabwe's untapped Titanium economy

FOR decades, discussions about Zimbabwe's economic future have largely revolved around government policy, foreign investment, mining giants, and large corporations. Yet beneath these headline sectors lies a largely overlooked segment of th…

Published: 06 Jun 2026 at 19:18hrs | by Brighton Musonza

Mnangagwa is a long-distance runner

The real problem is that General Constantino Chiwenga allowed Emmerson Mnangagwa to remove the running mate clause through Constitutional Amendment No. 2 in 2021.Mnangagwa is a long-distance runner. He plans his moves carefully and, whethe…

Published: 06 Jun 2026 at 09:57hrs | by Hopewell Chin'ono

Xenophobia as Racism: The colonial underside of nationalism in South Africa

ByThe present article fleshes out the observation that in actuality what is circulated in journalistic and scholarly literature as xenophobia in South Africa is systemic and structural racism that is rooted in colonial and apartheid histor…

Published: 05 Jun 2026 at 16:15hrs | by Dr William J Mpofu, Wits University

Mount Nyangani: Alien Base, Ancestral Spirit, or Mountain of Lost Souls?

Zimbabwe's highest peak, Mount Nyangani, stands at 2,592m in the Eastern Highlands. It is breathtaking. It is also whispered about. At least 8 people are known to have vanished on its slopes over the past few decades without a trace. The r…

Published: 05 Jun 2026 at 09:56hrs | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Zimbabwe’s Fatal Silence - Who Do We Expect to Save Us?

There is a disturbing, heavy silence hanging over Zimbabwe, and it is time we confront it honestly. As a nation, we are witnessing the systematic dismantling of our remaining constitutional rights, yet our collective response has been a mi…

Published: 02 Jun 2026 at 06:26hrs | by Sam Wezhira

While Zimbabwe Watches Power and Wealth, Malaria Continues to Kill

In recent weeks, Zimbabwe's public discourse has been dominated by two subjects, the extraordinary display of wealth at businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei's wedding and the increasingly contentious debate surrounding proposed constitutional a…

Published: 01 Jun 2026 at 19:12hrs | by Chakabva Kudakwashe

When Names Change but Systems Don't: School Renaming and the Struggle for Decoloniality in Africa

More than four decades after the end of formal colonial rule in Zimbabwe in 1980, and over three decades after independence in Namibia and South Africa, the last three states to attain black majority rule in Africa, it has become increasin…

Published: 01 Jun 2026 at 19:09hrs | by Diligent Mpofu

Zimbabwe and Constitution Amendment Bill No. 3: The Fire Between the Palace and the Street

Zimbabwe stands once again at a crossroads where law, wealth, and power intersect. Constitution Amendment Bill No. 3 has become more than a legal text—it has become a mirror. And what stares back is the gulf between those who feast at the …

Published: 31 May 2026 at 12:24hrs | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

'Death trap' highway sparks drumbeat of outrage

RESIDENTS of Mashonaland West Province have intensified calls for urgent government intervention to rehabilitate the deteriorating Harare–Chirundu Highway, which they say has become a "death trap" due to worsening road conditions and a sur…

Published: 30 May 2026 at 09:44hrs | by Staff reporter

VFEX topples ZSE in dramatic market coup

ZIMBABWE'S youngest capital market, the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), has overtaken the 132-year-old Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) in a major structural shift that signals changing investor preferences toward US dollar-denominated …

Published: 30 May 2026 at 09:44hrs | by Staff reporter

CIO quizzes Victoria Falls activist

THE Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) has been drawn into controversy after conservation activist Benjamin Larry Norton revealed that intelligence officers held a series of meetings with him over his ongoing High Court challenge agai…

Published: 30 May 2026 at 09:43hrs | by Staff reporter

Second phase Gukurahundi hearings set for next week

THE long-awaited second phase of the Gukurahundi community outreach hearings is expected to begin next week, following the expiry of the initial six-month engagement period in December last year.President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially laun…

Published: 30 May 2026 at 09:43hrs | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe faces fresh investor scrutiny after Delta tax challenge

ZIMBABWE'S largest beverage manufacturer, Delta Corporation, has raised concern that uncertainty over the interpretation of tax rules during the country's currency transition poses a greater threat to investment confidence than the actual …

Published: 30 May 2026 at 09:41hrs | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe MPs clash over sewage

