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Mineral royalties most welcome

By Tawanda Chenana IT seems there is no shortage of good news and developments in the Second Republic and we, in the village, are overwhelmed by the goodness emanating from all quarters. The word reaching us, that miners will now be paying royalties, a part, in...

British regicide in 19th Century Zimbabwe

By Vusi Nyamazana COLONIAL BRITAIN disregarded the traditional laws of war, which say an enemy is not a criminal.  The 19th Century First Chimurenga war leaders should have been exempt from the normal criminal law, because they were justus hostis, justified enemies, with a right to fight.  Mbuya...

‘Liar’ has become my name

By Nthungo YaAfrika  ‘LIAR’ has become my first and last name, simply because I have dared to call the ‘Holy’ Bible corrupted.  Bible simply means compilation of books and is derived from the Greek word biblos.  'Holy', from their dictionary, means associated with God or a deity;...

Russian-Ukraine conflict…Western propaganda exposed

By Tapiwa Bere WILL the conflict between Russia and  Ukraine ever end? As asserted by Klein: “Where there is chaos, there is money.” Disaster capitalism is mostly referred to as a scenario when personal or private interests incline on a certain region or country in the event...

Sellouts thorn in our flesh

By Tawanda Chenana WE, in the village, were not surprised when we learnt that some of our kith and kin were in the US at the UN General Assembly parroting the usual but now tired lie that Zimbabwe is a ‘failed’ State. While brothers and sisters...

Where are the strikers?

EDITOR – NO team scored more than a goal during Zimbabwe’s Premier Soccer League (PSL) this past week. Yet the hiatus in any football match comes when goals are scored in their abundance. The match between Dynamos and Ngezi Platinum on Sunday started at a blistering pace, but the energy waned before halftime. Only newcomers...

Why did Zimbabwe go to the DRC?

By Rutendo Matinyarare FOR those who say Zimbabwe joined the second Congolese war for looting and personal interests of its leaders, here are a few facts to debunk this Western narrative.  Firstly, Zimbabwe joined the second Congolese war as a SADC mandate that was informed by...

Africans and the Commonwealth/AU factor

By Nthungo YaAfrika THE Commonwealth is composed of the old and the new.  I will start with the old.  This was developed from imperial conferences and the name was coined by Jan Smuts in 1917 as the British Commonwealth of Nations.  The term first received imperial statutory recognition...

The cruelty of white farmers

The story of Mary Murangari MY name is Mary Murangari and I was born in Monte Casino. I lived in an area that experienced what I will describe as one of the epic battles of the liberation struggle.  This epic battle was fought while I was staying...

Apartheid South Africa’s destabilisation of SADC: Part Two…attack on Zimbabwe

By Rutendo Matinyarare SOON after Zimbabwe attained independence on April 18 1980, the country suffered economic and other forms of sabotage that weakened the economy and put the country into the debt-trap it finds itself in today.  It all began between October 1980 and February 1981...

‘Yes, together we can’ 

By Tawanda Chenana WE, in the village, like every other citizen in the country, followed closely the visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Professor Alena Douhan, and were skeptical. She visited Zimbabwe...

Where are the strikers?

EDITOR – NO team scored more than a goal during Zimbabwe’s Premier Soccer League (PSL) this past week.  Yet the hiatus in any football match comes when goals are scored in their abundance.  The match between Dynamos and Ngezi Platinum on Sunday started at a blistering...

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