January 23
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Looks to China to Secure Place in EV Battery Supply Chain
Chinese companies have invested billions in Zimbabwe's lithium. Now Harare wants to ensure some processing happens before export. Read more »
January 09
Zimbabwe: 'We're Not Getting Anything' - Lithium Boom May Prove a Bust for Zimbabwe
As global demand skyrockets for the metal used in batteries, locals are left with a choice between living in a mining zone and relocating. Read more »
November 02, 2023
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Third Generation Feminists After Covid-19
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
October 31, 2023
Zimbabwe: Doubts Grow Over Who'll Benefit From UAE Carbon Deal for Fifth of Zimbabwe
Carbon credit projects may make profits for a Dubai-based firm, but experts and locals are sceptical about benefits to communities and the climate. Read more »
September 13, 2023
Zimbabwe: A Shameful Shambles - an Account of Zimbabwe's Elections of August 2023
An election observer who has witnessed every Zimbabwean election since independence in 1980, narrates his experience of the 2023 elections. Read more »
July 14, 2023
Africa: Zimbabwean Legend, Thomas Mapfumo Retires in Exile
After five decades on the stage, one of the continent's great musical innovators, and an outspoken critic of corrupt politics, takes his last bow - in exile, because it was too… Read more »
April 11, 2023
Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe, a Struggling Media Is a Target for Capture
With elections looming, private media, once staunch critics of the ruling party, are increasingly open to elite persuasion. Read more »
December 16, 2022
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe - Vice-President's Secret Plan to Be President Stays On Schedule
President Mnangagwa was not seriously challenged at the ZANU-PF congress. But neither was the powerful Vice-President Chiwenga. Read more »
November 02, 2022
Africa: Zimbabwe's Education Was Once the Envy of Africa. Not Anymore
Educators during the country's post-independence golden age wanted for nothing. Today's teachers say they barely scrape by. Read more »
July 30, 2020
Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe, No One Can Breathe
Most worryingly for the corrupt and clueless government, even the security forces deployed to crush dissent are suffering. Read more »