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Why ED is the bigger person

By Tawanda Chenana WE in the village, have come to an interesting realisation which we shall share with you all. Have you noticed something interesting on our political landscape? Have you noticed that, not once has his Excellency President Emmerson Mnangagwa slandered, insulted or belittled Nelson Chamisa. For...

Busting sanctions yes, but…

EDITOR – IT is very unfortunate to see that all our leaders who are advocating and standing firm in protecting our hard-won independence are put on sanctions by Britain and the US. I have always thought there must be a very serious reason behind this?...

Tragedy of mental enslavement

By Nthungo YaAfrika IN The Patriot of September 16 2022, I wrote an article titled, ‘Education: What is it?’ and since then I am still trying to understand the actions and thoughts of the so-called modern and educated Nahasi (black Africans).  All our problems on the...

Decolonising the mind: Part Nine‘…our youths now know better’

By Abraham Mabvurira AS much as we are making significant progress in the fight against mental colonialism in Zimbabwe, we shall never restrict our struggle to Zimbabwe only but also throughout Africa and other parts of the world because imperialism and neo-colonialism are a shared...

What is education?…youths must be proactive

By Tawanda Chenana WE, in the village, were happy to see our youths, in their thousands, affirming their involvement and expressing their wish to increase participation in the development agenda. Addressing thousands of youths during the National  Youth Day celebrations, in Lupane, President Mnangagwa said: “I...

Bullying must be stopped now!

EDITOR – AS a nation, we need to dig deeper into the evil of bullying, especially in schools.  The reality is that bullying takes many forms; it can be physical, verbal, online or emotional and many go unnoticed.  However, some cases make the news like the...

Origins of gender-based violence

By Nthungo YaAfrika MANY women organisations dealing with gender-based violence on the motherland always attack our culture for this unbecoming behaviour of black African menfolk because they do not know MAAT.  I will put my head on the block here by saying all of these organisations...

Nothing is impossible ‘…we must look within’

By Tawanda Chenana WE, in the village, could not agree more with calls to re-imagine our economy. It is the only thing to do. We need a paradigm shift, new ways of seeing and thinking. President Emmerson Mnangagwa stated it clearly: “The rains have favoured us.  This, alongside the...

Rural development on the go

EDITOR – IT is true that “Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo/Ilizwe liyakhwa ngabanikazi,” and Manicaland is definitely catching up with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s call of sustainable development within Zimbabwe.  From Buhera South, businessman and law expert Cde Freddy Chimbari has accelerated rural transformation by creating jobs,...

Decolonising the mind: Part Eight…struggle against neo-colonial antics

By Abraham Mabvurira IN a few months to come Zimbabwe is  going to conduct national elections. President Emmerson Mnangagwa is obviously going to triumph owing to palpable development projects that have turned to be a success in various important sectors of the economy including agriculture, mining, transport,...

Homosexuality and the church in Africa…lack of self-knowledge detrimental

By Nthungo YaAfrika POPE Francis visits to the DRC and Sudan in January and February 2023 was very revealing as he spoke about homosexuality. On January 21 2023 the Anglican Church apologised for enslaving our race and just as the utterance of Pope Francis, this was...

New consciousness for new socio-economy

By Tawanda Chenana WE, in the village, welcome President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s call for a new political economy. We are happy because most of the mining activities in the country are happening in our backyards, in the rural areas. President Mnangagwa said in his weekly column in the...

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