Trevor Ncube has spent years presenting himself as a defender of independent journalism, free expression and the right of the media to scrutinise powerful people. That history makes the latest legal battle involving his own publishing company deeply uncomfortable. ZimInd Publishers, the company behind NewsDay, The Standard and the Zimbabwe Independent, has taken 36 employees…

The political significance of Kudakwashe Tagwirei’s sudden arrival in Parliament should not be underestimated. For years, Tagwirei was discussed as one of Zimbabwe’s most influential businessmen, a figure whose proximity to the centres of political and economic power generated intense public debate despite him holding no elected national office. Today, he sits in the Senate…

For many Zimbabweans, the signing of Constitution Amendment No. 3 is not simply another legal development. It is viewed as one of the most significant democratic setbacks since the adoption of the 2013 Constitution. To its critics, this is nothing less than a constitutional coup against democracy, executed not with tanks on the streets but…