Aid should be without strings . . . President Mnangagwa is correct to reject US aid

MacDenias Moyo THE announcement by the United States that it will wind down health assistance to Zimbabwe after President Mnangagwa rejected a $367 million health deal has stirred debate across…

Clarification on Zim’s health diplomacy

Nick Mangwana Government Up Close RECENT extensive media reports have drawn attention to a leaked internal Government communication between the Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the Secretary for…

LOOKING BACK: AIDS claims four lives in Zimbabwe

The Herald, 26 February 1986 SIX cases of the disease Aids (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) have been positively identified in Zimbabwe over the past eight months. Four of the victims,…

Mat South rises ahead of Uhuru festivities

Richard Muponde Zimpapers Politics Hub THE sweeping wave of development unfolding in Kezi–Maphisa and surrounding districts ahead of the 2026 Independence Day celebrations represents far more than routine infrastructure preparation,…

Semwa Dam to transform livelihoods

Nyore Madzianike Senior Reporter The construction of Semwa Dam in Mashonaland Central Province — which was awarded National Project Status under the Second Republic’s infrastructure development agenda — has surpassed…

Why the West fears a final settlement with Russia

Timofey Bordachev For the West, any agreement with countries outside its political and military bloc has always been temporary. Every pause in confrontation is treated not as peace, but as…

Socialisation as the engine of patriarchy 

Alice Tagwira ​ The cradle of African womanhood is often a gilded cage where the bars are forged from the very language we speak. Socialisation is not a benign transfer…

COMMENT: Universal power for critical services within reach

WHILE it has been a major policy drive by the Second Republic to have a secure electrical connection at all schools and clinics, progress has been sufficiently good that the…

How Igava erupted: Youth wave reinforces President’s appeal

Richard Muponde Zimpapers Politics Hub THE National Youth Day commemorations held on February 21 at Igava Vocational Training Centre in Marondera transformed into a thunderous political statement, with the oversubscribed…

×