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Factories without flags: Africa’s industrial future or dependency trap?

THE reported acquisition of Nissan’s South African plant by Chinese automaker Chery is not a routine corporate manoeuvre; it is a seismic tremor in Africa’s industrial trajectory.

By Wellington Muzengeza 2h ago

Factories without flags: Africa’s industrial future or dependency trap?

Africa’s wealth, Africa’s poverty: The unfinished revolution of resource sovereignty

The tragedy is not a lack of resources but a lack of instruments to convert them into wealth.

By Wellington Muzengeza Feb. 8, 2026

Africa’s wealth, Africa’s poverty: The unfinished revolution of resource sovereignty

Gwidzima bows out of Mossel Bay Diaz Open in semis

Second seed Gwidzima (20) went down 10-12, 11-9, 12-10, 3-11, 8-11 to third seed Sobhy (23) in a gruelling 79-minute, five-set battle.

By Fortune Mbele Feb. 3, 2026

Gwidzima bows out of Mossel Bay Diaz Open in semis

Matabeleland men lured to Ukrainian battlefields

It has since emerged that the clandestine operation relies on local agents based in Bulawayo who target unemployed youths, luring them with promises of lucrative overseas jobs.

By Nqobani Ndlovu Jan. 29, 2026

Matabeleland men lured to Ukrainian battlefields

Shadowy networks smuggling Mat’land recruits to Ukrainian battlefields

Investigations revealed that the clandestine operation relies on local agents based in Bulawayo, who target unemployed youths, luring them with promises of lucrative overseas jobs.

By Nqobani Ndlovu Jan. 29, 2026

Shadowy networks smuggling Mat’land recruits to Ukrainian battlefields

More than 100 people killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe

More than 70 people have died in Zimbabwe and 30 in South Africa, where hundreds of people were evacuated from Kruger national park earlier this month after a deluge of rain.

By The Guardian Jan. 27, 2026