Columnist / Taruberekera masara
There is plenty of water in Redcliff, but it does not get to the taps in homes
Redcliff municipality has been reeling from acute water supply shortage, a situation that has been going on since the fall of Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO) around 2010.The water cris...Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 11:23hrs | 11 | by Taruberekera Masara
How deepfake technology can affect Zimbabwe's next general election
With social media seemingly fuelling organizing inside opposition political parties, the ruling party ZANU PF has been caught up in the storm of trying to...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 21:14hrs | | by Taruberekera Masara
The tragic price of forgetting: Pre-independent Zimbabwe questions still need answers
Zimbabwe is beset by a serious crisis of governance. Infact the same questions we wanted solutions for pre-independence still remain unanswered.We are still in a crisis.This crisis has...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 12:46hrs | 7 | by Taruberekera Masara
Presumptive patriotism reversing the Second Republic image building
The on going assaults on Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) are a regrettable obtaining of the second republic. Political analyst and free market advocate Rejoice Ngwenya quizzed where the Zi...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 13:44hrs | | by Taruberekera Masara
We cannot take democracy for granted - ex-army general Chiwenga imperil us all
Trust in Zimbabwean politics is at a low ebb, eroded by foolish behaviour.The ugly scenes that were witnessed at Citizens Coalition for Change CCC rally in Kwekwe leaves a sour taste in the mo...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 08:58hrs | | by Taruberekera Masara
Councils can offer local solutions to climate change crisis
The 2022 budget consultations for Kwekwe City are now done and dusted. Conspicuously absent from the submissions from the residents were inputs towards programs on climate change.Residents see...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 21:53hrs | 5 | by Taruberekera Masara
Zimbabwe govt punishing the young through its Covid-19 lockdown measures
Emerson Mnangagwa's government has been making some anti young people decisions since April 2020. While it is agreeable the unprecedented nature of the Covid 19 pandemic has destroyed any forecasting ...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 07:49hrs | | by Taruberekera Masara
Commemorating the 45th Youth Day: Do something or say something that will end with results
We are commemorating this year's Day of the African Child in Covid-19 induced lockdown for the second year running. Times are hard,its not business as usual. There are plenty of reports ...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 10:10hrs | | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Poverty is not a political commodity
Zimbabwe is an unfortunate country, it stays in an election mode the day after a new government gets into office. Political parties are in a campaig...Published: 30 May 2021 at 07:18hrs | | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Yes, a man can die better than these men
Remember Herbert Chitepo, Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo, Alfred Nikita Mangena, Josiah Tongogara and others as you blithely enjoy the freedom they died for. What were their dreams, are we honoring the ideals ...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 08:37hrs | | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
The economic toll of Covid-19 on Zimbabwe has deepened energy poverty
Zimbabwe's management of the Covid 19 pandemic on the health front seems to have scored positively compared to other countries but the gains on statistics should not deflect attention from the perils ...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 21:43hrs | | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Magashule Houdini act, a Damascus moment to Zimbabwean politics
ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule pulled a fast one this past week when he took a swipe at his party's national executive committee saying that only party branches can remove him from his position. ...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:05hrs | | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Callous lack of humanity, empathy, and sympathy in the death of Zanu PF political leaders
Should we have empathy for those we hate?Yes we have a moral obligation to. It was a heartwarming experience to read MDC Alliance communique on the demise of the political leaders from their n...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 15:26hrs | 4 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Food sovereignty in Zimbabwe is a human rights issue
With Covid 19 is ravaging and weighing heavily on the socio-economic well being of Zimbabwe, there is a far worse pandemic bedevilling the country in the form food insecurity and food injustice....Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 12:14hrs | 1 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Democracy dies in darkness
Democracy is facing tough time in Zimbabwe,it is wilting, suffocating and profusely bleeding.Infact it's wasting away- dying in full view of a public that couldn't care less.A public that is p...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Taruberekera Masara
We remain the land: The endless land wars of Chipinge
To many Zimbabweans, the forecast that there will be normal to above normal rains in 2020-21 farming is sweet news. However, this does not apply to many people in Chipinge.While others are pre...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 19:10hrs | 28 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
ZANU PF Moguls cross swords over land
Tussle over the Deelfontein farm has reached unprecedented levels with ZANU PF Chipinge District Vice Chairperson Dorothy Manila pulling all stops to avoid three ZANU PF Youth League members from occu...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:17hrs | | by Taruberekera Masara
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