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Book on Mugabe set for launch
LEADERS for Africa Network (LAN) in partnership with renowned academic Ibbo Mandaza's regional think-tank, the Southern African Political-Economy Series (Sapes) Trust, will today launch a book tracing...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 1 | 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 | 12 | by Staff reporter
National Environment Cleaning Day gains momentum in Zimbabwe schools
Walking up and about Harare streets and beyond on every first Friday of the month has become a norm to see the young and old being actively involved in the National Clean-Up campaign. The first Friday...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 16:44hrs | 1 | by Brian Maregedze
Damnatio memoriae and Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day?
In the recent past few years, it had become a norm in February to see pomp and extravagance in Zimbabwe's state and independent media with preparations towards and celebrations on the birthday of "com...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 21:18hrs | 3 | by Brian Maregedze
The primacy of regime survival: State Fragility and Economic Destruction in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe crisis has been analysed from varying stand points among researchers. State fragility as analytical and conceptual framework is deployed by the duo of Mark Simpson and Tony Hawkins (2018)...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 07:52hrs | 16 | by Brian Maregedze
The Historian Orator - Mr Muso
The pedagogue of History and historiography from primary to tertiary level remains an indispensable facet in our everyday life not only in Zimbabwe, but, the world over. To some, history as a subject ...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 15:14hrs | 27 | by Brian Maregedze
Curtains: an anthology of poems
The Harare based poet and author, Takunda Chikomo made his first contribution to poetry with Curtains: an anthology of poems, published by TafaPrint Publishers Zimbabwe, 2018. Takunda recently finishe...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 09:28hrs | 17 | by Brian Maregedze
The Cult of Rhodes: Remembering an Imperialist in Africa
Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) remains a controversial figure in colonialism and imperialism studies. Paul Maylam's 2005 publication is useful in confronting debates on his role in the colonization of ...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 14:06hrs | 1 | by Brian Maregedze
'No to continued plunder of our resources' - Marange: The Imprisoned Community
The discovery of diamonds in Marange in 2006 located in the Eastern part of Zimbabwe did not translate into the much anticipated benefits to the local inhabitants. The yearning for positive developmen...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 08:12hrs | 5 | by Brian Maregedze
Masiiwa Ragies Gunda, At the Crossroads: A Call to Christians to Act in Faith for an Alternative Zimbabwe
(University of Bamberg Press, 2018, pp. 113) Masiiwa Ragies Gunda's book is timely as the ‘Zimbabwe crisis' is traced from 1997 to 2018. Although the...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 10:19hrs | 17 | by Brian Maregedze
Learning Factory: studying History and modern technology in Zimbabwe
To those studying History at advanced level, there is a way of learning History using the most convenient way made possible. Manners Msongelwa, the current president for the Zimbabwe History Teachers ...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 20:16hrs | | by Brian Maregedze
Learning Factory: studying History and modern technology in Zimbabwe
To those studying History at advanced level, there is a way of learning History using the most convenient way made possible. Manners Msongelwa, the current president for the Zimbabwe History Teachers ...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 12:20hrs | 14 | by Brian Maregedze
The Church as seen by a Young Layman: Unmasking the darker side of modernity in Christianity
It is now forty one years since Steve Biko, the doyen of South African Black Consciousness Movement passed on. A part of this piece title is developed from Steve Biko's, I Write What I Like. Although ...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 17:03hrs | 31 | by Brian Maregedze and Tedious Ncube
A decolonial response to 'The case of Colonialism’
It is over a year now since Bruce Gilley, the political imperial historian wrote his controversial article as an apologist to colonialism in Africa. More contentious from the article, was the call to ...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 16:20hrs | 50 | by Brian Maregedze and Tedious Ncube
A decolonial response to 'The case of Colonialism'
It is over a year now since Bruce Gilley, the political imperial historian wrote his controversial article as an apologist to colonialism in Africa. More contentious from the article, was the call to ...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 13:06hrs | 1 | by Brian Maregedze and Tedious Ncube
Majority wants status quo: Survey
THE majority of Zimbabweans are expressing confidence in President Mnangagwa's administration and are becoming more sympathetic to the ruling Zanu-PF, just two weeks before general elections, a survey...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:13hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
70% think Zec is non-partisan?
