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Contrasting messages for electorate

WHAT is clear in the campaign for the impending by-elections so far is the contrast in the messages of the two main political parties, ZANU PF and CCC. ZANU PF is sticking with its people-oriented ideology, emphasising that the indigenes should be responsible for building...

We believe in ourselves more

IN the last decades we have had no kind words from Europe. The various members from the bloc have taken cue from their mother body, the EU, and have not been objective where Zimbabwe is concerned. Our spades have been called with other names and never...

Youths a critical demographic group

AS the country celebrated National Youth Day on Monday, February 21, it was befitting to look at how best this demographic group could act as the vanguard in the development thrust of our country. To do so we have to help clear hurdles that could...

Reminder to Zimbos

OUR history, as a country, is loaded with evidence of selfless service to the nation. Luswingo, Nalatale, Khami, Ngulungundu, Matalitali, Great Zimbabwe, King Lobengula, Mbuya Nehanda, the Chinhoyi Seven and the Crocodile Gang, among others, are all evidence of a people strong-minded to assert themselves...

Lament over decaying city

THE official launch, in Epworth, of the ZANU PF campaign for the March 26 By-elections by President Mnangagwa set the tone for the rigorous political gymnastics on the electoral field for the next five weeks. The President’s message was simple. He outlined what his Party had...

A narrative painting history with a dirty brush

House of Stone (2018) By Novuyo Rosa Tshuma Published by Atlanta Books: London EBook ISBN: 978 178649 317 0 HOUSE OF STONE is Novuyo Tshuma’s award-winning debut novel.  The book is about a quest for lost identity. Zamani, the protagonist, is an unstable young man who desperately wants to belong. With...

The struggle continues

I HAVE always said that Zimbabweans are a resilient people who have remained committed to their country.  Of course, there are some bad apples who continue to be corrupted by the West and its allies in a bid to topple a democratically elected Government in...

Tired of double standards

AS the world was expected, on June 27, to commemorate the murder of six million Jews by the Nazis during the Second World War, Africa was again reminded of the double standards of its erstwhile colonisers. Double standards are also evident in the way the...

Think about our future

NATIONS are built on ideas and principles. Our future comes to fruition on the basis of our core principles as a nation and we formulate strategies, policies as well as programmes from an idea. It is that idea that unites people and it is that idea...

CCC more like a sickly baby

CITIZENS COALITION for CHANGE (CCC), a new political party in Zimbabwe, has all the signs and symptoms of a sickly baby, right from the day of its birth. For starters, the new political party, an heir to the MDC Alliance, has been born in an...

Why should we hate each other?

WE have always emphasised that Zimbabweans are diverse but one and we have always accentuated that, as Zimbabweans, we must embrace that spirit that binds us together as a nation.  Unity is vital if we are to continue prospering as Zimbabwe.  We all know that since...

Vaccination lull disturbing

BECAUSE the mortality rate of the COVID-19 Fourth Wave was not as devastating as that of the third, there appears to be a false sense of security over the deadly pandemic. True, the death rate has been relatively lower with the omicron variant, but it...

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