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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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‘End child marriages now’… behavioural change necessary

IN her quest to end child marriages, Senator Dr Rasha Kelej of the Merck...

Creating wealth by Africans for Africans

African in the 21st Century By Jerry Skhosana  Published by Jeskho (2015) ISBN: 978-0-620-64901-1 ANNUALLY, on May 25, Africans...

Culture to spur socio-economic development

RENOWNED Kenyan writer Ngugi Wa Thiong’o is one of African writers who gave up...

Teachers unrepentant ‘…extra lessons remain illegal’

IN a recent post-Cabinet briefing, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa announced...

Know more about autism

THE month of April is Autism Acceptance Month while the second day of April...

Cry beloved African woman

Changes: A Love Story By Ama Ata Aidoo Published by Spark Publishing (2003) ISBN-13: 978-1-4114-7435-2 THE month of...

Celebrating women …empowerment remains key

THE past several years have witnessed a concentrated, progressive and determined action in various...

Spare a thought for women…as Chitungwiza’s water crisis persists

FOR Chipo Murindi (not real name), the walk from her house to the nearby...

Preserving wetlands for a better future

“WETLANDS sustain life. They provide 47 trillion USD worth of services annually but they...

Unity in protecting girl-child key …‘time to end FGM’

AFRICA remains one of the continents with the most cases of female genital mutilation...

Lest we forget!…are desperate journeys worth it?

DURING the Transatlantic Slave Trade, helpless Africans were forcibly translocated from their homes to...

Of COVID-19 and children

Make the Right Choice  By Dr Thomas Muyombo  Published by Merck Foundation (2020) WITH more than half...

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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...