COMMENT: MORE THAN A TRADE FAIR

Just days after the echoes of Independence Day celebrations faded across Maphisa, Bulawayo has slipped into a different kind of festive rhythm. The flags are still flying, but now they…

Ekhaya festival expands, attendance expected to double

Langalakhe Mabena, [email protected] Gospel music lovers in Bulawayo are set for a spiritually uplifting experience as the Ekhaya Worship Festival returns for its second edition on Africa Day. Led by…

ZITF 2026 ignites higher business prospects for local, foreign firms

Rutendo Nyeve and Judith Phiri, Zimpapers Writers DOMESTIC and foreign exhibitors have expressed strong optimism for clinching lucrative deals and expanding markets from intense engagements at the 2026 Zimbabwe International…

Zimbabwe turning from raw mineral exporter into competitive beneficiation hub

Rutendo Nyeve, [email protected] MINES and Mining Development Minister, Dr Polite Kambamura, has reaffirmed that Zimbabwe is open for business under a clear and compelling investment framework designed to transform the…

Zimbabwe pushes for regionally harmonised education, examination standards

Sikhumbuzo Moyo, [email protected] ZIMBABWE has called for a harmonised education system that also ring-fences against any leakage of examinations in any member State of the Southern African Development Community. Minister…

National land master plan for provincial specialisation

Theseus Shambare, [email protected] GOVERNMENT will soon unveil a national land master plan aimed at driving provincial specialisation and accelerating rural industrialisation as Zimbabwe moves to transform land into a productive…

‘MSMEs are entry point to rural industrialisation’

Judith Phiri, [email protected] THE Minister of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development, Monica Mutsvangwa, has said micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are the entry point to rural…

Zim@46: Reflections on the struggle to deepen electoral democracy and unthinking constitutional coloniality

Richard Runyararo Mahomva THE commemoration of this year’s Independence anniversary marked a turning point in the revolutionary continuity of the Zimbabwean national question. Coincidentally, the nation finds itself entangled in…

Naaz on cloud nine

Lovemore Dube, [email protected] THE president of the National Athletics Association of Zimbabwe (Naaz), Tendai Tagara, has hailed the present state of Zimbabwean athletics as one of the strongest in recent…

Zanele’s focus now on Miss Tourism Zimbabwe role

Gift Moyo, [email protected] Zimbabwe recently crowned its Miss Tourism, Zanele Moyo, a beauty from Bulawayo. Last week, a Press conference was held in the city, giving locals an opportunity to…