Zimbabwe's Educational Legacy from the 1980s: was it all so rosy?

Mary Ndlovu, the author of this paper, is a social justice and human rights activist with a background in education in Zimbabwe and Zambia, particularly teacher...

In the bowels of a submarine

Recently I visited one of our prisons. Little money had been spent on it for decades...

What credentials do we need?

We didn’t hear much about liberation war credentials in 1996 when some of us were waiting...

Unpacking Zanu (PF)’s election rush

I kick myself for choosing Zanu (PF) as my subject matter once again....

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The head of the Apostolic Christian Council, Johannes Nyamwa-Ndanga, is back in the news. You might...

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Minister of lands and rural resettlement, Herbert Murerwa, has said the government does not have the...

HIFA

The Harare International Festival of the Arts, was an explosion of joy. The dance, music, song...

All or nothing

Compare our situation with Botswana’s. Both countries were aware that their diamonds were a valuable asset....

Obdurate generals: history repeats itself

It is a no brainer that the very same conditions the Patriotic Front desired for democratic,...

Zanu (PF) strongholds – nothing but a myth

Over the decades, I have heard people refer to certain areas as Zanu (PF) strongholds. It...

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Our supermarket shelves swell with South African products and now Jack Frost, blowing in from Mzansi,...

The carpenter’s son

Most people know about Joseph and his multi-coloured coat; how he was sold as a slave...

Something to hide

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Zim-China: a ticking time bomb?

That China has emerged as a global economic powerhouse in the aftermath of the global financial...

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