ZiG is legal tender. So why can't you use it online?
But yet there is a digital glitch in the matrix. If you try to book a ride-hailing app, or pay for groceries on a local website, your ZiG card often feels like a plastic coaster.
By Valentine Maya
8h ago
Review of "China's minerals mafia: A global pattern of corruption, environmental destruction and human rights abuse”
Media reporting from outlets including Daily Maverick, Dialogue Earth, Wall Street Journal, and New Zimbabwe is moderate strength as secondary sourcing.
By Debra Manyasi
8h ago
Policy inconsistency, costs weigh on Zimbabwe industry
Industry and Commerce permanent secretary Tadeous Chifamba said authorities were strengthening enforcement of local content policies.
By Blessed Ndlovu
10h ago
How the Egodini impasse is choking Bulawayo
Upon competition, the mall was projected to have a shopping complex, formal vending bays, and improved infrastructure to ease congestion in the city centre.
By Langelihle Nyathi
11h ago
Starlink, KYC and the fight for privacy in Zimbabwe
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe has made subscriber verification a condition of Starlink’s operating licence, aligning it with local telecom standards.
By Tendai Munhundarima
14h ago
The ZiG’s BiG5 rollout: Can wildlife designs mask a crisis of confidence?
This echoes the 2024 ZiG launch, where inflation fears kept larger bills out of circulation, leaving the public to grapple with a currency that lacks the utility for high-value trade.
By Valentine Maya
15h ago
Chitungwiza’s hidden star carves his own lane
That foundation matters. In an era where so much music is built on trend-chasing and the algorithm's appetite for novelty, t’naka AM.P's anchoring in actual craft is quietly radical.
By Valentine Maya
May. 6, 2026
The geopolitical weaponisation of mining narratives against Zimbabwe's development
In 2024-2025, the United States government approached the Republic of Zimbabwe with a funding proposal that contained unprecedented conditionalities:
By Chenai Maposa
May. 5, 2026
Exposing the geopolitical smear behind the "China's mineral mafia" report
The US government approached Zimbabwe's mining sector with what it calls "technical assistance" and "investment frameworks." Washington's record speaks for itself:
By Killian Marisa
May. 5, 2026
