Day: January 6, 2026
Zimbabwe’s fuel stations are going portable
by BERNARD CHIKETO IN A BID to stamp out the hazardous and widespread trade in black-market fuel, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) is taking a novel approach. Instead of just cracking down, it is trying to out-compete the illegal vendors.
Confronting Child Marriage in Marange
by BERNARD CHIKETO THE air in Moffat Hall, a community centre in Mutare’s densely populated Sakubva suburb, was thick with more than just the heat of a hot summer day. It was charged with the quiet intensity of 75 schoolgirls, their uniforms a stark contrast to the gravity of the discussion.
Zimbabwe Tops Global Tourism Ranking for 2025, Signaling a National Rebirth
The thunder of Victoria Falls now echoes a nation’s return to the world stage, as a former pariah becomes a premier destination. by BERNARD CHIKETO FOR decades, Zimbabwe was a byword for political and economic turmoil, its world-class tourist attractions overshadowed by international isolation and internal strife. That chapter may be closing.
The Legal Lioness: Ever Chinoda’s fight for wildlife justice
by BERNARD CHIKETO WHEN Ever Chinoda received the 2025 Women in Conservation Award in London last week, the accolade was more than a personal triumph.
Zimbabwe Pushes Tax Incentives, Funding for Women-Led Businesses Provincial official outlines plan to direct capital to female entrepreneurs in a bid
by BERNARD CHIKETO A SENIOR government official here laid out a policy roadmap aimed at using tax incentives and targeted government spending to bolster women-led businesses, part of a national strategy to stimulate economic growth by advancing gender equality.
Cricket and Commerce in Zimbabwe
A tour by a revered English cricket club is part of a strategy to pitch the country as a destination for high-value sports tourism. by Bernard CHIKETO IT HAS been six decades since the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the custodian of the sport’s laws and a side steeped in English tradition, last played in Zimbabwe….
Unidentified man recovered from flooded river in eastern Zimbabwe
STAFF WRITER POLICE in Manicaland province have appealed to the public for help in identifying a man whose body was recovered from the Honde River on Monday.