FROM independence to date, a total of 15 US Ambassadors have been accredited to Zimbabwe.
On the face of it, the informing principle was diplomacy mutually beneficial to both parties.
But on the ground, the relationship has been toxic and, for the most part, unsustainable.
The powerful...
Our land is invaluable
THIS week we revisit the issue of land and why it is fundamental to all Zimbabweans.
Land is our life.
We live on the land and attach sentimental value to it.
Land is the cause of many battles worldwide and is the anchor of...
IT is befitting that the UN Special Rapporteur, Alena Douhan, will still be in Zimbabwe on Monday, October 25 when SADC will be marking its anti-Zimbabwe Sanctions Day.
While Douhan is on a 10-day fact-finding mission on the effects of the illegal sanctions imposed on...
TWO critical issues, which are a strong signal of the beginning of the end of the US’ stranglehold on global affairs happened last week and, as has become the norm over the past two decades, Zimbabwe found itself very much in the thick of...
By Dr Tafataona Mahoso
THIS week we look at how talk radio is contributing not only to gross distortions of our economic and political reality, but also to intellectual laziness whereby any outlandish, unproven and totally baseless claim may be aired completely unchallenged just because...
By Eunice Masunungure
IT is a truth universally acknowledged that visibility is key to a business’ success which makes it easy to contend that Zimbabwe is creating new partners and attracting more investors at the Dubai Expo 2020, which started on October 1 2021 and...
THE Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) is composed of six departments: Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Economic and Social Development, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Forestry, Corporate Services and Technical Co-operation and Programme Management.
It operates educational programmes through seminars and training centres; maintains information and support...
EARLY European expeditions focused on colonising previously uninhabited islands or establishing coastal forts as bases for trade.
These forts often developed areas of influence along coastal strips, but the vast interior of Africa was not colonised and was little-known to Europeans until the late...
WHEN a man falls in love he should be at peace.
When you have selected the best partner to share your life with, you do what is correct.
You do not abuse your partner in a manner which is anti-marital institution.
Being faithful to your partner is...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
MENTAL health plays an immense role in the well-being of individuals; it is equally as important as one’s physical health.
Every year on October 10, World Mental Health Day is celebrated as a way of raising awareness on issues to do with mental...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
AS 2023 beckons and the country draws closer to the harmonised elections, there has been a mushrooming of NGOs that are mobilising youths to register to vote for the MDC Alliance.
The latest outfit, Project Vote 263, founded in July this year, has...
By Special Matarirano
THE political discourse that has hit the larger polity in Zimbabwe today is a rhetoric that assumes the MDCs, in their variants, can offer a competent alternative political leadership to Zimbabwe.
The greater politically active polity is then engaged and persuaded to believe...