Oscar Jeke
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Zimplats Rebounds as Zimbabwe’s Platinum Engine Gathers Pace
Zimplats has delivered a broad-based production rebound, with platinum-group metals output rising 14% year-on-year in the quarter ended June 2026, strengthening Zimbabwe’s position in a global platinu...
Zimbabwe’s Transport Safety Crisis Goes Beyond Kariba
The Lake Kariba ferry disaster has opened a much wider question about Zimbabwe's public transport system: how much risk are citizens being forced to accept simply because safer alternatives are unavai...
Zambia Suspends Vote Count as Violence Disrupts Results
Zambia’s election has entered a tense phase after the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) suspended the counting and announcement of results nationwide, citing violence against election officials and...
Gold Deliveries Carry US$3.84 Billion Value
Zimbabwe has already channelled 26.05 tonnes of gold through Fidelity Gold Refinery in the first seven months of 2026, putting the country more than halfway towards its 50-tonne annual target and givi...
Zimbabwe’s Housing Trap: How Desperate Home Seekers Become Victims of Illegal Land Deals
Zimbabwe’s housing crisis is creating a lucrative grey market in land where desperate home seekers can pay for a residential stand, build a house and still end up with nothing to show for their invest...
South Africa Unemployment Hits 33.6% Despite Anti-Foreigner Push
South Africa’s official unemployment rate climbed to 33.6% in the second quarter of 2026, with the number of unemployed people rising by 345,000 to 8.5 million, raising fresh questions about the count...
Young Women Demand Power, Not Just a Seat at the Table
 Zimbabwean young women are demanding more than symbolic inclusion in leadership and policy processes, calling for access to the resources, information and authority required to influence decisions as...
Caledonia Banks on Gold Price Windfall as Production Slips
Caledonia Mining Corporation’s first-half results reveal a widening gap between Zimbabwe’s strong gold-price environment and the underlying production performance at its Blanket Mine, with higher bull...
Zimbabwe’s Drug Bill Is Rising While Local Factories Wait
Zimbabwe is facing a pharmaceutical paradox: local manufacturers say they have the technical capacity to produce 47% of the medicines on the country’s essential medicines list, yet domestic manufactur...