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Nothing beats ownership

WE, in the village, take pride in ownership. To say uyu musha waJari, idzo imombe dzaJoromiyo, uyo munda watete Jenny, emboldens us, identifies us. We are happy that our kith and kin in urban centres have received, and more will get, title deeds to their properties. The...

We have a listening President

EDITOR — THERE’s no price for guessing.  It’s crystal clear that ZANU PF is set for a landslide victory in the forthcoming harmonised elections judging from the good deeds, the good works that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is doing under the Second Republic living no stone...

Favour in context

SOWE rekuDomboshava had been the pastor’s choice. He had said that there was power in those mountains; power to unlock God’s favour. His sermon on God’s favour had been inspiring. He had said: “God’s favour will give you the job you don’t qualify to have. God’s...

Of wise Nahasians …stories that can liberate our race

By Nthungo YaAfrika BELOW are our stories that made Lord Macaulay to say, before the end of his speech to the British Parliament in 1835: “And they will become what we want them, a truly dominated nation.” King Leopold II of Belgium’s letter to the missionaries...

Saved by Sekuru Kaguvi

The story of Tafirenyeka Munaka MY name is Tafirenyeka Munaka and I am 85 years old. I was born at Makumbe Mission hospital in Chinamhora and this is my story. I grew up very close to my uncle Tobias Munaka in my home village of Munemo in...

Driven by our values

By Tawanda Chenana WE, in the village, recall vividly the horrors of the liberation struggle. And in villages across the country, we are delighted that this year’s independence celebrations were held in one of the hotbeds of the liberation struggle, Mt Darwin.  This year’s celebrations were heartwarming,...

All hands in drug fight

EDITOR — AS the fight against illicit drug and substance abuse in the country intensifies, it is reported that over 4 000 suspected users and 466 dealers and peddlers have been arrested from January to date. Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga said large quantities...

The Way of Yahweh is holier than all religions

By Nthungo YaAfrika I HAVE always maintained that religions are not from the Creator but man-made systems that make the Creator unreachable except for a chosen few. The Creator is orderly; the words confusion and disorderly do not exist in the Creator’s realm but in that...

Zimbabwean rigging vis-a-vis elections

  By Prof Artwell Nhemachena   ONE very big problem for Zimbabweans, and the rest of Africans, is that they worry about the possibility of rigged elections without worrying about the possibility and actuality of rigged Zimbabweans, or Africans.  Of course, the problem emanates from CSOs, NGOs and...

Aluta Continua!

By Tawanda Chenana WE, in the village, on Independence Day, do not just celebrate but get to reflect on our journey, as a nation, thus far. In the village, we closely identify with the liberation struggle for we were in the thick of things with navanamukoma...

Happy birthday Zimbabwe!

EDITOR — APRIL 18 is the day Zimbabwe was born. It is a day we remember how we fought hard to liberate ourselves from white minority rule. We lost many of our brothers, sisters, children and friends during the process in order for us...

Corruption and ‘the chewers of hides’

By Artwell Nhemachena ACCUSATIONS of corruption are part and parcel of what Mahmood Mamdani calls ‘the politics of naming’. And so, at the point, when African States were becoming independent, Western states put in place battalions of NGOs, CSOs and media houses that would rachet...

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