Online Reporter
Stephen Mpofu, Perspective
TWO days ago, a local radio station hosted discussions by a woman and a man on changed culinary and eating habits for Zimbabweans and on reversed gender-based domestic violence leading to suicides in most cases.
A husband and a wife and vice versa, are engaged in human reproduction so that our race does not become extinct before the end of the world when Jesus returns to take His people to Heaven, while the heathen join the devil in Hell.
But unlike in a business partnership, where partners go their separate ways safely when differences occur, reversed gender-based differences have resulted in men taking their own lives because, unlike their wives, they do not seek counselling or vent their anger through discussions of their problems with other men.
When slashed with a razor blade by an angry wife for not providing finances for family support, for instance, some husbands will leave home and spend more time drinking in bars, worsening the domestic conflicts that often result in husbands committing suicide.
On the other hand, the woman presenter said, angry wives vent their anger in open discussions with fellow women, with the result that fewer cases of women affected by GBV take their lives.
The other presenter spoke about the need for Zimbabweans to return to their original culinary and eating habits, where small grains that are rich in dietary nutrients played a big role in sustaining health.
But when Portuguese traders seeking a sea route to the Far East introduced maize from Mexico in South America to Africa, small grains were shoved into the shade by the white grain, which fetched more money on the market but remains vulnerable to droughts that are recurrent in Zimbabwe as well as elsewhere in Africa, but to which small grains are resistant.
Because of the resistance to drought demonstrated by small grains, the presenter urged people, especially in rural areas where the majority of the Zimbabweans live, not to forsake small grains altogether because they are nutrient-rich, as demonstrated by cookouts promoted in the countryside by our First Lady, Dr Auxilia Mnangagwa.
Moreover, the traditional foods are not as expensive as the stuff introduced to urban areas by our former African colonisers from beyond the many waters.
Those with ears to hear and eyes to read the message above have heard and must act accordingly.
