Monthly Archives: March, 2014

UK in dramatic U-turn

By Golden Guvamatanga and Evans Mushawevato ‘INEVITABLE’ encapsulates the essence of Britain and the West’s failed attempt to subdue Zimbabwe, as global sentiment progressively warms towards Harare.  The West’s longstanding hostility towards Zimbabwe was bound to reach a point of reckoning. It was also inevitable that the illegal...

Rich pickings in goat farming

By Kundai Marunya THERE is a raging debate on social media on the country’s recent ‘obsession’ with goat farming, especially coming from the position that almost every household in rural areas breeds goats. Goats have always been a part of Zimbabwe's rural set-up, mostly to be...

Bid to save forests

Environment Reporter THIS year’s celebrations to mark the International Day of Forests were...

Concern over radiation exposure

RADIOTHERAPY, dental check-ups, CT scans and X-rays are processes that expose healthcare practitioners to...

Managing soyabeans: Of weeds and harvesting

IN the last article we looked at the challenges of managing soyabean under moisture...

Flies hovering around Zim-ASSET

WHEN flies swarm around honey, one must look carefully to see why the honey...

To be or not to be Roman Dutch in Southern Africa! Part One

ON March 9 2014 The Sunday Mail published a report in which the Vice-Chancellor...

Lest we forget! …time to get rid of colonial mentality

ONE of the problems that is afflicting black Zimbabweans today is the colonial mentality....

Mantashe: The burden of African development

RECENT utterances by the African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Gwede Mantashe that Zimbabwe’s Land...

Open letter to Gwede Mantashe

RECENTLY South African National Congress’s (ANC) Gwede Mantashe made headlines in that country. The...

Globalisation has its pros and cons

By Lawrence Gwinyai Mashoko GLOBALISATION is the process through which States are affected by decisions...

Of corrupt entities: Part Two

LAST week we looked at the first part of a two part sequel on...

Sanctions, the blunt instrument of Western hegemony

AMERICA and the European Union (EU) have imposed sanctions against Russia. The significance of...

Time to throw in towel and go back home!

ON March 12 2014, BBC One showed the documentary Famous, Rich and Hungry. The...

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UK in dramatic U-turn

By Golden Guvamatanga and Evans Mushawevato ‘INEVITABLE’ encapsulates the essence of Britain and the West’s failed...

Rich pickings in goat farming

By Kundai Marunya THERE is a raging debate on social media on the country’s recent...

ZITF 2024. . . a game changer

By Shephard Majengeta THE Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), in the Second Republic, has become...

Zim headed in the right direction

AFTER the curtains closed on the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) 2024, what remains...