adminSelf-righteousness, moralism and democracy
We are re-engaging with our erstwhile friends in the West, and there is a huge temptation to over-compensate for our perceived waywardness under Robert Mugabe.
The Moor’s love song to a ‘vanishing’ world
I have read “Satanic Verses” and “Midnight’s Children” by Salman Rushdie. While I must confess that I have enjoyed both, I need to point out that such novels do not hold me in thrall. This means I can read them slowly, over a long period of time, as if I have all the time in the world. This is mainly because the books are dense. I have experienced the same thing with Llosa’s “War of the End of the World” and Rheam’s “This September Sun”.
ED takes message of tolerance to the United States
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his carefully selected team of technocrats hit the ground running as soon as they landed in New York for the United Nations General Assembly 73rd Session. Interviews were already lined up as media houses jostled for an opportunity to interview the man of the moment, President Mnangagwa. Investors and foreign dignitaries alike were also lined up for that golden moment to host the President of the Second Republic of Zimbabwe ahead of his maiden address at the UNGA.
$400 000 shot in the arm for Mutare
MUTARE City Council will receive $400 000 funding from the African Development Bank for the completion of Dangamvura main water pipeline, an official has revealed.
Art fairs, exhibitions under the microscope
With the commercial appeal of biennales being highly attractive, there is great need to evaluate the format of exhibitions and art fairs.
Chitown motorists fume over robots
Motorists and commuters have raised concern over non-consultation by Chitungwiza Municipality before erecting traffic lights at Unit C junction.
Gimboki residents ‘fed up’with Udcorp
GIMBOKI residents have called on Mutare City Council to take over the administration of their housing development project from Urban Development Corporation (UDCORP), which they accuse of lacking commitment.
Achebe: Metaphor of the 3 green bottles
“In the beginning Power rampaged through our world naked. So the Almighty, looking at his creation through the round undying eye of the Sun, saw and pondered and finally decided to send his daughter, Idemili, to bear witness to the moral nature of authority by wrapping around Power’s rude waist a loincloth of peace and modesty,” writes Chinua Achebe in “Anthills of the Savannah” (1987).
Govt to create business centre at Chivi turn-off
President Mnangagwa has announced Government’s intention to establish a new business centre adjacent to Chivi turn-off by October 31.
Zimparks begins jumbo translocations
The relocation of 100 elephants from the Save Valley Conservancy to Rifa Safari area in Hurungwe has begun with eight of the wild animals being released in the Zambezi Valley, recently.