THE African Union (AU), which originated as the Organisation of African Unity championing the liberation of Africa from European occupation, is now 62 years old.
The theme for this year 's Africa Day commemorations is: ‘Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through Reparations’.
This means reparations for Africans at home on the continent and in the Diaspora.
It is, in essence, an allusion to a common experience to which ‘reparations’ suggests victimhood.
Reparation is a derivative of ‘repair’. A simpler way of understanding reparations is to...
By Evans Mushawevato
IN 2025, the ghost of imperial semantics still breathes down the neck of the African worker. And in Zimbabwe, the headline reads: '95 percent unemployment'. Yet the fi elds are tilled. Shops are open. Buses are driven. Children are taught. Bricks...
