Dr Tony Monda

Leonard Dembo: The untold story 

By Fidelis Manyange  LAST week, Wednesday, April 9, marked exactly 28 years since the death of sungura legend Leonard Dembo.  He died in 1996.  Dembo’s real name was Leonard Tazvivinga as opposed to Kwangwari Gwaindepi as is widely reported.  In fact, Kwangwari Gwaindepi was his grandfather and that...

Unpacking the political economy of poverty 

IN 1990, soon after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela, while visiting in the US, was asked by one African- American woman from Harlem what plans he had for a free South Africa since all newly independent African countries never seemed to have the...

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WFP, agro-governance and food security…the Zimbabwe question

THE world over, every government is constitutionally mandated to feed its people.   The right...

Found objects… an art form reflective of our times

A NEW and exciting artistic heritage moulded and assembled in the hands of underprivileged...

Remembering the life of artist Helen Lieros: Part Two…a true Zimbabwean patriot

AS a Western-trained artist, Helen’s rejection of the representative naturalism of Western art in...

Remembering the life of artist Helen Lieros part one …a true Zimbabwean patriot 

I FIRST met Helen Lieros in 1987.   I had just returned to Zimbabwe, following...

Life of agric extension service in Zim: Part Two…pivotal role of agric extension services

AGRICULTURAL extension and advisory services play a pivotal role for the development of any...

Life of agric extension service in Zim: Part One…birth of agric extension services

AGRICULTURAL extension services play an important role in agriculture.  In Zimbabwe, the agricultural extension service was initially...

Forty-two years of cultural evolution in Zim….. are we open for business?

EVERY nation has a cultural expression. The culture, the dynamism of the arts and the...

Africa Day …rediscovering the self through art and culture

IT is fortuitous for the African continent that Culture Week and Africa Day take...

Art, health and politics of poverty…reimagining a new Zimbabwean aesthetic

NEVER before has the whole world been on such high medical alert until the...

Agricultural extension services in Zimbabwe

AGRICULTURAL extension and advisory services play a pivotal role for the development of a...

Agriculture for sustainable growth: Part Four…agricultural growth to key poverty reduction

WHILE the potential for agricultural growth in Zimbabwe is staggering, and is seen by...

Agriculture for sustainable growth: Part Three…dearth of extension workers

A VIBRANT agricultural sector encompasses key facets of the agriculture sector, starting with agricultural...

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Leonard Dembo: The untold story 

By Fidelis Manyange  LAST week, Wednesday, April 9, marked exactly 28 years since the death...

Unpacking the political economy of poverty 

IN 1990, soon after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela, while visiting in the...

Second Republic walks the talk on sport

By Lovemore Boora  THE Second Republic has thrown its weight behind the Sport and Recreation...

What is ‘truth’?: Part Three . . . can there still be salvation for Africans 

By Nthungo YaAfrika  TRUTH takes no prisoners.  Truth is bitter and undemocratic.  Truth has no feelings, is...