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Be safe and not sorry this rainy season

…remember ‘still’ floodwaters can be deceptive By Emergencey Mwale-Kamtande WATER, a source of life, can transform into a force of destruction when its power is underestimated.  The prediction by the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) that rains will persist until March, while a source of joy and portending a...

Rural digitisation a catalyst for Vision 2030

By Kundai Marunya ZIMBABWE is steadily marching towards its Vision 2030 goal of becoming an upper-middle income economy.  Central to this vision is ensuring that every Zimbabwean has access to the tools and opportunities needed to thrive in an increasingly digital world.  In this regard, rural digitisation...

Restitution: The Holocaust vis-a-vis the transatlantic slave trade

By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa THE Holocaust, a catastrophic event that led to the extermination of six million Jews by the Nazis during the Second World War, is widely recognised and remembered.  Germany has paid reparations to Jewish survivors while some institutions, like the Holocaust Museum in...

We can develop without Western aid

NATIONAL AGENDA GOLDEN GUVAMATANGA THE biggest myth touted to post-colonial states by advocates of the colonialism and neo-colonialism is that Africa cannot, and will not, develop without Western aid.  Right from the onset, the post-colonial state is set up for failure.  The post-colonial state, as was the case...

Trump’s foreign aid ‘freeze’ a non-event

…Zimbabwe will prosper without Uncle Sam By Elizabeth Sitotombe THE recent suspension of US foreign development aid has sent shockwaves across civil society organisations (CSOs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Zimbabwe, many of which have long relied on funding from the United States Agency for International...

Land reform: ANC finally comes to the party

By Golden Guvamatanga  THE historic signing of the Expropriation Bill into law by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, on Thursday last week,  marks a significant step in ongoing efforts to right colonial injustices of the past.  Through the Bill, the ANC — South Africa's ruling party...

Reliving the Kavalamanja Battle

In this instalment, Brigadier-General (Rtd) Collin Moyo, alias Cde Rodwell Nyika, recounts to Patriot reporter Emergencey Mwale-Kamtande how he lived to tell the tale after Rhodesian soldiers attacked ZIPRA cadres at Kavalamanja Village in Zambia. This is his story . . . THE delay of...

Benchmarking: A vital tool for sustainable progress

…no need to re-invent the wheel BENCHMARKING  is a transformative strategy, a guiding light for nations, organisations and individuals aiming to improve and innovate. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, during his address to the delegation visiting his farm, captured its essence when he emphasised the critical importance of...

Meet the afro-jazz artiste who has seen it all

By Fidelis Manyange IN the early 2000s, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation’s ZTV dedicated considerable airplay to two of Nkosana Mthunzi’s videos, ‘Mama kaSibongile’ and ‘Kura Mwanangu’.  It was ‘Mama kaSibongile’ that catapulted Mthunzi to instant fame. On the track, Mthunzi sounds very much like popular South African...

Time to rethink how we live, learn and work

THE education of remembering, as eloquently critiqued by a gentleman I recently watched in a powerful social media video, presents a profound challenge to our modern understanding of learning, work and life. His words, which struck a chord, were not merely an indictment of traditional education systems...

We cannot afford to let corruption derail our progress

WE, in the village, hate corruption with a passion, for it is the one thing that swiftly derails order and sets back development. Corruption is a silent thief. It does not shout or wave its hands in the air to announce itself, but it works...

Trees matter: The more, the better

. . . First Lady leads national tree planting campaign By Simon Ngena THE First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa, has been at the forefront of tree planting in her capacity as a patron of the environment. Zimbabwe observes the first Saturday of December as National Tree...

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