By Elizabeth Sitotombe
THE fire of a nation’s future burns brightest in the hands of its youth. They are the pulse of progress, the architects of tomorrow, and the custodians of a legacy forged in blood and unwavering conviction.
As Zimbabwe commemorates the Robert Mugabe National...
BY Elizabeth Sitotombe
THE Trump administration has been ruffling plenty of feathers ever since its decision to suspend funding to USAID.
Floodgates of damning revelations were unlocked, with details emerging that USAID was nothing more than a tool for the destabilisation of other countries. Gullible and...
OUT of the many lessons that can be drawn from US President Donald
Trump’s long-awaited dismantling of the scandal-ridden ‘charity’ organisation USAID, the two that rise above the rest aligns with what this publication has been saying since May 6 2011; that the so-called NGOs...
…remember ‘still’ floodwaters can be deceptive
By Emergencey Mwale-Kamtande
WATER, a source of life, can transform into a force of destruction when its power is underestimated.
The prediction by the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) that rains will persist until March, while a source of joy and portending a...
By Kundai Marunya
ZIMBABWE is steadily marching towards its Vision 2030 goal of becoming an upper-middle income economy.
Central to this vision is ensuring that every Zimbabwean has access to the tools and opportunities needed to thrive in an increasingly digital world.
In this regard, rural digitisation...
By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa
THE Holocaust, a catastrophic event that led to the extermination of six million Jews by the Nazis during the Second World War, is widely recognised and remembered.
Germany has paid reparations to Jewish survivors while some institutions, like the Holocaust Museum in...
NATIONAL AGENDA
GOLDEN GUVAMATANGA
THE biggest myth touted to post-colonial states by advocates of the colonialism and neo-colonialism is that Africa cannot, and will not, develop without Western aid.
Right from the onset, the post-colonial state is set up for failure.
The post-colonial state, as was the case...
…Zimbabwe will prosper without Uncle Sam
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
THE recent suspension of US foreign development aid has sent shockwaves across civil society organisations (CSOs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Zimbabwe, many of which have long relied on funding from the United States Agency for International...
By Golden Guvamatanga
THE historic signing of the Expropriation Bill into law by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, on Thursday last week, marks a significant step in ongoing efforts to right colonial injustices of the past.
Through the Bill, the ANC — South Africa's ruling party...
In this instalment, Brigadier-General (Rtd) Collin Moyo, alias Cde Rodwell Nyika, recounts to Patriot reporter Emergencey Mwale-Kamtande how he lived to tell the tale after Rhodesian soldiers attacked ZIPRA cadres at Kavalamanja Village in Zambia. This is his story . . .
THE delay of...
…no need to re-invent the wheel
BENCHMARKING is a transformative strategy, a guiding light for nations, organisations and individuals aiming to improve and innovate.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, during his address to the delegation visiting his farm, captured its essence when he emphasised the critical importance of...
By Fidelis Manyange
IN the early 2000s, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation’s ZTV dedicated considerable airplay to two of Nkosana Mthunzi’s videos, ‘Mama kaSibongile’ and ‘Kura Mwanangu’.
It was ‘Mama kaSibongile’ that catapulted Mthunzi to instant fame. On the track, Mthunzi sounds very much like popular South African...
