Some may call it winnowing grain from chaff. I think this is the time to seriously do exactly that. We cannot afford to continue counting sell-outs as members of the party. No. It is time for us to know who exactly has this great revolutionary party at heart…

One of them is fighting for a press that is free from the encumbrances of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) and the Public Order and Security Act (POSA); while the other believes that a press which lacks proper, recognisable parameters is a bad…

Back then, all the affiliates within the ZCTU and the union's leadership were focussed on one thing: Advancing the workers' cause. In so doing, they spoke with one voice on issues of concern to their membership and would follow through resolutions reached at their various indabas to their…

Whatever he intends, he ensures it somehow comes through. During the days of the liberation struggle he was known for his shrewd and hard-liner negotiation skills exhibited at the Geneva and Lancaster House conferences. Some have also confirmed that even as he grew up he was unyielding and…

The miraculous baobab giants are one of the largest living things on the planet.Carbon-dating experiments in the Zambezi Valley have calculated that trees with a trunk diametre of five metres were over 1 000 years old, and similar experiments elsewhere have dated trees at over 3 000 years.…

May 3 was set aside as World Press Freedom Day by the UN General Assembly in 1993 following a recommendation adopted at the 26th session of UNESCO's General Conference in 1991. Every year, on this day, we celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom; evaluate press freedom around…

 While there have been some outstanding local brands that have emerged, the general sentiment is that local production is synonymous with lower quality, and anything imported is subconsciously assumed to be of higher quality.This problem has been there since independence, but prior to the hyperinflationary era it was…

 But what makes most men shudder at the word marriage is the monster called lobola. Originally a token of appreciation and sign of commitment but now largely a fundraising venture. Lobola, in its traditional and original sense, was meant to be an outward manifestation of a young man's…

Skewed relations, imbalances of power and plain old racism, exploitation and condescension have resulted in black people assuming various reactions and behaviours in the face of white, historically, but wrongfully, touted as better and superior. Below are some profiles/personalities of black people that emerge as black and white…

A constitution of any country has implications for the industrial relations in a country. Having said this, it is imperative that I devote part of this article to an articulation of a human resources (HR) viewpoint on the constitution-making process. It is hoped that this treatise will serve…