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Women’s voice in SADC wildlife management

By Emmanuel Koro in Johannesburg, SA HISTORICALLY African women have been said to be reluctant to take up leadership roles in almost all walks of life, but the 21st Century has seen the emergence of women leaders and voices in almost all sectors. In the SADC...

Voting for a legacy

THE British Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Melanie Robinson, recently met CCC leader Nelson Chamisa to ‘discuss the country’s forthcoming elections’. This must be a stern reminder to the people of Zimbabwe that the forthcoming polls will be a contest between preserving the country’s war of liberation...

Celebrating the birth of ZANU: Part 10 …tribute to a heroine

A YOUNG South African woman met a young Zimbabwean man, a revolutionary firebrand, Zimbabwe’s first ever African lawyer.  They fell in love and, in 1955, they had a beautiful white wedding, so special. There is a girl who left home and it was for good; she...

Combating land degradation …the GEF 7 mandate

LAND degradation is one of the world’s most pressing environmental problems and Zimbabwe is listed among countries prone to it. This has resulted in Zimbabwe receiving funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) under the GEF 7 funding. The project is designed to help the country...

Unlocking wildlife’s trade value …which SADC President is ready?

By Emmanuel Koro in Johannesburg, SA AFTER failing three times in a row — 2016, 2019 and 2022 — to win permission from the majority of the world’s nations to sell their ivory stockpiles to generate income to support wildlife and habitat conservation, the elephant-rich...

The impact of a global pandemic: Part Three …effects of COVID-19 in retrospect

CLIMATE change, food systems, and food and nutrition security are strongly interlinked.  The effects of climate change and variability on food systems, even before the outbreak of COVID-19, already had serious implications for food system outcomes; including nutrition and health, socio-economic and environmental outcomes.  The global...

Mt Darwin: The untold story

MOUNT DARWIN in Mashonaland Central Province has hosted this year’s national independence celebrations.  Mount Darwin apparently also hosted the Second Chimurenga longer than any other site of armed liberation struggle in Zimbabwe.  Mount Darwin’s original name is Pfura Mountain. In so doing, Darwin incidentally championed the white...

The impact of a global pandemic: Part Two …youths and women overexposed

THE COVID-19 pandemic triggered a global economic recession which resulted in a global loss of livelihoods and income of an unprecedented scale.   The global economic recession that resulted from the pandemic, and measures imposed to contain it, caused a serious slowdown in global economic activity and disrupted supply chains, unleashing...

Celebrating the birth of ZANU: Part Nine …special independence wish for children

THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is currently seized with the Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (CALA) regime to the detriment of so much in the school curriculum. The Education Ministry is one of the biggest Ministries in the land because there is no-one outside...

What Zimbabwe needs

TWO fundamental lessons that we have learnt over the past five years are that Zimbabweans are now firmly in tandem with ongoing economic reforms as well as development and they no longer tolerate interference from outsiders and regime change agents. There is nowhere for Zimbabwe...

Decolonising the mind: Part 17 …calling a spade a spade

By Abraham Mabvurira THERE is no doubt that many people in Zimbabwe and around the world have seen the light and now is the time to call a spade a spade when it comes to Western bullies. Every nation around the globe has come to...

Impacts of a global pandemic: Part One

AFTER a moderate recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic-induced globe contraction, several overlapping and reinforcing dynamics emerged resulting in the global economy experiencing a renewed slowdown. This slowdown has been fuelled by a series of inter-related crises, including the continued impacts of the pandemic, the...

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