A SEETHING Islamist insurgence in Mozambique has intensified dramatically in recent months, with reports of attacks on passenger buses, Christmas Day village burnings, ambushes, beheadings, kidnappings and the brief seizure of two towns in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
The wave of violence, which...
A BUMPER harvest, a stable currency, a stable pricing regime, peace and tranquillity and massive infrastructure development is what Zimbabweans will be celebrating when the country turns 41on Sunday.
There is a fillip to all this.
The country has been using local resources to boost the...
THIS week marks the 27th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, where more than 800 000 people were killed in just 100 days.
The executioners used crude tools – machetes, clubs and other blunt objects, or herded people into buildings and set them aflame with...
TWO poignant lessons with potential to redefine Africa’s stance against imperialism emerge when unpacking the late Tanzania President John Pombe Joseph Magufuli’s policies and the narratives that have come out in the wake of his demise on March 17 2021.
“Let us stand as one....
THE so-called agenda 2021 address by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa on March 9 2021, while designed to bring to the fore his ‘frustrations’ with Government over alleged ‘failure’ to improve the economy, the real issue is that he is frustrated by his massive failure...
By Eunice Masunungure
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY (IWD), on March 8, commemorates the cultural, political and socio-economic achievements of women.
The 2021 IWD ran under the theme: ‘#Choose To Challenge’.
A look into various African leaders and women leaders’ sentiments regarding the 2021 IWD reveals, as important, the...
STARTLING revelations by former MDC senior member Obert Gutu that he and opposition officials lobbied Western countries to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe must be understood from various perspectives, which all border on crimes against humanity in so far as the lobbyists and sponsors of...
‘Celebrating the life of Chief Jim Maduna Mafu, father to the late Chief Vezi Mafu (1935-2021)’
LAST week we celebrated the heroism of Chief Maduna Mafu, who commanded the Godhlwayo regiment which sparked the First Umvukela/Chimurenga in Matabeleland, as well as the heroism of all...
By Emmanuel Koro in Johannesburg, SA
IT’S perhaps Africa’s most unique country where the adrenaline-seeking international hunters are going despite the COVID-19 pandemic travel bans.
They go there for the rare hunting experience while, crucially, paying hunting fees that benefit both conservation and rural communities co-existing...
By Golden Guvamatanga
WHILE there was nothing surprising about the extension of illegal economic sanctions on Zimbabwe by the EU, there are several issues that Harare can consider going forward such as the need to adopt inward looking policies that will capacitate locals as has...
By Eunice Masunungure
HAVING received the first delivery of 200 000 doses of China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) vaccine donated by the Chinese Government in the fight against COVID-19, Zimbabwe has began inoculating its citizens.
The Sinopharm vaccine is approved in China for general public use...
By Golden Guvamatanga
THE most outlandish aspect of Britain’s past and recent actions is that, despite its hollow posturing on Zimbabwe, the beleaguered former European giant desperately needs Harare for its economic revival efforts, especially after its rather inglorious exit from the EU (Brexit).
Having accosted...
