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Joseph Ngwawi Southern Africa has experienced mixed performance in terms of facilitating gender parity in political decision-making positions, and a lot more needs to be done if the region is…
Let’s decolonise the MDGs
Manuel Montes THE big attraction of the eight Millennium Development Goals, or at least the first seven of these, was their near universal acceptability. It mobilised both resources and politics,…
Editorial Comment: Govt must complement banks by guaranteeing farmers’ loans
The saying that when the agriculture sector sneezes, the economy catches a cold aptly underlines the importance agriculture plays in economic development. With a contribution of 16 percent to the…
Zanu-PF, the people await
Reflections Isdore Guvamombe Back in the village, in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve, by the time a fool masters the game, the match is over and…
Mugabe a true African hero
Dharma Appavoo Those foreigners were very powerful imperialists. They had become accustomed to simply printing title deeds in order to lay claim to any real estate within their “empire”. In…
US credibility in Syria, world
Geoffrey McDonald Since the start of the civil war in Syria, America’s official position has been that the evil dictator must go, yet in announcing its intention to strike Syria…
Mother tongues lose taste
Kanaga Raja Minority languages are declining at a worrying rate in all regions, and that decline reflects a process of language loss which is almost irreversible, the United Nations Independent…
Africa has a role in SDGs
Macharia Kamau A short 13 years ago the world settled on a set of goals that at first appeared to have no political support and no popular resonance. They appealed…
BNC converts debt to equity
Business Reporter BINDURA Nickel Corporation will convert US$3 million worth of liabilities into equity after shareholders approved the placing of 100 million ordinary shares of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed firm…
Econet launches drought cover
Business Reporter ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe has developed a weather-indexed drought insurance cover for smallholder farmers allowing farmers to make a financial claim if their crops fail because of either inadequate…