Geoff Nyarota’s cry for help
For some, he was a doyen of Zimbabwean journalism, for others his record on reporting on the Gukurahundi massacres will always be a blemish on his record.
By Nqaba Matshazi
Mar. 30, 2025
Gukurahundi: A meditation on political evil
In the natural, and perhaps original, order of things, the word “politics” was not meant to appear in the same sentence as the word “evil”.
By William Jethro Mpofu
Mar. 25, 2025
Gukurahundi massacre survivors want museum in Tsholotsho
They are also calling for March 16 to be recognised as a national public holiday in honor of female victims of Gukurahundi.
By Sharon Sibindi
Mar. 23, 2025
Delays in hearings over Gukurahundi irk chiefs
Concerns over unpaid allowances and an uncertain future for those involved continue to mount, raising doubts about the initiative’s effectiveness.
By Sharon Sibindi
Mar. 16, 2025
National Youth Day: Symbol of hope or reminder of forgotten struggles?
Tellingly, none of the respondents cited newspapers as a source, highlighting the gap between official messaging and the realities on the ground.
By Sandra Gama
Mar. 7, 2025
Beyond Bhalagwe, a carceral archipelago?
It seems that Foucault was influenced by Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s ‘The Gulag Archipelago’, his opus on the Soviet formal collectivisation of farms and concentration camps system.
By Mbuso Moyo
Feb. 23, 2025
Jobs lost and treatment stopped as USAid freeze hits HIV care in Zim
Her dismissal came shortly after Donald Trump’s executive order pausing foreign assistance, pending a 90-day review period, to developing nations.
By Farai Shawn Matiashe
Feb. 16, 2025
Black man, you’re on your own: The West’s selective outrage
During that time, Mugabe became the darling of the West, even getting undeserved honorary degrees from Western universities.
By Mxolisi Ncube
Feb. 13, 2025
Late Bishop Karlen remembered for confronting Mugabe over Gukurahundi
At least 20 000 civilians were killed in Matabeleland and Midlands in the 1980s after Mugabe deployed a North Korean-trained brigade allegedly to fight dissidents.
By Nizbert Moyo
Feb. 4, 2025