By Dr Tafataona Mahoso
I REVIEWED, from the perspective of dariro philosophy (hunhu), more than five responses to the on-going controversy in the Western world over ChatGPT, one of several large language models (LLMs) of so-called artificial intelligence (AI) for which promoters and marketers claim intelligence, competence...
THE West’s regime change agenda in Zimbabwe is spreading to other countries in Africa.
This is no paranoia, but a fact.
Zimbabwe is suffering from a marauding West hell-bent on effecting regime change.
Africa is suffering from the menace of pliant regimes.
Which way Africa, is the...
THERE are some unscrupulous businesspeople in the country who are trying to force the Government to re-dollarise by rejecting the local currency component in the multi-currency basket.
But to the best of our knowledge, the Zim dollar remains legal tender.
Alternatively, these businesspeople are conniving with...
By Dr Tafataona Mahoso
IN her book Sex and Destiny, sociologist Germaine Greer pointed out that, especially in the age of consumerist obsolescence, capitalism detests efficiency.
This explained the growing capitalist hostility, first against the multi-generational family and later even against the stable nuclear family.
The fragmentation...
THE sitting President of Mozambique and leader of FRELIMO is Filipe Nyusi and his historic State visit to Zimbabwe shows the excellent relations enjoyed by both countries before and after independence.
We at The Patriot have always said that historically the people of Zimbabwe and...
The recent lie by US Ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government had supplied weapons and ammunition to Russia, to help it in its war against Ukraine, is yet another example of how the West is trying to destabilise Southern...
By Dr Tafataona Mahoso
THE interface between media and society is shifting daily due to rapid changes in digital technology; and the realities of convergence in technology, in content and in markets means that media issues overlap with security issues.
For instance, the portrayal of drug...
By Dr Tafataona Mahoso
I HAVE noticed that the title of Julie Frederikse’s book, None But Ourselves: Masses Versus Media in the Making of Zimbabwe (1982) is somewhat misleading.
It implies that during the Second Chimurenga, the liberation movement had the masses on their side, without...
THE winter cropping season is upon us and we are delighted to learn from the power authorities that our farmers will have sufficient energy for production.
It is only through hard work that we will achieve our desires.
And most important at this phase is having...
IT looks like the pace at which f00tball coaches are raising the standard of the game is not being matched by those responsible for bringing the venues for these games up to date. With the football clubs, the standard has definitely levelled off, as...
THERE is a thought-provoking video on social media defining what a scam is, particularly in relation to black people.
That scam is having the Bible translated into Swahili, Zulu and every other African language, but having zero scientific books translated into a single African language.
That...
It looks like the Catholic Bishops are back again to their notorious habit of meddling in the internal affairs of Zimbabwe on the eve of general elections.
Speaking to a local daily this week, the new secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference Fr Tryvis...
