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Let’s teach our children

THE drug scourge among our children, the wayward behaviour, a refusal to be responsible citizens are symptoms of far darker forces.  What could be the problem, what are our children telling us? I am afraid we are to blame, we are failing our children for at...

We can move mountains

 JANUARY has come and gone as 2023 forges ahead.  As Zimbabweans, we have so many expectations this year.  In that regard, I keep asking: Where is our faith and belief as a people? With a little faith and belief we will move mountains. Everyone can clearly see that...

Wise words from President Lukashenko 

BELARUS President Aleksandr Lukashenko made his first foray into sub-Saharan Africa by visiting Zimbabwe as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s engagement and re-engagement efforts under the Second Republic continue to bear fruit. This was no mere visit but one that has deepened an already strong relationship between...

From dispensable to original…Africa, homecoming and the future of humankind

By Dr Tafataona Mahoso ACCORDING to Ariana Baio reporting to INDY100 NEWSLETTER on January 13 2023, Dr Anthony Wohns told Reuters that: “We are reconstructing the genome of our ancestors and using them to form a vast network of (human ancestral) relationships. We can then estimate...

From Washington to Brasilia…when media lies inspire coups

By Dr Tafataona Mahoso IN my recent instalments, I have been saying it is time for media scholars and policymakers to revise their understanding of media and media war. On January 8 2023, supporters of the most recent President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro stormed the Brazilian...

Our culture protected the weak

THE strange phenomenon of rape, physical and emotional abuse of our women, girl-childas well as the boy-child is cause for serious concern. While it is commendable that stiffer penalties are being imposed on those abusing our women and the girl/boy-child, that is not sufficient. We cannot...

Roads must not be death traps

SOMEONE once said those who died yesterday had plans for this morning.  Those who died this morning had plans for tonight and those who died last night had plans for tomorrow.  They all had plans for the future.  Why then are we, as Zimbabweans, taking life for...

A ‘darilogic’ critique: Neo-liberal inclusivity as a media policy

 By Dr Tafataona  Mahoso Against all the trails  Cut by Pioneer Columns  Of knowledgeable ignorance and mystification; Against all 'straight' boundaries left behind  By past imperial wars Of partition; rigid grids shredding our thread for re-membering the future: It is, it is, still hard for the Afrcan mind To discard donated bird-watcher binoculars Left...

Zimbabwe needs all of us

SUCCESS can only be achieved when people take greater accountability and ownership of processes. And this is what we call for from every patriot, especially as we head towards elections. We all must admit our shortfalls and mistakes and not make it fashionable to blame our...

Last African emperor south of the equator

THERE is trouble in ‘paradise’.  News filtering through is that all is not well in the Nelson Chamisa-led CCC.  The outfit has no structures but the axe is hovering over the so-called heavyweights in the Western-funded party.  Apparently, the pastor leading CCC feels threatened by his ‘ministers’...

Linking problems to solutions

THE Second Republic has presented us with many exciting events and we expect 2023 to be no less special. Our detractors wrongly foretold our demise but we are still standing and thriving. We are a nation relentlessly pursuing its policies and empowering its people. As The Patriot,...

Violence not in our DNA

ZIMBABWEANS are generally a peace-loving people.  Violence is not in our DNA.  We know the importance of peace because we have learnt from our past. Who doesn’t know the history of this beautiful nation – that our ancestors and forefathers lived in peace.  That they even embraced...

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