Nyasha Chabururuka

Leadership and wisdom

WE, in the village, every now and again, hold caucuses, discussions and debates, dissecting various issues that affect our day-to-day activities.  We pay close attention to the words of our elders, our young, the wise, the experienced.  You cannot imagine the shock we felt when, in...

Scramble for Zimbabwe 

By Golden Guvamatanga  THERE are many lessons to be drawn from the ongoing stampede by Western countries to invest in Zimbabwe, but the one that stands out like a beacon is that Harare’s tenacity is largely responsible for that scramble.  In the past few weeks, investors...

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Irony of caboceers’ living conditions

THE West has, for aeons, glossed over the negative effects of the Transatlantic Slave...

The Patriot nominated for top African award

THE PATRIOT newspaper has done it again!   One of its reporters, Patience Rusare Murava,...

How the ‘shutdown’ was planned

By Nyasha Chabururuka THE violence unleashed by terrorists masquerading as protestors, who left a trail...

Unpacking Dambudzo Marechera: Part Two…like bullets, his ink was lethal

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Unpacking Dambudzo Marechera: Part One

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ZDF under siege from America

THE recent preconditions for re-engagement that came in the form of the proposed amendment...

The story of Yiwu Market: Part Two…origins of world’s largest wholesale market

IN the first instalment, we traced how the village of Yiwu had, over the...

A model Zimbabwe must follow

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Zim and China: The ‘hidden’ truth

THERE are many things that bind Zimbabwe and China, but chief among them is...

Tracing Yiwu market’s footprints: Part One…largest small-commodities market in the world

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New media craze hits China

A NEW phenomenon has swept through the Chinese media where traditional media houses, namely...

Window dressing accounts misleading

IN recent weeks, there has been debate on how the country is compliant to...

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Leadership and wisdom

WE, in the village, every now and again, hold caucuses, discussions and debates, dissecting...

Scramble for Zimbabwe 

By Golden Guvamatanga  THERE are many lessons to be drawn from the ongoing stampede by...

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THE US has been caught in yet another embarrassing plot to grab the limelight...

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