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.
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.
by BERNARD CHIKETO A WORKSHOP is not, usually, the most promising setting for a revolution.
by BERNARD CHIKETO FOR A COUNTRY that has pledged to cut emissions by 2030, Zimbabwe’s roads tell a different story.
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.
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.
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.
by BERNARD CHIKETO FOR decades, the vast pine plantations of Zimbabwe’s eastern highlands have been a landscape of latent wealth and recurring loss.
by BERNARD CHIKETO IN MANICALAND seasonal rains can sever communities from schools, clinics and markets so infrastructure is not an abstract concept but a determinant of daily life.
by BERNARD CHIKETO ZIMBABWE’S government has taken a long‑overdue step to tackle one of its most persistent road‑safety failures – the lax enforcement of drink‑driving laws.
