When licenced guns turn deadly
Conrad Mupesa-Features Writer A licenced firearm is issued on the trust that its holder will exercise restraint, sound judgment and respect for life. But in Sanyati, Mashonaland West Province, that…
Father’s year-long search culminates in temporary relief, deep pain
Fungai Lupande-Mashonaland Central Bureau FOR nearly a year, the disappearance of Charity Chidhawu Karembera and her four-year-old son in Guruve haunted her family, draining their resources, tearing them apart and…
Why are EU leaders suddenly being nice to Russia?
Tarik Cyril Amar Sometimes a surprising statement made almost in passing on a minor occasion can pack a lot of political oomph. And sometimes, it’s just a slip and won’t…
Cervical cancer awareness matters more than ever
Rumbidzayi Zinyuke-Health Buzz IN a corner of a small rural clinic, a woman sits quietly as she waits for someone to call her name. She had walked in for what…
Zim deserves a place at UN Security Council table
Alexander Rusero-Herald Correspondent ZIMBABWE’S bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council is not an act of vanity, nor is it a diplomatic indulgence. It is a…
EU will cheer America’s every land grab, even to its own detriment
Rachel Marsden THERE are three major foreign-policy items on the European Union’s radar, and they’re all connected: Ukraine, Venezuela and Greenland. All three involve Washington doing whatever it wants, largely…
2026 to strengthen China-Africa educational ties
Correspondent In July 2025, braving Typhoon Co-may’s gales, a planeload of 20 Zhejiang Normal University students and teachers landed at Port Elizabeth in South Africa, becoming one more wave in…
China-Africa People-to-People Exchanges and Year of the Horse
Tichaona Zindoga-Herald Correspondent AT the 2024 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (Focac), President Xi Jinping announced that the two sides agreed to designate 2026 as the China-Africa…
Africa must move from rhetorical non-alignment
Alexander Rusero and Ranga Mataire Africa once mastered the art of political survival through non-alignment. During the Cold War, the continent navigated a world split between Washington and Moscow by…
Zim needs standalone diaspora ministry
Daniel Ndlara Robson AS Zimbabwe advances towards inclusive growth and national renewal, attention is turning to one of its greatest untapped strengths —its global diaspora. Establishing a Ministry for the…











