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THESUNDAYEXPRESS COLLET NDLOVU 6. Motivate, assist others, make others Africa is a victim of mindless-blindness understand current affairs especially on the part of its professionals 7. Speak the truth, speak your mind, and who continuously think that politics and see news differently politicians will solve Africa’s problems. 8. Tell us a story, or suggest a *good But this belief is so entrenched and so guest* to come to the *Hot Seat* and tell established among African professionals a story so much so that it has become 9. Touch tomorrow conventional wisdom to belief that politics and politicians are the Alpha Anything further than that, is just mischief and Omega of the solution to African - nje problems. What folks do not seem to realise Heteroskedasticity Speak only the truth, RUDO ZVOBGO CHIDWALA about such warped orthodoxy is that and speak your mind: TAD will establish a God fearing and according to the originator of the theory order to arrive at the so-called blended manipulalted and the ZimStats released Join the conversation: centred administration. Zimbabweans of conventional wisdom, John Kenneth inflation rate. the new inflation figure at 485% alleging have gone through decades of torture, Galbraith, conventional wisdom is almost that it has now “blended” the US$ Whatsapp The harassment both in Zimbabwe and in always wrong. As we have argued here, the best and inflation and the Zim$ inflation and tolled Sunday Express: diaspora, lengthy and restless periods easiest is to simply have two baskets these into one hence the said 485% (+27) 83 476 7918. resulting in disjointed and dysfunctional The foreign exchange auction system, which measures inflation of the same which is a substantial reduction from the Your voice, Your News families due to hardships and poor even though still steeped in patronage, is goods in US$s and also in Zim$s. initial 840%. economy. Millions have left the Country somewhat helping to narrow the spread That way this dangerous drift towards ZIMBABWE DIGITAL NEWS: The due to political unrest to seek better (disparity) between the “official” auction distorted numbers will be halted. A heteroskedastic relationship denotes a other reader was in the newspaper for shelter and food, many have become rate and black market rate. divergent relationship. Think of the Zim$ different reasons - above and beyond the modern slaves in foreign lands, some of Initially the Zimstas released inflation inflation and the US$ inflation as the two newspaper description our sisters have resorted to prostitution Because the disparity between the calculated using it’s usual basket which is variables x and y in the graph below and and even the deaf and blind are common official foreign exchange rate and the Zim$ denominated and the inflation rate look at their relationship with time The primary reason for readers’ sites in South African metro-trains, black market rate is a good indicator of came out at about 840%. Then suddenly united and resist the attempt of dividing membership, in (this) newsgroup is to: begging for a rand to survive. TAD the markets confidence on the monetary this figure was gerrymandered or 1. Share news, and current affairs leadership believe that an Economic policy especially the currency. The NCX 2. Debate, discuss, inform, comment, ask, Recovery Plan without national cleansing, Currency Index also takes these variables and be answered prayer and meditation is doomed. To as constituent factors in the calculation of retain trust, transparency and respect the level of confidence. 3. Identify common problems, challenges for each other is central to economic 4. Offer common solutions, alternatives recovery of Zimbabwe. All Zimbabweans Even if the Zimstats wanted to use a 5. Receive, share and discuss the abroad should first believe that indeed weighted average og both the US$ *Sunday Express* digital publication Zimbabwe is now different, free and pricing and Zim$ pricing this would still liberated for them to return home to join be a hard sell because this would require in the reconstruction. TAD understands a leap into the actual numbers in order to that each citizen needs freedom, access correctly do the weighting. In any event, to resources and liberty in order to play a the US$ prices and the Zim$ prices9 have role in a society. A Country can’t develop a non-lenear heteroskedastic relationship or be creative when citizens are living on which also makes it difficult to do any hand to mouths. A complete change of ergodic smoothening of the numbers in mind set is required as a Nation. Thanks Cde President for appointing new agriculture minister BY TERRENCE MWEDZI *Changes in pecipitation,resulting in to any form particulary in times of seasonal patterns are being affected on many sectors of the economy but in Africa drought and floods drought like this. We must invite new a global scale. It is my sincere hope the the agriculture sector is still bleeding. DESPITE the current focus on the threat *Wide spread run off(leaching of nutrients ideas on board to boost the crop yields. new Pfumvudza program will address The Zimbabwean agricultural revolution of the deadly plague (Covid-19) that is soil) the problem of low production and is inevitable. wreacking havoc accross the globe we *Reduction in fresh water availability The impact of climate change on productivity cause by seccessive poor must not forget that climate change is *Climate refuge seeking new habitation agriculture is real and clear because the rainfall and weather patterns. ...to be continued... still a big elephant in the room. If truth and livelihoods as a result of a rise in most important climate risk is INCREASED be told,climate change must be taken seal level. In contrast,we need to take TEMPERATURE.The sector will suffer for The Pfumvudza program needs to be *Terrence Mwedzi is a writer,poet and seriously in order to prevent global a purposeful shift to climate smart ages if not we not come up with new supported because it will also help and agriculturalist.He writes in personal warming too unbearable for the survival conservation agriculture because the meaningful ideas on board. It is now bring tangible results at the end of the capacity and can be contacted of mankind.Surely we must be alert. food security have been affected for the apparent and clear that irrigation is the day to the smallholder farmers who on;+27611370088. He is currently based Furthermore,the impacts past two decades. way to go during this climate change era. are most vulnerable to such calamities in the Eastern Cape of climate are real and still At this point l think it is more vital and To be honest,It is time to support support and vagaries of climate change. I am prevailing,nationally,regionally and noble to promote sustainable agriculture in Africa,especially in our motherland hopeful that the Minister of Lands, globally. It is evident that many African practices which are more effective to (Zimbabwe). Agriculture,Water,and Rural Resettlement countries have been badly affected extreme weather shocks. DR AJ Masuka will address this issue of mostly Zimbabwe. Our agricultural sector I am very confident to say that climate I am glad that the current regime has a climate change and more programmes in a terrible state and it is stress to note change is education is very critical in full department responsible for irrigation are needed because if we do as a nation that now we are capable of mporting every community in order to prepare us and it is currently working with IFAD will become the breakbasket of Africa maize from countries like Mozambique for climate change impacts and learn how to promote irrigation development for again since he is an agriculturalist par and Zambia. In the same regard,this is a to adapt effectively. farmers in the face of the climate change. excellence.We expect him to walk the very worrying situation.It is not a joke. More farmers in remote areas especially talk. And l would like to applaud the It is a public knowledge that our I strongly believe that the use of the youths should be trained on president of the Second Republic, Cde agriculture sector is now on its knees newspapers,radios and television to maintanance,irrigation management etc... Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa for and something worthwhile must be done educating the people is paramount and It is more refreshing to note that more appointing him. to make things more viable despite the vital. In this vein,all farmers must be irrigation schemes are operational and impacts of climate change. educated about climate change. supporting government food security It is very possible is we work as one *Some of the factors affecting agriculture At this stage efficient irrigation cause,and investiment in agriculture team. Together we can move mountains. are*: management is also needed and sector must be high. We must fight *Increase in temperature conserving water use is more important climate change at all costs because the The issue of climate change has affected www.zimbabwedigitalnews.com T SUNDAYEHEXPRESS News and current affairs: Whatsapp +27 83 476 7918 www.zimbabwedigitalnews.com twitter @realdigitalnews facebook Zimbabwe Digital News August 2020

THESUNDAYEXPRESS 3 Film Spotlight on the girl-child as Shaina rolls out onto the screens Staff Reporter Tarumbidzwa Chirume. Shaina being one of the few to have a see the struggles faced by young presenting to Zimbabweans will air on ZBC TV on Friday, 21 rare combination of a female people in their desire to achieve to tell their stories and share SHAINA: The new movie that August at 9 pm and on Sunday, director in Beautie Masvaure Alt their goals which is sometimes experiences. combines the best of veteran 23 August at 10 pm. and a female screenplay writer further complicated by the and new Zimbabwean talents hit in Wanisai Chingwendere both demands to survive on a daily Shaina was made possible by Zimbabwe’s TV Screens on Friday Shaina tells the story of of whom are Zimbabweans with basis. the support from the American 21 August and re-screening on a group of friends who face outstanding experience working people through the United (today) Sunday 23 August. life-changing obstacles that at home and abroad. “The question is really, States Agency for International mirror day-to-day challenges what do you do in the face of Development (USAID) Zimbabwe is rolling out the encountered by ordinary people. Commenting on the movie, tough challenges? It’s a story of Zimbabwe. new movie, Shaina, throughout Zimbabwean communications determination, of hope and of the month of August. Their dreams and aspirations specialist Patricia Mabviko said resilience which I believe will For the trailer, behind the are put to the test and as that the movie is a must watch appeal to all Zimbabweans.” scenes footage, interviews with the Produced by the same they fight to overcome their for everyone. actors and regular updates on the creative team that brought Inside circumstances. Mabviko said that it was TV broadcast, follow Shaina on Story and The Lucky Specials to “Shaina is exceptional in the exciting to see the opportunity Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and television screens across Africa, They discover that there way that it allows us to vividly that movies like Shaina are now Facebook. Shaina brings together the best is power in believing in one’s of Zimbabwe’s talent in the likes self and in standing together. of Jesesi Mungoshi, Leroy Gopal, It’s a story about friendship, Edmore Sandifolo, Marian forgiveness and finding real Kunonga and Charmaine Mujeri power in girls supporting girls. alongside a host of refreshing young talent the country is yet This captivating drama to see. is a story about something Zimbabweans excel at – These include Wilmah resilience - and the ultimate Munemera, Tinodiwanashe lesson is ingenuity in the face of Chitima, Gamu Mukwakwami, touch challenges. Tadiwanashe Marowa and The movie prides itself in Using the power of the media to tell better stories Staff Reporter Planet and the Oprah Winfrey that has been broadcast to top partners with school learning by providing its video Network. ratings in Kenya and Northern communities and governments and radio lessons to national IMPACT(Ed) International, Nigeria, and is coming soon to improve access to quality governments for broadcast, formerly Discovery Learning Impact(Ed)’s award-winning to screens in other African education. and using mobile platforms to Alliance, uses the power of media portfolio includes the two countries. continue teacher training and media to transform education most watched films in Africa Its library of educational support to students and parents, and empower young people to – Inside Story and The Lucky These entertaining media videos, created with local including literacy lessons, child reach their fullest potential. It Specials, and a host of popular projects —broadcast to over educators, covers topics from protection and safeguarding, and was established by Discovery, media including talk shows 822 million people— are malaria to mathematics to Mars. COVID prevention. Inc., the parent company of and animated series. It recently empowering youth and their With school closures since the the Discovery Channel, Animal produced My Better World, a hit communities. Covid-19 pandemic, Impact(Ed) Learn more at www.impacted. pan-African series for adolescents continues to support distance org. In addition, Impact(Ed) Speak only the truth, and speak your mind: Join the conversation: Whatsapp The Sunday Express: (+27) 83 476 7918. Your voice, Your News, Your Views, Your Voice www.zimbabwedigitalnews.com twitter @realdigitalnews facebook Zimbabwe Digital News August 2020

