A PIOUS woman supporting the peaceful demo had urged the youth: “Endai zvenyu vanangu.
“There is nothing to fear because God is in it.
“Did you not see from social media how churches, civic society organisations and the opposition leadership have all been praying for divine...
By Benhilda Chademana
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) is a phenomenon deeply rooted in gender inequality and continues to be one of the most notable human rights violations not only in Zimbabwe but world over.
The UNHCR defines GBV as, “harmful acts directed at an individual based on...
THE French give their children French names and the British give their children British names.
The Chinese have Chinese names and the Spanish have Spanish names.
These people give their children names which represent and celebrate who they are, where they come from.
However, there is a...
THE triangular slave trade did not last long.
Few ships followed the pattern in the late 18th Century. By then, the sugar trade in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and other parts of the Caribbean was so important that London merchants engaged in it exclusively,...
I ONCE wrote an article articulating the fact that Jesus Christ is an African by virtue of the fact that he was born in Africa.
For most of our childhood, we have known pictorial representations of the nativity (the birth of Jesus Christ), of which...
THE major takeaway from embattled CCC ‘leader’ Nelson Chamisa’s ‘address-to-the-nation’ in a video recording last week, where he expressed his ‘displeasure’ with his own MPs for embracing loans from Government, was his unwitting confirmation that his stuttering party is teetering on the brink of...
THE marchers to the peaceful demo in town continued to snowball into a madding crowd before leaving the neighbourhood.
A worried Mother said to her teenage daughter: “Nhasi hapana anobuda mugedhi. Mese muri kuswera pano ndakakutarisai.”
The daughter said: “You are too late Mama. Ralph has already...
IN this time of the year we remember and celebrate the unparalleled exploits of the ZANLA supremo, its Chief of Defence, Josiah Magama Tongogara
December 26 1979 robbed us of our supremo, Josiah Tongogara.
It is not possible to forget this great son of the land...
JUST as the 16th Century saw the rise of Portugal and Spain, the 17th century was the Netherlands’ century.
By then, Antwerp had declined and Amsterdam took its place in the scheme of things in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands had colonies in the Americas, and...
By Emmanuel Koro in
Johannesburg, SA
A US-based cultural organisation has started asking some tough questions about what’s wrong with CITES — the UN’s designated international wildlife trade regulating agency. Nothing at all, if judged by other United Nations agencies.
It functions efficiently, organises meetings effectively, responds to assignments...
ZIMBABWE was colonised by the British and thousands sacrificed their lives to redeem this land.
Who will dry their tears?
November 23 2022 was the 45th anniversary of the most brutal massacre of over 2 000, mostly civilian comrades who were encamped at Chimoio, Mozambique, unarmed...
TWO young men from the neighbourhood gave the man a knowing ‘big-up’ sign as he set the car in motion.
He returned the sign out of courtesy.
They were in their graduation gowns and wanted a lift to town.
The man let them in.
Referring to their dressing...
