Opinion

By Tendai Reuben Mbofana Mbada Diamond Company, which is owned by the Zimbabwe Mining Development Company - a government-owned entity - has been allowed to get away without paying its long-suffering workers for far too long, whilst it…
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By Whitlaw Mugwiji The death of Fidel Castro, one of the world's most iconic leaders of 21st century last week was received with mixed feelings. And rightly so, he was a man of contrasting contradictions as one Chofamba Sithole put it. A…
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By Morgan Tsvangirai On Thursday, President Mugabe delivers a state of the nation address to a people who are more informed about the real state of the nation than himself. Every Zimbabwean only wishes that the President could take…
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By Jean Gasho If only I was Theresa May. If I was Theresa May, Britain would never be the same again. If only just for a day, I could be the most powerful woman in Britain, I would be like Donald Trump. I would build a great wall…
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By Takura Zhangazha Cuban revolutionary Commandante Fidel Castro’s passing was not a sudden shock for the world nor for us here in Africa.  We already knew he was unwell and at his age, we knew that his revolutionary life was near its…
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By Cathy Buckle Dear Family and Friends, After a fortnight away you return to Zimbabwe and instantly know you are home:  you can feel it in your heart, sense it in your soul, breathe it into your lungs, see it with your own eyes. It’s…
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By Jera For years, the government has denied rumours of a return of the Zimbabwe dollar, a currency which became worthless in the face of 10 years of run-away inflation. But, despite these denials, the central bank has announced the…
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By Patson Dzamara In Zimbabwe everyone is an expert, everyone is an analyst, everyone has a strategy, everyone has a valid opinion, everyone is educated, everyone has an organisation, everyone is everything and on top of that there are…
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By Elijah Mangwengwende Biometric systems are intended to ensure a clean register, eliminating “ghost” voters and multiple voting, and so deliver a credible election and reduce the likelihood of violence. Noble technology but it doesn’t…
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By Patson Dzamara For taking a stand against the abduction of my brother, Itai, and against ZANU PF's failure, i have lost two hard earned cars in one and half years. I will not give a brave face and pretend as though this doesn't affect…
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