THESUNDAYEXPRESS 4 Film How grassroots video is building the film industry in Zimbabwe There is a general industries producing video-film Kushata Kwemwoyo promise has disappeared, owing ‘Blaqs’ Hlatshwayo and Willard perception that there is products. These include video- Zimbabwe’s film industry to a combination of political ‘Slimmaz’ Magombedze indicates no film industry to talk films shot in as little as a week, appears to thrive under very and economic factors that have cinematographic competences that about in Zimbabwe. on very low to zero budgets and difficult circumstances. Recent traumatised most economic can further improve the video-film This argument is by remarkably lean crews (who video-films like Kushata Kwemoyo, sectors, and this is the source of the genre. mostly based on may also feature as the acting Escape, Chinhoyi 7 and lately, pessimism. comparisons with talent). These efforts should the Netflix hit Cook Off, all made A veteran of the crisis years, other well-resourced be celebrated as indications of during the so-called Zimbabwean Riches from grassroots filmmaker Tawanda Gunda film economies, such enthusiasm, creative genius and crisis (stretching from around 2000 Mupengo (Tanyaradzwa and as Hollywood, or even sheer endeavour that auger well for to date) showcase the filmmaking What I celebrate is that, in the Peretera Maneta) told me that if South Africa’s the future of an industry (by any talent and cinematographic midst of such adversity, filmmaking people keep at it, the local art of definition). capabilities abundant in the continues to thrive. A critical mass filmmaking will only get better. By Oswelled Ureke country. of youthful filmmakers armed with He believes that emerging talent, Making it work It’s what once led film scholar camcoders, laptops, cell phones and even away from the major cities, BASED on my study of the Frank Ukadike, in his book Black an assortment of improvisations, should be encouraged and this will Zimbabwean film industry I In a recent paper I argue that African Cinema, to remark that has emerged and continues to have a multiplier effect, not only disagree with this view. Zimbabwe making a film in most developing Zimbabwe was Africa’s Hollywood. keep the filmmaking impulse on volumes of video-films, but also does have a film industry, but countries is mégotage, as observed Ukadike made his remark alive. Among the leading lights are the human resource-base needed perhaps, not one that meets by the ‘father of African cinema’, more than 20 years ago. It was Von Tavaziva (Go Chanaiwa Go for profitable film business in the everyone’s expectations and Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane based on the film-friendliness that Reloaded), Shem Zemura (Kushata future. He says: certainly not one that can be Sembène. The mégotage metaphor Zimbabwe exhibited back then. Kwemoyo), Joe Njagu (Cook Off ) comparable to Hollywood’s formal means that producing a film in such At the time, many Hollywood and Nakai Tsuro (Mwanasikana), Let there be a competent crew value chain. contexts is a desperate endeavour, companies, including the Cannon to mention just a few. in Masvingo. If that crew makes akin to scrounging around for Group who were popular for a film that is successful, they will Zimbabwe, like many other cigarette butts. blockbusters like Missing In Action Most of the time, their route to breed a community of filmmakers. developing countries, faces political and Cyborg featuring stars like audience is the DVD or Youtube, They will be training people on the and economic challenges and It is such a grit and grunt, huff Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude often for little or no returns. But ground when they are shooting the film industry’s problems are and puff affair, to the extent that Van Damme, used Zimbabwe as a the enterprising ones, like Von and editing, so that we have vibrant compounded by a lack of either even a 10-minute short film has to filmmaking location because of its Tavaziva, have discovered ways of little pockets. governmental or corporate support, be admired. splendid scenery, efficient financial beating the scourge of piracy by which has led media scholar systems and durable infrastructure. producing high volumes of DVDs The informal filmmaking Nyasha Mboti to observe that the Evidence on the ground shows Famous faces such as Sharon and selling them at very affordable practices (which are in fact sector is “orphaned”. that the mégotage sometimes Stone (in King Solomon’s Mines) prices in accessible city spaces. Zimbabwe’s film industry), should pays off. Zimbabweans are known and Denzel Washington (in Cry be encouraged to thrive, with or There are, nevertheless, efforts for their resilience and ability to Freedom) graced the country as With proceeds from such without government support. The at the grassroots, of various kiya-kiya (‘make things work’ in cast in the movies. endeavours, they mount their next example of Nigeria’s film industry, informally constituted cottage the Shona language) when faced At the same time, Zimbabwe’s productions – no government Nollywood, which has grown from with what seems to be a dead end. Central Film Laboratories serviced support, no bank loan, no moaning! rags to riches, offers inspiration A large portion of the country’s the southern African region’s in terms of how grassroots efforts economy is characterised by such film processing needs. All this There are further encouraging may blossom in the long run. As kiya-kiya efforts, as anthropologist signs, if the aesthetics of it was for Nigeria, so can it be for Jeremy Jones observes. contemporary music videos is Zimbabwe. anything to go by. The work of Vusa This article was published by www.zimbabwedigitalnews.com twitter @realdigitalnews facebook Zimbabwe Digital News August 2020

THESUNDAYEXPRESS 5 Careers HAVE you ever dealt with someone who just isn’t up to the job they’re doing and wondered, “How on earth did he/she get that job?” If so, you’ve probably seen the Peter Principle in action. By Royce Mapaike The Peter Principle is a special case of a ubiquitous observation: I will look at it from a commercial perspective and state that anything that any organisational activity or resource that proves cost effective will be used in progressively more challenging applications until it fails. This is the “generalised Beware the Peter Principle. A fine line between success and failure Peter Principle”. There is much temptation to use what has management: Rest assured, incompetence is your chances for promotion. If man is going to rescue worked before, even when it 1. When you’re great at usually not enough to get you You do this by demonstrating himself from a future intolerable may exceed its effective scope. fired; only “super-incompetence” incompetence at something existence, he must first see something, you might get is enough to get you fired. And, irrelevant, something that won’t where his unmindful escalation In an organisational setting, rewarded with a promotion . . ironically, “super-competence” get you fired, but which will get is leading him. He must examine assessing an employee’s potential . into something you’re terrible will get you fired too, because you removed from the short list his objectives and see that true for a promotion is often based at. A typical example, Peter said, now you’re just making for upper management. progress is achieved through on their performance on the is if you’re a great rule-follower everyone else look bad. As Peter moving forward to a better way current job. who suddenly is placed in charge said, the hierarchy must be Peter offered a few helpful of life, rather than upward to of making rules and decisions. protected at all costs. suggestions, such as being total life incompetence. This eventually results in You may well freeze up in marginally rude to the their being promoted to their your new role or gum up the 4. Incompetence is perhaps boss’ spouse at the holiday Man must realise that highest level of ability and productivity of everyone else. inevitable. So you have to decide party, dressing just slightly improvement of the quality of potentially then to a role in whether you want to rush inappropriately, or occasionally experience is more important which they are not competent, 2. Once you’re promoted to toward the oblivion of Final accidentally parking in the than the acquisition of referred to as their “level of your level of incompetence, you Placement (it does have its share CEO’s spot. useless artefacts and material incompetence”. The employee probably won’t get fired and of perks and benefits, after all). possessions. has no chance of further replaced with someone more Or you have to decide whether 7. Because incompetence promotion, thus reaching competent. Instead, others will you want to forestall it as long as is inevitable, we shouldn’t be Man, on occasion, has caught their career’s ceiling in an work around you. Why aren’t you can. trying to fire all the incompetent a glimpse of his reflection in a organisation. you fired? Perhaps because you managers. We’d only replace mirror, and not immediately probably know too much about 5. If you do decide to rush them with deadwood anyway. recognising himself, has begun According to Peter “In your boss’ business to be booted into a sterile future, Peter said And being a social species, to laugh before realising what he time, every post tends to be out too casually. Or because you need to exercise the power we realise these people have was doing. occupied by an employee people have sympathy for you of “pull” — by attaching yourself families to feed, cars to buy and who is incompetent to carry because you’re working so many to superiors who can help pull vacations to take. They’re job- In other words we do not out its duties” and that hours. you up quickly. And he offered creators, if you will. Peter argued iften carry introspection of “work is accomplished by some unnervingly witty advice that incompetent people will do our current self and actions. those employees who have Or because the people who on how to manipulate them into the least damage to competent “Kuzvinhuwidza hapwa / not yet reached their level of are supposed to judge you a promotion. people’s productivity if we Ukuzinuka amakhwapha’’ It incompetence.” have reached their own level maintain the benign illusion is in such moments that true of incompetence, and damned 6. If you’re smart enough to that they’re useful and have a progress toward understanding He noted that their if they’re able to realise how realise that you don’t want to bright future. has occurred. incompetence may be because unproductive you are. So be pulled up the ladder to career the required skills are different, you now have reached the limbo, you’ll find a happy place There’s a humble and light Instead of Paying Top Dollar but not more difficult. For ominously termed station called where you can be productive Zen wit to Laurence Peter’s for Talent, Get Top Talent for the example, an excellent engineer “Final Placement.” and useful, and you’ll fight like philosophy. We’re human, in Dollars You Pay: Encourage your may be a poor manager because hell to avoid getting promoted. the end. The Tony Robbins types workforce to train for excellence they might not have the 3. When you’re competent, try to sell us the life-hacks, the by enrolling for professional interpersonal skills necessary to even a dummy can see your You can’t just refuse super-food diets, the meditation courses. lead a team. output. And you’re being promotions, Peter said. It creates techniques and the mantras rewarded for that output. too many problems. Instead, to transfigure us from mortal Don’t let your company be Rather than seeking to But once you’re reached you have to fight incompetent to immortal. That only sets a victim of the Peter Principle. promote a talented “super- incompetence, there’s little or no fire with incompetent fire, by us up to fail in a different and Nurture top talent and avoid competent” junior employee, output from you. At this point, mastering the art of “creative delusional way. promoting people into positions Peter suggested that an you’ll be judged by your input incompetence.” they can’t handle. incompetent manager may — by how early you arrive at the Let’s allow Peter, from the set them up to fail or dismiss office, by how cheerful you are, This magnificent, high art introduction to his book, to have Mapaike is with Exquisite them because they are likely to by how you’re a good citizen. involves pre-emptively scuttling the final word: Enterainment “violate the first commandment of hierarchical life with incompetent leadership: (namely that) the hierarchy must be preserved”. Here are the core principles of Peter’s bungling world of www.zimbabwedigitalnews.com twitter @realdigitalnews facebook Zimbabwe Digital News August 2020

