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THIS year, our commemoration of the Chimoio genocide of November 23 1977 coincided with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s plea for national unity at the burial of yet another liberation war hero Cde Simon Khaya Moyo. On this day in 1977, thousands of our brave sons and...

Literature that keeps the gods alive

The Trial of Nehanda  By Major Special Matarirano (RTD) Published by Billionaire Publishers (2021) ISBN: 978-1-77929-366-4 THE TRIAL OF MBUYA NEHANDA is a fictionalised play based on the historic 1896 trial and subsequent execution of Charwe, the medium of Nehanda, on April 27 1898. In the play, the writer...

Consolidate agric success

THE story in the agricultural sector is heartwarming and encouraging, it is one worth celebrating. The agricultural sector has surpassed the initial 2025 target of US$8,2 billion per year as it hits US$8,19 billion in 2021. It is reported that our agricultural industry grew by 36,2...

Election field must be evened up

Editorial comment MOST non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Zimbabwe that masquerade as champions of ‘human rights and democracy’ have turned out to be fronts for Western donors determined to effect regime change in this country by hook or by crook Over the years, so-called Private Voluntary Organisations...

News gathering in the digital age: Part Five…Studio 7’s deafening silence on US sanctions

By Dr Tafataona Mahoso THE assumption that at some point before the land revolution in Zimbabwe this country used to be the ‘breadbasket of Africa’ is repeated so often that it has become a household belief.  It is uttered so ften and so carelessly that it...

Of COVID-19 and children

Make the Right Choice  By Dr Thomas Muyombo  Published by Merck Foundation (2020) WITH more than half of the world’s population still not vaccinated, COVID-19 is still a threat to humanity.       Since its outbreak, COVID-19 is not only changing the world outlook but has managed...

Let us remember Chimoio

 ON November 23 1977 the Chimoio Camp was bombed, in an act of genocide. It was an act meant to discourage and demoralise the freedom fighters. The attack had the opposite effect. It fired up the sons and daughters of the soil. Let us remember this attack. Let us...

Dialogue could be the answer

Editorial comment  THERE has been deliberate misrepresentation of UN Special Rapporteur’s call for dialogue in her interim report on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights by ordinary Zimbabweans. Professor Alena Douhan recommended the immediate unconditional suspension of the illegal...

News gathering in the digital age: Part Four

By Dr Tafataona Mahoso TALK radio is contributing not only to gross distortions of our economic and political reality but also to intellectual laziness whereby any outlandish, unproven and totally baseless claim may be aired completely unchallenged just because the contributor must enjoy freedom of...

News gathering in the digital age: Part One…are we ready for sponsored news

By Dr Tafataona Mahoso IN previous instalments, I used the example of Western media’s coverage of the 20-year US-NATO occupation of Afghanistan to illustrate the transformation of journalism in the digital age. Digital technologies do not just increase the speed of ‘news’, but they also tend...

No place like home

Elsewhere, Home By Leila Aboulela Published by Telegram (2018) ISBN 978 -1 -846592119 THE Trans-Atlantic slave trade is a perfect example of how migration can traumatise people. Due to a number of reasons, thousands of people who were captured from Africa attempted to commit suicide along the Middle Passage,...

Let’s maintain our sense of patriotism

THE battles we have fought protecting our interests and sovereignty as a country have rekindled the Zimbabwean fighting spirit that saw us take up the baton from the First Chimurenga and prevail in the Second Chimurenga, as well as the Third Chimurenga that saw...

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