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Remaining steadfast is vital 

PREPARATIONS for Independence Day celebrations are on course countrywide and Bulawayo hosts the main celebrations at Barbourfields Stadium on April 18. As we celebrate our hard-won independence, it is heartening to note that, as Zimbabweans, we have all remained steadfast and, most importantly, we have...

Let’s celebrate uhuru with Mozambique in mind

THE upgrading of the relationship to cement the already existing friendship between Mozambique and Zimbabwe on Monday was a fitting reminder of the significant role played by our eastern neighbour in helping us attain our independence. The timing, on the eve of our independence celebrations...

Irony of US stance on Russia-Ukraine war

By Dr Tafataona Mahoso FROM what one can gather by following the Western Press’s framing of Russia’s war against Ukraine, US officials have turned out to be the most bellicose and most provocative toward Russia, unwilling to concede that Russia has hemispheric interests in Eastern...

Uhuru with a difference  

INDEPENDENCE DAY celebrations are around the corner and will be held under the theme: ‘Zim@42: Leaving no-one and no place behind’.  The big day is April 18 and it’s Zimbabwe’s 42nd Anniversary. For the first time, the main celebrations will be at Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, unlike...

Urbanites turn to ZANU PF

SATURDAY’s by-elections, if taken as a dry run to the 2023 harmonised general elections, have shown that the combined variants of the MDC, CCC included, are still no match for the revolutionary ZANU PF. Nobody familiar with the Zimbabwean political landscape can be fooled into...

Another liberation struggle narrative

The Chosen Generations (2020) By Thomas Sukutai Bvuma Independently Published ISBN: 979-8-5850-9124-7 THE CHOSEN GENERATION, a book by former ambassador Thomas Bvuma, will definitely get mixed reactions.  Like any good piece of literature, it will educate some and make others uncomfortable.  Bvuma’s book, although a work of fiction, humanises the...

Taking sides in war …NATO, Ukraine and media polarisation

By Dr Tafataona Mahoso FOR the US and its NATO allies to be able to mount the blanket and one-sided condemnations of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to which the rest of the world is being subjected, they have had to suppress or delete 200 years...

Do not be hoodwinked

A ROSE by any other name is still a rose, it has been said. And it is a truth. Lately the naive young fellow of the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) is going around spewing lies claiming to be a messiah of sorts. Tomorrow our citizens go...

Be wary of US interference

THE interference by the United States in affairs of sovereign States in its efforts to influence  political leaders who get into power often has disastrous effects on the indigenes, where this policy succeeds. Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan and, more recently, Ukraine are some of the examples. Beneficiaries...

Cry beloved African woman

Changes: A Love Story By Ama Ata Aidoo Published by Spark Publishing (2003) ISBN-13: 978-1-4114-7435-2 THE month of March is dedicated to celebrating women; however, in some African societies obstacles that hinder women to be celebrated still persist.  It is sad to note that African women face major challenges...

Chitepo’s statue necessary

NYANGA is a beautiful place.  The late ZANU Chairman Herbert Chitepo was born there on June 15 1923.  He rose from the East to become one of the country’s finest figures – finest in defending his motherland, and finest in advocating the emancipation of black people.  He...

No need for genuine NGOs to panic

THE outcry by civil society organisations (CSOs) and non-governmental organisations over the proposed Private Voluntary Organiastions (PVO) Amendment Bill justifies our suspicion that some of these entities have sinister motives. We wonder why the palpable panic, as if the proposed amendment seeks to proscribe them! Surely...

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