AWASH WITH WORDS

Ignatius Zvaravashe, who died in 2019, was a Jesuit priest and a writer. He was born in Gutu, Zimbabwe, in 1943 and was a keen observer...

FRONT

I wonder why the ruling party chooses to retain the word ‘Front’ in its title? It...

Follow me!

‘Follow me!’ You would need to be full of confidence, perhaps like St Paul, to say...

GETTING IT RIGHT

There was a clip on the TV last night showing a Taliban leader in Afghanistan listening...

Switch on the light

There are many things that thrill us. One is obviously football. Another is music. Watching and...

A brush merchant

As I walked home, I was overtaken by a vertical collection of brooms....

A showing

A legend is a story invented to describe something true though we do not know what...

A hopeful New Year

Pope Benedict XVI, who lies between death and burial, once wrote a letter on hope which...

Good news

Someone once said there is one thing harder to accept than bad news and that is...

The desert brings forth jonquils

With heightened emotion, people across the world are watching the triumphs and disappointments of the World...

A new way of thinking

There is one line that is central to the three rich readings we have today, ‘Repent,...

The colour purple

I do not know why the acclaimed novel, The Colour Purple, was so named. Maybe it...

Plastic sheets and inner struggles

It is hard to be patient with the constant requests of the poor. Are they genuine?...

The interests of the people

ZANU believes that the common interests of the people are paramount in all efforts to exploit...

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