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Responses to “Covid-19 confirmed cases top 500”
A lot of cases are emanating from across the borders. — @Dzavakwa2.
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Let us stay safe. Sanitise hands, wash them with soap and running water, maintain social distancing at all times. Together we can beat Covid-19. — @maimimi.
Response to “seeks to cure research deficiency with scientific journal”
This country is full of research stations, with cutting edge laboratories. If you count them, you will be surprised. — Mura Costa Tarabuku.
Response to “In our lifetime,
Rhodes must fall”
Does changing the name of a school make you feel better? The argument is that we should be building more schools so we can name them and not have to claim colonial infrastructure as our own.
“Respecting who we are” has nothing to do with acknowledging our history. Statues are tourist attractions around the world. People like to take photographs with them. Perhaps consider new monuments for Lobengula, Mzilikazi, Mbuya Nehanda, Sekuru Kaguvi etc. This would add to the destinations we already have. — Themba M.
I don’t agree with Themba M. All history is white. Why do you think there were no statues of Mzilikazi, Lobengula, Chaminuka, Mbuya Nehanda, et al? Is it because it doesn’t matter? Have you ever wondered the kind of complicated mathematics needed to build our national monuments like Great Zimbabwe, Khami and Dlodlo that still stand without any mortar used?
Why do you think the writers of that history you seem to be fond of did not even dare to write or raise statues of men/women of such magnificent structural engineering feats? Why is it that the history of Lobengula they wrote is that he died of a sexually transmitted infection, hiding the rest of his achievements? Why do you think the MDC was asked to cut down a historical symbol of such national importance as the tree upon which Mbuya Nehanda was hanged? Why do you think you know more white history than black history? I doubt that you even know that just a few metres away from Cecil John Rhodes is the neglected grave of King Mzilikazi. It is knowledge of such white history that makes it easier for white people to recruit black people to engage in political escapades that destroy them and their own people. — Truthhurts.
What essential service are illegal foreign currency dealers providing? Their increased numbers on the streets, especially at Eastgate Mall and the Main Post Office in the central business district is worrying. How do they get through security points? What kind of exemption letters are they using? Why are they not being arrested for loitering? — Mai Tanaka, Harare.
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