Zimbabwe Independent

The Zimbabwe Independent is a privately-owned weekly newspaper based in Harare, Zimbabwe. It is part of Alpha Media Holdings, which also publishes other notable publications such as The Standard and NewsDay.

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Impunity in Gaza: Israel and the great eviction

1 week ago | theindependent.co.zw | Gwynne Dyer

Israel may or may not have God on its side (opinions vary), but it certainly has the United States government on its side, and that seems to be enough. It has just attacked an unarmed civilian ship called “Conscience” with armed drones near Malta in the central Mediterranean, almost 2 000km from Israel — and nobody has said “boo”. Sceptics please note: Israel has not formally claimed responsibility for the operation.
Trump-era elections in Anglosphere

4 weeks ago | theindependent.co.zw | Gwynne Dyer

The dictionary defines a “horse whisperer” as “someone who is skilled at training horses using gentle, non-violent methods based on understanding horse behaviour and psychology”. By that standard, the only “Trump-whisperer” in Europe is Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (although Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni might get bit-parts in the movie).
Gaza: A statistical anomaly

1 month ago | theindependent.co.zw | Gwynne Dyer |Munyaradzi Madzokere |Mthandazo Nyoni |Tafadzwa Mhlanga

I was just idly looking at the casualty numbers the other day and I noticed that there was something badly wrong with them. This will take a little time and a few stats, but it’s worth staying with it. The number of civilians killed in Ukraine in three years of war, most of them from rockets, bombs and shells but a small proportion by bullets, is 12 605.
Three hours in Greenland

1 month ago | theindependent.co.zw | Gwynne Dyer

“We need to wake up from a failed, 40-year consensus that said we could ignore the encroachment of powerful countries as they expand their ambitions,” said US Vice-President JD Vance during his brief visit to the US military base at Pituffik in northern Greenland.
HCC faces financial ruin amid US$140m debt crisis

1 month ago | theindependent.co.zw | Freeman Makopa |Sydney Kawadza |Julia Ndlela |Tafadzwa Mhlanga

HARARE City Council (HCC) is battling to service a crippling US$140 million debt that threatens to shut down its already struggling water treatment plant, the Zimbabwe Independent can reveal. The debt crisis stems from a US$144 million loan deal HCC entered into with China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) to overhaul its water and sewerage reticulation system, including upgrading the critical Morton Jaffray Waterworks.
New levies tax on trust, amid mismanagement catastrophe

1 month ago | theindependent.co.zw | Faith Zaba |Ashton Ndakusiya |Tinashe Kairiza |Freeman Makopa

HARARE residents are understandably outraged by the introduction of three new levies by the City Council, covering public lighting, water infrastructure, and emergency services. At a time when Zimbabweans are already staggering under the weight of one of the heaviest tax burdens in Africa, this move adds insult to injury.
DR Congo: The tail still wags the dog

1 month ago | theindependent.co.zw | Gwynne Dyer |Tinashe Kairiza |Freeman Makopa |Julia Ndlela

“JOSEPH Kabila boycotted the election and is preparing an insurrection because he is the AFC,” said President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo last October, and lo!It is coming to pass just as he predicted. But you cannot tell the players without a programme, so a little bit of explanation first. Well, a lot, really. Please be patient. It’s quite a tangled tale.
US$7m ZPC debt chokes Makomo

1 month ago | theindependent.co.zw | Freeman Makopa |Sydney Kawadza |Julia Ndlela |Tafadzwa Mhlanga

THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) owes Makomo Resources US$6,8 million for unpaid coal supplies, a debt that weighed heavily on the coal miner before it slipped into curatorship in 2021. Corporate rescuer Grant Thornton released Makomo from external administration last month. However, the lingering debt, equivalent to ZiG181 billion at the interbank exchange rate, was one of several unresolved financial obligations.
Geoff Nyarota departure leaves gaping orifice in Zim journalism

1 month ago | theindependent.co.zw | Faith Zaba |Ashton Ndakusiya |Tinashe Kairiza |Freeman Makopa

THIS week, the media fraternity mourns the passing of Geoffrey Nyarota, an award-winning Zimbabwean investigative journalist, editor, and media pioneer renowned for his fearless pursuit of truth in a politically hostile environment. He passed away on Sunday after a long battle with colon cancer and kidney disease. He was buried on Wednesday in Nyazura, his rural home.
Animal Farm celebrates top performers

1 month ago | theindependent.co.zw | Tinashe Kairiza |Freeman Makopa |Julia Ndlela |Tafadzwa Mhlanga

FOR anyone such as Muckraker, who was lucky enough to read George Orwell’s many books, but specifically Animal Farm, and Ken Saro Wiwa’s Prisoners of Jebs, they would certainly find life in this sorry apology for a country a bit tolerable because the experience that they are being made to go through presents an opportunity to live these books.