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...
By Eunice Masunungure
THE chaos that erupted in the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) in Johannesburg, South Africa, recently, about votes for a new president of the continental legislative body, was shocking.
It is a sign that Africa needs to find ways to deal with fault-lines drawn...
LAST week Government enacted Statutory Instrument (SI) 127 of 2021 which seeks to penalise issuance of local currency receipt for a foreign currency purchase, pricing goods and services above the ruling exchange rate, pricing of goods and services in foreign currency only and using...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
BREATHLESS patients frantically gasping for air, hospitalised individuals desperately clutching at the threads of life, fear and depression packaged in the hearts of many because of COVID-19!
Such has been the tale of the world ever since January 2020.
Over 171 526 343 infections...
THE drying of the Sahara created a formidable barrier between the northern and southern portions of the African continent.
Two important exceptions were Nubian Sudan, which was linked to Egypt by the Nile and Ethiopia, which could trade with the northern regions over the Red...
THE West claims to have the power and authority to define who is a terrorist.
According to them, a terrorist is one who goes against their racist capitalist agenda; it has nothing to do with truth, justice or equality.
In the last few weeks, Israel encroached...
WHEN Government introduced the National Pledge in 2016, the programme was typically dismissed as another ZANU PF ploy to sway the masses.
Five years on, there is no doubt that patriotism and self-belief is still very much lacking in our general lives and scheme of...
WE, Zimbabweans, do not have to go to the Oxford Dictionary to learn the definition of patriotism.
The path which led to the rebirth of Zimbabwe is inscribed in patriotism; it is in the air, in our history, present and past.
The path to Zimbabwe is...
PATRIOTISM has been variously described as love of one’s motherland (land of one’s birth) and identification with and special concern for its well-being and that of compatriots (fellow countrymen).
The passion which inspires an individual to serve, to show loyal and often zealous support for...
By Eunice Masunungure
MAY 25 2021 (Africa Day) marked 58 years since the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) on May 25 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The OAU was renamed African Union (AU) in 2002.
The AU is a pro-active organisation established to find...
By Vitalis Ruvando
THIS narrative conflates Africa Day, unveiling of the statue of the iconic Mbuya Nehanda and Culture Week celebrations.
Lest we forget, Mbuya Nehanda’s rural community ethos was vetoed by Fort Salisbury (now Harare).
Comparatively, sections of the media disrespect the recent unveiling of the...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
ZIMBABWE joined the rest of Africa in celebrating Africa Day on May 25.
It was a special day for Zimbabwe in particular as President Emmerson Mnangagwa unveiled the much-awaited for statue of the late heroine and icon of the liberation struggle, Mbuya Nehanda,...