THESUNDAYEXPRESS 6 News The Church and society as a whole must reject the attempt to divide the people Zimbabwe Communist Church leaders are finding it singled out Bishop Ndlovu and Party difficult to do their pastoral work even trivialised a very sore subject when their congregates have no to a section of the Zimbabwean When the Zimbabwe Catholic water, no electricity, no food, no community which she mocks as a Bishops Conference came under shelter and other basics. “righteous minority” attack from the Minister of The people look up to the church The church and society as a Information Monica to provide for their daily needs in a whole must reject the attempt to Mutsvangwa following the pastoral society like ours where the political divide our society along ethnic letter to government, we had elite has not only abandoned lines. hoped that President Mnangagwa citizens but is conspicuously was going to extend a hand of displaying ill-gotten wealth. Society as a whole must reject conciliation to the church. the legacy of the founder of ZANU, While the church is genuinely David Stirling, to divide the people Unfortunately, he has declared calling on government to meet the of Zimbabwe along ethnic lines. war against the man of the cloth. needs of society as a whole, the regime thinks the church must masquerading as our rulers. that built schools , hospitals as part Statement by; President Mnangagwa has at all times sing its praises, give We further call on church of its pastoral work. The church The Zimbabwe Communist called on the church leaders to out false prophets to the nation must remain united and resist the Party remove their robes and enter the claiming that the political elite is leaders to stand firm and refuse attempt of dividing it along tribal Contact: Bongani Mkwananzi – political arena and be brutalized God sent. to be intimidated by the regime lines as demonstrated by Minister National Secretary for Information openly by his party as it does to all whose leadership is today turning Monica Mutsvangwa when she & Publicity those who hold a different views As Communists, our its back against the very church spokesperson@ from it - But why is the church revolutionary mandate is to be in zimbabwecommunistparty.org +27 under attack from the regime? solidarity with the weak against the 73 984 0241 powerful. Ngqabutho Mabhena – General The church is home to millions Secretary generalsecretary@ of the working class and peasants. We stand in solidarity with zimbabwecommunistyparty.org We live in a society where the the church and call on millions +27 83 340 1000 majority of our people find solace of Zimbabweans to protect the Ian Beddowes – National at places of worship particularly church leadership from the Commissar nationalcommissar@ under these economic challenges. bloody and brutal power mongers zimbabwecommunistparty.org +27 60 440 3137 Zimbabwe to summon Vatican representative over Catholic Bishops’ alleged insults By Voice of America In the statement, the Zimbabwe attitude of the Holy See towards Makahamadze, who is now a dismissed claims that there was Catholic Bishops Conference Zimbabwe’s leadership or whether pastoral care giver with a private a crisis in Zimbabwe. However, a HARARE - President Emmerson raised concerns over what it called these are merely the views of the company in Harare. hashtag #ZimbabweanLivesMatter Mnangagwa’s government says the deteriorating human rights various individuals concerned. has trended strongly on social it is summoning the Vatican’s situation in Zimbabwe. Notwithstanding the deliberately “Our government is operating media since the beginning of the diplomatic representative to provocative and divisive nature of from a position of fear, by and large. month. Zimbabwe to explain what it calls The clergymen called on the pastoral letter, the President’s And because of that, there is lack insults directed at the president the government to address the commitment to the path of of trust of anyone who is within That follows a number of pro- by local Catholic bishops. The concerns instead of denying them. engagement with all religious their circles. I think what needs to democracy activists going into priests last week issued a statement communities remains steadfast and happen now is to come to a point hiding, saying they fear being condemning the deteriorating Ziyambi said the statement solid,” he said. where we agree and acknowledge arrested for organizing an anti- human rights situation in was an “insult” to President about what is on the ground. The government protest last month, Zimbabwe. Mnangagwa. On Thursday, a group of former reality on the ground is that there which security forces thwarted. Catholic priests in Zimbabwe is a crisis in the country. Yes, we Late Wednesday, Zimbabwe’s “Given that the venerable urged the government to soften may decide to disagree on the Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono justice minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi, bishops represent the Catholic its position toward the church and origins of that crisis but the starting and opposition leader Jacob said President Emmerson Church, government is compelled instead attend to issues the Catholic point is that there is a crisis,” said Ngaruvhume have been in prison Mnangagwa was concerned about to directly engage the Vatican to bishops raised in their statement. Makahamadze. for a month on charges of stoking the statement, which Catholic ascertain whether or not such violence ahead of the July 31 march bishops released last week. statements reflect the official One of them is Abel On Wednesday, Ziyambi against poverty and corruption. www.zimbabwedigitalnews.com twitter @realdigitalnews facebook Zimbabwe Digital News August 2020

THESUNDAYEXPRESS 7 News Analysis Tsitsi Dangarembga Nervous Conditions take on new meaning only driven myself to these and writing about pain in the struggle through Dangarembga conclusions in search of my and loss in Zimbabwe. own happy endings. No Report by Rosemary she struggles to cope with the Dangarembga’s trilogy. The sisters in the harsh economic African novels I had read before Chikafa-Chipiro racial exclusions at her white book was literally haunting me, colonial environment of Nervous Conditions had happy boarding school. The Book of mourning for me to read it, Rhodesia. endings for “integrated” African TSITSI Dangarembga has Not thus annihilated Tambudzai but I held out until I was asked characters. White contact had made a name for herself as a for me and I hoped that another to contribute to a published A book cover with an become synonymous with ngozi, writer, filmmaker and activist sequel would resuscitate her. roundtable on the trilogy. illustration of a black woman’s a vengeful spirit. in Zimbabwe. She gained That is why I was excited to hear legs in red and white shoes and international acclaim with her that Dangarembga had written The painful reading stockings with human heart I felt angry at Tsitsi debut novel Nervous Conditions another sequel and promised I borrowed a copy from a patterns. Dangarembga for writing This (1988), which became the first myself I would buy a copy. colleague and began the painful Mournable Body. It was a very published English novel by a reading. I was horrified by I could identify with difficult book for me to read. black woman from Zimbabwe. However, a few friends had the Tambu in This Mournable Tambu’s victory on going to The Tambu of This Mournable The BBC named it one of the top thrown in spoilers and I also Body. She was unrecognisable the mission school. Unlike her Body is like a wounded animal. 100 books that have shaped the felt very apprehensive. I was from the rural, disciplined girl cousin Nyasha, she had a solid I was even horrified by the world. torn between wanting to read who subtly fought to get an African background that would aloofness in the narration and the book and not wanting to. education like her brother in enable her to remain culturally the spectatorship of rape and its Now, over three decades I love happy endings. If I read Nervous Conditions; the girl rooted. She would even be more trauma, to the indifference to later, Dangarembga’s latest a book and it does not end as who daringly uttered, “I was not versatile and relevant than her violence and abuse. novel – This Mournable Body, I expected, it weighs down on sorry when my brother died”. uneducated aunt Lucia. She the third in a trilogy that began me and I take a long time to I could easily identify with would not be as docile and I am Tambu with Nervous Conditions and unwind myself from the story the young girl in the 1960s, submissive as her sister Netsai, I have since realised that I am the subject of this review – has while trying to write my own when patriarchy preferred to who lost a leg in the liberation only angry at the reality of the been placed on the longlist suitable ending. As fate would send boys to school and raise war in The Book of Not. The Zimbabwean body of pain that for the 2020 Booker Prize. have it, a student asked me to girls for marriage. That young ending of Nervous Conditions This Mournable Body evokes. I The news broke a few days supervise their dissertation on girl reminded me of my own was thus a happy ending for did not want to read the novel before Dangarembga’s arrest mother’s tenacity in trying to me, because of this promise of because I did not want to face for demonstrating against acquire an education for herself growth. the individual realities that are the government amidst a and later for my brothers and so familiar among many men clampdown on critical voices in I now know that I had and women in my country. the country. Like with Tambu, pain has been simmering in us over time. There have been other Two women holding placards Zimbabwean women writers of get into a military vehicle as note after Dangarembga, such as policemen usher them. the late Yvonne Vera, and more This Mournable Body blurs recently NoViolet Bulawayo, the boundaries of time. The Novuyo Rosa Tshuma and Petina Tambu of Nervous Conditions Gappah. Most of their works was one I could envision have won international awards, through my mother’s past, from with NoViolet Bulawayo being a colonial history that I only the first black African woman knew by my connection to and the first Zimbabwean to be her. As I read This Mournable shortlisted for the Man Booker Body, I was aware of the Prize for the novel We Need New conflation of the immediate Names (2013). post-independent period and the contemporary moment. Lucia’s What distinguishes and Christine’s war scars have Dangarembga is her easily defied temporalities. Many centralisation of burning a Zimbabwean is hopping on issues concerning the freedom Netsai’s single leg. There is no of women in Zimbabwe’s affluence even for the anglicised patriarchal socio-economic and like Nyasha. I am Tambu. political milieu. Besides her This Mournable Body three novels, she has written resonates with individual plays, the best known of which Zimbabweans at a personal is She No Longer Weeps (1987) level. Both the nation and its and has played various roles people become mournable in Zimbabwean filmmaking bodies whose “grievability” including writing and directing is exhumed through the text such films as the popular Neria and especially now when and Everyone’s Child. #ZimbabweanLivesMatter is taking shape after the arrest of The return of activists. Tambudzai Tambu’s jealousies, her tears, and her madness are not ngozi. As a trilogy, Nervous The Zimbabwean pain body Conditions was followed by courses through the novel like a The Book of Not (2006) and daughter’s shame and a mother’s This Mournable Body (2018). love and memory, packaged Nervous Conditions, with its girl in a sack of mealie-meal. Who child protagonist, Tambudzai, is knows if it is a question of not an introductory representation knowing the womb or one of of British colonisation of not knowing how to come back Zimbabwe and how people, to it? This Mournable Body has particularly women, coped with a happy ending after all. Tambu the intersectional oppressions of comes back home. And as the racial, classist and gendered Dangarembga herself states: structure of relations. It ends Writing a pain body and also with hope that Tambudzai, in reading such a body are acts of her resilience, will triumph – resistance and triumph. only for The Book of Not to Rosemary Chikafa-Chipiro present her as a “non-person” is lecturer at the University of who goes through some form Zimbabwe. This article was of psychic self-annihilation that published by The Conversation. reduces her to an “I was not” as www.zimbabwedigitalnews.com twitter @realdigitalnews facebook Zimbabwe Digital News August 2020

