Monthly Archives: October, 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...

Zim to work with progressive nations

By Eunice Masunungure IT is a truth universally acknowledged that visibility is key to a...

Fiat Panis: Let there be bread — Part Three…the role of FAO

THE Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) is composed of six departments: Agriculture and Consumer...

Religion and colonisation: Part Seven …. establishing political control over colonies

EARLY European expeditions focused on colonising previously uninhabited islands or establishing coastal forts as...

The forgotten child: Part One …let us bring children into the world the right way

WHEN a man falls in love he should be at peace.  When you have selected...

Consider groundnuts this season

Agriculture Reporter  GROUNDNUTS are a popular local crop grown by many smallholder farmers and are...

Breast cancer month …survivors inspiring the affected

By Eunice Masunungure SUPPORT and awareness have been found to be key in the fight...

Christianity robbing the poor …world organised religions set to self-destruct

By Nthungo YaAfrika IN my other writings, I wrote about Maat, being the mother of...

Mental health threat … and the growing menace of teen suicides

By Elizabeth Sitotombe  MENTAL health plays an immense role in the well-being of individuals; it...

Watson: The forgotten black football hero

Sports Reporter  JUST like how the West has tried to outrightly scrap black history in...

Unmasking Project Vote 263…the hidden hand behind

By Elizabeth Sitotombe AS 2023 beckons and the country draws closer to the harmonised elections,...

Change that never was…MDC and urban council misrule

By Special Matarirano THE political discourse that has hit the larger polity in Zimbabwe today...

Saboteurs in our midst

THE recent resurgence of the black market exchange rate which has culminated in a...

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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...