LITTLE Tarisai often goes kwaFirimoni, the remains of a once vibrant local township just a mile from Warikandwa School. The locals called the place kwaFirimoni after the local entrepreneur, a man called Phillimon who opened the first and for … Read more
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Home springs eternal
Surfing through Zimbabwean online news portals, a casual reader may be left thinking that many of us in the Diaspora have become homicidal, credit scamming, philandering, disease spreading rogues fit for cameos as a baddies in low budget crime capers. … Read more
Just what is intelligence?
MOST of the western world will be waking up to another new academic year in two months. It comes with loads of hustles, expectations, anxieties and many more, not only for students, but for parents as well. Is my … Read more
Can a central bank fire bank executives?
THERE is no doubt that Zimbabwe’s central bank has assumed a somewhat legendary or controversial status (depending on who is doing the analysis) in its attempt to turnaround the country’s comatose economy. Their role in the turnaround process will … Read more
Homeless? Rome welcomes you
ONLY a fool, methinks, leaves a casanova in the same room as his wife. More than that, only someone who is deficient in judgment, having left his wife with the philanderer, would then complain when he finds her … Read more
When was Jesus born?
THE Christmas season is here one more time. But is Christmas Day possibly the day Jesus Christ was born or history has played a trick on us one more time? We will look at four reasons why we know … Read more
Ian Khama: a lone voice in the Kgalagadi wilderness
WHEN the news of former Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa’s death reached the ears of many Zimbabweans, a blanket of heartfelt grief enveloped the nation. While his death might have been in essence a sad loss to the people of … Read more
UK court orders review of right to work for asylum seekers
IT IS a case of good news, bad news, and good news with immigration matters. Firstly the decision in RN was very positive for Zimbabwean asylum seekers, then came the withdrawal of the 7-year concession which affected many foreign nationals … Read more
State of terror and potential crimes against humanity
Plight of Jestina and Colleagues THE abduction and disappearance of Jestina Mukoko has become the cause celebre of the current troubles in Zimbabwe. This is hardly surprising. As a newsreader at the only broadcaster in Zimbabwe, the ZBC, in the … Read more
Ironies and paradoxes of Zimbabwe crisis
UNITED States President George Bush wants President Robert Mugabe’s head for his valedictory party and as a Christmas turkey for his Republican and European supporters to cap his bloody legacy; ahistorical lawyers and reporters are deployed to make fateful decisions … Read more
UK withdraws 7-year concession
BRITAIN has, with immediate effect, withdrawn what is commonly known as the “7-year child concession”, which allows children who came to the UK under the age of 18 and have lived here for seven years to be automatically granted citizenship. … Read more
Chirisa stars in highest grossing SA film of all time
RISING Zimbabwean film star Tongayi Arnold Chirisa plays a leading role, that of King Hekule, in Mr Bones 2, which in just two weeks has become the highest grossing South African Film of all time, raking in R12.5 million.
Myth busting with Thomas Mapfumo
Mapfumo with Big Brother 5 star Makosi Musambasi ABOUT Thomas Mapfumo, a lot of stories are told. Most are false, as I recently found out during an hour-long chat with the legend himself. Recall the story of how … Read more
Arts Gallery opens exhibition of AIDS posters
The National Arts Gallery of Zimbabwe last week opened an exhibition entitled “A Round Solution” featuring AIDS posters and other campaign material from the fight against AIDS in different countries around the world. Of note are some controversial posters … Read more
