When One Career Carries the Other
The hidden economics of sacrifice, relocation and unpaid support in marriage
When one spouse receives a promotion, whose achievement is it?
Formally, the answer is clear....
Zimbabwe’s Opposition Problem: Do We Build Parties, or Do We Build Personalities?
Zimbabwe’s political history raises an uncomfortable question that perhaps deserves more serious examination than the familiar debate about whether elections are free and fair.
Does...
His Money, Her Money, Our Money: What financial independence really means inside marriage
“She is financially independent.”
The phrase is now used so confidently that it often escapes examination. Usually, it means something valuable: a woman earns an...
Legal Discussions with Vengai Madzima: Rights of Buyers in Uncompleted Property Developments for Residential Stands
NewZimbabwe.com has invited Mr. Vengai Madzima, the Senior Partner at Madzima Chidyausiku Museta Legal Practitioners (MCM Legal) to discuss with us legal issues that...
When Disaster Comes to the Water: Zimbabwe Mourns the Lake Kariba Ferry Tragedy
Today, Zimbabwe mourns.
We mourn the lives lost on Lake Kariba after the passenger ferry Mbuya Nehanda capsized near Long Island. At the time of...
Chimurenga Does Not Belong to Thomas Mapfumo: When a Legend Mistakes Legacy for Ownership
There is a Shona saying that feels particularly appropriate to the increasingly uncomfortable public dispute surrounding Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo and his nephew, Kurai Makore:...
