WHEN the minister of Justice, Ziyambi Ziyambi, last week informed Parliament that the long-delayed Devolution Bill had been withdrawn for further “polishing,” he urged citizens not to be in a rush.“We are not worried about being in a hurry; we want clear legislation,” he remarked.While sound lawmaking is essential, calling for patience 13 years after…
Charles Muchineripi Mutama AS Zimbabwe advances beyond Constitutional Amendment Act Number 3 (CAA3) and continues on its national development journey, the moment…
David Chitakunye SOUTHERN Africa’s history is inseparable from migration, displacement, refuge and regional solidarity.During the upheavals commonly associated with the Mfecane, communities…
FOR generations, a dangerous, unspoken code has governed the lives of many Zimbabwean men. It is the myth of the unyielding patriarch—the belief that to admit to vulnerability, to confess to pain, or to step inside a clinic when one feels “perfectly fine” is a sign of weakness. But today, this stubborn silence is extracting…
GOVERNANCE has always been about stewardship. But what does stewardship look like when an organisation’s most critical assets are invisible, intangible, and…
THE true measure of a nation’s health system is not found in the pristine corridors of its private elite clinics, but in the maternity wards of its public hospitals. By that metric, the country is navigating a profound moral and systemic crisis. The latest statistics presented to Parliament by the minister of Health and Child…
FOR many years, Zimbabwean cricket supporters have lived on hope, patiently waiting for the day when the Chevrons would consistently compete with the world’s established cricketing nations rather than producing isolated flashes of brilliance.That long wait appears to be yielding encouraging results, with the national team finally showing the consistency that has eluded them for…
IN A fiscal landscape that has historically felt like a series of unpredictable twists and turns, the Treasury’s recent pledge to hold the line is a deeply welcome relief. The minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, commitment to introduce no new taxes and bypass supplementary budgets for the upcoming year offers something households and businesses have…
FOR many Zimbabweans, owning a vehicle is not a luxury, it is a hard-fought milestone, a vital tool for business, and a symbol of years of tireless sacrifice.Yet, this noble aspiration is increasingly being weaponised by a ruthless breed of white-collar predators. Unscrupulous, self-styled car import “agents” are on the prowl, turning the transit corridors…
ZIMBABWE stands at a historic crossroads in the fight against HIV.By becoming one of the first countries in Africa to roll out Lenacapavir—a groundbreaking, twice-yearly preventive injection—we have grasped a tool capable of fundamentally changing the trajectory of the epidemic.The first phase of the rollout, which saw 1 748 doses administered, proved that the appetite…