THESUNDAYEXPRESS 8 Troubled Continent Soldiers have ousted Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta who has now resigned, alongside the country’s prime minister. Moina Spooner from The Conversation Africa asked Bruce Whitehouse, who has carried out studies on coups and violent extremism in Mali, to share his thoughts on what brought on this coup, and what needs to happen next to ensure stability in the country Soldiers have ousted Mali’s Malian Air Force deputy chief of staff Ismael Wague (centre) speaks during a press conference on August 19, 2020. AFP via Getty President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta who has now resigned, alongside Mali’s predictable coup leaves an unclear path to civilian rule the country’s prime minister. Moina Spooner from The to other parts of the country. The international response to sent the interim president conflict, and would be equally Conversation Africa asked Bruce Many troops have been killed both coups has been similar: abroad for medical treatment. impossible in 2020. Whitehouse, who has carried by militants, and soldiers lacked statements of condemnation out studies on coups and violent the supplies and vehicles they and promises of sanctions by This situation endured until This leaves the path forward extremism in Mali, to share his needed to carry on the fight. the West African regional body, 2013, when the French military uncertain and requiring thoughts on what brought on ECOWAS. intervention against jihadi negotiation between the junta, this coup, and what needs to The violence resulted in militants began. From my own Malian civil society groups happen next to ensure stability a major humanitarian crisis. And both seemed to garner analysis, the presence of French and political parties, foreign in the country. By the end of 2019, the UN quick popular support. A poll troops discouraged the Malian governments, and international estimated that 3.9 million people conducted after the 2012 coup military from meddling too bodies. What laid the ground for the were in need of assistance and showed that about two-thirds openly with politics. recent coup in Mali and who led protection – an increase of 700 of Bamako residents backed the What are the likely regional it? 000 since the beginning of the junta. The mass protests leading In August 2013, President implications, if any, of this year. to this coup indicates that many Keita was voted in as president coup? There are many long-term Malians also support change. and, until now, seemed to have factors, but the immediate So ordinary Malians, and been able to keep the military West African governments reason for the coup was military personnel alike, One big difference is that in check, but military officers don’t like to see a president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta’s dismal were frustrated with Keïta’s the 2020 junta had President leading the coup appear to have particularly an elected one, performance as president. When government. As a consequence, Keïta and his prime minister been emboldened by the street toppled from power by his own first elected to the office in 2013, since June there were persistent arrested on the first day and protests of the past two months. military. ECOWAS will continue Keita had the ideal resume, and massive street protests in the president announced his issuing strong statements and having held nearly every top Bamako, the capital, demanding resignation soon after on How should the transition to talking about sanctions. post in the Malian government Keïta’s resignation. television. a civilian government this time (foreign minister, prime around be handled to ensure This is also because heads minister, speaker of the National We don’t yet know much Transition won’t be political stability in the country? of state throughout the region Assembly). about the officers who led the smooth don’t want their own military coup. They call themselves the The transition to a civilian officers getting any ideas about Yet he subsequently did not National Committee for the By contrast, the 2012 junta government won’t be smooth. emulating what happened in address the existential threats to Salvation of the People and never managed to capture the Mali. Mali’s people and the state, from appear to be more highly ranked president they ousted (Amadou There is significant public political violence to corruption. (colonels and possibly a general) Toumani Touré), leaving the distrust in Bamako toward Yet we saw in 2012 that than the officers who led coup’s outcome uncertain for politicians. Under Mali’s 1992 ECOWAS had neither the will His 2013 campaign promise previous coups in Mali. Colonel several days. constitution, the speaker of the nor perhaps even the capacity to to root out corruption and Assimi Goita has announced National Assembly is supposed isolate Mali economically. I don’t restore the country’s dilapidated himself as the new leader. Though the transition to to become interim president expect that has changed, but the sovereignty quickly proved civilian rule in 2012 appeared and organise new elections after stakes are different this time: the hollow. Scandals over his This is not the first time to happen relatively quickly - it a president’s resignation, but Sahel is a much more dangerous acquisition of a new presidential Mali’s had a coup. The most took about a month for ECOWAS President Keïta dissolved the place in 2020 than it was eight jet and shady defence contracts recent one was in 2012 and, like to negotiate a handover to an body prior to resigning. This years ago. gave the impression that his this one, resulted in military interim civilian government - it leaves no obvious successor. administration would be no control. How would you rate masked continued interference I would expect France and more transparent or upright the transition to a civilian from the military who retained The constitution also calls for the UN, which have thousands than those that came before. government after the 2012 coup? considerable power behind the new elections to be organised of troops in the country, scenes for many months. within a very short period - just to be the real drivers of an Insecurity was already severe In many ways, the 2020 coup 40 days - after the establishment international response to this in Mali’s northern regions when resembles its 2012 predecessor. For instance, just a few weeks of an interim government. coup. Keïta took office, mainly due Both began as mutinies in after the coup, the military Meeting this deadline proved to jihadi militants and criminal Mali’s largest army base in Kati, orchestrated a mob attack that impossible in 2012 for Mali, Bruce Whitehouse Associate gangs. In the subsequent seven on the outskirts of Bamako. a poor country torn apart by Professor, Lehigh University years the situation steadily worsened as roadside bombings and raids on government targets (including military and police posts, prisons, and administrative buildings) spread www.zimbabwedigitalnews.com twitter @realdigitalnews facebook Zimbabwe Digital News August 2020

THESUNDAYEXPRESS 9 News In the personal history of the boy or girl, parental divorce is a watershed event By Royce Mapaike RELIGIOUS leaders, social Tough economic conditions to blame for high commentators and legal experts number of divorce cases in Zimbabwe said the numbers showed that the institution of marriage Central police station in an we marry we decide to marry two people. It was an affair apply them in our context.” was now devoid of its former interview with Zimdigital News strangers,” he said. between the earthly family, The biggest casualty has been “dignity and respect”. had the view that by being heavenly family and the wider friends, you would see each Rev Jamela said the community grouping. children with about 90 percent Some may have the view other’s weaknesses and develop high number of divorces of the couples applying for that these high numbers could ways of dealing with them. was worsened by economic Hence when the union divorce asking the High Court to be attributed to the failure to hardships and the individualistic experienced marriage stress the rule on the custody of children. choose a partner according to Economic hardships design of today’s marriages. community intervened be it God’s laws and that people look “One possibility of why divorce by relieving economic stress by Mrs Caroline Mtema for external beauty instead of “Before entering into a is high can be explained by providing assistance or by any Government, who is studying compatibility when choosing marriage you should have a economic hardships that men means necessary. towards a doctorate in future spouses. background of your prospective face today. Men are under psychology with University spouse so that his or her pressure to provide for their Children are the biggest of Zimbabwe, said divorce According to Genesis 2: character does not surprise you families and this pressure might casualty introduces a massive change into 21-26, God created one man and during the subsistence of the cause them to leave the marriage the life of a boy or girl no matter one woman for each other in marriage. We have friends of institution,” he said. Divorce was not a common what the age. the Garden of Eden. These two opposite sex but however when occurence and as such we become one flesh. The female “Marriage in the traditional should not dismiss our roots but “Witnessing loss of love was inside Adam and when God sense was not an affair between we must borrow from them and between parents, having created Eve he caused Adam to parents break their marriage fall into deep sleep. commitment, adjusting to He became as good as dead. There was a separation of his body and spirit. His spirit was elevated to a higher level while his flesh was at its lower level. However, when Adam woke from his deep sleep he managed to identify Eve saying this is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man. He identified her as such because she came out of him. In the same vein, prospective couples should be friends first before they commit into marriage so that during the subsistence of the marriage they will be able to identify each other from inside going out. Zimbabwe Republic Police Chaplain Superintendent Zimbabwe Republic Police Chaplain Superintendent Reverand Vulindlela Jamela stationed at Masvingo Province Laugh the beloved country as Zimbabwean comedian pokes fun at President Mnangagwa Comedian Victor Mpofu – aka Doc Critics have accused Vikela – does the unthinkable, Mnangagwa of reverting to assumes the character of the authoritarian tendencies of Mnangagwa with a trademark the Robert Mugabe era amid a colourful scarf worsening economic crisis. Victor Mpofu is using satire In his skits, Mpofu assumes the to shine a light on Zimbabwe’s character of Mnangagwa with a political problems, reaching a trademark colourful scarf, at times growing audience despite living mocking some of the president’s in fear of retribution from decisions. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. “What we are simply saying is that there are problems. These Mpofu, aka Doc Vikela, has problems we are highlighting seen his followers on YouTube through our content. We say ‘do channel Simuka Comedy grow you feel we should continue going from less than 1,000 subscribers on like this’?” he said. in January when he ventured into political satire to 23,000 now. Critics, including church leaders and lawyers, have accused The 34-year-old father of two the government of using the is among a generation of online COVID-19 pandemic to trample stand-up comedians critical of on human rights and of abducting government excesses. and torturing opponents. - Reuters www.zimbabwedigitalnews.com twitter @realdigitalnews facebook Zimbabwe Digital News August 2020

THESUNDAYEXPRESS 10 World Joe Biden’s diplomacy record is a threat to Donald Trump’s foreign policy Biden signals several Convention speakers Obama era. If elected, Biden defend itself. Yet he was among Trump’s abdication of U.S. how he’ll reverse cited in their endorsements would need new approaches to the lone voices in Obama’s leadership in the coronavirus Trump, rebuild – his international agenda demonstrate that the U.S. can be administration to oppose a pandemic. During the 2009 old alliances and remains somewhat opaque. a responsible world power. troop surge in Afghanistan. swine flu pandemic, Biden lead the pandemic How would a President Biden was among those who pushed response, writes face the disjointed and radically Biden’s campaign has over One constant, though, is the Obama administration to Klaus W. Larres different world order left by his 2,000 foreign policy advisers Biden’s strong belief in engaging release stockpiled vaccines and and Richard M predecessor? divided into some 20 working with the world. He would likely other emergency equipment Krasno groups, each focusing on major erase and reverse many of and was the point person for Here’s my projection, based international issues such as Trump’s isolationist policies if getting additional funding from EVEN without a flashy on Biden’s long track record in arms control, the environment, elected. Congress. virtual Democratic National global politics and my many intelligence and regions. Among Convention to formally years of teaching, studying those slated for high-level Biden has promised to rejoin Biden’s internationalism introduce his presidential and practicing international posts in his administration are the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, indicates he would move campaign, Joe Biden would be diplomacy. former Deputy Secretary of State the World Health Organization quickly to reconstruct the well known worldwide. Tony Blinken, former National and other international agencies United States’ badly ruptured As vice president, Biden’s Security Advisor Susan Rice and shunned by Trump. Biden relations with many allies, He was U.S. president Barack relationships with world several other veteran diplomats. has also announced that he including NATO, the European Obama’s second-in-command leaders were based on personal will undo Trump’s Muslim Union and Germany, a country for eight years and sat on chemistry and empathy, While presidents don’t immigrant ban and stop work Trump has criticized. the Senate Foreign Relations enriched by his often rambling always listen to their advisers, on the U.S.-Mexico border wall Committee for decades, chairing anecdotes. this team is a signal that Biden – both policies congressional During the Obama years, it for several years. believes in a multilateral, Democrats fiercely opposed. Biden worked with the Dating back to the early deliberate foreign policy. Europeans to coordinate policies Yet for all Biden’s foreign years of Chinese president Xi They include globalists As every past Democratic countering Russian aggression policy credentials – which Jinping’s tenure, for example, and isolationists, liberal president has done, Biden plans and pushed for the development Biden took many walks and held interventionists and doves. to reverse the so-called “global of a common trans-Atlantic private dinners in an effort to gag rule,” which forbids using strategy toward trade and get Xi to open up. He identified Biden has been all of those U.S. foreign assistance funds market access issues with the Chinese leader’s nationalistic things, by turns, in his long for abortion-related services. China. Economists say reform and authoritarian instincts, career. When Russia annexed Research shows this rule doesn’t of the global trading system which helped to shape Obama’s Crimea in 2014, Biden wanted reduce abortions worldwide is now long overdue. - The China policy. to send weapons to help Ukraine – it just makes them more Conversation dangerous. But this is no longer the Biden is also likely to reverse www.zimbabwedigitalnews.com twitter @realdigitalnews facebook Zimbabwe Digital News August 2020

