When the City Gets Loud
At 5:15am, before the sky turns blue, Rudo wakes to the familiar growl of a neighbour’s generator. In Harare, that sound isn’t an inconvenience — it’s a reminder that the…
Harare’s Great Illusion: A Full City With an Empty Job Market
Walk through by Harare CBD at 10am and you’ll feel like you’ve stumbled into Africa’s busiest square mile. Pavements packed. Queues everywhere. People moving with purpose, urgency, and that classic…
Harare on Bonus Weekend: A City in Full Colour
There’s something almost theatrical about Harare on a bonus weekend. The city doesn’t just wake up — it stretches, poses, and announces, “Ladies and gentlemen, I am open for business!”…
A Few Drops of Rain and Harare Drivers Immediately Resign From Driving
There’s something magical about Harare rain. Not the romance-novel type where droplets kiss the earth and flowers bloom. No. Ours is the kind of rain that taps the windscreen twice…
Dangote in Harare: Beyond the Headlines and the Billion-Dollar Hopes
When Aliko Dangote arrived in Harare this week, the city responded with its familiar mix of curiosity, excitement, and cautious optimism. Motorcades rolled, cameras clicked, and by nightfall the WhatsApp…
Harare’s Service Station Boom: One Here, One There, Everywhere! But Why?
If you’ve driven around Harare lately, you’ve probably noticed something odd — service stations are popping up faster than potholes. One here, one there, one across the road from the…