July Editorial

What is the fastest way to get to the top of a hill? Some people will fall asleep and dream of creative ways to do this simple task. Others will postpone it; keeping it for a day when they can have more tasks as arduous. And then there are those people with their ancestors’ ebony and melanin in their skin and also a red blood carousing their vein. These will will simply start walking up the hill – following the dictum that a journey of 1,000,000 miles starts with a single step.

What’s not to respect about that? Who would we be if we did not support such an endeavor? That is what this news site will do, if you ask my opinion: Support Simple things.

Who needs our support? Well … Millions of dark skinned people do not realize their full potential. In fact, many of these do not even touch half their zeal, passion or ambition. They see things from below the hill.

But, again, we need to throw a cautious foot on the brakes of advocacy and activism. While we as a media arm can sit in a position of biased filter, we also have a role and responsibility to ensure that the facts are reported. We will not twist things before they enter our peripheral vision. Things will be presented as they are – through the eyes of those that experience and observe them – and we shall present them in the best format possible.

For instance, so much is happening on the African continent; in Europe; on the Islands. How does one capture the essence of life in these lovely places and the spirit of these beings? You will see this all reflected in either the politics and sports, leisure and human interest stories that will censure our work.

Mrs. Obama and her family visit Africa this June. They were in Ghana two years ago – and this time, they are in Southern Africa. How does Africa react and receive one of their own? How does this change the price of coffee in Barbados; or the way people drape their tunics in the United Arab Emirates? Some of our correspondents will bring you their unique insights. Like some of our colleagues in the Fourth Estate say, ‘We Report and You Decide.’

Of course we shall help you form an opinion. We shall do this by allowing you access to our people. You will also see other people’s feelings on a matter of particular import. In saying this, how much more would you want from a news site? Subliminally, I am hoping that you will also give us some feedback in this regard.

Here’s hoping that you will return to see what people like us can do for people like you. Its all very interesting; its all very alive and collegial … Its all on the Habari Network.

Dennis Matanda,
Editor