The Sound of Silence: Why Zimbabwean Musicians Still Don't Know What They're Owed
Is In-Total band the first band in Zimbabwe to cover Zimbabwean music legends? Are they just doing it right so much that it feels wrong?
Chrispen Nkosi, The Editor, Continental View | Ground View News·8 September 2026·70
Why is the music royalties story becoming a loud piece of news today? Questions that have answers in the law. But anyway, who reads the law? Who cares until someone decides to chase their earnings right?
Chrispen Nkosi, The Editor, Continental View | Ground View News·5 September 2026·100
The care worker route closure has a particularly direct bearing on Zimbabwean migration patterns, given the country's outsized share of UK health and social care visa holders in recent years, a link this publication has covered in detail in a companion piece on Zimbabwe's health worker exodus.
Chrispen Nkosi, The Editor, Continental View | Ground View News·5 September 2026·40
What drives a human being to call other human beings animal names, yet he was well received, given permission to be in the country and given access to innocent Ugandans? Disrespect or entitlement?
Chrispen Nkosi, The Editor, Continental View | Ground View News·7 July 2026·110
Egypt led twice and came within 12 minutes of the biggest shock of the tournament before Argentina scored three times in the closing stages to win 3-2 in Atlanta a result that will be remembered as much for a disallowed Egyptian goal as for Lionel Messi's late intervention.
Chrispen Nkosi, The Editor, Continental View | Ground View News·6 July 2026·140
"Spain edged Portugal 1-0 in a tense World Cup round of 16 tie in Dallas, with substitute Mikel Merino settling the contest deep into second-half stoppage time and bringing Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup career to a close."
Chrispen Nkosi, The Editor, Continental View | Ground View News·1 July 2026·170
DR Congo led England for over an hour in Atlanta and pushed the Three Lions to the brink of a historic upset, before Harry Kane's 75th and 87th-minute goals sent England through 2-1 in the Round of 32.
Chrispen Nkosi, The Editor, Continental View | Ground View News·1 July 2026·210
South African duo Mafikizolo has been quietly removed from the Buddie Beatz Concert lineup in Victoria Falls after public pressure linked to South Africa's xenophobia crisis. Organisers have offered no formal explanation."
featured_image_alt: "Victoria Falls concert stage
Chrispen Nkosi, The Editor, Continental View | Ground View News·28 June 2026·140
Former PF figures and newer voices like Sean Tembo, former leader of Patriots for Economic Progress, have pushed back sharply. Tembo argued this week that high reserves "do not reflect good economic management" without parallel improvement in employment, poverty reduction, and service delivery. "Reserves are for emergencies," wrote opposition National Reconciliation Party leader Mundubile. "And our country is in an economic emergency."
The conflict with Iran that began on 28 February 2026 has added an external shock to already stressed domestic conditions. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway through which roughly 100 ships per day transited before the conflict, drove oil prices sharply higher, prompting the Irish government to cut fuel taxes and sparking a farmers' fuel blockade in Ireland. For the United States, the energy shock has been partially offset by surging domestic oil exports.
Chrispen Nkosi, The Editor, Continental View | Ground View News·28 June 2026·120
Constitutional amendments that extend presidential terms and remove popular elections represent a pattern that has appeared in multiple African states over recent years. Each case has its specific context. But the effect of concentrating power, reducing accountability, and insulating incumbents from democratic challenge is consistent. Zimbabwe's opposition says the fight is still on. The world should be watching.
Chrispen Nkosi, The Editor, Continental View | Ground View News·28 June 2026·180
The damage to Iran has been significant. Several nuclear facilities were reduced to rubble. According to Time magazine's analysis, Iran still retains roughly 400 kilograms of 60 per cent-enriched uranium, but its enrichment infrastructure has been severely degraded. The human cost, including, according to Iranian state accounts, civilian casualties from strikes on residential areas, has driven deep public anger alongside pressure on the government to settle.
The Editor, Continental View | Ground View News·28 June 2026·100
The Pro Life Campaign and opposition voices from within both coalition parties argued that the three-day wait was a commitment made to voters during the 2018 referendum campaign, and that removing it without a further public mandate risks undermining the consensus that made repeal possible.
By Chrispen Nkosi, The Editor, Continental View | Ground View News·28 June 2026·230
More broadly, this campaign speaks to the investment Ghana has made in developing young players. Caleb Yirenkyi and Brandon Thomas-Asante represent a generation that has been nurtured through Ghana's football academies and the diaspora network the same pipeline that produced some of the Black Stars' finest talent.
Chrispen Nkosi | Ground View Editor·19 June 2026·170
The stakes could not have been sharper. A second defeat for either side would have placed them in near-certain elimination territory, even in a tournament expanded to 48 teams. The pressure in the stadium was tangible from kickoff.
Chrispen Nkosi, Continental View | Ground View News·17 June 2026·610
For Kenya, this is not just infrastructure. JKIA is the country's primary gateway to the world. It connects East Africa's largest economy to global trade, tourism, and investment flows.
Eze is a magnificent footballer. This will not define him unless he lets it. Rice did not let the pressure define him. Martinelli certainly did not. But the lesson from Budapest, the one that will echo until next season, is that when the stage is at its largest, simplicity is the bravest choice.
The Editor, Continental View | Ground View News·16 May 2026·310
Zimbabweans in the diaspora and at home have begun organising. A Change.org petition calling for the bill to be stopped has been circulating, gathering signatures from those who believe that a constitution belongs to the people, not to the party that currently holds a parliamentary majority.
The bill proposes extending presidential and parliamentary terms from five to seven years, thereby prolonging President Mnangagwa's tenure until 2030, replacing direct presidential elections with parl
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