LUSAKA – TENSIONS bedevilling Zambia’s election exercise have escalated after the main opposition leader claimed victory following Thursday’s election. Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) suspended the counting and announcement
by JEFFREY MANTAMBABINGA in Binga & AKANI CHAUKE in Johannesburg KARIBAÂ – THE Lake Kariba boat disaster has exposed what critics describe as a devastating failure of government responsibility, raising questions
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG – CITIZENS Watch Zimbabwe (CWZ) has called for the arrest of government officials and ruling party legislators it accuses of undermining the Constitution by supporting the extension
HARAREÂ – THE internet was flooded with reactions after Zimbabwe’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry announced a new policy barring transgender women from competing in the female category at
JOHANNESBURGÂ – A Zimbabwean civic organisation has strongly opposed reported plans by South African activist Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma to participate in a protest outside the Zimbabwean Embassy in Pretoria on Friday, accusing
JOHANNESBURGÂ – AS global leaders gather in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 26th International AIDS Conference, one message is resonating strongly across the developing world: a revolutionary HIV prevention medicine
JOHANNNESBURG – NEARLY 100,000 Zimbabweans had returned home by mid-July following anti-foreigner campaigns in South Africa, triggering a humanitarian emergency at the border while exposing growing labour shortages in key South
by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG – A Zimbabwean civic organisation has expressed concern over what it describes as growing restrictions on democratic freedoms following the arrest of an activist who participated in
by MANGALISO TSHUMA BULAWAYOÂ – WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa met newspaper editors at State House in February 2025, he sought to end speculation about extending his time in office. He said
by LUKE ZUNGAÂ JOHANNESBURGÂ – NYASALAND was the Maravi Empire of the Chewa, Yao, Lomwe, Ngoni and Tumbuka people. It came into European view through the visits of British explorer and
