Many Africans still speak their colonisers’ language

Egountchi Behanzin Despite gaining independence in the 1960s, African states still have not fully broken away from certain structures of influence inherited from the colonial period. Among them, institutional Francophonie…

NEW: Great Zimbabwe on the world stage: Celebrating our global heritage treasure

 Dr Tendai Zihove As we celebrated World Heritage Day on May 5, all eyes turned on the granite spires of the Great Zimbabwe National Monument. The nation’s heart beats in the…

COMMENT: Accelerating job creation a direct result of high economic growth

JOB creation in Zimbabwe’s formal sector is strong and accelerating as economic reforms and the pro‑business, pro‑investor stance of the Second Republic produce high rates of economic growth, which translate…

China’s Five-Year Plans: A governance blueprint Africa can learn from

Tapiwa Morgan Makoni For decades, nations across Africa have grappled with a persistent challenge: how to turn long‑term development aspirations into tangible, consistent progress, free from the chaos of short‑term…

Breaking down barriers in gyms for women

An independent gym owner says setting up female-only spaces is the solution for getting more women to work out. Rosie Webber opened the women-only Webbers Gym on an industrial estate…

Woman’s huge business from humble beginnings

Flora Fadzai Sibanda TWO years ago, in the quiet rural setting of Ward 6 in Umguza District, 31‑year‑old Gracious Sibanda made a decision that would slowly change her life. It…

What really determines the price of tobacco?

Tapiwa Masedza Agriculture Correspondent Every tobacco grower knows the feeling. You have done your best through the season — chosen your seed, applied your fertiliser, cured carefully — and yet…

A historical justification for Amendment No. 3 Bill

Gay Mufambi Correspondent This article traces the constitutional history of Africa from precolonial governance structures through the traumatic ruptures of the Transatlantic slave trade and European colonisation, to the inherited…

China’s development offers ‘security dividend’ to a fractured world

The oil markets are jolted. Supply chains stretching through chokepoints in the Middle East are once again under threat, sending energy costs soaring and global investors scrambling for shelter. Yet…

What your silence stands to inherit

Tinayo Kangai THERE is a subject most of us instinctively avoid: mortality. We postpone confronting it, lulled by the illusion that there will always be time to set things right.…

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