THERE are concerns among the Ba Tonga about the waning of their tribal traditions due to heavy penetration from other cultures such as the Ndebele, Shona and other tribal communities due to inter-marriages, among other factors.
One of the major concerns we deal with this...
I AM cognisant of the fact that your exams are knocking at the door and that you have to answer and answer convincingly. That is why I present to you Session 6 of the just published book, An Introduction to Advanced Level Comment and...
THE plight of women in post-colonial Africa has been a dominant theme in most film productions since the late ’60s.
Locally produced films Neria and Yellow Card all unravel the various issues faced by women and Virgin Margarida is no exception.
Shot in Mozambique and directed...
TWO housemates from Southern Africa have already left Big Brother Africa after being evicted from the game last Sunday.
The duo, Resa from Zambia and Mira from Mozambique, were the first casualties in this year’s game dubbed ‘Hotshots’, which will be short compared to...
Chains of Freedom by Edmund O.Z Chipamaunga
Zimbabwe Publishing House (1998)
ISBN: 1-77901-150-4
JOINING the war to dislodge the ruthless Ian Smith regime was not an easy decision to make for women.
But was there a choice?
Certainly not, they too had to contribute to the attainment of...
THE euphoria which has been created by the top genre of the moment, Zim Dancehall, has left many with tongues wagging some of them sceptical about the developments in the music fraternity.
Over the past five years, a legion of dancehall artistes, who rally under...
As I watch the news casts it often seems to me that those who ascend to political leadership have to endure daily insults and criticism from the very people they are trying to serve, writes Andrew Wutawunashe in his book Dear Africa — The...
THE report published last week by the International Crisis Group (ICG) which claimed to present the ‘real’ picture on the state of affairs in the country did not score any point.
The group’s anti-Zimbabwe tirades go against the wave of endorsements that the country has...
By Golden Guvamatanga and Netho Francisco
WHEN ZANU PF Women’s League political commissar Dr Olivia Muchena told the gathering that the First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe’s speech at the City Sports Centre contained a surprise, few predicted there would be a pact that would redefine...
THE past months have been characterised by calls from embattled MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai for another Government of National Unity and he has found support from the International Crisis Group.
And this is no surprise.
Both are seeking relevance which has disappeared in the wake of...
By Davet Muzvidziwa
SOCIETY has attempted to classify people into generations based generally on the period they were born and specifically on the group traits they exhibit. The first generation to be noted is the Silent Generation made of people born from the 1920s to...
THE library at the academy was well stocked with material for the Marxist Lenist scholar.
Those evenings were moments of pure pleasure for me.
At least I could do some reading ... a tradition I carried from my days at school back home. ...
