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Post-colonial Zimbabwe: a horrendous experience for the ordinary citizen
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Why didn’t ZAPU of the last generation do more to combat ZANU tribalism?
Bashing ZAPU of yesteryear is not the objective of this article, political enlightment is; the situation in Matabeleland today is too dire for us to act from habit—to re-enact again and again the same solutions that brought us to our present extremity; today we are in no better position than we were during the colonial […]
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Without innovation Zimbabwean independence is an illusion
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Strategy of appeasement and concessions to ZANU PF has failed since 1987 and has no chance of succeeding
Resolving political challenges faced by Matabeleland requires an acknowledgement that a policy of appeasement has been the only constant and significant enemy of our political prosperity and peace. The appeasers have been powerful; they have controlled the Matabeleland political landscape; they have been largely drawn from the PF ZAPU political elite, and their betrayal of […]
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A position of non-alliance is immoral when it means letting powerless to be brutalised
When a powerful bully state is invading a militarily weaker sovereign state it is not the best time to advertise one’s Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) badge; in the face of another country’s territorial integrity being violated, you cannot adopt a neutral stance and enjoy a good night sleep without shelving all moral responsibility to the human […]
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Was Gukurahundi genocide?
Gukurahundi is a thorn in Zimbabwean politics. It is not a topic mainstream politicians are comfortable with, if they had a way of erasing it in the minds of the public they would have long done that. But it is a subject close to Matabeleland people’s hearts and never to be forgotten; we lost thousands […]
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Trying to muzzle Gukurahundi victims’ voices is inhumane
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Public influence on policy shows no sign of growing
Core to the functional feature of a political system is who runs things or rather who does the system permit to run things because this determines the shape, capability and responsiveness, that is, the ability of institutions to facilitate desired actions in a timely manner. The consistent feature of the four decades of independent Zimbabwe […]
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We risk becoming a symbol of cowardice to the next generation
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Use silence where it is required and shout where shouting is most relevant
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