NetOne Turns 30, Links Specialists with Rural Healthcare Facilities
by NORMA TSOPO FOR three decades, NetOne has been a utility of sorts, a state-backed giant tasked with keeping Zimbabweans talking.
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The state that Mutare is in
A SPECIAL report on the State of the City Address, first half 2026 compiled by NORMA TSOPO and BERNARD CHIKETO
The Fining Game
Has Zimbabwe’s tourism regulator discovered a new way to improve business and accountability or a new revenue stream through on-the-spot penalties? by BERNARD CHIKETO FOR AN industry that trades on warm welcomes and jaw-dropping beautiful landscapes, Zimbabwe’s tourism sector has always had a slightly edgy relationship with rules.
Zimbabwe makes polluters pay—at least in law
by STAFF WRITER THE NOTION that those who dirty the environment should pick up the tab has graduated from campaign slogan to binding legal duty in Zimbabwe.
Spanner, scarf and saw – Beauty Hughes and the art of the possible
by BERNARD CHIKETO A WORKSHOP is not, usually, the most promising setting for a revolution.
Carbon, cleaned – a Mutare entrepreneur’s bet on engine hygiene
by BERNARD CHIKETO FOR A COUNTRY that has pledged to cut emissions by 2030, Zimbabwe’s roads tell a different story.
A bug’s life, a farmer’s ruin
STAFF WRITER IN THE time it takes to read this sentence, another tonne of maize, wheat or beans will have been devoured by an enemy that never sleeps.
Zimbabwe’s Farm Advisors Form a Political Alliance: A Pragmatic Cry for Recognition?
by NORMA TSOPO AT THE launch of a new political affiliate for agricultural officers in Chigodora recently, the local member of parliament, Tawanda Dumbarimwe, presented a symbolic gift: 100 chicks each to 23 women’s league chairladies.
Of rivers and revenues – how Odzani Falls marries power with tourism
by BERNARD CHIKETO IN THE rugged highlands of Manicaland, where the Odzani River carves its path through ancient rock, a quiet revolution is underway. For decades, Zimbabwe has been caught in a debilitating cycle of energy poverty, with power outages stifling industry and dimming homes for up to 18 hours a day.
Manicaland Bets on Pine Resin to Douse Old Conflicts
by BERNARD CHIKETO FOR decades, the vast pine plantations of Zimbabwe’s eastern highlands have been a landscape of latent wealth and recurring loss.
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