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Exposing subtle attacks on land revolution in Zim

By Dr Tafataona Mahoso ON September 4 2023, The Telegraph (UK) published a story titled: ‘Hundreds of white farmers return to Zimbabwe in boost for agriculture’.  The Mail and Guardian (South Africa) on April 20 2018 published a much earlier version of the same story called:...

Remember knowledge is power

ONCE again we are getting into that exciting season of graduations. We believe that when a person receives an education, that person has been empowered. The whole essence of education is to transform one into a better citizen. Zimbabwe will do well and emerge victorious because her...

Towards a prosperous 2030

THE inauguration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday, September 5 2023, brought to an end successful harmonised general elections and marked the beginning of a new era of expected accelerated development. President Mnangagwa won 52,6 percent of the presidential vote against his nearest rival Nelson...

Honouring those who came before us

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is on record for saying let us continue our unity and commitment to progress and that, together, we will build a resilient Zimbabwe, honouring those who came before us.  Before the country held elections on August 23, ZANU PF had campaign rallies...

Peace underlines poll

WE are happy with the peace that has characterised the Zimbabwean polity before, during and has continued even after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announced the final results of the just ended  harmonised general elections. We take this opportunity to congratulate President Emmerson  Mnangagwa and...

De-constructing the legal tools of imperialism …compatriot’s tribute to Tomana

By Dr Tafataona Mahoso I STARTED working with  the late Ambassador Johannes Tomana in 2002,   when he was a partner at Muzangaza, Mandaza and Tomana.  He became legal counsel for the then Media and Information Commission (MIC).  I was   one of the seven...

Vote for our heroes and heroines

AUGUST 23 is finally here and the die is cast. Eligible voters in the country shall throng various polling stations countrywide, selecting their preferred candidates to take the nation forward.  Yes, there are many political parties on the ballot but the two main rivals are President...

Lessons from the campaign trail

AS we approach August 23, we would like to have a look at the campaign trail of the two main contesting political parties — ZANU PF and CCC —  and try to weigh their chances at the impending polls. Right from the word go, ZANU...

From Magunje to Zaka: Peace reigns

A LOT has been happening in our beloved country as we head towards the August 23 harmonised general elections.  All political parties are on the ground campaigning and canvassing for votes; the most visible being the ruling and revolutionary ZANU PF led by President Emmerson...

CCC trump card exposed

THE initial choice of Chipadze Stadium in  Bindura as the venue  of the intended star launch rally for the CCC last Sunday appears  to have been a deliberate ploy by the opposition party to play the blame game. This was supposed to be a very...

Dariro aesthetics … application to film and television criticism

By Dr Tafataona Mahoso ON July 8 2023, independent pan-Africanist intellectual Chacha Gicheni told me of the persistence or resurgence  of  collective African habits of the dariro in the treatment of film and television in East Africa. The first African  petty middle class  to acquire television...

When Bulilima reverberated

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was at Nyele Primary School in Bulilima, Matabeleland South, last week.  That was the venue for the second ZANU PF star rally ahead of the August 23 general elections.  The Patriot was there.  The previous rally was held in Chipinge at Mutema Secondary School...

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Last bid to save face

By Elizabeth Sitotombe THERE are rogue elements secretly mobilising individuals for mass demonstrations.  They have been...

‘Liberation movements must regroup’

THE brazen attempt by the head of the SADC Observer Mission (SOEM), Nevers Mumba,...

National interests first!

WE, in the village, are a peace-loving people.  Strife and mayhem distress us and we...

Awakening in former French colonies

DID you know that the French history in its former colonies is full of...
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