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Know yourself

By Nthungo YaAfrika AS a race, do we know ourselves?  The answer to this question is crystal clear.  An explosive no.  We talk about Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism, among other religions, but are deafeningly silent about our African religion, Ma’at or Maat, the mother of all religions. Ma’at...

Decolonising the mind: Part 20 …persecuted for what is good and just

By Abraham Mabvurira  A GLIMPSE into the vision, aims and mission of the constitution of ZANU PF vis-a-vis the Western agenda and mission will easily make one to understand why the imperialists are incessantly seeking to remove ZANU PF from power.  To make it more precise,...

Brits: Worry not about Zim

WE, in the village, cannot help but wonder why our ‘small’ nation keeps popping up in Britain’s conversations.  It appears Britons are ready to come to blows whenever  Zimbabwe is brought up in their discussions; they are passionate about our beloved motherland. The way Britons are...

A Zimbabwean mindset  …key to achieving vision 2030

By Shephard Majengeta IT is unfortunate that, for the longest time, blackness has been viewed as a curse, both by blacks and non-blacks. This view has debilitated the African race, with many up to today continuing to argue that blacks have achieved very little in ancient...

Coloniality of research agenda in Africa: Part Two …of valuefull and valueless science

By Professor Artwell Nhemachena HISTORY has shown that research can be conducted unethically, and even unlawfully such that some sections of humanity are, and have been, actually harmed. But then, the danger is that once relational ontologies displace the primacy of the human entities in research,...

‘White people are cruel’

By Nthungo YaAfrika THAT white people are cruel is no assertion of mine nor is it a racist remark but something I have read from their Holy Bible. This is something l have read from the Book of Jeremiah 6: 22-26. If you are surprised, it shows...

Escaping death by a whisker at Tembwe

The story of John Mukuwe, alias  Cde 39 Steps  ON December 2 1976, I received the devastating news of the destruction of my home, the torture of my parents and their abduction. They never came back and I am convinced they died a painful death at the...

National interests first!

WE, in the village, are a peace-loving people.  Strife and mayhem distress us and we never want to hear about them. In the villages across the country, we bore the worst of the liberation struggle and many to date are haunted by the violence unleashed by...

We determine our fate

EDITOR – WHEN I look at what is happening in our country and elsewhere on the continent, it is clear that the US is on its deathbed. It has been seemingly strong, but now it is weak, shaking and crumbling. Presently, they are even talking of...

Coloniality of research agenda in Africa: Part One …harmful, unlawful and unethical research

By Professor Artwell Nhemachena Speech at the Decolonising Research in German Academia: Changing Narratives from the Global South, Wednesday June 7 2023, Research Centre, Hamburg’s (post) Colonial Legacy Rothenbaumchaussee 34, 20148, Hamburg, Germany. RESEARCH is being transformed in a global context where humanity is set to...

‘We still have a lot to do’

WE, in the village, are fully behind His Excellency President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Under his astute leadership we have recorded many victories  on many fronts. However, we are fully aware that we are not yet out of the woods as the nation continues to grapple with the...

Why refuse 50 dollar notes?

EDITOR – I WRITE to you as a concerned citizen.  I live in Chitungwiza and something very disturbing has been happening for the past week.  There are some businesspersons who are no longer accepting our Zimbabwe 50 dollar note as mode of payment.  They are only accepting...

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