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THESUNDAYEXPRESS 12 Africa Continent now attracting renewed global interest SINCE the turn of the century China highlights its impressive aid policies have become both achievements in lifting over half complex and fragmented. Four a billion people out of poverty. major international development Africa is thus attracting renewed policies and goalsetting projects global interest and rivalry among were launched in 2015 alone. world powers. These are the Paris Some even warn of a “new Agreement, the Addis Ababa scramble for Africa” involving Action Agenda on Financing major and emerging powers who for Development, the Sendai are all vying for the continent’s Framework for Disaster Risk attention. Although aid flows Reduction and the 2030 Agenda may decrease over time, there is for Sustainable Development. now more interest in boosting trade and investments. Many African countries have engaged in South-South The key question for us is cooperation with major powers how African countries can use like China and India. In building this growing interest to their large infrastructure projects, advantage. - The Conversation Africa’s youngest country runs out of foreign reserves SOUTH Sudan gets almost all from the central bank, from of its revenue from crude oil, commercial banks, and from the but current output, at about unofficial market. 180,000 barrels per day (bpd), has plummeted from a peak of Pouch said the rate for the 250,000 bpd before the outbreak pound from the central bank is of conflict in 2013, according to 165 a dollar, from commercial official figures. banks about 190, and 400 from the parallel market. In “It is difficult for us at addition to lower oil production, the moment to stop this corruption is also driving the rapidly increasing exchange crisis, said Brian Adeba, the rate, because we do not deputy director of policy at have resources, we do not United States-based watchdog have reserves,” Daniel Kech Pouch, the bank’s second The Sentry, which has deputy governor, told a news released several reports conference. South Sudan has documenting high-level three exchange rates - one corruption. The government has denied the findings. - Al Jazeera How Nigeria’s Agriple is increasing farmer margins through greater market access By Tom Jackson post-harvest loss and food worked together on another loss is a serious problem in in the continent. This also costs waste,” co-founder Vincent startup, LegitCar, but are now Nigeria and Africa – about 60 farmers billions of dollars in NIGERIAN agri-tech startup Okeke told Disrupt Africa. fully focused on Agriple, given per cent of all food produced annual revenue. Agriple is connecting farmers to the potentially huge market it is on the continent is lost to post- buyers via an online platform Okeke and his co-founder addressing. harvest loss, enough food to “Food loss and waste that improves market access, Samuel Ogbujimma previously feed 300 million hungry people translates also into higher prices shortens the farm-to-table time, Food waste and post-harvest for consumers, which affects and cuts food waste. food security by making food less accessible for the poorest Launched in August and more vulnerable groups, 2019, Agriple has built a web mostly women and children,” application that allows farmers Okeke said. to upload pictures of their farm produce along with prices, and “These problems persist in sell to buyers in any part of the Nigeria and Africa primarily country. due to farmers’ poor access to market, unavailability of “Ours is a farm-to-table affordable cold storage, and service that delivers cheaper inefficient transportation of and traceable farm produce to farm produce. So providing businesses and homes. Agriple farmers with improved access is bringing down the barriers to market and more efficient placed on the sale of farm transportation is a good place to produce by physical locations, start solving the problem, and expanding the farmers’ market we are already doing this with access significantly, and cutting Agriple.” - Disrupt Africa www.zimbabwedigitalnews.com twitter @realdigitalnews facebook Zimbabwe Digital News August 2020

THESUNDAYEXPRESS BLISS 13 Perspectives Views, Opinion, Analysis, Columnists, Currencies, Business, Perspectives, Think Tank, Fitness News and Sports Admittedly Officialdom would decide whether to buy or bureaucracy is not a not to buy a farmer’s produce. new phenomenon. It is Consequently, the farmer’s profit as old as governments is a function of the consumer’s and kingships decision. As regimes in Africa embrace The consumer is capricious globalization and become and whimsical at times part and parcel of geopolitical matrices, the question is whether The consumer is individual freedom, private capricious and whimsical enterprise and related freedoms at times, unpredictable and should be sacrificed in favour of temperamental. With no loyalty authoritarian totalitarianism. or bondage to any product, as soon as a cheaper product Indeed, should individuals reaches him, he is free to change be subjected to coercion and depending on quality and price. repression or whether a new Ultimately, if entrepreneurs fail path towards democracy is to satisfy the whims and caprices located and embraced. of the hard to-please consumer, this has a bearing on his bottom line of profit or loss. The word bureaucracy or In some cases, a bureaucratic system Bureaucracy, meanwhile, does any of its derivatives – like is worse than a tyrannical regime not respect all these business bureaucrat or bureaucratic essentials. Simply issuing are always and everywhere CURRENCIES rule by government agencies, orders and decrees with utter associated with inefficiency and etcetera. One does not need to disdain for the mainstay of each the term, therefore, has some COLLS NDLOVU be a genius to figure out which is business, which is profitability. derogatory connotation. better between the two. Responding to consumer needs Powered by and satisfying those needs is the These terms always denote The consumer is king lifeline of every business that a bad situation characterized The bureaucrat, therefore, Ironically, corporates as well aims to achieve profitability. by red-tape. The negative view is a lever being used by the in some cases have grown so big of these terms is a ubiquitous government to execute its so much that they themselves Profitability is usually the phenomenon globally. stifling initiatives. now have an uncanny primary objective of every resemblance to bureaucracy. business. Nobody admires bureaucracy This manifests itself Through bureaucratization Their management is so whether at a company level through the clamour for the government aims to take convoluted and bureaucratic. Under a tyrannical regime, or at a governmental setting. more government control of as much control as possible of Steeped in computer algorithms because the central government Even regimes that practice this industries, and related economic private businesses. Individualism and automated processes, the lacks ubiquity and omnipresence phenomenon do not want to activities. All these powerful expressing itself through private complexity and opacity amounts across the spectrum at the same be referred to as a bureaucracy, lobby groups who use their individual enterprise is viewed to a new high-tech bureaucracy time, it then seeks to tighten let alone be associated with it. unmitigated power to push as derogatory and represents of its own. control of the system through Bureaucrats prefer to be called for more state controls do not greed and usury hence must Admittedly, bureaucracy an array of bureaucrats and their civil servants, which has the aura realise their indirect contribution be thwarted and possibly is not a new phenomenon. It sub-bureaucrats. This system of of hard work just like servants towards the bureaucratization eliminated. is as old as governments and bureaucrats has only one certain do in service of their masters. process. kingships themselves. History is outcome to business people. Free markets mean free replete with numerous examples Democracy and free But bureaucrats must be seen enterprise, the supremacy of the of bureaucratic systems from That is to say, losses would be enterprise are the nemesis of to be merely hands of an ever consumer, and the sovereignty Egypt to the Romans all the incurred as a direct result of costs bureaucracy. Unelected and, thirsty government, which wants of the voters during electoral way to the kings of France, inter associated with the bureaucratic therefore, unaccountable to to control whatsoever is still left votes. The opposite of this alia. People resent the intrusion system and its inefficiency. ordinary people, bureaucrats of private individual control. entails government control, of bureaucracy into the private come to office via appointment planned economy, commissions, livelihoods of people. The idea here is to specifically into permanent positions. Bureaucracy is generally try and look at the real cost of viewed as being synonymous bureaucracy in its capacity as a Controlling regulatory with totalitarian regimes. counterproductive system insofar bodies, commissions, and Bureaucratic procedures, as enterprises are concerned. bureaus within governments, methods and directives are the bureaucrats have taken away hallmarks of every totalitarian It is totally impractical for much of the citizens’ rights and regime. It is worth noting that government to have an all-round are themselves calling the shots. the objective of every enterprise complete control of all economic They regulate matters, issue is to make a profit. In all this, activities however much it decrees allegedly on behalf of the consumer is the king. tries. The ongoing tendency for governments, and can withdraw The consumer is the one who humanity to gravitate towards any regulatory rule at their own governmental ubiquity and discretion. omnipresence could have long been curbed and restrained if its Worse than tyranny proponents had not succeeded in In some cases, a bureaucratic indoctrinating and hypnotizing system is worse than tyrannical the youth with their bureaucratic regimes. It has an intense hatred mantra. of the free markets mantra. Hostile towards innovation and Colls Ndlovu, a currency expert, new initiative, inefficient and is an award-winning economist and bundling, it paralyses businesses central banker, and is the inventor and scuppers productivity. of the NCX Currency Index. He can be contacted on collsndlovu@gmail. com www.zimbabwedigitalnews.com twitter @realdigitalnews facebook Zimbabwe Digital News August 2020

THESUNDAYEXPRESS BLISS 14 PERSPECTIVES Our voters are yet to learn how to choose candidates that will represent them on various civic platforms in be it in parliament, society and in councils. THE current methods of settling Choice of candidates is betraying the dream leader. This is what defines our for a representative are a betrayal of better leadership in Zimbabwe electorate. in matter as we often choose people in positions of authority N E W S A N A LYS I S on Covid funds. We never gave big brother Zimbabwe. There are too busy to look at who will later use the position to him a chance because we are She has helped save many the works. abuse us. It is absolutely wrong TRUST SIBANDA illiterate voters. to choose a representative who ZANU or MDC then he has no lives through her feeding Another person who was will miss represent you. space on the ballot paper. We can read books well program. She did what our never taken serious by the because we are schooled but we government has failed to do. country or his friends in the Zimbabwe is rich of high If we had looked at him as cannot read names of correct Cooking for free and going out Alliance is the incarcerated class human resource which an individual maybe he was candidates because we are to dish food without expecting Leader Jacob Ngarivhume. can occupy any position and going to be better than those we polarized. votes in return. excel. The problem we have is of entrusted our future on. If you spend time with him discovering leaders. We have Ministries that The only time the poor you will notice how determined Maybe his implementation require technocrats. Someone are fed in Zimbabwe is a few he is to restore order in the People often elect wrong of rule of law and reengagement able and who is not biased. They weeks before elections. We elect country. He is not worried about people to right places and the was going to bear fruits. Maybe decide to pick on people who celebrities and leave out hard restoring legacy. output becomes a disgrace. he had the right connections have no record of leading even workers. Where we converge to elect a which were not going to be a cell group and smuggle them The fact that we are worried Sheppard we normally settle for blamed for having sticky fingers onto those positions. I still question the ability of about our legacies we then a jackal. Minister Coventry except that shove aside such leaders. He was Ministries that have to do one swim she gave us then we doubted by his comrades to the At times we are forced with Welfare need people who think she can lead all disciplines. point of being put as a double to replace a tortoise with a have a record of feeding a candidate in Bikita East. chameleon and expect to catch handful. People like Leader Joshua up the pace. Maponga hold vast knowledge He was judged by Kangaroo If I was to suggest names of about how the country can be courts in the opposition and got When a leader is introduced suitable candidates I would settle run. When he decides to join the subjected to humiliation. to us we often seek to know the for Nobuhle Virgie. race no one will look at him but tribe that person hails from. we would rather check the name Voters having realised the We demand to know his/her Her work as an of party that deployed him. condemnation they just passed relationship with banks. Anthropologist is recognized in the ball elsewhere without foreign land yet back home it If he is not affiliated where considering whether it will fall We measure their strength may be difficult to choose her as opinion leaders give a nod onto the legs of the opponent. with what they have in the long as she never played for the then he is as good as a bad bank. The checklist we use in Mighty Warriors or featured in We have people like Leader identifying leaders will never Mliswa. As man who has shown help us settle for the best crop love for his constituency. we need. What he is doing for Norton Voting exercise is one way can be done for the country if available to elect a leader he aims higher but the electorate unless if we agree that the 2017 would demand to know his November method is now legally party and as polarized as we are acceptable. When we choose the we will not see value in him. election route we often condemn leaders who have the potential Leader Fadzai Mahere, of transforming our lives. Muzvare Betty Makoni, Rudo Chigudu, Rumbidzai Dube, The idea of checking names Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nyaradzai of people presented by the Gumbonzvanda, and many wrong systems within our others are people voters must political formation has often led hunt for if they want to be us astray and made us to settle represented by selfless leaders. for migrant leaders who when elected they relocate and stay in We have seen their works flashy suburbs while we suffer and if they decide to take from poor service delivery which leadership roles chances are they themselves will never feel. that they will never turn into “politicoprenuers”. In Zimbabwe currently it is a sign of insanity to vote for a The list of males that can ZANU member of parliament lead better does not leave out and elect an opposition people like Dewa Mavhinga, president. Hopewell Chin’ono, Hon Joseph Chinotimba, Min Murwira This is viewed as insanity or etc. These have shown some political betrayal. distinction in areas they are operating. Once we get to the point of looking at the attributes of an Our problem as voters is not individual not the political party lack of candidates but lack of represented then that is when sound choices as we often follow we begin to be serious about our opinion Leaders. Voter education lives. must be an ongoing process if we are to be represented well. In 2018 people rejected Leader Nkosana Moyo not Sibanda is a businessman. He because they had better choices. They rejected him because they thought as long as he is not www.zimbabwedigitalnews.com twitter @realdigitalnews facebook Zimbabwe Digital News August 2020

