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GODFREY NYONI ARTIFICIAL Intelligence tools powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) are becoming increasingly common in Zimbabwe. From students using them for school work to businesses improving com­munication and developers building applications, these tools are slowly becoming part of everyday digital life. However, not all LLMs are the same. Each has different strengths, weak­nesses, and…

HR Perspective with MEMORY NGUWI IF you carry out a job evaluation and stop there, you have wasted money. That is the starting point, be­cause everything else flows from it. Job evaluation ranks roles. It tells you the relative size of jobs and how they compare to each other. That is necessary, but it does…

Leonita Mhishi THERE is a familiar story across Zimbabwe. A young profession­al buys a stand on the outskirts of Harare, takes photos with beam­ing pride, and declares on WhatsApp: “Project yatanga.” The dream of build­ing a home — brick by brick, room by room — remains one of the most pow­erful aspirations in the country.…

EPHRAIM CHAWONEKA FOR many years, ESG (Environmen­tal, Social, and Governance) practices in Zimbabwe’s insurance sector were largely voluntary oriented by reputa­tion and global alignment. Today that landscape is shifting quickly. What was once optional is now be­coming mandatory, measurable, and strategic. Zimbabwe’s move toward com­pulsory sustainability reporting and ESG integration indicates a broader transformation in…

Leonita Mhishi WHEN a Harare family lost its patriarch three years ago, the grief was quickly overtaken by something far more complicated — a dispute over the house he left be­hind. The property, a modest but valu­able home in Kuwadzana, became the centre of a bitter legal battle between children, extended relatives, and a sur­viving…