Editorial Comment: A billion dollar vote of confidence — Why Varun and Delta signal Zim’s economic takeoff

THERE is an old adage in economics that private capital is the most honest pollster. It does not respond to slogans or diplomatic overtures; it moves with the cold, hard…

1 282 ARMED ROBBERIES IN 2025: ANATOMY OF A GROWING CRISIS . . . Families sleeping with one eye open

Emmanuel Kafe-Check Point Desk IN many communities across the country, fearful families are locking their gates early. In Harare, Bulawayo and other urban centres, the sound of barking dogs or…

Hardrock go top as CAPS drop points

Zimpapers Sports Hub Newboys Hardrock stormed to the top of the Premier Soccer League table yesterday after grinding out a crucial victory over Bulawayo Chiefs at Barbourfields, as the title…

RBZ tames currency volatility as gold reserves hit 4,5t

Tapiwanashe Mangwiro THE rise in gold reserves by a phenomenal 198,7 percent to 4,48 tonnes in two years, the fastest-growing bullion reserve buffer in Africa, has bolstered the central bank’s…

EIGHT YEARS LATER: CAN HIFA REKINDLE ZIM’S CREATIVE SOUL? . . . Organisers promise pure magic

Zimpapers Entertainment Hub RECENT news on the return of the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA), especially after an eight-year hiatus, came as a very welcome and pleasant surprise.…

Botswana: A quiet pillar of Zim’s liberation struggle

Lt-Col (Retd) Humphrey Makuyana In the grand narrative of Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle, the spotlight often falls — and rightly so — on the gallantry of fighters in the bush, the…

RE: CHURCHES’ SUBMISSION IN SUPPORT OF THE CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE (AMENDMENT NO. 3) H.B.1, BILL, 2026

We the undersigned hereby make this submission on behalf of the Zimbabwe Indigenous Interdenominational Council of Churches (ZIICC), the main Umbrella Body representing Zimbabwean Indigenous Christian Apostolic, Pentecostal, Evangelical and…

Synthetic diamonds slash Zimbabwe’s exports by 46pc as prices tumble

Farirai Machivenyika-Senior Reporter ZIMBABWE’S diamond industry is facing an existential threat from laboratory-grown synthetic diamonds, which have caused a sharp decline in global prices for natural stones, a senior official…

Zim carbon credits a new frontier for green growth

Business Reporter ZIMBABWE’S carbon credits offer vast green economic opportunities, emerging as a significant financial mechanism for driving climate-friendly initiatives, experts have said. Carbon credits are tradeable digital certificates. They…