For Botswana, diamonds have helped build a stable and relatively prosperous society.  For Zimbabwe, by contrast, the same riches have served to entrench corruption

Mhlanga’s detention is not an isolated incident but part of a decades-long pattern of repression under Zanu PF rule.

Under Mugabe, the same pattern of appointing relatives and loyalists to key government positions entrenched a system of patronage, hindering effective governance.

That battlefield appears to be a power struggle intensifying at the heart of Zimbabwe’s ruling elite.

Since Mnangagwa’s rise to power in 2017, not a single anti-government protest has been allowed to proceed without state interference. 

The state’s response to criticism is predictable.

Her public grief exposed the raw human cost of Zimbabwe’s crumbling healthcare system.

The initiative has been framed as a peacebuilding process led by traditional leaders.