“In God we trust; all others must bring data,” said American statistician and management theorist W. Edwards Deming – a reminder that accountability begins with evidence. Every month, my colleagues and I try to answer...
Harare
Harare’s fiscal paradox: A devolved city starved of resources
Since 2017, Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has maintained a commission of inquiry into the operations and finances of the opposition-run City of Harare, the country’s capital and largest city. For more than a...
Just energy transition provides an opportunity for Zimbabwe to expand rural electrification
Access to energy is a priority of Zimbabwe’s National Development Strategy (NDS1) for economic growth, which envisages a prosperous upper-middle-income society by 2030. This strategy envisions gross national income per...
Zimbabwe’s trust deficit
Zimbabwe goes to the polls in August in what looks likely to be a brawl between the ruling Zanu PF and the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party. Concerns have been raised by civil society organisations...
Reimagining rural education in Zimbabwe post COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a stark reminder that advances in access to education in recent decades should not be taken for granted. Children have suffered severely from global lockdowns that have prevented...
A real threat to national security
Endgame: health after lockdown African countries must realise that resilient public healthcare systems are a human security issue and vital for stable government On 11 March, the World Health Organization (WHO)...
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