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‘Let us open our eyes’…West has no permanent friends

A CATASTROPHIC human tragedy is looming in the horn of Africa.  Hunger and starvation of unprecedented proportion is threatening the lives of millions. According to the World Food Programme (WFP): “More than seven million livestock have died and millions of people face the threat of starvation.  The...

Tribute to Headman Chiadzwa…a development icon in his own right

By Special Matarirano I MAY not be the best to write about the late Headman Robert Chiadzwa who died on March 4 2023 at Mutambara Hospital after a very short illness, but the little time I saw and conversed with him over the developmental aspirations...

Climate change and chronology of cyclones: Part One…what is a tropical cyclone?

THE start of the 21st Century has been marked by major weather events and epidemics.   Old diseases like cholera, polio plague and yellow fever have resurfaced while new ones, like  influenza, Zika and the recent COVID-19 pandemic, have emerged. Every year, according to Britannica Academic,...

Why revolution was necessary…remembering Chairman Chitepo

Patriot Reporter   MARCH is celebrated as women’s month, but it also carries a terrible chapter in Zimbabwe’s history.  Born in Nyanga, Herbert Wiltshire Pfumaindini Chitepo who rose to become one of Zimbabwe’s intelligent and finest son of the soil was assassinated in a car bomb...

Peaceful Demo: Part 13…the logic of madness

THE street dweller with a head as dirty as a public toilet mop did not run from the armed men of peace marching the violent peaceful demonstrators out of town.  Their paths crossed in the middle of the street and he went straight to the...

CALA: Involvement of parents crucial

RESEARCHERS in the education sector recognise the essential role parents play in the development and education of their children. The introduction of Continuous Assessment Learning Activity (CALA) for candidates in Grade Seven, Form Four and Upper Six has made it imperative for parents and guardians...

A living income for sustainable food security in Zimbabwe

IN recent years, there has been much discussion on sustainable food systems (SFS).  What does this mean? Our world is made up of countless essential inter-dependent elements — viz sunlight, oxygen (CO2), water and soil.  They are part of the many mutually dependent components required for a sustainable,...

Celebrating the birth of ZANU 60 years ago: Part Seven…a simple question

THE question is: Why have successive Ministers of Education shunned ‘Education with Production’. The last we heard of Education with Production advocated at Ministerial level was during the reign of Minister Dr Dzingai Mutumbuka. Was he the only Minister conscious and committed to the ethos of...

Peaceful Demo: Part 12…African leaders decry homosexuality

A PLAYFUL middle-aged civil servant wanting to make an older civil servant uncomfortable said: “Mdhara makura. Chiendai munozorora mwana wenyu apindewo basa. You cannot spend your whole life locating dusty files.” The older civil servant laughed it off.  He nodded to the Director’s office and said:...

Celebrating the birth of ZANU: Part Six…with the youth in mind

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was in his early teens when he committed to ZANU to be trained as a freedom fighter.  The late Dr Felix Muchemwa was a teenager studying medicine at the University of Rhodesia when he overturned Harry Margolis Hall, smashing tables, furniture and...

Brothers on a mission…from mining to real estate and manufacturing

By Evans Mushawevato and Emergencey Mwale-Kamtande NOT very long ago, driving along our highways, thatched little huts, zinc roofed tiny houses were all our eyes could experience but not anymore. With the successful Land Reform and Resettlement Programme and opening up of the mining sector to indigenes,...

Climate change and variability‘…Zimbabwe is not an exception’

AS countries have developed and economies and populations have expanded, more and more greenhouse gases have been released into the atmosphere.  The concentration of carbon dioxide has risen as global average temperatures have increased.  Although Zimbabwe and the rest of Africa have not contributed significantly...

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