Monthly Archives: February, 2014

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...

Mugabe@ 90: Long live the President

THOUSANDS of distinctly jovial Zimbabweans thronged Rudhaka Stadium in Marondera to celebrate President Robert...

Sanctions ! …Air Marshal Shiri speaks

THE lifting of sanctions on certain top government officials by the European Union (EU)...

COMESA Summit: Africa’s reawakening continues

THE recently held 17th Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Heads of...

Mega-looting and success in Africa: Part Two

THE West has imposed and maintained illegal sanctions for 14 years, all in an...

Heath Streak and the black peoples’ tragedy

THOSE who read history must have seen Heath Streak coming, long before he even...

Mangoma in corruption scam

FORMER Energy and Power Development Minister and MDC-T deputy treasurer- general, Elton Mangoma has...

Mighty Warriors date female Zebras

ZIMBABWE’S senior women’s team, the Mighty Warriors entertain the female Zebras of Botswana in...

Cricket team back on the pitch

SANITY returned to the preparations of the ICC World Twenty20 Cricket tournament after the...

Shot in the arm for ZRP traffic unit

THE Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe (CBZ Holdings) recently donated traffic equipment to the Zimbabwe...

Own and understand Zim-Asset: President

PRESIDENT Mugabe has called upon the youth to own and understand the Zimbabwe Agenda...

Health scare for urbanites

WASTE management, water and sanitation issues have become a major concern because of the...

Soyabean: Leveraging Zim-ASSET goals: Part Two

FARMERS, organised groups of youths and women, given access to land, become engaged in...

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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...