THESUNDAYEXPRESS BLISS 15 PERSPECTIVES: BIRTHING A MEGA ECONOMY Chapter Twelve: Developing the right relationship with money and business BOOK SERIES establish a Kingdom ethos in spheres of business. We are to empower people not to escape but to impact the nations. The next group of politicians that will take centre stage must be men and women that have been ment­ored and coached in the house of God. DR TICH TANYANYIWA The next crop of millionaires and billionaires must be those Could it be that we have that we have anointed as adopted a church model gatekeepers that understand that is wrong? Could their mandate and authority. it be that the church The Kingdom Global Economic has settled for a weak Forum will be set up to enable substitute to what God the vision of the local church intended us to have? to progress unhindered. These will be men and women of God who understand that their marketplace presence exists solely to gather the resources of the world so we can expand Kingdom influence. HOW practical is it that the Their agenda is simple, God of the univ­ erse would call owning banks, businesses, the church and not give it a schools, colleges, hospitals, mandate that is more potent commercial properties etc. so we than trying to get people to can show forth the glory of God escape earth and go to heaven as and be a blessing to our cities, political and economic asylum nations and continent. seekers? clubs and liquor stores take the accomplished in spite of the we need to see wealth and riches They und­ erstand, like Could it be that there is a front spaces with neon lighting severe opposition from satan as God’s will for us so we can Abraham that the nations con­versation we need to have to attract cust­omers. and his gatekeepers. I am in no begin to create ideas to birth shall be blessed through them. in the church that we are afraid way just being a critic of the great wealth. They will not compromise this to have bec­ ause of the possible Our television programs are church. I have lived by a simple position for anything. kickback from the kingdom of inferior in quality and are given princi­ple, I never complain The two fundamental courses satan? the cheapest slots when no one about something that I will not that must be taught are the Once these bec­ ome is watching. take responsibil­ity over. Word of God and Business. All operational within single Pardon me for asking the other faculties must exist churches then they can network these questions, but these are Witchdoctors, cults and Until we break economic to help make these real and across churches and across necessary to bring context to satanic organisations are given barriers and begin to step into applicable in life. Churches must borders. This will result in what I endeavour to discuss room to speak in parliament the places of influence we will build schools and universit­ies multiplied impact and income. in this chapter. An hone­ st whilst past­ors are threatened always have to pray and fight and facilitate for people to live assessment of the status quo and told they cannot preach for our voices to be heard. God successfully. Every church that Then there will be financial clearly shows that there is messages that are not approved never intended the church to be has over one hundred members institutions that will be birthed something wrong with the by someone who probably went a nation of beggars. must start making plans to open out of that whose influence current picture. to law school and not Bible a school. is far greater than any single College. Christian schools are We are a Kingdom of kings government. This will enable the We gather in church and sing being shut down whilst Islamic and priests. We are a royal Education outside the church to approach governments songs about a mighty God who schools and Hindu schools are priesthood, a holy nation chosen guidelines of the Word of and offer to pay off national sits on a mighty throne and that permitted to go on uncensored. by Him and for Him. Being God will be empty. God gives debt. He is the great I Am, we talk beggars was not part of the deal. meaning to life and existence on about how powerful we are as I cannot stand by and say the planet. The kingdoms of this world believers and posit­ionally there things are ok, not in the least. There is an evil which I have have become the Kingdoms of is no debate that this is true; We need to see the church that seen under the sun, as an error He gives meani­ng to science, our God and of His anointed however, there is little evid­ ence Jesus died for become the voice which proceedeth from the mathematics, philosophy and ones. And to the increase of His that this position is true. on the mountain top to the ruler: Folly is set in great dignity, all the other subjects that people Kingdom there shall be no end. generation and not an irritating and the rich sit in low place. I take up in school. God began The church seems to be echo in the valley. have seen servants upon horse­ s, to show me how we need to Dr Tich Tanyanyiwa is a troubled as is the world today and princes walking as servants bring up the next group of prolific author whose voice has A critic of the church upon the earth. (Ecclesiastes marketplace experts in all the gone across Africa speaking on The church seems to be as There are a number of 10:5-7, KJV). different sectors of society as the economic empowerment and troubled as the world is today if factors as to why we are in this church. financial freedom. We have created not more troubled. deplorable state and I will not Stepping into Birthing this website to give you easy access attempt to go into depth on Mega Economies Multiplied impact and to his resources and message. Churches cannot get funding all of these. The purpose of income We desire to partner with you in from the banks because they do this book is to focus on one We must develop the right changing Africa and eradicating not have reliable credit ratings particular area. There are other relationship with money if we We have to deliberately poverty. We seek to add value to the within the financial systems, so ministers who will be able to are to step into Birthing Mega change our modus operandi work that has already been done we try to sell cookies and second write elaborately on the other Economies. and begin to est­ablish Kingdom on the ground by other like-minded hand clothing in order to build causes for the church’s weak­ Global Economic Forums in our organisations. Birthing A Mega the kingdom of the God of the nesses. If we see money as sinful we churches. (The name right now Economy is a prophetic word that universe. To give the churches will al­ways repel it from us and is irrelevant) these are simply was given to Dr Tich Tanyanyiwa credit there has been a lot not attract it to us. As Africans groups within the church that on the way forward for Africa and We have no say on seek to empower believers to her people. In the book Dr Tich infrastructural devel­opment take over the marketplace and Tanyanyiwa tables a process by plans for our cities and we are which we can eliminate poverty in being pushed out of strategic the next 50 years. He shows how locations and put in the back that it is not only a great vision, corners somewhere whilst strip but it is in God’s agenda. www.zimbabwedigitalnews.com twitter @realdigitalnews facebook Zimbabwe Digital News August 2020

THESUNDAYEXPRESS BLISS 16 AFROSTAIN FARMTECH Aquaponic systems that you can install in your own backyard Taking Agricultural works very well for plants that innovations with a bang need little support, such as through soil less farming strawberries (pictured) and other - the Intergration herbs.   of Hydroponics and Aquaculture a NFT is also a great way to Zimbabwean experience utilize unused space because from AgriRocket they can be hung from ceilings Engineering Aquaponics above other growing areas. uses the best of all the growing techniques, utilizing the waste of one element to benefit another mimicking a natural ecosystem.  By Wenceslous Vertical Aquaponics Nyamupfukudza It’s a game changer Waist-high Vertical Aquaponics: One aquaponic gardening which of the greatest aspects of eliminates weeds, back strain, aquaponics is its ability to grow and small animal access to your an incredible amount of food in garden. a very small area.  No method does this better than vertical Aquaponics relies on the scalable. They can fit most lost through transpiration from The media provides both the aquaponics.  Plants are stacked recycling of nutrient-rich water sizes and budgets, from the plants and evaporation. biological filtration (conversion on top of each other in tower continuously. In aquaponics, small countertop herb of ammonia to nitrates) and systems such as the AquaVertica. there is no toxic run-off systems to backyard gardens, to There are a few primary mechanical filtration (removal of from either hydroponics or full-scale farms, aquaponics can methods of aquaponic growing solid wastes) in the same system. Water flows in through the aquaculture. do it all. widely in use today: top of the tower, and flows Media-based systems are through a wicking material Aquaponics uses 1/10th of And the best part – You Deep water culture (DWC): great for home and hobby scale that the plants roots absorb the water of soil-based gardening get to harvest both plants and or raft based growing uses a systems so you can grow a wide water and nutrients from.  The and even less water than fish from your garden.  Truly foam raft that is floating in a variety of crops. In particular, water then falls into a trough or hydroponics or recirculating raise your entire meal in your channel filled with fish effluent large fruiting plants do really directly into the fish tank.   aquaculture. backyard. water that has been filtered to well in addition to leafy greens, remove solid wastes. Plants are herbs and other varieties. This form of agriculture No harmful petrochemicals, Instead of using dirt or placed in holes in the raft and makes the most of each square pesticides or herbicides can be toxic chemical solutions to the roots dangle freely in the Examples of media-based foot of space, and works used. It’s a natural ecosystem. grow plants, aquaponics uses water. systems are the Harmony very well with leafy greens, highly nutritious fish effluent (pictured), the AquaUrban strawberries, and other crops Gardening chores are cut that contains all the required This method is most 60 gallon system, and that do not require support to down dramatically or eliminated. nutrients for optimum plant appropriate for growing salad the AquaBundance system grow. The aquaponics grower is able to growth. greens and other fast-growing, focus on the enjoyable tasks of relatively low-nutrient plants. It Nutrient Film Hydroponics and Aquaculture is feeding the fish and tending to Instead of discharging water, is also most commonly used in Technique (NFT) NFT systems one of the latest technologies in the and harvesting the plants. aquaponics uses the plants, larger commercial-scale systems. work by flowing nutrient-rich Zimbabwean farming communities naturally occurring bacteria, and water through a narrow trough, and behold it’s not only sustainable Aquaponic systems can the media in which they grow Media-based such as a PVC pipe.  Plants are but profitable, AgriRocket is be put anywhere, use them in to clean and purify the water, Aquaponics Media growing placed in holes drilled in this currently providing top notch outside, in a greenhouse, in after which it is returned to the involves growing plants in pipe, and the roots dangle freely Agricultural innovations and your basement, or in your fish tank. This water can be inert planting media such as in this stream of water.   evergreen solutions to greenhouse living room. By using grow- reused indefinitely and will only expanded clay pellets or shale.  technologies and can be contacted lighting, and space can become a need to be topped-off when it is This method of growing on +263 71 930 8557 | +263 77 productive garden. 130 8557 Aquaponic systems are www.zimbabwedigitalnews.com twitter @realdigitalnews facebook Zimbabwe Digital News August 2020

