WITH the danger posed to food security by the El Nino-induced drought, measures to prevent possible death from hunger are already in place.
Because of the drought, most traditional grains are now a complete write-off.
The expected meagre harvest of about 700 000 tonnes falls far...
Editor's note
THE maintaining of sanctions on Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa and First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa comes as no surprise. In global affairs, the concept of paternalism remains a pervasive force, shaping relationships between nations and influencing ‘development’ strategies. Paternalism, defined as the practice of...
WE, in the village, value help and never take for granted any assistance extended to improve our livelihoods.
We are thus delighted when we see headlines such as ‘President gives heroic young siblings scholarships, cash’ and ‘125 students get Russian government scholarships’.
The Russian government scholarships...
By Nthungo YaAfrika
I WILL start this article by quoting chapter and verse from the Book of John 8:32: ‘’ You will know the truth and the truth will set you free.’’
The blacks (Nahasis) and the white savages (Tambous) hate this verse to the core...
EDITOR’S NOTE
With Professor Pfukwa
IT is a fact that the Rhodesians did not die.
Rhodies will continue striving to come back through the back door.
We must constantly be on our guard.
Never should we go to sleep on the ideological front.
It will be a mistake to think...
COMMENT
THE Vatican has shocked the world by approving the blessing of same-sex couples by Catholic priests, a bizarre decision which amounts to subtle papal blessing of gay marriages.
This can be seen as victory for the homosexual movement which seems to have taken a firm...
By Professor Artwell Nhemachena
INSTEAD of counting how many resources or how much land has been recovered since the colonial era, Africans have been fooled to believe it is only important to count how many leaders have changed offices.
Besides, instead of counting how much land...
By Rutendo Matinyarare
ACCORDING to the World Bank, Zimbabwe’s black-controlled and owned economy grew faster than South Africa’s over the past 30 years, despite Zimbabwe being under illegal sanctions for the better part of 23 of those years.
The question that arises is why and how?
The...
By Nthungo YaAfrika
THE Patriot of February 2-8 2024 featured an article by Golden Guvamatanga under the ‘National Agenda’ reflecting on the judgment on land reform by Judge Julia of the British High Court.
First and foremost, the Tambous (white savages) never brought land to Zimbabwe...
By Professor Artwell Nhemachena
This article was initially presented as a lecture at the University of South Africa Decoloniality Summer School, January 15-19 2024
THE geopolitics of ignorance play strategic functions for colonialists and capitalists because, for instance, a person regarded as irrational or illogical cannot,...
Letter of the week
EDITOR — YEARS back, during a conversation with the late Dr Stanley Mudenge, then our Minister of Foreign Affairs, he said something that was very profound. It was that: If you see a tortoise sitting on top of a ‘durawall’ (security...
By Nthungo YaAfrika
WHEN the headline of this story hit me, I thought it would be hard to defend with the information I had gathered.
I changed it many times; went to bed thinking about it; woke up thinking about it; even when walking around, it...
