Bramha Kumar AGENDA 2063 is the African Union’s 50-year strategic framework (2013–2063) aiming to transform Africa into a global power. The framework…
THE sorry situation at the National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) of Zimbabwe bodes ill for the country’s health delivery system, in particular the procurement of essential drugs needed by public hospitals. According to NatPharm managing director Newman Madzikwa the situation has become dire largely because of deep-seated financial challenges which have been worsened by the government’s…
FOR too long, a shadow of fear has hung over the doorsteps of Zimbabwean citizens. From the brutal emergence of machete-wielding gangs in our mining towns to the brazen audacity of armed robbery syndicates in our suburbs, the peace of our nation has been under siege. However, the announcement by the police on Tuesday that…
THE air at the tobacco auction floors, usually thick with the scent of cured leaf and the hum of commerce, has soured into a theatre of desperation and anger. Zimbabwe’s 2026 tobacco marketing season, once heralded as a beacon of economic recovery, is currently teetering on the edge of collapse as a bitter standoff over…
OR decades, the United States (US) has wielded financial and economic lever¬age as its ultimate geopo¬litical weapon—the so-called “nuclear option” of modern…
AS Zimbabwe joined the global community this past Sunday to commemorate World Press Freedom Day, it served as a vital moment for introspection.While the day is often marked by calls for liberty across the globe, in Zimbabwe, it offers a chance to measure the distance travelled since the transition into the Second Republic.There is no…
THE Zimbabwe Medical Association (ZiMA) has submitted what it calls “The case for prohibiting vertical integration of Medical Aid Societies” to the…
THE ministry of Primary and Secondary Education’s recent decree to phase out Cambridge examinations in favour of a compulsory Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) mandate is more than just a policy shift; it is a direct assault on parental agency and global competitiveness. By forcing every school — private or public — into a single…
TODAY, the streets of Zimbabwe are haunted by the ghosts of the working class. As the rest of the world marked May Day on Friday with celebrations of labour rights and progress, the Zimbabwean worker stands as a hollowed-out monument to a dream long since decayed. For the millions who celebrated the day, the holiday…
ZIMBABWE Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) chief executive officer Edington Mazambani says the country is transiting toward electricity self-sufficiency. Speaking to Financial Gazette Deputy Editor Tendai Kamhungira on the widely followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, on leading independent national commercial television station, 3Ktv, last Thursday, Mazambani said improved power generation at Hwange and Kariba…
