By Simon Ngena
ZIMBABWEANS are beginning to consume more traditional meals which they say are healthier compared to conventional Western dishes. So high is the demand that supermarkets are selling diff erent types of mealiemeal including small grains like millet, sorghum, fi nger millet...
Listen to this tale, bold countrymen and kindred souls, Of deeds that burn as brightly as the noon-day sun, When men and women of iron will and valiant hearts, Did shake the very sinews of oppression’s cruel grasp. It was December 11 1978,...
By Kundai Marunya
HE wakes up as early as 4.00 am, braves the cold breeze and morning drizzle that hovered over Harare and surrounding areas last weekend and drives some 50km from Norton to ZB Sports Club in Borrowdale. It’s an unusual time for...
AS the world marked the 17th anniversary of the International Day of Non-Violence on November 2, an occasion designed to promote peace, tolerance and harmony, a starkly different reality is unfolding in Gaza.
While the world engaged in activities meant to encourage understanding and propagate the message of...
IN September 1893, makuva achirohwa and the dead being brought back to congress with the living, the invasion of Matabeleland to complete the Christian occupation of Zimbabwe kicked off.The first battle in that campaign was fought at Shangani on October 25 1893 in the first quarter yemwedzi...
By Professor Artwell Nhemachena IT is simplistic to assume that a world in which some are dispossessed and exploited by others can have a common future.This cannot happen in the absence of redress and abatement of the vices which have sadly become so normalised that...
By Kudzai Madara
ZIMBABWEAN politics is an extraordinary confluence of historical, cultural and spiritual elements that have coalesced into a distinctive political atmosphere.At the heart of this confluence is spirituality, a potent and pervasive force that has shaped the political landscape from the First Chimurenga,...
THE elevation of bilateral ties between China and Africa to strategic relations is a significant step towards the globe’s advancement of the long-desired multipolar world.The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held in Beijing culminated in Zimbabwe signing 17 MoUs with the Asian economic powerhouse.The...
THE inaugural Munhumutapa Day commemorations in Masvingo, on Sunday 15 September 2024, are yet another testimony that the country’s enduring history is key in transforming the country’s economic development trajectory.
The Munhumutapa Empire has a solid footprint in African history and has been key in...
By Professor Artwell Nhemachena
THE decolonisation of Africa cannot be achieved through the teaching and application of conventional Western economics on the continent.
Rather, what is needed is strategic economics which put primacy on strategically positioning Africa for decolonisation. By this I mean the strategic positioning...
By Kundai Marunya
CONGESTION on the roads leading to and from Harare’s CBD could soon be a thing of the past if the Second Republic continues with its road rehabilitation and expansion drive.
Plans to bring back the shine to the capital city have been gaining...
ON the grounds of the University of Zimbabwe, something revolutionary is happening.
In what was once a mining hall and now a repurposed space echoes the sound of progress — a uniquely Zimbabwean story of innovation, empowerment and self-sufficiency. They are subtle yet ground-breaking moments when a nation, often perceived as limited...
