As CAB3 moves through Parliament, Pride Mkono argues that opposition MPs have focused on winning social media applause instead of building the political pressure needed to stop the Bill.
Zimbabwe is a nation in precipitous decline. The slide from crisis to catastrophe has accelerated, politically, economically, and socially, particularly since the push to extend President Mnangagwa’s term to 2030 gained traction.
The ongoing, purported and increasingly shambolic, public consultations around President Mnangagwa’s 2030 term extension are no longer just a scheme of constitutional manipulation. They are mutating into something far more sinister.
British historian Lord Acton once plainly stated, “power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” That sincere observation gives a precise diagnosis of Emmerson Mnangagwa’s unraveling presidency in Zimbabwe.
Political analysis is not fortune-telling. Analysts are not seers gazing into crystal balls; we work more like cartographers, drawing maps from traces of the past and the present to help societies anticipate what lies beyond the next bend.
The Ministry of Health says Zimbabwe has not recorded any evidence linking COVID-19 vaccines to developmental or growth disorders in children, following concerns raised by some parents and legislators in Parliament.
Baba Harare has appealed to Ethiopian Airlines to urgently locate his missing luggage, saying it contains valuable filming equipment needed for his new album campaign.
Zimbabwe recorded 6,177 neonatal deaths and 563 maternal deaths in 2025, with Health Minister Douglas Mombeshora citing birth asphyxia, infections and postpartum haemorrhage as the leading causes.
Capital markets analyst Kennedy Ndoro has raised corporate governance concerns after Meikles moved to sell its remaining hospitality assets only months after resolving to keep the Victoria Falls Hotel.
