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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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Time is not on our side

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Zim Asset must be a national cause

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Chimoio must never be forgotten

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Yet another scramble for Africa

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‘Ipi loAction: Yakatora baba vangu’ – Part Six

By Professor Charles Pfukwa THE high pitched whine of the Cessna drowned the sound of...

Language defines who we are

I VISITED the heart of the land of the Afrikaner community in South Africa. They...

‘Ipi loAction: Yakatora baba vangu’ — Part Five

BEFORE the bombs I saw Action briefly at Mtetwa Village near Nyagwamba, which was...

What has got into our scribes?

WE often fail to see the gifts in our hands because we are busy...

‘Ipi loAction: Yakatora baba vangu’ – Part Five

I GREW up seeing that funny picture of some Scotsman who wandered all over...

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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...