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MK Party says 'day of reconciliation' is a colonial facade

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) has issued a scathing denunciation of South Africa's Day of Reconciliation, describing it as a deceptive attempt by the ruling elite to obscure the historical and ongoing suffering of the black majorit…

Published: 16 Dec 2024 at 18:58hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa demands apology, reparations from Britain for colonial atrocities

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the British government to formally apologize for the historical injustices endured by indigenous Zimbabweans during the colonial era, which spanned from 1890 to 1980. His comments came during the …

Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:33hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter

'Africa still feeling effects of brutal colonial past'

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has emphasized that Africa continues to feel the effects of its brutal colonial history, a legacy that still hinders its progress today. In a speech read on his behalf by Foreign Affairs and International Trade…

Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 07:57hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter

Colonialism belongs to old time Britain

ASSERTIONS by one Tendai Ruben Mbofana (Zim leaders eagerly defending Chinese colonialism! NewsDay May 25, 2022) that China has colonised Zimbabwe cannot go unchallenged.The contents of the so-called Open Letter to President Emmerson Mnang…

Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Christopher Mahove

Zimbabwe should refuse to repay colonial debt

THE Zimbabwean government is currently engaging with its creditors in order to reduce its external debt burden.Economic watchers argue that the country would be justified in repudiating the debt it inherited from the colonial era since the…

Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 10:56hrs | 3 | by Kudakwashe Matiza

Zimbabwe chiefs to dump colonial regalia

CHIEFS are set to abandon their colonial regalia as it does not reflect Zimbabwe's traditional heritage and cultural values but cements colonial dominancy. The red and purple gown and round shaped hat has been part of the chiefs' identity …

Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Outcry over 'colonial' mayoral regalia

BULAWAYO residents have ridiculed the city's mayoral robe saying it marks colonial heritage that city fathers do not want to do away with.In an official mayoral picture posted by the Mayor, Councillor Solomon Mguni on his Facebook account,…

Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Using colonial past to mask current govt failure is criminal

LAST week, I stumbled on a conversation that was questioning why African politicians are increasingly becoming wealthier, while their governments and countries are getting poorer. Zimbabwe was cited as one of the examples of the countries …

Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 08:02hrs | 2 | by Tapiwa Gomo

Africa in the age of surveillance capitalism, neo-imperialism

One of my first lectures in graduate school was on how "enlightenment era" Europe imagined and mapped Africa. And some of the first maps were silent about the interior save for pyramids to the north, elephants on coasts and an unknown "dar…

Published: 30 May 2019 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by Takura Zhangazha

Why are African legal minds holding on to colonial relics?

The British gave up their last colonies in Africa half a century ago. But they left their wigs behind. Not just any wigs. They are the long, white, horsehair locks worn by high court judges (and King George III). They are so old-fashioned …

Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 06:17hrs | 3 | by Kevin Sieff

Vultures of African colonialism. The curse of South Africa and Zimbabwe

Africa has been under the imperial system longer than it has been independent,as a result,the colonial legacy still survives. In as much as pre colonial African states offer points of similarity in terms of attainment of independence,the s…

Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 19:10hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Madamombe

Zimbabwe:- A case for colonial taxes

When my brother turned eighteen in 1973, he went ko Skomitshi to apply for ispeketsheni - a form of identity document which all boys had to have before they actually qualified to get the real isithupha when they reached 21. This temporary …

Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 16:20hrs | 10 | by Clerk Ndlovu

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