THESUNDAYEXPRESS BLISS 17 Perspectives N E W S A N A LYS I S 4. We must be Solution oriented TINASHE MUZAMHINDO 5. We must be practical While Zimbos 6. We must leave footprints “Act” on social of success media - Zanu- 7. We must breed a new PF is at work on dimension of thinking culture the Zimbabwe 8. Mindset Transformation is Broadcasting key to rebuild this nation Corporation 9. Propaganda must be killed 10. Strategic stakeholder’s Everyday we see launches engagement on ZTV, with figures ranging from $2 billion to anything When Ngarivhume Jacob in the regions of $18 trillion, called for national protests slated and whilst you are seated in for July 31, everyone on social the comfortable zone of your media, particularly those in the house, you will be enjoying diaspora promised to be on the ZTV, wait until you open your ground, come July 31, noone curtains, and face the northern was there except Ngarivhume surburbs, and check the sewery and Chin’ono who were already flowing on roads, with lack of in the remand prison. On sanitation, and clean water. You Twitter, they will be on the then wounder which 18 Billion ground . stimulus package are they talking about ? Fight for media space is in the billions This is why the regime, are of dollars in ZBC launches very relaxed, they know very Few years ago the then well that these are mere social Minister of Finance Patrick comes to worse, perhaps maybe seat on those well ventilated prison, noone is prepared even media rants which have no Chinamasa, the current Zanu a Provincial Minister or a District offices, addressing press to be near Magistrate Courts, effect on them. PF Spokesperson, opened a bin Administrator. I don’t know who conferences, you will be clapping and social media rants continue, in Rusape, all the way from whispered into the VP’ s ears hands, as soon as they leave it’s water under the bridge. Even What exactly do we want as Harare, with aides and personal that it’s possible to have a top those offices, it will be a closed those who wrote statements like, Zimbabweans? assistants around him, managed VIP man offering such gestures chapter. we will die for Hopewell, the to grace the occasion , and and embarrassing himself on day he was arrested, they were Soon after 2018 elections, many people were around the such a small bridge. Recently, the President texting on social media from Mbeki flew to Zimbabwe, he bin, when he was cutting the launched the Covid - 19 their comfortable zones, and in met few leaders inclusive of ribbon. Stunning Remarks programs spearheaded by their offices. Mnangagwa, Chamisa, Khupe the then Perm Secretary for and military commanders, and When the program was Mthuli Ncube, the Current Health, who is now the State Zimbos language in the social he went back, till to date, we broadcasted on ZTV, it appeared Treasury boss made some House director for Covid - 19, media. These are the following haven’t heard of Mbeki story it was a big project, and it had stunning remarks on ZTV, Mahovha, on ZTV, you will rants: and what happened to the attracted huge investments just three days after second almost say covid - 19 is gone dialogue he initiated. Today, we which would go a long for lockdown, he was unveiling a when they are talking on ZTV, 1. Eish Hopewell Chin’ono have Mbete convoy appointed Zimbabwe in the next few years. total 18 Billion stimulus package I quote in their own words “ apinda mukati? by Ramaphosa, after the State The next day drive to the bin to ailing companies, to resucitate Government is working hard House dinner, they left for South you will get so many surprises the economy, the issue died a to combat the pandemic, and 2. Hakuna zvakadaro, toita Africa. This was as a result of whether there was an official natural death. working tirelessly to ensure Hondo Zimbabwelivesmatter, after that opening of a bin the previous there is enough resources and then what? We need strategic day. When I listened to the man all health workers are catered 3. Takupinda mu road thinking on ZTV , he was speaking in for. Next day , I went to 4. Vakuda kutijairira! This A fortnight ago, the second confidence, and by the time you Parirenyatwa Hospital, I was is a statement from 80s after Conclusion Vice President, Kembo Mohadi, walk to Finance Ministry offices, surprised to see empty ward and Independence, Zanu PF is in Zimbabweans are alover on opened a bridge, which was you will be told there is nothing buildings with no ventilators. charge social media which is a modern made news on ZBC Online, like that, you have to be patient On ZTV, there were ventilators, 5. Let’s mobilize day tool for advancing any Herald and ZTV @ 2000 hrs, for sometime. and Natpharm company, 6. Gore rino haripere cause, but we have crowded forcing ZTV to adjourn some offloading drugs and other 7. We are now acting solutions that are not positioned programs to pave way for the My simple question, what health equipment. That’s ZTV 8. Chakuzoputika manje strategically. We are not practical VP’ s program who was officially are these launches for? Are work in progress. 9. Saka guys hapana action with solutions. We lack solution opening a bridge , some 45 km they for political expediency? 10. Zvanyanya focused Thinking. away from Harare. Shortly before 2018 elections, Coming to Zimbos, we are NB : most of these rants We have Re - load , we have Herald flighted a banner which alover, today we are unliking are from people in Diaspora, jiuce, we have build, we have Everyone was surprised was well decorated inscribed ED page, tomorrow we have particularly we call it in Shona, smart agriculture, We have with the gestures on ZTV “ Free education for Primary Zimbabwelivesmatter, next we “ Kukuchidzira”. Ngarivhume command agriculture, We have considering the size of the pupils”. Today, as we speak, we have July 31, the next day we Jacob and the leading award Zim Asset, We have STEM. So bridge and the expenditure of are parting with at 30 USD per have hashtag, the other day, we journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono what is our problem? Crowded state funds evolved around the month for extra lessons, the have Zimbos, this other day, we are languishing in prison, ideas. The very people who state function. The program Ministry of Primary education is have the flag, the other day we Zimbos are already on other crafted these documents, they could have been done by a silent about this, no clear policy have tajamuka, the other day we hashtags, life goes on like that. are working on new documents mere councilor, when worse clarification on what is on the have MDC Alliance, the other Today we have Itai Dzamara, it on daily basis. ground. day, we have these posts from water under the bridge, Zimbos We need to move away from famous academics, what exactly have almost forgotten, and they document kind of thinking, and The following day, the do we want as Zimbabweans? only fight for someone on social offer solution focused Thinking Education Minister was on ZTV, media. towards our country. insisting that Government is Coming to social media We as ZIST, our Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo is going to act, and put proper rants, everyone was supporting recommendations are as follows : the Head of Zimbabwe Institute regulations on the e- learning Hopewell Chin’ono, he has more 1. Zimbabwe needs a new of Strategic Thinking - ZIST. He and virtual meetings taking place than 500 000 to nearly 1 million path of thinking holds a BA from Solusi University, for primary pupils. When they likes, he exposed corruption, 2. We need strategic Thinking MA University of Lusaka, Zambia, today he is languishing in around the current trajectory Post grad in Project Management 3. Cultivate the culture of University of Zimbabwe and PhD - solution focused thinking Cand Women’s University in Africa, B Science in Development studies - Zimbabwe Open University and he can be contacted at tinamuzala@ gmail.com or zimstrategicthinking@ gmail.com www.zimbabwedigitalnews.com twitter @realdigitalnews facebook Zimbabwe Digital News August 2020

THESUNDAYEXPRESS BLISS 18 PERSPECTIVES PHILANTHROPY It is pertinent to note that aid or handouts themselves are not a means to an end, but alliviate the immediate crisis. Lack of planning and sustainable development orientation can cause donor dependency syndrome. TENDAI IMMANUEL Prophetess Ruth Makandiwa reaches out to the less priviledged including widows,orphans single mothers, the Elderly and the youth In a hard hitting statement Dambisa Moyo ( in Dead Aid: Philanthropy Philanthropists carry responsibility Why Aid Is Not Working and for sustainable not to repeat the failings of How There is a Better Way for development continental aid system Africa) the said Africa is addicted to aid. For the past sixty years it Philanthropy is a word Index shows more people and that economic hardships are up charities to individual efforts. has been fed aid, and Like any borrowed from late organizations are giving than the main reason behind the low In Zimbabwe we have seen addict it needs and depends on Latin philanthropía, ever before, and that the gap numbers. its regular fix, finding it hard, if and it means the between Africa and the regions leadership in this area from faith not impossible, to contemplate benevolent altruism that give the most has closed As a Zimbabwean organisations that have built existence in an aid-less world. with the intention of significantly in the last five philanthopist and champion clinics, schools and offering food This clearly shows that our increasing the well- years. for sustainable development and medical care to the elderly. generation is charged with being of humankind. this statistic is not discouraging changing the dynamics in Africa. Incubated by the Global but inspires one to do more. It Agape Family Care under Sustainability is the major thrust It is the desire to promote Philanthropy Forum, The African clearly shows that there is a lot the leadership of Prophetess that should be the epicentre of the welfare of others, expressed Philanthropy Forum (APF) was more to be done in Zimbabwe. Ruth Makandiwa reaches out development. especially by the generous established in 2014 to build a to the less priviledged including donation of money or other learning community of strategic Speaking at the 2017 African widows,orphans single mothers, Everyone from big corporates valuables to good causes. African philanthropists and Philanthropy Forum in Lagos the Elderly and the youth. to individual Zimbabweans social investors committed I stated that crowdfunding During this COVID-19 pandemic locally and in the diaspora Sudanese-British billionaire to inclusive and sustainable was not new to us as Africans. era, they have initiated several played a part, towards Mo Ibrahim is arguably a true development throughout the However, whilst leveraging tech distributions of food hampers developmental change for the picture of the traditional view on continent. innovations such as Mpesa, to listed beneficiaries, non-listed welfare of fellow human beings. what a philanthropist is. He set Mchanga and the wider known beneficiaries, church members The level of transparency and up the Mo- Ibrahim Foundation The objective being to platforms such as gofundme and and non-church members. sharing of information which around 2005 to encourage transform the culture of giving justgiving, there was need for us was implemented made the better governance in Africa. In on the continent to the extent to harness our efforts via more This saw Agape Family Care efforts by SOTZIM a success. an interview with the African that it exceeds development collaborations, strategic giving imparting soft skills and training Philanthropy forum Mo Ibrahim aid by 2030 according to the and impact assesment inorder to the youth which are life long Transparency is a critical said it would be criminal not UNCTAD Report. to foster cummulative gains essentials. Agape also supported component of sustainable to help others considering how towards sustainable development the informal business traders development and good lucky he had been. Care and Zimbabwe’s giving statistics for our communities and nations within their church so that they governance. The tendency of solidarity to fellow human in the 10th edition of the CAF at large. can gain footing given the effects secretive activities, backtracks beings are the main reasons World Giving index makes for of the pandemic on their work. development and makes it he decided to venture into bleak reading. According to the Philanthopy however must To extend their reach Agape difficult to troubleshoot and philanthropic work. index, Zimbabwe is the 7th not stand on its own merit Family care has extended it’s improve. The panacea of ranked country where people but must also lean on the geographical reach and impact sustainability and continuity There are many other are least likely to donate money. tenets of good governance, are by partnering with Angel of lies in openness and allowing influences and drivers behind However the report, does, note sustainable development and be Hope Foundation. everyone to play their part. the philanthropic efforts by the ever moving towards the true rich and famous, which include essence of democratisation of This work which has been Nigel Chanakira SOTZIM supporting a cause, religious philanthropy. Democratising used as an example, stresses that Chairman said “I think one beliefs, profile building, personal philanthropy can mean philanthropic initiatives should thing we did very well was gain, recognition etcetera. Mo expanding access to the sector not look at the immediate keeping people informed. On Ibrahim points out that there is as it is currently configured— need but the future as well. Aid our website you could see every a thin line that philanthropists providing more seats at the table offered properly, and with the dollar that was coming in and have to walk. The ultimate while serving the same fare. It right scope should be able to we’ve been clear about how that question is that is one involved can also mean transforming build resilient communities and money was spent. to get some personal business philanthropy by reallocating livelihoods. advantage or for the pure good power over its decision making We also set up a Secretariat to people. and resources. If people are really genuine to run the administrative side of to get involved in philanthrpy the organisation while the Board Remarkable strides made Faith baised philanthropy they need to learn from each of Trustees has oversight. This in African development have is one of the leading forms other, what is effective what separates functions for better renewed philanthropists’ of philanthropy across the works, what doesn’t to avoid corporate governance” enthusiasm, and increased continent. whether through reinventing the wheel according charitable contributions. In churches, NGOs, small and start to Mo Ibrahim. Can we as a continent contrast to preceding decades, outgrow aid? The drive it has also put the spotlight and growth towards more on what local, African Philanthropic giving in philanthropists can do to make Zimbabwe and for Africa as a more meaningful impact. This a whole must not be a mere is because local philanthropists exchange of the faces and have insights that are crucial to hands that are giving but an maximizing efforts to reduce the intentional move towards burdens of poverty, ill-health tangible, cumulative, sustainable and injustice. development. The 2018 Charities Aid Article was written by Tendai Foundation (CAF) World Giving Immanuel the CEO of Triumph Africa using responses by Jack Makate one of the Directors of Vuti Quarries. Tendai is involved in philanthropy and sustainable development work across Africa in countries like Zimbabwe, Malawi and Sierra Leone. She writes in her personal capacity and is contactable via email [email protected] www.zimbabwedigitalnews.com twitter @realdigitalnews facebook Zimbabwe Digital News August 2020

