Day: September 16, 2026
THE MUNHUMUTAPA DOCTRINE: HISTORY, SOVEREIGNTY AND ECONOMIC POWER
By Aldridge Dzvene Zimbabwe’s Munhumutapa Day is ultimately not about remembering an empire. It is about what Zimbabwe believes it can become. That is the deeper message emerging from President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa’s address at the inaugural Munhumutapa Day commemorations in Mashonaland Central, where history was deliberately connected to the economic ambitions, political sovereignty and […]
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HARARE VENDING PLAN TARGETS ORDER, AFFORDABLE TRADING AND LIVELIHOODS
GOVERNMENT has approved a new package to bring informal vending in Harare’s Central Business District into a formal trading system while protecting livelihoods and expanding access to affordable, lawful trading spaces. The measures, approved by Cabinet and presented by Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development Honourable Felix Tapiwa Mhona, seek to balance enforcement with practical […]
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BREAKING: NOLLYWOOD ICON OLU JACOBS DIES AT 84
NOLLYWOOD has lost one of its most recognisable veteran actors, Olu Jacobs, who died on Wednesday at the age of 84. Jacobs, whose full name was Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, died on September 16, 2026, with his family announcing his death through his wife, veteran actress Joke Silva. The family described him as “The Lion of […]
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FROM LIBERATION ALLIANCE TO INDUSTRIAL POWERHOUSE: ZIMBABWE AND CHINA RESET THE TERMS OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION
By Aldridge Dzvene HARARE — The defining question in the evolving Zimbabwe-China relationship is no longer how deep the friendship is, but what that friendship can produce for Zimbabwe’s economy. More than four decades after China stood alongside Zimbabwe’s liberation movement, the relationship is entering a phase in which historical solidarity is being tested against […]
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