Economic Liberation Deserves a Place Alongside Political Freedom at Heroes’ Acre
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Newton M. Mambande HARARE – EVERY 11th of August, we gather at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. The guns fire. The bugles sound. We lay wreaths for…
When Cybercrime Becomes Infrastructure
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesReading INTERPOL’s 2026 African Cyberthreat Assessment – and what it means for Zimbabwe By Jabulani Simplisio Chibaya HARARE – EVERY June, INTERPOL publishes a state of the nation on…
Beyond the Parade: Reframing ZDF’s as Engines of Stability and Development
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Newton M. Mambande HARARE – EVERY second Tuesday of August, the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) march past at the National Sports Stadium. Fighter jets roar, armoured vehicles roll,…
Thirst for Growth: Can Delta’s US$210m Bet Reshape Zim’s Industrial Future?
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Newton M. Mambande HARARE – THERE is a moment in every industrial cycle when a company stops reacting to the market and starts racing ahead of it. For Delta…
Zim’s Debt Crossroads in 2026 Choosing Investment Over Consumption
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Newton M. Mambande HARARE – PUBLIC debt is neither inherently good nor bad. It is a financing instrument whose value depends on how effectively it is deployed and…
Treasury’s 6% Growth Forecast Hinges on Unresolved Production Bottlenecks
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Newton M. Mambande HARARE — THE 2026 Midterm Budget and Economic Review, presented by the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion, arrives at a critical juncture. Households,…
BRICS Bank or Minerals?
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesZimbabwe’s Sovereignty Crossroads Demands Choice. By Newton Mambande Introduction: The new alignment question HARARE – AS Zimbabwe contemplates deeper alignment with the New Development Bank (NDB), commonly referred to…
Who Will Win the Race for Zimbabwe’s Dairy Champion?
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesAn Economic History and Financial Economics Analysis By Newton Mambande Introduction: Why Dairibord Matters HARARE – DURING the 2025/2026 financial period, the boardroom contest for control of Dairibord Holdings…
The Weekend Read: Can Zim Learn to Trust Its Own Money Again?
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Tinotenda Bhunu HARARE – Every country would like to use its own currency. There is nothing unusual about that. The United States has the dollar. South Africa has…
Investment Report 2026: Why Zim Must Fix Governance, Not Geology
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Newton M. Mambande INTRODUCTION: INVESTMENT IN AN AGE OF POLYCRISIS HARARE – THE United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s World Investment Report 2026 arrives at a moment when the…