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From the Diaspora into the frying pan
IF YOU thought that my having disappeared from these pages was due in no small part to the howling critics that prowl the comments section at the bottom, then you are probably right. While trying to gauge my popularity, I … Read more
Why the newspaper will not die
Decline … New survey suggests newspapers struggling I JUST read an article that says that the writing is on the wall for newspapers in Zimbabwe. The technology website, TechZim, quotes statistics released by the Zimbabwe All Media Products Survey (Zamps). … Read more
Inaction is a vote too!
NDUMISO Ngcobo, a columnist for South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper, has got me thinking. Ngcobo has some pretty strong views about membership of any entity, particularly that of a political party. I will not repeat what he wrote in its … Read more
National Budget: nation watches, uncomprehending
WHY do we dread budget time? Is it because there is little good news, if any, that comes out of such an exercise, particularly when it comes to helping the poor in times of economic hardship? The national budget will … Read more
Zimbabwe: a nation of dealers
FINANCE Minister Tendai Laxton Biti [who coincidentally was my roommate at the University of Zimbabwe] recently presented his mid-term budget review. The gist of that presentation to an expectant nation, besides revealing little on where the diamond ‘moola’ was going, … Read more
Raising the flag not the fist in Zimbabwe
I MET Boyd Maliki the other day in Bulawayo. Sure, the same one, the cartoonist famous for the Nyati and Taikuni characters that tickled us for decades in the Chronicle. I know that most of you wouldn’t know Boyd even … Read more
Indigenisation: robbing Peter to pay Chamunorwa
I COULD have written a syrupy piece about our Independence until I reasoned that I could be dancing out of tune. Surely, after 31 years of self-destruction, what is there to celebrate? So I decided to be more realistic and … Read more
To legalise or not to legalise marijuana
SIMBANEUTA Mudarikwa, the Zanu PF MP for Uzumba, Mashonaland East, has advocated for the legalisation of marijuana. He is one good reason why some of us believe some legislators are permanently high on pot. But before we dismiss this as … Read more
Separating rumour from rumour
THE Zimbabwean media has been on a feeding frenzy of late. It reminds me of the English literature exam passage that nearly cost me an A in the subject. It described how the most voracious fish known to man, the … Read more
There’s a Zimbo in the boot!
THE life of this blog has been made all the more interesting by the contributions of countless readers who have shared their stories with me. We all know the theory of using humour as a coping mechanism, and I can … Read more
Exam hell: a necessary evil
MILLIONS across the globe should be sitting for their exams at this time of the year. Judging by the moans and groans from countless Facebook friends, there is no doubting that this is a process rued by almost everyone. Candidates … Read more
Seperated at birth: commuter drivers and touts
I DECIDED to take the commuter taxi here in Botswana the other day just to tap into the vibe of the moment. It was then that I became convinced that commuter omnibus drivers (and their obnoxious touts) are born of … Read more
