The Zimbabwean mbira player and chanteuse died tragically young at 37, before she had fulfilled her vast potential. Her legacy, however, lives on
Professor Thandika Mkandawire, the Malawian economist, passed away in late March. Influential African intellectuals, as well as his many admirers and academics the world over, are still distilling the disappearance of one of the most prolific and creative minds they have ever come across. The disheartening news hit me while under confinement in Cape Town, […]
The collaboration between Thomas Mapfumo and Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, broke new ground and should have grown cult status
Both authoritarian and democratic governments are responding to the coronavirus crisis by instituting frightening new powers
The iconic concert to celebrate independence in Zimbabwe would prove to contain a warning
A snapshot of musical moments (and mishaps) as they intersected with Zimbabwe throughout the decades.
The Covid-19 outbreak should not be used as an occasion to diminish human rights, but as an opportunity to reaffirm them
Machiri is a designer, artist, DJ and cultural producer. Here he reflects on the memory work that is just one facet of pungwes
This almost forgotten song, written at a time when many African countries had gained their independence, can provide hope during our era of persistent xenophobia
It is difficult for residents of informal settlements to follow guidelines to prevent Covid-19 transmission, such as hand-washing, in the absence of access to water. It is governments’ responsibility to provide these basic services
After years of data processing at the Wits laboratory, one evolutionary scientist has constructed a 3D model of a baby Massospondylus
Thandika Mkandawire, who died in Stockholm, Sweden, on March 27 after a battle with cancer, was a renowned development economist, an institution builder and a pan-Africanist
Kenya’s government has excluded nongovernmental organisations and other groups such as churches from its emergency decision-making. This is a mistake
Incomes are on the line because only 100% South African-owned businesses qualify for assistance
Pretoria can make a real difference in helping to solve conflicts and other issues in Burundi, the DRC, South Sudan and Zimbabwe
The country’s elites can no longer jet away to overseas health facilities and must now face the hospital system that could not help Zororo Makamba, a 30-year-old who died of the virus
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, the situation in Zimbabwe could not have been much worse
What lessons can we learn for today from the 2008-09 cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe?
The crisis is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for unscrupulous leaders to further their own interests — and they are already taking advantage
The government has put stringent measures in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and the National Assembly, provincial outreach programmes and municipalities have had to comply
For now, residents of Harare have more immediate worries
Mujuru sought to professionalise Zimbabwe’s army in the 1980s; later, as an MP, he stood against partisanship. Today’s officers and politicians should follow his lead
Zimbabwean General Solomon Mujuru died in suspicious circumstances in August 2011. This is an edited extract from his recently published biography by Blessing-Miles Tendi
Even the better off have had to find ways to manage in the shattered economy
Governments need to understand how environmental conditions affect migration and economy
Ethnic identity can be harnessed to strengthen national identity — and this can foster a continental-based African identity
Only by demonstrating that it would perform better in office while building trust within the wider population can the opposition force improvements in the electoral system while also growing the party
After losing R60-million of municipal workers’ money in a VBS-linked investment scam, the asset manager also faces a legal wrangle in Eswatini
By pushing their usually valid complaints onto the streets and the courts, opposition leaders deny governments the popular goodwill and international credibility they need to govern effectively
During his African tour this past week, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talked up Washington’s ability to stimulate growth and entrepreneurship on the continent.
Infraction knows no nationality, but identifying perpetrators is necessary to control it
When two congregants drowned in a dam near Mhondoro village in Zimbabwe, it was said the men had transgressed the covenant the church had with the shrine’s guardian spirits