Author: Aldridge
SONA 2026: President Sets Parliament on a Development and Legislative Course Towards 2030
By Aldridge Dzvene HARARE — His Excellency Dr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, President and First Secretary of ZANU PF, has opened the Fourth Session of the Tenth Parliament with a State of the Nation Address that effectively places legislation, economic consolidation and accelerated implementation at the centre of Zimbabwe’s final stretch towards Vision 2030. Addressing Parliament […]
Read More
MUNHUMUTAPA WAS MORE THAN A KINGDOM, IT WAS A POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEM WITH LESSONS FOR MODERN ZIMBABWE
By Aldridge Dzvene The significance of the INSTAK Munhumutapa Public Lecture lies beyond the recovery of a historical name. At a deeper level, the discussion opens a question about how Zimbabwe understands the relationship between political authority, economic power, natural resources, production, trade and national identity. Held at Heritage Village in Harare, the lecture brought […]
Read More
VP MOHADI TO GRACE BOYS DZA MDARA 4TH ANNIVERSARY AT HERITAGE VILLAGE
By Godfrey M. Bonda HARARE — Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Hon. Col. (Rtd) Dr K.C.D. Mohadi, is expected to headline the fourth anniversary celebrations of youth empowerment movement Boys Dza Mdara at Heritage Village in Harare on 2 October 2026. The anniversary, being held under the theme “Celebrating Four Years of Empowerment,” […]
Read More
MINISTER MASUKA CALLS FOR AGRICULTURE TO POWER INDUSTRIAL GROWTH
GWERU — When Agriculture, Mechanisation and Water Resources Development Minister Hon. Dr. Anxious Jongwe Masuka told farmers that agriculture must be treated as a business, the statement went beyond the traditional question of how much maize, wheat, tobacco or horticultural produce Zimbabwe can grow. It points to a more fundamental question confronting the country’s agricultural […]
Read More
RBZ MOVES TO CHANNEL SUSTAINABLE FINANCE INTO INDUSTRIAL GROWTH
By Aldridge Dzvene HARARE, 18 September 2026 — The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has moved to shift the country’s sustainability agenda from institutional certification and compliance towards the mobilisation of capital for productive investment, industrialisation and value addition, as policymakers and financial sector players converge in Harare for the inaugural Financial Sector Sustainability Summit. The […]
Read More
US$535M INVESTMENT PIPELINE PUTS ZIMBABWE’S CAPITAL MOBILISATION UNDER SPOTLIGHT
By Aldridge Dzvene HARARE, 16 September 2026 — Zimbabwe has identified 31 priority investment opportunities requiring approximately US$535 million in financing, placing the country’s ability to convert economic potential into bankable projects at the centre of a new investment mobilisation drive led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Zimbabwe Investment and Development […]
Read More
ZANU PF STEPS UP PREPARATIONS FOR OCTOBER CONGRESS AS PARTY MOBILISES RESOURCES
HARARE, 17 September 2026 — ZANU PF has intensified preparations for its forthcoming October Congress, with the party leadership placing organisational readiness, resource mobilisation and the consolidation of the Second Republic’s economic gains at the centre of its preparations. ZANU PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Hon. Christopher Mutsvangwa, briefed journalists on the state of […]
Read More
NYANGA RUNS TOWARDS A NEW TOURISM ECONOMY
RTG Mountain Valley Marathon turns sport, music and wellness into a destination-development strategy By Aldridge Dzvene NYANGA is preparing for an experiment in destination tourism that could prove bigger than the race itself, as Rainbow Tourism Group turns the inaugural Mountain Valley Marathon and Music Festival into a platform for connecting sport, wellness, entertainment, hospitality […]
Read More
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 […]
Read More
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 […]
Read More