THESUNDAYEXPRESS Bliss 19 PERSPECTIVES A time to embrace our operation. common history, a time to As a student at the Mission define the future of a nation station in the deep South ( Solusi PHILOSOPHY with the inversions and how Mission), the relationships with his grandmother had to put fellow students deteriorated him in a basket as they ran to as the Shona and Ndebele the mountains to hide from the students joined the war in the Ndebele militia. dormitories. There is no record of The Shona community was Ndebeles/Mthwakazi going the minority on the campus. An to war with Mwenemutapa estimate of 20,000 people are Dynasties, to result in a said to have been killed when conquests and establishment of a the 5th Brigade was looking Royal throne in Dzimbabgwe. for Gwesela, Gayigusu , and Ndevuz’qamulamankomitshi, JOSHUA MAPONGA B. Understand the Culture liberation, each with their own does not understand its who were ZIPRA militia . Nguni tribes, as of all Bantu ambition to rule and run the spirituality and the need for Zimbabwe Indigenous tribes, are deeply connected country. cleansing its land after war and Zanla was an affiliate of Movement (ZIM) to their Royalties a center their conflict will live to witness ZANU and Zipra an affiliate of PF United Afrikan Kingdoms cultural pride and traditions. The Smith Regime appointed genocides. ZAPU. These generals who had (UKA) focus of Zimbabwe In one of my recent meetings Muzorewa as a caretaker Prime refused the ZANUpf talks and tribal conflict with King Goodwill Zwelithini, Minister. The CIA and British The 5th Brigade was then were excluded from the ZNA Gukurahundi (solutions of he acknowledges the facts of could not trust Sithole and in assembled by the President of (Zimbabwe National Army). peace) this history. Having realized the south Joshua Nkomo and the the country and the Military Afrikan Indigenous that I was from Dzimbabgwe, he East ZANU-PF would not smoke Generals to headhunt the The questions are: Movement (AIM) reminded me to tell Mzilikazi to the peace pipe. Matebeleland commandoes of Zapu and bring 1. What was done spiritually Indigenous Afrikan bring back his cattle and make remained as a project to keep Matebeleland into alignment. after the war, that resulted in the Movement (IAM)(Powered peace with him. the new ZANU-PF leadership deaths of the Afrikan children at by Farmers of Thought) This then explains, that busy and occupied. This gave the It is said that their thirst the battle front? a Chief, can be appointed by West an opportunity to manage for blood and their tempers 2.What spiritual ceremony Dealing with Tribal the Zulu King to look over the human rights and to discredit were high during this time, as was done to rehabilitate these differences subjects in Dzimbabgwe, but to Afrikan leadership. ZANUp-PF wanted full control soldiers from war, who’s hands fight to establish a Royal throne of the Government to meet the were full of blood? in the Country , would be a The military wings on both British Agreements. 3. How do you transform declaration of war with local sides were called to a ceasefire a soldier, into a Leader of Monarchs. but the political arrangements Masvingo was chosen as themasses, whose fingers are still were not inclusive to all the training ground for this itching for blood? A. Study the History of the The advantage is that the tribes being part of the new operation, mysteriously, the 4. What did we do as conflict. colonial system dismantled the government. same route which the Ndebeles a Nation, to correct the Royal houses and destroyed had used as come for food psychology of our military, who There is a dark cloud hanging legitimate King’s for trophies in Zapu was deliberately inversion was chosen to had become animals during the over the land of Zimbabgwe as British Museums. sidelined to the Lancaster launch this assault. During that war and had lived to kill and a result of Gukurahundi and negotiations and The new leader time, I was then a student at were trained to kill? burrying our heads in the sand The culture and traditions of ZANUpf R G Mugabe felt Solusi Mission and personally It must be mentioned also will not solve the problem. of the Ndebeles of Zimbabwe that through military force he witnessed and attended the Zanu that within the Zulu/Ndebele, is Zulu and as such, these would bring Matebeland into Rallies and school interruption Royal blood being ruled by a The history of Mzilikazi roots must be respected and submission, to a ZANU lead in the early mid 80s. Shona was deemed derogative moving to the North through Leadership should attempt to government. This was a grave (ngekhe sibuswe Ngamasvina Kwandebele, Freestate, Botswana connect with the Zulu Monarch. error, for some Zapu and Zanla Some of the students woke - we will not be ruled by the and finally settling in the South soldiers had not put down their up to their parents at the campus Svina/dirt/lwanyane small tribes/ of Dzimbabgwe, brings with it a I extend myself in this weapons during the ceasefire. as they fled the Gukurahundi dirty people). This kind of culture mix, into Mwenemutapa capacity, as I can personally attacks. The name Gukurahundi attitude did not help as it further Empire. assist to make this meeting a D. The Afrikan spirituality of is a wind which sweeps away all strained an already volatile reality with the Zulu Monarch! conflict. the chaff before the rain season. political environment. What is now called Ndebele, With such a name chosen -one More than ever we need the is not correct, for this Nation C. Social/Political constructs/ A Land and Nation which can only see the intention of the real Gukurahundi, to come and is a mix of Zulus/Sotho, Xhosa, Human elements blow away all the chaff of anger, Karanga, Kalanga, Nambia and greed, love for power and heal other tribes that were victims of All conflict is sponsored the our painful history. We need war along the way. firstly by greed, cultural the rain to fall on our Nation- so superiority, power and external let the Gukurahundi winds blow The Mthwakazi/Ndebele forces always have an interest in and cleanse the Nation, while were not an agricultural nation, Afrikan conflict. waiting for the rain. but semi-nomadic people, who AIM for the restoration ZIM. lived on cattle farming. History The Chimurenga (in memory Understand that I am a records that, during harvest of Murenga) wars transformed Watcher from the future, living season, they would raid other itself into many faces , ZAPU, in the present, with solutions tribes, the Shona of Masvingo ZANUpf, ZIPRA, Zanla, with from the past. region for food, and collect the leaders such as Dr. Joshua Farmers of Thought women for themselves. Nkomo, Ndabaningi Sithole with Maponga Yashua iii Mara-rah Tongogara, Chitepo and many Kiing Prophet Priest (KPP) These inversions must be other calling for liberation from Svosve ChangaMbire Dynasty qualified that there was not an Mozambique, Zambia, Botswana Dzimbabgwe all out war, but an ambush for and Tanzania. ZIM (Zimbabgwe Indigenous food. Movement) #ZIM It is a fact that the entire AIM My own grandfather related Nation, on all fronts,fought for (#AfrikanIndegenousMovement) to me a his personal experiences #AIM #FarmerOfThought #Afrikansolutions #AIMforCulturalPeace Happy to be here this week. Will share more news analysis next week www.zimbabwedigitalnews.com twitter @realdigitalnews facebook Zimbabwe Digital News August 2020

THESUNDAYEXPRESS Sports 20 £150,000-a-week Man United table Paul Pogba new three-year contract Khama Billiat under scrutiny over low scoring season PAUL Pogba is set to stay at Manchester United with Ed By Kick-Off Wednesday, Middendorp title. The Amakhosi manager underway with a draw against Woodward preparing to hand acknowledge the player’s has called for support on his star Bidvest Wits, beat Polokwane the midfielder a new contract at KAIZER Chiefs coach Ernst underperformance but insisted player as they look to clinch the City but succumbed to a 3-1 loss Old Trafford, and Louis Saha says Middendorp has conceded that he will continue to show support PSL title at the hands of Bloemfontein his mate is motivated star forward Khama Billiat has for the diminutive attacker. Celtic on Wednesday night. not been at his best this season As he concedes Khama Billiat Paul Pogba has been but refused to be critical of the “We know it’s not a great is not having a great season so “We know it hasn’t been backed to commit his future to Zimbabwean star. season from Khama, but far, Kaizer Chiefs coach Ernst a great season for Khama, but Manchester United and sign a everybody knows there’s huge Middendorp accepts his star everybody knows that he has new contract. Billiat has come under potential and we can only player needs help to regain his huge potential and we can only scrutiny by Chiefs supporters for support him and put him into form in the final third. support him and put him in the The French international has having scored just one goal in the next movement and expect next movement, and expect that entered the final 12 months of 19 appearances for the club in that he will do better,” said the The German manager is he can do better,” Middendorp his current £150,000-a-week deal 2019/20. German tactician briefly, when looking to guide his troops told the media. and United have the option of asked of Billiat’s contribution. to glory over Stellenbosch on extending it another season. This by any striker’s standards Sunday in the Premier Soccer The Soweto giants still enjoy is largely inadequate, and more Amakhosi have had to League (PSL) as they look to a six-point lead at the summit But executive vice-chairman so for the 30-year-old former depend on the likes of Samir stretch their lead at the top, from 25 matches, they will be Ed Woodward wants to tie Pogba Mamelodi Sundowns star who is Nurkovic, Leonardo Castro, he also looks at their previous gunning for a win over Stellies down to a longer, three-year- enduring his worst season since Lebogang Manyama, Erick results, saying they didn’t expect and Middendorp says they knew deal that will keep him at Old arriving in the PSL back in 2010. Mathoho and Daniel Cardoso them. they still had to improve against Trafford until 2024. for most of their goals as they Phunya Sele Sele. Following their 3-1 defeat charge for the Absa Premiership Amakhosi got their season Woodward is poised to start to Bloemfontein Celtic on negotiations with the World Cup winner and it is understood Barcelona at a loss over future of Lionel Messi United are willing to make Pogba one of the club’s highest- FC BARCELONA have responded immediate exit after becoming paid stars on a deal worth in to claims that Lionel Messi disillusioned at the Camp Nou. excess of £225,000-a-week. is seeking an immediate exit following the club’s humiliating These reports have since been Pogba’s close friend Louis elimination from the UEFA dismissed in Spain, however, Saha has revealed the midfielder Champions League. with Catalan-based newspaper is happy at Old Trafford again Sport said to have received a following a difficult 12 months On Sunday, just two days categorical denial from Barcelona and that he remains a world- after Barcelona suffered an that Messi contacted them class talent United have to keep. 8-2 defeat to Bundesliga regarding his future, let alone giants Bayern Munich in the that he stressed his desire to Saha said: “I think Paul Pogba Champions League, incredible leave the club with immediate has been given a new lease of life reports emerged suggesting that effect. now that Manchester United has the Argentine had informed the signed Bruno Fernandes. club of his desire to leave. While the captain’s future at the club remains uncertain, “Pogba is very motivated by Brazilian publication it is looking increasingly likely Fernandes and having him in Esporte Interativo claimed that that manager Quique Setien the midfield next to him has Barca’s humiliating exit from will be shown the door, while a given him more freedom and far Europe had been the final nail complete overhaul of the squad more options on the ball. He has in the coffin for Messi, who is also expected ahead of next also benefited massively by now subsequently demanded an season. - Goal.Com being able to share the spotlight with Fernandes, both when Manchester United are playing well, but more importantly when they have a bad result too.” “The scrutiny on Paul Pogba was relentless and he was always to blame for a poor Manchester United performance, it was very unfair and fortunately there is now someone else to help shoulder that responsibility. - Manchester Evening News www.zimbabwedigitalnews.com twitter @realdigitalnews facebook Zimbabwe Digital News August 2020

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