By Prof Artwell Nhemachena
FAILURE to defend one’s territory cannot be forgiven when even animals defend their territories, with all their teeth and claws.
Of course, I am aware of contemporary global environmental discourses about the erosion of binaries between humans and animals. But I do...
By Nthungo YaAfrika
THE above headline is a response to what was said in The Voice Newspaper, of the UK, January 2023 edition.
The Church of England apologised for its historical links to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
As usual, this was not newsworthy in the motherland, simply...
The story of Elphas Mashumba.
AS the war of liberation intensified during the late 1970s, with the ZANLA and ZIPRA forces having an upper hand on the battlefield, the enemy became very desperate for soldiers hence a new system to conscript young African boys into...
By Tawanda Chenana
WE, in the village, frown on rogue elements, mercenaries and rule-breakers.
They retard progress in the community.
And we are very saddened by events in the business community, the mercenary-like acts being exhibited by some business players that go against the ethos of building...
EDITOR – THE first woman and the first black artist to appear on the cover of the Rolling Stones is no more.
Tina Turner was a genius in her own right and she will forever be an inspiration to all black women in music. Indeed,...
By Prof Artwell Nhemachena
INFLATION is sharply rising again in Zimbabwe amidst Western sanctions.
The sanctions imposed on Zimbabweans constitute what I call the imperial ‘starve-and-rule’ tactics, which are often used together with the ‘divide-and-rule’ tactics.
Of course, the imperialists would not want Africans to correctly discern...
By Nthungo YaAfrika
OUR ancestors whom some in our midst love to denigrate and call ‘pagans’, never had prostate-related problems.
This is because they had self-knowledge, which they called, Seauton Gnothi, which literally means, man know yourself.
They had thorough knowledge about Genesis 1: Verse 29, “Then...
By Tawanda Chenana
AS the winter season commences, we, in the village, get to play and interact a lot, around the hearth.
With the bumper harvests from the last summer cropping season we swap stories, tichikanga mhandire nenzungu.
And they are beautiful stories, all round.
Steel giant Dinson Iron...
EDITOR — ANYONE who owns land is not, and can never be, poor but is rich beyond measure. We are very grateful to His Excellency for availing 10-ha plots to youths in Matabeleland South. Land is a tangible investment and an asset that keeps increasing...
By Prof Artwell Nhemachena
WESTERN media’s reports on violence give the false impression that colonial and imperial violence ended at the time Zimbabwe, and other African States, got political independence.
And so, any violence witnessed in Africa is often incorrectly described as African violence even if...
By Nthungo YaAfrika
IN The Patriot of May 5-11 2023, I promised to show the difference between the white Christian God and Yahweh, Musiki, uTixho, Chauta and Mungu, among other names.
The Tambous (whites)’ origin is from the mating of ‘Watchers’ who are mistakenly called ‘angels’...
By Tawanda Chenana
WE, in the village, believe in not just taking responsibility for everything we do but also ensuring that we are of service to one another.
We are almost to the half-mark of the year and reports for various entities of how the first...
