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The Arena Hildegarde
In the book of Proverbs 1:20-22, King Solomon says, “Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares; at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech: ‘How long will you simple (denotes a person who is gullible, -
A WISE person knows that every moment has a different value. Only a fool assumes that every day is the same as yesterday. A dog is well known for running up and down while barking yet a lion is popularly known for taking 20 hours of rest and then reserving four hours of the day for
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AWARD-winning South African gospel artiste Solly Mahlangu is coming to Zimbabwe at the invitation of the Apostolic Faith Mission Mabelreign’s Shiloh Word Miracle Centre Assembly. Mahlangu will
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KATSHA-A! katsha-a! katsha-a! katsha-a! Last Thursday, the sound of the FN or whatever assault rifle went on and on, amid shouts and screams, and in three or four minutes dozens of people lay on the ground, dead, and others injured. The body count was 34 dead and 78 miners injured. A
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Hildegarde Manzvanzvike The Arena
THE best way to describe any art form, be it a painting, sculpture, piece of writing, designing or acting is that it reveals the unknown and the unexpected — the hidden elements.
Artists are the idealists any society desires, for they dream and envision that which we would never think of, and in the process, we immortalise their creations.
William Faulkner puts it so well: “The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial -
I looked up for basic information on the People’s Republic of China and this is what I found. In terms of size, Wikipedia gave me two figures: 9 640 821 square kilometres or 9 671 018 square kilometres.
This grand piece of land has a population of about 1,3 billion. Now the world’s second largest economy, China’s GDP in 2011 was estimated at US$11,299 trillion. Its currency is the renminbi or -
A fortnight ago, I walked along a path whose sole purposes was to remind everyone that they are villagers. Thus, we should preserve the goodness and quality of our respective villages for the sake of tomorrow. Status does not matter, and your living in that double-storeyed house, driving the latest car in town and using the fanciest gizmos is neither here nor there.
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MONDAY, June 25 was a big day, a day that should have been commemorated by all well-meaning Zimbabweans? Mozambique, one of the Frontline States (now Sadc regional bloc) celebrated 37 years of nationhood. This was a twin celebration because Frelimo, the party that spearheaded the struggle against Portuguese colonialism celebrated its golden jubilee. Theirs has been success against all odds.
I know that Mozambique’s independence was almost derailed by Renamo led by Afonso Dhlakama. -
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A FEW days’ visit last week to Makombe Building — that famous place in Harare where you are non-existent unless they have issued you with various pieces of documents including your death certificate — was an eye-opener. For a moment I thought that I was in “the village, in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve”.
On all days, I saw so many villagers — some holding papers, running, shouting, panicking, looking -
“I shall pass through this world but once. If there is any kindness, therefore, that I can do for any human being or for any animal, let me do it now and not delay for I shall not pass this way again”.
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You do not necessarily have to have visited Nigeria for you to like and/or dislike it. Eleven years ago I had a week-long working visit to Nigeria, and on return I had an interview with the then ZBC Radio One. I recall the first statement I made, “If you have never been to Nigeria, then you have not yet
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This week, The Arena is about bits and bytes on continental events. Egypt’s landmark elections after Hosni Mubarak’s ouster have come and gone, the first round, at least. The run-off sees Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Mursi fighting it out with ex-Mubarak prime minister Ahmad Shafiq.
Much as this election is a referendum on the Arab Spring, there are some issues that need clarification. One of them is a photograph published last week, showing former United States president Jimmy Carter assisting an Egyptian voter. -
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Franklin Graham said in the Los Angeles Times on May 11, 2012: “The institution of marriage should not be defined by presidents or polls, governors or the media.” Ever wondered why pillow-talk issues have dominated our constitution-making process?
Ever wondered why it is also likely to be an election issue for Zimbabwe, in just the same way as it will be in the US? Well, US President Barack Obama might just have provided those answers, which made Graham react in such a manner. On Wednesday May 10, President Obama made what is now deemed an historical statement by a sitting president, equated also to his historical election as the first US black president. That statement earned him the title, “The first gay president”, -
The death of creative writing might sound too harsh, but the breach of copyright or intellectual property rights has reached alarming levels, and it is time drastic measures are taken.
When music artistes and artists in other genres have been lamenting the level of piracy of their works, their cries seemed to have fuelled the problem.
It went viral, and the result is that the music and/or movies most people listen to and/or watch on their DVDs and/or computers is all pirated, and at the end of it all, the artistes are the biggest losers.
What is also very painful is that industries that could earn the country millions of dollars are now almost non-existent, and, -
It’s as if this is a continuation of “State House not an illusion”, which I did a fortnight ago. But this time it is Élysée Palace not an illusion. Élysée Palace is the official residence of the French president.
The countdown to the French presidential runoff poll is just days away, and by the look of things, incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy will need to do a lot of praying before Sunday — opinion polls are not in his favour.
In Britain, one of his major allies, screaming headlines are already doing the rounds, “If Sarko is toppled, the tremors will shake Downing Street too”.
Some will say that for late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, it’s not over until it’s over. He could be down, but not out — which is what I’m writing about.
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