‘Zimbabwe is my home, we are all one people’ – Motsepe declares
For a South African leader to claim the country his compatriots so often revile as home was a gesture no tourism campaign could manufacture by STAFF WRITER Patrice Motsepe, the president of the Confederation of African Football, arrived in Zimbabwe on Saturday morning to a red-carpet welcome, and then said something that landed with the…
The bees and us
by NORMA TSOPO IT IS A quiet partnership, easily overlooked. Yet for millennia, bees and people have shared a connection that has shaped diets, landscapes and local economies.
Zimbabwe orders procurement shift from cheapest bid to local industry
by STAFF WRITER Zimbabwe’s procurement officials have been told to stop chasing the cheapest price and start rebuilding local industry, in a sweeping policy shift that turns public purchasing into a tool for industrialisation.
Faith and filling stations: A prophet’s three-week promise to end Mozambique’s fuel queues
by STAFF WRITER AS MOZAMBIQUE grapples with crippling fuel shortages that have left motorists queueing for hours and paralysed commerce across the central provinces, one religious leader has issued an unusual divine forecast: within three weeks, the pumps will flow freely again.
Worry over fate of a stolen tortoise
by BERNARD CHIKETO TORTOISES may be slow but they are masters of survival. A mature one is undeniably a veteran of it.
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.
The pits of Penhalonga
A cholera alert shows how unlicensed gold-digging is poisoning more than the soil by STAFF WRITER Health authorities in Manicaland province have issued a cholera alert after a confirmed case was detected in Mutare, linked to a patient who had recently visited the gold-mining area of Penhalonga.
Celebrated at State House
Jeys Marabini, a Zimbabwean troubadour, discovers that the best endorsement comes in uniform by STAFF WRITER “WHAT a humbling moment,” marvelled Jeys Marabini, a musician known for his nimble fusion of imbube and Afro-jazz.