Laughing to keep from crying
Excerpts from In Search of Rain & Harvest (a novel, unpublished) We really believed that we knew it all. Our anger and self- righteousness sat coiled like a beady- eyed serpent on the floor of our...
View ArticleThe Waterman cometh
More excerpts from In Search of rain & Harvest (a novel, unpublished) From the Deathwatch Journal Entry: 31/12/99 10:30 p.m. Here we stand at the gates of the new millennium. I don’t see what it is...
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Hope and lessons for Zim from the Desiderata
Commuter Omnibuses, Harare (PHOTO: FUNGAIFOTO) An elderly lady was breathing fire the other day. Kombi fares had shot up in the last hour she had come into town, and now on her return trip home, an...
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Out of the ruins, a vision of Hope is born
Hope Masike The makings of a true diva Have you ever wondered what it must be like for the Infinite Being to be witness to wonder of the formation of stars, right from the very beginning? (We mortals...
View ArticleUnlocking the silence of the mind that dreamed the dream
(Excerpts from Spirit Talk: The Wisdom of Stone Revisited, work in progress based on newspaper articles) Give us a thousand, another thousand, and a million years and seal the wisdom of our forefathers...
View ArticleTranscending our deepest fear
• More Excerpts from Spirit Talk: The Wisdom of Stone Revisited Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our...
View ArticleA donation to eternity, A contribution to the future
“You must appreciate that you make history also. For history is a very human thing. We bring it into being by what we do and do not do. Thus, we must understand that everything we do is important and...
View ArticleIf we did it once, we can do it again…but when?
“If not now, then when?” Echoes from a plaintive Tracy Chapman song, if my memory serves me right. But the mind is numbed by a vicious summer flu (as well as age, I guess), so I can’t be certain. But...
View ArticleSpare a thought for our national institutions
Far, far, from the licensed to deal in forex retail outlets, from the sleek posh cars blinging down streets, on the sidewalks of which moneychangers- cum- users hiss “toita zvemarands/ toplaza- plaza?...
View ArticleOn their return
“Pssst!” I turned around with a start. “Hallo.” My heart sank. I had always known they would return. Everyone knew they would return. It was just a question of time. But none of us had expected them to...
View ArticleTriumph against all odds is possible
“When I look at Mary McLeod Bethune, a Black Woman, who built a college at a time when even white men weren’t building colleges, I am inspired and reinforced. She actually came to buy a piece of land...
View ArticleIt’s not how well you say it
When the cock crowed, euphoria filled the land. Five year plans were brandied about with enthusiasm, gusto and the future seemed bright. We looked beyond our borders and thought, just like the South...
View ArticleNow is not forever
“The concept and fact of ‘now’ or immediacy often oppresses people. Every ruling class in history has made people respond to the immediacy as if it were forever…We are trapped by immediacy. The ruling...
View ArticleWhy it was a Sacred Concert to remember
Scores of people of various ages and hues braved Harare’s sweltering heat on Saturday, 8 November 2008, to join the celebrations to mark 200 years of the abolishment of slavery with a performance of...
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Hope’s songs of redemption
The Making of a Unique Band “By the rivers of Babylon I sat and wept,” thus sang the long- suffering Hebrews in their time of Babylonian captivity. They found themselves singing God’s song in a strange...
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ZIMBABWE TOURISM LEAVES INDELIBLE FOOTPRINTS AT ITB BERLIN 2014
by Tsitsi Ndabambi The Zimbabwe Tourism industry made a very strong statement at the ongoing International Tourismus börse (ITB) Berlin 2014 which is taking place from 5-9 March 2014. A record of 24...
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Hope Masike To Rock Highfield
The nominee for Best International Artist for Zimbabwe Achievers Awards 2014 Hope Masike, will be jamming her new releases Matatya, Sungura inspired Wepepe du and the ballard Ndodiniko in her hometown...
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UK-based Zimbo designer unveils bridal collection
The Derby Telegraph’s Wedding Spectacular takes place on Sunday March 30, offering a feast of ideas to people planning to tie the knot. Organiser Stephanie Brown said: “This weekend’s wedding show is...
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How To Speak To Sell Your Personal Brand
Many people find it challenging when they are faced with the critical question of telling people a bit about themselves .Below is a speech model which i have found to be useful when i find myself in...
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Law.co.zw is is Back
After an extended period of downtime, Law & Justice Zimbabwe (www.law.co.zw) is back up. The website is a useful resourse for scholars, lawyers and other people interested in Zimbabwean law....
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