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Zimbabwean author to turn book into cartoon series
EUROPE-BASED Zimbabwean academic, writer and poet Mthulisi Ndlovu (27) is set to publish a children's book titled Maria Goes To Africa, which he says is based on Afrocentric history paying more attent...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
DJ Sbu converts masses at Hustlers Summit
"PREACH Pastor Sbu", said one of the hustlers who assembled at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair Hall 4 in Bulawayo on Thursday for the Hustlers Summit.DJ Sbu has been addressed with many ...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:17hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean ice cream maker a hit in SA
FROM a tender age, Dr Tapiwa Guzha (35), a Zimbabwean based in Cape Town, South Africa, loved cooking and eating indigenous fruits and vegetables from his grandmother's rich nutrition garden in Marlbo...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Book on Mugabe's political career set for launch next week
Leaders for Africa Network (LAN) in partnership with the Southern African Political-Economy Series (SAPES) Trust, is set to launch a book on the late former president Robert Gabriel Mugabe's political...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 19:51hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa signs Africa Factbook
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday signed copies of The Africa Factbook and accompanying letters, which will be distributed to the heads of state and government of the other 54 African Union countries. ...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga and the decolonisation of the field of political science
WHILE the repository of African political philosophy is awash with contributions from intellectual doyens like Marcus Garvey, Senghor Toure, Walter Rodney, Archie Mafeje, Ali Mazrui, Thabo Mbeki, Asan...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 3 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Plans to transform King Lobengula's Inxwala venue
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is in the process of engaging stakeholders towards turning the large expanse of land at corner Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Street and Masotsha Ndlovu Avenue where King Lobengu...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Enoughof Uncle Sam's bullying
The sanctions are indeed about the US's proclivity for regime change in order to achieve its goal to change the power matrix in Zimbabwe from Zanu- PF to the opposition MDC Alliance that will be subse...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:40hrs | | by Isdore Guvamombe
The rise and fall of Robert Mugabe
Book Review Life and Times of Robert Mugabe (1980-2017): Dream Betrayed Kenneth Mufuka and Cyril Zenda, 2018, Afro-media Publishers, South Carolina, ISBN 9-781513-625959 Reviewed by Brian Maregedze Th...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nyasha Bonde: The birth of a Mbira songstress
For so long mbira lovers have been waiting for the arrival of a captivating artist who can replace the void left by sensational mbira legend Chiwoniso Maraire.Well, those prayers have been answered. B...Published: 18 May 2018 at 09:24hrs | | by Richard Mugobo
Sanctions: A contradiction to free and fair elections
Zimbabwe since the year 2000 has repeatedly confronted the scathing effects of economic sanctions that have outrightly challenged the plane handling of Zimbabwe's economic aspirations. Often, politica...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Tedious Ncube
Zimbabwe lost US$10bn investment under Mugabe
Zimbabwe missed out on investments worth at least US$10 billion during Mr Robert Mugabe's Presidency due to bureaucracy and corruption, the State media reported on Sunday.Information obtained ...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
US lecture tackles political situation in Zimbabwe
Southeastern Africa may be far away from Northwest Philadelphia, but scholar Molefi K. Asante thinks it is something locals should be educated about.Consequently, he held a session titled "The...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Winky D vs Jah Prayzah
WHAT a way to celebrate turning 35 years old!With a discography that boasts of five successful albums, launching his sixth on his birthday at the home of international shows, Harare Internatio...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Former President not missed at all
Zimbabwe will never ever be led by any leader worse than Mugabe.No sane person can go beyond Robert's destructive administration. Mugabe purportedly advanced Pan Africanism, Afrocentric views&...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 10:44hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Healthcare stakeholders ponder healthcare ecosystem
The Healthcare Ecosystem and Quality of Life is the theme of this year's Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) Annual Stakeholders' Conference, which takes place at the Kingdom Hotel i...Published: 04 Sep 2017 at 13:41hrs | | by Agencies
Mugabe's legacy: A case of inherited oppression
The legacy of colonialism in Africa has largely affected the idea and nature of the post-colonial State. It is in the wake of decolonisation (with all its attendant meanings) that discourses of Negrit...Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 13:42hrs | | by Patson Dzamara
From white to black Rhodesia: A case of inherited oppression
The legacy of colonialism in Africa has largely affected the idea and nature of the post-colonial state. It is in the wake of decolonization (with all its attendant meanings) that discourses of Negrit...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 16:50hrs | 10 | by Patson Dzamara
Jonathan Moyo stop dabbling in Zanu-PF succession politics
In history and to the outsider, Zimbabwe has always been a fabulous illusion. An Ophir. An El Dorado, a home to the Queen of Sheba. If the wishes of early European "pathfinders" were horses, Zimbabwe ...Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
I want change - Zanu PF loyalist in the diaspora
A disgruntled diaspora based Zanu PF loyalist Rutendo Benson Matinyarare has revealed that despite being a supporter of the ruling party he eagerly wants change and was tired of trying to survive in t...Published: 23 Jul 2016 at 07:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Turning to Afrocentric paradigm of conceptualising the 'nation'
As I sat to write this piece my mind was taken back to the academic wars that raged in the lecture rooms of my political science class. There were controversial modules which fuelled these gross debat...Published: 15 May 2016 at 07:53hrs | 2 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Coltart and Msipa's memoirs: A time to reflect on Zim's split patriotic consciousness
It is with great shock that Zimbabwe is continuously losing her prolific thinkers. This past week I was shocked to receive the news about Alexander Kanengoni's departure for eternal rest. "Gora" (His ...Published: 17 Apr 2016 at 10:05hrs | | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Designer sale off 2014
On Saturday the 20th of December 2014, Hunnar Management Agency in collaboration with a local Boutique - UNIQUE (8th Ave/G.Silundika) opposite City Hall in Bulawayo, will be hosting a Designer ...Published: 18 Dec 2014 at 15:11hrs | | by Hunnar Agency
Where would Jesus go for worship?
I DID promise you dear reader that this week we would like to venture into the realm that is not so commonly discussed in a positive manner till recently. I am sure you are getting through the major h...Published: 29 Jun 2014 at 09:14hrs | | by Rev Paul Bayethe Damasane
Drunken youths invades the stage, ruin Miss Africa Day pageant
CONFUSION reigned supreme at the much-awaited Miss Africa Day pageant held at Walkers Pub on Friday night as drunken youths invaded the stage and disrupted the modelling competition.Two youths...Published: 29 May 2012 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dumps Chimoio bones in Njelele shrine
MORE than 600 people descended on one of the sacred shrines in the Matabeleland region, Njelele recently where a re-burial and bad luck cleansing ceremony was carried out by suspected Zanu-PF support...Published: 13 Mar 2012 at 07:20hrs | | by Ncube Busani
Zimbabwe fails to ratify AU Convention on Democracy, Elections and Governance
Zimbabwe's failure to ratify the African Union (AU) Convention on Democracy, Elections and Governance betrays its intentions on good governance especially in the face of elections, legal experts and p...Published: 07 Feb 2012 at 11:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
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