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Condoms in schools: no easy choices

By Mduduzi MathuthuEducation, Health
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THE Education Minister will be delighted to learn that in my 13 years going through Zimbabwe’s school system, not once did I engage in sexual activities. But that’s where the good news ends. More than anything, it was lack of … Read more

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Are women the better sex?

By Batsi ChikuraHealth, World
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IN MOST countries in the world, females live longer than their male counterparts. In the ultimate battle of longevity, women usually have the last laugh. Men may think they are indispensable, yet nature has made them disposable. This is not … Read more

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Saving the boys

By Lot MasianeRelationships, Religion, World
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I WATCHED with horror as a couple, a man and his wife, came up on ITV Day Break on January 30, 2012, saying they are bringing up their son gender neutrally as they did not want him ‘stereotyped by gender’. … Read more

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Julius Malema not the enemy, poverty is

By Psychology MaziwisaPolitics, World
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JULIUS Malema has his frailties and excesses, some of which are concerning, others totally despicable. But much less attention has been paid to his contribution, his capabilities and the factuality of his message. That needs to change, starting preferably with … Read more

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Homosexuality: nature or choice?

By Batsi ChikuraHealth, Politics, Relationships, Religion
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THE question everyone wants to know is whether or not homosexuality is a medical or psychiatric condition? Do homosexuals really have a choice or they are born that way? Can modern science and medicine explain the sexual diversity? The genesis … Read more

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Curbing Masunda’s corporate incest

By Tafadzwa MusararaCompanies, Politics
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BULAWAYO-BORN Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda is the chairman of nine private sector boards and director in three others. Masunda is the chairman of Old Mutual, a British-owned and controlled insurance firm which is the biggest resident in Harare. He is also … Read more

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Tsvangirai has lost his moral compass

By Chofamba SitholePolitics
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THERE is something incongruous about how Zimbabwean journalists are reporting the debacle surrounding Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s marriage-that-allegedly-never-was. Whilst the state-controlled Herald has, predictably, gleefully reported on the ‘union’ and its attendant soap operatic saga, the independent media has bizarrely … Read more

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Gay rights: Tsvangirai’s Nobel master stroke

By Mthulisi MathuthuPolitics, World
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IT was Professor Stephen Chan who not so very long ago wrote something to the effect that even though Morgan Tsvangirai is prone to gaffes, he is still capable of some strokes of ‘genius’. Perhaps nothing illustrates this better than … Read more

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Malema and battle for the soul of the ANC

By Daniel MolokelePolitics, World
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JULIUS ‘Juju’ Malema, born March 3, 1981, in the northern Limpopo province has suddenly become the new bold face of South African politics. The African National Congress (ANC) Youth League president has in the past five years experienced a meteoric … Read more

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Edgar Tekere: the non-compliant warrior

By Mutumwa MawereHistory, Politics
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EDGAR Tekere, is no more. Tuesday, June 7, 2011, will remain etched in the story of Zimbabwe as the exit day of one of Zimbabwe’s founding fathers.  His place in Zimbabwe’s history is secure but his legacy will occupy the … Read more

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