Why new municipal police and courts law must prioritise accountability

Body cameras protect citizens from abuse while simultaneously protecting officers from false accusations and drastically reduces chances of soliciting bribes.
By Claude Phuti 6h ago
America’s leading Afro-educator attacked!
America’s leading Afro-educator attacked!
“No, Siree!” They said. “We are not going to be part of training Africans to be hewers of wood and carriers of water for the white man.” Reverend Dr. Robert Laws.
By Kenneth Mufuka 6h ago
When entrepreneurship goes wrong
Every entrepreneur should remain a student of their industry. Reading books, participating in professional networks, and acquiring new skills should become routine business practices.
By Farai Chigora and Tabani Moyo 6h ago
When citizens act, climate change becomes a collective fight
Citizen activism will not solve climate change by itself. But without active citizens, even the strongest climate policies risk remaining words on paper.
Not witchcraft. Not madness. It is dementia.
Fact: Dementia is caused by diseases affecting the brain. Although age is the greatest risk factor, dementia is not an inevitable part of ageing.
By Ruth Memeza 6h ago
When education fails to pay salaries
Multiple tiers of directors, deputy directors, and chief directors often operate at the same functional level, blurring accountability and significantly increasing personnel costs.
Brother In House Zimbabwe gets official launch as Zim’s first home grown reality TV show
The presence of the deputy minister at the launch underscores the growing profile of the production
By Valentine Maya Aug. 6, 2026
China’s domestic DUV lithography breakthrough: Lessons of technological self-reliance for Africa and the Global South
While most core subsystems of China’s new equipment are localised, a small share of critical components still rely on foreign suppliers.
By Saxon Zvina Aug. 4, 2026
Huawei’s US$28 billion R&D lesson: Africa must prioritise substantive research over empty rhetoric
Amid intensifying technological rivalry, indigenous research capacity stands as the most reliable buffer against geopolitical risks. 
By Saxon Zvina Aug. 4, 2026
Conflict in Ukraine pulls the world into the abyss
So modern day European leaders are increasingly finding it difficult to drop the "toy" that Ukraine has become for them. 
By Own Correspondent Aug. 4, 2026
NATO’s quiet foray into Asean: Hard lessons for Africa and the Global South
Nato’s 2022 Strategic Concept groundlessly labelled China a “systemic challenge,” laying out an explicit pivot toward the Indo-Pacific theatre. 
By Saxon Zvina Aug. 4, 2026
Tech restrictions: A wake-up call for the Global South
New iterations of these foreign-manufactured devices will no longer receive FCC certification, effectively barring them from US retail and industrial markets. 
By Saxon Zvina Aug. 4, 2026
2030: Silly adults and silent streets
The streets were whispering, of course. They said the president was avoiding the "dust" of the nationwide protests.
By Doctor Stop It Aug. 2, 2026
Editorial Comment: Protest is a right, not a crime
The Zimbabwe Council of Churches has already warned that these amendments have deepened polarisation and could threaten the very peace the General claims to desire.
By The Standard Aug. 2, 2026
Mission 300 needs unity, not division
Electricity does not recognise tribal boundaries.
By Edzai Kachirekwa Aug. 2, 2026
Brand architecture and the Zimbabwean SME competitiveness
A large company can afford to run several distinct brands in parallel, each with its own advertising budget, because scale absorbs the cost of repetition.
By Farai Chigora and Tabani Moyo Aug. 2, 2026
The human cost of Zimbabwe’s debt crisis
 Throughout the conference, participants emphasised that sovereign debt cannot be treated as merely a macroeconomic or financial issue.
By Zimcodd Aug. 2, 2026
Africa will bear the cost of South Africa’s Afrophobia
South Africa wore the heavy moral mantle of the prophet Elijah.
By Kenneth Mufuka Aug. 2, 2026
Mining greed destroys Zimbabwe's vital rivers
The declaration of a state of disaster is a damning indictment of Zimbabwe’s failure to regulate mining activities.
By CNRG Aug. 2, 2026
From village cooperatives to digital marketplaces
Our challenge is ensuring that agriculture becomes part of the digital economy they already inhabit.
By Darlington Mafa Aug. 2, 2026
Will Zimbabwe’s David finally confront Goliath?
For many Zimbabweans, the David and Goliath narrative has become a powerful metaphor for their own political journey since attaining independence from British rule in 1980.
By Khanyisani Silwane Ncube Aug. 2, 2026
CAA3 now law: Zim must move forward in peace, unity and development
Harare is the capital city and the face of Zimbabwe.
By Clever Marisa Aug. 2, 2026
Zimbabwe's land barons must face justice, not just warnings
Local Government and Public Works minister Daniel Garwe's declaration that "the era of lawlessness is over" sends a strong message.
By Gary Gerald Mtombeni Aug. 2, 2026
Double standards in US: AI allegations and Africa’s path to digital strategic autonomy
The controversy surrounding Moonshot AI’s open-source Kimi K3 model released in July 2026 marks merely the latest episode of Washington’s sustained tech suppression against China.
By Saxon Zvina Aug. 1, 2026
Blinken’s admission and the waning unipolar order: A view from the Global South
Blinken openly highlighted China’s triple manufacturing output, massive domestic consumer base, and expanding edge in technological innovation and patents,
By Saxon Zvina Aug. 1, 2026
Gold smugglers free, peaceful protesters jailed
 This is the kind of leadership you celebrated during that coup in 2017, which resulted in the disgraceful removal of the telescopically foresighted and wisdom-imbued Gushungo.
By Doctor Stop It Jul. 26, 2026
The fly in the ointment is Nelson Chamisa!
To be brief, apart from the mass dismissals of government employees, the neo-liberal proposals by the World Bank was aimed at destroying local industries-in favor of free trade.
By Kenneth Mufuka Jul. 26, 2026