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Future-ready youngsters: building critical thinking skills
Read more: Future-ready youngsters: building critical thinking skillsYoungsters are an integral part of our society today and into the future hence the 15th Century English proverb that says, ‘Children must be seen and not heard’ is hopelessly out of tune now if we are to secure the future of humanity. Children are the future, to secure the future, we must build future-ready […]
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Fostering creativity among learners
Read more: Fostering creativity among learnersKnowledge is the foundation of development, but it is what is done with knowledge that makes all the difference. How knowledge is translated into usable products is critical for society. Arguably, lack of innovation in the African setting is the poverty of our education system. Clearly, incentivising theoretical comprehension without a comparable investment in learners’ […]
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Zimbabwe: Time to tackle systemic tribalism
Read more: Zimbabwe: Time to tackle systemic tribalismYou cannot genuinely talk of building a bright future when you are in denial of factors darkening the present. Zimbabwe’s primary problem is endemic tribalism, but this view is not universally accepted, a position that raises challenges to any attempts to address it. Tribalism in Zimbabwe is endemic because the socio-political systems that govern society […]
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Gukurahundi is a lived reality never to be forgotten
Read more: Gukurahundi is a lived reality never to be forgottenWe just want to make a few observations: Gukurahundi happened. Mugabe was a demonic figure. The hypocrisy of those who say Gukurahundi is the past that should be forgotten is not lost to us, they also happen to have holocaust as a topic in their history syllabuses. Someone must tell those tales because they make […]
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Good research and a balanced narrative must guide Africa
Read more: Good research and a balanced narrative must guide AfricaStanding up to the immorality of political practices within independent African states is the ultimate expression of patriotism. When our forebear fought the inhumane colonial system and institutions they wanted in their place humane systems and institutions that reflected every individual and every community; they desired systems that were based on the equality of all […]
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Violence in politics in Zimbabwe and ZANU PF’s role
Read more: Violence in politics in Zimbabwe and ZANU PF’s roleGukurahundi atrocities set the tone for state terrorism when ZANU PF deployed a wholly ethnic Shona composed 5th Brigade to murder, torture and terrorise civilians in Matabeleland. Since then, violence has become a signature of politics in the independent Zimbabwe; in the eyes of a reckless, morally bereft ZANU PF, violence is a viable political […]
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Let’s talk about food security as part of the struggle
Read more: Let’s talk about food security as part of the struggleConquering food insecurity is a global political and economic challenge. It has to be the focus of every Matabeleland political movement, and it can be achieved. Causes of human starvation often have a human component and are hardly unforeseen. Eliminating hunger off the face of earth is possible but you must have a leadership willing […]
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Deal with, don’t ignore tribalism in Zimbabwe
Read more: Deal with, don’t ignore tribalism in ZimbabweYou can observe the same old trick of marginalisation in all aspects of Zimbabwean life today. Ethnic groups are fighting. Tribes are fighting. These fights are not just random fights, there are voices instigating them. We may not want to accept it, but hate is deep-rooted amongst some people in Zimbabwe using tribe as a […]
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Was Gukurahundi genocide?
Read more: 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 […]