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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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Conference to remember

THE late Cde Alexander Kanengoni should have been there in Bindura last week but...

Reminder to Catholics

THERE are mixed feelings about the recent Pastoral Letter of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’...

Rise of BaKalanga

Recently in Luswingo, Plumtree ABOUT 40km north of Plumtree Town lies a sacred place in...

Who missed Trabablas in Esigodini?

By Knowledge Teya Recently in Esigodini UMZINGWANE HIGH SCHOOL in Esigodini, Matabeleland South, was the venue...

Bleeding for Soul Jah Love

By Knowledge Teya I HAVE tried calling your number several times in vain but this...

Bleeding for Soul Jah Love

I HAVE tried calling your number several times in vain but this has not...

Letter to Alexander Kanengoni

IT’s now two years since you’ve been gone baba, but it still feels like...

The army and unmasking US hypocrisy

WAR veterans, men and women in the military have come under fire from agents...

Who’s Ndebele and who’s Shona?

A COUPLE of years ago, a father somewhere in the heart of Matabeleland South...

‘Zimbabwe needs cleansing’

IS it not surprising that 38 years after Zimbabwe gained independence from colonial rule,...

Kalanga or Karanga: What’s in a name?

ABOUT 40km north of Plumtree Town is a place called Tokwana Village in Bulilima...

All-weather friends or…

“It is often said that one can choose his/her friends but he/she cannot choose...

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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...