ZIMBABWE’S senior men’s cricket team, face a defining test of character and progress as they take on the West Indies in a contest that goes beyond runs and wickets. Coincidentally, both Zimbabwe and the West Indies completed the group stage of the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup without a single defeat. Both teams finished…
THE announcement by Health minister Douglas Mombeshora that a high-level delegation will descend on London next month marks a fascinating, if not desperate, pivot in our national response to “brain drain” in the health sector.For years, the North-South migration of white-coated professionals has been treated as an inevitable tragedy of globalisation. Now, it seems, the…
ZIMBABWE’S Chevrons have been the revelation of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka.The Chevrons, for so long a team known for its tendency to collapse regularly, have been showing some newfound steel — refreshingly so.Indeed, it has been a long way back to the international cricket spotlight for…
ALL across Africa, elections are starting to fail the people they are supposed to serve.Formerly viewed as a sign of change and an indicator that the continent could be turning the page on decades of tyranny, elections are increasingly understood as empty spectacles—scripted affairs in which results are predetermined, and citizens’ voices are diminished.This increasingly…
THE heart-wrenching disappearance of two-year-old Asandra Ndhlovu from a Bulawayo shopping mall this week is more than just a police report; it is a piercing siren sounding an alarm across the country.As reported in yesterday’s edition of this newspaper, on Tuesday morning, a toddler playing near her mother’s workplace was spirited away by a man…
THERE is a staggering, nauseating irony in watching a man set a house on fire and then expect a round of applause for handing the inhabitants a single glass of water to put it out.This is the precise theatre of the absurd currently playing out in our country.The announcement of a US$4,5 million contingency fund…
FOR too long, Zimbabweans have navigated a digital and financial landscape that felt increasingly like a minefield.From sophisticated mobile money heists to brazen pyramid schemes masquerading as “investment opportunities,” the trail of broken livelihoods has grown alarmingly long.It is against this backdrop that the establishment of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Scam Centre at the…
THE announcement that Parirenyatwa hospital is shifting its focus from temporary renal maintenance to permanent transplantation is more than just a medical upgrade; it is a profound restoration of hope.For years, the hum of a dialysis machine has been the soundtrack of survival for hundreds of Zimbabweans. But as any patient will tell you, dialysis…
THE image painted by Police Commissioner-General Stephen Mutamba is as stirring as it is unsettling – a police force acting as a “village watch,” attempting to douse the flames of a social crisis with their bare hands.While the imagery of a hunter chasing a leopard with a bow is poetic, the reality for Zimbabweans is…
THE fundamental law of any nation belongs to its people, not its politicians.As Parliament moves to gazette the Constitutional Amendment Number 3 Bill of 2026, Zimbabwe stands at a historic crossroads that demands more than mere parliamentary procedure; it requires a genuine national consensus.The proposed changes are seismic. By moving to extend presidential and parliamentary…
