Export growth points to growing confidence in Zimbabwean products

Trade Focus Allan Majuru Zimbabwe’s export performance for the first five months of 2026 provides an encouraging signal that the country is gaining traction in international markets. BETWEEN January and…

Africa can finally mine, beneficiate and industrialise on its own terms

Tafi Mhaka At the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, on June 17, Kenyan President William Ruto revealed that his country was nearing a critical minerals agreement with the United States.…

We lost comrades in battle at Gandanzara Mountain

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL (Retired) Harrison Dzungwa, whose Chimurenga name was Cde Cover Takurira, last week chronicled his military training at Chimoio Camp in Mozambique after crossing into the neighbouring country to join…

Zim emerges from isolation to leading the world

Livit Mugejo Lifting a country out of political isolation and back into the international community requires someone who can carefully plan the steps needed. A pariah state has little say…

POINT BLANK: Cooperatives have delivered 210 000 houses since 2010

Cooperatives have become an integral part of Zimbabwe’s socio-economic landscape, empowering millions of people through housing, agriculture, savings and credit, manufacturing, mining and other productive sectors. As the Government moves…

Hope springs eternal for Zimbabwean returnees from South Africa

Theseus Mauruki Shambare FOR years, a call from a South African number (+27 . . .) often carried good news — someone had found work, someone was sending money home,…

Central bank gold holdings are at a 50-year high

Dr Luke Hartigan Over the past few years, central banks have been quietly buying up significant quantities of gold. AS the trend has accelerated, official agencies now hold the highest…

AI regulation in Africa: Why copying the European model won’t work

Dr Kinfe Yilma and Grace Mutung’u Mauritius set out its national artificial intelligence (AI) strategy in 2018, the first by an African country. SINCE then, over a dozen African states…

The El Niño forming in the tropical Pacific is likely to be a big one

Matthew England, Alex Sen Gupta & Alistair Hobday The world’s oceans are the hottest on record for June, pushing past records set during the 2023/2024 El Niño years. RIGHT now,…

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