Monthly Archives: March, 2021

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...

Racism in Buckingham Palace

THE foundations of Buckingham Palace are reeling following an explosive Oprah Winfrey interview featuring...

Vaccination way to go

IT has always been said that prevention is better than cure and we must...

Palace racism far-reaching

THE recent Oprah Winfrey interview of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Harry and...

Irrigation way to go: Part One

By Elton Ziki THE current thrust by the Second Republic to create an environment conducive...

Timeline of a pandemic: Part Three…personal hygiene key to containment

AS most of the Western world, albeit cowered by COVID-19, celebrated the new year,...

January disease hits again

AS I write, communication from the Veterinary Department of South Africa has alerted livestock...

Unsung heroes of the struggle…as teachers carried the day

THE resoluteness of teachers in schools during the struggle carried the day for both...

‘I never saw my uncle again’

The story of Elizabeth Mandlazi AFTER finishing my primary education in 1978 at Mutema Primary...

MDC plotting anarchy…in face of exodus

THE so-called agenda 2021 address by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa on March 9 2021,...

Is a Third Wave coming?

By Elizabeth Sitotombe SINCE 2020, Zimbabwe and many countries all over the world have been...

COVID-19 and re-opening of schools

By Eunice Masunungure IT is crucial that people understand that there are more positives surrounding...

Yes, we do remember

ON March 18 1975, Chairman Herbert Chitepo, an icon of Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle, was...

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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...