Britain calls it safety. It’s censorship

Raphael Garcia, Correspondent THE United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act was meant to keep children safe. Instead, it is keeping the public uninformed. Within days of the law taking effect in…

Editorial Comment: Extra special civil servants bonus welcome windfall

THE upgrade in public service bonuses will provide welcome extra cash for State employees, enhancing their spending power in the festive season. While the Second Republic has insisted on strict…

Africa’s enormous power understated

Gibson Nyikadzino in UPPSALA, Sweden WESTERN imperialism and neo-colonialism, though unwanted in Africa, are both survived and prolonging their stay in the continent using the age-old strategy of “divide and…

Building Zim’s next-generation workforce through innovation

Professor Willie Tafadzwa-Chinyamurindi-Correspondent IN the past week, I have had the privilege of visiting three Zimbabwean universities to conduct workshops on research capacity development. The targeted audience was staff and…

Zim acts on climate while big powers talk

Richard Muponde-Zimpapers Politics Hub WHEN world leaders converged in Belém, Brazil, for the COP30 Climate Summit, hopes were high that the promises made at COP29 in Azerbaijan would at last…

IMF impressed! What a feat

Victoria Ruzvidzo-Editor’s Brief IN my 32 years in journalism, I spent about two decades plus on the business desk. Much of what we wrote about the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…

COMMENT: The imperative of a pro-poor, transparent national budget

THE recent Pre-Budget Seminar in Bulawayo has highlighted a critical juncture for the Government as it prepares for the 2026 National Budget. The emphatic calls for a budget that is…

COMMENT: Treasury should heed voice of the people in forthcoming Budget

THE recently concluded pre-budget seminar in Bulawayo served as a vital national conversation.

CHIMURENGA CHRONICLES: Rhodesian soldiers retreated after intense Ruzawi battle

After recounting how he survived a potential massacre by Rhodesian Security Forces, CDE DAVISON JOHN TAKAWIRA MUPFUNYA, whose Chimurenga name was Red Number Mapondera Dzinopfuta, this week tells our Society…

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