Five lessons for leaders from the Apple succession story

“Cook asked whether he and the other top managers should leave. Jobs paused for more than 30 seconds before he decided they should,” Walter Isaacson writes in the biography Steve Jobs.
By Dzikamai Bere 17h ago

Nurses’ strike exposes the cost of intransigence

A FEW weeks ago, we warned in this space about the looming catastrophe a nurses’ strike would unleash. That warning was ignored. Today, the consequences are here.
By Eddie Zvinonzwa 19h ago

Mugabe clings to old guard in reshuffle

Political observers point out the changes reward loyal supporters and punish a notable critic.
By Barnabas Thondhlana 20h ago

We want to come back home, but . . .

Estimates of the Zimbabwean diaspora have been pegged at between three and over five million, roughly 30% of the country’s population.
By Silas Nkala 21h ago

Patients bear the brunt of nurses’ strike

Health and Child Care minister Douglas Mombeshora confirmed that an emergency meeting took place on Monday between the Health Apex Panel and the Health Services Commission.

In Africa, the oppressor can be your own brother

This raises a difficult question: if Africa’s defining narrative is oppression from outside, how do we account for Africans turning on each other?
By Jacob Mutisi 22h ago

Econet retains top honour with Supreme Stand Award at ZITF 

These developments reflect Econet’s growing investment in artificial intelligence as a catalyst for inclusive and accelerated economic growth.
By Tendai Munhundarima 22h ago

Zimbabwe-EU trade nears US$1bn as ties deepen

Hagemann made the remarks as the bloc returned to the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo for the fourth consecutive year,
By Mthandazo Nyoni Apr. 23, 2026