Dr Tony Monda

Plot to derail debt restructuring talks

THE US has been caught in yet another embarrassing plot to grab the limelight from the country’s 44th Independence celebrations by derailing Harare’s ongoing Zimbabwe Structured Dialogue Platform on Debt Clearance by tasking its officials to bring into the fray issues to do with governance...

US onslaught on Zim continues

By Elizabeth Sitotombe THERE was nothing surprising about Tendai Biti’s decision to abandon the opposition's turbulent  politics by taking a ‘sabbatical’. The CCC has become nothing more than a playground for clueless political nonentities. Indeed, the CCC has not only been drowning in a sea of confusion,...

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Of African consciousness, culture and trends

ON May 25, we celebrate Africa Day, in Africa, the birthplace of modern man. Africa...

Cattle: A custodial heritage of Zimbabwe: Part Four……of colonial diseases and African prophecies

ALBEIT the frequent Ndebele predatory raids on Shona cattle that yielded thousands of cattle...

Cattle: A custodial heritage of Zimbabwe – Part Three

ACCORDING to Shona religious principles and dictates, ancestral spirits are concerned with the good...

Cattle: A custodial heritage of Zimbabwe – Part Two

FROM time immemorial, cattle were associated with sacredness; cattle enclosures were considered to have...

Cattle: A custodial heritage of Zimbabwe – Part One

MOST indigenous young men have at one stage or another herded cattle (kufudza mombe...

Independence, protocol and our identity.… time to reflect on our culture

IN Zimbabwe’s proto-history, the period or stage of human development of our people and...

The myths and realities of Easter

AS a youngster, I read the many stories surrounding our colonially-imposed religious holidays, which...

‘Rename Rhodesian Ridgeback Zimbabwean Ridgeback’

MBUYA NEHANDA, the definitive prophetess of the Shona, had predicted that men with...

Indigenous dog’s footsteps….how Rhodesian Ridgeback evolved from canis africanus

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Ubuntu and social cohesion in indigenous music and dance

THERE is the assumption that traditional African performance such as music and dance is...

Retracing the history of maize in Zimbabwe

ACCORDING to Iron Age migration theories, AD 1 is the date the Bantu (Shona)...

Is Zimbabwe ready for education system digitisation?…… a glimpse into the future

EDUCATION and technology are said to be the two big equalisers in life. Conversely,...

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Plot to derail debt restructuring talks

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

US onslaught on Zim continues

By Elizabeth Sitotombe THERE was nothing surprising about Tendai Biti’s decision to abandon the opposition's...

Mineral wealth a definition of Independence

ZIMBABWE’S independence and freedom cannot be fully explained without mentioning one of the key...

Let the Uhuru celebrations begin

By Kundai Marunya The Independence Flame has departed Harare’s Kopje area for a tour of...