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Our land is priceless

THIS week we revisit the issue of land and why it is fundamental to all Zimbabweans.  Land is our life. We live on the land and attach sentimental value to it. Land is the cause of many battles worldwide and is the anchor of many economic success...

EU statements misplaced

IT is high time the European Union (EU), Britain and the US come to terms with the prevailing reality and forget about their dashed dream of lording it over their colonial subjects forever and a day. We would like to remind them once more that...

‘We will soldier on’

THIS week we celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the birth of The Patriot newspaper. In retrospect, we would like to be judged to what extent we have achieved our objective of making us all ‘celebrate being Zimbabweans’. This was from the premise that colonialists had characteristically...

WE still carry scars of war

WARS are always traumatic and evoke painful memories, but we always need to heal these traumas.  One of the ways to deal with this trauma is to fulfill the promises survivors of the war made to fallen comrades. Among the fallen are our founding fathers and...

COVID-19: Let’s not relax

THE recent extension of the localised Kwekwe COVID-19 lockdown should be a rude awakening to those who have tended to relax on the assumption that the pandemic menace is on its way out. It is not  On the contrary, according to statistics, it could be on...

From ‘paper imperialism’ to the Maxim gun

The Scramble for Africa 1876-1912 By Thomas Pakenham  Published by Phoenix Press (2001) ISBN: 1 84212488 X AFRICANS resisted colonialism in different ways when imperialists decided to slice and share the cake (Africa) in the guise of spreading Christianity and civilisation. In some African States, active resistance was a...

Dariro and the eternity of African memory

By Dr Tafataona Mahoso EVENTS culminating in the Africa Day commemorations on May 25 2021 could have been the basis for construction of several docu-dramas illustrating the eternity of African memory which the ubiquitous dariro represents. Let me illustrate these possibilities by enumerating some of the...

Let’s be true to ourselves

THERE is something disturbing about the attitude of the US and its allies towards African countries, Zimbabwe in particular. Theirs is a case of ‘Do as I say, not as I do’.     For example, in the West, there is nothing as sacred as freedom...

Is compensation enough?

FORMER colonial powers, that claim to be champions of observance of human rights, have strangely persistently refused to apologise for the atrocities and genocide they committed in their former colonies in Africa.  Germany, Britain, France and Belgium are some of the Western powers that have...

Try Again inspired by Mbuya Nehanda

Try Again By Chiedza Musengezi Source: Women Plus Magazine 3 (2) May - July 1998 Zimbabwe Women’s Resource Centre and Network LATE last month, Zimbabweans witnessed the unveiling of Mbuya Nehanda’s statue in the Harare Central Business District. Mbuya Nehanda, a First Chimurenga heroine, occupies a special place in...

Do we all appreciate Africa Day?

DID you know that only 12 African countries recognise May 25 as a public holiday. And there are 54 countries in Africa! This is really sad. It has been agreed that Africa Day provides an opportunity to acknowledge the achievements of the peoples and governments of Africa...

Patriotism can be instilled

A STANDOUT embodiment of what patriotism is, is none other than Mbuya Nehanda – that iconic heroine of the First Cimurenga, whose statue was unveiled by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the country’s capital Harare on Africa Day, May 25 2021. Patriotism can be described as...

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