Professor Sheunesu Mpepereki

Old guard indispensable

By Dr Tafataona Mahoso PRESIDENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA last week expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of a sector which has been my pre-occupation and occupation for half my career, the sector of internal public communication, meaning the way in which the people communicate with their popularly...

US takes Chinese war to Zimbabwe

THE US plan to counter Chinese investments in Zimbabwe has been inadvertently laid bare by its Ambassador Designate to Harare, Pamela Tremont. Her shameless lies that China’s trade with the country is benefitting the elite at the expense of the majority sets the stage for...
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Old guard indispensable

By Dr Tafataona Mahoso PRESIDENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA last week expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of...

US takes Chinese war to Zimbabwe

THE US plan to counter Chinese investments in Zimbabwe has been inadvertently laid bare...

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