BY NATHAN GUMA WHEN Angela Nyangani, a public service worker, was appointed to a new role in her department, there were some leadership gaps that needed filling. “I was expected to lead as someone who had just been appointed to a new position,” she recounts. Her appointment came at the right time, as she was…
DATA by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) on human rights violations collected between January and September has shown that the country’s human rights situation presents a picture of consistently high repression, marked by significant regional disparities and a concerning late-year surge. The capital, Harare, and the province of Masvingo have been persistent hotspots throughout the nine-month period. Harare maintained a consistently…
NEW data has shown that Zimbabwe’s passport grants its holders visa-free access to 63 destinations, placing it at position 80 in the 2025 Henley Passport Index. The ranking highlights sharp disparities in travel freedom across Southern Africa, where island nations continue to outperform mainland countries. The Henley Passport Index, which evaluates 199 passports based on…
THE European Union Delegation to Zimbabwe has launched a call for applications for the 2026–2028 Team Europe Youth Sounding Board (YSB), an advisory platform aimed at amplifying youth voices in EU programmes and activities across the country. The initiative seeks to bring together 25 young Zimbabweans, aged between 18 and 30, from all provinces –…
BY NATHAN GUMA NEW data has revealed the sorry state of Zimbabwe’s prisons, highlighted by chronic shortages of basic supplies, deteriorating infrastructure, creating a amid indications of underfunding of the Ministry of Justice Legal and Parliamentary Affairs. According to a joint report by the Joint Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and the…
THE recent killing of a Zimbabwean man, Fungai Nhau, by Chinese national Quijun Yu at a gold mine in Mutoko has reignited public outrage and raised serious concerns about the conduct of Chinese mining companies operating in Zimbabwe. According to Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi, the fatal shooting occurred around 2 AM…
POLICE are investigating the circumstances under which a Chinese national allegedly shot dead a Zimbabwean worker at a gold mine in Mutoko early Thursday, an incident that has reignited tensions over abuses by Chinese miners across the country. Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesman Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the incident occurred at around 2AM on October…
ZIMBABWE’S refugee population has fallen drastically since the late 1980s, when the country hosted one of the largest refugee communities in southern Africa, according to new data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The data shows that Zimbabwe sheltered nearly 250,000 refugees in 1988, a steep rise from just a few thousand…
Zimbabwe has recorded a steady rise in lower secondary school completion rates over the past three decades, according to data from Our World in Data. The figures show completion stood at about 60% in 1990, climbing gradually to above 73% by 2024. The indicator estimates the share of children who complete lower secondary education, even if…
ZIMBABWE’S trade as a share of GDP slumped during years of political turmoil and uncertainty, worsening the economic crisis, historical data processed by IOW Data has revealed. Trade as a share of GDP is the sum of exports and imports of goods and services measured as a share of gross domestic product. Historical data have shown that…
