EVERY morning at 4.30am, Tendai, a secondary school teacher in Chitungwiza, begins a ritual shared by millions of Zimbabweans, the calculus of survival. He checks the morning’s informal exchange rate on a clandestine WhatsApp group, glances at a half-empty loaf of bread that now costs more than his daily commute, and wonders if his salary,…
By Gibson Moyo ZIMBABWE’S healthcare system is already fragile, overstretched and underfunded. Public hospitals face chronic shortages, long waiting times and recurring…
MEDICAL aid societies, healthcare executives and employee representatives have warned Parliament that proposed amendments to Statutory Instrument 330 could trigger a healthcare…
MARIAN Marinica’s resignation as Warriors head coach marks the national team’s fifth coaching change in just over two-and-a-half years. The timeline of instability is stark: Baltemar Brito had a brief but promising spell, followed by Norman Mapeza’s short-lived tenure, and then the disastrous reign of Jairos Tapera. Michael Nees followed, but was fired late last…
THE streets of Pretoria, South Africa, have once again become a stage for a disturbing theatre of intolerance. This week, as anti-immigrant groups marched through the administrative capital, the echoes of their footsteps resonated far beyond South Africa’s borders, signalling a resurgence of a sickness that threatens the very fabric of African unity. The international…
THE 2025/2026 rainy season will be etched into the country’s collective memory not for the life-giving waters it promised, but for the trail of blood and debris it left behind. With 138 souls lost, more than double the previous season’s toll, and infrastructure from Gwanda to Masvingo in ruins, the message is clear, our current…
IN THE theatre of global trade, timing is everything. For our agricultural sector, the clock has just struck a golden hour. As China implements its historic zero-tariff policy for 53 African nations, effective Friday, the message to us is clear, the “Green Lane” is open, but only those who move with speed and precision will…
THE dust has settled on the 66th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo, but the echoes of its success must not be allowed to fade into the quiet winter air. With over US$600 million in transactions, confirmed orders, and investment leads, the 2026 showcase was more than just a celebratory display…
THE time for polite warnings and bureaucratic “benchmarking” has passed. Zimbabwe is currently being hollowed out by a silent, chemical warfare waged not by foreign invaders, but by unscrupulous cartels selling poison under the guise of medicine. The Friday revelations by the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) that street drugs are frequently nothing more…
BOTSWANA President Duma Boko’s recent visit to Zimbabwe was more than a mere diplomatic formality; it was a bracing wake-up call to the region’s political establishment. While addressing the Zimbabwe-Botswana Bi- National Commission and later opening the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair, Boko touched on a raw nerve that many in leadership prefer to ignore: the…
