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E M Forster’s novel Howards End (1910) left a lasting impression in our literature class. Not that we could identify with the English lifestyle therein, but it was for this beautiful quote, which became a sing-a-song in our dormitory: “Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon.“Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer. Only connect, and the beast and the monk, robbed of the
Reason and the vampires
The whole concept of democracy and civil libertarianism largely emanates from the celebrated works of Enlightenment thinkers of the eighteenth century. Through the colonial legacy, Africa has been converted to a lapdog imitator of Western civilisation, pathetically feeding Western industrialisation with raw materials and natural resources, while celebrating the sucking of the blood of the continent by the vampires after whose civilisation we all strive, less for its benefits to us and more for our lost
Job seekers swindled
Midlands Correspondents.Hundreds of job seekers in Gweru were allegedly fleeced of their money by a security company, Under Cover Security, when the company manage-ment collected $20 from each indivi-dual and vanished after promising them jobs.
Sudden push by West in Central Africa suspicious
By Garikai ChenguOF late, Western media social networks and US Congressional hearings are ablaze with talk about major US military deployment in Central Africa to eliminate one Joseph Kony.
Kony is the leader of Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel group that operates in an area the size of France across several African nations. The LRA is ostensibly fighting for religious freedom for Uganda’s underdeveloped north.
Bulawayo ladies darts team selected
Sports ReporterAN eight-member women’s darts team will represent Bulawayo in the forthcoming National Darts Association of Zimbabwe-organised Easter Holidays Darts Championships after trials were held at Bellevue Sports Club over the past weekend.
Preps for poultry exhibition on course
Business ReporterPREPARATIONS for the inaugural poultry exhibition organised by the Zimbabwe Poultry Association are at an advanced stage.
Come up with fundable projects, youths urged
Business ReporterYoung people must come up with entrepreneurial projects that can be supported so as to alleviate the high unemployment rates that the country is faced with, an official has…
Green Fuel fails to pay employees full salaries
Ethanol producer Green Fuel failed to pay its employees full February salaries owing to the deepening financial crisis it is facing, officials have said.The company, which produces ethanol from sugar cane, is facing resistance from local oil companies to blend imported petrol with its fuel, something that could help bring down prices.
Tuku, Stunner date Bulawayo fans
Entertainment ReporterSuperstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi and urban grooves artiste Stunner are billed to headline a top class show at Bulawayo Large City Hall next week on Friday.
Sand poacher crushes council ranger
Chronicle ReporterA sand poacher ran amok, crushing the skull of a Bulawayo City Council ranger before running over his body with a seven-tonne truck, after he was found illegally abstracting sand at Methodist Village just outside Pumula.