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Ranga Mataire Group Political Editor AN anonymous war strategist once said, “no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations, that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided Republic.” A simpler explanation to this quotation is that it exhorts […]
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Nqobile Bhebhe Bulawayo Bureau The small-scale mining sector in Zimbabwe has made remarkable progress over the years, particularly with the involvement of young people who have emerged as major contributors to the annual gold output. As the country commemorates its 44th independence anniversary next week under the theme, “Zim@44 Unity, Peace and Development towards Vision […]
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Patience Muzenda and Kundai Kufakwepasi Correspondents Zimbabwe has made significant strides in promoting gender equality and has been ranked among the top 10 countries in Africa advocating for equal opportunities. The nation’s commitment to empowering women and promoting their rights has earned it well-deserved recognition on the continental stage. This progress is due to a number […]
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The new mines-to-energy industrial park at Mapinga, about 60km north-west of Harare on the highway to Chirundu, should be opening its first phase, a lithium salts processing plant, in the middle of this year. This is important as lithium mining continues to expand rapidly, but with most mines unable to process their ores very much, […]
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Elliot Ziwira-Senior Reporter As the countdown to Zimbabwe’s 44th birthday reaches the homestretch, it is only apt to reflect on the strides the country has covered in its educational journey. Deliberately skewed in favour of white Rhodesians, the colonial education system was a subtle enterprise designed to perpetuate the African people’s poverty. Never were Africans […]
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Innocent Mujeri-Herald Correspondent As Zimbabwe is on the cusp of its 44th Independence Day celebrations, set to be held in Murambinda, Manicaland Province, the nation finds itself at a critical stage, not just in commemorating its past struggles for political freedom, but also in shaping its economic future. The recent introduction of the Zimbabwe Gold […]
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April 4, 2024, marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of NATO. As a product of the Cold War, NATO should have been disbanded, but over the years, it has served as a war machine and facilitated US hegemony. The Global Times talked to a number of experts and scholars to reveal how the US […]
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Daya Thussu The phrase “Global South” has become a buzzword in contemporary international relations. Not a day passes without its mention in one or the other policy document, media commentaries or think tank reports across the globe. Some see the Global South as a latter-day name for what was once labelled the “Third World”, a […]
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The Herald, 11 April, 1980 A TOTAL of 7 671 prisoners have been released under the amnesty exercise established by Lord Soames after his arrival here in late December, a spokesman of the Ministry of Justice said in Salisbury yesterday. The examination of cases qualifying for the amnesty was continuing, and prisoners were being released […]
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Gukurahundi was a dark stain on the early years of Zimbabwean independence. While so much has been done to rectify the errors and cement national unity, there are still gaps that the Second Republic is now tackling. President Mnangagwa, in an interview with Brick By Brick magazine recently, once again emphasised what still needs to […]
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The Minister of Health and Child Care, Honourable Douglas Mombeshora updated Cabinet on the national cholera outbreak response. Cabinet informs the nation that incidences of new suspected cholera cases continue on a downward trend, with ten (10) districts having been declared cholera-free. The cholera-free districts are Nyanga, Chimanimani, Makoni, Mwenezi, Kwekwe, Gokwe North, Chirumanzu, Matobo, […]
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Ranga Mataire-Group Political Editor The recent electoral victory by an opposition figure in Senegal saw some local opposition desperately attempting to appropriate his triumph as theirs. This attempted appropriation was more rampant on social media, where opposition figures gushed superlatives in praise of the new Senegalese leader, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who beat a ruling party […]
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Obert Chifamba-Agri-Insight IT has been an unusual cropping season. Most dry land crops have since succumbed to the harsh effects of the prevailing El Nino-induced drought at their various stages of growth. And the blazing drought has inevitably extended its tentacles to livestock where it is wreaking havoc, especially in the country’s perennially dry regions […]
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