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Mr President, stop being blind to the obvious things
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, ancient wisdom has it that a guest sees in a minute what the host will have been blind to for a lifetime. Oftentimes, successive generations stu...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 06:50hrs | 13 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Zanu PF is desperate to be readmitted into the Commonwealth before 2023 - its legitimacy depends on it
Zanu PF stall: Readmit Zimbabwe into Commonwealth before 2023 elections and lift the sanctions soon thereafter.The number one priority to Zanu PF is to retain its iron grip on political power ...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 08:59hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Conned to trade freedoms and rights for 'peace and prosperity' only to lose all to Banana Republic - haven't learnt lesson
Mnangagwa and Zanu PF do not like anything that threatens the regime's iron grip on power. The soaring numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths in Zimbabwe have been an eye opener for many Zimbabweans....Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 16:28hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC implosion sets back the struggle for change
Zimbabwe is stuck in mud. People of my generation were in their late 20s or early 30s when Zimbabwe attained independence in 1980. Those fortunate to be still alive are now elderly and on the cusp to ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Tendai Dumbutshena
How can we rebuild our national consciousness when we do not have our own currency? The case for the return of the Zimbabwe doll
Zimbabwe has sixteen official languages set out in section six of the Zimbabwe Constitution. In terms of that esteemed document our country is a Christian nation. It respects Christian values and upho...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 23:00hrs | 1 | by Lloyd Msipa
Nothing wrong in principle with 2% electronic transfer tax
"In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes," observed presciently Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), one of the founding fathers of the United States, who was both a philoma...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 09:14hrs | 3 | by Conway Tutani
2018 must, first and foremost, deliver free elections - forget ED's dogma saying otherwise
"Mhembwe rudzi inozvara mwana eneruzhumu!" (Each individual buck species has its own distinct marking!) so goes the Shona adage. Ever since President Mnangagwa took over from Robert Mugabe he has cert...Published: 19 May 2018 at 18:22hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God
The oppressed and suffering people of Zimbabwe have had enough of the torment that they endured ever since the country attained independence in 1980 - and as we head towards next year's elections, let...Published: 07 Oct 2017 at 09:51hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
In defence of the people's project against detractors: The Coalition project
Benjamin Franklin aptly put it when he said any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools actually do. No sooner had the ink dried on the signed memorandum of understanding between Mujur...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 09:53hrs | 1 | by Whitlaw Mugwiji
In defense of the coalition project: A response to Farai Maguwu & misguided others
Benjamin Franklin aptly put it when he said any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools actually do. No sooner had the ink dried on the signed memorandum of understanding between Mujur...Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 17:40hrs | | by Whitlaw Mugwiji
Learning sciences in local languages: now is the time
Let's talk about the philosophy of natural sciences. The mention of the word philosophy frightens many a people. Philosophy requires deep thought. Because the average person dislikes cranking his own ...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 14:51hrs | 1 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Hunt for Successor: God has spoken
"God works in mysterious ways," is a trite so often uttered at the pulpit, and it is the one that precedes my article. I know there are many who will recoil with repulsion at my audacity to evoke God'...Published: 25 Nov 2014 at 08:36hrs | | by Field Ruwe
Tactics employed to overthrow democratically elected Governments
An exegesis of the existing political environment seems to suggest that Zimbabwe is under siege from outside forces with internal links. The tactics being employed by the West in pursuit of ...Published: 19 Sep 2014 at 08:50hrs | | by Stewart Murewa
US launches new $100 banknote
Washington - The United States launches today (Tuesday 08 October) a new $100 bill that comes with, for the iconic greenback, a new touch of colour, as well as special features to foil counterfeiters...Published: 08 Oct 2013 at 03:39hrs | | by AFP
This and that with Mal'phosa - That is not in the Bible
There are four women who 'haunt' Jourbert Park all day every Sunday. They take turns to preach to a passers-by congregation, shouting their lungs out and prancing and flapping like chickens trying to ...Published: 05 Mar 2013 at 14:49hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
Brainy three-year-old girl becomes the youngest new member of Mensa
A brainy three-year-old has been unveiled as the youngest new member of Mensa - with a higher IQ than Stephen Hawking.Clever Alice Amos has been granted full membership of the brain box societ...Published: 09 Feb 2013 at 12:42hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
No Tribe is as good as all of the Zimbabwean Tribes
I was very disgusted by the recent comments by this so called Justice Maphosa. Hope he didn't use my name to write that rubbish.I at one time wrote about eradicating music piracy; it is a pity...Published: 19 Jun 2012 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Justice Maphosa
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