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Britain’s Zim conundrum

TWO critical issues set to determine the future of Zimbabwe and the UK’s fractured relations bring to the fore the latter’s reckless policy on Harare.  The UK has, in recent times, been unsuccessfully trying to strike a balance between maintaining its hostility towards Zimbabwe and,...

The Rhodesia Loot Committee …Meikles’ role and the rise of Meikles Empire

By Takasununguka Ziki  THE grandeur of Meikles Hotel in Harare, a five-star establishment renowned for its regal ambiance, stands as testament to the incredible journey of the Meikles family and their involvement in the Rhodesia Loot Committee of 1894.  This committee, established by the British South...

Review curriculum again! …consider recommendations

IN 2016, there was a curriculum review.  One scholar, Dr Augustine Tirivangana, is on record saying: “When the curriculum was reviewed in 2016, we made it very clear that there was no room for European history in our schools, not the classical history of Mussolini,...

Vanamukoma taught us a lesson

The story of Garikai Chiwanza (not real name)   IT was around 9am on April 14 1977 when the assembly bell rang. I was 14 years old and in Grade 7 at Cheza Primary School in Domboshava. I left the classroom and rushed to the assembly point and,...

Man and money: Part 11 …early settlement years: 1890-1927

LIKE settlements in the New World, the founding economy of the colonial State in south-central Africa built a white settler-economy on the backs of the indigenes. Contrary to settlers in the New World, the early settlement years of Zimbabwe (during the colonial era that began...

Food security everywhere everyday

UNPREDICTABLE climatic conditions, induced by EL Nino, are the strongest drivers impacting agricultural production in Zimbabwe and the rest of Southern Africa.  A recent report by Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) concurs that, due to EL Nino, rainfall deficits will likely result in...

Man and money: Part 10 …the thievery of Ohio Company

THE Articles of Confederation, the first Constitution under which the new nation of America operated, was a product of expediency. Under its terms, each State would have one vote in the new Congress, and the assent of nine would be needed before important decisions could...

Artificial ivory …will it lessen poaching?

By Emmanuel Koro in Johannesburg, SA A US-based NGO has welcomed a report that Austrian scientists have developed a new artificial ivory product, Digory, that looks and feels like the real thing. The managing director of the US-based Ivory Education Institute, Godfrey Harris (pictured), thinks that when...

Ubuntu/hunhu philosophy “…it takes a whole village to raise a child”

UBUNTU/HUNHU is a traditional African philosophy that offers us an understanding of ourselves in relation to the world.  It is a unifying vision or worldview enshrined in various African proverbs, which all emphasise the interconnectedness of people. For instance, the Zulu maxim from South Africa: ‘Umuntu...

Diagnosing mythical rantings towards independence ….advancing a patriotic state of mind

By Charles Matekenya The level of toxicity displayed by some Zimbabweans in their support of white supremacism is deeply troubling.  There are individuals who, claiming to be educated and patriotic, naively assert that Zimbabwe’s Independence was handed to us on a silver platter.  It is a shame...

Zim vigorously pursuing SDGs target

By Kundai Marunya GOVERNMENT, through the Ministry of Public Service Labour and Social Welfare will for the first time spearhead the Voluntary National Review (VNR) process of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The ministry recently held a consultation workshop on the SDGs marking the third Voluntary National Review...

Vision 2030 journey towards real growth

By Sherphard Majengeta TO achieve Vision 2030 of an upper middle income economy our resolve as a nation, as a people must now, on every scale, register as unstoppable.   Speaking during the liberation struggle the late former President Robert Mugabe ruling out foreign assistance in...

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