GOVERNMENT’S mitigation efforts in the agriculture sector during the 2020/2021 summer season have yielded positive results as evidenced by the reduction in food insecurity prevalence from 56 percent last year to 27 percent this year.
Presenting the 19th post-Cabinet Report, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Minister...
THE north-south trade across the Sahara (known as the trans-Saharan trade) brought lasting economic and social change to Africa, facilitated the spread of Islam via Muslim Arab traders and affected the development of world commerce.
The camel’s role on this trade was crucial and its...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
KNEES shaking like a reed in a flooded river, chest heaving like a chicken fighting the pain of slaughter, 25-year-old Tanaka (not real name) is the definition of anguish.
The spasms he is experiencing are withdrawal symptoms being experienced after failing to procure...
By Emmanuel Koro in Johannesburg, South Africa
ZAMBIA’S quiet diplomacy in its efforts to convince the Western countries and animal rights group to stop their anti-trophy hunting imports ban dictatorship on Africa seems to have ended.
It broke the silence in May 2021.
Last month, the director...
WHEN something does not work there is a problem. When that happens it is because you have lost the formula.
In the case of Zimbabwe’s problems, the formula is giving of yourself unreservedly as the two heroes we are honouring today did: Cdes Obert Gwerevende...
By Elton Ziki
2021 marks the 10th Anniversary of The Patriot’s presence on the local media landscape.
In May 2011, our first breakthrough publication hit the streets.
As with every journey, it begins with but a single step.
The Patriot has, over the years, made an indelible mark...
By Evans Mushawevato
IT has been a good 10 years full of all sorts of adventure.
We continue to tell our story and celebrate our achievements.
We have exposed the good and bad in our midst.
Most importantly, we have been a voice that has not kept silent.
Without...
THE impending return of Mbuya Nehanda and several other First Chimurenga icons’ remains from Zimbabwe’s former colonial master Britain is not only a significant step towards bringing closure to the issue, but another milestone in the recognition of our history as well as spirituality...
IN the first episode of this series of articles on Zimbabwean patriotism, we looked at the great patriotic war fought by all the people under the then Munhumutapa Empire to rid the motherland of Portuguese invaders hungry for gold.
We saw that all tribes/clans across...
“It is not I who needs forgiveness from God but you who came and stole my land.” – Mbuya Nehanda.
MBUYA NEHANDA’s epic declaration indicts us all today because we refuse to own up to who we are.
We deny the travesty that the whiteman came...
THE Sudan is the region bounded by the Sahara in the north, the Gulf of Guinea to the south, the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the mountains of Ethiopia to the east.
In the rich savanna of western Sudan, where the Bantu migration originated,...
By Emmanuel Koro in Johannesburg, South Africa
IN May 2019, a report issued by the Inter-governmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) noted that the current global response towards restoring ecosystems was insufficient.
Compiled by 145 scientists from 50 countries worldwide, the IPBES Global...
