Phil Matibe

By Phil Matibe In 1789 in Haiti, nearly 800,000 African slaves were ruled by a white population that numbered only 32,000. The Haitian Revolution of 1791 is the only successful slave revolution in history. Haiti’s self-determination…
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President Robert Mugabe Office of the President Munhumutapa Building Samora Machel Avenue/ 3rd Street Harare, Zimbabwe 25 October 2009 Dear Mr President, On behalf of voiceless Zimbabweans, I write this letter pregnant with anger over…
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By Phil Matibe  In cases where family planning is used to limit the size of a family unit and modern contraceptives are unavailable, or because of certain religious beliefs, Coitus Interruptus is often practised. This is a method of birth…
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By Phil Matibe Zimbabwe’s farms are like an old dairy cow, ZANU (PF) ties its legs; Mugabe squeezes the last drops of milk from its shrivelled udder; while his wife feeds it raw grain; the masses sit patiently waiting for milk by the cow’s…
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By Phil Matibe If an investor had a vibrant and profitable company, which of the ministers in the GNU would they entrust with their business and employ as the CEO?  Recently Webster Shamu, Minister of Publicity and Information, named…
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By PHIL MATIBE At every African funeral, family fissures are brought to the forefront by an uncle. Family members with an axe to grind provide copious amounts of alcohol to that loud uncle who is then tasked with the duty of raising…
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