WHEN our people say: “Zvikoni zvikoni mai havaroodzwe,” they are underlining the deep-rooted sacredness of motherhood.
A mother gives and nurtures life.
You do not insult her or sully her name in any way.
Kutanda botso isn’t so much that a mother’s spirit comes back to haunt...
WASHED by the warm Agulhas current that comes all the way across from Western Australia along the equator, the Republic of Mozambique is situated on the south-east coast of Africa.
Maputo (formerly Lourenço Marques), situated on Delgoa Bay, is the country’s capital and main...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
THE country is recording less than a thousand new COVID-19 cases compared to the month of July when the country was recording over two thousand cases per day.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been around for over a year and a half now; each...
THERE was little surprise that, for the umpteenth time, the US and disgraced former South African opposition leader Mmusi Maimane were on Harare’s case, typically parroting the usual but now tired lie that Zimbabwe is a ‘failed’ State.
The West and their acolytes, within and...
THIS time last year, while Government was lining up the Heroes and Defence Forces fete and putting in place measures to ensure that food security was not just empty election campaign talk, the opposition MDC, true to form, was harping about this and that...
AUGUST is the month of martyrs, the month of heroes and heroines who fought, suffered and died for this country.
It is therefore a time for in-depth reflection about our country and one’s relationship with it.
And as you reflect about this dear most gracious land...
AUGUST is Heroes Month, a time when the country honours those who sacrificed their all for the liberation of our country.
The crucible of war and battle is a challenge that those born after 1980 can only imagine.
Those born in an independent Zimbabwe are fortunate...
INITIALLY, the Portuguese were only interested in Mozambique as a stepping-stone to India and the spice trade.
Faced with the difficulties of financing that trade, they tried to locate and capture the gold mines of Munhumutapa in the interior.
When the gold supply failed to come...
IN the apartheid days, Jacob Zuma alongside other ANC stalwarts, staunch revolutionaries such as Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo, and many others were always on the ‘wrong side’ of the Constitution.
For this, the Boers incarcerated, tormented and, murdered them.
But for this they never gave up.
They...
AFRICA is the fountainhead of human genetic diversity.
East Africa in particular, is believed to be the area where modern humans first appeared, evidenced by some of the earliest hominin skeletal remains found in the broader region, including fossils discovered in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.
Djibouti,...
IN the past, kingdoms were known for their Crown Jewels.
Often, however, the crown jewels of many kingdoms were pawned to finance wars of conquest and discovery.
The best known was Queen Isabella of Spain who financed Christopher Columbus’ voyages of discovery in the 1500s.
Ancient civilisations...
WE know who gets upset whenever things seem to be going right for Zimbabwe.
It is not social media.
Social media is just an instrument and so it is not surprising when their permanent agenda of ever seeking Zimbabwe’s demise is so starkly reflected in the...
