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Victoria Ruzvidzo Business Focus
My instalment a fortnight ago - ‘‘Not with my Dollar” - had my inbox jammed as consumers went into a trance expressing their disgust at the poor service delivery that has afflicted this country. In both -
Isdore Guvamombe
WHEN Zimbabwean security forces captured a planeload of mercenaries of various nationalities, on their way to stage a coup in Equatorial Guinea on March 7 2001, it sent everyone in intelligence services in Africa, rethinking. -
Cathrine Murombedzi HIV Walk
Rutendo is a cross-border trader and mother of three. She has been in the business for close to two decades. However, with the improving economy the business is no longer as lucrative as it was a decade ago. She has to find alternative means to bring food on the table. She has thus resorted to finding part-time employment as a domestic worker -
Caesar Zvayi My Turn
THERE is a ruckus in South Africa over the opposition Democratic Alliance’s decision to use pictures of Nelson Mandela and Helen Suzman embracing, with the words “We played our part in opposing apartheid” on its awareness campaign pamphlet. The DA’s attempt to put itself in -
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The world as we see it is the outcome of human decisions. Our systems of government, the legal doctrines that bind us to contract, the laws of economics and the ordered systems of education to which we dutifully subject ourselves are all creatures of the human imagination. -
Nathaniel Manheru The Other Side
I am writing from a Southern African country. For the first time in a very long time since 1980, I have had to observe Independence Day from outside the country. Thankfully technology has collapsed time and space, and so I was able to follow from this far end, and in -
Sharuko on Saturday
“I went over there, did a reasonable job and Highlanders, who are the Manchester United of Zimbabwe football, took note and asked me to become their manager. It honestly doesn’t concern me any more that I don’t have a job as a British manager. It used to, but -
Gender Forum Ruth Butaumocho
Thousands of Zimbabweans across the political divide yesterday put aside their political differences and joined hands to celebrate Zimbabwe’s Independence that came after a protracted struggle with the colonial regime. The event that was commemorated in every town -
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Reflections Isdore Guvamombe
Back in the village, in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve, although a hare is known for its proclivity for tricks and predilection for antics, it has never mastered the art of climbing a tree. Here, do village elders with cotton tuft hair not connive with spirit mediums, the -
The Arena Tendai Hildegarde
Tomorrow we celebrate 33 years of independence; 33 years of self-rule; 33 years of sovereignty; 33 years of self-determination; 33 years of a great, great Zimbabwe. A Zimbabwe, which against odds has stood firm and defended its principles, the very principles -
Reason Wafawarova
It is amazing how some people in Africa show this despairing nonchalance whenever they are confronted with facts about Western hegemony or the evils of imperialism. There are African intellectuals that are quick to acknowledge the evils of imperialism, and some -
Stephen Chifunyise Theatre Corridors
The national theatre indaba held in the Midlands city of Gweru from April 10-12 set up a five-member task force to consider the establishment of a voluntary national theatre regulatory body. The taskforce that comprises Daves Guzha, Cont Mhlanga, Nehemiah -
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Mai Jukwa Political Mondays
I received not a few complaints following my recent article in which I confronted the hypocrisy and race-inspired duplicity of Bruce and Deborah, the American and British Ambassadors. This was not unexpected. As Benjamin Franklin said -
Take the case of Mary Wambui and Othaya. Of course you cannot take both, for both are found in Kenya, that great East African country which has just gone through a rigorous election that so beautifully confounded doomsayers.
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On Tuesday and Wednesday nights, football won back its soul, after a period of turbulence triggered by the resurgence of racism and challenges of match-fixing, as the world’s most beautiful game charmed its loyal followers with magical sights and sounds.