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Zimbabwe's learners spend long days in classrooms, evenings on homework and weekends in extra lessons. But does more study time really mean better education, or are children losing something equally important in the process?

Whilst the COVID-19 era has come and gone, what lingers are horrific memories of our loved ones who succumbed to this global intruder. It caused scary and traumatic moments. When my mum and grandpa tested positive for COVID-19 in 2021, we urgently traveled over 100 km to assure them that it was just like any other disease and curable.

Customer service is more than politeness, it is about trust, competitiveness and economic growth. Yet many Zimbabweans continue to face poor service in businesses and public institutions. Simbarashe Namusi explores why.

We can dissect corruption in kombis, analyse economic policy in beer halls, and solve national crises in WhatsApp groups before breakfast. We know who stole what, who failed where, and which institution is collapsing next. In many ways, we have become experts at discussing what is wrong with the country.

For more than two decades, Zimbabwe has existed in a cycle of promise and disappointment. Every election season arrives with the language of national renewal and Zimbabwe's economic recovery. Every policy conference carries declarations of transformation. Every national crisis produces another conversation about “restoring the country.” Yet for millions of ordinary Zimbabweans, restoration has remained largely rhetorical, something passionately spoken about but rarely experie

Across South Africa, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Botswana, the United States, and beyond, millions of Zimbabweans are building careers, businesses, and professional reputations in some of the world’s most competitive environments. They are nurses in the NHS, engineers in Johannesburg, lecturers in American universities, entrepreneurs in Perth, software developers in Cape Town, and creatives shaping global conversations online.

Zimbabwe does not suffer from a shortage of talent. It suffers from a shortage of systems capable of sustaining talent, a central issue in Zimbabwe's economic development and long-term national growth.

HARARE — Zimbabwe is no longer merely unequal it is becoming structurally divided. In Zimbabwe, wealth is visible, confident, and expanding. Luxury vehicles glide past fuel queues, exclusive estates rise behind high walls, and a new class of elites moves with the ease of those insulated from uncertainty. In the other, survival remains a daily negotiation, informal traders chasing shrinking margins, graduates navigating a job market that barely acknowledges them, and household

There is a generation in Zimbabwe’s economy and governance crisis that has never experienced a fully functional system. For them, inefficiency in Zimbabwe is not an interruption, it is the baseline.

HARARE — Zimbabwe is not standing still. That much is clear. The roads are busy. The bars are full. The WhatsApp groups never sleep. There is movement everywhere, economic, social, and political. Yet beneath that constant motion lies an uncomfortable question: are we moving forward, or just moving?

At any given moment in Zimbabwe, two things are almost guaranteed: someone is placing a sports bet, and someone is opening a drink. More often than not, it is the same person.

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has announced the coming introduction of higher-quality ZiG banknotes with stronger paper, cleaner print, and longer durability in circulation. Technically, that sounds reassuring. A country’s currency should look respectable. Money carries national identity. But across shops, kombis and WhatsApp groups, the reaction has not been excitement. It has been a quieter question: Will the new notes last in the wallet or only in the pocket? Because in Zim

At the corner of 1st Street and Speke Avenue, the transformation did not arrive with a Harare City Council policy directive or a public notice. It crept in. One kombi stopped where it should not have. A few passengers boarded. Another followed. Then came the vendors, the touts, the whistles, the hooting, the improvised commuter ranks. Today, what was once an intersection is, in practice, an illegal commuter omnibus rank. No one officially designated it. Yet everyone participa

A country does not collapse in a single, dramatic moment. It erodes—slowly, almost invisibly—through everyday decisions that seem too small to matter.

Money is returning to Zimbabwean football. Clubs are signing players again. Wealthy patrons are backing new teams. Conversations around stadium renovations are resurfacing. After years of financial struggle, the domestic game suddenly appears attractive to investors. On the surface, it looks like football is simply recovering.

Harare is a city that wants acceleration. Every week, someone is multiplying money. Every month, someone is unveiling the “next Dubai.” Every day, someone is promising extraordinary returns guaranteed. And almost every day, someone is quietly absorbing a loss.

At several major intersections along Harare’s busiest corridors, Seke Road and Dieppe Road, Chiremba Road and Glenara Avenue, and Robert Mugabe Road and Julius Nyerere Way, a curious scene unfolds almost daily. The traffic lights are fully operational. The signals change as designed. Yet traffic police officers stand in the middle of the junction, whistles sharp against the noise, manually directing vehicles.

Zimbabwe did not just record two wins and a draw at the ICC T20 World Cup group phase. It found, briefly, a meeting place. For a few days, the country operated on one timetable — match time. Supermarket queues checked scores. Offices delayed departures by overs. The diaspora set alarms for unreasonable hours without complaint. We were not organised by policy or persuasion, but by a scoreboard.

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has announced the coming introduction of higher-quality ZiG bank notes — stronger paper, cleaner print, longer durability in circulation. Technically, that sounds reassuring. A country’s currency should look respectable. Money carries national identity. But across shops, kombis and WhatsApp groups, the reaction has not been excitement. It has been a quieter question: Will the new notes last in the wallet — or only in the pocket? Because in Zimbabw