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Towards biodefence and strategy: Part 6 . . . the time to act is NOW 

By Mupakamiso Makaya and Tapiwa Bere  THE threat from the Siamese twins of biowarfare and bioterrorism is real.  There is, therefore, a need for a strong centralistic approach and a law that gives tasks related to biodefence to be handled at provincial, national, regional, continental and international...

Regime change putsch in South Africa 

THE provocative letter to the EU and US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, by South African opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, last week, calling for ‘international support’ in that country’s forthcoming elections must be understood in the context of two pervasive issues associated with...

US sanctions: Why Zim must fight back

  THE largely expected announcement by the US of the extension of its illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe on March 4 was replete with many contradictions and supposed concessions and was meant to further divide the country, SADC, the AU as well as all progressive forces...

BRICS and the Zimbabwe factor

AS the globe continues to gradually drift from the West’s centuries-long hegemony, subsequently converging around the BRICS, an economic bloc that is bringing to the world a new economic and political order, there are many ways in which Zimbabwe can benefit from the fast...

Zimbabweans do not be fooled! …regime change agenda remains on full throttle

By Evans Mushawevato and Elizabeth Sitotombe WHEN it was all over, one could not help but look at the calendar. It was indeed March 6 and not April 1! This was no April Fool’s Day prank; it was as real as they come, warts and all,...

Geingob and the land question

THE death of Namibian President Hage Geingob on February 4 was a devastating loss not only to the people of Namibia but the rest of Africa and the developing world’s aspirations for total economic emancipation. President Geingob represented both the founding principles of Africa’s quest...

Gaza is under siege . . . as world commemorates International Day for Prevention of Violent Extremism

THE UN General Assembly (UNGA), which is the main deliberative, policy making and representative organ of the United Nations, declared February 12 as the ‘International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism as and when Conducive to Terrorism’ in order to raise awareness of...

Veritas torches racism storm

Golden Guvamatanga and Elizabeth Sitotombe A DAMAGING racism scandal has hit pro-opposition entity, Veritas, amid alle- gations that one of the directors ‘illegally’ employed her husband, Brian Crozier, who is now abusing black workers at the organisation. Veritas has, over the years, been tout- ing itself...

African Catholics rebuff Pope on homosexuality

By Kundai Marunya A WAR against nature is brewing in the West. Through popular (pop) culture, many whites are advocating the most unnatural ‘family’ of homosexuals. So powerful is the homosexual movement that it has found ways to sneak subliminal messages in most of Western generated television...

EU out of sync with reality

By Elizabeth Sitotombe  THE European Union (EU), which continues to hold Zimbabwe to ransom under the yoke of sanctions, has, despite President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s well-intentioned efforts at re-engagement,  renewed its embargo.  Despite the Second Republic’s spirited efforts to engage the West, illegal sanctions have been macntained...

CCC’s second GNU futile bid

ASSERTIONS by former opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa that the country must hold fresh elections before 2028 are part of his bid to salvage the little that is left of his faltering political career through smuggling himself into Government or, at the very least,...

President Mnangagwa preaches unity

By Kundai Marunya PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged Zimbabweans to unite and emulate the late National Hero Retired Colonel Kenny Constantine Mabuya, who shunned tribalism. Cde Kenny Ridzai, as Mabuya was affectionately known during the armed struggle, passed away at West End Clinic in Harare on...

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Leonard Dembo: The untold story 

By Fidelis Manyange  LAST week, Wednesday, April 9, marked exactly 28 years since the death...

Unpacking the political economy of poverty 

IN 1990, soon after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela, while visiting in the...

Second Republic walks the talk on sport

By Lovemore Boora  THE Second Republic has thrown its weight behind the Sport and Recreation...

What is ‘truth’?: Part Three . . . can there still be salvation for Africans 

By Nthungo YaAfrika  TRUTH takes no prisoners.  Truth is bitter and undemocratic.  Truth has no feelings, is...