At least 70 percent of Zimbabweans believe the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is non-partisan, an opinion poll has claimed.The Richard Mahomva-led Leaders for Africa Network (LAN) - an in...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 15:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa relishes WhatsApp engagements
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has received tens of thousands of messages from Zimbabweans after he opened a WhatsApp chat platform last week to connect with the people and promote dialogue.He started en...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beware of the 'Devil on the cross'
There is a group of self-appointed trustees of morality and political truth. This crop of thinkers calls itself the democrats and economic recovery enthusiasts.It is known for its dismissive t...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:15hrs | 3 | by Micheal Mhlanga
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 | 1 | by Tedious Ncube
Unpacking the political cultural psychology in public policy administration
This past week has been filled with epiphanies that led to a rethought of popular subscribed ideologies. Allow me to start with rooting of the thinking here. Popular movements have often succeeded or ...Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 13:16hrs | | by Tedious Ncube
Rethinking Zimbabwe's 21st socio economic demands in policy formulation: Part two
As it is known that dialogue is the fundamental element of a vigorous dispensation of democratic intellectualism. This article serves as an extension to the first article, which rethought Zimbabwe's 2...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 16:14hrs | 2 | by Tedious Ncube
Reflecting Zimbabwe's 21st socio economic demands in policy formulation
There is an understanding that as population footages escalate in a nation-state, socio economic contemplations need to be aggressively mindful to the ever-evolving anxieties that mutilate the occupat...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 13:46hrs | 3 | by Tedious Ncube
Negotiating the political economic space of the youth in Zimbabwe's policy framework
The post year-2000 era Zimbabwe's political-economy challenges have accelerated learnt lessons to every Zimbabwean in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean youth, as a constituency in itself, is having a compromis...Published: 29 Jul 2017 at 12:41hrs | | by Tedious Ncube
'Negotiating the political economic space of the youth in Zimbabwe's policy framework'
The post year-2000 era Zimbabwe's political-economy challenges have accelerated learnt lessons to every Zimbabwean in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean youth, as a constituency in itself, is having a compromis...Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 13:46hrs | 2 | by Tedious Ncube
'Negotiating the political economic space of the youth in Zimbabwe's policy framework'
The post year-2000 era Zimbabwe's political-economy challenges have accelerated learnt lessons to every Zimbabwean in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean youth, as a constituency in itself, is having a compromis...Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 20:24hrs | 7 | by Tedious Ncube
Other factors sustaining the 'regime-change' agenda
On 01 June, 2017 Bulawayo welcomed the launch of the Blues Café, a new creativity nest ideally founded to contain the creative capacity the City of Bulawayo.The launch of this arts hub is a w...Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 10:59hrs | 3 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Zimbabwe has not failed, we are changing
The last decade and half Zimbabwe's recent history has been marked by some dramatic and significant developments on the continent's political terrain. These developments have been as wide-ranging and ...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 12:25hrs | 1 | by Micheal Mhlanga
What's wrong with being Zanu-PF?
Democracy is a contested and a perplexing notion yet it is a daily manual for political systems since time immemorial. The contribution of nationalist icons to modern Africa suggests that democracy is...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 13:19hrs | 1 | by Micheal Mhlanga
Mugabe and the stubborn ideological consistency of Zim's anti-colonial project
This week's article is extracted from the second chapter of the publication under review; Our War of Liberation - a compendium of speeches, articles and interviews by President Robert Mugabe.&...Published: 17 Jul 2016 at 12:09hrs | | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
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 | 3 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
The Tsvangirai demo: Unpacking the work of detractors during the count-down to Independence Day
When war-veterans had a demonstration in February the government was quick to give them attention. Why did the war-veterans get such preferential treatment? One may argue that the war-veterans are ZAN...Published: 17 Apr 2016 at 22:39hrs | 1 | by Richard 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
Heroes day: Another reminiscent episode of ZANU-PF triumphalism
As we venerate our heroes and defence forces we need to sharpen our analytical mind functions regarding the contested political landscape of our motherland. We need to flashback to 1999, which mar...Published: 13 Aug 2015 at 10:48hrs | 1 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Of Jonathan Moyo and the Cabinet reshuffle
Am sure it is not the subject of the ministerial reshuffle that Zimbabwe should be worried about. The real issue here is Jonathan Moyo's dismissal from Ministry of Information and Publicity to assume ...Published: 07 Jul 2015 at 16:01hrs | | by Richard Mahomva
Dismissing our vendor economy is 'selling-out'
'The streets are our employers' : Dismissing our vendor economy is 'selling-out' and failure to nurture economic nationalism.The ultimatum by the stat...Published: 09 Jun 2015 at 11:12hrs | 1 | by Richard Mahomva
All is set for the Back to Pan-Africanism Conference
All is set for the second edition of the Back to Pan-Africanism Conference. The conference is hosted by a first growing Bulawayo based think-tank organisation, Leaders for Africa Network-LAN. ...Published: 11 Dec 2014 at 10:03hrs | 2 | by Ras Mkhonto WeSizwe Mahomva
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