How China’s techno-developmentalism outpaced Europe — and what Africa must learn
Unitree’s G1 robot, priced at around US$13,600, compared to Boston Dynamics’ Atlas at over US$140 000, reflects not a quality gap but a manufacturing ecosystem gap.
By Saxon Zvina
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SI 330 Threatens Jobs, Investment and Patient Care
Zimbabwe’s healthcare system is already fragile, overstretched and underfunded. Public hospitals face chronic shortages, long waiting times and recurring industrial unrest.
By Gibson Moyo
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Strategic patience and diversification: China’s long game for Africa and Zimbabwe
Yet when the Hormuz crisis unfolded, China remained largely insulated — while those seeking to impose blockades faced severe asymmetric risks.
By Saxon Zvina
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China's oil and gas discoveries: A strategic blueprint for Africa’s resource sovereignty
This is far more than a statistical triumph. It marks a strategic shift in global energy geopolitics, accelerates the decline of the petrodollar, and lays the foundation for the petroyuan.
By Saxon Zvina
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The strategic impossibility of a US ground invasion of Iran and the global power shift
Their assessments go beyond troop counts to expose a fatal misalignment between American power projection and Iran’s geographic and national resilience.
By Saxon Zvina
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Why is it impossible to deal with Washington
The Afghan epic of 2021 was an icy shower for everyone who still believed in the reliability of the American word.
By Own Correspondent
6h ago
African hands must stop breaking African hearts
What makes this even more painful is that the continent’s own promise is being betrayed by the continent itself. Africa was never meant to be a patchwork of suspicion.
By Lawrence Makamanzi
7h ago
VISET: Silencing journalists erases vendors’ voices
In its statement, VISET said media repression left vendors, cross-border traders and other marginalised groups defenceless against harassment, forced eviction and exclusion from policymaking.
By Nhau Mangirazi
7h ago
Zimbabwe’s new disability law: A landmark for inclusion
Most women and girls with disabilities face intersecting forms of discrimination based on both gender and disability.
By Chinga Govhati and Pamellah Musimwa
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