Crime and underdevelopment: Why Zim must address root causes, not just symptoms
The future of Zimbabwe depends not only on reducing crime, but on addressing the conditions that allow crime to thrive.
By Mitchel Zvingowaniseyi
6h ago
Customer experience management for SMEs in Zim
Good customer experience does not require foreign currency or a loan. Here is what works on the ground in Zimbabwe today:
By Tabani Moyo and Farai Chigora
6h ago
‘It’s not about the money’
I waited until the beer arrived. “Do you know what a ‘calling’ means?” I asked him, noting his conflicted expression.
By Onie Ndoro
6h ago
Tokenising cattle: Zimbabwe’s new digital herd
By valuing assets at one token per kilogramme, the model democratises access for Zimbabweans previously sidelined by high entry costs.
By In Conversation With Trevor
6h ago
Send the hooligans to jail
Surely, it is very unfair that clubs continue to suffer and losing thousands of dollars over the behaviour of fans whom they have no control over.
By Michael Kariati
6h ago
Xenophobia forces Mwenje Mathole to cancel concert
Last month, Mwenje Mathole cancelled his show scheduled for the Hard Rock Cafe in Sandton, Johannesburg due to rising xenophobic tensions.
By Fred Zindi
6h ago
When the Strait of Hormuz reaches the Zim pump
The blockade is set to remain in place until a formal agreement is reached, and Iran has so far refused to dismantle its enriched uranium stockpile. Resolution remains uncertain.
By Isaac Jonas
6h ago
Textbook not textspeak
Yes, textspeak may be useful in our hurried world in texts but it is not helpful in our formal world of communication.
By Tim Middleton
6h ago
Driving Africa's structural transformation through agro-processing, commercial integration, and digital leapfrogging
While Western Europe, North America, and East Asia followed this sequence rigidly, many African nations today are experiencing premature deindustrialisation.
By Esther Mapungwana
6h ago
Healthy soils, healthy nation: Why Zim must invest more in sustainable soil management
Crops that once thrived now struggle, fertilizer effectiveness is inconsistent, and rainfall patterns interact differently with various soil types.
By Gary Gerald Mtombeni
6h ago
Zim rivers choked by greed and bureaucracy
From the Mazowe and Save to the Sanyati and Umzingwane rivers, these waterways have been systematically choked by years of legal and illegal alluvial mining.
By The Standard
6h ago
Out of control
We cannot control being selected for a school, provincial or national team; however, we can control how we play and trust that that will be sufficient for being selected.
By Tim Middleton
6h ago
Bribes, bullying, and the pillaging of the constitution
Her passing has revealed that not everyone mourned her loss and also exposed astounding levels of double standards.
By Doctor Stop It
6h ago
US Zvigananda abandon president Trump over losing strategy!
Neo-liberalism is the idea that there is no economic purpose which cannot be fulfilled better if performed by the private sector. In polite language, Zvigananda call this private-state partnerships.
By Kenneth Mufuka
6h ago
This Amendment Is Not Reform — It Is a Setback for Access, Affordability and Universal Health Coverage
That is how you protect consumers. That is how you advance Universal Health Coverage. That is how you strengthen — rather than fracture — a fragile system.
By Staff Reporter
May. 28, 2026
Africa Day at Panyatsime reconnects youth with heritage
Panyatsime hosted learners from schools including B and P College and Best Learners Infant School in Seke under Manyame Rural District Council.
By Gilbert Munetsi
May. 26, 2026
The Caribbean frontline: Cuba’s fight is Africa’s fight — A strategic analysis of the US indictment of Raúl Castro
They defend not Raúl Castro the man, but the principle that sovereignty cannot be litigated out of existence.
By Saxon Zvina
May. 25, 2026
China’s critical minerals advantage and Africa’s industrialisation path
Technology transfer must be commercial, voluntary, and mutually beneficial.
By Saxon Zvina
May. 25, 2026
The geopolitical pendulum: Why the Global South chooses China over unilateral hegemony
Since the Cold War, America’s go-to tools have been military action, sanctions, and regime change. Too often, where the US intervenes, chaos follows.
By Saxon Zvina
May. 25, 2026
Behind the “China shock” panic lies a deeper Western crisis of confidence
From an African perspective, it is neither reasonable to blindly glorify China’s development model nor follow Western biased opinions to reject China arbitrarily.
By Tinashe Nyamushanya
May. 25, 2026
Global health governance and geopolitics: WHA rejects Taiwan-related proposals for 10th consecutive year
Sovereignty norms as the core institutional benchmark
By Tinashe Nyamushanya
May. 25, 2026
Global transformation: How Africa can seize its historic opportunity
Going forward, Africa and the Global South will stand as owners of our own fate. We will build an international order that is fair, inclusive and respectful.
By Saxon Zvina
May. 25, 2026
From misjudgment to momentum: A transformed China and Africa’s path to autonomy
By 2025, China-Africa trade reached $348.1 billion, with China remaining Africa’s largest trading partner for 17 consecutive years.
By Saxon Zvina
May. 25, 2026
From humiliation to rejuvenation: China’s 200-year journey and Its lessons for Africa and the Global South
China’s rebirth — from a semi-colonial, impoverished, and humiliated nation to a thriving global powerhouse — rests on four enduring, interconnected pillars.
By Saxon Zvina
May. 25, 2026
Why Zim’s EV transition faces a long, potholed road ahead
In Zimbabwe, this global transition is often met with a mix of academic enthusiasm and policy experimentation, as seen through legislative adjustments like Statutory Instrument 35 of 2025,
By Tendai Munhundarima
May. 24, 2026
Pan-Africanism, creativity and enduring power of African traditional instruments in development promotion
Pan-Africanism has historically functioned as both a political philosophy and a cultural movement dedicated to the liberation, unity, dignity,
By Ray M Langa
May. 24, 2026
Africa Day and the next African revolution will be communicated
Long before Africa’s liberation movements were written into history books, they were spoken into existence through stories, songs, poetry, oral traditions, and collective memory.
By Fungayi Antony Sox
May. 24, 2026
Chipo Masara: An African writer on the genius and resilience of Black America
Zimbabwean‑born author and former sub editor of The Standard, Chipo Masara, has written a compelling cultural book titled The Hidden Source of American Culture: Inside the Cycle of Black Erasure.
By Chipo Masara
May. 24, 2026
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