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Nick Mangwana View from the Diaspora Every election promise is predicated upon the promiser winning the election. The fulfilment of that promise is contingent upon the electorate one is trying to lure fulfilling their part of the transaction by voting for the candidate. Should we look at this as a bribe? You promise something and ask […]
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Nick Mangwana View from the Diaspora There was no surprise in the BBC programme Hardtalk when one of our sad compatriots spewed bitterness, intense antagonism and hostility towards the current Zimbabwean Government.
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Nick Mangwana View from the Diaspora DIPLOMACY is about each nation serving its self-interests in a climate of decency and decorum. The world we live in is not so much about ideological slants anymore. That is more of interest to academics than statesmen, whose interest now is about what brings economic realities and therefore touches the common person […]
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Nick Mangwana View From the Diaspora Sovereignty cannot be enjoyed in a context of abject poverty and disease. These have a tendency to undermine any form of dignity anyone has. When we got our independence people had expectations and aspirations. Some were met , a lot more were not. A few years later, the expectations turned […]
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Nick Mangwana View from the Diaspora This column has been absent for nearly six weeks. There was just so much going on and the job to inform and represent views had to be done through other means. But we have a new Government in power now. It is being heralded as a new era and a new […]
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Nick Mangwana View from the Diaspora The last few weeks have been quite eventful on both the domestic and international stages in Zimbabwean politics. We had a reshuffle of the Cabinet by the President. Reels have been written about that from the timing, the promoted to the relegated, new ministries formed and those dissolved or realigned.
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Nick Mangwana View from the Diaspora Zimbabwe House in London is the home of the Zimbabwean Embassy in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is located in a prime location in the Strand. This is a building that has served as the place where matters pertaining to our country have been housed from 1923.
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Nick Mangwana View from the Diaspora Zimbabwe’s last ambassador to Britain Mr Gabriel Machinga left three years ago. It took a very long time for a replacement to be nominated.We learn that Zimbabwe nominated a new Head of Mission later, but Great Britain rejected this particular individual for what some might call emotional reasons.
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Nick Mangwana View from the Diaspora Last week we saw how our people can get preoccupied by the non-essentials.
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Nick Mangwana View from the Diaspora It used to be that whenever one travelled a long journey by plane, parents would insist on being informed of a safe arrival. Even though the news would have reported no plane crash anywhere in the world, they would only rest when they got confirmation of a safe landing.
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Nick Mangwana View From the Diaspora IN recent days social media has gone into overdrive with memes which poke fun at people from Masvingo or Karangas in general. The underlying messages behind almost all of them is that this group of Zimbabweans is primitive, backward and unrefined. Protesting this characterisation is normally rebutted by, “take it […]
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Nick Mangwana View From the Diaspora When this piece was started it had been titled “Truth be Told” but truth is always told in this column. So the title was changed to bring what it is all about in one line.
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Nick Mangwana View from the Diaspora There is a lot of talk of the 2018 elections. These elections are dispensational in that according to the Constitution, that is President Mugabe’s last term.
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Nick Mangwana View from the Diaspora Our much vaunted education system has produced literate people and high achievers. It has set a foundation for many Zimbabweans have gone and excelled elsewhere. This is the authentic group that remained with their feet firmly planted on the ground whilst they fitted in different societies and communities they […]
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Nick Mangwana View From the Diaspora Zanu-PF’S 2018 campaign is slowly gathering momentum. In a few months, it will be all systems go at every level. This will kick in what is considered the primary election season for the party. When done well, this is where the party wins elections. It is the recognition even […]
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