…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...
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...
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...
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...
…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...
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...
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...
…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...
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...
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, 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...
. . . 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...