Marginalization of public conversations around local issues on Twitter threatens local democracy. Image by The Economic Times

BY DIVINE DUBE | @village_scribe | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | OCT 29, 2021

If you feel drained by too much attention on national issues at the expense of local, more pressing ones, you’re not alone. The absence of local perspectives and the relegation of local voices from the public conversation has the potential of leaving our local democracy in tatters.

Matabeleland- let's come up with solution-oriented narratives. Graphic by The Citizen Bulletin

BY DIVINE DUBE, Editorial Director | @Village_scribe | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | APR 1, 2021

There is a whole school of thought that citizens from the greater region of Matabeleland are crybabies. Perhaps this is the best time to prove naysayers wrong — we need solution-oriented narratives now more than before.