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…
The Weekend Read: Why Zim’s Informal Economy Deserves a Second Look
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Tinotenda Bhunu HARARE – WALK through any Zimbabwean town and you will see an economy at work. A woman selling vegetables by the roadside. A young man repairing phones…
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…
Beyond Digitisation: Africa’s Blueprint for the Smart Cadastre
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesArtificial intelligence, blockchain and geospatial technologies are redefining land administration—offering African governments a chance to build more transparent, efficient and trusted systems. By Tanaka Chiwenga HARARE – ACROSS the…
Milk output up 7% in H1 2026
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy ETimes HARARE – ZIMBABWE’S milk production increased by 7% to 61.31 million litres in the first six months of 2026, from 52.24 million litres in the same period…