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Zimbabwe in crisis: The rise of lawlessness

A police officer was shot dead inside the charge office — a place that should symbolise safety and order.

By Newsday Oct 27, 2025

Zimbabwe in crisis: The rise of lawlessness

Real opposition is alive

By Newsday Oct 25, 2025

Why Zimbabwe’s debt data must be credible

By Newsday Oct 24, 2025

Rising crime a stark reminder of struggling economy

The latest statistics released by the Zimbabwe Statistics Agency (ZimStat) paint a worrying picture of a nation grappling with deepening socio-economic challenges.

By Newsday Oct 23, 2025

Last-minute heroics won’t excuse govt neglect of hockey

The story of the Zimbabwe Junior Women's Hockey team is, regrettably, a familiar one

By Newsday Oct 22, 2025

Last-minute heroics won’t excuse govt neglect of hockey

A cult of personality

Zanu PF believes Mnangagwa has performed well to deserve the extension of his term

By Newsday Oct 20, 2025

Squatters in the pocket of the President

Labour minister Edgar Moyo announced on Thursday that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had felt pity for the country’s hard-pressed civil servants.

By Newsday Oct 18, 2025

Squatters in the pocket of the President

Ema must wake up to the plunder of our rivers

A Harare law firm has done what many citizens have been too afraid — or too tired — to do: demand accountability for environmental crimes being committed in plain sight.

By Newsday Oct 17, 2025

Ema must wake up to the plunder of our rivers

Investment must never trump the law or Zimbabwe dignity

What should have been mutually beneficial partnerships have, in too many cases, turned into stories of exploitation and abuse.

By Newsday Oct 16, 2025

Investment must never trump the law or Zimbabwe dignity

Warriors must fix scoring headache

THE final whistle at Peter Mokaba Stadium on Monday night didn't just signal a 1-0 defeat for the Zimbabwe Warriors against Lesotho; it was an embarrassing reality check for a nation

By Newsday Oct 15, 2025

Politics of the belly

There are reports that lawmakers are in for rich pickings if they support plans to amend the Constitution to extend Mnangagwa’s stay.

By Newsday Oct 14, 2025

Publish the Cheda Commission report

Residents associations have raised alarm following a prolonged silence from President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office, five months after a report detailing corruption within the City of Harare.

By Newsday Oct 7, 2025

Growing intolerance for free expression must stop

Section 59 guarantees every citizen the right to demonstrate and present petitions peacefully.

By Newsday Oct 6, 2025

Growing intolerance for free expression must stop

The people’s House turned market stall

A well-resourced Parliament is not a luxury; it is essential for a healthy democracy.

By Newsday Oct 4, 2025

Govt sabotaging ‘once literacy leader’ education sector

Government itself is to blame for the crisis in Zimbabwe’s education sector.

By Newsday Oct 3, 2025

Govt sabotaging ‘once literacy leader’ education sector

When youth stay silent, their future is stolen

ZIMBABWE’S young people cannot afford to leave the duty of oversight solely to legislators

By Newsday Oct 2, 2025

When youth stay silent, their future is stolen

Let’s restore dignity through toilets

The report noted some progress, with the proportion of households without toilets in the province dropping from 53% in 2024 to 46% this year.

By Newsday Oct 1, 2025

Locals cannot be sacrificed for foreign capital

THE conflict unfolding in Goromonzi, where villagers are resisting the activities of a Chinese company allegedly operating under the guise of constructing an Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) radar system

By Newsday Sep 30, 2025

Locals cannot be sacrificed for foreign capital

Our children’s lives matter, we must protect their future

THE case of the 13-year-old girl from Chikomba — raped by eight men, some of them relatives — is horrifying.

By Newsday Sep 29, 2025

Our children’s lives matter, we must protect their future

We cannot afford to be a gun State

National police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi is right — unlicensed firearms are increasingly being linked to armed robberies, murders and other violent crimes.

By Newsday Sep 27, 2025

A donation for the few while the nation starves

THE recent donation of 300 vehicles by businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei to Zanu PF has sparked outrage — and rightly so.

By Newsday Sep 26, 2025

A donation for the few while the nation starves

A law for the poor, a law for the rich

Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and Prosecutor-General Loyce Matanda-Moyo claim they are disturbed by public anger over recent drug cases.

By Newsday Sep 26, 2025

Minerals looted, communities left in ruin

Kudakwashe David Mnangagwa could not have said it better: illicit financial flows rob Africa of an estimated US$88 billion every year

By Newsday Sep 25, 2025

Minerals looted, communities left in ruin

Nothing for the masses after silly season

Tension is once again rising in Zanu PF

By Newsday Sep 24, 2025

Nothing for the masses after silly season

Cyclone lessons must not be forgotten

ON March 14, 2019, Cyclone Idai made landfall near Beira city in Mozambique.

By Newsday Sep 23, 2025

A donation for the few while the nation starves

Doctors and nurses are underpaid, demoralised and fleeing the country in numbers.

By Newsday Sep 22, 2025

Editorial Comment: Let’s invest in Zim’s sporting potential

The 25-year-old clocked an impressive 19.98 seconds to finish third in his semifinal heat.

By Newsday Sep 20, 2025

Editorial Comment: Let’s invest in Zim’s sporting potential

Tourism expo or feeding trough?

The event exposed the rot of patronage politics and financial impropriety.

By Newsday Sep 16, 2025

Zanu PF, the beast that always survives

It is an institution built on intrigue, betrayal and survival at all costs since the 1960s.

By Newsday Sep 2, 2025

A generation abandoned

In the education sector, teachers’ colleges and universities continue to churn out graduates who face a dead-end upon completion. Public hospitals have become death traps.

By Newsday Aug 30, 2025