Daily Archives: Nov 26, 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...

Western democracy vis-a-vis Africa: Part One… whites trying to spoil Africa

THE US was first inhabited by blacks who made up the ancient tribes of...

Black US Ambassadors accredited to Zim: Part Six…Lanpher was a snitch

ON June 25 2002, Charles Stuart Kennedy interviewed former black US Ambassador to Zimbabwe...

Let us pull in one direction

I HAVE talked, in the past, about the grundnorm, which is the spirit that...

We are diverse but one

THIS year, our commemoration of the Chimoio genocide of November 23 1977 coincided with...

Lightning: Let’s stay safe

EDITOR – ZIMBABWE is experiencing summer rains, most of which are accompanied by thunderstorms...

Uncle Sam feels the heat

WHEN it comes to manipulation and bullying, the US is the master of the...

Is there justice in the US?

THERE is need to look at the problems of guns and justice being brought...

Religion and colonisation: Part 12 … the rise of African indigenous churches

AFRICA is a vast continent encompassing both geographic variation and tremendous cultural diversity, religious...

Literature that keeps the gods alive

The Trial of Nehanda  By Major Special Matarirano (RTD) Published by Billionaire Publishers (2021) ISBN: 978-1-77929-366-4 THE TRIAL...

Agriculture and food security in Zimbabwe

ZIMBABWE is party to several international agreements, including environmental agreements, namely:  Biodiversity, Climate Change,...

On the battlefield of culture …we must return to the basics

By Nthungo YaAfrika ‘ON The battlefield of culture’ is the title used by the late...

Killing The Shepherd…of safari hunting companies and rural development

By Emmanuel Koro in Johannesburg, SA THE days of hunting season-focused employment of a handful of...

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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...