November 26, 2024
Forget our current political divergence, I am of the conviction that all Zimbabweans should gel into a unitary force when it comes to upholding our liberation struggle and the eventual ejection of the colonial stain. Such a history must be identified with anyone and anything called Zimbabwean. It…
Not that he has taken a toxic substance: The premier is livid with his main rival’s unilateral appointments of ZANU-PF provincial governors in disregard of the Global Political Agreement (GPA), which explicitly states that every senior government appointment must be done by the President in consultation with the…
That is what I do — study people’s minds.It struck me recently that I write about love week in, week out, but I am going about it the wrong way. How do I expect people to find love when they cannot give it freely? What lessons do we…
The easiest way of protecting one’s estate from greedy human vultures in the event of one’s death is to prepare a will. Practice has shown that property dispositions in terms of written wills are generally conflict free.However, the majority of deceased estate disputes appearing before the courts are…
At least not yet, anyway. There was a bit of reluctant acceptance at first but upon reflection I have tried it on for size and have received it with both hands. As I sat there on that old couch in this big ole room on that swelteringly hot…
But on one side of the new edifice, a heavily muscled dissident was busy knocking down the structure with a huge sledge hammer.The message behind the cartoon was quite simple: Our inherent propensity to systematically destroy the very thing we are trying to build. While Zimbabwe struggles to…
What makes loss to suicide more painful is the realisation that they were ignorant about the unhappiness their loved one may have gone through and that they failed to intervene in time.They feel guilty and blame themselves for not having been able to prevent it. Therefore coping with…
We need to move beyond rhetoric when we deal with people issues. We have often heard the statement “people are our greatest assets.” There is nothing wrong with such assertions, but it’s very unfortunate that work on the ground in most organisations does not reflect this line of…
Despite general concerns about the state of preparedness by the host nation to deliver world-class games, the games roared to life as seventy-one nations and territories took to the stage in the ceremonial opening parade. For the next 11 days, countries will compete for national pride in 17…
I then decided that perhaps, we, the homeland Africans do not appreciate the contributions to our struggle made by African Americans.I would go so far as to say that failure to treat black Americans with delicacy, when they are visiting Africa is an unforgivable sin.The Reverend Dr Alfred…