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ED’s march to economic development

WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa sauntered into the ZANU PF Midlands Convention Centre, the venue of the Party’s 20th Annual National People’s Conference in Gweru on Friday last week, there was neither a spring in his step nor sign of it. Instead and unsurprisingly, there was...

Sanctions and the road ahead

THE provocative attempt by the opposition CCC to overshadow Wednesday’s Anti-Sanctions Day commemorations through their failed demonstration on Monday was yet another stark reminder that their Western handlers, the sponsors of the debilitating embargo, are not about to let go of Zimbabwe. The political compass...

ZANU PF powering Zim into a brighter future …and CCC’s politics of stagnation

WE, in the village, value gathering, getting together, and congregating. Chinua Achebe, our brilliant son of the soil, could not have put it better when describing why Africans gather. “A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from...

Sanctions: Weep no more

WE, in the village, since time immemorial, have always believed in self-sufficiency; Joromiyo ane gadhi rake, Juriet ane gandiwa rake, and we thrive and live comfortably. And as the West refuses to lift sanctions, we are now past being bothered by this evil act; we...

Sanctions and modern day slavery

By Elizabeth Sitotombe VIOLENCE, warfare and, most notably, religious influence were some of the numerous methods used to steal resources and capture slaves back in the day.  Another would be to pit Africans against one another (political rivalry).  Raise a group that would be deemed as superior...

Murder most foul …Western hypocrisy stinks

WE, in the village, cannot help but marvel at the hypocrisy, double-standards and brazen bully tendencies being displayed by the West with regards to the unfolding of events between Palestine and Israel. Every day, in the last 50 years, horrors are perpetrated against Palestinians while...

CSOs fast losing relevance

By Elizabeth Sitotombe ZIMBABWE held one of the most peaceful and fair elections in the history of the country recently.  Still it is vexing for those who have been earning their keep by sensationalising the state of affairs in the country through fake reports, lies and...

Britons yet again exposed

By Golden Guvamatanga and Elizabeth Sitotombe YET again the House of Lords held their so-called debates on the ‘situation’ in Zimbabwe. The British House of Lords incessant debates on Zimbabwe expose their untamed appetite and desire to lay claim on a former colony.  Zimbabwe has become the...

Thanks for topflight football in Harare

EDITOR —THE National Sports Stadium (NSS) has now been allowed to host Castle Lager Premier League matches and we had a good time watching the Dynamos and CAPS United game.  The giant sports facility and Rufaro Stadium were banned from hosting PSL matches in June....

Last bid to save face

By Elizabeth Sitotombe THERE are rogue elements secretly mobilising individuals for mass demonstrations.  They have been burning the midnight oil as their plans to destabilise the country appear to be gaining momentum. In a last bid to save face, the West and their clueless opposition puppet Nelson...

Serving to protect and grow Zim

DESPITE Zimbabwe, in the First Republic, recording notable achievements such as reclaiming land and resettling thousands of the previously marginalised black majority, in 2017, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa inherited a country whose every sector had been decimated  by illegal sanctions imposed on the country by...

Zimbabwe in safe hands

WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa launched his election campaign at Mutema High School, Chipinge, on June 24, he did not need to explain to the electorate why he deserved another term in office.  His policies and developmental projects had already spread across the country, sending a...

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