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Joint, separate or somewhere in between? How couples can organise bank accounts without confusing unity with financial dependence

Some couples combine every salary, savings account and household expense. Others keep their finances almost entirely separate. Many use a joint account for common costs while retaining individual accounts...

Maybe People Facing Infertility Are Not the Problem — We Are

Abby Mango is a UK-based Fertility Lead Nurse Specialist. She founded TacklingInfertility/Hurukurodzembereko to provide education, coaching, and advocacy for African and minority ethnic communities facing fertility challenges. Contact at tacklinginfertility@gmail.com

CAB3 done, is Zimbabwe now gearing for CAB4?

By Correspondent BARELY months after President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa signed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (CAB3) into law, Zimbabwe's constitutional...

When money becomes a secret: The difference between financial privacy and financial deception in marriage

A couple can share a home and plans while living with two versions of their financial reality. One...

Legal Discussions with Vengai Madzima: Landlord’s Rights When Rent is Unpaid in Zimbabwe

NewZimbabwe.com has invited Mr. Vengai Madzima, the Senior Partner at Madzima Chidyausiku Museta Legal Practitioners (MCM Legal), to...

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:...

Who Will Look After You When You Grow Old?

The hidden economics of ageing, migration and family responsibility Ask an older African a simple question: Who will look after you when you grow old? For...

How white farmers still dominate land ownership in South Africa in spite of land reform – new research

The Conversation More than 30 years after South Africa achieved democracy, it remains one of the world’s most unequal countries. The democratic transition has not produced the transfer...

Where Should Your Wealth Live? The hidden economics of place, purpose and family investment

Ask a diaspora family a simple question: "Where do you live?" The answer usually comes without hesitation. Ask a second question—"Where does your wealth live?"—...

Africa Cannot Afford to Ignore the Cost of a Super El Niño

By Dr Iqbal Survé and Sesona Mdlokovana More than a weather event El Niño is a naturally occurring climate phenomenon caused by warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures...

Why Two Good Salaries Don’t Always Build Wealth: The hidden economics of family decision-making in diaspora marriage

Two couples earn exactly the same salaries in Britain. Twenty years later, one owns a comfortable home, has healthy pensions, growing investments and a clear...