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Towards biodefence and strategy: Part Four …need for more robust measures

By Mupakamiso Makaya and Tapiwa Bere  THE development of a new Bio-warfare Act is an opportunity for all of us to contribute to the imminent management and protection of Zimbabwe; its people, plants and animals, from the potential onslaught of biological threats, whether naturally occurring or...

Understanding the Mutapa Investment Fund …and why UK sanctions are not targeted

By Rutendo Matinyarare  WE had a very interesting discussion about the MIF #MutapaInvestmentFund. In that debate, it became clear that there is little understanding of what the investment fund is, how it works, how it will be managed and the safeguards around it. It also appeared that...

Accept reality of the liberation struggle

WE, in the village, time and again, revisit the liberation struggle for inspiration.  And it saddens us that there are some constituencies who are refusing to accept the realities and demands of the liberation struggle. The dramas of fake abductions and the lobbying beyond our borders...

We taught whites democracy

EDITOR — DEMOCRACY has never had, does not have, and will never have, a universal meaning.  All sane Zimbabweans know that democracy in this country was brought by ZANU PF. The so-called humanitarian agencies purporting to fight for democracy are mere smoke screens meant to...

New approach to realising Vision 2030

By Shephard Majengeta VISION 2030, of an upper-middle income economy, must be understood in the context of the need to fulfill the aspirations of the liberation struggle. Since the turn of the millennia, Zimbabwe has been implementing indigenisation and economic empowerment programmes seeking to give Zimbabweans...

Towards biodefence and strategy: Part Three …specific response plans a must

By Mupakamiso Makaya and Tapiwa Bere ON November 23 2019 UK Independent news agency journalist Adam Forrest reported a story captioned:“US military chiefs ordered to reveal if Pentagon used diseased insects as a biological weapon.” It was further reported in the story that: “US lawmakers…voted to demand...

Whites made the Bible unholy

By Nthungo YaAfrika IN their own words,  the white savages, the Tambous, in the preface of the American King James Bible, admitted that the Bible is not holy. I bought this Bible in Blantyre, Malawi, on December 22 1987 and I had never bothered to read...

Small grains way to go

WE, in the village, are busy in the fields preparing for the summer cropping season. However, with the effects of climate change taking their toll, especially in farming communities, many farmers are now frustrated, with some afraid to put seed in the ground. Without doubt, seasons...

‘Value add to fast track Vision 2030’

By Shephard Majengeta STATE-OF-THE-ART trucks, including ramshackle ones, groaning under the weight of agricultural products, have become a common sight. Also, on the increase are the pushcarts laden with fruits and vegetables of all types. The number of people living off the land in Zimbabwe can surpass...

Remember our musical legends

EDITOR – PLEASE allow me space in your esteemed newspaper to commemorate our departed music heroes and heroines.  Their music inspired us and will continue to inspire future generations. To date, some of us still regard them as magamba emimhanzi. The list may seem endless, but...

Towards biodefence and strategy: Part Two …policy to tackle biological threats

By Mupakamiso Makaya and Tapiwa Bere EVERY nation has friends and adversaries. A friend is a potential enemy and an enemy a potential friend; it has been established since time immortal. For Zimbabwe, it is has been a different story. We have our all-weather friends and those who swear...

Israeli-Palestinian conflict …a wake-up call for Nahasis

By Nthungo YaAfrika THERE will always be enmity between modern Israelis and Palestinians because of the Tambous’ (white savages’) distortion of the creation story and events in the book they call the Holy Bible.  In all fairness and truth, the Bible is not Holy as the...

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