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Hildegarde The Arena When the war of liberation started in earnest in the early seventies, it seemed as though it was a men’s affair. But the game changer for Zanu’s military wing Zanla was between 1972 an 1974 when the recruitment of young fighters included girls. In the previous instalment, the writer who is working with […]
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COUNTLESS stories have been told of women that fought in the liberation struggle that brought Independence to Zimbabwe alongside their male counterparts. It is often a distorted narrative told on their behalf by other people, thereby tilting the balance to advance certain agendas, and in a majority of cases, giving the impression that the thousands of […]
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Hildegarde The Arena LEGENDARY English playwright William Shakespeare in the tragic play Macbeth says, “Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break,” or, “Put your sorrow into words. The grief you keep inside you will whisper in your heart until it breaks.”
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The Arena Hildegarde Dr Hikwa’s desire to take the library as we know it to the people saw one of the most amazing projects come out of library land in Zimbabwe. He was among the people that came up with the unique donkey-drawn mobile library.
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The Arena Hildegarde “All the crimes of slavery were being committed in the name of the Crown. The Queen is the head of state of the UK Government. The Government was complicit in all the crimes that took place.”
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Hildegarde The Arena I COULD not resist the invitation to attend the recently launched Faculty of Arts English Department Writing/Press Club series at my alma mater, the University of Zimbabwe, on September 17. Lovemore Ranga Mataire, in his column on September 28, introduced readers and potential speakers to the
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Hildegarde The Arena APART from satisfying readers’ information demands, one aspect that made my job very exciting in yesteryears was the book selection process, what we technically called collection development.
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The Arena with Hildegarde “AND, this week’s winner is Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote-e-e!” This son of Africa and his money bags has mesmerised all and sundry in Zimbabwe, and the media can never tire of the billionaire or maybe his billions? In less than a fortnight, the Nigerian mogul has been the talk of town — in pubs, […]
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The Arena Hildegarde ZIMBABWE’S 2018 general elections are around the corner, and for the first time in decades some hopefuls are making us look and feel like American politicians who will campaign for two years, raise billions of dollars to sponsor their campaigns and still emerge with winners and losers under a process
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The Arena With Hildegarde If Prophet Makandiwa, the ZRP and Zanu-PF are responsible for the cancellation of the holding of the congress, can we also conclude that the Renewal Team wanted to undermine or sabotage the 105th edition of the prime agricultural event, one of the most important on the national calendar?
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The Arena With Hildegarde GEORGE Orwell, in his classic, “Animal Farm” writes: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Once again, the Oscar Pistorius murder case is making this rude reminder. Crimes committed by the rich and famous have that tendency to suck everyone, including money from government
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The Arena With Hildegarde IT takes a village to raise a child. It has taken the global village whose residents are mostly wildlife enthusiasts to mourn the death of Cecil the Zimbabwean lion’s illegal killing in the Hwange National Park.
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Hildegarde The Arena THEY were a duo whose lives were intertwined by a history based on a master servant relationship, but one in which the servant’s mindset opened up at a young age, and said “No” in a manner the master never expected. MALCOLM Gladwell in his 2013 book “David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art
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The Arena With Hildegarde THE biblical parable of the lost son (Luke 15:11-31) will be replayed later this week as Kenya welcomes United States of America President Barack Hussein Obama to his fatherland, probably the last such visit before leaving office.
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Hildergarde The Arena ZIMBABWEANS who grew up in the rural areas know that when the harvest was good, it was time to celebrate and families would take turns to host “jakwara” parties.
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