How global media frames Africa and the politics of Chinese investment in Zimbabwe
The central question is: Are external powers simply describing Africa, or are they constructing a version of Africa that serves their own geopolitical goals?
By Tinashe Nyamushanya
May. 17, 2026
The late-Qing paradox: How American decline and dangers of reshape in the Global South
For the Global South and Africa, this marks the end of a unipolar era that brought conditional aid, structural adjustment and regime change wars.
By Saxon Zvina
May. 14, 2026
Zimbabwean artistes slowly entering the global market
Sometime back, I wrote bemoaning why Zimbabwean musicians have up to now not entered the global market in a big way. However, the tables seem to be slowly turning.
By Fred Zindi
May. 10, 2026
The Architecture of the New South African Soul
PRETORIA / LONDON / NEW YORK — In the globalised economy of sound, the transition from "regional talent" to "global asset" is rarely accidental; it is a calculated consonance of intent.
By Grant Notho Khumalo
May. 9, 2026
The Badge Engineering Revolution: Inside the Toyota-Suzuki Global Alliance
Toyota, conversely, is a global powerhouse with a massive research and development budget and a decades-long lead in hybrid and hydrogen fuel-cell technology.
By Tendai Munhundarima
May. 8, 2026
Why is it impossible to deal with Washington?
Opponents cannot calculate the red lines because these lines are drawn anew for each news agenda.
By Own Correspondent
May. 4, 2026
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
May. 4, 2026
“Overcapacity” vs. BYD’s shortage and CATL’s breakthrough-A tale of two systems and the Global South’s window of opportunity
The Global South must not repeat this error. True strategic autonomy means refusing to let others define your reality.
By Saxon Zvina
May. 4, 2026
“Overcapacity” vs. BYD’s shortage and CATL’s breakthrough: A tale of two systems – and the Global South’s window of opportunity
The Global South must not repeat this error. True strategic autonomy means refusing to let others define your reality.
By Saxon Zvina
May. 3, 2026
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Zim imposes Africa’s heaviest oil price hikes... shocking rip-off exposed in AU, AfDB regional report
Local News
May. 15, 2026
US$23bn debt overshoot places Zim among Africa’s seven worst distressed…poorest, war-ravaged regional economies now in the same league as Harare
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By Mthandazo Nyoni and Freeman Makopa
May. 15, 2026