LAWMAKERS recently clashed in Parliament over Zimbabwe's worsening sewage crisis, with concerns raised about frequent sewer bursts affecting communities across the country and posing public health risks.Mbare legislator Darlington Chigumbu…

Published: 30 May 2026 at 09:40hrs | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe road repairs stall as imported chemicals drain forex

THE government says it is working with local universities to develop cheaper, locally produced road maintenance chemicals as authorities seek to reduce reliance on imports that are straining foreign currency reserves.Zimbabwe's rural road …

Published: 30 May 2026 at 09:39hrs | by Staff reporter

Mohadi calls for shift from political contest to development-focused dialogue

VICE President Dr Kembo Mohadi has called for a shift away from perpetual political contestation towards development-oriented dialogue, saying national discourse must increasingly focus on delivering tangible results for citizens rather th…

Published: 30 May 2026 at 09:38hrs | by Staff reporter

March and March might just be a manifestation of a bigger problem

The ongoing marches in South Africa against what had been dubbed illegal African migrants reveals many things beyond the discourses of xenophobia and Afrophobia. At the centre of this is the question of migration which is said to be a…

Published: 30 May 2026 at 08:58hrs | by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

When the Pulpit Becomes a Podium – Zimbabwe’s Dangerous Romance with Political Worship

Zimbabwe remains a land of astonishing spiritual thirst. From cathedrals that kiss the Harare skyline to the hills where mapostori gather in white garments under the sun, freedom of worship flows like the Manyame River — wide, untamed, and…

Published: 29 May 2026 at 23:11hrs | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

A Dangerous Precedent – Why Beatrice Mtetwa’s Attack on Justice Malaba Is Really an Attack on the Courts.

The legal fraternity thrives on robust debate. But there is a line between critique and intimidation, between commentary and contempt. Beatrice Mtetwa’s recent article on the legacy of retired Chief Justice Luke Malaba crosses that line, a…

Published: 29 May 2026 at 11:33hrs | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

While Zvigananda splurge $20 million on a wedding, Zimbabwe is begging for money to feed the hungry

Can a country ever have more wicked leadership?There is a profound and agonizing tragedy unfolding in Zimbabwe, one that exposes the absolute moral bankruptcy of the country's political and economic leadership. If you value my social …

Published: 26 May 2026 at 13:23hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

President Mnangagwa: The liberation torchbearer driving Zimbabwe's Second Republic transformation

Zimbabwe's national story is one of courage, sacrifice and an unbroken determination to secure sovereignty and prosperity. Few figures embody that journey as profoundly as President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, whose life mirrors the count…

Published: 26 May 2026 at 07:14hrs | by Russell Mukau

Opinion

Zim urged to turn SAATM policy into routes, jobs at Harare Airshow

Zim pushes SAATM rollout at Harare Airshow

Old Mutual to migrate from ZSE to VFEX after 6-year suspension

Zimbabwean wanted over UK triple murder arrested in South Africa

Lebo M claims Zimbabweans want to kill him

Biti's group launches campaign to overturn Mnangagwa's constitutional changes

Dembare claims 2-1 victory in circus match

'Mnangagwa made a constitutional blunder.' says Mwonzora

Malema's EFF blasts Zimbabwe's Constitutional Amendment Act No. 3

Rogue Harare passenger sends bus off the road

Zimbabwe's gold reserves surge past 4,5 tonnes

SA returnees overwhelm Bulawayo church

American company scales up interest in Caledonia Mining

Tsholotsho man sentenced to community service for bestiality

Grace Mugabe implicated in brutal assault of mine workers

Zimbabwe exports wildlife to Equatorial Guinea

Banks pressures Mthuli Ncube to abolish IMTT

Bulawayo reorganises informal traders

Water contamination detected in Bulawayo suburbs

Family of Zimbabwean woman killed in UK appeals for privacy

Zimbabwean wanted over UK triple murder arrested in South Africa

SDA pastor fired over indecent assault

Zimbabwe call for peace in Gaza

Chiwenga launches African Dream boat

Chiwenga, doctors in crunch meeting

SA returnees overwhelm Bulawayo church

'Mnangagwa made a constitutional blunder.' says Mwonzora

Internet key to economic development

Bulawayo faces food shortages

Lebo M claims Zimbabweans want to kill him

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