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African NGOs: Conveyors of national subversion?
Did you know that over 75 percent of the world's poor today live in Africa compared to 10 percent in 1970?Did you know that despite receiving a total US$4,6 trillion in aid between 1960 and 20...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | | by Gibson Nyikadzino
There is need to audit works of NGOs
CIVIL society has been an almost purely Western concept. It is historically tied to the political emancipation of citizens from former feudalistic ties, monarchies, and the state during the eighteenth...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:11hrs | 12 | by Teddy Ncube
Africa stuck in generational curse
WHOEVER bewitched African leaders probably perished at Nagasaki in 1945, many years before the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was founded in 1963. That person, alongside his tools of trade and hi...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:02hrs | 13 | by Sapien Sapien
African 'Dead Aid' will stop within 5 years: Part Two
In part one I concentrated on Dr. Dambisa's "Dead Aid" book she passionately wrote in 2009 highlighting the need for Africa to shift its focus away from foreign Aid and instead, seeking solutions that...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 10:12hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
AID to Africa is dead aid: It must be stopped
We need to ask ourselves critical questions; is foreign aid good for Africa? What purpose is it intended for? Is aid helping the people it is intended to assist in alleviating hunger and poverty in Af...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | 12 | by Nomazulu Thata
Foreign aid dreadful, unnecessary!
ZIMBABWE does not need foreign aid to escape this economic malaise. Our leaders have been saying it so many times that the country's hope lies on a bailout package; the quicker we get it, the better, ...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by Blessing Machiva
The evil hand of civil society, MDC-Alliance
This week, Zimbabwe's opposition MDC-Alliance, civil society organisations and NGOs fronted a so-called shutdown that was underlined by anarchy, looting and lawlessness. The orgy of violence saw the d...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:03hrs | 2 | by Panganai Kahuni
The curse of foreign aid
Foreign aid, by design or accident, has unfortunately become the most powerful tool which certain western governments continue to use to keep Africa a begging continent.In his book titled The ...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 05:08hrs | 12 | by Vince Musewe
How long shall Africa rely on Western Benevolence?
With more than 40 million African citizens facing food insecurity and some outright starvation, Donald Trump's proposal to cut the American aid budget by 38% couldn't have come at a worse time. It is ...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 22:34hrs | | by Whitlaw Mugwiji
WATCH: This is relevant to Zimbabwe - Give me liberty or Give me death
The developed world holds up the ideals of capitalism, democracy and political rights for all. Those in emerging markets often don't have that luxury. In this powerful talk, economist Dambisa Moyo...Published: 25 Apr 2016 at 08:52hrs | 5 | by youtube
Moyo attacks Bill Gates' critique
American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor Bill Gates is not a fan of Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo. Responding to a question about Moyo's book Dead Aid, w...Published: 10 Mar 2015 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obama's 'Rumble in the Jungle' highlights issues affecting Africa
Throughout history, very few people have had the rare ability to conjure up such a concoction of emotions in people when they speak. Hate him or love him, President Barack Obama has distinctively set ...Published: 01 Jul 2013 at 11:17hrs | 2 | by Perry Munzwembiri
Moyo responds to Bill Gates' personal attacks
On May 28th, 2013 during a Q&A session at the University of New South Wales, Bill Gates, co-Founder of Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, made some shocking and inappropriate ad-...Published: 30 May 2013 at 12:11hrs | 1 | by Dr Dambisa Moyo
Biggest sponsor of hate speech
On October 5 2011, NewsDay published a top front page story called "(Jonathan) Moyo licks Mugabe's shoes".On the very same day The Daily News also carried the same story but with a top front h...Published: 09 Oct 2011 at 05:47hrs | | by Tafataona Mahoso
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