The prime leader is a master communicator
Filed under: Business, Entrepreneurship, How Zimbabwe can be better, Inspire & motivate, Opinion, Analysis, Advice
“And it came about, when Jesus had come to the end of these words, that the people were surprised at his teaching, for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.” - Matthew 7:28, 29.
All great leaders in history were masters of communication. They were able to reach a mixed population with their philosophy and get them moved deeply enough to be devoted to their cause. Many times I have listened to Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech and I am amazed at how the man used the power of words so efficiently. The multitude that listened to that speech identified with the dream that he had. Even today, people listen to that speech and are able to connect to the man’s passion. How about the new president of the United States? I can understand why he is the president. The man has great appeal in his speech that convinces you that he absolutely believes what he is saying and not just saying it. I listened to a speech he gave in 2004 campaigning for someone else. It was such a powerful speech delivered in about twelve minutes. That is the power of the Prime Leader; the power to utilise words like no average person. Read more
Mawungira eNharira member dies
By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka- The Herald
Tonderai Phiri, one of the members of the famed mbira group Mawungira eNharira has died. He was 32.
Phiri died on Saturday at his home in Norton after suffering from dysentery.
According to Matanho Project who worked with his group Mawungira eNharira, Phiri spent the last few weeks of his life without access to medical care or proper nourishment.
He is survived by his wife Charity and two children. Read more
Chinese Commodities Fair – Zimbabwe
Source: Zimtrade Bulletin 30th October 2008
Chinese Commodities Fair – Zimbabwe
13 th–16th
November 2008
Zimbabwe International Travel and Tours is organizing the first edition of the Chinese Commodities Fair - Zimbabwe. It is an exhibition, which will attract exhibitors from all sectors of industry both locally and internationally including mining, agriculture and manufacturing. The fair will run from the 13th to the 16th of November at the Harare International Conference Centre. Read more
Angels needed
Gotta find me an angel
To fly away with me
Gotta find me an angel
Who will set me free
- Mick Hucknall, Simply Red
Recently I read an engaging book titled “Being Afrikan: Rediscovering the Traditional Unhu- Ubuntu- Botho Pathways of Being Human” by Mandivamba Rukuni and this quotation grabbed my attention:
“We Afrikans on the other hand [unlike Westerners] have maintained strong family ties, but do not use them for business……….When it comes to business we shy away and avoid working with family members.” Read more
Of individualistic indifference and collective hatred
As a young boy I was raised in a socialistic family in which values of sharing, interdependence and community contribution where empathized. I remember my good uncle bringing home books and articles on Lenin, Trotsky, Mikhail Gorbachev and the mighty Union Of Soviet Socialist Republic(USSR). USSR was the dream country for me. Then I went to college and embraced the values of independent thinking and personal development and motivation enshrined in the capitalistic ideology of the western world. My college buddies avoided any talk on Jack Welsh or GE because that led to yours truly preaching to them why Jack Welch was the best thing to happen to the corporate world. Read more
Zimbabweans turn into hunter-gatherers
Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Zimbabwean diaries
HARARE, Zimbabwe – It is scorching midday at the western edge of Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital; hordes of people crisis-cross (patters of feet leave plumes of dust in their wake) as they go in and out of a chain of little shops filled to the brim with an assortment of basic commodities.
The little shops are reminiscent of the now defunct grocery shops which are dotted around the country.
The air is clogged with dust; men pushing wheelbarrows filled with boxes of soap, cooking oil, or sugar etc. loudly motion to the crowd to give way. Vehicles bringing goods to the shops momentarily disperse the crowd further increasing the amount of dust in the air. The ground is matted with dusty remains of cardboxes, and vehicles tyres have eaten into the soil creating groves. Read more
