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THE term “exceptionalism” like “election roadmap” has become commonplace. In the marketplace of ideas, this is what it should be as minds cross-fertilise. Although it was United States president Barack Obama who made the initial point of entry by making reference to
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In the event of a tragedy like the terrorist attack at the Westgate Mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on September 21, not only is it easy to be distracted from focusing on real issues, but chances are that you might end
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The Arena Hildegarde STORY-TELLING is an art form passed on from one generation to another. It is an art form unique to a society. When a people fail to tell its story, either that story will be told by
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Tendai Manzvanzvike RACISM is a disease so cancerous that it can eat away the victim and the perpetrator. Victims of this sickening act know it. It demeans and destroys the best that a person has.
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The Arena Hildegarde I did not get it wrong for, the day after tomorrow is a result of the day after yesterday. This is borrowed from a thriller of the same title. The underlying issue though is that the hopes and aspirations of the day after tomorrow are a culmination
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Tendai Manzvanzvike Herald columnist Dr Sekai Nzenza this week wrote a piece aptly titled, “A return to laughter”. I say apt, because as a writer, it seems as though I had lost my sense of humour and was no longer able to tell a story no matter how general, in a light-hearted mood.
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A picture, as Napoleon Bonaparte said, is worth a thousand words. The picture accompanying this piece is one of the best examples. It gives the ordinary person the deceptions that we often get from the political elite where they would want them to believe that they do not see eye-to-eye,
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Tendai Manzvanzvike THIS is a special instalment, published on an important day, a day when President Mugabe takes the oath of office after his resounding victory at the July 31 harmonised elections. This is an inauguration that should have taken place at the beginning of the month, but lo and behold, some
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The Arena Hildegarde THERE is no doubt that MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai lives in a world of his own, a world where unrealities no matter how absurd sound quite normal. When he played the alleged rigging song during the run-up to the harmonised elections, people thought that he was preparing for a soft landing considering […]
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IT was billed as the mother of all elections since Zimbabwe attained independence in 1980, with mixed views about the main contenders fighting for the top job, President Mugabe of Zanu-PF and Mr Morgan Tsvangirai of the MDC-T, being expressed. As usual, most people forgot that Harare, the seat of Government, represents
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ON Sunday July 21, the South African presidency issued a statement on its website (www.thepresidency.gov.za ) titled “South Africa regrets unauthorised statements on Zimbabwe”. Our Monday edition had a lead story on the statement, which
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WHEN President Mugabe described the July 31 harmonised elections as a “fight for our lives”, he did so not only for himself as the Zanu-PF presidential candidate but also as a clarion call to defend our hard-won independence and sovereignty. It was a call on the nation to decide on whether it was ready to be masters of its destiny or remain a hewer
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THE crowd-pulling season is full throttle across the length and breadth of the country with aspiring candidates for the July 31 harmonised elections working day and night to ensure that they entice voters to turn out in their numbers to cast votes for them and their respective parties.
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The Arena Hildegarde
SOME people have missed great opportunities, bright futures and even messed up friendships because of reckless utterances? We have freedom of speech, but if that freedom is used irresponsibly, it costs. The writer of the book of Proverbs gives a stark -
Once upon a time, citizens in most colonies were accustomed to mourning living personalities, especially political prisoners and detainees when they were given long jail sentences. In Zimbabwe, these people were called “Muchemwandigere”, meaning, the mourned one.
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